Dutch Oven Chicken Cordon Bleu W/Veggies

from Kidder, Missouri - Church History Trip
I made this in a big oven cooker.
This is 1/2 the original recipe.
3 chicken breasts cup into pieces
3/4 C seasoned bread crumbs
3 cups diced potatoes
2 c. brocolli florets
2 c. cut up carrots
1 c. diced ham
1 c. sour cream
1 can cream of chicken soup
sliced swiss cheese
paprika

Roll chicken in bread crumbs to coat. Make 2 layers of meat and veggies in baking pan. Mix soup and sour cream and add pepper to taste. Bake 1 hour at 350 stirring once. When done, top with cheese and paprika. Heat until cheese melts.

Veg-All Chicken Pot Pie

From Elayne Tuttle
2 cans cream of potato soup
1 16 oz. can Veg-All
2 cups diced chicken (or turkey)
1/2 cup milk
1/4 tsp. thyme
1/4 tsp. pepper
2 - 9 inch frozen pie crusts (I like the pillsbury roll out kind)
1 egg (optional - I usually don't do this).
Combine first 6 ingredients. Spoon into pie crusts. Cover top with crust .
Crimp edges and make slits in top with knife.
Brush with beaten egg.
Bake at 375 for 40 minutes. Cool 10 minutes before cutting.

Chicken Salad

from Diane Kelson
1 C shelled
macaroni – uncooked (cook, drain and cool)
½ C. chopped
green onion
4 C. cubed
cooked chicken
2 - 20 oz
pineapple tidbits (or chunks)
2 C. red
grapes sliced
2 red fuji
apples diced
1 ½ C. slivered
almonds
1 C chopped
celery
1 C. mayo
1 C.
coleslaw dressing
Salt to
taste
Mix together
and refrigerate for several hours. May
need to add more coleslaw dressing.

Chinese Sundae (or Haystack)

from Kathi Nickell
1 1/2 Cups Rice - measure before cooking - cook in 3 cups water
1 can chow mein noodles
1 chicken boiled and boned cut in bite sized pieces (or turkey or chicken breasts)
2 diced tomatoes
2 cups chopped celery
1 bunch green onions finely chopped
1 green pepper chopped
1 16 oz. can crushed pineapple (or tidbits)
1 cup flake coconut
1 cup shredded cheese
Maricino cherries
Cashews if desired
2 cans cream of chicken soup with 1 cup water (heated for gravy)
Serves 8 to 10

Our favorite Pizza Recipes

You can see something fun we did for Halloween with these recipes here: Crazy House Creations

Mom’s Pizza Dough

½ cup warm tap water

2 pkg. yeast (2 ¼ tsp = 1 pkg)

1 tsp sugar

Combine in bowl and set aside.

1 cup scalded milk (90 seconds in my microwave does the trick)

1 tsp. salt

3 Tbl. sugar

½ cube margarine

3 ½ cups flour (I sometimes use 1 cup wheat and the rest white)

Combine milk, salt, sugar and margarine. Add 2 cups flour and mix. Add yeast mix and remaining flour. Mix until dough ball forms. (I usually add some extra flour since it is pretty sticky.)

Spread pizza dough out onto 1 large cookie sheet for a thick crust, or 2 pans for a thin crust. Bake 8 minutes at 425°. Add sauce and toppings. Bake 10 more minutes, or until cheese is melted and bubbly.

Melissa's Pizza Sauce as I remember it :)

1 can tomato sauce (8 oz.)
minced garlic (1-2 cloves)
minced onion (to taste)
1 tsp. Italian seasoning

Chicken/Turkey Enchiladas - Sheri

1 Can Campbell's cream of chicken soup (I usually rinse out the can with about 1/4 cup of milk and add it, too).
1/2 Cup sour cream
1 tsp. chili powder
1 cups chopped cooked chicken or turkey
1 can green chiles (optional - I leave them out)
1 medium onion chopped ( I use a few dried onion flakes)
8 flour tortillas
1 cup grated Cheddar or Monterey Jack cheese

In small bowl mix soup and sour cream.
In another bowl mix onion chili powder, chicken gr. chilies and 2 TBS of soup mixture.
Spread 1/2 cup soup mixture in 9X12 baking dish. Divide meat mixture between the 8 tortillas and roll up and place in baking dish. Spread reamaining soup mixture over the enchiladas.
Bake at 35O 0F for 20 minutes. Sprinkle cheese on top and bake 5 - 10 minutes more.

Salisbury Steak

Salisbury Steak

2lb hamburger
1/4 chopped onions
2 eggs
1c canned milk
1 c oatmeal
1/4 t. pepper
1 1/2 t. salt
Mix and form patties. Brown place in 9x13 pan.

Sauce
3 T. Worcestershire sauce
3 T. sugar
1/2 c. chopped onion
4 1/22 T vinegar
3/3 c. Water
1 1/2 c ketchup
Combined ingredients pour over steak. Bake 35 min @ 325 degrees.

I served then with baked potatoes and a favorite veggie. Bryan says this is a meal to do again.

Got recipe from my fiend Jill W.

Ritzy Poppy seed Chicken

I got this recipe from a couponing blog. (I think fabulouslyfrugal.com) I can't remember what one for sure but it was a big hit in our family. Every one loved it. I tried it for the 1st time tonight. I thought we would have left overs but because it was so good it got gobbled up. We ate this over rice, but it does not have to be eaten with rice.

Ritzy Poppy Seed Chicken
2-3 Breasts of chicken
1 c sour cream
1 can cram of chicken soup
1tbsp poppy seeds
1/2 sleeve Ritz crackers crushed
4-6 tbsp (1/2 stick) butter/margarine, melted
To prepare:
Cook chicken and cube. Mix with sour cream, cream of chicken soup, and poppy seeds. Place in baking dish. Melt butter, combined with crackers, and sprinkle with chicken mixture. Cover with foil and bake at 35o degree for 25 min, uncover and bake additional 5-10 min, or until bubbling.

Mom's Sprice Casserole

Mom’s Sprice Casserole

1 can spam, diced
1 C. cooked rice

Make white/cheese sauce:
2/3 cube margarine
2 ½ Tbl. Flour
2 ½ C. milk
½ lb. grated cheese

Mix in 9x13 pan. Sprinkle some more cheese on top. Bake 30 min. at 350 degrees.
If starting with raw rice, cook in 2 C. water with ½ tsp salt for 10 min.

Aunt Karen's Chicken Thighs

Aunt Karen’s Chicken Thighs

2 lbs. chicken thighs (skinless)
2/3 C. water
1/3 C. soy sauce
2/3 C. sugar

Mix sauce. Pour over chicken. Bake at 350 degrees for 1-1 ½ hours or until tender. Baste every ½ hour. Can cook in crockpot.

Farmhouse Barbecue Muffins

Farmhouse Barbecue Muffins
Yield 10 servings – Taste of Home

1 tube refrigerated buttermilk biscuits
1 lb. ground beef
½ C. ketchup
3 Tbl. Brown sugar
1 Tbl. Cider vinegar
½ tsp. chili powder
1 C. grated cheddar cheese

Separate dough into 10 biscuits; flatten into 5-in circles. Press each into the bottom and up the sides of a greased muffin cup; set aside. In a skillet, brown ground beef; drain. In a small bowl, mix ketchup, brown sugar, vinegar, and chili powder. Mix until smooth. Add to meat mixture and mix well. Divide the meat mixture among biscuit lined muffin cups, using about 1.4 C. for each. Sprinkle with cheese. Bake at 37f degrees for 18-20 minutes or until golden brown. Cool for 5 minutes before removing from tin and serving.

Raised Meatballs or Swedish Meatballs

Raised Meatballs
Orpha Whitlock (great-grandma)

Mix in large bowl:
1 lb. hamburger
2 slices bread, tear into bits
¼ C. hot milk
2 Tbl. Chopped onion (dried)
1 egg
2 tsp. baking powder

Shape into meatballs and brown on cookie sheet in oven, on broil (watch closely).

Put in casserole dish (or crock pot) and cover with 1 can cream of chicken soup mixed with 1 can milk. Bake covered at 350 degrees for 1 hour. Serve over rice or noodles.

Mom’s Potato Stroganoff Casserole

Brown:
1 lb. hamburger
2 Tbl. Chopped onion
Salt and pepper

Add:
1 can cream of chicken (or mushroom) soup
½ - ¾ can of mil

Put in bottom of casserole dish. Top with mashed potatoes (about 5 potatoes). Cover with grated cheese. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes. If everything is already hot – put under broiler to melt cheese.

I just used my browned ground beef from the freezer, leftover potatoes from Sunday dinner and heat it all up in the microwave.

Donna Wilson's BBQ Pork

This is from my college roommate's mom. I think she would serve it in a hollowed-out pumpkin during October.

BBQ Pork
6 spare ribs or pork chops (Boneless)

Cook on high with a little water in crock pot all morning, around noon drain and tear apart meat. Reduce to low and add sauce ingredients:

2 (5 oz) cans tomato sauce
2 lemons (juice)
4 Tbl. soy sauce
1/2-1 C. low-cal catalina dressing
onion if desired

Cook on low until supper time.
Serve over rice or on rolls for a sandwich.

Fritos Rock!

Here are a couple quick Frito recipes:

Frito Taco Salad
Layer on plate -
chopped lettuce, Frito chips, chili, grated cheese and sour cream.

Frito Chili Wraps
Wrap in a flour torilla - chili, Fritos, grated cheese and sour cream.

Cafe Rio Sweet Chicken

Gina, this one is super yummy! The meat is really easy, but the dressing takes a little work. It's worth it though. Lydia and I love the dressing on a green salad too.

Cafe Rio Sweet Chicken

4 lbs boneless skinless Chicken
1 1/2 cup brown sugar
1 1/2 cup salsa
1 can cola beverage or root beer

Put everything into the crock pot for 8 hours on low. Remove meat and shred. Skim fat off juices. Put meat back into crock pot and let juices absorb into meat. Works well to make ahead and freeze.

Cafe Rio Cilantro Ranch Dressing

1 pkg. Hidden Valley Ranch dressing mix
3 T Salsa Verde or green chills

1/2 tsp. Tabasco sauce
1/2 bunch cilantro (fresh)
2-3 small cloves garlic
3/4 cup mayo
2/3 cup sour cream
Grated lime peel and juice from one lime
Buttermilk to thin to correct consistency

Place all ingredients into blender and mix until smooth.

Assembly for Salad or tacos:

lettuce
chicken
purple onion
corn
diced tomatoes
fresh cilantro chopped
cheese guacamole or avocados chopped
sour cream
salsa
cilantro dressing

serve over tortilla chips or flour tortillas

Can also substitute chicken for pork.

Sweet and Sour Meatloaf

Sweet and Sour Meatloaf
Denise Bjarnason

1 lb. ground been
1 minced onion or 1 Tbl. Dried minced onion
12 crackers, crushed or ½ C. breadcrumbs
½ tsp. salt
1 egg
1 C. tomato sauce (8 oz. can), divided
2 Tbl. Vinegar
¼ tsp. dried mustard
2 Tbl. Brown sugar

Preheat oven to 350 degrees and spray loaf pan. Mix ground beef, onion, crackers, salt, egg and ½ C. tomato sauce. Form loaf and place in greased pan. Mix together ½ C. tomato sauce, vinegar, dried mustard, brown sugar. Pour over and around loaf. Bake 1 hour at 350 degrees.

(I use Ritz crackers)

Easy Chicken Pot Pie

Easy Chicken Pot Pie
Makes 6 servings

1 2/3 C. frozen mixed vegetables
1 C. cut-up cooked chicken
1 can condensed cream of chicken soup
1 C. Bisquick
½ C. milk
1 egg

1. Heat oven to 400 degrees (425 if high altitude). Stir vegetables, chicken and soup in pie plate or casserole dish (you can add a little milk if you wish)
2. Stir remaining ingredients in separate bowl until just blended. Pour over chicken mixture.
3. Bake about 30 minutes or until golden brown and hot through center.

Some of us like this served with cottage cheese on top.

Raspberry Balsamic Chicken

Here is our favorite chicken recipe:

1 tsp. vegetable oil
1/2 C. chopped red onion
- Saute' for 5 minutes then add chicken

4 boneless, skinless chicken breast halves
1/2 tsp. thyme
1/4 tsp. salt
- Sprinkle thyme and salt on chicken (I add pepper too)
- Saute' chicken with onions 6 minutes each side, or until done
- Remove from pan and keep warm

Sauce:
1/4 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. pepper
1/3 cup raspberry preserves
2 Tbl. balsamic vinegar
- Over medium heat, combine ingredients and melt preserves. do not let boil
- Serve sauce over chicken

** I don't do the onion part, but just skip straight to saute'ing the chicken in the pan. And I don't measure, just sprinkle each side of the chicken with salt, pepper, and dried thyme. We double the sauce, because we like it so much, but we don't double the pepper in the sauce. You can use seedless or regular raspberry jam - we're cheap so we just use the seedy kind, but we kinda like the crunch of the seeds. We also serve this with plain white rice. Everyone eats it and it is the most requested dish for special occasions.**

Dogfood

Dad requested that I post this one.
I got it from Pam Simmonds (music teacher at Cole)

Brown 1 pound ground beef & a little chopped onion.
Add and let cook with cover on:
2 to 3 carrots - peeled and diced
4 potatoes - peeled and diced
1 can corn (drained) or frozen corn
When vegetables are cooked (not mushy but firm) add 1 can evaporated milk and simmer (without lid) until thickened a little.