Saturday, January 31, 2009

Chicken pasta salad

24 oz. bow tie pasta
1 1/2-20 oz. cans pineapple tidbits, drained
3 C. celery (optional)
2 bunches green onions, chopped
2 C. red grapes,halved
1 1/2 C cashews halves(optional)
6boneless, skinless chicken breasts, seasoned, cooked and cubed


Cook pasta according to package directions. Drain and cool pasta. Add remaining ingredients to cooled pasta. Top with dressing and toss lightly.

Dressing:

2 C. mayonnaise
1-16 oz. bottle Kraft coleslaw dressing
salt and pepper.

Scotcharoos

1 C. sugar
1 C. light corn syrup
1 C. peanut butter
6 C. Rice Krispies
1 C. butterscotch chips
1 C. milk chocolate chips

combine sugar and corn syrup in sauce pan. Cook until mixture comes to a boil. Remove from heat and stir in the peanut butter until melted. Stir in Rice Krispies and press into buttered 9x13 pan. Frost with chocolate and butterscotch chips that have been melted together.

Cranberry Dessert

1 T. butter
1/2 c. sugar
1/2 C. milk
1 C. flour
1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
1 1/2 C. fresh cranberries

Preheat oven to 375. Cream butter and sugar; add milk and mix together. Sift together the flour and baking powder; then mix in with wet ingredients. Stir in cranberries. Bake in greased 8 " round pan for 25 to 30 minutes. Let cool and top with sauce.

Sauce:

1 cube butter
1 C. sugar
1/2 C. heavy cream
touch of vanilla

Melt butter and add other ingredients until sugar is dissolved. Do not boil!

Skor Bar Cake

from Debbie McAllister

1 box yellow cake mix
2 C. warm water
2 eggs
1 small pkg instant chocolate pudding

mix ingredients together. Bake @ 350 for 25 minutes. Cool. Then frost.

1 cube butter, melted
2 egg yolks
1-8oz. container Cool Whip
4 Skor candy bars

Melt butter. Stir in egg yolks while butter is still hot. Let cool. Then fold in Cool whip. Spread over cake. Crumble candy bars on top of frosting.

Sunday, January 25, 2009

Zuppa Toscana (Olive Garden)

from Debbie McAllister

5 medium bakes potatoes, cooled
1 lb. Italian Sausage
1 large onion, chopped
1 T. olive oil
2 Cloves garlic
2 C. Kale, chopped
2 1/2 qts. chicken broth
1 pt. heavy whipping cream

Prepare potatoes by wrapping in foil to bake (this keeps the skin soft). Bake until potatoes are soft. Remove foil to cool. When cooled, cut in half length wise and slice in thin 1/4" slices. In skillet, brown sausage and drain. In large pot, saute chopped onion in oil until slightly brown. Add sausage.Put approximately 2 TBS flour in sausage-onion mixture and mix well. Slowly stir in chicken broth and whipping cream. Add potatoes, garlic and kale. Add salt and pepper to taste and heat through. Do not boil.

Variations: If you like it slightly hot, like me, add a couple of pinches of red pepper flakes and one or two dashes of Tabasco sauce.

Poppy Seed Chicken

2 1/2 to 3 lbs chicken cut in cubes
1 can cream of chicken
1 C. sour cream
1 1/2 stacks ritz crackers
1 cube butter
1 1/2 t. poppy seeds

Brown chicken then place in greased 9x13 pan. Mix sour cream and soup, pour over chicken. Sprinkle 1/2 tsp poppy seeds over chicken mixture. Melt butter and stir in crushed Ritz crackers. Add rest of the poppy seeds. Pour over chicken and sauce mixture. Bake @ 350 for 30 minutes. Serve with white rice.

Sweet Chex Mix

from Debbie McAllister

2 box Rice chex cereal
1 1/2 C. craisins
1 1/2 c. cashews
2 c. M & M's
1 1/2 C. sugar
1 1/2 C. corn syrup
2 sticks plus 2 TBs. butter
1 tsp. vanilla

Mix cereal, craisins and cashews in large bowl. Boil sugar and corn syrup. Add butter and boil for 2 minutes more. Stir in vanilla. Pour over cereal mixture. Stir well. Pour out on waxed paper. After cooled add M&M's.