Chicken Bake

Chicken Bake

Ingredients
-Skinless chicken breasts chopped into 2 inch cubes
-1/2 cup chicken broth
-1 lb red potatoes chopped into 2 inch cubes
-1/2 bunch asparagus, trimmed and cut into 1 inch pieces.
-Red and yellow peppers sliced into 1 inch pieces.
-1 onion sliced
-1/3 cup fresh basil
-4 garlic cloves sliced thin
-1.5 tbsp olive oil
-1 tsp fresh chopped rosemary
-Ground pepper to taste

Directions
Preheat oven to 400 degrees and add chicken, potatoes, veggies, basil, garlic, chicken broth and olive oil. Sprinkle with rosemary add pepper if desired. Bake for approximately 45 minutes, turning occasionally, until tender! ENJOY!

NOTE : At 45 min, this was "done" but I wanted my potatoes to be browned so I left mine in about an hour and also next time I would probably scale back the Rosemary to about 1/4 C

Hearty crockpot chicken noodle soup

Hearty crockpot chicken noodle soup


Ingredients:

• 20 oz. frozen boneless skinless chicken breasts
• 1-1 lb. bag baby carrots
• 3 medium zucchini
• 3 large ribs of celery
• 1 medium yellow onion
• 4 oz. dried shaped pasta (I used shells)
• 2 tsp dried oregano
• 2 tsp dried basil
• 1 tsp garlic salt
• 1-2 tsp salt, to taste
• 8 cups water or chicken broth or veggie broth

Directions:

1. Chop the baby carrots into thirds, or just dice into smaller chunks.  Chop celery ribs into pieces similar to the carrots size, and do the same for the onion.  Cut the zucchini length wise in half and then cut half moon slices.
2. Place all ingredients into the crock pot, except the salt and the dried pasta (the salt can be added at the end and adjusted to taste), and place on high for 6 hours.
3. 30 minutes before you want to serve, remove the chicken, shred using two forks, and return to crock pot.  Pour in the dried pasta and let cook until desired tenderness is reached.
4. Adjust the salt to taste and serve.

Country Style BBQ pork ribs

Country Style BBQ pork ribs

2-4 pounds country style pork ribs

1 bottle of bbq sauce, your choice

minced onion

 

 

 

 

 

 

Place ribs into the slow cooker. Pour bbq sauce over it to coat. Sprinkle with the onion

Cook on low all day or high 4-5 hours until nice and tender.

Homemade peach pie

Homemade peach pie

Ingredients

• Pastry for a 9-10 inch double crust pie
• 3/4 - 1 cup sugar depending on sweetness of the peaches
• 4 tablespoons flour
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon or nutmeg
• dash salt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 6 cups peeled sliced fresh peaches
• 2 tablespoons butter
• egg wash made with 1 egg yolk and 2 tablespoons water
• sanding sugar

 

 

 

 

Instructions

1. Line pie plate with pastry. Combine sugar, flour, spice and salt. Add to peaches, mix lightly. Fill shell. Dot with butter.
2. Add top crust; crimp edges. Brush with egg wash and sprinkle with sanding sugar.
3. Bake in a 400 degree oven for 45-50 minutes or until juices are bubbling and the crust is nicely browned.
4. Serve warm with a big scoop of vanilla ice cream

Slow cooker salsa chicken

Slow Cooker Salsa Chicken

4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts (frozen is fine)

1 cup salsa

1 can condensed cream of chicken soup

1 packet taco seasoning

1/2 cup sour cream

6 tortillas

 

 

 

 

Place chicken in the bottom of your Crock Pot. Sprinkle taco seasoning on chicken. In a bowl, combine soup and salsa. Pour over chicken. Cook on high 4 hours. Shred chicken with two forks and stir in sour cream. Serve on tortillas or as desired. (We ate ours over white rice)

Best Pot Roast Ever

Best Pot Roast Ever

 (in the CrockPot) - What you need:

2-5 pound pot roast (any kind)
1 envelope ranch dressing (dried)
1 envelope Italian dressing
1 envelope brown gravy mix
Potatoes and Carrots
1 to 1-1/2 cup water

What you do:

1. If you wanted carrots and potatoes in your CrockPot, cut them to your liking and put in the bottom of your CrockPot.

2. Put Roast on top of vegetables.

3. Add all envelopes.

4. Add water.

Cook on High for 6 hours.

 

Have made this many many times and it's always a hit for my family. :0)

Dutch Apple Pie

Dutch Apple Pie

1 homemade pie crusts or 1 ready-made pie crust

5 1/2 cups peeled cored sliced cooking apples

1 tablespoon lemon juice

1/2 cup granulated sugar

1/4 cup brown sugar, packed

3 tablespoons flour

1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1/4 teaspoon nutmeg

Topping:

3/4 cup flour

1/4 cup granulated sugar

1/4 cup brown sugar, packed

1/3 cup butter or 1/3 cup margarine, room temperature

1. Preheat oven to 375°F.

2. Fit pie crust into pie plate.

3. In a large bowl, mix sliced apples, lemon juice, both sugars, flour, cinnamon and nutmeg. Pile into crust.

4. Prepare topping: In a medium bowl, with a pastry blender or a fork, mix flour, both sugars, and butter until coarsely crumbled. Sprinkle evenly over apples.

5. Bake at 375°F for 50 minutes.