Thai Peanut Pasta

Kelli's Thai Peanut Pasta

Linguini
1 lb. cooked and cubed chicken
Pineapple chunks drained
Handful of snow peas
Sauce: (serves 2)-
¼ c. chicken broth
2 T. peanut butter
¼ tsp. crushed red peppers
1 T. lime juice
1 garlic clove
1 T. soy sauce
(The sauce is so great that I triple it, but only use about ¼ tsp. of red peppers still. You can add more for a hotter sauce. You will want more sauce on it too!)

Cook pasta, and then drain in colander. Put snow peas and chicken cooked and cubed in colander. Put back in pan and add pineapple, and add the sauce.

Sauce:
Heat chicken broth and Peanut Butter until PB melts then add other ingredients and pour on pasta.
We make this all the time in our house, and it is a staple in my recipe box!

My friend Kelli sent this to me and it's DELICIOUS!

Tortilla Surprise!

1 lb. ground beef
1 green bell pepper
1/2 onion
1 can tomato sauce (16 oz)
1 bag frozen corn or 2 cans of corn
olives
grated cheese- Cheddar, Mexican blend, Co Jack, it's all good!
corn tortillas
salsa

cook ground beef with pepper and onion. Drain.
Grease 9x13 pan and pour a little tomato sauce on bottom (about 1/4)
Lay corn tortillas down until bottom is covered. Add meat mixture, then layer frozen corn and grated cheese. Add another layer of tortillas until covered. Pour remaining tomato sauce and salsa on top. Sprinkle remaining cheese and sliced olives.

Bake 350 for 45 minutes. This is delicious and freezes well if you want to double the recipe.

Chinese Chicken Wonton Salad

3 boneless skinless chicken breasts

1/2 package wontons, cut into thirds

1 head iceburg lettuce, torn into pieces

1 11-oz can mandarin oranges, drained

1 4-oz package slivered almonds, toasted

1/4 c. sesame seeds, toasted

1 bunch green onions chopped

Dressing:

4 TB sugar

1 tsp. salt

1/4 tsp. pepper

4 TB white wine vinegar

1/2 c. vegatable oil

Mix together well

Boil chicken breasts until cooked and slice into small pieces.  Fry wontons in vegetable oil until crispy and cool on paper towels.  In a large salad bowl, mix together chicken and wontons with lettuce, oranges, water chesnuts, almonds, green onions and sesame seeds.  Toss with dressing and serve.

Easy fruit salad

This is perfect for showers or as a side dish!

8 apples cut into cubes

8 oranges peeled and cubed

1 large container of frozen strawberries (in sauce).  

Let the strawberries thaw a little and dump over the apples and oranges.  Stir.  The strawberries will keep it cold and the apples from turning brown.

French Peasant Bread

1 TB dry yeast

2 C warm water

1 Tb sugar

2 tsp salt

4 C flour

oil

corn meal 

Melted butter

Place yeast, water, sugar and salt in warm bowl and stir until dissolved.  Add flour and stir until blended.  Do not knead.  Cover and let rise one hour or until doubled in size.  Flour hands, remove dough from the bowl and place in 2 rounds on an oiled cookie sheet sprinkled with corn meal.  Let rise an additional hour.  Brush the tip with melted butter and bake at 425 for 10 minutes.  Reduce temp to 375 and cook an additional 15 minutes.  Remove from oven and brush again with butter.  Serve warm.  So easy and so good with soup or salads!

Crockpot Italian Chicken Pasta

Italian Chicken Pasta
3-4 chicken breasts
2 T. butter
1 package dry italian dressing, sprinkled over the top
Cook ~4 hours in crockpot, then add:
1 package cream cheese
2 cans cream of chicken soup
mix together well and let sit as long as you need
boil an entire package of pasta- I use whole grain bowtie or rotini
dump hot, drained pasta into chicken mixture, mix and serve!

I will sometimes add frozen peas, broccoli, etc at the end for some color and it cooks really quickly.

Crockpot Tamale Pie

Easy Tamale Pie

1 stick melted butter
2 eggs
1 can (15-20 oz) whole kernel corn, drained - Niblets is best
1 can (15-20 oz) creamed corn
1 box Jiffy corn muffin mix
8 oz sour cream
Mix. Cook on high in slow cooker until hot and desired consistency. Few hours. Doubled = 5-6 hours
It's really good to add green chiles, chicken, ground beef, salsa, etc. This is just a good base.

Grandma's Cream of Chicken Soup

1 ½ lbs chicken breast
2 Q water
1 t. celery salt
1 t. onion salt
2 t. salt
½ tsp. poultry seasoning
4 large celery stalks
1 onion chopped
4 large carrots

Boil above ingredients for 1 ½ hours- then remove chicken to cool and cook 2 cups noodles in the broth

In another pan- Cream sauce

1 ½ sticks of butter
¾ c. flour
1 tsp. salt
¾ tsp. pepper
Add 1 quart milk

Stir until smooth and bubbly and add the 2 soups together. Fantastic with hot bread or in bread bowls!