Saturday, December 10, 2011

Chicken Broccoli Casserole

This is one of my recent favorite meals!!! (And I don't love Broccoli)



2 10oz pkg Frozen Broccoli (equals about 6 cups Fresh)
2 Cans Cream of Chicken soup
2/3 Cup Mayo
1/3 Cup Evaporated Milk
3/4 Cup Grated Parmesan Cheese
3 Tbsp Lemon Juice
1/2 tsp Curry
1 tsp Salt
4-5 Cups Cooked and cubed Chicken
White Rice

Cook the broccoli until tender. Drain. In medium bowl, mix soup, mayo, milk, parmesan cheese, lemon juice, curry and salt.

In 9x13 baking dish put the broccoli on the bottom. Top with cooked chicken. Pour the soup mixture on top.

Bake at 350 for 35-45 minutes.
Serve over Rice. Serves 8 Adults. (I made half the recipe for our family of 4 and we still had leftovers.)

Lemon Fruit Salad


1 Small pkg Lemon Pie filling
1 Can fruit cocktail drained
1 Can Mandarin Oranges drained
1 Can pineapple chunks drained
1 Cup mini marshmallows
1/2 pint Cool Whip

Prepare pie filling as directed on package. Chill. Fold in Cool Whip. Add fruit and Marshmallows. Let set

Peach Crisp


2 Cups Oatmeal
1 1/4 Cups brown sugar
1 Cup Flour
1/2 tsp Cinnamon
1 Cup Butter

Combine above ingredients and set aside.

Cover bottom of 9x13 pan with 1 Quart of peaches. Sprinkle 1 Cups frozen fruit (berries) on top. Sprinkle crunch mixture on top.

Bake 375 for 30 min.

Peach Pie


Filling
1 1/4 Cup Sugar
1/3 Cup Flour
1/4 tsp Cinnamon
6 Cups Sliced Peaches
1 tsp lemon juice
3 Tbsp Butter

Heat oven to 350. Prepare crust. Mix sugar, flour, and cinnamon. Stir in peaches and lemon juice. Turn into pie crust. Dot with butter. Top with second crust. Flute edges and cut slits in top. Sprinkle with cinnamon sugar.

Bake 45 min. or until center isn't bubbling out.

Blueberry Zucchini Bread



3 Eggs
1 Cup Oil
3 tsp vanilla
2 1/4 Cups Sugar
2 Cups Shredded Zucchini
3 Cups Flour
1 tsp salt
1 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp baking soda
1 Tbsp Cinnamon
1 pint fresh blueberries

Preheat oven to 350.
Lightly grease 4 mini-loaf pans.

In large bowl beat eggs, oil, vanilla, and sugar. Fold in the zucchini. Beat in the flour, salt, baking powder, baking soda, and cinnamon. Gently fold in the blueberries. Transfer to the prepared mini-loaf pans.

Bake 50 min or until knife inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 20 min in pan then turn out onto cooling rack.

Friday, December 9, 2011

Oreo Cookie Cake


Cake
1 White Cake Mix
1 1/2 Cups crushed Oreo cookies

Frosting
1 Can of Vanilla Frosting (or make THIS frosting!
1/2 Cup Crushed Oreos

Make the cake according to the cake mix instructions on the box. At the end add in the crushed cookies. Pour into desired cake pan. They make awesome cupcakes too. Tip to make your cake moist.... freeze it before you frost it.

Whip the frosting and add crushed oreos. Frost the cake.
Yummy.

I made these with Mint oreos too and they were fabulous also.

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Easiest Homemade Bread



Pantry Secrets Bread Recipe

10 1/2 cups white unbleached bread flour (You can do 1/2 wheat flour if you prefer.)
1/2 cup sugar
1 Tablespoon salt
3 rounded Tablespoons saf-instant yeast
3 Tablespoons liquid lecithin*
4 cups hot tap water

Mix dry ingredients. Add lecithin and water. Mix for 1 minute and check consistency. If dough is too dry, add more water. If dough is too moist, add more flour. Mix for 5 minutes. (Do not add water or flour to the dough after it has finished mixing.) Spray counter and pans with cooking spray. Shape loaves and cover with a dish towel. Let rise 25 minutes. Bake at 350* for 25 minutes.

Recipe makes 4 loaves. Unraised loaves can be frozen for later use. My kitchenaide only allows me enough room to mix 2 loaves at a time, so I half the recipe when I make it.

*Squeeze or pour approximately 3 tablespoons (size of quarters to a half dollar) of lecithin directly into the bowl. Do not measure. You can buy your lecithin from Pantry Secrets for a really great price!