Chicken and Broccoli Alfredo

This is another one of my husband's favorite dishes of mine. I haven't made it in awhile, so I thought it was about time.. This was my first time using fresh broccoli, I am so glad I used fresh, much better than frozen. I like to serve it with some French bread or garlic bread and a salad.

1 tbsp oil
1 pound chicken breast or tenders- diced into bite size
1 head of broccoli- chopped, can use frozen too
1 box penne pasta
1 jar Alfredo sauce- any of your fav. we used roasted Parmesan by Ragu

In a large skillet add oil and diced chicken, cook until no longer pink and starting to brown. Add broccoli and cook about 5 - 10 mins, until desired tenderness. In a pot heat water to a boil and cook pasta according to directions on box. Once done add to chicken. Add sauce and mix, heat through and serve.

Hot Chocolate

I got this recipe from a Girl Scout meeting of my daughters. It makes alot. Great for family's.

11 cups powdered milk
1 cup powdered sugar
11 ounces powdered coffee creamer
2 lbs Nestle' Nesquick powdered chocolate milk mix
4 tbsp cocoa powdered
1 box instant chocolate pudding mix

Mix 1/4 cup powdered mix and 1/4 cup hot water or milk. Great in coffee too...

Sweet and Sour Meatballs

So I went looking through my cookbook in the hopes to make something different. i came across this one. Its from a Quick Cooking magazine. Lets just say I am so happy I made it. It was great.. My husband just could not stay out of the meatballs. Its going on my make again list.

1 can (20 oz) pineapple chunks
1/3 cup water
3 tbsp vinegar
1 tbsp soy sauce
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
3 tbsp corn starch
30 meatballs- I used frozen ones thawed out, home-style
1 large green bell pepper- cut into 1" pieces
Hot cooked rice

Drain pineapple, reserving juice, set pineapple aside. Add water to juice to make 1 cup if needed. Pour into a large skillet. Add 1/3 cup water, vinegar, soy sauce, brown sugar and corn starch. Stir until smooth. cook until thick, stirring constantly. Add pineapple, meatballs and bell pepper. Simmer uncovered for 20 mins. Serve over rice.. Makes 6 servings

Southwest Stuffed Peppers

I love stuffed pepper's. Never was brave to make them. Always thought they would be hard to make. But I was so wrong. It was so simple. And so good. I am no longer afraid to make them. My husband is still talking about how good they are.

I found this recipe on the Taste of Home website.

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• 8 medium green peppers
• 1 pound lean ground beef (90% lean)
• 1 can (14-1/2 ounces) diced tomatoes and green chilies, undrained
• 1-1/2 cups water
• 1 envelope (5.4 ounces) Mexican-style rice and pasta mix
• 2 cups (8 ounces) shredded Mexican cheese blend
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• Cut tops off peppers and remove seeds. In a Dutch oven, cook peppers in boiling water for 3-5 minutes. Drain and rinse in cold water; set aside. In a large skillet, cook beef over medium heat until no longer pink; drain. Add the diced tomatoes, water and pasta mix. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 6-8 minutes or until liquid is absorbed. Place 1/3 cup rice mixture in each pepper; sprinkle each with 2 tablespoons cheese. Top with remaining rice mixture. Place in a greased 13-in. x 9-in. baking dish. Cover and bake at 375° for 25 minutes. Sprinkle with remaining cheese; bake 5-10 minutes longer or until the cheese is melted and peppers are tender.

Grilled Chicken Kabob's

So I thought about making this for awhile. So I finally did. It was so yummy. we could not stay out of it. My 3 year old son had 3 helpings of chicken. My husband got a Kabob kit for Christmas, so i thought it would be a good time to finally make it.

1 pound boneless, skinless chicken breast- cut into bite size pieces

2 med bell peppers- diced in about 1 inches pieces

1 onion- diced same as bell pepper

1 can pineapple chunks- larger can

1 packet Hawaiian marinade- make as directed

After you dice up the chicken and make marinade. Put both in a zip lock, marinade for about a hour or longer. I alternated pepper, chicken,onion,chicken, pineapple; until the Kabob is full. Pre-heat grill to med high. Grill on each side 6-8 mins or until done. Serve with rice.

Even if you don't have the Kabob sticks, you can saute it all together and serve on top of the rice.

Spanish Style Hash

Well I'm back. Been gone awhile. But now I'm back and making new stuff.

Tonight was one of those nights where I just had to think of something with what I had. Nothing like taking some stuff and putting it together and having it come out really good. I was shocked on how it good it was.

2 tbsp Oil

3 lbs potato's- diced

1 1/2 lbs ground rib eye

1 jalapeño, finely diced

1 can Rot*el tomatoes with green chili's

8 slices american cheese

8 eggs- cooked over easy or scrambled

1 tsp cayenne pepper

2 tsp onion powder

salt and pepper to taste

8 corn tortilla's

In a large skillet, put everything but the can of Rot*el, cheese, tortilla's and eggs. Cook until meat and potatoes are done. 5 mins until done add can of Rot*el. Plate and top with 2 slices of cheese and top with 2 eggs. Heat tortilla's and serve on the side. It serves about 4 people.

Grilled Ceaser chicken Breast

This is out of the new Taste of Home Simple and Delicious, the Aug/Sept 2010 issue. I hade everything for it and decided to make it. I'm so glad I did. It was really good. Very juicy. This will be something i will have to make again.

1/2 cup creamy ceaser salad dressing
3 tbsp olive oil
3tbsp dijon mustard
6 garlic gloves, minced
4 boneless, skinless chicken breast halves

In a large resealable plastic bag, combine the dressing, oil, mustard and garlic. Add the chicken; seal the bag and turn to coat. Refridgerate for 8 hours or over night.
Drain and discard marinade. Grill chicken, covered, over medium heat or broil 4 inches fron heat for 6-8 mins on each side or until done.

Sloppy Joe pizza

I decided to try something different. We don't eat sloppy joe's a lot mainly because I'm the only one who really likes them. Everybody loves pizza. Sure enough it was a hit. Everyone loved it.. We went through a whole pan. And its so simple, 5 ingredients.

1 tube pizza crust
1 pound hamburger
1 can sloppy joe sauce, or packet
1/2 cup finely chopped onion
2 cups cheddar cheese- I used extra just because my husband asked

Cook the hamburger and onion together until meat is cooked trough and until is tender. Add the sloppy joe mix and simmer. Meanwhile, preheat oven to crust directions and pre-bake the crust for about 5 mins. Once the crust is ready, remove. Add the meat mixture then top with cheese. Bake until the cheese is melted about 10 to 15 mins.

Chocolate chip- peanut butter torte

I got this recipe from the new Pillsbury's Sept/Oct 2010 issue. We were having dinner with some friends of ours and I was to bring dessert. I wanted to try something new. This one looked good and sounded easy. I am so glad that I made it. I was very good. Sweet. Everyone loved it. It does take about 4 1/2 hours to do, so i suggest do it early or the night before which is what i did.

1 roll (16.5 oz)chocolate chip cookies

1 package cream cheese, softened

1/4 sugar

1 egg

1 cup chopped honey roasted peanuts

1 cup miniature semi-sweet chocolate chips

1 cup butterscotch chips

1/4 cup peanut butter

1/4 cup chocolate flavored syrup

Heat oven to 350 degrees. Break up cookie dough into ungreased 10 or 9 inch spring form pan. Press in bottom to form crust. Bake 15 to 18 minutes or until light golden brown. Cool 10 minutes.

Meanwhile, in medium bowl, beat cream cheese with electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy. Add in sugar and egg; beat until well blended. Stir in 1/2 cup of the chocolate chips and 1/2 cup of the peanuts. Pour over crust; spread evenly.

In a medium microwavable bowl, microwave butterscotch chips on high 1 minute, stirring twice, until melted and smooth. Stir in peanut butter until smooth. Drizzle over cream cheese mixture. Sprinkle with remaining 1/2 cup chocolate chips and peanuts.

Bake 30 to 40 minutes longer or until the edges are set but center is still slightly jiggly. Cool on cooling rack 10 minutes. Run knife around side of pan to loosen; carefully remove side of pan. cool 1 hour. Refrigerate about 2 hours or until completely cooled.

To serve, cut torte into 12 wedges. Drizzle 1 teaspoon chocolate syrup onto each dessert plate (I drizzled a little on top instead). Place wedge over syrup. Store left overs in the refrigerator.

BBQ Bacon Cheese Burgers

I know I haven't been on here in awhile.. Haven't really made anything new to post..But I'm getting back into it again. I made this about 2 weeks ago. I was just tired of regular cheese burgers. Even both my kids ate every bite.

8 slices of Texas toast, lightly toasted
1 pound hamburger
1/2 packet of thick slices bacon, any kind you like
1/2 cup of your favorite BBQ sauce, divided
4 slices of Cheddar bacon flavored slices cheese
1/8 cup finely chopped onion
1 avocado, sliced (optional)
sliced onion
sliced tomato
lettuce

Preheat a skillet, or grill, over medium heat. In a medium bowl put hamburger, chopped onion, 1/4 cup of the BBQ sauce. mix well together, but just until its all mixed. Divide into 4 equal patties. Place in heated skillet and cook until done about 5-6 mins a side. Meanwhile cook the bacon until desired doneness, set aside on a cooling rack or paper towel to let the grease drain off. Toast the toast, lightly.
Once burgers are done top with the cheese so it can melt a little. Place a slice of toast then burger, bacon BBQ sauce (divide remaining sauce among the 4 burgers, can use more if you want), then top with avocado, onion, tomato and lettuce then top with other slice of toast. You can make it a open face burger to and just use the one slice of toast.