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Parmesan Chicken With Bow Tie Pasta
INGREDIENTS:
1 box (12 oz.) Bow-Tie Pasta
Salt and Pepper to Taste
2 cups Broccoli Florets
2 Tablespoons Olive oil
1 1/2 pounds chicken breast, cooked and diced
1 small onion, finely diced
2 gloves of garlic
1 (14.5 oz can) Petite Diced Tomatoes, Drained
1/2 to 1 cup Grated Parmesan Cheese
DIRECTIONS:
1. Cook Pasta in boiling Salted water according to package direction. Until al dente. Add broccoli the last 3 minutes of cooking time. Drain, reserving at 1 cup of cooking liquid (you might decide to leave this out all together).
2. Toss Pasta and Broccoli with 1 tablespoon olive oil. Set aside.
3. Warm remaining tablespoon of oil over medium-high heat. Add chicken, onion, and garlic. At this point you can also season with Salt and Pepper. I stay away from adding Salt to anything. Saute, this for approx. 5 minutes.
4. After 5 minutes add in the Diced Tomatoes; and saute for another 2 minutes.
5. Mix in the pasta mixture. Add Parmesan cheese and 1/2 cup of cooking liquid. I used about 3/4 of a cup cooking liquid.
6. Since we LOVE cheese in our house….once everything was heated evenly throughout I topped with MORE Parmesan Cheese.
Serve Hot!
Tips: You will need a LARGE skillet for this. It makes a lot. Make sure the chicken you use is cooked! I have several chicken breast made ahead of time and just diced them up.
~Enjoy!~
Groovy Marbled Easter Eggs
Fun to make & Eat!
What you need:
Ziploc Baggies (one for each egg you are coloring)
Eggs (you choose how many)
Liquid Food Coloring
White Vinegar
Water (for boiling eggs)
Directions:
1. Add eggs to cold water and bring to boil. Boil for approx. 6 minutes.
2. Remove from heat and let sit for 5 minutes.
3. After eggs have slightly cooled, gently tap on a hard surface until cracks appear all over the egg.
4. Put a Tablespoon of food coloring in Ziploc baggies. Then add egg.
5. Roll the eggs around the bag to make sure that they are coated.
6. Repeat with all eggs.
7. Let set for approx. 30 minutes. To let the eggs absorb the food coloring.
8. After set, remove eggs from bag and rinse off with cold water. To remove excess food coloring.
9. Pour white vinegar over eggs (lightly splashing each egg) to set color.
10. Peel the egg and enjoy your surprise design!
~Enjoy!~
Chicken Parmesan Hoagie Sandwich
There are a few things that I like about this recipe. It is simple to make. It is baked. It is chicken. And it is fast to make! Oh, it is also really tasty too!
Ingredients:
4 boneless, skinless chicken breast halves (about 1 1/2 pounds of chicken)
1 egg, beaten
3/4 cup Italian Seasoned bread crumbs
1 jar Spaghetti Sauce (Use your favorite, we like Tomato, Garlic and Onion)
1 cup Mozzarella cheese (I used more….We really like our cheese)
4 long Italian Rolls (I used Cobblestone Mill Hoagies, Philly Style)
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Lightly spray a 13 x 9 inch glass baking dish with cooking spray.
2. You do not want your chicken to be too thick. I cut my chicken breast in half and then pounded it out just a touch with my kitchen mallet.
3. Coat Chicken in egg and then bread crumbs. Then place into baking dish.
4. Bake uncovered for 20 minutes.
5. After 20 minutes Pour Spaghetti sauce over top of chicken and top with cheese.
6. Bake an additional 10 minutes or until chicken is done.
Serve on Hoagie rolls!
~Enjoy!~
Frozen Glitter Grapes
So Good! So easy to make! Perfect during the summer.
Ingredients:
Bunch of Grapes
1 (3 ounce package) Jell-o gelatin Any flavor of your choice, not prepared. Generic works just as well.
Directions:
1. Rinse Grapes under water. Patting almost dry with a paper towel. You don’t want them dry….you need some moisture on them for the gelatin to stick.
2. Roll a bunch of grapes in 1/3 of the box of gelatin. After you have a grape coated put onto a plate and continue until all grapes are done. Adding Gelatin as it gets low. ( I used lime Jell-0 Gelatin)
3. Place in freezer for a couple of hours. Then they are ready to enjoy.
~Enjoy!~
Note: I tried placing the gelatin in a baggie and putting the grapes into the bag and just tossing. It really didn’t get all the grapes coated to my liking. So I just ended up rolling 4 or 5 at a time on a plate until all were coated.
Salmon Burgers
This is my recipe to feed my family of 6. It just might sound like a lot of ingredients. But it did give us lunch for the next day (at least for a couple of us). This is not a dinner to eat all the time. It is loaded with sodium. Everything in moderation!
Ingredients:
5- 5 oz cans of skinless boneless Salmon (I use Chicken of the Sea brand)
2 eggs, beaten
1 cup of crushed Saltine crackers plus an additional 2/3 cup
1/4 heaping cup mayonnaise (I used Miracle Whip!)
Salt and Pepper to taste
1/4 cup onion
1 teaspoon dried mustard
1/4 teaspoon parsley
1/4 teaspoon dried dill
Directions:
1. Drain can’s of Salmon Juice. Reserving 1/4 cup (you may need it to use later).
2. In a large bowl combine all ingredients. Except 2/3 cup crushed crackers and the reserved juice.
3. Mix all the ingredients well. If it is too dry add the reserve salmon liquid…not all just a little at a time to get the moisture in that you want. If it is too wet…add some cracker crumbs.
4. Make into patties. I ended up with 8 patties. Yours will vary depending on how big you make them.
5.Next, coat patties in remaining bread crumbs on both sides.
6. Heat a skillet at med/low heat…add some butter or oil. Cook patties on both sides until brown. I did about 4 minutes each side.
Serve Hot! You can serve this all by itself with Lemon sauce or Tartar Sauce. Or you can make it in burger form using tomato and lettuce.
~Enjoy!~
Delicious Egg Salad
Perfect for spring and summer. Or just for lunch on any day. You can eat this on a bun, Sandwich bread, flat bread….with tomato, lettuce, onion…..etc. My husband even likes his grilled.
Ingredients:
8 eggs
1/2 cup mayonnaise
1 teaspoon prepared yellow mustard or dijon Mustard
1/4 cup chopped green onion
salt and pepper to taste
1/2 teaspoon paprika
Directions:
1. Hard boil the eggs.
2. Slice and Dice the eggs. I use a egg slicer’s and then after I have sliced all the eggs; I take a butter knife and cut through them randomly.
3. Add all other ingredients. And stir to combine.
~Enjoy!~
