Chicken Parmesan

This is a very quick and easy recipe for GOOD chicken!

4 Chicken Breast (or however many people you are feeding, one per person)
Mozzarella Cheese
Spaghetti Sauce (whatever kind you have on hand)
Bread Crumbs
Egg
Flour

Pound down your chicken until it is about 1/2 inch thick (for faster cooking in the oven). You can keep it thicker if you want. Then get 3 bowls and fill 1 with flour, 1 with 2 eggs (more if needed) just a little bit beaten, and then the other with bread crumbs. Salt and Pepper your chicken and then dip it in each bowl, beginning with the flour then the egg then the bread crumbs. Be sure the chicken is completely coated with the bread crumbs. Then place these on a greased 9x12 pan. Cover the pan with foil and cook at 350 degrees for about 30 or 40 mins. This just depends on how long it normally takes to cook chicken in your particular oven. Then when the chicken is almost completely done in the oven take the foil off and put spaghetti sauce and moz cheese on each peice. This make it all warm and SOOO GOOD. I also cook this with spaghetti and salad for a whole meal. So there you go, a very quick and easy meal.

Just a little tip I picked up from a chef on TV. When you are dipping chicken in egg or butter or whatever you do to get bread crumbs or over things to stick to you chicken, be sure to put your chicken in flour first. To make the crumbs stick to your chicken better it needs to continue a pattern of wet, dry, wet. Since the chicken is already wet by itself you need to dip it in flour to make it dry, then egg or butter to make it wet, then crumbs to make it dry again. Just a cooking tip for anyone!

Veggie Cheese Chowder

I got this great recipe from my mom. It's one of my favorites, and I'd always request this one for my birthday meal.

• 4 cups cubed potatoes
• 2 cups sliced carrots
  
• 2 cups chopped celery
  
• 1/2 cup minced onion
  
• 2 tsp. salt
  
• 4 cups water
• 1 10oz. package frozen broccoli
• 3 Tbsp. chicken base
• 3 1/2 cup milk
• 1/2 cup margarine
• 1/2 cup flour
• 1 Tbsp. dry mustard
• 1 lb. Velveeta cheese

Prepare first 4 ingredients. Place in large stew pot, add salt & water. Cook until veggies are tender (about 20 minutes). Add broccoli, chicken base, & milk. Simmer 5 more minutes. In a separate pan melt margarine. Add flour & mustard to margarine to create roux. Add roux to soup & stir until thickened. Cut cheese into cubes; add to soup. Stir until cheese is melted. Keep hot (do not boil!) until ready to serve. Yummy!!!

Crock Pot Chicken Enchiladas

I adore this one because it is so dang easy and very tasty!

4 chicken breasts (can be frozen)
1 large bottle of Pace Picante sauce (the huge plastic ones)
Sour Cream
Grated Cheese
Tortilla shells

Put chickens breasts frozen or thawed in crock pot and pour picante sauce over the top of them untill they are about 1/2 covered or more. (I usually go by the rule of one chicken breast per person eating with us.) We use mild because certain people in my home cant handle spice. If you like Medium or hot then feel free to use that. Allow to cook about 4 hrs on high or 6+ on medium. Those are honestly guesses. I leave mine on medium all day cause I put it in before I go to work in the morning. When cooked thouroughly put chicken breasts in bowl; they should be falling apart. Shred with a forks. Add about 1/2 to 3/4 cup of sour cream and picante sauce from crock pot (you decide). Spoon mixture into the middle of tortilla shells, add shredded cheese, roll into enchiladas and place in a 9x13 pan with edges on bottom so they stay closed. Cover enchiladas with Picante sauce from crock pot and top with more cheese. Throw in oven at 325-350 until cheese is melted on top; about 10 mins. Enjoy!

Penne Pasta

This is one of my absolute favorite recipes!!! So yummy!

• 3 Tbsp. butter
• 1 Tbsp. olive oil
• 1 clove garlic, finely chopped
• 1 small onion, chopped
• 1/4 cup chopped ham
• 2 chicken breasts, cubed
• 1/2 cup white grape juice
• 1/2 cup whipping cream
• 1 small can sliced olives
• 1 Tbsp. chopped fresh parsley
• 1/2 tsp. pepper
• 1 lb. (16oz.) penne pasta
• 2 Tbsp. grated parmesan cheese

Heat butter and oil in a skillet over medium-high heat. Saute garlic and onion in butter and olive oil mixture. Stir in ham and chicken. Cook, stirring occasionally, until chicken is brown. Stir in whipping cream, olives, parsley, and pepper. Heat to boiling; reduce heat. Simmer, uncovered, 30 minutes, stirring frequently, until thickened. Cook penne as directed on package. Mix penne and cream micture; top with cheese.

Cranberry Pork Roast

This one is super easy. Just throw it in and have a yummy dinner when you get back from running errands or whatever is on the agenda.

1 (1lb.-3lb.) boneless rolled pork loin roast
1/2 t salt
1/4 t pepper
1 (16oz) whole berry cranberry sauce
1/4 C honey
1 t grated orange
1/8 t ground cloves
1/8 t ground nutmeg

1.) Cut roast in half (don't have too) and place in a slow cooker; sprinkle with salt and pepper. Combine the remaining ingredients; pour over roast. Cover and cook on low for 4-5 hours or until a meat thermometer reads 160 degrees. (or just cut into it and if it looks good, there you go!) Let stand 10 minutes before slicing.

Serve with garlic mashed potatoes.

Mama Nelson's Crescent Rolls

My Mom has made this recipe for as long as I can remember and in turn I learned how to make it. It is so dang good but be careful if you make it for a family gathering or some kind of party or something you will never be asked to bring anything else again.

2 pkgs. or 4 1/2 tsp fast rising yeast
1/2 C warm water
1 Tbs Sugar (I often add extra sugar)
2 C scalded milk
1/2 C maragarine
2 tsp salt
2 eggs
7 C flour

Soften yeast in 1/2 C warm water and sprinkle with sugar; Set aside. Mix milk, sugar, margarine, (drop margarine in hot milk to melt), and salt. Cool to lukewarm. Add eggs and 3 C flour. Beat well. Stir in yeast mixture and gradually add approximately3 1/2 - 4 C flour to form soft dough. Let rise in bowl until double (1 1/2 hours). Knead in lightly floured surface until no longer feels sticky. Divide dough into 4 balls. Roll each into a flat surface. Brush with melted butter and cut into 12 pizza slices with a pizza cutter. Roll into crescent. Place on grease baking sheet, let rise 30 -45 minutes. Bake at 400* for 12 to 15 minutes. (Optional: brush with melted butter after taken out of the oven.) Makes 4 dozen.

Enjoy!