Main Dish
This is a copy cat soup from Olive Garden and it is delicious!
We have hit the winter months in New Hampshire and although we have not had much snow we have had some cold days and nights and this hits the spot perfectly on those days! This soup comes together quick and would be great with some crusty bread! So next time the weather is cold go ahead and make this and curl up with your favorite someone and enjoy the afternoon!!
INGREDIENTS
4 slices of bacon, diced
1 pound spicy sausage sliced into bite size pieces
1 Tablespoon olive oil
2 cloves of garlic, minced
1 onion, diced
4 cups chicken broth
3 russet potatoes, peeled and thinly sliced
3 cups baby spinach
1 1/2 cups heavy cream
Salt to taste
Pepper to taste
DIRECTIONS
Heat a large skillet over medium high heat. Add bacon and cook until browned and crisp. Transfer to a paper towel lined plate and set aside. Add diced sausage to skillet and cook until browned, about 3-5 minutes being sure to stir the sausage as it cooks, drain excess fat and set aside. Heat olive oil in a large stockpot over medium heat. add garlic and onion cook stirring frequently until onions are translucent.
Stir in chicken broth and bring to a boil, add potatoes and cook until tender about ten minutes. Stir in sausage and spinach until spinach starts to wilt, just a couple minutes. Stir in heavy cream and cook until heated through. Season with salt and pepper, top with bacon and serve warm!
Enjoy!
This recipe can be found at www.damndelicious.com
This is one of those super simple “what’s in my pantry I need to use up” kind of recipes! Easy, one dish and can easily change up the ingredients…using cream of mushroom instead of chicken, using different cheeses, you decide. I have also seen a similar crockpot version. Add a salad and your dinner is done.
INGREDIENTS
1 can cream of chicken soup
1/2 cup of milk (I used 1%)
1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese
1/2 cup shredded Monterey Jack cheese
2 cups dry stuffing mix
1 pound boneless skinless chicken breast
1/2 cup melted butter
DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a medium size mixing bowl mix together the milk and cream of chicken soup. Place the chicken in the bottom of your baking dish and pour the soup mixture over the top of the chicken making sure the chicken is coated. Layer the cheese over the top, sprinkle stuffing over the top of the cheese and pour the butter over the top of the stuffing. Bake for one hour or until chicken is cooked through and stuffing is golden brown. Serve warm.
Enjoy!
My favorite thing to make is appetizers, especially on the weekends where I might make two or three different things. This pizza was super quick and easy using Naan bread, rotisserie chicken and bacon I had already cooked for another recipe. I was slightly heavy on the buffalo sauce so I definitely recommend using it sparingly or to taste if you love the heat!
INGREDIENTS
1 Naan flat bread
3/4 cup cooked, shredded chicken
1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese and or Monterey Jack
1/4 cup ranch or blue cheese dressing
1/4 cup buffalo sauce such as Frank’s (or to taste)
3 strips of cooked bacon, crumbled
DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Place the Naan bread on a pizza stone or baking sheet. Spread the ranch dressing over the Naan. Top with half of the cheese, add bacon and chicken. Top with the remaining cheese and drizzle buffalo sauce over the pizza. Bake for 15 minutes or until cheese is melted and bubbly.
Serve warm.
Enjoy!
One of our favorite combinations are sweet and spicy in the same dish, I have a number of recipes that are like that and they are always a hit wth my family. This meatball recipe is no exception. The flavors start sweet then you get a little heat at the end! This was an instant favorite in our house. I served them more as an appetizer, but you can easily serve this over rice or buttered noodles. This made about 30 one inch meatballs and I did not have one left over!
UPDATE~ this is my original recipe that I submitted to Taste of Home Magazine and has since been published.
MEATBALL INGREDIENTS
1 1/2 pounds meatloaf mix (ground beef, pork, veal)
2 eggs
15 crushed buttery crackers (I used Ritz)
1/2 medium onion, finely diced
1 1/2 Tablespoons brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
Salt
Pepper
1/2 teaspoon chipotle chili pepper powder
1/4 teaspoon smoked paprika
1/4 cup 1% milk
SAUCE INGREDIENTS
1/2 cup of honey
1/4 cup Frank’s Buffalo Wing sauce
1/4 cup orange apricot marmalade (can use just apricot)
1/4 cup brown sugar
2 Tablespoons low sodium soy sauce
1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Line a baking sheet with non-stick foil. Mix all of the meatball ingredients together until well combined. Roll into one inch balls and place on the baking sheet. Do this for all of the meatloaf mixture. Bake in the oven for 15 minutes until lightly browned. While the meatballs are baking add all of the sauce ingredients together in a sauce pan and cook over medium heat until the sugar is dissolved and the sauce thickens slightly, roughly 7-10 minutes stirring often. When the meatballs have cooked for ten minutes transfer them to a slow cooker add the sauce on top of the meatballs and cook on low for 2 hours. Serve warm as an appetizer or over rice or buttered noodles.
Enjoy!
I made this dish close to the end of the week when my fridge was running low on our favorite things and I had not been to the grocery store. What does that say? Well, the dish is simple and most likely you have everything on hand. I was so low on things I served this over cheesy garlic bread instead of the typical wrap or over rice. I have to say it was not a bad way to serve this. The garlic bread gave more texture and flavor. I’m not sure it was my favorite thing but it was a change of pace that’s for sure! Did I mention this is made in the slow cooker? Yup! Super simple!
NOTE
One hour before the chicken is done mix the cornstarch and water together add to the crockpot and continue cooking for the last hour. This is optional but I like a thicker sauce so I added the cornstarch mixture. If you are serving over rice you can skip this step.
INGREDIENTS
2 pounds boneless skinless chicken breasts or thighs
1/2 cup honey
1/4 cup soy sauce
1/4 cup mustard ( I used average yellow mustard)
2 Tablespoons malt vinegar
4 garlic cloves
Fresh pepper to taste
TO THICKEN SAUCE
2 Tablespoons cornstarch
2 Tablespoons water
DIRECTIONS
In a slow cooker combine, honey, soy sauce, mustard vinegar, garlic and black pepper. Stir to combine all ingredients and add the chicken Coating the chicken in the sauce and covering the chicken. Cook the chicken on high for 4-5 hours (see cornstarch note) or on low for 6 hours until the chicken is moist and tender. Stir the chicken a couple of times during the cooking time if possible. Once cooked, using two forks, remove the chicken from the slow cooker and shred, return the shredded meat to the crockpot stir in the sauce and serve over buttered noodles, rice or make sliders or wraps!
Enjoy!
This recipe was found on Pinterest
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