Main Dish
This is a quick and easy weeknight dinner. I found this recipe and slightly adapted it from wineandglue.com. I also doubled the recipe. This is the kind of dish that is easy to grab and go.
INGREDIENTS
2 tubes of Pillsbury crescent rolls (or sheets if you can find them)
10.8 ounces of mixed frozen vegetables ( I used Birds Eye corn, carrots, green beans and peas)
1 can Campbell’s cream of chicken soup
1/2 cup of cheddar cheese
1/2 cup of Monterey Jack cheese
8 ounces of cream cheese
1 rotisserie chicken (shredded )
DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
Roll out both of the crescent roll dough onto two cookie sheets that are slightly sprayed with with non stick spray.
Mix the rest of the ingredients into a medium size bowl.
Spread half of the mixture down the middle of each of the crescent roll dough leaving room on both ends as well as both sides.
Using a serrated knife slice about 1/2 inch from the long side of the dough towards the middle doing this about 6 or 7 times on both sides. do not slice the short ends of the dough.
Take both sides of the short end of the dough and bring it up over the chicken mixture then alternate braiding the dough on the sides over the chicken mixture forming what looks like a braid.
Do this with both loaves.
Bake for 18-20 minutes depending on your oven. Let rest for ten minutes before slicing.
Enjoy!
This is one of the quickest and easiest lunch or dinner recipes. It can be made in just minutes using rotisserie chicken or rotisserie turkey breast from your grocer. This is a favorite and can be changed up slightly using sauerkraut (drained) instead of the coleslaw.
INGREDIENTS
Roasted turkey breast or rotisserie chicken (shredded)
Coleslaw or sauerkraut
Thousand island dressing
Pepperidge Farm swirl bread
Butter
DIRECTIONS
Butter one side of one of the pieces of bread and place butter side down in a panini press or skillet. Add as much or little as you like of thousand island dressing, add chicken or turkey, add coleslaw or sauerkraut, add the second piece of bread buttering the outside of the bread and place the top of the panini press down or use a heavy skillet on top of your pan pressing the sandwich down. Cook until golden on both sides turning once if using a pan.
NOTES
When using sauerkraut, drain well. I make a simple coleslaw mix using a shredded bag from my grocery store, slice one green apple and mix with your favorite coleslaw dressing. I also add a good amount of fresh cracked pepper.
Enjoy!
The title says it all! This is hands down our favorite salad! BIG FLAVOR!
This salad does take some time for the chicken marinade, chopping, dressing AND a peanut sauce! All of that for just one salad! It is well worth the effort!
CHICKEN MARINADE
1/2 cup vegetable oil
2 Tablespoons of rice vinegar
1/4 cup sugar
1 clove of garlic
1/2 bunch of cilantro
1 lime, juiced
salt
pepper
4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
SALAD
2 Hearts of romaine, chopped
2 or 3 handfuls of already made coleslaw mix
1 cucumber (peeled and chopped)
1 red bell pepper
5 scallions
1/2 bunch of cilantro
1 cup salted peanuts
DRESSING
1/2 cup rice vinegar
1/2 cup Thai sweet chili sauce
2 teaspoons sesame oil
1 teaspoon sugar
salt
pepper
PEANUT SAUCE
1/2 cup natural peanut butter
4 Table spoons reduced sodium soy sauce
2 Tablespoons rice vinegar
1/4 cup to 1/2 cup water
DIRECTIONS
In a ziploc bag , combine all the ingredients for the chicken marinade. Mush it around, then let marinate in the fridge for at least 4 hours. Cook chicken on the grill until done or bake at 350 degrees for 40 minutes. Allow the chicken to cool slightly and cut into bite size pieces.
Combine the salad ingredients in a large bowl.
Mix dressing ingredients together .
Mix peanut sauce ingredients together
To build salad individually, place salad ingredients in a bowl , add some of the dressing and mix. Add chicken and drizzle with peanut sauce.
Notes: I like to make the dressing and peanut sauce in medium size mason jars mixing well.
Add water to the peanut sauce cautiously , you want to be able to drizzle it over the chicken. If you make this after the peanut sauce has been in the refrigerator warm in the microwave slightly to drizzle easier.
Recipe adapted from wwwtasteandtell.com
Hello to my slow cooker! There is nothing better than a dinner cooking all afternoon while I get laundry, dishes and cleaning done or …maybe put my feet up , eat some bon bons and pretend I am working hard on a delicious dinner . I will never tell what I am doing and will never tell what you do in your home!
This post came about a while back while my brother-in-law Bobby and I were having a conversation about his dislike for any food coming out of the slow cooker. He made it clear it was not his favorite. I wanted to change his mind, as I know there are several great slow cooker recipes out there. So here ya go Bobby! My first slow cooker recipe to you…with more to come! Check out the serving suggestions below!
INGREDIENTS
1/2 cup honey
1/2 cup brown sugar (light)
1/3 cup balsamic vinegar
1/3 cup low sodium soy sauce
5 cloves fresh garlic minced
2 teaspoons Siracha (or more , depending on your taste)
pepper
4 boneless, skinless chicken breast
2 tablespoons cornstarch
2 tablespoons water
DIRECTIONS
In a sauce pan add the honey, brown sugar, balsamic vinegar, soy sauce , siracha and season with black pepper. Bring to a boil , then lower the temperature and simmer. I simmered this for almost a half hour on low heat stirring often. It became pretty thick. (I almost thought I brought it too far) so be careful not to burn it! Let cool……
In the slow cooker add the chicken, pour in the cooled sauce, add the garlic and stir until coated. Put the lid on and cook on high for 4 hours flipping chicken a few times.
At the four hour mark take the chicken out and shred using two forks. While the chicken is out of the pot mix the cornstarch and water in a small bowl then add to the crockpot. Turn the slow cooker on high, add the shredded chicken back into the slow cooker and continue cooking on high for one hour.
Notes and serving suggestions:
If you want to make the sauce the night before that would be fine , store sauce in fridge and add everything into the crockpot in the morning I think that would work well.
When I made this recipe I had hoped to have a second recipe for a slow cooker rice, I came upon a rice recipe and thought that would be great to have a slow cooker rice and would be able to cook both recipes at the same time and could continue sitting back with those bon bons, oops, I mean chores and hard work..cough, cough …well…this did not happen, the rice recipe SUCKED! Do not cook rice in your slow cooker! you heard it here first ! DONT DO IT! ugh…HORRIBLE!
SO …serve over your favorite white rice, NOT cooked in your slow cooker OR serve as a sandwich or slider with your favorite coleslaw! That is what I did and it was fantastic!
We had some left over the next day so I made some pasta with Alfredo sauce and added the shredded chicken to it and that too was very good!
Cheers Bob!
Enjoy,
I have been making this recipe for years . It is a favorite of our niece, Becky. This recipe is not only easy, but very easy to change to your families tastes. You can change the ground beef to ground chicken or turkey, change the cheese to any blend you like and change the heat level from mild to as hot as you want! The recipe below is a family favorite!
INGREDIENTS
1 lb. ground beef
1 envelope taco seasoning medium spice and low sodium
4 ounces of cream cheese
Jumbo pasta shells
1 tablespoon butter
1/2 cup (give or take ) your favorite salsa with any heat level YOU like , we use medium heat
1 cup taco sauce, medium heat
1 cup sharp cheddar cheese
1 cup Monterey Jack cheese
1 cup crushed tortilla chips
Sour cream
DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
In a skillet, cook beef until no longer pink. Add taco seasoning, add cream cheese. simmer until cheese is melted. Transfer to a bowl and set aside. Cook pasta shells according to package. Drain and toss lightly with butter.
Spread the salsa over a 9 x 13 pan. Fill each shell with the meat mixture and place on top of salsa, continue until meat mixture is gone. Cover shells with taco sauce.
Cover and bake for 30 minutes. Uncover sprinkle with cheese and crushed chips. Bake 15 minutes uncovered.
Serve with sour cream.
Add a salad and garlic bread and dinner is complete!
NOTES:
If you have left over meat mixture you can use this to top nacho chips.
This can be frozen, follow directions up until you put it in the oven. Prior to freezing add the cheese. Cover with plastic wrap then a layer of tin foil. I always label the tin foil with what the dish is and the heating directions from frozen. To re-heat from frozen, I take the dish out the day before I want to make it, pre heat oven to 350 degrees, bake COVERED for 40 minutes, uncover adding the crushed chips and bake 15-20 minutes until heated through.
ENJOY!
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