Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Quick & Easy!

I've been asked if we have some more simple-type meals, and the answer is yes! We make these quite often and don't really use a recipe for them. (So I'll try to make out the measurements).

Hawaiian Chicken (Lisha's)
4 chicken breasts diced up into bite size chunks
1 large can diced pineapple 
1 green pepper - chopped up
1/4 cup honey
1/4 cup soy sauce 
(you can do more of honey & soy sauce to your taste)

Pour some flour, salt & pepper, and a little garlic powder into a plastic bag. After chicken is diced put into bag and shake it around to cover chicken. In a big pan - pour some oil in and heat up. Then place breaded chicken in the pan. Cook the chicken through. Then add pineapple, honey, and soy sauce. Cover and let simmer for about 10 mins. Add green peppers and simmer for about 5 mins. Serve over rice! 

Crouton Chicken 
Chicken breasts cut into strips/pieces
Croutons
1 - 2 eggs

Cut chicken breast in like 3 or 4 pieces, and then pound out with a meat tenderizer. Put about 1/2 box of croutons (our favorite kind is Ms. Cubbison's Restaurant Style) into a bag and smash to be crumbs. (You can use a meat tenderizer or rolling pin). And then put the crumbs in a bowl. Beat the egg in a bowl. Dip each piece of chicken in the egg first, and then the crouton crumbs. Grease a cookie sheet and lay chicken on it. Bake at 350. Serve with honey mustard dip and cheesy mashed potatoes.

Honey Mustard Dip
1/2 cup Mayonnaise
Big squirt of Mustard
Big squirt of Honey

Stir up to be smooth.

Cheesy Mashed Potatoes
5-6 potatoes (depending one how many you're feeding)
1/2 pack of 8 oz. cream cheese 
1/2 cube butter
(about) 1/2 cup milk
Cheese
Salt & Pepper
Garlic Powder (to taste)

Peel potatoes and then cut into chunks. Boil potatoes in water until tender. Drain water and then beat potatoes with hand mixer and add other ingredients. Mix until smooth. Pour potatoes into a 9x13 pyrex and cover the top with cheese. Either bake in the oven at 350 until cheese is bubbly or throw in the microwave until cheese is bubbly.

BBQ Chicken Pizza
1 Boboli pizza crust (I like thin crust)
KC Masterpiece Original BBQ Sauce
2 chicken breasts
A few slices of purple onion
Cilantro
Mozzarella cheese

Dice up chicken breast into small bite size pieces. Cook chicken in a pan on the stove with a little oil. When cooked through, add some bbq sauce to chicken. Get your crust and pour some bbq sauce on it and spread all over. Spread chicken on it next. Chop up some purple onion and sprinkle over chicken (however much onion you like). Next, chop up some cilantro (again, however much you like). Shred your cheese (or buy it already shredded) and sprinkle lots of top. Then sprinkle a little more cilantro on top to make it look pretty. Bake at about 375 until cheese is bubbly. Enjoy!

Monday, April 14, 2008

Diana's Breakfast Casserole

1 1/2 - 2 lbs. sausage or diced ham
1 1/2 cup milk
1 tsp. salt
1 lb. hashbrowns
1 dozen eggs
1 1/2 tsp. dry mustard
2 cups grated cheese
pepper

If using sausage, cook it. Spray 9x13 with pam. Place hashbrowns in pan, then the cooked meat. Mix eggs, milk, seasonings, and cheese. Pour over the hashbrowns/meat. Cover with foil and refrigerate over night. Bake at 350 for 45-60 min. Remove foil for last 15 min to brown top.