Creamy Swiss Chicken

This recipe is so simple and so delicious. My family loves it when we have this for dinner. Even the kids eat it all up!!

4 boneless chicken breasts (make sure they are not too thick)
1 can cream of chicken soup
1/4 cup white cooking wine
1 package Stove Top Chicken stuffing
1/2 cup melted butter or margarine
Swiss cheese slices

Arrange chicken in a 13x9 pan. Put a slice of swiss cheese on each chicken breast. Mix together cooking wine and cream of chicken soup then pour on top of chicken. Pour stuffing on top of chicken then drizzle butter evenly on top.
Bake at 350 degrees for 40-45 minutes.

ENJOY!

memorial day recipes

Most of you probably have made these but they are some of my favorites so i brought them to our BBQ today.

Dump fruit salad

1 can peach pie filling
1 can mandarin oj's
1 can chunk pineapple
add any fruit to your liking (apples don't work too well since they are too crunchy)

7 Layer salad

start at the bottom of a large bowl and layer as thus:
broken lettuce
defrosted frozen peas
hard boiled and sliced eggs
chopped celery
chopped green onions
dressing: 1 pint mayo, 1 T sugar, 2 T Parmesan cheese
shredded cheese
diced tomatoes
cooked, crumbled bacon

Rhubarb Crunch

1 C flour
3/4 C quick oats
1 C brown sugar
1/2 C melted butter
1 T cinnamon
4 C rhubarb, cut in 1 inch pieces
1 C cold water
1 C sugar
2 T cornstarch
1 T vanilla

butter the bottom of a 9x9 inch baking dish. mix flour, oats, brown sugar, butter and cinnamon together and divide in half. press one-half of mixture in the bottom of dish. spread rhubarb evenly over pressed crumb mixture. in saucepan, combine water, sugar, and cornstarch and bring to a boil. stir until thick and clear; remove from heat and stir in vanilla. pour this over rhubarb. top with remaining crumb mixture. bake at 350 for one hour. best with vanilla ice cream.

Scotcharoos

1 C sugar
1 C light karo syrup
1 C smooth peanut butter
6 C rice krispies
1 C butterscotch chips
1 C chocolate chips

cook sugar and karo syrup together until bubbly. take off heat and add peanut butter and mix until smooth. pour over rice krispies in large bowl and mix until well combined. press into a 9x13 pan. melt together the butterscotch and chocolate chips and spread over the top of the rice krispies mixture. let stand until cool.

Sour Cream Banana Bars

These are so good and really easy to make. Everyone loves them, especially my kids. I like to take them to a BBQ or potluck because they are baked in a jelly roll pan there is lots to go around.

Sour Cream Banana Bars

1 1/2 c sugar
1 c sour cream
1/2 c butter softened
1 1/2 c mashed bananas (3)
2 tsp vanilla
1 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda
2 c flour

Spray 15 x 10 jelly roll pan with non stick cooking spray. Mix sugar, butter, sour cream and eggs together on low for 1 minute. Beat in bananas and vanilla on low for 1 minute. Mix in dry ingredients on medium for 1 minute. Pour into pan. Bake on 375^ for 20-25 minutes. Frost with Brown Butter Frosting.

Brown Butter Frosting.

1/4 c butter
2 1/2 c powdered sugar
1 tsp vanilla
3 Tbsp milk

Heat butter over medium heat until it reaches a delicate (light to medium brown) color. It might seem like you are burning it but as long as it isn't black it should work out just fine. Use a mixer to beat in powdered sugar, vanilla and milk. Keep adding small amounts of powdered sugar and milk until it is a good consistency, not too runny. This frosting spreads best on a warm cake. I usually start this before the cake is finished and frost after cooling for only a few minutes.

Angels on Horseback? (family name)

8-10 chicken breasts
1 pkg. of bacon
1 pkg. of roast beef(lunch meat)

Wrap each breast in beef then bacon

Lay in 9x13 pan

Cover with sauce

Mix together:
2 cups sour cream
1 can cream of mushroom
1 can cream of chicken

Sread over top of chicken

Bake for 2 hours on 250

Yummy sunday dinner with a baked potato or rice a roni!
*My uncle said this dish was better than...angels riding on horseback?
Ms. Kristen

Tomato Florentine Soup

2 tsp. olive oil
3 clove garlic
2- 14 oz. cans chicken broth
8 oz. of cheese tortellinis
1- 14 oz. can chopped tomatoes in juice
1/2- 10 oz. bag fresh spinach, stemmed and washed or packaged of frozen
6 basil leaves, chopped
salt and pepper to taste
1/4 c. parmesan cheese

Heat the olive oil in a large sauce pan. Add the garlic and cook until fragrant, without browning-about 30 seconds. Stir in chicken broth and bring to a boil. Add tortellini and cook just until tortellini are tender, reduce heat. Add tomatoes, with juice, spinach and basil. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Simmer just until spinach is tender. Remove from heat. Ladle soup into bowls and sprinkle with parmesan cheese.

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This is a very fresh tasting soup. It is an ideal summer soup, as in light and not heavy. Yummy.

Tortellini Soup

1 lb. mild Italian sausage (I use ground turkey sausage, available in 1 lb. pkgs. from Wal-Mart)
1 onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 c. water
2 (13 1/2 oz.) cans beef broth
1/2 c. apple juice (or just more broth)
3 carrots, sliced
1 (28 oz.) can crushed tomatoes
1 tsp. dried basil
1 tsp. dried oregano
1 c. sliced zucchini (optional)
4 T. dried parsley (or fresh chopped)
8 oz. frozen or refrigerated tortellini

Fresh grated Parmesan for garnish

Brown sausage. Drain and add onion and garlic, cook until tender. Add water, broth, juice, carrots, tomatoes, basil, oregano. zucchini, parsley. Simmer 30 min. Add tortellini last 5-10 min and cook until tender, but not soggy. Garnish with Parmesan

I just tried this recipe for the first time last night and it had delicious flavor.

Tomato Bacon Fusilli

12 oz fusilli
1/4 cup butter
1/4 cup flour
1 t salt
1/4 t pepper
2 cups milk
1 1/2 cups parmesan
2 t parsley
8 slices of bacon, crispy and crumbled
2 medium tomatoes, chopped

-Cook & drain pasta according to package
-Melt butter in saucepan
-Stir in flour, salt and pepper
-Blend in milk
-Stir constantly until thick and bubbly
-Stir in cheese, parsley, bacon, pasta, and tomatoes.
-Toss and serve immediately

This dish is rich and yummy. It's kind of hard to toss, since the parmesan is melting everywhere, but it's really good.