Italian Alfredo (Crock-pot)

Italian Alfredo (Crock-pot)
1-2 chicken breasts
1 can cream of chicken soup
couple spoonfuls of sour cream
3 squirts of bottled Italian salad dressing or package of dry Italian dressing mix

Directions:
Mix all ingredients in crock pot and cook on low 3-4 hours. (Chicken can be frozen when this is started.) When it's done shred or cut the chicken into bite size pieces and serve over rice or fettuccine.

Green Chili Chicken Tacos

Green Chili Chicken Tacos
3 boneless skinless chicken breasts (trimmed and pounded flat)
1 jar green salsa
1 pack taco size flour tortillas*
1 pack shredded Mexican cheese

Directions:
Season chicken breasts with salt, pepper and garlic. Grill or pan fry in a little olive oil. They shouldn't take long if you pounded out the chicken. Cut chicken into strips and add back to frying pan with green salsa. Let simmer. While simmering prep tortillas. Put tortillas in a hot pan and sprinkle with cheese on tortilla like making a quesadilla. Just after cheese melts flip tortilla so cheese is face down. cook until cheese is crispy and doesn't stick to pan. Construct tacos and top with lettuce, tomatoes, or any other favorite toppings. *Serves 4-5

*Although it says to use taco size flour tortillas, we ran out and used Lala's and made it into a burrito, and it was DELISH!!

Creamy Chicken Tacos (Crockpot Dish)

Creamy Chicken Tacos (Crock pot Dish)
5-6 pieces of boneless chicken breast
1&1/4 cup Pace Salsa (mild)
3/4 cup sour cream

Directions:
Place chicken in the crock pot with salsa. Cook for 8 hours on high. Shred the chicken and clear the fat on the 7th hour, then add sour cream for the last hour of cooking. Serve on tortillas, lettuce and cheese. Enjoy!!!

Slow Cooker Chicken and Green Chilies

Slow Cooker Chicken and Green Chilies
4-6 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
1&1/2 cup chopped onion
1 can (10.75oz) cream of chicken soup, condensed
2 cans (4oz each) chopped green chilies, with liquid

Directions:
Place chicken in greased slow cooker. Combine remaining ingredients and pout over chicken. Cover and cook on low heat 6-8 hours or on high heat 3-4 hours. Makes 6-8 servings. Serve over steamed rice and a bit of sour cream.

Lemon Chicken

Lemon Chicken
6 boneless chicken breasts, cut into 1-1&1/2 inch pieces
2 cups bread crumbs
2 eggs
4 teaspoons butter
1/4 cup water

Lemon Sauce:
1 lemon
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1&1/2 cups water
2 drops yellow food coloring (optional)
2 tablespoons cornstarch

Directions:
Dip pieces of cut up chicken in beaten egg, and then roll in bread crumbs. Salt and pepper as desired. Fry in butter until brown. Add 1/4 cup of water and simmer for 15 minutes.
Prepare sauce: Combine water, sugar, cornstarch and food coloring in a saucepan. heat over medium heat until thick. Remove from heat and add juice from lemon. Pour sauce over chicken and simmer for 20 minutes. Serve with rice. 

Homemade Alfredo Sauce

Alfredo Sauce

8 oz cream cheese

1/2 cup butter

3/4 cup parmesan cheese

1/2 cup milk

garlic powder and pepper to taste

Directions:

Heat over low heat. Serve over hot noodles. I served mine with breadsticks and it was delish!!

Cheerio Treats

Cheerio Treats

1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
3 tablespoons margarine/butter
1-10oz  pkg marshmallows
5 cups Honey Nut Cheerios
M&Ms- as many as desired!

Directions:

Melt margarine and marshmallows together until smooth. Stir in peanut butter. Add cereal. Mix well. Add 1 large package of M&Ms. Press into a greased pan. Allow treats to set up before cutting into squares.

Pizza Crust

Pizza Crust

1&1/2 cups water
1&1/2 tablespoons olive oil
3&3/4 cup flour
1&1/2 tablespoons sugar
1&1/2 teaspoons  salt
1&1/2 teaspoons yeast

Directions:
Combine ingredients. Divide in half and roll out to sired thickness. Brush with oil. Cover and let rise for 15 minutes. Put on your sauce, cheese and toppings and bake for 25-30 minutes at 400.

Candied Yams (these taste like pecan pie)

Candied Yams

3 cups chunky mashed yams
1/2 cup sugar
2 eggs
1/3 cup milk
1/2 stick butter
1 teaspoon vanilla

Topping:
1 cup brown sugar
1/3 cup melted butter
1/2 cup flour
1 cup nuts

Directions:
Mix top ingredients and place in 9X13 (I used an 11X15, since it is pretty rich). Mix topping and place by small spoonfuls on top ( will be thick). bake 40-45 minutes at 350.

Lil Smokies

Lil Smokies

1-18oz bottle BBQ sauce, your fav
1-18oz jar grape jelly
2 pkgs. Lil Smokies
Direction:
Mix BBQ sauce and grape jelly in crock pot; add Lil Smokies. Cook 6 hours on low in crock pot. YUMMY!!

Cafe Rio Rice

Cafe Rio Rice
3 cups water
4 teaspoons chicken bouillon
4 teaspoons minced garlic
1/2 bunch cilantro
1 can green chilies
3/4 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon butter
1/2 onion
1&1/2 cups rice
Directions:
Blend cilantro, green chilies and onion together in food processor or blender Bring water to a boil and add the ingredients including the blended ingredient's. Simmer covered on medium low for 25-30 minutes. Watch carefully as this can burn easily.

Cafe Rio Chicken

Cafe Rio Chicken
1 small bottle Kraft Zesty Italian Dressing
1 tablespoon chili powder
1 tablespoon cumin
3 cloves garlic, minced
5 lbs. chicken
Directions:
Cook all together in a crock pot for 4-5 hours. Shred meat and cook an additional hour.

Lemon Squares

Lemon Squares
Crust:
2 cups sifter flour
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1 cup softened butter
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350. Mix flour and powdered sugar. Cut in butter (work in well with a fork), then pat mixture into a greased 9X13, or 2 8X8 baking dishes cutting the mixture in half. Bake for 15-20 minutes. Mix filling while crust is baking.

Filling:
4 eggs, beaten well
2 cups sugar
3 tablespoons flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
5 tablespoons lemon juice
powdered sugar for topping
Directions:
Combine all filling ingredients except for powdered sugar; mix well. Pour onto hot crust. bake for another 20 minutes. remove from oven and sprinkle powdered sugar  over cake; cut into squares while warm, not hot or cool. refrigerate and serve. Makes 24-30 squares.

Beans in Crock Pot

Pinto Beans in Crock Pot (re fried)
Sort dry beans and look for "rocks", or beans that don't look good. You can always cook bacon until crispy to add to beans for flavor, I do not. Rinse beans in colander. Add to crock pot and cover with water 2 inches above beans. Add salt, garlic powder, pepper, Chile powder, cut up 1 medium onion fine. Cook until done, on HIGH, 4 hours. Stir beans 1 time every hour. Try a bean after the 4 hours and if it's not done, cook longer.
For Re Fried Beans...
Get all beans out of crock pot, adding may be a 1/4 cup of the liquid, 1/2 cup sour cream and then blend in a blender. Or you can omit the sour cream and just use the liquid that the beans cooked in and then blend.
After an hour of cooking, taste the broth. If it has good flavor, then your beans will be good!:)

Banana Shake

Banana Shake
Add 1 whole banana to blender, all sliced, 2 cups ice, 4 teaspoons sugar and pour milk in blender until it covers the ice and banana. Blend and serve.