Sour Cream Enchiladas

These are so easy to throw together. Not to mention pretty good. You could easily add some chicken to them. Ingredients 1/2 can Cream of Chicken Soup 1/4 pint Sour cream 1/2 can Green Chilies diced 1/2 pound Cheese shredded 1/2 medium Onion diced
Instructions Heat together: the soup, sour cream, and chilies. Meanwhile prepare the cheese and onion. Fill one dozen taco shells with cheese and onions roll up shells. Place in 8 by 8 cake pan. Cover with heated sour cream mixture. Sprinkle with cheese. Bake 10 minutes at 425°. Serve hot.
Recipe from Sallie Hughes

Chicken Panini

Makes 4 big sandwiches

Ingredients:
2 chicken breasts
¼ cup chicken broth
¼ cup Kraft Italian dressing
2 tsp rosemary
1/2 tsp garlic powder
A loaf French bread, sliced
4-8 slices Mozzarella cheese
4-8 slices Monterey Jack cheese
1 tomato, sliced
Honey mustard
Butter

Directions:

Put chicken breast, chicken broth, Italian dressing, rosemary, and garlic powder in crock pot and cook for 4 hours or until done. Shred chicken. Preheat grill. Spread butter on to-be-grilled side of each slice of bread. Assemble sandwiches: bread, Mozzarella cheese, chicken, Monterey Jack cheese, tomato, and honey mustard. Grill for 2 minutes (I used a George Foreman Grill, adjust for your grill).

Vegetable Barley Soup

This recipe is from allrecipes.com. We tried it this weekend and it is delicious!

INGREDIENTS
2 quarts vegetable broth
1 cup uncooked barley
2 large carrots, chopped
2 stalks celery, chopped
1 (14.5 ounce) can diced tomatoes with juice
1 zucchini, chopped
1 (15 ounce) can garbanzo beans, drained
1 onion, chopped
3 bay leaves
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon white sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
1 teaspoon dried parsley
1 teaspoon curry powder
1 teaspoon paprika
1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce

DIRECTIONS
Pour the vegetable broth into a large pot. Add the barley, carrots, celery, tomatoes, zucchini, garbanzo beans, onion, and bay leaves. Season with garlic powder, sugar, salt, pepper, parsley, curry powder, paprika, and Worcestershire sauce. Bring to a boil, then cover and simmer over medium-low heat for 50-90 minutes. The soup will be very thick (it really will, I promise). You may adjust by adding more broth or less barley if desired. Remove bay leaves before serving.

Soft, chewy sugar cookies

It is tradition for us to have big, yummy sugar cookies for Valentines Day. I found and tried this recipe and the are DELICIOUS! If you make them a little thick they are like the Granny's cookies. I got it off of Laughadaisy Recipes.


Best Sugar Cookies Ever

1/2 cup butter, softened (no substitutes)
1 3-oz package cream cheese
1-1/2 cups sifted powdered sugar
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 egg
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1-3/4 cups all-purpose flour

• Beat butter and cream cheese with an electric mixer on medium speed for 30 seconds. Add powdered sugar and baking powder, beat till combined. Beat in egg and vanilla. Beat in as much of the flour as you can. Stir in any remaining flour with a wooden spoon. Divide dough in half. Cover and chill 1 hour or till dough is easy to handle.

• Roll dough, half at a time, to 1/8-inch thickness. Cut into desired shapes. Arrange cutouts 1 inch apart on an ungreased cookie sheet (I use parchment paper instead).

• Bake in a 375-degree oven for 7 to 8 minutes or till edges are set. Cool on a wire rack.

**This recipe is from the Better Homes and Gardens Special Interest Publications Magazine dated 1996.

Chicken with Prosciutto, Mushrooms, and Cream Sauce

I got the basics of this recipe from Allrecipes, but modified it to fit my needs. It turned out great - both Chris and I LOVED it. It was actually pretty easy, too.

Ingredients:
3 T butter, melted
8 chicken thighs
salt and pepper to taste
8 slices prosciutto, thinly sliced (you can also use bacon)
8 cloves garlic, minced (about 2 tablespoons)
1 8oz. package of sliced mushrooms (I used baby bella, oyster, and shiitake mushrooms, and it was AWESOME)
1/4 c. dry white wine or low-sodium chicken broth (optional)
1 c. sour cream

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350F. Drizzle butter into a casserole dish. Sprinkle mushrooms into dish. Season chicken with salt, pepper, and 1 tablespoon garlic (don't go overboard on salt here, especially if you're using prosciutto, since it's already a salty meat). Wrap chicken thighs in prosciutto, and place in casserole dish on top of mushrooms. Sprinkle the remaining garlic on top of chicken.
Bake in a preheated oven until juices run clear, about 1 hour. Remove chicken and mushrooms to a platter, and cover with aluminum foil to keep warm.
Pour drippings from casserole into a skillet set over medium-low heat. Whisk in wine/broth and sour cream, and cook until warmed through, about 5 to 7 minutes. Pour over chicken, and serve.

Pesant Bread

So Easy to Make and so Yummy. Ingredients 1 package Dry yeast 2 cups Warm water 1 tablespoons Sugar 2 teaspoons Salt 4 cups Flour Butter melted

Instructions Mix all ingredients but flour and butter. Add all but 1 cup of flour. Then slowly add the last cup of flour. Cover and let rise until double. Pull it out of the bowl and make it into two round loafs. Place on greased cooking sheet. Let rise until double in size. Brush with melted butter. Cook for 10 minutes at 425° and then for 15 minutes at 375°. Can brush with more butter after the bread is done cooking.

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Lasagna

This is my all time favorite Lasagna. For some reason my Mother-in-law makes it better, but it's still yummy. I really like it made with sausage. Ingredients 1 pound Ground beef, pork sausage, or italian sausage 1 tablespoon Olive oil or salad oil 1 clove Garlic minced 1 tablespoon Parsley flakes 1 tablespoon Basil 2 teaspoon Salt 1 Large Can Tomatoes 2 1/2 cups 6 ounce Tomato paste 10 ounce Lasagna noodles 24 ounce Cottage cheese 2 Eggs beaten 1/2 teaspoon Pepper 2 tablespoon Parsley flakes 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese 1 pound Mozzarella or American Cheese grated
Instructions Brown the meat in the olive oil. Add the garlic, first amount of parsley, basil, salt, tomatoes, and tomato paste. Simmer, uncovered until thick, (about 40 minutes) stirring occasionally. Cook in boiling water the lasagna noodles. Combine the cottage cheese, eggs, pepper, 2nd amount parsley flakes, and parmesean cheese. Place half the noodles on a 9x13x2 inch baking dish. Spread with half the cottage cheese mixture. Add half the cheese. Add half the meat mixture. Repeat the layers. Bake 375° for 30 minutes.
Recipe from Loa Uremovich I usually spilt this into two pans and freeze one.

Pizza Crust

This is a very easy crust to make. I have used it for pizza and for calzones. Yields: 1 crust Ingredients 1 cup Water warm 2 1/2-3 cupsFlour 1/2 cup Parmesean cheese optional 1 teaspoon Salt 2 tablespoon Oil 1 tablespoon Sugar 2 teaspoons Yeast 2 teaspoons Italian seasoning
Instructions Combine ingredients and mix until blended. If using parmesean cheese only use 2 1/2 cups flour. Cook 20-30 minutes at 375°
Breanna Nichols

Garlic Chicken Sausage Pizza

Ingredients 3 Harmons Garlic Chicken Sausage links casings romved, crumbled, and cooked throughly 1/4 cup Butter 3 cloves Garlic minced 1 cup Parmessiano Reggiano Chesse grated 1/4 cup Heavy cream Sea salt Freshly ground pepper 1 bunch Green onion chopped 12 Cherry or grape tomatos chopped 1 package Kraft Italian Style Shredded Cheese 1 Baboli Pizza Crust McCormick Pizza Seasoning Grinder Instructions Melt butter in saucepan over medium heat. Add garlic and cook for 2-3 minutes. Stir in the cheese and cream, salt and pepper and heat throught, stirring constantly. Remove from heat and let cool until thickened about 10 minutes. When sauce has thickend pour on Boboli crust and spread evenly. Top sauce with cooked sausage, onion and then tomatoes. Cover with entire package of shredded cheese. Grind the pizza seasoning over hte top of the cheese to desired taste. Bake at 450° for 10 minutes. Harmon's Grocery Store