What's Cookin'?

Okay, so maybe it's a little unfair to use other people's food pics but let's face the facts, they just look better and let's face another fact, I wasn't about to make ALL of these recipes today to take pictures of them. Anyhoo, here's what's usually cookin' at my house:

Quesadillas

tortillas
black beans
corn
cooked, diced chicken
shredded cheese
cilantro, chopped

Butter one side of each tortilla. Put buttered side down in heated skillet. Put on other toppings and other tortilla. Cook for a few minutes and then flip carefully with a spatula. Serve with guacamole and sour cream.


Stir Fry

2 packages ramen noodles (I usually use oriental flavor but chicken is good too)
1 package frozen sugar snap pea stir fry mix (found at Walmart) or fresh chopped veggies
Soy sauce

Stir fry veggies in oil. Boil ramen noodles and drain but do NOT add the seasoning packet. Add noodles to veggies and add 1/2 of seasoning packet and soy sauce to taste. Continue to stir fry until noodles are a little crunchy. Serve.


Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies

1 box Spice Cake mix
1 12 oz can pumpkin
1/2 bag chocolate chips

Mix ingredients and put out on greased cookie sheet. Bake at 375 for 8 minutes.




Ravioli Bake

Fresh or frozen ravioli (I buy frozen cheese ravioli)
Spaghetti sauce
Hamburger, cooked and drained
Mozarella cheese

Cook ravioli according to directions on package. (I love the frozen ravioli because it is cheaper and it only takes 3 min to cook in boiling water). Drain ravioli and add spaghetti sauce and hamburger. You can serve just like this or you can put it in an oven safe pan and top with cheese and cook until cheese is melted.

French Dip

1 loaf French bread

thin sliced roast beef

provolone cheese

1 Au Jus sauce mix

Slice French bread loaf lengthwise from the side (does that make sense?) Layer roast beef and cheese all along the loaf. Close the loaf and put on pan and warm in the oven. Mix Au Jus sauce (you can find the sauce mix packet by the gravy and other sauce mixes in the store). Slice the loaf and enjoy!

Garlic Chicken Farfalle

3-4 chicken breasts (boneless, skinless)

1 12 bottle Lawry's mesquite marinate with lime juice

16 oz Farfalle or other pasta

1/2 C butter

2 C heavy whipping cream

2 to 3 cloves garlic crushed (I just use about 1/2 tsp garlic powder)

1 C shredded Parmesan cheese

1 tsp pepper (the recipe calls for 1 Tbsp but I don't like pepper that much)

1 lb bacon crumpled

Crock pot chicken with marinade on low for 6 hours. Pull chicken out of the juices and shred with a fork. About a 1/2 hour before serving, boil pasta. In a small saucepan, melt butter, add garlic, whipping cream, pepper, cheese and crumpled bacon. Whisk together on low heat for 3-4 minutes. In a large bowl pour over cooked drained pasta, add chicken. Sprinkle more parmesan cheese on top.

This is a great dish for Sunday dinner since you can crock pot the chicken while you are at Church and whip up the rest when you get home. SOOOO good.

Tera's Fast Breadsticks

1 1/2 C warm water

2 Tbsp sugar

1 Tbsp yeast

3 C flour

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 C melted butter

garlic salt and parmesan cheese

Dissolve yeast and sugar in water. Add to flour and salt in mixer. Mix well. Let set for 10 minutes. Turn out on floured surface and knead in a little more flour. Roll out and cut dough into strips with a pizza cutter. Dip each strip in melted butter and put in 9x13 inch pan. Sprinkle with garlic and parmesan (I usually do 2 smaller pans and put parm and garlic on one and leave the other plain to dip in jam after they are done). Let raise 20 min. Bake at 375 for 20 minutes.

So that's some of what's cookin' at my house. What's cookin' at yours?