Tempt My Tummy Tuesday

I love Crock Pot Meals. I may have to find more recipes or a cook book or something

but my friend shared this one I want to try

Chicken and Dumplings:

1 1/2 pounds of chicken (whatever you have)
2 medium potatoes diced 
2 cups baby whole carrots 
1 medium onion
5 cups chicken broth
2 cups biscuit mix
1/2 cups water
2 teaspoons parsley

place chicken potatoes onion and carrots into slow cooker.
add broth and let cook for 9- 10 hours on low heat setting
About an hour before done increase heat setting to high.
Stir together biscuit mix with water and parsley in bowl.
Drop dough by rounded tablespoons onto hot chicken mixture in slow cooker.
Cover and cook for the last hour or until dumplings are dry in center.

PREP Time: 10 mintues
Cook Time: 9-10 hours
Serving: 5 people

P.S. I also like to season the chicken with a little bit of salt and pepper and italian seasoning.

Taco Lasagna

You will need 1 lb Lean Ground Beef, Taco Seasoning, Tortillia's, Shredded cheese and or Cheese Sauce, and toppings as desired and refried beans if desired

We buy the Tomato Trinity Mix or the Pico Da Gallo Mix depending on the supermarket we shop at. We put shredded Mexi blend between layers and cheese sauce on top.

1. Cook a great Filling

Heat oven to 350°F Brown ground beef in 10-inch skilet, drain. Stir in Water and Seasoning Mix, Heat to boiling. Reduce Heat, simmer uncovered 3-4 minutes, stirring frequently until thickened.

2. Assemble the layers

Place 1 tortilla in the bottom of ungreased 9 inch glass casserole dish or metal pie pan. Spoon over ½ cup of beef filling onto the tortilla, spread evenly to edges. Repeat layers, ending with beef filling. **At this point you can use shredded cheese or cheese sauce (whatever you prefer) and add a layer. You can also add a Tomato Trinity Mix or Pica Da Gallo mix between layers and/or the refried beans. You can add several layers repeating this step until you have your desired amount (usually about 4)

3. Bake it Up

Bake uncovered about  15 minutes or until heated through. Top as Desired. Serve with a side of salsa for added zing :)

Valentine Chex Mix

(1/2 recipe)

PREP TIME 10 Min

TOTAL TIME 25 Min

SERVINGS 11

Ingredients

4 1/2 Cups Rice Chex® cereal

1/2 Cup white vanilla baking chips

1/4 Cup peanut butter

2 Tablespoons butter or margarine

1/3 Cup powdered sugar

1/4 Cup red, white and pink candy-coated chocolate candies

2 Tablespoons red or pink jimmies sprinkles

• 1 Place cereal in medium bowl. In small microwaveable bowl, microwave vanilla chips, peanut butter and butter uncovered on High 1 minute to 1 minute 30 seconds, stirring every 30 seconds, until melted and smooth. Pour peanut butter mixture over cereal, stirring until evenly coated.
• 2 Place 1/2 of the cereal mixture in 1-gallon food-storage plastic bag. Add powdered sugar. Seal bag; shake until well coated. Spread on waxed paper or foil; cool about 15 minutes.
• 3 Meanwhile, stir candies and sprinkles into remaining cereal mixture. Spread on waxed paper or foil; cool about 15 minutes.
• 4 In serving bowl, mix both cereal mixtures. Store in airtight container.

TMTT Holiday :)

I thought I would share these links I got from a Mommy Email Group I am in

I have not started to try the links :)

I have not tried the links

Christmas Recipes

Below are some of our holiday favorites! If you'd like to contribute to this database of Christmas recipies, send your recipe to webmaster@xmasfun.com. Be sure to include your name and we'll give you credit.

Appetizers & Drinks California Dip
Cheese Ball
Christmas Punch
Christmas Quesadillas
Cranberry Punch
Holiday Soda
Lowfat Yogurt & Salsa Dip
Pineapple Cheese Ball
Real Egg Nog
Russian Tea
Sangria
Breakfast Holiday Breakfast Casserole
Holiday French Toast
Holiday Morning French Toast
Candy Festive Fudge
Peanut Brittle
Peanut Butter Balls
Wild Turkey Candy
Cookies Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup Cookies
Chocolate Raspberry Crumb Bars
Easy As 123 Peanut Butter Cookies
Ginger Snaps
Gingerbread People
Sugar Cookies
Tus Toffee Cookies
Wedding Cookies
Desserts Cherry Creamcheese Pie
Chocolate Cherry Cake
Chocolate Chip Pie
Christmas Trifle
Christmas Trifle 2
Cinnamon Spice Cake
Jelly Roll Trifle
M & M Chocolate Chews
Mary's Lemon Cake
No Crust Peach Cobbler
Orange Brownies
Pumpkin Roll
Refrigerator Custard Cake
Simple Candy Cane Cakes
Snow Cream
White Cassis Cheesecake
Dips Spinach Dip
Entrees Baked Macaroni and Cheese
Side Dishes Baked Corn Casserole
Candied Yams
Chunky Apple & Cranberry Sauce

Cranberry Jello Salad
Green Beans With Tomatoes and Herbs
Orange Praline Yams
Sweet Potato Casserole
Whole-Berry Cranberry Sauce
Snacks Cranberry Nut Bread
Date-Nut Bars
Merry Berry Cheese Bars
Popcorn Cake
Poppitycockle
White Chocolate Haystacks

Tempt My Tummy Tuesday

I am going to go ahead and fess up. I am not a crunchy mama. I don't use all organic or anything like that. I even let my kids have snacks and eat McDonald's on occasion. We don't eat there very often because we prefer Chick Fil A and Whataburger. They use fresh ingredients. But Rick and I do need to loose weight. I have Thyroid problems and he has Thyroid and Cholesterol problems. So I have been looking on Sparkpeople for healthy recipes and other places. I am not a cook at heart. I can follow a recipe (most of the time). I don't like too many fried foods or fattening stuff. But Rick and James are picky eaters who will eat Hamburger Helper. I can't touch the stuff I see the grease and fat YUCK!

I am a veggie and fruit eater. I will eat almost every one you put around me. Last night we had Garlic Chicken. It has Carrots and the Carrots were so full of flavor now I am craving them! I hope there is left overs for lunch!

So if you have any fairly simple, easy and cheaper healthy meals to share I would love to try them...

My favorite Thanksgiving Recipes

A cookie with a funny name from Europe,


My mom made these twice a year it can be very labor intensive. My grandfather was from Norway so it was a tradition

You will need to buy a Krumkake iron

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dgarden&field-keywords=Krumkake+Iron



Krumkake Recipe

http://scandinavianfood.about.com/od/cookierecipes/r/krumkake.htm

Difficulty: 2 (1=easiest :: hardest=5)

Serves/Makes: 4



Ingredients:

3 large sweet potatoes

1 cup sugar

2 eggs

1 teaspoon vanilla

1/4 cup milk, cream, evaporated milk or coffeemate

1/2 cup butter

1 teaspoon salt

1 cup brown sugar

1/3 cup flour

1/3 cup butter

1 cup pecans - chopped


Directions:

Combine first 7 ingredients and pour into greased casserole.

Mix brown sugar, flour, butter and pecans until crumbly and sprinkle on top.

Bake 30 - 40 minutes at 350degrees F.

Level:BeginnerPrep Time:20 MinutesNutrition Info

Ingredients

2 cups all-purpose flour

3/4 cup HERSHEY'S Cocoa

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

1-1/4 cups (2-1/2 sticks) butter or margarine, softened

2 cups sugar

2 eggs

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

1-2/3 cups (10-oz. pkg.) REESE'S Peanut Butter Chips

Directions

1. Heat oven to 350°F. Stir together flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt; set aside.





2. Beat butter and sugar in large bowl with mixer until fluffy. Add eggs and vanilla; beat well. Gradually add flour mixture, beating well. Stir in peanut butter chips. Drop by rounded teaspoons onto ungreased cookie sheet.





3. Bake 8 to 9 minutes. (Do not overbake; cookies will be soft. They will puff while baking and flatten while cooling.) Cool slightly; remove from cookie sheet to wire rack. Cool completely. About 4-1/2 dozen cookies.



PAN RECIPE: Spread batter in greased 15-1/2x10-1/2x1-inch jelly-roll pan. Bake at 350°F 20 minutes or until set. Cool completely in pan on wire rack; cut into bars. About 4 dozen bars.



ICE CREAM SANDWICHES: Prepare CHEWY CHOCOLATE COOKIES as directed; cool. Press small scoop of vanilla ice cream between flat sides of cookies. Wrap and freeze.



HIGH ALTITUDE DIRECTIONS:

-- Increase flour to 2 cups plus 2 tablespoons.

-- Decrease baking soda to 3/4 teaspoon.

-- Decrease sugar to 1-2/3 cups.

-- Add 2 teaspoons water with flour mixture.

-- Bake at 350°F, 7 to 8 minutes. Yield increases to about 6 dozen

Ingredients

1 cup granulated sugar

8 tablespoons (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature

2 large eggs

3 ripe bananas

1 tablespoon milk

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

2 cups all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking powder

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon salt

Directions

Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Butter a 9 x 5 x 3 inch loaf pan.

Cream the sugar and butter in a large mixing bowl until light and fluffy. Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.

In a small bowl, mash the bananas with a fork. Mix in the milk and cinnamon. In another bowl, mix together the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.

Add the banana mixture to the creamed mixture and stir until combined. Add dry ingredients, mixing just until flour disappears.

Pour batter into prepared pan and bake 1 hour to 1 hour 10 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Set aside to cool on a rack for 15 minutes. Remove bread from pan, invert onto rack and cool completely before slicing.

How to add more moist-ness to your Banana Bread

http://www.moist-banana-bread-recipes.com/2008/09/how-to-add-more-moist-ness-to-your-banana-bread/

ZUCCHINI BREAD

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INGREDIENTS

3 eggs

1 cup vegetable oil

2 cups white sugar

2 cups grated zucchini

2 teaspoons spiced rum

3 cups all-purpose flour

3 teaspoons ground cinnamon

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/4 teaspoon baking powder

1 teaspoon salt

1/2 cup chopped walnuts

DIRECTIONS

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F ( 165 degrees C). Grease and flour two 8x4 inch loaf pans. In a large bowl, beat eggs until light and frothy. Mix in oil and sugar. Stir in zucchini and vanilla. Combine flour, cinnamon, soda, baking powder, salt and nuts; stir into the egg mixture. Divide batter into prepared pans.

Bake for 60 to 70 minutes, or until done. .

Tempt My Tummy tuesdays

So my mom is the type of cook that doesn't use measurements. I remember when I was little my mom would make chicken in a bowl with rice and it had a bit of a kick. I have been craving this too lol. but when i ask her how to make it she's like its just a couple of boneless skinless chicken breasts in a pan with an inch or so of water with dried rice and cook in the oven. Okay but for how long What spices? she doesn't know lol But I WANT SOME!

Temp my tummy part 2.. So I could eat at Zaxbys, Buffalo Wild Wings, or Bumhauers Wings like every week. So I think I should learn to make lemon pepper wings and buffallo wings. If you have any tips please leave me a comment.

Tempt my Tummy Tuesdays

So last month I posted about a Cinnamon Tea Cake recipe that was from my childhood. I try to cheat my cellulite and tell myself its healthier because it lacks frosting haha. Here is the blog post here

I haven't made it into a cake yet just cupcakes and well I think its easier to glaze them....

So here is how I do it...
I like Skylar's help on this too.
We get a yellow cake mix (or from scratch if your the not so fast mom lol)
We grease and line the cupcake cups with cinnamon. Sometimes I sprinkle Cinnamon in the batter too. Depends on how you like your cinnamon lol. bake with the directions on the box.

Once the cupcakes are done and cooled.
In a saucepan melt 1 tablespoon of butter with 1 tablespoon of white sugar and a ½ of a teaspoon of cinnamon to create a glaze. I turn each cupcake upside down and run through the glaze to cover the top of the cupcake. Then I sprinkle each with a cinnamon and sugar mix (I keep it on hand because I love Cinnamon Toast and Cinnamon on my bagels)
So yum!

Also those who are interested in my Hungarian Goolash

HAMBURGER GOULASH


8 oz. wide noodles

2 c. thin sliced onions

2 to 3 tbsp. flour

1 tbsp. paprika

1 1/2 lbs. hamburger

2 tsp. salt

1/8 tsp. pepper

1 bay leaf

1 qt. stewed tomatoes

1 c. thin sliced celery

Dash of garlic powder

Pinch of parsley flakes

Brown ground beef; add flour, then remaining ingredients except noodles. Cook until celery and onions are tender, but not cooked to pieces. Cook noodles according to package directions. Add 2 tablespoons butter. Place in large platter. Pour goulash over noodles and serve

Tempt My Tummy Tuesdays

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This momma is sick with a bug of some type or a killer cycle. Anywho I think I am going to take it easy on my stomach and just make some chicken soup from a box hehe and enjoy it and let my favorite Soldier take care of the lil ones.

I wanted to bake a Cinnamon Tea Cake. Its a yummy thing my "adopted mom" used to make me and I never put two and two together to make it for myself. Then one day at our Dave Ramsey Class there it appeared and the taste was like a reminisce of YUM. I asked the baker for the recipe (she was also taking the class) She got short with me and told me NO I couldn't have the recipe it was her prize winning cake and she planned on opening a bakery with this signature cake. HA!

Alrighty then. So I googled it and I am going to give a try. But today my stomach isn't up to par. I am under quarantine and just taking a half of a day off. Maybe Saturday if I am not busy or Monday afternoon once Skylar comes home from school.

My mom used to make Chicken and Rice when I was real little and we didn't have a lot of money. I asked as an adult what she did and my mother is one of those cooks that doesn't do recipes she doesn't measure she is just like auto pilot... All she said was take some chicken breasts into a pan with a little water and rice and it will cook up... I know there is more too this but WHAT? I want some!

What's tempting your tummy this Tuesday?

What's for dinner?

Do you want to share a recipe?

If you blog be sure to click the link and join the Blog Carnival...

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Fun Halloween Recipes

Dead Grasshoppers

In a medium saucepan, melt 1-6 ounce package butterscotch chips over low heat, stirring constantly. [To microwave, place pieces in a micro-wave safe dish and cook on medium-low heat for about 1 minute. Stir well. If necessary, continue to heat chips, 20 seconds at a time, until they are melted. Be sure to stir chips each time you heat them.] Remove chips from the heat and stir in 1 cup salted peanuts and 3 cups chow mein noodles. Drop by teaspoons onto waxed paper and cool.

 

Makes: 30-40 grasshoppers

 

Hidden Treasures   Ingredients: 2/3 cup Golden Crisco Shortening 3/4 cup granulated sugar 1 egg 1 tbsp milk 1 tsp vanilla 1-3/4 cups all-purpose flour 1 tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp salt 1/2 tsp baking soda 48 Maraschino cherries, well drained White Dipping Chocolate: 1 cup white melting chocolate, cut in small pieces 2 tbsp Golden Crisco Shortening Dark Dipping Chocolate: 1 cup semi-sweet Hershey's Chipets 2 tbsp Golden Crisco Shortening Finely chopped pecans Shaved white chocolate 2/3 cup Golden Crisco Shortening Directions: Pre Heat oven to 350°F (180°C). 2. Cream Golden Crisco Shortening, sugar, egg, milk and vanilla in large bowl at medium speed of electric mixer until well blended. 3. Combine flour, baking powder, salt and baking soda. Beat into creamed mixture at low speed. 4. Press dough in very thin layer around well-drained cherries. Place 2 inches (5 cm) apart on ungreased baking sheet. 5. Bake at 350° F (180°C) for 10 minutes. Cool one minute on baking sheet. Remove to cooling rack. Cool completely. 6. For dipping chocolate, melt chocolate of choice and Golden Crisco Shortening on very low heat or 50% (Medium) power in microwave. Stir until smooth. 7. Transfer chocolate to glass measuring cup. Drop one cookie at a time into chocolate. Use fork to turn. Cover completely with chocolate.* Lift cookie out of chocolate on fork. Allow all excess to drip off. Place on wax paper-lined baking sheet. 8. Sprinkle chopped pecans on top of white chocolate cookies. Sprinkle white chocolate on dark chocolate cookies while chocolate is wet. 9. Chill in refrigerator to set chocolate. Hint: Dip pretzels or potato chips in any leftover melted chocolate for a special treat

Magic Center Cupcakes Preheat oven to temperature called for on 1-18 1/4 ounce package chocolate cake mix. In a small bowl, combine 8 ounces cream cheese (softened), 3/4 cup granulated sugar, 1 egg and a dash of salt. Stir in 1/2 cup finely chopped walnuts and 1-6 ounce package chocolate chips. Set aside. Mix cake according to directions on the package. Place paper liners in muffin pan. Fill each liner half full of cake batter. Drop a heaping teaspoons of the cream cheese mixture into each batter-filled cup. Bake according to package directions. Let cupcakes cool to room temperature before frosting. Decorate with candy spiders or worms.   Caterpillar Sandwich Preheat oven to 375 degrees. In a small bowl combine 1/4 cup mayonnaise, 2 teaspoons parsley, 2 teaspoons dry mustard, and 1/4 teaspoon onion powder. Stir well and set aside. Cut 1 loaf Italian bread into 10 slices without cutting all the way through the loaf. Spread mayonnaise mixture between every other slice. Fold luncheon meat in half and tuck a slice of cheese in between. Insert folded meat and cheese into every other slot that has the mayonnaise mixture in it. Wrap the loaf in foil and bake for 25 minutes. Use thin sliced celery stalks for antenna. Use olive slices with pimento in center on toothpicks for caterpillar eyes. To serve, cut the loaf in slices at the cuts you didn't fill.   Cheese Fingers Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Remove crusts from 3 slices of white bread and discard crusts. With your hands, break bread into small pieces and drop into a medium bowl. Add 3/4 cup grated cheddar cheese, 3 tablespoons grated parmesan cheese and 3 tablespoons milk. Mis well with hands, kneading the bread into the cheese, until dough will hold the shape of a ball. Roll heaping teaspoonfuls of mixture into 15 fingers and arrange on an ungreased cookie sheet. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes or until fingers begin to turn brown. Goblin Goodies   Ingredients: 3/4 cup Golden Crisco Shortening 1-1/4 cups firmly-packed brown sugar 1 egg 1/3 cup milk 1-1/2 tsp vanilla 1 tsp finely-chopped orange rind 1/2 tsp orange extract 3 cups quick oats, uncooked 1 cup all-purpose flour 1/2 tsp baking soda 1/2 tsp salt 1/4 tsp cinnamon 1 cup raisins 1 cup coarsely-chopped walnuts 1 cup orange and brown chocolate-covered candies Directions: 1. Heat oven to 375°F (190°C). Grease baking sheets with shortening. Place sheets of foil on countertop for cooling cookies. 2. Combine shortening, brown sugar, egg, milk and vanilla in large bowl. Beat at medium speed of electric mixer until well blended. Stir in orange rind and extract. 3. Combine oats, flour, baking soda, salt and cinnamon. Mix into creamed mixture at low speed just until blended. Stir in raisins, nuts and chocolate candies. 4. Drop by rounded measuring tablespoonfuls of dough 3 inches apart onto prepared baking sheet. 5. Bake one baking sheet at a time at 375°F for 10 to 12 minutes, or until lightly browned. DO NOT OVER BAKE. Cool 2 minutes on baking sheet. Remove cookies to foil to cool completely. Makes: About 2-1/2 dozen cookies Candied Apples Halloween  Ingredients: 2 C granulated sugar 2 C corn syrup 1/3C cinnamon candy 1C water 3/4 Tsp cinnamon 1/2 Tsp vanilla 1/4 Tsp cloves 3/4 Tsp red food coloring 6-7 Med apples Directions: Remove stems from apples, wash, and pat dry. Insert a wooden skewer In each apple, running through the apple from stem end to base without Protruding all the way through the bottom end. Combine sugar, corn Syrup, cinnamon candies, and water in medium-sized saucepan. Cook Until candies dissolve, stirring constantly. Be careful not to boil. Add cinnamon, vanilla, cloves, and food coloring. Mix thoroughly. Boil mixture to 300 degrees using a candy thermometer without Stirring. While mixture is boiling, generously prepare a baking sheet With cooking spray so it's ready ahead of time. As soon as mixture Reaches 300 degrees, remove it from heat and quickly dip each Apple-one by one-into the mixture until it is thoroughly coated. Set Coated apples, standing on their bottoms with skewer pointing up, on Baking sheet until mixture hardens. Let apples reach room temperature before eating.   Serving Size: 6 Blackberry Blackheads Ingredients: 1/2 pound Butter -- at room temperature 1 tablespoon Butter -- at room temperature 2/3 cup Sugar 2 Egg whites 4 cups Flour Blackberry jam -- with seeds Tools: Bowl Mixer Pastry brush Cookie sheet Spatula Wire cooling rack Small Spoon Directions: With an adult's help, preheat oven to 325F. Beat 1/2 pound butter until creamy., Add sugar, a little at a time, until all the sugar has been used. Add the egg whites and flour to the butter and sugar. Beat until the dough is well blended. Dip a pastry brush into the tablespoon of butter and lightly brush a very thin layer onto the cookie sheet. With clean hands, roll the dough into golf ball sized balls. Flatten the balls slightly, and using your thumb, Press a dime size dent into the middle of each One. Place cookies, dent size up, about 1" apart on cookie sheet. Bake aobut 12 minutes or until Allow the cookies to cool on the cookie sheet for a few minutes before moving them to a wire rack with a spatula. When the cookies are completely cooled, use a small spoon to fill the dent in each one with jam. Makes: About 3 1/2 dozen blackheads. Black Cat Cupcakes Ingredients: 1 1/4c Reduced Fat Oreo® cookie crumbs 18 1/4 ozs reduced fat chocolate cake mix 24 pcs Halloween Oreo® cookies 16 ozs reduced fat milk chocolate frosting Black string licorice Jelly beans Semisweet chocolate chips Directions: Preheat oven to 350. Prepare 24-2 1/2" muffin cups with cooking spray and flour; set aside. Prepare cake mix according to package directions; Stir in cookie crumbs. Spoon batter into prepared muffin cups. Bake for 25 minutes. Remove from pans; cool on wire rack. Make cat faces on each of the Remaining 24 cookies: Using some frosting, attach 4-1 1/2" licorice strings For whiskers, 2 jelly bean halves for eyes and 2 chocolate chips for ears. Let set at least 30 minutes. Frost cupcakes with remaining frosting. Stand cat faces on edge on each cupcake. Place 3" piece licorice string on back Half of each cupcake for tail.   Serving Size: 24   Beef In Costume For Halloween Ingredients: 1 (4 lb.) pumpkin 1 Pound lean ground beef 1 Cup chopped onion Cooking oil 1/3 Cup chopped red pepper 1/3 Cup chopped green pepper 1 Clove minced garlic 1 Teaspoon salt 1/4 Teaspoon thyme 1/4 Teaspoon pepper 1 (7 1/2 Oz.) pitted ripe olives 1 (8 Oz.) Can tomato sauce 2 beaten eggs Directions: Cut top from pumpkin; scrape out seeds and fibers. Simmer in salted water to cover for 20 to 25 minutes or until almost tender. Drain. Brown beef and onion. Add peppers and garlic. Cook one minute. Remove from heat, Stir in remaining ingredients. Spoon into pumpkin. Place "lid" on top. Brush pumpkin with oil. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour. Let stand 10 minutes. Cut into edges to serve. Serving Size : 1   Black Widow Snack Cakes   Ingredients: 1 package Devil's food cake mix Vegetable cooking spray Glaze: 4 cups Powdered sugar -- sifted 5 tablespoonsMilk -- to 7 tbls Decorate: 1cup Powdered sugar -- sifted 1/4 cup Unsweetened cocoa 2 tablespoons Milk Plastic spiders Directions: Prepare cake as directed on package. Pour into 2, 8" square aluminum foil pans coated with cooking spray; Bake at 350~ for 30-35 minutes or until tested done.  Cool in pans on wire racks.  Combine 4 cups powdered sugar and 5-7 tbls milk in a Large bowl; spread a thin layer evenly over each cake. Combine 1 cup powdered sugar, cocoa and 2 tbls milk; spoon into a small zip-lock bag. Close bag securely and snip a tiny hole in bottom corner of bag. Carefully pipe concentric circles onto each cake. Pipe straight lines at intervals from the inner circle through the outside circle, forming a web design. Garnish with plastic spiders.

 

 

Country Garden Chicken and Cheesy Grits

I think most publix grocery stores have a little place where they actually show you how to cook and prepare a meal. Its super yummy. I pick up all kinds of recipes from there and I particularly love this one. Even if your not a fan of grits they don't resemble grits and the chicken is too yummy to pass up.

Ingredients
3 tablespoons of canola oil
½ cup of chicken breading mix
1 lb of boneless chicken cutlets
1 tablespoon + 1 cup of water, divided
¼ cup pre diced fresh tomatoes
¼ cup of pre diced red onion
2 teaspoons vegetable seasoning blend
1 (1.32 oz) packet of country gravy mix

1. Place oil in large saute' pan and heat on medium high 2-3 minutes. Place breading mix in shallow bowl. Moisten chicken with 1 tablespoon of water. Coat chicken, one piece at a time, by pressing into breading mix with fingertips; turn and coat other side. (For thicker breading coat twice.) About half of the sodium in the chicken recipe comes from the breading mix. You can reduce the sodium if you choose to only lightly coat the chicken before cooking.

2. Place chicken in a hot oil (wash hands); cook 6-8 minutes, turning occasionally, or until crisp and golden. Remove chicken from pan; cover to keep warm.

3. Stir tomatoes, green peppers, onions, and vegetable seasoning, into pan with drippings. Cook on medium high 2-3 minutes or until onions are translucent.

4. Stir in gravy mix and gradually add remaining 1 cup water, stirring continually, or until sace is smooth. Reduuce heat to low; cook 2-3 minutes, stiring often, or until thoroughly heated. Serve sauce over chicken.

Cheesy Grits

Ingredients
2½ cups of water
2 cups of instant grits
2 cups shredded cheddar cheese

1. Combine all ingredients in microwave safe bowl.
2. Cover and microwave on HIGH 6 minutes stirring once, or until water is absorbed. Serve



www.publix.com/aprons

101st Airborne Beer Cheese Soup

101st Airborne Beer Cheese Soup

1 large can chicken broth
1 medium jar cheese whiz
1 can stale beer
Cayenne pepper to taste

Heat broth to boiling, reduce heat, add cheese whiz, stir till melted, add
Beer and reheat, but do not boil. Top with bacon bits and green onions