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Chicken Saute with Artichokes and Mushrooms

This recipe is a favorite of my hubby’s.  I got it out of a Southern Living magazine many years ago.  It’s a little bit different than the Artichoke Chicken I posted in October.
1(6oz) jar marinated artichokes hearts
4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
1/4 cup flour
1 tsp seasoned salt
1/4 tsp pepper
5 Tbsp butter, divided
12 fresh mushrooms, halved
1/3 cup […]

4Feb2009 | christine | 0 comments | Continued
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Crock Pot Recipe

A friend of mine gave me this recipe. It’s in the crock pot now, I hope it tastes good!
Get a couple packages of Stew Meat (cut up……..lean kind) or a roast and cut it up.
Put the meat in the crock pot. Dump a can (or two - depending on how much meat you […]

8Jan2009 | teal | 5 comments | Continued
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Awesome Slow Cooker Pot Roast

I’m fully aware that there are 100s of pot roast crock pot recipes floating around. We’re going to try a new one here tonight. This is the Awesome Slow Cooker Pot Roast.
They claim this recipe will taste like you’ve been cooking all day (hmm….which the slow cooker will be) and it […]

18Dec2008 | teal | 2 comments | Continued
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Blueberry Banana Bread

My mom gave me this wonderful recipe while we were visiting them over Thanksgiving.  I have since made it for my sister-in-law and mother-in-law and plan on making more today for my kid’s Sunday school teachers.  It’s a nice change from plain  banana bread.
2 cups flour- I mixed 1 1/2 cups of white with 1/2 […]

16Dec2008 | christine | 0 comments | Continued
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Sneaky Vegetables

My kids are like most kids and that they don’t like to eat a wide variety of veggies.  So I’m getting pretty good at sneaky some into the foods they normally eat.  Right now my favorite to add is sauteed onions, garlic, and eggplant.  I add it to anything with a tomato based […]

16Nov2008 | christine | 2 comments | Continued
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Chicken Crunch

This is another good pantry meal.  I normally have everything on hand to make it!  Which is so nice because I can’t seem to get this menu planning business down!  But that’s another story…
2 chicken breasts, cooked and cut up into bit sized pieces

1 tsp Italian seasoning
1Tbsp minced garlic  (I think everything is better with […]

15Nov2008 | christine | 0 comments | Continued
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Freezing Layered Casseroles

I really like to double the recipe when I’m making casseroles. Or sometimes I make a single recipe of a casserole that makes a 9×13 and place it in 2 8×8 pans. Then we have one for that night and another one for a later date. When it’s something like Chicken Spaghetti, […]

14Nov2008 | christine | 0 comments | Continued
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Baked Ziti

This is a great recipe to double and freeze one for a later date.
1 (16oz) package ziti pasta
1 pound mild Italian sausage casings removed (I used ground beef instead)
1Tbsp minced garlic
2 (26) jars marinara sauce
1 1/2 tsp dried basil divided
1 small onion chopped
1 cup chopped eggplant (the kids don’t even know it’s there!)
12 oz ricotta […]

13Nov2008 | christine | 0 comments | Continued
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Slow Cooker Thursdays

My house is starting to smell good this morning! At this very moment, I have a pork roast with potatoes in the crock pot. I got the recipe from $5 Dinners and so far, the recipes I’ve tried from her have been great! Her recipe is below (and make note at the […]

13Nov2008 | teal | 5 comments | Continued
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Slow Cooking Thursday

Today, I’m thankful that I have two crock pots. One will be holding our pork loin and the other will be cooking a new recipe for potatoes. We were originally going to have Smashed Potatoes from Ore-Ida, but our store didn’t have them. So we’ll try this potato recipe for tonight. […]

23Oct2008 | teal | 3 comments | Continued
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