Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Old Fahsioned Homemaking: 4 Chicken Recipes

And from the Modest Handmaiden site I followed a link over here, to the Old Fashioned Homemaking site. They have some great posts and articles, delicious recipes, and a small Yahoo Group with files galore for recipes and so much more! Definitely worth checking out!

And those chicken recipes just have to be added to the list of keepers here...

Four Chicken Recipes

Here are four chicken recipes including autumn chicken bake, chicken and stuffing casserole, chicken and noodles, and healthy chicken salad wrap.

Autumn Chicken Bake

Ingredients:

2 pkgs. (10 oz.) frozen broccoli spears, slightly thawed.
6 cooked boneless skinless chicken breasts
Salt and pepper to taste
½ C. butter or margarine
1 (8 oz.) pkg. cream cheese
½ C. mayonnaise

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. place broccoli in a 9 x 13 inch casserole. Arrange chicken on broccoli. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Melt butter or margarine in a medium skillet over medium heat. Stir in remaining ingredients. Heat, stirring frequently, until the cheese is melted and the mixture is smooth and creamy. Pour over chicken. Bake 35 minutes until bubbly and broccoli is tender crisp.

Quick and Easy Chicken Stuffing Casserole

Ingredients:

1 box chicken flavored stuffing mix
1 1/4 cup hot water
1/4 cup butter
4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
1 can condensed cream of mushroom soup
1/3 cup milk
paprika and pepper

Instructions:

Mix together stuffing crumbs, season packet from stuffing mix, water and butter. Put chicken in a greased baking dish and sprinkle lightly with paprika and pepper to your liking. Use a small bowl to blend together milk and condensed soup and then pour it over the chicken. Scatter stuffing on top of chicken. Cover and bake at 375 degrees F for 35 minutes or until chicken is no longer pink and juices are clear.


Favorite Family Chicken & Noodles


Ingredients:
4-5 pieces of chicken (chicken breast preferably)
4 carrots, sliced
1 small onion, chopped
2 cups water
4 chicken broth cubes
1 tsp garlic salt
1 lb egg noodles
salt & pepper


Instructions:
Add carrots to your crock pot, then add chicken, onion, water, cubes and spices (leaving out the noodles). Turn the crock pot on low and cook for about eight hours.

When almost ready, cook egg noodles according to package instructions. While the noodles cook, take chicken pieces out and cut into child-friendly, bite-size pieces. Place chicken pieces & cooked noodles in the crock pot.

If needed, mix cornstarch, water and a bit of broth together and add to your chicken and noodles to thicken.

Enjoy!



Healthy Chicken Salad Wrap

Ingredients:

2 – 3 medium flour tortillas
2 cooked chicken breasts, diced
¼ cup red and yellow bell peppers, diced
1 celery stalk, diced
1 tbsp mayonnaise
1 tbsp plain yogurt
¼ cup cheddar cheese, cut into small cubes
Salt and pepper to taste


Instructions:
Add chicken, cheese, mayonnaise, yogurt, bell peppers and celery into a bowl and mix well. Add salt and pepper.

Warm tortilla slightly to make it easier to fill. Place ½ - 1 cup of chicken filling on top of the tortilla and wrap.

Enjoy tortilla in your lunchbox instead of a sandwich.

Pumpkin Spice Pancakes -- Modest Handmaidens

I stumbled upon a delicious recipe earlier today and want to keep it tucked away for making again. I was checking out aprons over at Modest Handmaidens and checked out their recipe files. YUM!

With autumn nipping at our heels, what's better than pumpkin recipes?!

Wholesome & Healthy Pumpkin Spice Pancakes
by Deborah of Modest Handmaidens

4 c. wholewheat flour (if you mill your own wheat, use 2 c. hard red winter wheat & 2 c. hard spring white wheat)
2 tsp baking soda
4 tsp baking powder
1 tsp natural salt
1/2 c. flax seed, ground
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1/2 tsp allspice

* Combine dry ingredients and set aside.

1/4 c. olive oil
4 eggs
4 1/4 c. milk or soymilk
1 c. pumpkin, mashed

*Combine wet ingredients in second bowl and add to bowl of dry ingredients, mixing until just moistened.
*Pour onto hot griddle in desired pancake size and turn when bubbles start to form.
* These pancakes freeze very well for a last minute nutritional breakfast on those cold fall or winter mornings. Just thaw and reheat in oven or microwave
Makes apx 12- 6" pancakes

More Pumpkin recipes...
http://oldfashionedhomemaking.com/2008/10/28/more-pumpkin-recipes.aspx

Monday, September 14, 2009

I think I have it now!

I've been trying -- in total vain, no less -- to be able to send recipes straight from my email/cell phone to the blog. And, eureka! I finally cleared my fogged-over brain and figured it out.

I had the email address wrong.

So...if this posts...I can start sending recipes as I remember them, or link to those I find online.