Fun Family Recipes

 

_*Oven-Fried Chicken*_
 

Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
3/4 cup baking mix (such as Bisquick)
1 ½ teaspoon salt
1 1/4 teaspoon paprika
1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper
1 four-pound chicken, cut up

Line a 9x13in.pan with aluminum foil and spray it with nonstick cooking spray.  Shake first four ingredients in a bag.  Add a few pieces of chicken at a time, shake.  Lay chicken in pan, skin sides down, and bake
for 35 minutes.  Turn chicken over and bake another 15 minutes.  Enjoy!


_*Marvelous Marinade *_

2 T. Lemon Juice
2 T. Honey
1/2 tsp. Onion powder or fresh minced onion as much as you like
1/2 tsp. Salt or favorite seasoned salt
1/4 tsp. Pepper
1 tsp. Worcestershire sauce
1/2 to 1 C. Orange Juice

For beef we like to add Italian Seasoning and a Squirt of our favorite Steak sauce. For pork we like extra Onion and Worcestershire sauce. For chicken we like to add Garlic mince or powder and a little poultry seasoning.

Use this marinade with 1/2 C. Orange Juice to put on meat while grilling.  Use it with 1 C. Orange Juice to marinate meat a few hour or overnight for tougher cuts of meat.  It is also good to put with a roast for baking.


_*Yummy Chicken Casserole*_

1 1/2 lb. cooked chicken, cut up
1 can mushroom soup
8 oz. sour cream
1 package stove-top stuffing

Mix chicken, soup, and sour cream in a casserole dish.  Prepare stuffing according to the directions.  Put over chicken mixture.  Bake at 350
degrees for 45 minutes or until bubbly.
 

~ Strawberry Fields Forever ~

6 oz. strawberry jello
1 cup boiling water
2 1/2 cups frozen, sliced strawberries
1 large can crushed pineapple, drained
3 large bananas, mashed
1 cup coarsely chopped walnuts (optional)
      

Stir jello in boiling water until dissolved.  Fold in the strawberries (with juice), the drained pineapple, mashed bananas and walnuts.  Pour into a 9 x 13 pan and chill several hours.  Cut into 12 squares to serve.  Garnish with a spoonful of strawberry yogurt and fresh fruit slices.

_*Roast Chicken and Rice*_

1 four to five pound chicken, whole or cut up
1 1/2 cups brown rice
1 1/2 cups milk
2 cups water
1/2 tsp. salt
1/8 tsp. pepper
1 or 2 chicken bullion cubes

Place brown rice in bottom of roasting pan.  Add milk and water (you can use all water if you prefer).  Add salt, pepper and bullion.  Place chicken over rice.  Lightly salt and pepper chicken.  Cover and bake at 350 degrees for 2 to 2 1/2 hours.
 

 

_*Pretzel Surprise Salad*_

2 cups broken pretzel twists
1 stick margarine, melted
1 Tbsp. sugar
8 oz. cream cheese
1 cup sugar
8 oz. Cool Whip
20 oz. frozen strawberries, thawed
16 oz. can crushed pineapple
1 (3 1/2 oz.) package strawberry jello

Preheat oven to 350.  Combine pretzels, margarine and 1 Tbsp. of sugar in 9x13 inch pan.  Bake for 10 minutes and let cool.  Cream the cream cheese and sugar.  Fold Cool Whip into cream cheese mixture; spread over pretzels.  Refrigerate.

Drain (reserving liquid) strawberries and pineapple.  Measure juice and add enough water to make 2 cups.  Boil juice and dissolve jello; cool
until set.  Add strawberries and pineapple.  Pour over rest.  Chill.

 

~Poppy Seed Chicken~

1 Tbsp. butter or margarine
8 oz. sliced fresh mushrooms
5 ½ cups cubed cooked chicken
1 10-3/4 oz. can cream of chicken soup, undiluted
8 oz. sour cream
1 4-oz. jar chopped pimiento

Topping: ½ cup butter or margarine, melted
1-1/3 cups ( 1 pkg.) Ritz crackers, finely crushed
1 Tbsp. poppy seeds

In a skillet, melt butter. Sauté mushrooms until tender. Stir in chicken, soup, sour cream and pimiento; mix well. Spoon mixture into a greased 2-quart casserole. Combine all topping ingredients and sprinkle over chicken. Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes.

 

 

~No-Crust Strawberry Pie Dessert~ (good for calorie counters!)

4 cups sliced fresh strawberries
2 cups water
1 .3-oz package sugar-free strawberry gelatin
1 .8-oz package sugar-free non-instant vanilla pudding

Spread berries evenly in an 8-inch square pan. In medium saucepan combine water, jello and pudding mix. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly, and boil for one minute. Cool slightly and pour over berries; chill.  Serves 6.

 

 

~STRAWBERRY BANANA CREAM PIE~

2 pie crusts
2 (8 oz.) pkgs. cream cheese
2 bananas
1 c. sugar
1 pt. fresh strawberries
1 qt. Cool Whip

Bake pie shells according to directions. Let cool. Beat cream cheese with sugar until creamy. Divide and spread in pie shells. Top with sliced bananas, then sliced strawberries. Spread Cool Whip on top. Let sit at least 2 hours.

 

 

~Barbeque Chicken & Hash Browns~

1 package shredded hash browns
1 small onion, chopped
1½ cup shredded cheddar cheese
2 tsp olive oil
½ tsp salt
1/4 tsp freshly ground pepper
4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
3/4 cup barbeque sauce
Fresh cilantro leaves, if desired

Heat oven to 400 degrees. Grease 13x9x2 inch baking dish.
Place hash browns into baking dish. Stir together onion, cheese, oil, salt and pepper. Pour over hash browns. Arrange chicken on top of hash browns; spoon barbeque sauce evenly over chicken. Cover with foil. Bake 45 minutes or until chicken is no longer pink in the center and potatoes are crisp and golden brown. Garnish each serving with cilantro.

 

~Strawberry Bread~

1 ½ cups fresh strawberries, sliced
1/3 cup milk
2 eggs, beaten
½ tsp. vanilla
½ cup oil
1 ½ cups flour
1 cup sugar
1 tsp cinnamon
½ tsp. baking soda
½ tsp. baking powder
¼ tsp. salt
½ cup walnuts, chopped.

Preheat oven to 350. In large bowl, combine strawberries, milk, eggs, vanilla and oil. In medium bowl combine all dry ingredients except walnuts. Add dry ingredients and walnuts to strawberry mixture; stir well. Pour batter into greased and floured 9x5x3-inch loaf pan. Bake 60-70 minutes until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.

 

~Normandy Omelet (Strawberry Filled)~

2 Tbsp. melted butter, divided
4 eggs, separated
Salt and pepper
1 cup fresh strawberries, sliced
1 Tbsp. honey
Powdered sugar (optional)

Put 1 Tbsp. melted butter in 9-inch pie plate. Turn plate to coat bottom. Set aside. In small mixing bowl, beat egg whites until stiff, but not dry. In 4-cup glass measure, beat egg yolks, salt and pepper until thick and lemon-colored. Add other Tbsp. of melted butter. Gently stir egg yolks into egg whites; carefully pour mixture into pie plate. Bake 17-22 minutes. With spatula, loosen edges of omelet from plate. Spoon strawberries onto half of omelet. Fold other half of omelet over strawberries. Sprinkle with powdered sugar, if desired.

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