Chicken Parmesan

2 raw chicken breasts cut in half
2 eggs
1/4 c milk
1 cup bread crumbs
1/2 cup parmesan cheese
garlic salt
onion salt
italian seasoning
4 slices mozerella cheese
spaghetti sauce
angel hair pasta
olive oil

In a pan mix together milk & eggs. In a seperate pan mix together bread crumbs, parmesan cheese, garlic salt, onion salt and italian seasoning. Add however much garlic salt, onion salt and italian seasoning you prefer. Dip chicken into milk/egg mixture, then into bread crumb mixture. Heat about 2 tsp of olive oil in a frying pan.

Place coated chicken in pan and cook until browned on each side. Place in greased baking pan. Top with a spoonful of sauce and one slice of cheese. Bake for about 30 mins at 350 until chicken is done.

While chicken is cooking boil the pasta and heat or make the sauce. Serve with corn, breadsticks and pasta and enjoy!

(sorry about the horrible pic, I was in a hurry)

Chocolate Chip Raisin Cookies

My Aunt Jeanette gave me a fun little cookbook as a wedding gift full of her favorite recipes. It is one of my favorite cook book and this recipe came from that cookbook. It has become one of my favorites over the last year and a half. These are my Great Grandma Davies chocolate chip raisin cookies. They are sooo yummy, plus they bring back great memories of my grandma, who passed away almost over 2 years ago. I prefer these cookies over any other and I hope you enjoy them as much as I do!

Chocolate Chip Raisin Cookies
This first step you will want to do about an hour before making the cookies, either that or you can put the mixture in the freezer while mixing the other ingredients.
Add 1 cup water to 2 cups of raisins and boil for 5 mins. Let cool.

Cream Together:
1 C shortening
2 C sugar
3 eggs
1 tsp vanilla

Then add:
3 1/2 C flour
1 tsp soda
1 tsp salt
1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp cloves
1/4 tsp nutmeg

To make sure the spices are evenly disturbed I usually mix the above ingredients together in a separate bowl before adding to the creamed mixture.

Next add:
Cooled raisin mixture and chocolate chips (I use a full bag, but you can use as many or as little as you would like).

Drop by the spoonful onto greased or nonstick cookie sheet. Bake at 350 for 12-15 mins or until golden brown.

My favorite way to eat these is to dip them into a glass of cold milk. Seriously the best!

Creamy Vegetable Casserole

1 package of frozen vegetable blend (we used Mediterranean blend)
Cooked chicken
2 cans cream of chicken soup
1 can milk (fill one of the empty cream of chicken soup cans with milk)
2 heaping spoonfuls cream cheese
onion salt to taste
cheese

Blend soup, milk, cream cheese and salt together until smooth. Add veggies and chicken, mix. Pour into greased baking dish. Sprinkle cheese over top. Put aluminum foil over dish. Place in oven and bake on 350 for about a half an hour. Take foil off, mix cheese in and then sprinkle more cheese on top. Broil for 5 mins. Serve over cooked rice. 

Biscuits and Gravy

I have always love biscuits and gravy. If we go our for breakfast it is always what I order, but I had never made them myself. My dad made them all the time for us growing up. Thomas and I decided to make these Saturday morning. All I can say is they aren't that hard to make and they are AMAZING!! The biscuit recipe came out of a betty crocker cook book my mom has and the gravy recipe is from my dad.

Biscuits
1/2 cup shortening
1 3/4 cup flour
2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup milk

Heat oven to 450 degrees. Cut shortening into flour, baking powder and salt with a pastry blender (or use a fork like we do) until mixture resembles fine crumbs. Stir in milk until dough leaves side of bowl (dough will be soft and sticky). On lightly floured surface, gently roll dough in flour to coat. Knead lightly 10 times. Roll or pat 1/2 inch thick. Cut with floured 2 1/2-inch biscuit cutter. On cookie sheet, place biscuits about 1 inch apart for crusty sides, touching for soft sides. Bake in oven for 10 to 12 minutes or until golden brown. Top with gravy and enjoy!

Gravy
Breakfast sausage
about 1/4 cup flour
milk
salt and pepper to taste

Cook breakfast sausage in a sauce pan. When sausage is done, take it out of the pan, leaving the run off in the bottom of the pan. Add flour to run off til it's creamy and browned. Then start adding milk and mixing until it is your desired consistency. Add salt and pepper. Pour over biscuits and enjoy!

Chocolate Cake with Caramel Topping

Chocolate Cake
cake mix or homemade cake batter
2 to 4 oz semi-sweet chocolate baking bar
about 1 TBSP butter

Pour cake batter into greased pan. Melt chocolate on stove top with butter. Pour chocolate onto top of batter. Swirl or spread as you please.

Bake cake as directed. Take out of oven and let cool.

Frost with favorite frosting (we used canned frosting this time, which we rarely do).

Caramel Topping
1 can sweetened condensed milk

fill large pot with water, place can in water. Place on oven and bring to simmer or low boil. Simmer/boil for 2.5 to 3 hours.

Take pot off of heat, let sit for a few minutes. Next take can out of pot and place in cool water. Let sit until cool to the touch. Next open the can and you have caramel!

Cut a slice of cake, drizzle caramel over top and enjoy!

We cooked caramel on stove for 2 hours and feel like it could have gone for 30 mins to 60 mins longer. But it was still delicious as is.

Creamy Chicken Pasta

Adapted from this recipe

1 or 2 large chicken breasts
2.5 cups crushed cornflakes corn flakes
1/3 cup flour
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 cup milk
2 T olive oil
1 12 oz package of Ronzoni Garden Delight noodles (we used rotini)

Sauce:
1/2 container of 10 oz Philadelphia Cooking Cream (Italian Cheese and Herb Flavor)
1 can cream of chicken soup
1/2 c chicken broth
1/4 c milk

Start the water for the noodles. Put cornflakes, flour & salt, and milk in 3 separate containers. Cut chicken in half (horizontally, to make chicken thinner). Dip chicken in the flour, then the milk, then the corn flakes. Heat olive oil in sauce pan. Place chicken in olive oil and cook for about 5 mins, until golden brown on the bottom side. Flip the chicken over, place a lid on the pan and turn the heat down to medium and cook for about 7 mins, until done all the way through. Watch it to make sure it doesn't burn. Once the chicken is done place it on a plate, put tin foil over it and place aside. In the same pan (make sure there is not very much oil left in it, just drops) that you cooked the chicken in combine cooking cream, cream of chicken, broth and milk. Whisk together and let cook until bubbling. Place noodles on plate, top with sauce and chicken. Serve some veggies on the side and ENJOY!!

Penne Florentine

We thought of this recipe while making our Chicken Pizza last week. We hope you enjoy it!

Pasta Mixture:
1 package penne noodles- cooked to al dente
1 chopped tomato
1/2 - 1 cup chopped spinach
chopped cooked chicken (however much you want)

Toss together. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

Sauce:
2 T butter
1 T - 2 T flour
1 c milk
1/2 c - 1 c Parmesan cheese
1 can cream of chicken soup

Melt butter in sauce pan, add flour to butter. Cook until bubbly. Add 1/2 c milk and cook again until bubbly. Turn stove off and parm cheese. Mix until smooth. Add cream of chicken soup and 1/2 milk. Mix again until smooth.

Combine sauce and pasta mix.

Put in buttered casserole dish, sprinkle cheese over top. Bake until brown and bubbly.

We didn't have extra cheese for on top, so ours isn't very brown on top, but it was really bubbly

We were lazy tonight, but normally we would serve it along side broccoli and bread sticks or garlic bread. Enjoy! It is so delicious and your kids will love it too!

Little Thomas was very happy with dinner tonight