Breakfast to Chicken Breast

Yet another recipe my husband wanted me to share. This one is very basic and simple.

Prep

Take a chicken breast. Cut it into strips. Crack an egg or two-- you'd be surprised how far one egg can go in this situation. Scramble with a fork a little-- do not cook. Take your favorite breakfast cereal,-- I'd avoid the tooty fruity one's and stick with ones like regular captain crunch, or possibly frosted flakes-- we chose Honey Bunches of Oats, and crunch it up somehow. You can stick it in the blender or just use a rolling pin if you like. After you have crunched it up place it in bowl.

Make

Now take your uncooked chicken strips and dip them in the eggs. Then dip them in the cereal until they are covered.

Bake

Bake at 350 or higher, or broil, until fully cooked. Serve any way you like-- on a sandwich, with dipping sauces, as a main course to a fancy meal, etc.

Suggestions

Having the chicken fully thawed may make it easier to get it fully covered in egg and cereal. You can just prepare the whole chicken breast this way, without cutting it into strips, but I recommend cutting it because it cooks a little better.

*I just learned a new secret for making chicken like this. Give the chicken a light coating of flour before you dip it in the egg. The flour will help the egg stick better.

Crepes

This recipe came from my best friends family. It is indeed delicious. I'm sure you'll enjoy.

Crepes

Combine in a large bowl:

2 cups of flower
1/4 teaspoon of salt
4 eggs
2 and 1/4 of milk
1/4 cup of melted butter

Beat well and refrigerate for 1 hour. Heat a 6 inch skillet over medium heat and brush with butter or oil. Pour about 2 tablespoons of batter into the pan and quickly tap so batter is all over the pan. Cook 1 minute, flip and repeat. Repeat until all of the batter is cooked.

Filling

In a separate bowl combine:

2 cups of cottage cheese
3 oz of softened cream cheese
1/4 cup of sugar
1/2 teaspoon of vanilla
2 tablespoons of butter

Blend ingredients together. Spread 2 tablespoons of mix in the center of crepes . Fold crepes and then lightly brown each side in a skillet. Top with fruits, caramel or chocolate sauce or whatever else you desire.

Sweet Bean Soup

An inventive lunch indeed. It was so simple I thought nothing of it, but my husband requested I share it.

Sweet Bean Soup

In a sauce pan combine

1 can of pinto beans (undrained)
1 can of black beans (undrained)
1/2 a tomato diced
1/2 a red onion diced
2-4 tablespoons of sugar or sweetener

Bring to a boil. Let simmer if desired and serve.

Strawberries and Cream

My husband loves strawberries and cream and he asks for it all the time. The only problem is we always seem to have strawberries and no cream. Well one night for dessert I decided to invent my own cream. I modified a pudding recipe and came up with this:

Strawberries

I like to slice my strawberries and then sweeten the in a bowl. I'll do a handful of strawberry slices and sprinkle some sweetener on top. Then another handful of strawberry slices and another sprinkling of sweetener until all the strawberry slices have been sweetened.

Cream

Scramble two eggs in a bowl. Do not cook them. Just set them aside

In a sauce pan mix together:

3/4 cup of sugar
2 Tablespoons of corn starch
3 cups of milk
1 to 2 teaspoons of vanilla
1 tablespoon of butter

Bring mixture to a low boil. Then pour some of the mixture into the bowl with the eggs. Stir the eggs vigorously as you do so. This will cook the eggs, but keep them from becoming clumps in the cream. Combine all of the mixture together and serve over cut and sweetened strawberries.

The Story of My First Lasagna

I loved Lasagna when I was little. It was my favorite food. My mom would make it from scratch then, but, me being so young, I didn't ever take part in the making of the lasagna. Then one Sunday I took on the task of making lasagna all on my own. I had a couple recipes to choose from, plus an idea of what to simply do in my head. I combined all these together to create this: My First Lasagna!

Sauce:

16 oz package of sausage cooked with half an onion diced

14.5 oz can of stewed tomatoes

1/4 teaspoon of Garlic Powder

1 cup of spaghetti sauce-- I use Tone's Spaghetti seasoning and make the recipe that makes 4 cups

1 small can of tomato paste

Add to taste:

Basil

Oregano

Italian seasoning

Cheese Mixture

15 oz container of Ricotta

1/4 cup of Parmesan

1 egg

Add to Taste:

Parsley

Cook 1 box of lasagna noodles.

Layer 1: Sauce
Layer 2: noodles
Layer 3: cheese mixture
Layer 4: noodles

Repeat until all ingredients are gone. Try to top off with the sauce. When completed pour remaining Spaghetti sauce on top. Cover with Mozarella and Parmesan cheese. Bake at 350 for 35-40 minutes.

Eggs All-a-Golden Rod

We used to celebrate Easter up in Colorado at my Great Aunt's ranch. We would do all the traditional Easter stuff including an Egg Hunt. Well, my Great Aunt insisted that my mom and my aunt not leave her with all those eggs to deal with so they started cooking Eggs All-a-Golden Rod. A recipe my mom got from a home ec. class. Thus began our traditional Easter meal.

First boil a dozen or so eggs. Peel and separate yolks and whites.

Next make a white sauce. I use the "Better Home's and Gardens" recipe and double it. This is the recipe not doubled.

2 tablespoons butter or margarine

2 tablespoons flour

1/4 teaspoon salt

A Dash of Pepper

1 1/2 cups milk

Melt butter over medium heat. Sir in flour, salt and pepper. Stir in Milk. Cook and stir until thick and bubbly. Cook and stir for one minute more.

Once sauce is complete cut up the whites of the eggs and put them in the white sauce.

Lightly crumble the yolks with a fork.

Toast and butter some bread. Serve the white sauce on the toast with the egg yolks sprinkled on top.

"Better Than THAT" Cake

Bake a white or yellow cake. Take a wooden spoon and use the handle to poke a bunch of holes in the cake-- after it has cooled. Then pour a medium sized jar of caramel evenly over the top. Pour a can of sweetened condensed milk over the top. Spread a tub of whipped topping on like frosting. Than sprinkle coconut flakes and toffee trips on top. Best if it sits four a couple hours before serving so everything can soak in.