Cashew Chicken

Hi all! I hope everybody is having an awesome weekend!

 

When I was a little girl living in Daytona Beach there was a delivery service that would pick up take out at pretty much any restraunt and deliver to your house for a small fee. I do not know what chinese restraunt they got it from, but it was the only place I have ever saw cashew chicken.

I absolutley loved it, so you can imagine how excited I was to see this super simple recipe over at The Sunny Side Up Blog!

Do not be fooled by the simplicity of this dish, it packs a major flavor punch!

 

All you need is:

• Chicken
• Cashews
• Iron chef sauce and glaze (In the marinade isle)

 

Chop up the chicken, cook. Pour some cashews and Iron Chef sauce in. That is it! I served on some minute rice and had dinner in ready in 10 minutes.



Garlic Parmesan Knots

This is our new favorite bread to have with pasta. Easy and fast, and made with canned biscuits!

Here is what you need:

• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 1 can biscuits
• 3 tbsp parmesan cheese
• 1 tbsp chopped garlic
• 1 tsp garlic powder
• 1 tsp oregano
• 1 tsp parsley

   roll biscuit like a snake, about 12 inches

 


Tie into a knot, place ends under knot on greased pan

 

Bake according to directions on biscuit can. Mix oil, cheese, garlic and herbs together. Brush over knots. Enjoy!

 

Best Baked Spaghetti

I have been on a mission for the last 7 years to find a baked spaghetti that my husband likes! It is one of my favorite meals, but for some reason he just thinks it is "okay". Yes, He is very weird!

I think I got him with this recipe though, I used Penne (his favorite), and he even had seconds!

You need:

• 2 Cups cooked Penne pasta
• 2 Tbsp Butter
• 1/2 Cup Parmesan cheese
• 1/2 Carton Ricotta cheese
• 1 lb Ground beef
• 1 Jar Spaghetti sauce
• 1 1/2 Cups Mozzarella cheese
• Garlic and onions (Optional)

Cook Penne, set aside. Cook ground beef with a little garlic and onions. Mix in spaghetti sauce with ground beef, season to your preference. 

Mix 1/3 of the Parmesan cheese and the butter with the drained noodles

Line a 8x8 pan with foil. Pour a small layer of spaghetti sauce in bottom of pan.

Pour in noodles. Put dolops of ricotta over noodles. Cover with 1/3 of the Parmesan cheese and 1/2 cup of the Mozzarella cheese.

Pour spaghetti sauce on top. Cover with the rest of the mozzarella cheese. Put the last of the Parmesan cheese on top. Cover with foil and bake for 30 minutes, then remove foil and bake for 15 more minutes, or until the cheese is brown and bubbly. Enjoy!

Slow Cooker Lemon Chicken

I am a sucker for anything crockpot, so when I saw this recipe on pinterest I knew I had to make it soon!

• 1 Tbsp Butter
• Italian dressing packet
• 1/4 C Lemon juice
• 5 Boneless skinless chicken breast tenderloins

 Put butter in bottom of the slow cooker. Lay the chicken in the pot. Sprinkle Italian dressing packet over chicken, pour lemon juice over, put the lid on. Cook on High 4-5 hours, or Low 6-8 hours.

If I made this again I would probably do it on low for 4-5 hours instead, my chicken was a little over cooked.

Chewy M&M Cookie Bars

We were all feeling yucky last weekend, and something homemade and sweet always seems to do the trick of perking us up fast!

I found this awesome recipe at Fantastic Family Favorites

• 2 1/8 cups flour
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1 1/2 sticks butter, melted and cooled
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 1 large egg
• 1 large egg yolk
• 2 tsps vanilla extract
• 12oz bag M&M's

 Preheat the oven to 325 degrees. Line a 9X13-inch baking pan with foil, letting the excess hang over the edges of the pan to help you get them out. Spray the foil-lined pan with nonstick cooking spray.
 Mix the flour, salt, and baking soda together in medium bowl. Whisk the melted butter and sugars in a large bowl until combined. Add the egg, egg yolk, and vanilla and mix well. Fold the dry ingredients into the egg mixture. Stir in 1 cup of M&M's and put batter into the pan. Sprinkle some M&M's on top.
 Bake until the top of the bars are a light golden brown, 28 minutes. Cut into squares and serve.

I hope you enjoy these as much as my family did!

Slow Cooker Chicken Tater Tot Cassarole

I started this blog with the intention of posting mostly healthy recipes, but it is winter time and I seem to be cooking comfort food more often.

This is in my families top 5 favorite recipes! I have seen many different versions of tater tot cassarole on pinterest, I took those and added my own stuff to it.

Here is what you need:

With the addition of a Ranch dressing packet. I always forget something!

• 1 Bag frozen tater tots
• 1/2 Cup Milk
•  4 Boneless skinless chicken breast tenderloins
• 1/2 Pack real Bacon pieces
• 1 Cup Cheddar cheese
• 1 Packet Ranch dressing mix

Put a layer of Tater Tots in the bottom of you slow cooker.

Pour 1/3 pack ranch over them.

Put 1/3 cheese and 1/3 bacon on top.

Thaw chicken, cut into cubes and place on top of that.

salt and pepper, pour another 1/3 of ranch packet on top of chicken.

Then another 1/3 of cheese and bacon.

Another layer of tater tots, the last 1/3 of ranch packet.

Then the last 1/3 of cheese and bacon.

Pour 1/2 Cup milk over everything.

Cook on low for 5-6 hours.

You are left with super cheesy goodness!

Banana Bread

I came across an awesome and easy banana bread recipe over at My sweet Savannah. 

Here is what you need:

• 3 Banana's
• 2 Eggs
• 3/4 Cup sugar
• 2 Cups flour
• 1 Teaspoon salt
• 1 Teaspoon baking soda

Mash bananas in bowl

Add eggs and mix

Mix in sugar

Add flour, baking soda and salt

Bake at 350 degrees for 40 minutes

This was a huge hit with my 5 year old, we are definitely making it again!