Tried & True!

So, last night I decided to FINALLY try Ora's Yummy Cranberry Chicken Recipe and its freakin' delicious!!! Ryan loved it, the girls loved it. And it was super easy!!

I made some brown rice and some steamed veggies and everyone ate like it was Thanksgiving! Thanks Ora & Fam for the yummy recipe! For sure a keeper!



My next goal is to keep trying the other recipes on here. My next choices are going to be Tracie's Tuesday Night Lasagna and Angela's White Sauce Chicken Lasagna

Thanks again ladies for the great recipes!

Zucchini Bread

If you have a garden in summer - you'll need an idea for all that dang squash!

1 Cup oil
2 Cups sugar
3 eggs
3 tsp vanilla
2 Cups shredded raw zucchini
3 Cups all purpose flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
1/4 tsp baking powder
3 tsp cinnamon


Combine oil, sugar and eggs in large bowl.
Add in vanilla and zucchini.
Sift in dry ingredients. Mix well.
Pour batter in greased loaf pan.

Bake 350 for 1 hour. (Less time for several smaller loaves.)

Peanut Butter Cookies

1 Cup granulated sugar
1 Cup packed brown sugar
1 Cup shortening
1 Cup peanut butter
2 eggs
2 1/2 Cups all purpose flour
1 1/2tsp baking soda
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt


Mix sugars, shortening, peanut butter and eggs.
Stir in flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.
Shape dough into 3/4 inch balls.
Place 2" apart on ungreased cookie sheet.
(Fork the tops if you must)
Bake until set, but not hard.

375 for 10 mins

PS- you can add chocolate kisses on top towards the end of baking.

Banana Bread

1/2 Cup margarine
1 Cup granulated sugar
2 eggs
1 Cup bananas (more= moister bread)
1/4 Cup milk
1 tsp lemon juice
2 Cups all purpose flour
1 1/2 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
1 tsp cinnamon (optional)
1/2 Cup chopped nuts (optional)


Mix all ingredients together. Batter will be lumpy.
Put in greased 8x4x3 loaf pan.

Bake 1 hr @350.

Mushroom Chicken and Rice

Easy 1 pan recipe.

1 can cream of mushroom soup
2 cans milk
1 1/2 c. rice
Chicken Breasts
1 packet onion soup mix

Preheat oven to 350. Place rice and chicken in 9x13 pan. Mix cream of mushroom soup and milk together, pour over chicken and rice. Sprinkle onion soup mix over the top, cover and bake for 45 minutes or until chicken is done and rice is tender.

Cranberry Chicken

Huge favorite at our house.

1 can whole cranberry sauce
1 bottle french dressing (or 8 oz if you want the sauce thicker)
1 pkg onion soup mix

Chicken breasts (as many as you want in the pan)

Place chicken in 9x13 pan, pour sauce over and bake uncovered @ 350 for one hour or until chicken is done. Serve over rice.

Another variation is to use 1 cup of Apricot Jam instead of the cranberry sauce and it tastes kinda like orange chicken.

Cream of Chicken Soup

When I was on a modified diet, I needed to find a way to use all my recipes that had Campbell's Soup in them... Found this recipe on the internet somewhere. I even like it better than the canned soups and it comes in handy when I don't have any around!

Cream of Chicken (or anything) Soup

1 c. cold milk
2 tbls. cornstarch
1 1/2 tbls. butter
1 tsp. chicken bullion
1/2 tsp. salt
dash of pepper

Wisk milk and cornstarch in saucepan on medium heat until blended. Stir in butter, bullion, salt and pepper then heat to boil, stirring frequently. Simmer on low 1 minute till thick.

Mushroom soup - add 4 oz can mushroom pieces drained (I like to chop them a bit more)
Chicken soup - can add 1/2 c. cooked chicken pieces
Celery soup - 1/2 c. sauteed chopped celery

Yield: "1 can" of cream soup... I just add just over a cup of milk when a recipe calls for a "can" of soup and a "can" of milk.