Menu- April 25- May 1st

This weeks recipes are brought to you by Jamie Cooks It Up! I didn't intend to do a whole weeks worth of recipes from there, but once I started looking, I couldn't stop. They all sound so yummy!


Wed- Grilled Chicken Bruschetta with Salad
Thurs- Cheesy Sausage and Tomato Shells
Fri- Chicken & Black Beans Quesadillas
Saturday & Sunday - CAMPING!
Mon- Bourbon Chicken  with rice
Tues- Hot Ham & Cheese Pin Wheels

Snickerdoodle Bread

Snickerdoodle Bread

found here

• 2 1/2 cups flour
• 1 tsp. baking powder
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 2 tsp. cinnamon
• 1 cup butter softened
• 2 cups sugar
• 3 eggs
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 3/4 cup sour cream
• 1 pkg. Hershey's cinnamon chips
• 3 TB sugar
• 3 tsp. cinnamon

Instructions

1. Cream butter, sugar, salt and cinnamon until fluffy. Add eggs and mix well.
2. Add vanilla and sour cream and mix well.
3. Mix flour and baking powder in a separate bowl. Add to wet ingredients and mix until all combined.
4. Add cinnamon chips and stir into batter. Set aside.
5. Spoon batter into 4 mini loaf pans until about 2/3 full.
6. Mix 3 T. sugar and 3 t. cinnamon in a bowl and sprinkle over the batter in each loaf pan.
7. Bake at 350 for 35-38 minutes. Let cool before removing from pan.

** I left out the cinnamon chips because I couldn't find them and it was still really good!

MONTEREY CHICKEN

MONTEREY CHICKEN
found here

4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
1/4 c. bar-b-que sauce
1/4 c. real bacon bits- I just cooked and crumbled bacon
1 c. colby and jack cheese, shredded- I used cheddar
1 14 oz. can Rotel tomatoes, drained (canned with green chilies added)
sliced green onions
pepper

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Pound out chicken breasts to flatten. Season with pepper. Grill chicken until no long pink (we used our George Foreman grill) and place on baking sheet covered with foil. Top each chicken breast with one tablespoon bar-b-que sauce, 1/4 c. cheese, 1/4 c. tomatoes, green onions and one tablespoon of bacon bits. Place in oven and bake until cheese is melted (about 5 minutes).

Slow Cooker Sweet and Sour Chicken

From Real Mom Kitchen

 

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup water
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 1/3 cup white vinegar
• 3 Tbsp lemon juice
• 3 tbsp soy sauce
• 3 tbsp tomato paste
• 1/2 tsp garlic powder
• 1/4 tsp ground ginger
• 3 boneless skinless chicken breasts, cut into 1 to 1 1/2 inch pieces
• 1/3 cup water
• 1/3 cup cornstarch
• 3/4 cup diced pineapple chunks (use fresh or canned chunks)
• 1/4 medium onion cut into 1 inch pieces
• 1/2 green pepper, cut into 1 inch pieces
• cooked rice

Instructions

1. Add the 1/2 cup water, brown sugar, sugar, vinegar, lemon juice, soy sauce, tomato paste, garlic powder, and ginger to the slow cooker and whisk until combined.
2. Add the chicken pieces and stir to coat. Cook on low for 5 hours.
3. In a small bowl combine the 1/3 cup water with the cornstarch. Add to the slow cooker and carefully stir to combine. The chicken will be tender so you want to keep the pieces to stay in pieces.
4. Add the pineapple, onion, and bell pepper and carefully fold into the mixture. Cover and cook on low for another 45 minutes.
5. Serve over cooked rice. Makes 4-5 servings.

**This was good. I also added celery, yellow squash and carrots. The carrots DID NOT COOK in the crock pot in 45 minutes, so I'd leave those out next time.

Buffalo Chicken Sliders with Ranch Slaw

Buffalo Chicken Sliders with Ranch Slaw

Found on Real Mom Kitchen

 

Ingredients

• 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
• 1/2 cup water
• 6 Tbsp. Franks Hot Sauce (It has to be Franks Hot Sauce… no other sauce will taste as good)
• 1 1/2 cup brown sugar (use less if you want it more on the hot side)  **I only used 1 cup and it was SWEET!
• 1/4 cup water
• 5 1/2 cups coleslaw mix
• 2 stalks of celery, cut into thin slices
• 1/3 cup ranch dressing
• 3 Tbsp mayonnaise
• 2 tsp sugar
• 1/4 tsp lemon juice
• 16 slider size buns or rolls
• butter

Instructions

1. Place chicken in a slow cooker with the 1/2 cup water and cook for 6-8 hours until fully cooked.
2. Remove chicken from the slow cooker and shred.
3. Remove liquid from slow cook and return chicken back to the slow cooker.
4. In a sauce pan, combine hot sauce, brown sugar, and water. Bring to a boil and boil for 2 minutes until sugar is completely dissolved.
5. Add the sauce to the chicken in the slow cooker and stir to combine.
6. Place coleslaw mix and celery together in a large bowl.
7. In a small bowl, blend together the ranch dressing, mayo, sugar, and lemon juice. Add to the coleslaw and toss to coat.
8. Split open rolls and butter each half and place on a baking sheet.
9. Preheat oven to broil. Broil rolls until toasted.
10. Serve each roll topped with some of the chicken mixture and some of the slaw.

**This was delicious!  I did regular coleslaw dressing (not the ranch)  I ate it on iceberg lettuce and it was so yummy. ALL MY KIDS ate it on a bun.  

Menu - Week of 4/18-24

I've been in a food rut lately, and I stumbled upon Real Mom Kitchen.  Basically all my recipes are from their site this week!


WED-Fried Chicken & Mashed Potatoes, Corn
THURS- Shell Pasta Salad
FRI- Buffalo Chicken Sliders with Ranch Cole-slaw
SAT- Pizza & Zucchini Fritters
SUN- Slow Cooker Sweet & Sour Chicken with Rice
MON- Farmer's Casserole &  Baked Mozzarella Zucchini
TUES-Spaghetti with Cheesy Garlic Bread