Spicy Cashew Chicken Bundles

Recipe from: Kendall at Keeping Up with the Joneses

Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups chopped cooked chicken
1/4 cup finely shredded carrot
3 tablespoons sliced green onions (omitted - Fred's not a fan)
3 tablespoons chopped cashews
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
1/4 cup hoisin sauce (found on the Asian aisle of grocery store)
1 can (8 oz) can crescent rolls (used Reduced Fat)

Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 375
2. Chop cashews up into smaller pieces
3. Slice green onions
4. Add cashews, green onions, chicken, carrots, onions, cashews to a bowl. Add 1/4 tsp red pepper flakes and 1/2 tsp ginger.
5. Add 1/2 cup Hoisin sauce. And stir.
6. On an ungreased cookie sheet, separate the dough into 4 rectangles...
7. Then, pinch the seams together to blend well
8. Spoon about 1/4 of the mixture onto one side of the dough.
9. Pinch the seams together
10. Use a fork to press the edges together
11. Poke a hole in the top of each with a fork to allow the steam to escape
12. Bake 13-18 minutes.

**We really enjoyed this dish. It was super easy and very delicious. I added a hand full of cheese to my mixture to give it a little more flavor and because we LOVE cheese. I served ours with a salad and some brown rice. I would make this again!!!

Easy Calzone

Recipe from: Simply Made...with Love

Ingredients:
1 can of crescent rolls
pepperoni (or any pizza topping you want)
shredded mozzarella cheese
parmesan cheese
1 T. italian seasoning
pinch of garlic salt
olive oil (1 T)

Directions:
1. Preheat oven to time directed on rolls can. Roll out 4 separate rectangles (2 triangular squares together).
2. Place pepperoni on top of the dough. Place cheese on top of the pepperoni (in the center).
3. Roll dough & pinch dough to seal the ends. Brush with olive oil & seasonings. 4. Bake for 12-15 minutes or until dough is brown.

**We loved these. They were so easy and so delicious. I made two chicken and two pepperoni.

Cheddar Apple Quesadillas

It's been a while, but I am back with a new recipe...

I have been dying for some quesadillas and I found something to make quesadillas even better. This recipe comes from Peonies & Peppermint.

Ingredients:
Granny Smith Apples (sliced thin)
Shredded Sharp Cheddar Cheese
Whole Wheat Tortillas

Directions:
1. Spray a large skillet with cooking spray and heat over medium heat.
2. Sprinke cheddar cheese over half of the tortilla and top with a layer of apple slices.
3. Heat in the skillet until cheese melts and flip once.
4. Cut and serve.

Fabulous Fast Shrimp

Ingredients
1 tablespoon butter or margarine
2 stalks celery, chopped (I didn't use this much because I don't like it)
1/4 cup chopped green pepper (I didn't use this much because I don't like it either)
1/4 cup sliced green onion
1 lb fresh large shrimp, shelled and deveined
1 (10 3/4 ounce) can Campbell's Cream of Shrimp soup
1/2 cup water
1 dash cayenne pepper
hot cooked rice
paprika

Directions
1. Heat butter in skillet.
2. Add celery, green pepper and green onions and cook until tender.
3. Add shrimp and cook 3 to 5 minutes or until done.
4. Add soup, water and cayenne pepper and heat through.
5. Serve over rice.
6. Sprinkle with paprika.

This recipe comes off of the Campbell's Cream of Shrimp soup can. I add some hot sauce to mine because I like it spicier. I also serve with a salad and french bread.

Sausage, Peppers, and Onions

From: Giada De Laurentiis

Ingredients:
1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
1 pound sweet Italian sausage
2 red bell peppers, sliced
2 yellow onions, sliced
1 teaspoon kosher salt
1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
1/2 cup chopped fresh basil leaves
4 garlic cloves, chopped
2 tablespoons tomato paste
1 cup Marsala wine
1 (15-ounce) can diced tomatoes
1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes, optional
4 to 6 fresh Italian sandwich rolls, optional

Directions:
Heat the oil in a heavy large skillet over medium heat. Add the sausages and cook until brown on both sides, about 7 to 10 minutes. Remove from the pan and drain.

Keeping the pan over medium heat, add the peppers, onions, salt, and pepper and cook until golden brown, about 5 minutes. Add the oregano, basil, and garlic and cook 2 more minutes.

Add the tomato paste and stir. Add the Marsala wine, tomatoes, and chili flakes, if using. Stir to combine, scraping the bottom of the pan with a wooden spoon to release all the browned bits. Bring to a simmer.

Cut the sausages into 4 to 6 pieces each, about 1-inch cubes. Add the sausage back to the pan and stir to combine. Cook until the sauce has thickened, about 20 minutes.

Serve in bowls. Or, if serving as a sandwich, split the rolls in half lengthwise. Hollow out the bread from the bottom side of each roll, being careful not to puncture the crust. Fill the bottom half of the roll with sausage mixture. Top and serve sandwiches immediately.

Burrito BLT Sandwiches

For a new twist on an old favorite:
From: BettyCrocker.com

Ingredients:
8 slices bacon, crisply cooked and crumbled
2 cups bite-size pieces lettuce
1 1/2 cups shredded Cheddar cheese (6 ounces)
1 large tomato, chopped (1 cup)
1/3 cup mayonnaise or salad dressing
6 flour tortillas (8 inches in diameter)

Directions:
1. Toss all ingredients except tortillas.
2. Spread one-sixth of bacon mixture on each tortilla. Fold up bottom third of each tortilla; roll up to form cone shape with folded end at bottom.

Super Easy BBQ Pizza

From: inkOBSESSION designs

Ingredients:

1 pound boneless chicken breasts (or a packet of Tyson grilled chicken breast strips)
3/4 cup of BBQ Sauce (pick your favorite)
24 oz pizza crust (I used Boboli)
8 oz package of cheese (mozzarella cheese)

Directions:

1. Cut up the chicken and grilled it
2. Spread a thin layer of BBQ on the crust
3. Sprinkled a little cheese on the crust
4. Spread chicken evenly on the crust
5. Top the chicken with the remaining cheese
6. Bake for 12 minutes at 450 degrees (or until crust is brown)

*This was super easy and super delicious!!!

Five Cup Salad

1 11 oz. can mandarin oranges (drained)
1 8 oz. can of sliced pineapple (drained)
1 8 oz. sour cream
1 cup of coconut
1 cup of miniature marshmallows

Combine all ingredients in a bowl. Place in the refrigerator overnight and serve.

Tilapia Filets with Spinach, Capers and Tomatoes

From: Natasha

1 cup cherry tomatoes, halved
1/4 tsp red pepper flakes (less for mild)
2 tilapia fillets
s & p
2 lg handfuls of fresh baby spinach
1 tbsp butter
1 tbsp lemon juice
1 tbsp capers, drained

*In a med skillet drizzle olive oil and bring 1/4 water to boil, add toms and red pepper flakes, top toms with tilapia fillets and season with s & p. Cover, cook 3 mins. Add spinach on top and cover again. Cook until spinach is wilted and tilapia flakes easily with fork. About 2 min. With a slotted spoon or spatula remove fillets and veggies. Cover with foil.

*Make sauce in the skillet you just cooked in. Off heat, add butter, lemon juice & capers. Swirl until butter melts, season with s & p. Drizzle with sauce and eat up!

Biscuit BBQ Cups

from my friend, Leslie

1 pack of Grands biscuits (8 count)
1 lb. ground beef
1/2 cup BBQ sauce
shredded cheddar cheese
2 tablespoon brown sugar

Preheat your oven to 350. Put your ground beef in the skillet to brown. While it's cooking, spray your muffin pan with Pam. Open your Grands pack, pull out a biscuit, tear off about a quarter of it to use later, then spread it into and up the sides of a muffin pan cup to make a cup/bowl shape with your dough. Be sure to remember to stir your beef every once in a while. Keep doing this until you've filled eight muffin cups. Then, use the extra little bit of biscuit dough to fill up two more muffin cups, which will give you ten in all. Now that your beef is brown, drain it and return it to the skillet. Then, pour in your BBQ sauce and your brown sugar (and your onion, if that's your thing) and mix. Let it heat up a bit. Now you just put some of your ground beef mixture in each little dough cup. Sprinkle with cheddar cheese. Bake about ten minutes or so.

Beach Shrimp

from Southern Living
Makes 6 to 8 servings

3 lb. unpeeled, large raw shrimp
1 (16 oz.) bottle Italian dressing
1 1/2 tablespoon freshly ground pepper
2 garlic cloves, pressed
2 lemons, halved
1.4 cup chopped fresh parsley
1/2 cup butter, cut up

Place shrimp, Italian dressing, pepper and garlic cloves in a 13- x 9- inch baking dish, tossing to coat. Squeeze juice from lemons, over shrimp mixture, and stir. Add lemon halves to pan. Sprinkle evenly with parsley; dot with butter.

Bake at 375 for 25 minutes, stirring after 15 minutes. Serve in pan.

*We had this fabulous dish at my aunt's last night. She served this with a salad, Uncle Ben's wild rice and warm, French bread. It was delicious!

Easy Enchiladas

Ingredients:
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons chili powder
1/4 teaspoon of ground cumin
1/2 teaspoon of salt
1 pinch garlic powder
2/3 cold water
1/3 cup canned tomato sauce
8 El Monterrey taquitos (I used the chicken and cheese ones)
4 ounces shredded cheese Cheddar or Monterrey Jack (I used Kraft Mexican cheese)

Sauce:
Heat oil in a small saucepan over medium heat. Add flour and chili powder and cook, stirring with a whisk, for 1 minute. Dissolve cumin, salt and garlic powder in water. Add to saucepan along with the tomato sauce. Bring to a boil, then lower the heat.

Directions:
Preheat oven to 400. Place taquitos in deep baking dish. Cover with sauce. Sprinkle shredded cheese on top of enchiladas. Bake, uncovered, for 30 minutes.

*You can use 1 cup of prepared enchilada sauce.
You can put the enchiladas in the microwave and cook on high for 12-14 minutes.

Poppy Seed Chicken

I got this recipe from Kelly's Recipes, but I modified it for our liking.

Ingredients:
2 or 3 chicken breasts, boiled and cut in small pieces (I used 2 bags of Tyson's grilled chicken breast strips)
4 oz sour cream
1 can Cream of Chicken Soup
2 tablespoons of poppyseeds (I just shake in the poppy seeds)
Ritz crackers

Directions:
Mix the first 4 ingredients and put in a baking dish. Cover with crushed Ritz crackers. Bake for 30 minutes at 350.

*You can double the ingredients to make more.