Homemade Chicken Pot Pie

Thank you, Andrea, for sending this recipe my way!  I look forward to trying it soon with my family!!

1 rotisserie chicken (already cooked usually in the deli at a grocery store)
1 large bag of frozen vegetables
1 large family size can of cream of chicken
4 chicken bouillon cubes
salt and pepper to taste
1 pack (2 in the box) of premade pie crusts (roll them out into your pan)

Tear chicken off bones and put in large soup pot.
Add frozen vegetables, chicken bouillon cubes, and enough water to cover everything.
Bring to a boil.
Cook 5 minutes.
Reduce heat and add cream of chicken soup.
Mixture should be thick.  If it is not, discard some soup mixture and cook longer.
Pour into two deep dish pie plates and roll the pre-made pie crusts on top. 
Trim excess and cut small holes in top of crust for ventilation and preventing it from cooking over.

Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes

Chicken Casserole

This came from the new HEA cookbook that my mom bought me!  She made this a couple of weeks ago and we all really really liked it!  Make some rolls and a side veggie with this and it will feel like Thanksgiving dinner!

1 box Stove Top dressing -chicken
1 (8 oz) container sour cream
1 can chicken broth
1 chicken, cooked, deboned, and cut into bite size pieces
1 can cream of mushroom soup
onion (optional)
celery (optional)
 1 egg beaten

Mix all ingredients.  Pour into buttered 9x13 pan or 2 8x8 pans.  (Freeze one for later or take to a friend!) Drizzle with 1/4 c melted margarine.  Bake 40-60 minutes at 350 degrees.  (Top should be brown)

When preparing a frozen casserole, thaw in fridge before baking or bake an additional 20 minutes.

Mendi's Lasagna

I had to add this because it has changed the word "LASAGNA" in so many ways....
It's AWESOME!
I make two 8x8 pans of this, one in which we eat right away and the other I save (freeze) for a busy day.
I think that it's time consuming for the first pan, but its easy to throw the 2nd pan together!!!

Sauce:   
1 lb sweet Italian Sausage
1 lb ground beef
2 cloves garlic (crushed)
1 can crushed tomatoes (28 oz)
2 cans tomato paste (6 oz)
1/2 c water
2 tbsps white sugar
1 1/2 tsp dried basil leaves
1 tsp Italian seasoning
1 tbsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
1/4 tsp fennel
1 (28 oz) tomato sauce

Brown your sausage, hamburger, onion, and garlic.  Stir in crushed tomatoes, tomato paste, tomato sauce, and water. Season with sugar, basil, fennel, Italian seasoning, 1 tbsp salt, pepper. 
Simmer and cook for 1 1/2 hrs.    (THIS SEEMS FOREVER... I know... just stir occasionally.)

I know it seems like a big job, but its totally worth it in the end!

For a good cheese layer in your lasagna - combine the following ingredients:
16 oz ricotta cheese
1 egg
1/2 tsp salt
3/4 lb mozzarella cheese (sliced)
3/4 shredded parmesan cheese

To assemble:
Layer of Meat Sauce on bottom
Layer of Lasagna noodles (cooked or you can use the No-Boil Noodles)
Ricotta Cheese mixture on top of that
Mozarella Slices on top of that...
Parmesan Cheese on top of that...

REPEAT LAYERS TILL FULL

Roadside Chicken

Here is an awesome marinade and sauce for your grilled chicken...

1 c white vinegar
1/4 c worcestershire sauce
1 tbsp white sugar
1 tsp garlic powder
1 tsp onion powder
1 tbsp black pepper ground
1 tsp celery seed ground

Marinade chicken in the above mixture.    (2-8 hrs for marinade)

Make up another batch of the mixture for basting. 
Add:  1/2 c vegetable oil and 1 tsp prepared mustard

Our recipe says, "Don't be cheap with the baste, the more the merrier!"

Shish-ka-Bob Marinade

For Chicken or Beef...  Get those grills out!!

1/2 tbsp pepper
1 tbsp oregano
1 tsp onion salt
1 tsp garlic salt
2 tbsp lemon juice
1/2 c olive oil
1 tsp salt

We really liked this when I made it for the first time and I pulled it out tonight for us to make again this week!

Sweet & Tangy Wings

1/4 c apricot preserves
1/4 c balsamic vinegar
1/2 tsp ground ginger
1/4 tsp cayenne pepper
3/4 tsp salt

Set aside 1/4 c mixture.  Add wings to a large bowl and toss to coat.  Grill.

Bast with preserve mixture during last 10 minutes of cooking on the grill!

Hawaiian Meatballs

You can either make your own meatballs or I buy the frozen meatballs for a FASTER meal!!!

Meatballs (if you want to take the time to do it):   BUY FROZEN... they taste the same to me!
1.5 lbs ground beef
2/3 c cracker crumbs
1/3 c minced onion
1 egg
1 1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp ginger
1/4 c milk
1 tbsp shortening (to put in pan before frying)

Sauce - I DOUBLE this recipe!
2 tbsp corn starch
1/2 c brown sugar
1 can pineapple tidbits - drain syrup and keep it!  (13 1/2 oz can)
1/3 c vinegar
1 tbsp soy sauce
1/3 c chopped green pepper
I add a little green onion, too.

Mix corn starch & sugar.  Stir in pineapple syrup, vinegar, soy sauce.  Pour into pan over medium heat.  Stir till it boils.  Boil and stir 1 minute.  Add meatballs, pineapple, and green peppers.  (onion, too, if you want...)  Heat thoroughly. 

I love this!

I make white rice to put the hawaiian meatballs over and its delicious!