Category Archives: Recipes

I’m no gourmet cook by any means, but when I do feed my family something that doesn’t come out of a box or a take-out bag I have found these easy recipes to be most useful. If you have any you’d like to share, feel free to send them to me through my contact page and I’ll be happy to add them to our list with the appropriate credit given to you.

Baked BBQ Chicken

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  • boneless, skinless chicken breasts
  • favorite BBQ sauce
  • favorite chicken spices
preheat over to 375 degrees
season and brown chicken breasts
place in baking dish and coat with a layer of BBQ sauce
bake uncovered for 25 minutes
flip chicken breasts, add another layer of BBQ sauce
bake additional 10 minutes
I usually serve with fried potatoes and a vegetable

White Chocolate Cheesecake

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My sister found this amazing recipe, and passed it on to me. Unfortunately, I have no idea where it came from.

  • 2 8oz packages of reg or light cream cheese
  • 1 cup (minus 1/2 tsp) sugar (I know that sounds ridiculous)
  • 2 tbsp + 2 tsp butter
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 tsp vanilla
  • 6 tbsp cocoa or 3 sq melted white chocolate
  • 1/2 tsp almond extract
  • 1 heaping tbsp sour cream

Crust: premade chocolate chip cookie dough

  • Preheat over to 350 degrees
  • combine cream cheese, sugar, butter
  • combine and beat into cream cheese mixture eggs, vanilla, almond x, chocolate
  • add sour cream

spread the cookie dough evenly along the bottom of a greased,spring form pan, pour mixture over top.

Bake for 45 min or until center in done
cool and chill or freeze

Easy Shepherd’s Pie

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  • 1 lb hamburger or ground turkey
  • 1 brown gravy mix packet
  • 1 package frozen mixed veggies
  • mashed potatoes
  • shredded cheddar cheese

(I make my mashed potatoes from scratch, if you do too you should start this step first since they take the longest, otherwise, prepare mashed potatoes as instructed)
preheat oven to 350 degrees
Cook meat, drain fat
add gravy powder and one cup water to meat (substitute with canned gravy)
prepare frozen veggies as instructed (I prefer the steam bags)

Pour meat/gravy mixture in bottom of baking dish
pour cooked mixed vegetables on top of meat
spread mashed potatoes over the vegetables
top with shredded cheddar cheese
bake in oven for 10 min to melt cheese

Chili

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  • 2 Chili seasoning packets
  • 2 lbs cooked hamburger or ground turkey
  • 2 cans (14 1/2 oz) crushed tomatoes (undrained) (or 4 cans (8 oz) tomato sauce)
  • 2 cans (15 oz) kidney beans (undrained)

Brown meat, drain fat
stir in seasoning, tomatoes, beans
boil, cover, simmer for 10 min
serve over white rice
top with cheddar cheese

or cook in slow cooker on low for several hours

Deviled Eggs

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Hard boil eggs:
place desired number of eggs in a pot, water at least 2″ above the eggs. Bring to a rapid boil, cover, remove from heat for 20 min.

Slice eggs in half and scoop out yolks

Combine: 
cooked eggs yolks
mustard
mayo
pickle (optional)
onion (optional)
(measurements to taste)

spoon mixture into eggs white shells. Top with paprika

 

Chicken Parisienne

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Mom’s are always the best cook’s. I got this one from mine!

  • preheat over to 375 degrees
  • skinless, boneless, chicken breasts (as many as needed)
  • season chicken
  • brown chicken
  • bake, uncovered, for 25 min
  • flip, add sauce, cook additional 10 min

Sauce:

  • 2 cans Cream of Mushroom soup
  • 1 lg container of sour cream (Light sour cream is fine)
  • mix well

Serve over long grain wild rice

Potato Salad

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I got this from the Hellmann’s Mayonnaise jar and added a bit of my own twist

  • 8 cups cubed, cooked potatoes
  • 2 cups mayo (Hellmann’s Canola Oil is my preference)
  • 4 tbsp vinegar
  • 3 tsp salt
  • 2 tsp sugar
  • 2 cups sliced celery
  • 4 hard boiled eggs, chopped
  • 1 large pickle, chopped
  • 1 lg can tuna (optional)

mix and refrigerate

I only use add the tuna if we feel like eating just potato salad. I wouldn’t recommend it if eating it with other foods.