So I actually made these from a store-bought kit, but I do have my own recipe, and thought I'd share it - (it makes a LOT):
3 Tbps. butter
3-4 chicken breasts
2 sm. cans water chestnuts
1/2 pkg. mushrooms, minced
3 Tbsp. chopped green onions
1 tsp. minced garlic
1-2 heads iceburg lettuce
4 Tbsp. soy sauce
4 Tbsp. brown sugar
1 Tbsp. vinegar
Butterfly chicken breasts, fry in butter (cook all the way through), set aside. Mince chestnuts, mushrooms, garlic & onion. Mix soy sauce, brown sugar & vinegar. Mince chicken. Combine all in a frying pan, heat through. Serve wrapped in lettuce leaves - use special dipping sauce.
*Special Dipping Sauce*
1/4 c. sugar
1/2 c. water
2 Tbsp. soy sauce
2 Tbsp. vinegar
2 Tbsp. ketchup
1 Tbsp. lemon juice
1/2 Tbsp. chili garlic sauce
Homemade Mac & Cheese
This is the one that uses Velveeta, sour cream, cottage cheese, and cheddar - it's SO good! This time I added cubed ham to it. We ate it with broccoli. I'm pretty sure I've posted the recipe before.
Chicken Broccoli Casserole
I LOVE this recipe - it's one of the few I have memorized by heart, and I don't even make too often. You know how you make something and it's good the day you eat it, and then you look at the cold leftovers in the fridge and think "ugh - its not appetizing anymore"? Well that never happens to me with this recipe - I actually hide the leftovers so I can eat them all myself for like 3 days in a row!
2 chicken breasts
2 heads broccoli
1 can cream of chicken soup
1 c. sour cream
1c. water + chicken broth
2 c. cheddar cheese (or colby jack)
Pre-heat oven to 350 - wrap chicken in foil (shiny side in) sprinkled with sea or kosher salt. Bake for 30-40 minutes. Remove chicken to cool, pour all chicken broth into measuring cup & add water until you have 1 C. Mix broth/water with cream of chicken soup & sour cream. Cut broccoli, and steam until 1/2 cooked (do not cook all the way). Cut chicken into bite sized chunks & combine with broccoli in 9x13 baking pan. Pour sauce over, and sprinkle with cheddar cheese. Bake @ 350 for 30-35 minutes while cooking some rice (our favorite is 1/2 white 1/2 brown rice). YUMMMMMMYYYYYY!
Yogurt with berries & homemade Granola
I started eating this about a week ago when I felt like I needed more dairy in my diet, and it just tastes good. I buy vanilla yogurt from the store, frozen raspberries, and make my own granola. I just thaw some raspberries in the microwave for like 30 seconds, stir them into the yogurt, and top it with granola. YUM!
Here's my recipe for granola:
4 C. rolled oats
4 C. wheat flakes
1/4 C. each soy flour, buckwheat flour, cornmeal, & barley flour (or 1 C. combo of any of those)
1 C. sunflower seeds
3 Tbsp. ground flax
3 Tbsp. ground sesame seeds
1 C. dry milk
1/4 tsp. each cinnamon & nutmeg
coconut flakes
Mix all together. In another bowl mix melted butter, peanut butter & honey until you get 3 c. Mi with dry ingredients. Spread on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake @ 350 for 1/2 - 1 hour, stirring every 10 minutes toward the end. Cool, and add any other ingredients (like craisins). BE CAREFUL - this burns easily!
And of course, a cheesecake. I had to make up a new one for a birthday, and it turned out SO GOOD. Here's the link - please check it out! http://www.cheesecakesmadeeasy.com/coconut-cheesecake-with-mango-glaze/
