Octo Doggy Dawgs!!!

This is a way easy and fun recipe I found in a magazine while I was waiting for a Doctor's appointment.

You cut up hot dogs and push spaghetti noodles through....

Boil them....

The end result....octo dogs!!

Chicken Brushetta

This is a recipe I found in a Kraft magazine a few years ago but have a hard time finding the recipe when I want it. So here it is!! It's pretty simple and good if you have some extra Stove Top Stuffing!!!

1 can (14-1/2 oz.) diced tomatoes, undrained
1 pkg. (6 oz.) STOVE TOP Stuffing Mix for Chicken
1/2 cup water
2 cloves garlic, minced
1-1/2 lb. boneless skinless chicken breasts, cut into bite-size pieces
1 tsp. dried basil leaves
1 cup 2% Milk Shredded Mozzarella Cheese

Preheat oven to 400 degrees

1. MIX tomatoes, stuffing mix, water and garlic just until stuffing mix is moistened.

2. LAYER chicken, basil and cheese in 3-qt. casserole or 13x9-inch baking dish.

3. TOP with stuffing. Bake 30 min. or until chicken is done.

Cajun Chicken Linguini

Okay so the pic of this dish is really not attractive. But this is one of my favorite dinners!!!

Ingredients:
1 package Linguini
Approx. 4 Chicken Breasts
Approx 2 T. Cajun seasoning. I use Zatarain's Blackened Seasoning. You can use more if you like it spicy!!!
1/4 C. Butter
2 green peppers sliced
1 red pepper sliced
4 1/2 C. Heavy Cream
1 tsp. Basil
1 tsp. Lemon Pepper
Salt, pepper, and garlic powder to season
1 1/2 C. grated parmesan cheese

Cut the chicken up and coat it with the cajun seasoning. Saute the chicken in the butter and add the peppers. Cook until tender and then stir in the cream and remaning ingredients. Toss in linguini.

Sticky Chicky

This is a really easy recipe that is easy to make and has simple ingredients.

Approx 4 chicken breasts, diced

4 Cups Dark Brown Sugar

1 Cup Vinegar (I use white)

approx 2 tbsp soy sauce

Flour

Roll the chicken breasts around in the flour. Stir fry in a bit of oil until the chicken is browned and for the most part, cooked. In the meantime, combine the brown sugar, vinegar and soy sauce in a pot and heat up. Put the chicken and sauce in a pan and cook at 375 for approx. 40 minutes or until chicken is cooked. Serve over rice!!!

Oatmeal Butterscotch Bars

Ingredients:

1 cup shortening
2 cups brown sugar
2 eggs, well beaten
1 t. vanilla
1 t. baking powder
1 t. salt
1 1/2 cups flour
4 cups oatmeal

Filling:

1 package butterscotch chips
1 can sweetened condensed milk
2 T. butter
1 t. vanilla
1/4 t. salt

Combine ingredients until blended. Save some mixture for the top. Press into bottom of large cookie sheet. Mix all filling ingredients in a saucepan on low heat until melted. Top with reserved crumbs. Bake at 350 for 15 minutes.

Apricot Chicken

Approx 4 chicken breasts

1 envelope onion soup mix

Approx 1/2 jar of apricot jam. Sometimes I use apricot pineapple.

Approx 1/2 bottle 1,000 island salad dressing

Mix ingredients together. I usually bake it in a crock pot, but you can cook it at 375 for about an hour (until chicken is fully cooked). It tastes great over rice!!!