Slow Cooker Teriyaki Chicken

This dish was absolutely yummy! I served it on a bed of white rice and had cut up fresh pineapple with it. It comes from Cooking Classy.

Slow Cooker Chicken Teriyaki

Yield: 4-6 servings

Ingredients

• 3 lbs boneless skinless chicken breasts
• 3/4 cup low sodium soy sauce
• 1/4 cup + 2 Tbsp apple cider vinegar
• 1/3 cup packed light-brown sugar
• 1/4 cup honey
• 3 Tbsp orange marmalade
• 1 tbsp finely grated fresh ginger
• 2 cloves garlic, finely minced
• 1/2 tsp freshly ground black pepper
• 1 1/2 Tbsp cold water
• 1 1/2 Tbsp cornstarch
• Cooked long grain white rice, for serving
• Sesame seeds, for garnish (optional)
• Directions
  • Place chicken in a slow cooker, set aside. In a mixing bowl, whisk together soy sauce, apple cider vinegar, light-brown sugar, honey, orange marmalade, ginger, garlic and pepper. Pour mixture over chicken in slow cooker, cover with lid and cook on low heat 4 - 5 hours. Remove chicken from slow cooker and shred. Strain sauce from slow cooker through a fine mesh strainer into a medium saucepan. In a small mixing bowl whisk together 1 1/2 Tbsp cold water and cornstarch. Pour cornstarch mixture into liquid in saucepan and heat mixture over medium high heat, stirring constantly, until mixture begins to gently boil. Allow mixture to gently boil about 20 seconds until thickened. Return chicken to slow cooker and pour teriyaki sauce from saucepan over chicken. Toss mixture gently to evenly coat. Serve warm over cooked rice garnished with optional sesame seeds and serve with diced fresh pineapple if desired.
  • Recipe Source: slightly adapted from Lake Lure Cottage Kitchen
    

Greek Lemon Chicken Soup

I wanted to share this  recipe from Cat

Greek Lemon Chicken Soup 

2 cups chopped cooked chicken

2 medium carrots, coarsly chopped

1/2 cup chopped onion

1-2 lemons

2TBLS snipped fresh Parsley

1 garlic Clove, Pressed

1 can (10 3/4 oumce) 98% fat free reduced-sodium

cream of chicken soup

3 cans (14 1/2 ounces ea) 100% fat free chicken broth

1/4 tsp ground black pepper 

2/3 cup uncooked long-grain white rice

My Tweeks

4 medium Carrots

added 4 ribs of celery chopped

1 cup onion

2 garlic cloves

2/3 cup wild rice

also the cream of chicken was just regular. I didnt have any parsley so I just didnt add it.

1. Chop chicken, carrots onion and celery. Zest one lemon using 1 tsp. Juice Lemon(s) for 1/4 cup juice. Snip parsley and set aside.

2. Heat large pot over med heat until hot. Lightly spray with non stick cooking spray. Add carrots onion and garlic; cook and stir to min. Stir in chicken, lemon zest, juice, soup, chicken broth and black pepper; bring to a boil. Stir in Rice; reduce heat. Cover; simmer over low heat 15-20 min (50 min for wild rice) or until rice is tender. Remove from heat; stir parsley into soup just before serving.

yield is 8 Servings.

I would say it feeds 4 healthy eaters :)

If you try it out let me know what you think!
http://rcbutler.blogspot.com/2013/08/greek-lemon-chicken-soup.html
Thanks Cat!

Leesa's Lasagna

When we stayed at Leesa's for the baby blessing she made us this delicious lasagna! My kids gobbled it up and I loved it too.

2 lbs. hamburger

1 jar prego 3 cheese pasta sauce

1 container cottage cheese

Fiesta blend cheese & mozzarella cheese

10-12 lasagna noodles

Brown meat and season with garlic salt and italian seasoning(I just eyeball it and taste it when its fully cooked to see if I need to add more)

Add the pasta sauce and cottage cheese.

Stir and keep cooking it all together on low while you cook your noodles. Once the noodles are cooked I get my pan and lay 5-6 noodles, then the sauce mix and cover that layer with the cheeses. 

Repeat the next layer and then put it in the oven at 350 for 20-25 minutes.

Thanks Leesa!

Peanut Butter Chocolate Dessert

This is very good, but rich! It's a great summer dessert because there's no cooking!

Ingredients:

20 oreos, divided

2 Tbsp. butter, softened

1 pkg. (8 oz.) cream cheese, softened

1/2 cup peanut butter

1 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar, divided

1 carton (16 oz.) frozen whipped topping, thawed, divided

15 miniature peanut butter cups, chopped

1 cup cold milk

1 pkg. (3.9 oz.) instant chocolate fudge pudding mix

Additional chopped peanut butter cups

1. Crush 16 oreos; toss with the butter. Press into an ungreased 9 in. square dish; set aside.

2. In a large bowl, beat the cream cheese, peanut butter and 1 cup confectioners' sugar until smooth. Fold in half of the whipped topping. Spread over crust. Sprinkle with peanut butter cups.

3. In another large bowl, beat the milk, pudding mix and remaining confectioners' sugar on low speed for 2 minutes. Let stand for 2 minutes or until soft-set. Fold in the remaining whipped topping.

4. Spread over peanut butter cups. Crush remaining cookies. Sprinkle cookies and peanut butter cups over the top if desired. Cover and chill for at least 3 hours.

Foil-Pack Chicken and Broccoli Dinner

loved!

1 packageStuffing mix; chicken flavor

1 1/4 cupWater

24 ounceBoneless skinless chicken breast cutlets; 6oz each

4 cupsBroccoli Florets

1 cupShredded chedar cheese

4 slicesCooked bacon; crumbled

4 tablespoonRanch dressing - Oven to 400 - Spray 4 large sheets of heavy-duty foil with oil.

- Combine stuffing mix and water.

- Spoon 1/4 of the stuffing mixture onto the center of each foil sheet.

- Top stuffing with a 6oz. chicken breast half.

- Top chicken with 1 c. broccoli.

- Sprinkle with 1/4 of the cheese and 1 slice of bacon, crumbled.

- Drizzle with 1 T. ranch dressing

- Bring up foil sides and fold to seal, leaving room for heat circulation inside

- Place packets on a cookie sheet and bake 25-30 mins

- Remove packets and let stand 5 mins

- Cut sits in foil for steam before opening.

Beef & Broccoli {Crockpot}

I love setting up a meal and just forgetting about it. you have the freedom to do whatever you want while a delicious meal is cooking away!


INGREDIENTS:
 1 lb. boneless, beef chuck roast, sliced into thin strips
 1 cup beef consumme or beef broth
 1/2 cup low sodium soy sauce
 1/3 cup dark brown sugar
 1 tbsp. sesame oil
 3 garlic cloves, minced
 2 tbsp. cornstarch
 4 tbsp. sauce (from the crockpot after dish is cooked) Frozen broccoli florets, as many as desired. (i used fresh) add them in at the same time as you add the cornstarch slurry. cook 30 more mins. White rice, cooked
 INSTRUCTIONS:
 In the insert of the crockpot, whisk together beef consume, soy sauce, dark brown sugar, sesame oil, and garlic. Gently place your slices of beef in the liquid and toss to coat. Turn crockpot on low and cook for 6 hours. When done, in a small bowl, whisk together cornstarch and cooking liquid to create a slurry, pour into crockpot, stir to mix well. Cook on low for an additional 30 minutes to thicken up the sauce. Toss in your broccoli florets then serve hot over white rice. I think it would be good to add any other veggie such as carrots, mushroom, onion, zucchini, bell pepper, celery, asparagus.

Birthday Cake Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter, room temperature
• 1 cup dark brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 tsp vanilla
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 1/2 cups cake mix
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1/2 cup sprinkles
• 2 cups chocolate chips
• 2 cups coarsely chopped Birthday Cake Golden Oreos

1. In a bowl of your stand mixer cream butter and sugar together for about a minutes until light and fluffy. Add in eggs and vanilla and beat until smooth.
2. With mixer on low add in baking soda, salt, flour and cake mix, stirring until mixture just comes together.
3. With mixer still on low add in sprinkles, chocolate chips, and chopped Oreos. Stir until evenly incorporated.
4. Chill dough for at least 2 hours, an overnight is better.
5. When ready to bake preheat oven to 350°
6. Line baking sheet with parchment paper and form dough into round balls, placing them 2 inches apart on baking sheet.
7. Bake cookies for 8-10 minutes until edges are slightly golden.
8. Allow to cool on baking sheet for 3 minutes and then transfer to wire rack to continue cooling.              * I chilled the dough for these.  A few hours in the fridge at a minimum, a few days is even better.  I know.  You can’t wait that long:) This cookie dough  is so so good. As you can tell from my picture i left the sprinkles out. Enjoy! No need for a birthday!