Chicken Loaf is one of my favorite meals. It is similar to dressing, typically served with a Thanksgiving meal, but with chicken or turkey meat inside. Bread crumbs, chicken or turkey, celery and chicken stock are combined then baked. It it served in squares and is good topped with chicken or turkey gravy. Mom…
Frozen Pineapple Salad, Light and Refreshing
Frozen Pineapple Salad is a light and refreshing make ahead salad. It is quick and easy to make, too. Blend cream cheese, orange juice, powdered sugar, crushed pineapple and nuts then spread in a freezer safe pan then freeze until firm. This salad can double as a light and refreshing dessert as well. This…
Praline French Toast, a Make Ahead Breakfast
Praline French Toast is crisp french bread topped with a rich praline syrup. It is a filling meal. To lighten the meal, you can serve fresh fruit with it. This dish has always been a big hit whenever I have served it. Make the Praline French Toast the night before you want to serve…
Magic Cookie Bars, a Rich Dessert
Magic Cookie Bars are a rich dessert. Crushed graham crackers are topped with condensed milk, nuts, coconut and chocolate chips then baked. After the bars cool, cut the cookies into bars. My Mom would make this rich dessert for my Dad. He had quite a sweet tooth and these cookie bars satisfied that sweet…
Peanut Butter Pie, Rich and Creamy
Peanut Butter Pie is a rich and creamy dessert served in a graham cracker crust. The graham cracker crust is baked for a few minutes then cooled before the peanut butter pie filling is added. After the filling is placed inside the crust, the pie is refrigerated a couple of hours or overnight before serving….
Chicken and Rolled Dumplings
Chicken and Rolled Dumplings is one of my favorite meals. It is comfort food at its best! Chicken and vegetables are cooked in chicken broth then topped with dumplings. When served, the dumplings, chicken and vegetables are topped with the broth that gets thick, similar to a gravy. Yum! This recipe came from my…
Crispy Sesame Chicken with a Sticky Sweet Sauce
Crispy Sesame Chicken is moist and tender chicken on the inside with a crispy, crunchy crust on the outside. The crispy chicken is tossed in a sweet sauce then served over rice and topped with sesame seeds and/or green onions. Serve this dish with a salad or vegetables for a complete meal. If you like…
Apple Oatmeal Cookies, a soft moist cookie
Apple Oatmeal Cookies are a moist, soft cookie with small bits of apples and nuts. These cookies are easy to make. This recipe makes about 30 cookies, so it doesn’t take too long to bake the cookies. Even though this recipe makes about 30 cookies, it is still a lot for Jeff and I…
Hamburger and Cabbage Soup
Hamburger and Cabbage Soup is a hearty soup that will warm you up on cool days. This soup is full of hamburger, potatoes, carrots and cabbage. The soup is made with beef stock, which gives it a rich flavor. When making this soup, first start by browning your hamburger. I rinse the hamburger in…
Breakfast Quesadillas, Quick and Easy
Breakfast Quesadillas are an easy meal to prepare. Scrambled eggs, onions, bacon and cheese are placed inside a flour tortilla then warmed in a skillet or on a griddle. They can be served with salsa and/or sour cream. Lately, we have been using Peach Mango Salsa with almost any dish that we use salsa. It…