Pier 49 Penne Pesto Pasta

1 package (16 oz) cooked penne pasta
1 cup pesto sauce
2 cups alfredo sauce
2 tbslp. garlic butter (I just use melted butter and shake in some garlic powder)
1 cup mozzarella cheese
1/2 cup Parmesan cheese
1/4 cup sun dried tomatoes (optional)

Mix pesto, alfredo, and garlic butter until smooth. Place cooked pasta in 13x9 inch dish and mix with sauce. Top with cheeses. Bake at 425 degrees for 10-15 min or until cheese is melted and browned. Sprinkle with sun dried tomatoes.

Granola

14 cups whole rolled oats(quick oats work great)
1 cup powdered milk
2 tblsp cinnamon

Stir, then add:
1 cup oil (can use canola or olive or some of both)
2 cups honey
2 tblsp vanilla

Stir, then place on 2 cookie sheets. Cook at 200 degrees for 2 hours. (I like to stir and rotate half way through.

Add raisins and nuts of your choice.

Makes enough to fill 2 #10 cans.

Ranch Style Chicken

4 chicken breast
12 strips of bacon
1/2 cup honey
1/2 cup Dijon mustard
juice on 1/2 lemon
1/2 tsp. paprika
1/2 tsp. salt
shredded cheddar cheese
canola oil

Mix Dijon, honey, lemon juice, paprika and salt until smooth.
Pound chicken to 1/2-3/4 inch thick. Add to marinade. Cover, refrigerate at least one hour. (I do it overnight.)
Heat oven to 400 degrees.
Fry bacon. Set aside on paper towels. Reserve 1/4 cup grease and clean out skillet. (I use Oscar Mayer turkey bacon - you have to add oil to the pan to fry it because it isn't very fatty, but it's really good!)
Heat 1/8 cup grease and 1/8 cup canola oil in skillet over medium heat. When hot add chicken, cook until browned and transfer to baking sheet. Bake at 400 degrees for about 10 minutes. Remove from oven.
Lay a few pieces of bacon over each breast and top with shredded cheese. Return to over for 5 min or until bacon is sizzling and cheese is melted. SO GOOD!

Baked Zitti

1 bag zitti pasta
1 jar spaghetti sauce
1 jar alfredo sauce
2 cups mozzarella cheese
cooked meat (cubed chicken, sausage, ground beef) - optional

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Bake pasta according to package directions. Put in 9 x 13 inch dish. Pour spaghetti sauce over noodles and stir to mix in. Stir in meat is using. Pour alfredo sauce over top. Spread evenly. Top with shredded cheese and bake until cheese is melted and sauce is bubbling about 20 minutes.

Braided bread is super yummy with this meal...recipe coming soon!

Lasagna

12 Lasagna Noodles (boiled until soft)
Hamburger Mixture (see below)
1 lg. container cottage cheese
3-4 cups cheese (I like mozzerella or Colby Jack)

Layer in sprayed 9x13 pan:
3 noodles
1/4 of hamburger mixture (1 lb. hamburger browned, drain grease, sprinkle 1 T flour, add 1 lg. can (about 28 oz) diced tomatoes (italian seasoned or add your own spices) and 1 sm. 8oz tomato sauce.
1/4 of cottage cheese
1/4 of cheese

bake at 350 for 45 minutes. Let stand 10 min. before serving.

Lemon Chicken

I usually don't do this in the crock pot, but I tried it yesterday and it worked great!

Spray crock pot with pam
Put 8-12 frozen chicken tenders in the bottom of the crock pot

mix together
1 can of cream of chicken soup
1 cup of sour cream
3 squirts of lemon juice

put mixture on top of chicken

Cook on high for 3-4 hours or low for 6-8

About 20 mins before you eat mix together 1 package of ritz crackers and melted butter. put on top and let it crisp up until you eat.

Serve over steamed rice.

The oven version all you do is you don't wait to put the cracker mixture on and you cook it at 350 for 35-40 min.

Sweet Pork!

This tastes just like the costa vida and cafe rio pork. SUPER YUMMO!!

1 pork roast
1 can of coke
1 bottle red enchilada sauce
1 cup of brown sugar

Put roast in crock pot and fill 1/3 full of water. Cook all night long. In the morning the roast should be tender and able to shred with a fork. After shredding, mix the rest of the ingredients and let simmer all day.

Hints:leave the lid off to thicken. If you want it sweeter add more brown sugar to taste. The red enchilada sauce comes in mild and medium so you can pick how hot you want it.


Side notes: I did this sauce with country style ribs in the crock pot all day instead and it worked great! I think you could do it with any kind of meat. I had to add more brown sugar too, but then again I like it sweet.

Yummy Crock Pot Chicken

Lay chicken in crock pot.
Mix 2/3 cup sugar, 1/3 cup vinegar, 3 T soy sauce, 6 T water.
(I usually double the sauce)
Pour on top of chicken.
Cook 8-10 hours on low or 4-6 hours on high.

Karissa's Favorite food-Chicken pillows

Ingredients:

• Crescent rolls
• 1 box (8 oz.) of cream cheese -softened
  
• 1 can of Chicken Chunks
  

What to do:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees
• Mix the cream cheese and chicken together
• Put the mixture inside the crescent rolls
• Bake for 15-20 min.

(If desired, serve with chicken gravy)