Mandarin orange chicken salad

14 cups spinach

2 cooked chicken breasts cubed (I cook mine with a little bit of BBQ sauce)

1 can of mandarin orange slices

1/2 cup crumbled feta cheese

10 sliced strawberries (optional)

Balsamic vinegrette dressing

Mix everything together in a lg salad bowl and serve.

German oven pancakes

Preheat the oven to 425 and put 1/4 cup butter in a 9x13 pan and melt.  Then in a blender mix:

6 eggs

1 cup milk

1/2 tsp salt

1 cup flour

Remove pan with melted butter from the oven and sprinkle 2 tbsp of icing sugar on the bottom of the pan.  Pour in the ingredients from the blender and cook for 20 min at 425.

Shrimp noodle curry

This delicious dish is crazy easy and so good.  Steam as much brocolli and shrimp as you desire and boil some rice noodles add some curry paste and 1/2 can coconut milk and serve.

500-800g rice noodles

2 tbsp curry paste

1/2 can coconut milk

1 cup mini shrimp

2 stalks brocolli.  

Boil noodles

Steam brocolli and shrimp 

Drain noodles then mix coconut milk and paste together along with noodles, shrimp and the brocolli.

Sweet & Sour Meatballs

Ok these are delicious you are going to love them.  I double the meatball recipe and make a ton to freeze and use in spaghetti sauce.

Meatballs

1-11/2 lbs ground beef

2 eggs

1/2 cup milk

3/4 cups rolled oats

1/2 cup chopped onion or 

1 tbsp  onion powder

1 tsp salt

1 tsp Worcestershire sauce

Combine all ingredients mix well then form into balls.  Place on a sprayed cookie sheet.  Bake at 350 for 30 min if making sweet and sour meatballs cook another 20 min with sauce.  If you are just making meatballs you are done.

Sauce

1 cup brown sugar

1 tsp mustard

1 can pineapple tidbits with juice

1/4 cup vinegar

1 green pepper chopped (optional)

1/2 cup ketchup

2 tsp Worcestershire sauce

Combine in a bowl and pour over meatballs after they have been cooked for 30 minutes then cook the combination another 20 min.  At 350 degrees.

Banana Bran Muffins

Banana bran muffins

Set oven to 350

Cook 20 min for regular muffins

15 min for mini muffins

30 min for lg muffins

1/2 cup butter or margarine 

1/2 cup brown sugar

3 bananas

1/4 cup milk

1 tsp vanilla

2 eggs

1 1/2 cup flour

1/2 cup bran

1 tsp baking powder

1 tsp baking soda

1/4 tsp salt

Mix all ingredients.  Make sure to spray your muffin tins and enjoy!

Sausage Corn Chowder

2 farmers sausage ( Italian sausage works well too) chopped

2 cups frozen corn

5 large potatoes cubed

4 cups low sodium chicken broth

1/3 cup flour 

1 cup milk

2 tbsp parsley 

1 tsp salt

1 tsp pepper

2 tbsp onion powder (1 onion minced)

1 tsp garlic powder

1 pepper chopped optional

Mix milk with flour the pour in crockpot with chicken broth.  Chop ingredients.  Put them all in the crockpot and cook on low for 6-8 hrs

Toffee chocolate chip cookies

I made these cookies yesterday with my 2 little girls and everyone loved them!  They were all gone when I woke up which means grandpa and uncle j must have really enjoyed them!

Toffee chocolate chip cookies

Preheat oven for 325

3/4 cup sugar

3/4 cup brown sugar

3/4 cup butter

1 tsp vanilla

2 eggs

Mix those ingredients together then add:

1 tsp salt

3/4 cup oatmeal

1 1/2 tsp baking soda

2 cups flour

1 cup toffee chips

1/2 cup chocolate chips

Mix together then place on a sprayed baking sheet in tbsp sized balls and bake 10-12 minutes.  Enjoy!  These are so good!