Chicken Tortellini Soup

Chicken Tortellini Soup

Serves: 6-8

Ingredients:

4 cups water
1 can (10.5 oz) cream of chicken soup
2 cans (14 oz) chicken broth
1 cup cooked chicken, cubed or shredded
1 medium onion, chopped
1 cup sliced carrots

1 clove garlic, crushed
1/2 tsp. basil
1/2 tsp. oregano
salt and pepper to taste

2 cups frozen chopped broccoli
2 1/4 cups cheese tortellini, fresh or frozen

grated Parmesan cheese (optional)


Directions:
In large pot, combine all ingredients except broccoli and tortellini. Bring to a boil. Add tortellini and broccoli, simmer 5-10 minutes, or until carrots and broccoli are tender. Serve with Parmesan cheese sprinkled on top.

Baked Ziti

Ingredients:

1 box of Ziti pasta cooked and drained (penne pasta is good, too)
1 jar of chunky Pasta Sauce of your choice
1 small container of lg. curd Cottage Cheese
1 lb of ground beef or turkey browned and drained
2 cups of shredded mozzarella cheese
Italian Seasoning to taste

Combine all ingredients except cheese. Place in a 9X13 pan and sprinkle cheese on top. (note: meat can be omitted for a meatless meal)

Bake at 375 degrees for 30 minutes or until cheese is completely melted.

This also freezes very well!

Cream Cheese Chicken

Ingredients:

Appx 3 boneless skinless chicken breasts (more or less depending on what you'd like)
1 pkg of dry Italian Seasoning
1 stick of butter (I used half and that was plenty)
1 pkg of Cream Cheese (I use either the lowfat or the non-fat depending on what I have)
1 small can of Cream of Chicken Soup

Combine chicken breasts, Italian Seasoning and butter in your crock pot. Cook on low roughly 4-5 hours (High about 2 hrs)

In the last 30 minutes add the Cream Cheese and the Cream of Chicken Soup. Mix and continue cooking.

Serve with pasta of your choice. We have used angel hair and egg noodles. I hear this is also great stuffed into shells with stove top stuffing on the top along with some cheese.

This is the one recipe EVERYONE in my family continually loves! :)

White Chili

White Chili

Serves 6


Ingredients:

1 medium onion, chopped
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 can (4 oz) chopped green chilies
1 cup chicken, cooked; shredded or cubed (or you can use 1 can chicken)
1/8 tsp cayenne pepper
1 tsp cumin
1 1/3 tsp oregano
2 cans white chili beans, drained and rinsed (other kinds are good too - they just won't be white.)
6 cups chicken broth

sour cream
Monterey Jack cheese, shredded


Directions:

In pot, saute onion in olive oil until translucent (about 10 minutes). Add garlic and cook 2 minutes more. Add chilies, chicken, cayenne pepper, cumin and oregano. Stir. Add beans and chicken broth. Bring to a boil.

Serve with sour cream and shredded cheese.

Apple Crisp

APPLE CRISP

INGREDIENTS:

12 cups Apples, thinly sliced

Topping:

2 cups Oatmeal

2 cups Flour

2 cups Brown Sugar

1 tsp. Salt

2 tsp. Cinnamon

1 cup Butter, softened

DIRECTIONS:

Preheat oven to 350.

Place apple slices in a 12x9 baking dish. Combine the topping dry ingredients. Cut in the softened butter until the mixture is crumbly. Sprinkle the topping evenly over the apples.

Bake for 45 min. Serve in bowls with a little milk poured on top. Makes 8 nice size servings.

German Pancakes

GERMAN PANCAKES

INGREDIENTS

1C. Flour
1C. Milk
1/2C. Butter (1 cube)
6 Eggs

DIRECTIONS

Melt butter in a 9x12 baking dish in the oven as it preheats to 425 degrees F.

Beat all other ingredients together.
Pour this mixture into the butter in the baking dish and bake in canter of oven
for approx. 25 min.

Serve sprinkled with powdered sugar or drizzled with syrup.

Pumpkin Cookies

Pumpkin Cookies

This is one of our favorite Fall treats! You can either use a small can or a large can of pumpkin. I've included amounts for both ways below.

Yield: 2 1/2 - 3 dozen medium-size cookies (small recipe)
-or- 5 - 6 dozen (large recipe)
Oven temp: 350 degrees F.


Ingredients:

(Small)
1 small (15 oz) can pumpkin
1 box spice cake mix
1 cup (half of 12oz pkg) chocolate chips

-or-

(Large)
1 large (1lb 13oz) can pumpkin
2 boxes spice cake mix
2 cups (a 12oz pkg) chocolate chips


Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Mix all ingredients and drop by spoonful onto greased cookie sheet. Bake for 12-15 minutes or until toothpic inserted in center comes out fairly clean.