Browsing CategoryRecipes

Ginger Peanut Chicken Recipe – Guest Post

My name is Shonda and my husband and I have been married for 7 years and we have an energetic and fun-loving two year old son and a brand new baby girl! I am a SAHM (after 12 years of teaching K) and we are very healthy and strive to be holy. My blog, The Knowlton Nest is about how I explore life as a mom, cooking, faith and organizing. Don’t forget to head over to my Milk N’ Honey Learn and Grow blog for teaching ideas.

Here’s a yummy and quick recipe I got from my friend, Becca. She made this for us after we had Shrade. I just had to have this recipe.

About 4-6 boneless skinless chicken cut into chunks

Mix:
4 T. olive oil
4 T. soy sauce
4 T. peanut butter
2 tsp. ground ginger
2 T. sugar

Put chicken in a frying pan on medium and pour the peanut butter sauce on top. Cook until done. Serve over rice.

 

Southwest Salad Recipe – Guest Post

Hi! I’m Jill from Life As I See It [Fitness, Health and Happiness]. Give me an opportunity to share anything related to recipes and clean eating and I’m a happy person. I am a wife and mom of 2 that works full time and lives a wonderful crazy busy life. I love all aspects of health and fitness with a particular passion for clean eating, running and strength training. I am 43 and happy to say I am the most fit and healthiest I’ve ever been. Most often my blogging is about sharing my passion for overall health and fitness along with my passion for photography. What will you find when you visit Life As I See It (Fitness, Health and Happiness]? Weekly menus, weekly workout plans, recipes, challenges, information, guest bloggers and, if all goes as I hope, a lot of inspiration and motivation to make changes (or continue) to live a healthy and happy lifestyle.

I promise a recipe is coming. First, beginning July 1 I started 31-Days of Clean Eating || Summer 2011. It’s not too late to join! More information can be found here Clean Eating Challenge. And, feel free to visit my blog on Friday for Fitness Friday. If you’re a health and fitness blogger or if you want to learn more about all aspects of health and fitness, stop by. A lot of great information shared by other bloggers. You can find the details here Fitness Friday Blog Hop.  AYou can also find me on my Facebook Page Life As I See It [Fitness, Health and Happiness]. Stop by and say hi.

Now the recipe :)

Southwest Salad
Yields 6-8 servings

Ingredients:

2 c. brown rice
1-15 oz. can black beans, reduced sodium, drained and rinsed
2 c. frozen corn, thawed
1 red bell pepper, chopped
1 small white onion, chopped
1/4 c. white wine vinegar
1/4 c. cilantro, chopped
1 jalapeno, chopped
1 tsp. chili powder

Combine all ingredients and refrigerate. Enjoy!

Variations:

Try the recipe without the rice and add a second can of black beans.
Serve warm as a side dish or chilled as an appetizer with chips.
Add diced grilled chicken for a quick entree.
Add an extra jalapeno for a little more kick.
Double the recipe. Makes great leftovers!

Thank you Samantha for letting me share a favorite recipe that is super easy to make and always a hit with family and friends.

 

Golf Cake for Father’s Day

 

Golf Cake

My husband likes to play golf and I saw a cake similar to this on a website awhile back using coconut. I thought I would try to make it with white chocolate shavings instead (The hubby isn’t a big fan of coconut). I am very pleased with the way it turned out!

NEED:

  • Cake Mix
  • Vanilla Icing
  • Icing Color (you can try food coloring, but I heard that can ‘water down’ the icing
  • 4-6 Vanilla Wafers
  • White Chocolate
  • Green Icing Spray (I got at Michaels for a few bucks)
  • 1 Chocolate Chip
  • White gumballs

Bake cake mix as instructed in two round pans. After they cool, I laid them overlapping a little, and cut the overlapping cake. I put the cake on a foil-covered piece of cardboard; You can use a serving platter. Next, dye your icing green and spread over the whole cake.

I didn’t have a block of white chocolate, so I melted a bag of white chocolate chips in a wax paper lined plastic container and froze it making my own little block. Next, make shavings for the grass using a vegetable peeler. Put the shavings in a container and spray them with the green icing color, shaking the over all the shavings. It is easier to do it in small batches. Cover the cake except for where the hole will be and a couple sand dunes. Crumble the vanilla wafers a sprinkle to create sand dunes. First, I push the spots down a little, to get a little depth.

Push a chocolate chip, flat-side up, for the hole. Place a few white gum balls as golf balls. I didn’t have any gum balls, so I barely melted some of the white chocolate and formed little balls. Last is the flag. I didn’t have any pretzels and couldn’t think of anything else to use, so I just rolled up a small piece of white construction paper and used a red piece for the flag.

It isn’t as hard as it looks!

 

Chicken With Soup Mixes

*I posted this when I first started my blog, but I finally added a picture.

Being a mom with 2 little ones, I love easy meals. This chicken is easy to prep and bake.

INGREDIENTS:

  • 2lbs chicken (I use boneless chicken breast usually)
  • 1 – 16oz tub of sour cream
  • 2 cans cream of chicken soup
  • 1 envelope dry onion soup mix
  • Milk

 

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Place chicken 13″ x 9″ pan.

In large bowl combine both soups cans, onion mix, sour cream, and milk (I use about 1 soup can full of milk). Mix together and pour the mixture into the pan covering chicken. If it doesn’t cover it, add a little more milk.

Bake for an hour or until mixture is bubbling and starting to brown at the pan edges.

The soup mixture makes a great gravy.

 

Oven Baked Breaded Chicken Drumsticks

Oven Baked Chicken LegsThis is another chicken recipe that is quick and easy to bake in the oven. I use drumsticks most of the time, but use what chicken you have on hand or prefer.

INGREDIENTS:

  • 6 drumsticks
  • 1 sleeve Ritz Crackers (I prefer Roasted Vegetables flavor)
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 teaspoons Worcestershire Sauce
  • 1 tsp each salt, pepper, onion powder, garlic salt

Preheat oven to 425°. Lightly grease 9×13 cooking dish.

Put crackers in a gallon ziploc bag and smash them up into crumbs. I like to enlist my son’s help in this step. Add salt, pepper, garlic salt, and onion powder and mix it up (still in bag).

In a small bowl, beat the two eggs and Worcestershire sauce.

Coat each drumstick in the egg mix, them put it the ziploc bag and shake to coat with the cracker crumbs. Repeat with each one and lay into the pan, not touching.

Bake uncovered for approximately 60 minutes. It will start to brown and check to make sure any liquid coming out is clear.

*Each time I make this I like to try different cracker flavors or seasonings. Experiment and see what you can come up with!

 

Creamy Au Gratin Potatoes Recipe

One of my favorite foods to cook with are potatoes. I think I could eat potatoes every day. This is one of my favorite side dishes to make with potatoes. It takes a little longer than most of my side dishes I make, but it is worth it. I like to make it with steaks, vegetables, and a salad. If you like cheesy and tasty potatoes, you are sure to love these! Enjoy!

creamy-au-gratin-potatoes

Creamy Au Gratin Potatoes Recipe
 
Print
A creamy cheesy potato side dish.
Author:
Recipe type: Side Dish
Ingredients
  • 5-6 potatoes, sliced into ¼" slices
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • garlic salt to taste
  • onion powder to taste
  • Bacon Bits (optional)
  • 4 tbs butter
  • 4 tbs flour
  • 2¼ cups milk
  • 2 cups shredded Cheddar cheese
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Line a 1 quart casserole dish with foil.
  2. Layer ½ of the potatoes into bottom of the prepared casserole dish.
  3. Season with salt, pepper, onion powder, and garlic salt (and bacon bits if you choose). Set the second half of the potatoes aside.
  4. Melt the butter in a medium-size saucepan on medium heat. After it melts, add the flour and stir with a whisk for approx. 60 seconds. Add in the milk. Cook until mixture has thickened, stirring often (takes a few minutes). Mix in the cheese, and continue stirring until melted.
  5. Pour half the cheese mixture over the potatoes.
  6. Add the rest of the potatoes, season again, and pour the rest of the cheese mixture over it (add bacon bits if you'd like).
  7. Cover the dish with aluminum foil.
  8. Bake 1½ hours, removing the foil for the last 20 minutes.

Baked Penne Pasta

I made this for the first time this week and the flavor was amazing. I found a recipe on Kraft Foods but made modifications because I like cheesy meaty dishes. Hope you enjoy it as much as we did!

INGREDIENTS:

  • 1 box of penne noodles
  • 1 lb ground beef
  • 1 green pepper, chopped
  • 1 medium onion, chopped
  • 1 jar (26 oz) spaghetti sauce
  • 2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
  • 1 tub (10 oz) PHILADELPHIA Italian Cheese and Herb Cooking Creme
  • Garlic salt to taste

Preheat oven to 350°

In a large pot, boil water and cook pasta, drain. In a large skillet, brown meat with green pepper and onion seasoned with garlic salt. Drain meat and return to skillet.

Add spaghetti sauce, cooking creme, and 1 cup mozzarella cheese. Cook for a few minutes stirring until the cheese is all melted. Add mixture to the pasta and mix.

Pour pasta into a 13×9 baking dish. Cover with remaining cup of mozzarella cheese.  Cover with aluminum foil.

Bake for 30 minutes, removing the foil after 15 minutes.

Enjoy!