Chicken Azteca

Chicken Azteca

2 15 oz. cans blank beans drained
4 cups frozend corn kernels (I just use canned corn)
2 garlic cloves, minced
3/4 tsp. ground cumin
2 cups salsa divided
2 8 oz. pkgs. cream cheese cubed
10 skinless, boneless chicken breasts halved
cooked rice
shreddaded cheddar cheese

1. Combine beans, corn, garlic, cumin, and hlaf of salsa in a slow cooker.
2. Arrange chicken breats over top. Pour remaining salsa over top.
3. Cover. Cook on high 2-3 hours or on low 4-6
4. Remove chicken and cut into bite- sized pieces . Return to cooker
5. stir in cream cheese. Cook on high until cream cheese melts.
6. Spoon chicken and sauce over cooked rice. top with shredded cheese.

For a healthier version you could try neufenchatel cheese in place of cream cheese, 1/3 less fat.

From the Fix-It and Forget-it recipes for Entertaining

Orange Choco Chip Cookies

Thanks Jenni for these yummy cookies!

1 cup butter softened
1/2 cup white sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 lrg. egg
2-3 tsp. grated orange rind
3/4 tsp. soda
1/2 tsp. salt
2 1/2 cups flour
1 pkg. white choc. chips (2 cups.)


Mix all ingredients bake @ 375 for 8 min.
(originally it said to bake at 350 and for 12 min. but it took longer than 12 min. to cook, so I switched the time and degrees, and they turned out great!)

Yummy Pork Burritos

1 Pork Rst or Pork Loin Rst
1 Jar of Salsa
1 Pkt of Taco Seasoning
1 can of black beans

Put in slow cooker, cook until meat is done and then shredd meat. Cook for about an hour longer.

Use meat for burrito's or taco's. Garnish with lettuce, tomatoes, guacamole, cheese, sour cream, or what ever. Good for leftovers or a freezer meal

3 Cheese Chicken Penne

Three Cheese Chicken Penne Pasta

This is from the Kraft Food magazine. This one of the healthy dinner choices they offer. Chad loved it!

1 pkg. Mulitgrain or whole wheet penne pasta
1 pkg (9oz) fresh spinach leaves
1 lb. boneless skinless chicken cut into bite-size peices
1 tsp. dried basil
1 jar spaghetti sauce
2 oz. Neufchatel cheese cubed (this is by the cream cheese)
11/2 cup Shredded Mozzarella cheese, divided
2 TBSP grated Parmesan cheese

Heat oven to 375. Cook pasta, adding spinach to boiling water for the last 2 minutes.
Cook and stir chicken and basil in large nonstick skillet on med-high. Add sauce and Neufchatel cheese simmer until cheese is melted, stirring.
Drain pasta mixture and add to chicken mixture and mix in 1 cup mozzerella cheese.
Spoon into large baking dish (they suggest 2 qt).
Bake 20 mins, then sprinkle with remaining cheese for 3 more mins.

Enjoy

Applesauce Oatmeal Muffins

Applesauce Oatmeal Muffins
1 1/2 C oatmeal
1 1/4 C flour
3/4 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp baking powder
3/4 tsp baking soda
1 C unsweetened applesauce
1/2 C milk (use skim for lower fat)
1/2 C packed brown sugar
2 Tb oil
1 egg white

Cinnamon Crumble Topping:
1/2 C oatmeal
2 Tb brown sugar
1/4 tsp cinnamon
2 Tb melted butter

Heat oven to 400 degrees. Line muffin tins with liners. Combine oats, flour cinnamon, baking powder and soda. Add applesauce, milk, brown sugar, oil and egg. Mix until dry ingredients are moistened. Fill muffin cups 3/4 of the way full. Combine topping ingredients; sprinkle over batter. (I doubled this, you can half it for the regular recipe.) Bake 20- 22 minutes or until deep golden brown. Serve warm- very yummy with honey butter.

Thanks to my great cousin Darci for this recipe

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Cran-Raspberry Jello Dessert

Cran-Raspberry Jello

1 ½ c boiling water
1 pkg. Raspberry jello (6oz)
1 can cranberry sauce (16 oz)
1 ½ c cold water
1 can mandarian orages (11-15oz) drained
1 ½ c smashed gram crackers
½ c sugar-divided
½ c melted butter
1pkg (8 oz) cream cheese softened
2 (8oz) tubs cool whip-divided

Stir boiling water and jello 2 mins, then add cranberry sauce. Stir until melted and mixed well(takes a few minutes) Then add cold water. Put in fridge until slightly thick (about 1-2 hours) then add oranges.

Make crust w ¼ c sugar, graham crackers and butter. Press in to large cake pan. Then freeze

Beat cream cheese with sugar until smooth. Stir in 1 tub of cool whip.

Top crust with cream cheese mixture (put it in fridge until you add oranges to jello), then top cream cheese mixture with jello mixture. Refrigerate over night. Then top with whip cream and enjoy.

Thanks Juli...Isaah loves it

Sweet Potatoes

Famous Sweet Potatoes

Karo Syrup
Brown Sugar
Butter
Mini Marshmellows
Yams/Sweet Potatoe

Anyway at the store they are by the potatoes... I beleive they are actually called yams... the reddish/orange odd shaped ones. Try to get the most smooth/egg looking shape, the ones with little twists or curves are harder to peel. (i hope that made sense). Anyway about 3 med/lrg for a small square pan.

Peel them, dice them, boil them until soft like you would mashed potatoes. Then drain and mash either in bowl or pan with a fork or potatoe masher. You really don't want any chunks.

Then put in baking dish.

Get your corn syrup and pour it over the top... I have no real measurement. just the majority needs to be covered.

Then get brown sugar and sprinkle very generously over the top. (More is better than less on the karo and brown sugar)

Sliver some butter on top of that, every few inches.

Top with a thick layer of mini marshmellows.

Heat in oven at 350 for about 20 minutes or until marshmellows are puffy and lightly toasted.