Broccoli Chicken

This one of my favorites from growing up. One I could eat any day of the week.

6-8 chicken breasts

1-2 heads of broccoli

2 cans cream of chicken soup

1 cup mayonnaise

1 tsp. lemon juice

1/2 tsp curry powder

Cheddar cheese

Boil, cool and de-bone chicken breasts. You can use boneless breasts as well. Cook and cool broccoli. Mix in a bowl- soup, mayo, lemon juice, curry powder. Set aside.

In 13 by 9 pan layer all your broccoli on the bottom, then chicken on top. Pour sauce over top and top with grated cheddar cheese. Bake at 325° for one hour. Serve with rice and veggies.

Penne with Sun-dried Tomato Pesto

This is another great recipe that I have gotten from my good friend Jodie. I love when she tells me about a new recipe she has made that was awesome.....this is one for sure....

Cook 1 lb penne pasta in boiling, salted water for approx. 12 minutes or until tender.

While the pasta is cooking you will need the following....

1 (270ml-9 oz) jar of sun-dreid tomatoes packed in olive oil, do not drain

2 garlic cloves

1 cup. packed fresh basil leaves (remove stem)

salt and pepper

Put the above ingredients in a food processor and pulse a few times until the tomatoes are finely chopped. Scrape the pesto into a bowl and stir in

1/2 cup FRESHLY grated parmesan cheese. Set aside.

When pasta is finished cooking, drain, reserving 1 cup of the cooking water. Add pasta to the pesto, tossing to coat, adding enough of the cooking water to moisten. Season with salt and pepper to taste.

Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies

This is an awesome recipe that I got from my friend J.J Choo. If you like chocolate and peanut butter you won't be able to eat just one.....the batch I made didn't even last 24 hours in our house......

1/2 cup butter

1/2 cup peanut butter ( you can use smooth or chunky)

1/2 cup white sugar

1/2 cup brown sugar, firmly packed

1 egg

1 tsp vanilla

1 1/4 cup all purpose flour

1/2 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp baking soda

1/4 tsp salt

1/2 pkg chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 375. Cream the butter, peanut butter and sugars until light. Add egg, vanilla and mix until fluffy. Blend the flour, b.soda,b.powder and salt together well. Add these dry ingredients to the butter mixture. Add the chocolate chips. Drop cookie dough by teaspoonfuls onto lightly greased pan. Bake 10-12 minutes. Makes about 2 1/2 dozen

Raspberry Trifle

If you ever hear that we are having trifle and you want to try it out, it's best to show up before we even dig in because it goes FAST. This is another recipe that my friend Jodie shared with me and one that we LOVE to make. I use raspberries alot but you could use any kind of berry.

1 1/2 cups whipping cream

1/4 cup white sugar

Whip these together and set aside.

2 pkgs cream cheese

2 tsp lemon juice

1 1/2 tsp vanilla

1/2 cup white sugar

Beat these together until smooth. Cream cheese will work better at room temperature.Fold in 2 cups of your prepared whip cream. Save the rest of whip cream for topping.

2 pound cakes, cut into 1/2" chunks

2- 10 oz pkgs frozen raspberries, thaw and drain, SAVE the juice ( I use 2- 600g bags)

Once everything is prepared this is how you layer in your trifle bowl. I LOVE my Pampered Chef one.......one of my favourite purchases from there that I use!!

1/4 cake

Drizzle juice over cake

1/4 cream cheese mixture

1/4 raspberries

I do this 4 times and when I am ready to serve I put the remaining whip cream on top. You can also sift cocoa and put between the cream and berry layer. I've never done this but I have heard it tastes wonderful!!!! Enjoy!!!

Homemade Donairs

This is a recipe from "What's cooking in South Ohio!" It's a great little cookbook that I got when we were married and I love trying recipes out of it.

Anyone who knows us, knows that we LOVE donairs........we have a great place up the street from our house that we buy them but we also like to make them at home. This is a recipe that I've used and we don't always follow the spice measurements exactly. You have to play around to get the taste you like as every donair place is a little different. Thanks to Claris Diggins for putting this in the recipe book.....

2 1/2 lbs hamburger

1/2 tsp pepper

1 1/2 tsp oregano

1 tsp cayenne pepper

1/2 cup bread crumbs

2 tsp paprika

2 tsp onion powder

2 tsp garlic powder

Combine all the ingredients together and mix well. We put it right in the Kitchen Aid and mix it and it compresses the meat really well. Form into 2 ball. Bake at 300F for 2 hours on a broiler pan so the fat drains out of the meat. Slice and serve.

Jeff mixes the sauce by hand with no measuring so I'm including the one that was in the recipe because you can't enjoy donairs without the sauce.....

2/3 can condensed milk ( carnation)

2/3 cup brown or white sugar

1/4 cup vinegar

Combine and mix together. You have to be careful when mixing as if you over mix it won't thicken....

All ready to go......not cut thin like I wanted but that will

be the next thing to master.....LOL

Ready to roll......

Fruit Dip

I like to post with a picture.....it's just how I am....I like to put a picture to the recipe I'm making. Jeff got a bunch of fruit today so I had to make some yummy fruit dip. I have to watch Cooper or he'll eat it by the spoonful. For now you are getting my blah picture.....next time I make it on a fruit tray I'll swap the photos out. Try it....you'll love it.....

1- 250 g block of cream cheese

8 oz marshmallow fluff ( half of the big jar)

1/4 tsp lemon juice

Few drops of red food coloring

Soften your cream cheese, mix together with fluff until smooth. Add in lemon juice and food coloring. Chill in fridge and serve with fresh fruit.

Oven Roasted Potatoes

We tried a new recipe tonight and it had the approval from Jeff so it's a keeper......

1/8 cup olive oil

1 Tbsp minced garlic

1/2 tsp dried basil

1/2 tsp dried marjoram

1/2 tsp dried dill weed

1/2 tsp dried thyme

1/2 tsp dried oregano

1/2 tsp dried parsley

1/2 tsp crushed red pepper flakes

1/2 tsp salt

4 large potatoes, peeled and cubed

Preheat oven to 475F. In large bowl combine oil and spices and mix well. Stir in potatoes until evenly coated. Place in a single layer on roasting pan or baking sheet. Roast 20-30 minutes, turning occasionally to brown.

I found these had some kick to them so be careful on your pepper flakes. I also didn't have marjoram or thyme but they were still awesome!!!

So delicious.....

Roasting perfection.....