Peanut Chicken Lettuce Wraps

2-4 chicken breasts, thawed
2T garlic
1t minced ginger (fresh or powder)
½ c chopped peanuts
Teriyaki sauce *
½ c minced chives (optional)
Head of lettuce

Dice chicken and season with salt, pepper, garlic and ginger. Place in a pan and cook until done. Drain off any excess liquid from the chicken and return to stove. Add in the peanuts and teriyaki sauce.

To prepare the lettuce bowls, cut across the top of the head of lettuce ½ the way down and then separate the leaves into individual bowls. Roll the chicken in the lettuce.

Eat with rice and veggies.

Its so easy and so YUMMY, thats why I thought it belonged here. It really was pretty great. And healthy too. I think the peanuts are what made it wonderful.


*I always get Soy Vay brand at Winco. Love that stuff.

YUM!!

We were invited to eat over at some friends of ours in our ward and they made the yummiest dinner! I'm not 100% sure of how it is made but i'll tell you about it anyway :0)

*Grilled chicken breast topped with, 2 slices of bacon, and I think it was provolone or motzerella cheese melted over it. and you eat it with guacamole.
They had several sides
*a roll
*a salad with craisens and nuts (the dressing I'm not sure of but you could put your fav. I supose.)
*and YUMMY vegies! they cut up zucinni, squash green peppers, onion, and italian dressing and grilled them in a grill basket. It was so yummy!
anyways... yum! enjoy!

Cookie Salad

Cookie Salad

2 Cups Buttermilk
1 Large Pkg. Instant Vanilla Pudding
2 Cans Drained Mandarin Oranges
1 Large can Pineapple tid-bits (drained)
1 16 oz. cool whip
1 Pkg. Fudge Strips (Save 4 to 5 for top)

Mix 2 cups buttermilk with 1 large pkg. instant vanilla pudding, fold in 2 cans drained mandarin oranges, 1 large can pineapple tid-bits drained and 1, 16oz. cool whip, break in pieces 1 pkg. fudge strips cookies ,saving about 4 or 5 to garnish top. Serve immediately

Cookie Salad Please! :0)

I can't find the cookie salad recipe!! Help! am I blind? :)

Black Bean Turkey Chili

1 lb ground turkey

1 onion, chopped

1 green pepper, chopped

Chili seasoning packet

1 can Mexican Stewed tomatoes

1 can Diced tomatoes

1 can Mexi style corn (or plain)

1 can black beans

Brown tukey in skillet, add green peppers, onion and chili seasoning. Drain any grease. Add mixture to crockppot. Add tomatoes, corn and black beans, salt and pepper to taste. Cook on high 3 hrs, low 6 (I recommend low). I suggest a little sour cream and some tortilla chips!

Long Time No Recipes?

I'm ready to get back into this blog, anybody else? I have been trying a lot of new recipes that I need to share! Plus, I figure it will give me something worthwhile to do!

The first will be Chicken and Dumplings. This is a new favorite of ours, it's a crockpot meal and it's REALLY simple! And Yummy to boot!

1/2 lb chicken breast (I use the breast tenders) uncooked

1 cup each, celery, carrots, onion

1/4 cup flour

1 cup chicken broth

1/4 cup milk

Dash each of salt and pepper

1 tube Pilsbury (or the like) biscuits, cut into strips

Place chicken, and veggies in crockpot. Mix liquids and salt and pepper. Add to crokpot. Cook on high 6-8 hours, 2 hours before serving, cut up biscuits and add to pot, leave on top or stir into gravy (I prefer it this way!). The bisuits may seem a little wierd, but they make a tasty noodle!!!

Manhattan Meatballs

This is SO good and very easy. I am not a big fan of meatballs...the idea itself of eating a ball of meat is not appetizing me. But these sure where yummy! The original recipe came from justamomha.com(http://www.justamomha.com/pantry-gourmet/2009/07/manhattan-meatballs/ for pictures). Using what I had in my pantry I made a few changes. Another great thing about this meal is all the ingredients are in a typical pantry. woot woot.

Manhattan Meatballs
1 1/2 lb ground beef
1/2 c. onion, chopped (I actually didn't have this so I used some onion salt)
2 c. soft bread crumbs
2 eggs
2 Tbs fresh parsley (I didn't have any fresh or dried so I used dill...couldn't taste it though)
2 tsp salt (I used seasoning salt-for fun)
10 oz apricot preserves (I have apricot jam, and I felt awful using my precious home made jam so I probably didn't use enough. Now that I know it is so yummy and worth it)
1/2 c. BBQ sauce


In a large bowl combine beef, crumbs, onion, eggs, parsley, and salt. Form into balls and place on a greased baking sheet (the balls were a lot drier than I have ever used before. I don't know if it was the bread crumbs or what. I was worried but it turned out perfect). Combine preserves and BBQ sauce in separate bowl. Brown the meatballs in the oven at 350 degrees (this doesn’t take too long, 5-10 minutes, just keep an eye on them). Place the browned meatballs in a casserole dish and cover with the sauce mix. Put back in the oven and cook for another 40 minutes or until cooked through. Serve meatballs with sauce over rice.

3 golf size meatballs is about 4 weight watcher points (by my calculations. I made 30 meatballs with this recipe if you use 1 lbs of meat you will probably get less) this doesn't include rice.

I think I will make these for the Superbowl in a crockpot...