Sunday, April 12, 2009

Recipes for Jenny...

When Jenny was in Michigan I made some dishes and here are the recipes. I don't generally do recipes for my homemade dishes so this is as close as I can remember. Enjoy!

Scalloped Corn:
1 can cream style corn
1 egg
1 tsp sugar
1/2 stack crushed saltine crackers (more or less depending on how firm you want it)
salt and pepper to taste

mix everything together in a bowl, place in a greased baking dish and bake at 375 until firm in the middle and brown on top (usually 30-45 minutes).

Nicole's Pasta:
1/2 chicken breast
1/2 onion chopped
2-3 cloves garlic
1/3 pkg. cream cheese (regular or reduced fat)
1 can diced tomatoes
1.5 cup fresh or 1 can mushrooms
1.5 cups chicken broth
1/2 box short pasta of choice (I tend to go with whole wheat penne)
1/3 cup grated Parmesan cheese

In a pan, saute mushrooms and onions in olive oil. When onions are soft add cut up chicken and garlic, cook until chicken is done. Add tomatoes and heat through. While cooking chicken start water to boil for pasta, cook just short of al dente (you'll finish it off in the sauce). In a pan, add chicken broth and cream cheese, melt cheese into broth and bring to boil, stirring constantly. Reduce sauce to thicken. Add pasta, chicken and veggies and cook together until pasta is as tender as you'd like it. Finish with Parmesan cheese.

2 comments:

project.100.gone said...

Thanks so much for posting those recipes. I'm especially excited to make that pasta. It's so good! I'm going to add mushrooms to it.

Also enjoying the tidbits of information that you share that aren't necessarily weight loss related. LOL

Chris said...

yum.....those recipes sound so good. I love trying new recipes. I'm going to try them this week. Thanks for sharing!!!