Chicken Pot Pie

1 1/2 cups cooked cubed chicken
10 oz. bag mixed vegetables
1/2 cup mayonaise
3/4 cup milk
1/8 tsp pepper
1 tsp chicken bouillon
2 Tbsp flour
2 cans pillsbury croissant rolls

In an 11x7 pan lay croissants flat, covering the bottom of the pan. Bake in oven about 7 minutes. While that is baking mix milk, mayonaise, pepper, bouillon and flour. Once chicken is cooked pour sauce into the pan with the chicken and cook until thickened. Once thickened, stir in mixed vegetables. Pour over croissants and cover top with croissants. Bake for 15-20 minutes.

This is a recipe that my mom got when she was a Pampered Chef rep.

Stew

1-2 lbs stew meat (can use a roast or steak and cube it)
5 potatoes rinsed and cubed (can leave the skin off if you want)
4 carrots sliced (can just throw baby carrots in if wanted
4 celery stalks sliced
1 onion cut up into bigger cubes
4 Tbsp minute tapioca
10.75 oz can tomato soup
salt and pepper to taste

Place stew meat in bottom of crock pot, sprinkle with salt and pepper and 1 Tbsp tapioca. Layer starting with potatoes, then carrots, celery and onions. Between each layer add salt and pepper and tapioca. Then add the can of tomato soup on top and rinse can out with about 3/4 full of water and pour over the top. Cook in the crock pot on high for 1 hour and turn to low for another 3-4 hours.

Chocolate Frosting

1/2 pint whipping cream
1/2 cup sugar
2 tsp vanilla

whip together with hand mixer until stiff like cool whip then add:

8 oz. package cream cheese, softened
dash of salt
1/2 cup Hershey's cocoa

mix together until creamy and put on cooled cake

Cheese Ball

2  8oz packages cream cheese

4 radishes

4 carrots

1/4 red onion

2 garlic cloves

Place last four ingredients in a food processor and chop up really well. Let the cream cheese soften and mix all the ingredients together. Form into a ball and eat with any kind of cracker you prefer.

This is a very simple and yummy cheese ball. My friend Amy Hemsley gave me the recipe minus the garlic. I had to add the garlic to give it a better kick.

Chocolate Trifle

1st Layer:
1 box of brownies made according to directions, cooled and cut into 1" squares

2nd Layer
Mix:
1 small box of chocolate instant pudding
14oz can sweetened condensed milk
1/2 cup of water

Let this stand for about 5 minutes to thicken and then fold in an 8oz container of whipped topping.

3rd Layer:
12oz container of whipped topping

After baking brownies and mixing the 2nd layer, begin layering each in a trifle bowl or any other bowl you can find around the house. I have found that it doesn't taste any different layered in a different type of bowl :) Then after the last layer of whipped topping, I sprinkle with Heath bar pieces. And there you have it. Yummy trifle found off of allrecipes.com by Wayne.

Homemade Bread

2 cups hot tap water
1/3 cup Agave nectar
1 tsp salt
3-4 Tbsp olive oil
6-7 cups of flour (I like to mix half white and half wheat)
2 Tbsp yeast (I like the Saf's Instant Yeast, it seems to work the best)

I have a Bosch Mixer, but you can use the Kitchen Aide as well.

Combine the first 4 ingredients in the mixer. Pour in about half the flour. Add the yeast last and on top of the flour. Turn on mixer and mix for 1-2 minutes, then add one cup at a time until dough pulls away from the side of the bowl. (When I say pull away from the side, this means to make sure the bowls side is clean with no dough) Once the dough pulls away from the side, continue to mix for 6 minutes. (6 minutes=one rising=less time to make bread) When the 6 minutes is over, form dough into 2 loaves. When forming the loaves, use olive oil on the counter (and you don't need to knead the dough anymore). Using olive oil keeps the counter clean and no dough will stick to your hand as well. Put the dough in bread pans to rise until doubled. Bake at 375F for 25 minutes. Enjoy!!!!

This recipe is the easiest and tastes so yummy that you will never want to buy store bought bread again. The ingredients are not my idea (chefbrad.com), but the measurements are ones that I have found to work best for my taste buds. If you want a sweeter bread, add more agave nectar.

Chicken Alfredo

3 chicken breasts cubed
3-4 garlic cloves minced (depending how much garlic you like)
1 quart whipping cream
2 Tbsp cornstarch
5 oz shredded parmesan cheese
salt to taste
1 pkg of spaghetti noodles cooked to direction
1 1/2 Tbsp dried basil or 1 bunch fresh basil

Fry the chicken with the minced garlic. If using dried basil, add this to the chicken as it fries. Once the chicken is done frying, add 3/4 of the whipping cream. With remaining whipping cream, add cornstarch and mix together. Then add to the rest of the chicken mixture. Pour in parmesan cheese and then add salt to taste. Let sauce thicken. Pour over cooked noodles and enjoy. If you are using fresh basil, chop it up and add as a topping.

By: Cajsa Wallwork