Friday, August 21, 2009

Cranberry Chicken

We love this recipe! It's so good and extremely EASY to prepare. Also, you can change it up by using different types of dressing or cranberries. I will display the original recipe below and then show how I make it.

1 Lg. bottle of French or Catalina dressing
2 cans whole cranberries in sauce
2 pkgs Dry onion soup mix
5-6 chicken breasts or 10-12 breast tenderloins

Mix first 3 ingredients to make sauce. Arrange chicken in 9X13 pan (or you can cut chicken breast into bite size pieces and add to sauce). Pour sauce over chicken. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 1/2 hours or cook in a crock pot.

* My version- I half the recipe since there are only 3 of us. But this does make great leftovers!

1/2 bottle Honey French or Creamy French dressing.
1 can of jellied cranberry sauce (so good and adds a sweetness to the sauce)
1 pkg Dry onion soup mix
3-4 chicken breasts

I cook this in a crock pot so my oven doesn't need to be on for and hour and a half- I don't need any more heat-up in this top floor condo! I cook it for about 3-4 hours and the chicken is wonderfully tender. WE SERVE OURS OVER RICE~ DIVINE!!!!!!

Recipe from Trina Morrison

Monday, August 3, 2009

Banana, Zuccinni, or Pumpkin Bread



3 eggs
1 c butter
2 c sugar
1 tsp vanilla
1 tsp cinnamon
2 c mashed bananas or shredded zucchini or pumpkin
*if making zucchini or pumpkin bread add 1 tsp Pumpkin Pie spice
3 c flour (I used 2 c regular flour and 1 c whole wheat)
1 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp baking powder
Optional: Chocolate chips!

Preheat oven to 325. Beat eggs, butter and sugar. Add vanilla and bananas (or whatever you are using). Add rest of ingredients. Bake in greased (and floured if desired) bread pans until golden brown and thoroughly cooked (mine took about 45-50 minutes).

Makes 2 loaves.