Molasses-Snow Candy

All you need to make candy on a snowy day is a cup of brown sugar and a cup of molasses.

We heated it to 300 degrees.

Had a dish of ice cold snow ready and waiting.

And just drizzled the candy in the snow.

You can make whatever shape you want, then enjoy!

Homemade Chicken Pot Pie

I grew up eating chicken pot pies. Twice a week my mother would drive to a local university to take night classes in order to finish her doctorate. My dad can fry a mean egg and make rice, sort of, but that was the end of his culinary talents. Anyway, he'd heat us up chicken pot pies and we'd sit in the den (ooh, don't tell my momma) and eat them while we watched TV. Tonight I made my first attempt at a homemade chicken pot pie and all I have to say is Marie Callendar watch out!

Here's how I did it.

While I was boiling the chicken in one pot, I diced potatoes and carrots.

Then I sauteed them in butter with some garlic, salt, and pepper.

I added chicken broth and let it cook down until it was tender.

Next I added a can of cream of chicken, a large dollop of sour cream,

about a 1/2 cup of milk, and some English peas.

After mixing well, I poured into a store bought pie shell and covered with the extra shell.

I just baked it at 400 for about 30 minutes.

I think they liked it.

Teriyaki Chicken

If this doesn't make your mouth water you're dead.

My favorite husband, who prefers to remain nameless, fix us up so good eats tonight. This is simple enough even I could make it, but lets not tell him, I like it when he's home to cook.

All you need is some Teriyaki marinade and sauce. My favorite husband crush fresh garlic and cut up some fresh green onions mixed it with about 1/2 to 3/4 of the bottle then dropped in 4 boneless thighs. At it had marinated for over four hours he took the remainder of the teriyaki and stirred in some corn starch (as a thickener) slapped those bad boys on the grill (low heat) and brushed on the glaze.
With this he served rice pilaf and corn because apparently corn is considered a vegetable even if it is a starch. I wasn't going to argue with a good meal, he even did the dishes.

Sweet 'n' Tangy Chicken

You can make this for dinner
or just fix up a mess of wings for the game,
either way you'll be lovin' this chicken.

Per my usual, I didn't measure anything. Can't you just taste the artist comin' out in my cooking? For this meal you will need your chicken, the amount of the other ingredients really depends upon how much you're making. Let's pretend you gonna fix a couple of legs for the kids and some breast for the grown folk. (that's 4 pieces if your not keeping up)

You will need about 2 cups of ketchup, 1/3 cup brown sugar, 1/4 cup red wine vinegar, a couple of good dashes of Worcestershire, a dollop of Dijon mustard and some garlic.

I salted and peppered my chicken then broiled it in the oven for about 20 minutes,

flipping it after in began to turn brown.

While the chicken was getting a suntan, I mixed the other ingredients in a bowl.

I tossed the chicken in the sauce and poured into my crock pot. Just a hit you might want to grease your crock pot before starting. Clean up will be much easier for you husbands. Trust me they will thank you.

Anyway, I cooked it all afternoon (3-4 hours) on low.

This is a nice change from the usual boring ole chicken. Good luck, it's good!

Mushroom Quiche

Okay, I have to confess something, can you keep a secret? I LOVE MUSHROOMS! shh don't tell anyone, it's just between you and me.

Since we have a plethora of eggs and I have a slight fondness for mushrooms I decide to make a mushroom quiche.

This is all you need, how simple can it be? A premade pie shell and a few items from around your kitchen. Simple, I'm telling you. I started by preheating the oven to 450 while I broke out what I needed. Then I covered the pie shell with foil and baked it for about 10 minutes. While that was baking, I sauteed the mushrooms ( I just cut up a whole bunch , I don't know how many, if I had to guess, I'd say a lot!). You could buy pre-sliced and save yourself a bit more time. When they're done, spoon them out in to your egg mixture (I used about 4-5 eggs and some half and half, seriously use your best judgement people, we're not in kindergarten now are we) along with a couple of cups of Swiss cheese. Pour into your pie shell. I tossed in some parsley flakes for color. Bake this with foil covering the edges of the crust for about 30 minutes at 375.

Chicken Pasta Toss

Oh, you are not going to believe this one. I have really gone and out done myself this time. This is so simple and doesn't take any time at all to make. All you need is:

Cubed chicken breast, minced garlic, some butter to saute with, salt, dried thyme, onion powder, white and black pepper, spaghetti, heavy whipping cream, Parmesan cheese, parsley and a dash of cayenne.

Don't forget that cooking is an art so feel free to add whatever else you think will be good. I ended up adding mushrooms at the last minute and it worked out wonderfully. Also remember that I don't measure so I can only estimate what I used. Sorry...

While the spaghetti was cooking, I melted the butter and added about a tsp of crush garlic. Then I seasoned the chicken with the peppers, salt, and onion powder. After sauteing the chicken for about 3-5 minutes I added the thyme and mushrooms. I then added in about 1 -1 1/2 cups of cream, parsley, cayenne and 1/2 a cup or so of Parmesan cheese, cooking it until the cream thickened up. I turned the heat down and added the pasta, tossing it until it was covered with sauce.

I am so sorry you can't taste this. Oh, it was so wonderful! You just have to try it, it's really not that hard and it only took about 30-40 minutes to cook.

Breakfast Pizza

Here's all you need to make a breakfast pizza.

Unroll your crescent rolls into a baking dish. You will need to pinch the seems together so that you don't spring a leak. Add 1/2 lb cooked sausage crumbled up, then add some frozen hash browns. In this case I shredded a potato, rinsed it and microwaved it for about 30 seconds.

Next you need to add 2 cups of shredded cheese, and a (5) egg and (1/2 cup) milk mixture.

On top of that crumble up some cooked bacon if you like. Salt and pepper.

Cook at 350 for 30 + minutes and breakfast is served.