Chicken Paprikas

I grew up on these chicken n' dumplings. It's a Hungarian recipe my mom got from my Grandma. These dumplings are a heavier dumpling then what you would have at Cracker Barrel and such.

Chicken Paprikas
(Hungarian Chicken and Dumpling)

2-3 lbs chicken
1 medium onion slivered
1 Tbs. oil
1 tsp. paprika
1 cup sour cream
1 Tbs. salt
1 Tbs. flour

Brown onions in oil. Add chicken, salt, paprika, and water to cover. Cook till chicken is done. Remove chicken to cook and de-bone. Cool ½ cup broth, stir flour into sour cream, then stir into cooled broth slowly into sour cream. Stir mixture into broth into broth. Add chicken.

Dumplings
6 cups all-purpose flour
6 beaten eggs
2 tsp salt
2cups water

Stir together thoroughly. Cut little piece off edge of plate with knife into boiling salted water. Boil 5-10 minutes or till dumplings start to float. Scoop dumplings out and add to broth

Best as leftover

Taco Soup

A girl I worked with brought this to work one day. It was awesome, my kids even loved it.

Taco Soup

2 chicken breast, cubed
6 (14oz) cans Great Northern Beans, drained and rinsed
1 (14oz) can black beans
1 (14oz) can sweet corn, drained
1 big can diced tomatoes
1 med. onion, diced
2 cloves of garlic
1 fresh jalapeno, diced
1 box Swansons chicken broth
1 sweet green bell pepper, diced
1 bag "Shellys" brand chili seasoning mix, it's comes in a brown bag
Black pepper
1/4 package corn tortilla
Cheese and sour cream for topping

Brown chicken in 2 Tbl olive oil, add onion, peppers, and garlic. When peppers and onions are tender, add beans, tomatoes, corn, and broth. Stir in seasoning mix and black pepper. Once this comes to a boil and chicken is cooked through. Cut tortilla into strips and stir into soup. Top with cheese and sour cream.

Chicken n Dumplings

Chicken n Dumplings is one of my families favorite meals. Making dumplings is like making biscuits from scratch you don't get them right the first time you make them. It took me several tries to get used to making dumplings just right.

Chicken n Dumplings

1 lb chicken
1/4 c. onion
about 1 tsp salt (add more or less to your liking)

Fill crock pot with water. Cook 1 lb chicken in crock pot until tender and cooked. (I put my chicken in the crockpot in the morning and leave it on low while I'm at work.) When chicken is done remove chicken from broth and set aside to cool. Transfer broth to pot on stove. Bring it up to a simmer. Add onion and about a tsp of salt (add more or less to your liking).

Dumplings:
3 cups flour
4 tsp baking powder
1 ½ tsp salt
6 Tbls. Vegetable oil
1 ½ cups chicken broth

Mix and roll on to a floured surface. Roll and cut into about 1 inch x ¾ inch ( I use a pizza cutter). Drop into broth and stir occasionally but make sure you scrap the bottom every time you stir.

Easy Vegetable Soup

Easy Vegetable Soup

1 1/2-2 lbs. ground beef
1 small onion or couple of 1 Tbs. dried onion
1 46 oz. can tomato juice
1 can diced tomatoes
1 can corn
1 can carrots
1 can cut green beans
1 can peas
1 can potatoes

Brown meat and onions. Drain any grease. Add tomato juice and diced tomatoes, simmer 30 min.-hour. Drain liquid off other vegetables and add to soup. Heat slowly for about an hour or until thoroughly warm.

You can also substitute fresh vegetables for canned. Add fresh first and cook until tender/crisp; then add canned. Cook till warmed through.

No-Bake Cookies

No-Bake Cookies

4 cups sugar
2 sticks butter/margarine (I use one butter and one Promise margarine)
6 tbs cocoa powder
1 cup milk
1 tsp vanilla
3/4 cup peanut butter (I use soy nut butter)
5 scant cups quick oats

combine sugar, butter, cocoa and milk in a pan. over low heat, bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Let boil for one minute. Remove from heat. Add vanilla, peanut butter and oats and stir well. Drop by spoonfuls onto waxed paper (I put the waxed paper on cookie sheets so my counter doesn't get all waxy). Let set completely and eat.

Snickerdoodles

Snickerdoodles are some of my favorite cookies. These can also be frozen.

Snickerdoodles

1 C. shortening
2 eggs
1 1/2 C. sugar

2 3/4 C. flour*
2 tsp. cream of tartar*
1 tsp. baking soda*
1/2 tsp. salt*
*sift together

Cream eggs, shortening, and sugar. Mix in sifted flour. Roll into balls and roll in 2 TBS of sugar and 2 tsp. cinnamon. Put on greased cookie sheet and flatten with fork. Bake at 350 for 10-12 min. Remove and cool.

Peanut Butter Kiss Cookies

Peanut Butter Kiss Cookies

1 cup white sugar
1 cup peanut butter
1 egg
18 chocolate kisses

Preheat oven to 350*F. Combine sugar, peanut butter and egg. Shape into 1-inch balls and place on un-greased cookie sheet.

NOTE: If dough is too sticky, refrigerate 1/2 hour or until easy to handle. Bake for 10 minutes. Remove from oven. Press a chocolate kiss into the center of each warm cookie.

TIP: To keep kisses from melting after putting the kisses on them, put cookies in freezer for about 15 minutes or until kiss is starting to hardened. Once the kiss has started to hardened put in fridge for about an hour to finish hardening. Take out of fridge and store in a cool place.

Chili

Chili

1 lb. hamburger or ground turkey
Half jar of slasa
1 large can of tomato sauce
1 Chili seasoning pack

Brown hamburger and drain. Mix all ingredients in a crockpot. Cook on low for 3-5 hours. Serve with corn ships, sour cream and cheese.

Cheesy Potato Soup

This is a supper easy, quick soup. My favorite way to eat is to sprinkle some of those Frenches Fried Onions on top right after you serve it. YUM!

Cheesy Potato Soup

I thaw the potatoes in the microwave so they will cook faster/ better.

1 can chicken broth
1 can cream of chicken
1 - 1 1/2 pound southern style hash browns, thawed (I like mine chunky)
1 ½ cups of finely shredded cheese
8 ozs sour cream

Combine everything but the cheese in pot and simmer until 2-3 hours on high or until potatoes are tenders. Half way threw cooking add cheese and stir in well.

* You can also add cubed ham, bacon, broccoli, diced onions or what ever you want.

Overnight Coffee Cake

I have been teaching my daughter to make this. It's very simple. She can pretty much do it by herself (with supervision of course) This can be made the night before and kept in the fridge to be baked the next morning. Remember if you use a glass dish and put it in the fridge DO NOT preheat the oven the next morning. Put dish in oven before turning on so the dish can warm up with oven and not break. Also if you do not have a 9x13 pan then use "2" smaller pans. It doesn't look like a lot of batter but when it starts baking it will over flow if you don't (trust me I made that mistake once and what a mess it made).

Overnight Coffee Cake

2 C. flour
1 C. sugar
1/2 C. packed brown sugar
1 tsp. baking soda
1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 C. buttermilk (or 1 Tbs. vinegar plus milk to equal 1 C.)
2/3 C. shortening ( or 1/2 C. oil)
2 eggs

Grease (not oil) and flour bottom only of 13" x 9" pan. In large bowl, combine all ingredients . (lightly spoon flour into measuring cup and level off). Blend at low speed until moistened. Beat 3 min. at medium speed. Pour batter into prepared pan.

Topping:
1/2 C. packed brown sugar
1/2 C. chopped nuts (opt.)
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. nutmeg (opt.)

Blend topping ingredients and sprinkle over batter. Cover, refrigerate overnight. Preheat oven to 350 and bake 30-40 min. until golden brown. Serve warm.

Chicken WonTons

Chicken WonTons

2 cooked breast, chopped
8 oz cream cheese, softened
1 bunch scallions, chopped
wonton wrappers, round

Mix all and drop spoonfuls on round wonton wrappers. Seal edges with water to make a crescent shape and fry in hot oil until brown and crispy. Serve with peanut sauce.

BLT Dip

I got this recipe from my SIL. This is one of my husbands favorites.

BLT Dip

16 oz. sour cream
8 oz. mayo
8 - 12 oz. shredded cheddar cheese
5 green onions, chopped
1 tomato, salted and chopped
1 bag real bacon bits

Mix all together, adding tomatoes last. Chill about an hour before serving.

Hearty Chili Cheese Dip

I got this recipe from a friend at church. She would bring it to our scrapbooking nights at church.

Hearty Chili Cheese Dip

1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened
1 can (15 ounces) chili with meat & beans
1 can (4 ounces) chopped green chilies
½ cup salsa
1 cup shredded cheddar cheese

handful of chopped green onions, diced tomatoes to garnish

Spread cream cheese in 8 inch square baking dish; layer with chili, green chilies and salsa. Sprinkle with cheese. Bake at 350 degrees for five minutes or until cheese is melted and dip is warmed. Scatter green onions and tomatoes on top. Serve immediately with corn chips.

Hidden Valley® Bacon and Cheddar Dip

Very easy to make and quick.

Hidden Valley® Bacon and Cheddar Dip

1 packet/1 oz. Hidden Valley® Original Ranch® Dips Mix
1 container/16 oz. Sour cream
1 cup Shredded Cheddar cheese
1/4 cup Crisp-cooked, crumbled bacon*
Potato or corn chips, for dipping

Combine dips mix with sour cream. Stir in cheese and bacon. Chill at least 1 hour. Serve with potato or corn chips.

Makes about 3 cups.

* Bacon pieces may be used

Cabbage Spaghetti Stir Fry

I know what you are thinking. WHAT? We had a friend that had an exchange student stay with them (I wish I could remember where he was from). He said this was a dish he at back at home. It was one of my sisters favorites meals. This also reheats well.

Cabbage Spaghetti Stir Fry

½ pound bacon slivered
2-3 copped green onions
2 cups chopped cabbage
soy sauce
1 pound cooked spaghetti

stir fry bacon an green onions, add cabbage and cook till tender-crisp, add soy sauce to taste. Stir in 1 pound cooked spaghetti noodles. Add additional soy sauce to taste.

Good reheated.

Lumpia

These were one of my favorites growing up . I don't know how it started but we dipped ours in tomato soup. These make a good size batch and can be frozen.

Lumpia (It's like a egg role)

2 pounds ground beef
Lumpia wrappers (egg role wraps)
cabbage
1 potato
1 carrot
salt
Season salt
garlic powder
2 eggs
pepper
soy sauce

Chop vegetables into fine cubes or grate. Cook beef and drain fat. Mix all ingredients in bowl. Season to taste. Wrap 2 tsp. of filling in each wrapper. Heat cooking oil. Fry lumpia until golden brown.

Ground Beef Stroganoff

Ground Beef Stroganoff

2 LBS. ground beef (or stew beef cut into strips)
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1 can creamy onion soup
8 OZ. sour cream
1 tsp. paprika
dash pepper

Brown beef till crumbly. Drain. Add soups, sour cream and seasonings. Cook about 5 minutes over low heat; stir occasionally. Serve over egg noodles.

Meat Loaf

I have found the best way to make meatloaf is to put all the ingredients in my food processeor. Then I dump mixture on wax paper to shape. I've made this ahead of time. I wrap the loaf with the wax paper then put it in a bread pan. If you are going to make the next day you can put it in fridge. You can also freeze meatloaf in bread pan. Just put in fridge the night before you want to cook it.

Meat Loaf
6 Servings, 2 3/4-inch slices each

1 egg, slightly beaten
2/3 C. milk
3 slices bread, cubed
1 1/2 pounds ground beef
1/4 C. onion, finely chopped
1/4 C. celery, finely chopped
1 1/2 tsp. salt
1/8 tsp pepper
1/4 C. catsup
1 tsp Worcestershire sauce

Preheat oven to 375. Combine egg, milk, and bread. Soak bread well. Mix in remaining ingredients. Shape into a 9-inch loaf pan. Bake 1 1/4 hours or until browned. Drain off excess grease. Let stand 10 minutes for easy slicing.

Shredded Barbecue Beef

Shredded Barbecue Beef

3 lbs. roast
2 tsp. dried onion
1 tsp. chopped celery (opt)
1 beef bullion cube or season packet (opt)
Water to cover

Simmer uncovered about 4 hours until meat shreds easily (add water if needed) Remove meat and shred.

Add to 1 1/2 C. broth:
14 oz. catsup
2 Tbs. brown sugar
1/2- 1 tsp. vinegar
1 tsp. dry mustard
dash garlic salt
dash chili powder
1/2 tsp. Worcestershire sauce

Stir in meat and simmer on low for about 1 hour, uncovered Serve on buns or crackers.

Bulgoki

This is another ethnic dish I grew up on.

Bulgoki

4 OZ. soy sauce
2 OZ. sesame seed oil
1/4 C. sugar
half of onion(sliced)
1 1/2 to 2 LB cheap steak(sliced in thin strips)

Marinate for at least 3 to 4 hours or over night. Stir fry in wok or frypan. Serve with rice.*you can put diced carrot and potatoes in rice if desired*

Chicken Chow Mein

I grew up eating a lot of ethnic foods (chow mein, stir fries, egg rolls, etc). This was one of my favorites. It's easy to make and good left over.

*With all of Hanna's new allergies I altered this recipe a little so she can eat it. I used gluten free soy sauce and I added a little more chicken broth to make it more like a soup. She really liked it.

Chicken Chow Mein

Stir Fry :
1/4 C. Oil
Dash Ginger and Garlic Salt (optl.)
1 medium slivered onion
3-4 slivered chicken breasts
Add in order as you cut: Simmer till Vegetables are tender-crisp
2-3 sliced carrots
2 C. sliced celery
2 C. Chinese cabbage sliced
2. C. broth
Thicken with:
1/4 C. water
1/4 C. soy sauce
2 1/2 Tb. corn starch

Serve over rice with chow mein noodles

Suffing and Chicken II

Here is my stuffing casserole recipe that I make now. Over the years the recipe has changed.

Stuffing and Chicken II

about 2 c. Chicken cooked and diced (leftover turkey works too)
1 can chicken or trukey gravy
Stuffing (see recipe below)

Stuffing Recipe (also the recipe i use at Thanksgiving)

1 1/2 C. Boiling water
1 stick margarine
1/2 C. minced onion
1/4 tsp. pepper
1 tsp. poultry seasoning
1/2 tsp. salt
2 Tbs. diced celery
2 Tbs. parsley
3 quarts fresh bread torn into small pieces

Melt butter, simmer onions and celery in it. Add water and rest of seasonings and simmer 5 min. Stir in bread.

Place cooked, diced chicken in a bottom of a casserole dish. Pour gravy over top. Prepare stuffing and pour on top. Bake at 350 for 20 minutes.

Stuffing and Casserole I

This is the original recipe that i grew up on. I've altered it so I will post both recipes.

Stuffing and Chicken I

at least 2 C. cooked chicken/turkey
1 can cream of chicken
1 soup can of milk
1 pkg. prepared stove top stuffing

Cook chicken, de-bone and place in a 9*13 pan. Mix the soup and the milk and pour over chicken. Prepare stuffing as package directs. Put on top of the chicken. Cook at 350 for 30 minutes.

Chicken Noodle Casserole

This was one of my favorite recipes growing up. Now my kids love it now. I always add extra broccoli and do skimp on the onion rings.

Chicken /Turkey Noodle Casserole

1 12OZ. pk egg noodles
2 C. diced chicken (you can also use leftover turkey )
2 pk. chopped broccoli
8 OZ. shredded cheese
2 cans of cream of chicken soup
1 soup can of milk
1 can onion rings

Cook noodles. Drain. Spread noodles in 13*9*2 pan. Cover with turkey and broccoli, add half of cheese. Blend the soups and milk together. Pour on casserole. Sprinkle remaining cheese on top. Bake at 350 for 25 min. Sprinkle on the onion rings. Bake another 5 min. Makes about 6 servings.

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My alterations for my Daughter who can't have cow dairy.

I make her a small casserole in a separate dish. I use goats milk and goats cheese. Other then that it is made the same as recipe.

Chicken Squares

Chicken Squares

3 TBS. melted butter
3 OZ. cream cheese
2 C. chicken (cooked+cubed)
dash pepper
1tsp. onion(or dry onion)
1/3 C. celery(or dried celery) opt.*
1 can crescent rolls or biscuits
3/4 C. season bread crumbs

Blend cream cheese with the 2 TBS. of melted butter; add pepper, onion, celery*, and chicken last mix well. Separate dough into 4 rectangles (or flatten the biscuits ) put filling in center of each. Fold over crescent roll (or cover with another biscuit) and crimp edge. Brush with rest of butter and sprinkle with crumbs. Bake at 350 for 20 minutes or until browned. Serve with chicken gravy.