Buffalo Chicken Bites-so worth cooking!

First of all, I cheated and I don't care!  I took a preroasted chicken from walmart and removed all the meat and chopped it up into VERY small pieces.

Then you add 1/2 cup of your favorite hot sauce and the temp you desire.  I used my home made but it really does not matter the choice as long as you love the taste!

Next add 1/4 to 1/2 cup of chopped green onions based on your desire

**Sarcasm Note is going right here!  These are good because of the chicken, not the cheese! But go ahead and add 1 3/4 cup of cheddar cheese and 3 1/2 oz of cream cheese softened.

Roll the mixture into bite sized balls on a greased cookie and stick them in the freezer while you clean up that mess and prepare the following:  2 eggs beaten, 3 cups corn flakes crushed and 1 cup flour.  Your chicken bites should be cold, not frozen.  Roll them in the flour, then egg and last in the corn flakes.

Bake at 350 degrees for about 25 - 30 minutes and you can serve hot, or cold, plain for with ranch or hotsauce.  But remember they are great alone too!~I just want you to know, I made these bite sized and after rolling them in the outer mixture it seriously increased their size

 

 

 

 

Easy Peach Cobbler

You will need 4 cups fresh peaches, combined with 1 cup of granulated sugar and 1/3 cup of brown sugar in a sauce pan on a low heat until a syrup forms in the bottom.  I usually  stir/mash them to create some natural juices from the peaches

While the peaches are on LOW HEAT, cream 1 cup softened butter with 2 cups sugar and then, with 2 cups of SELF RISING FLOUR.  If you do not have self rising flour just sift together 2 cups all purpose flour with  2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder with 1/4 teaspoon of salt

Now add 2 eggs and 2 teaspoons of vanilla and check on those peaches!

When your peaches are softened and yo have a little syrup at the bottom place them in a greased pan of choice.  Then having thoroughly mixed batter, smooth it over the top of the peaches and sprinkle with cinnamon and nutmeg.

Bake at 350 degrees for 35-45 minutes or until bubbly and golden brown..  This 'crust' is almost like cake versus a flaky crust you get using premade pie crust.  But it is easy, tasty and you will almost always have the ingredients in your kitchen!
**Sarcasm Note I have so much energy I think I'll make two of these!

Balsamic Garlic Pork Tenderloin

This is so easy and really good!

 So obviously, you need 4-5 cloves of garlic and your favorite balsamic  vinegar

Then 2 teaspoons of coarse salt, 2 teaspoons of freshly ground 

    pepper and 2 T. of olive oil.

  Start by spraying a skillet with oil & browning the tenderloin on all sides

After you brown your tenderloin, combine the minced garlic, salt, pepper, oil and vinegar and coat it up!

Place it in the oven for  30 minutes at 325 degrees.  (I'm just going to tell you, other recipes say 10-12 minutes, lower temps ect. but  that makes for a disgustingly uncooked tenderloin!) So, cut into it and see if it is the color you desire; but don't slice completely until you have let it set for about 10 minutes

I just threw some broccoli in the oven with salt, pepper, and lemon juice on it for a few minutes until tender...

And then placed, in a pan on the cook top, a few thinly sliced potatoes with olive oil and seasoned to taste until they were tender...

VOILA!

**Sarcasm Note- I really wish  this were more difficult because I'd love to have spent more time in the kitchen!

You will never believe this one! Left over roast recipe...

As I have stated before...I LOVE it when I purchase ingredients and someone eats it before I can cook.  I was going to make calzones and a group of boys I shall not mention, but their leader's name rhymes with Tacob, ate the mozzarella and pepperonis. So with two loaves of bread already risen, and rolled, what am I to do? MAKE SOMETHING UP (or throw a fit)

No one was home to see or hear my fit so I chose to make          something up, no need to waste a good fit!

I had made roast the night before so I gave this a shot and it turned out edible.  I'm not saying it's the best recipe I've ever made but it really turned out better than expected.  So here we go, I had laid out two loaves of frozen bread earlier in the day and when they rose I rolled them out as above.

Then I took, left over roast cut in small pieces, chopped onion to taste, mushrooms chopped, bell pepper, a small potato thin, thin, thinly sliced, and hot sauce of choice to taste and laid it down the center of my dough.  I then seasoned with salt, pepper, and garlic powder.   Top with cheese of choice.  Cut 1 1/2 inch strips at an angle along each side of your mixture and begin laying them across your mixture to cover.  It will leave some gaps and that is just fine! I baked it at 400 degrees until it was brown...

Here is the end result.  I served it with baked beans and a salad, along with some brown gravy for dipping if my family so chose. (and we are from the south so they chose!)  To make it I used the juice from the roast, with a little salt and pepper, water and flour in a skillet heated to desired thickness.  Apparently, this was a big hit!  Or everyone ate it because they knew I was mad....

**Sarcasm note- this was a catastrophic success!

Grilled BBQ Chicken Pizza

I know I already have a BBQ Chicken Pizza on this blog, but I wanted to try it again with the grill.

I just love spraying the grill and unrolling the pizza dough on to it, because it makes for a beautiful piece of bread.  But take it off of your grill prior to topping it to prevent burning...So you need:  2 cans of pizza dough, 1 bottle of your fave bbq sauce, 4 cups cheese, 2 chicken breast boiled, and cubed, and whatever toppings you prefer.

I used cheddar on this recipe and the kids liked it better.  

Myself?  I prefer a nice white, soft cheese.

I went out and picked the garden, & except for the onion, added a few veggies and fresh jalapenos to the 2 boiled and chopped chicken breast.  

Then along with some olive oil, and a few tablespoons of BBQ sauce, 

I heated it  in a sauce pan prior to topping the pizza bread. 

Take your bread and spread with BBQ sauce, top with cheese, add warmed veggies and chicken from the pan and replace onto the grill on INDIRECT flame and close the lid until cheese is melted.   Served immediately! 

Grilled Zucchini

Ok, so here is the deal.  We have a garden, but Texas is in a drought and apparently only zucchinis grow during a drought.  So I have made bread, casseroles, fried, baked and NOW grilled zucchini.  No recipe but just winging it as I often do.  Here's how it went as I walked out to the garden...

"Crap! MORE zucchini?  DIE DIE DIE!!!!"

Then I picked it and apologized to it. 

As you can see I sliced it into relatively thick slices, seasoned it with Italian seasoning, and grilled it on both sides until it was almost cooked throughout. While it was cooking I threw 

a few pieces of bacon on the grill and when they were almost done I laid a piece on top.

Afterwards, I took a few cherry tomatoes & some Laughing Cow Creamy Swiss and topped 

Then I turned the grill off and left it until I got the meat and bread ready.  As you can see the cheese did not exactly melt but I just took a spoon and spread it out.  Turned out quite yummy after salt and peppering. 

Sarcasm Note:  Next summer I hope to have JUST zucchini in my garden!

Creamy Chicken Pockets and Baked Broccoli

Ingredients:  

2 cups cooked chicken, 3 oz softened cream cheese, 3 T melted butter, 4 T cream of chicken soup, 1/4 cup of chives, salt and pepper to taste.  (I am cooking for boys so I added a medium cooked potato)  & 2 cans of crescent rolls 

Directions:  

Chop the chicken into small bits, add remaining ingredients and get ready to load the crescents!  I have a magic way to roll them that I will share with ONLY you...

So, you lay out your crescent and place some of the mixture at the wide end.  Then take that little point and wrap it around the mixture toward you. Then...

Take the edge furthest away from you and place it over the mixture so that you only have the one point left closest to you.  Then....

Close that bad boys up and lay it folded side down on a greased cookie sheet.

 

This is the best broccoli ever...

All you do is pull it apart, lay it on a piece of foil.  Sprinkle with olive oil,

and some lemon juice and salt and pepper. 

Bake both at 375 degrees for 20 minutes or until your pockets are golden brown.

(Serve with a little fresh corn and you have a great and well rounded meal)

Sarcasm Note:  I love it when I have a meal planned and something is gone because one of my boys ate it.  I mean I LOVE IT when that happens.  **Notice there are only 8 pockets and NOT 16 for lack of crescents!