Chicken Pillows

8 ounces of Cream Cheese, softened
1/2 cup of Sour Cream
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
A sprinkle of Onion Powder (or sub minced onion)
About 3 cups of chicken/ 3 chicken breasts, cooked and shredded
2 (8 ounces) cans of Pillsbury crescent rolls
Melted butter
Italian bread crumbs

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Mix cream cheese and sour cream until well blended.  Stir in salt, pepper, onion powder, and shredded chicken.  Using Pillsbury crescent rolls, take 2 of the triangular rolls and push the seam together so they won't fall apart.  This should make a rectangle.  Place 2 heaping spoonfuls in the middle of the rectangle.  Fold up the crescent to form a 'pillow'.  Trying to keep all of the mixture on the inside and pressing at the seams to keep it sealed as best as you can.  Continue this with the rest of the mixture and crescent rolls.

Place 'pillows' on a cookie sheet and rub the tops with butter and sprinkle italian bread crumbs on top.

Bake at 350 for 20 to 25 minutes.

**If you make these smaller they are great appetizers or party food.

(Recipe adapted from www.the-girl-who-ate-everything.com)

Apple Crisp

1 can of Apple Pie Filling (or Peach or Cherry...whatever you are in the mood for)

A couple squirts of lemon juice

1/4 tsp of Vanilla

1/2 cup of Brown Sugar

1/4 tsp of Cinnamon

1/2 cup of Rolled Oats

1/4 cup of butter softened

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.  Mix all of the dry ingredients into a mixing bowl withe the butter.  Butter will melt completely as it cooks.  It will be a little lumpy.  That is fine.  Mix the pie filling of your choice with a little lemon juice and vanilla.  Some pie filling choices I might skip the lemon juice, but with apple filling it goes really well.  Pour pie filling into a loaf pan.  Sprinkle the dry ingredient mixture on top.  Bake for about 45 minutes or so watching to keep an eye on browning.

 Serve warm with ice cream.  Yum!!

(Recipe adapted from www.simplyrecipes.com)

Gluten Free Pancakes

And might I add I absolutely love these...

6 egg whites

1 cup Oats

1 cup yogurt

2 teaspoons sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla

1 teaspoon cinnamon

Mix all ingredients together and cook just like pancakes!

I use my Nutri Bullet to turn the oats into more of a flour. If not then I would mix all ingredients in a blender.

The original recipe called for cottage cheese (which we never have on hand), but we tried yogurt (which we always have on hand) and loved it. Every time I have made these it has been with French vanilla yogurt and I have also tried coconut extract instead of vanilla extract. Everything has turned out very yummy!

That's what I like about this recipe is I think it is very versatile.

Makes about 10 pancakes.

(Recipe adapted from www.biggest-loser-recipes.com)

Zucchini Chips

Heat oven to 250 degrees

Peel the zucchini. Slice into thin pieces. Have a bowl of skim milk ready and another bowl mixed with oat flour, Parmesan cheese, and garlic. Dip each zucchini slice into the milk and then cover each side with the oat flour mixture. Place on a baking sheet and bake until they start to golden brown (about an hour give or take a few).

*great for snacking or as a side!

(Recipe adapted from my mother in law)

Chili

Easy recipe. Delicious taste.

1lb of Ground Turkey
1/2 can Pinto Beans
1/2 can Kidney Beans
1/2 cup water
2 8oz cans Tomato Sauce
1tsp sugar
1Tbsp chili powder
Cumin
Oregano
1/2 Tbsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper

After browning the ground turkey (or beef I you like) mix all ingredients together in a large pot on the stove. Let simmer for at least an hour to bring out all the flavors.

Goes well with oyster crackers and/or cornbread. Very filling soup. This made enough for my husband and me for dinner then one bowl left over for someone for lunch. Next time I will probably double the recipe and keep some away in the freezer.

(Recipe created from a mixture of online recipes)

Breakfast Casserole

Hashbrowns Eggs Milk Cheese Sausage Salt Pepper Easy. Easy. Easy. As long as you have an hour to spare to let it bake. I make this casserole with the rectangle hashbrowns like you'd get at McDonalds. I also use sausage crumbles. Yes, you can buy ready to go sausage crumbles. Big time saver. I'm not really going to give any measurements here because you can make this dish for two or 10. Totally just depends on how much you want. I put a layer of hashbrowns on the bottom of the baking dish I want to use, then a layer/scattering of sausage crumbles, layer of cheese, eggs (mixed with milk, salt, and pepper), you want enough of the egg mixture to fully cover everything. Cook on 350 degrees for 1 hour. *I've made this for a large group of people = they loved it. And I make this at least a couple times a month for breakfast at home with just the Bebe and my husband. (This recipe I found on a blog. I will give credit as soon as I come across it again. As always I adapted it to my liking.)

Chicken Nuggets

2 chicken breasts, cut into bite sized pieces

1 egg

1 cup of milk

1 1/2 cups flour

1/8 cup powdered sugar

2 tsp. salt

1 1/2 tsp. pepper

1/2 tsp. paprika

Peanut oil or canola oil for frying (I used canola)

Once the chicken is cut into bite size pieces place in a bowl with the egg and milk.

Prepare everything else while your chicken sits in the fridge.  Mix all other ingredients together in a gallon size bag (minus the oil which is for frying) and shake.  When ready to cook pick out pieces of chicken from the egg/milk mixture and place these chicken pieces in the ziplock bag with the flour mixture.  Shake.  

Fry your nuggets for about 5 minutes.  I do it simply on how they look.  We like ours a little crispier so we usually go towards the longer end of time.  Then we just set the nuggets on a paper towel to soak up all the excess oil. 

**My husband loves this recipe! 

Definitely enjoy these nuggets with the homemade Chick-fil-a Sauce!

(Recipe found at tablefortwoblog.com)