Lemon Mushroom Chicken

5 chicken breasts
1/4 cup parmesan cheese
1/2 cup Italian seasoned
1 tsp parsley
2 tsp garlic powder
salt & pepper
1 egg beaten
sliced mushrooms
1/4 cup butter mixed with juice from 1/2 fresh squeezed lemon

Dip chicken breasts in egg, then roll in bread crumb mixture. Arrange in baking dish. Place sliced mushrooms over the chicken and drizzle with butter/lemon juice over the top. Bake at 350 for 45 minutes.

Pecan Crusted Chicken

Chicken

oil for frying

Enough chicken tenders for your family

Salt and pepper

1 cup flour

2 egg with splash of milk

1 cup bread crumbs

1 cup pecans, finely chopped

1/2 tsp of nutmeg

1 orange zested

Heat oil in fry pan on medium heat. You will need 3 shallow bowls. First bowl, flour. Second bowl, eggs with milk. Third bowl, combine the remaining ingredients. In batches, coat chicken in flour, then egg, then bread crumbs. Fry about 7 minutes.

Sauce

1/4 cup maple syrup

1/4 cup tangy bbq sauce

1 orange, juiced

1/4 cup olive oil

salt and pepper

Combine in a bowl and whisk together.

Romaine lettuce with chicken on top, drizzled with the sauce.

recipe from worldwide ward cookbook

Toasted Ravioli

2 eggs

splash of milk

salt & pepper

1 1/2 cups Italian style bread crumbs

1/2 cup parmesan cheese

handful of finely chopped parsley

12 large fresh ravioli (Okay, this is where you can have a lot of fun. There is more than enough to dip more than 12. Use small ravioli or large, same kind or two varieties. We have tried 4 cheese, smoked moz with artichokes, and lobster ravioli)

5 TB olive oil

pinch of red pepper flakes

1/2 red pepper, chopped

1 14 oz can of Italian style tomatoes

Handful of basil, thinly sliced

You will need two shallow bowls. Beat eggs with splash of milk in one bowl. Combine bread crumbs, cheese, parsley in another bowl. Heat 3 TB olive oil in pan. Dip ravioli in eggs, then bread crumb mixture and toast until golden brown 4-5 minutes.

In a small pot, heat olive oil. Add garlic and red peppers. Stir in tomatoes. Season with salt and pepper and the basil. Transfer sauce to bowl or plate and use for dipping. You will find yourself thinking about these later and wishing there were leftovers.

recipe from Rachel Ray

Banana Cupcakes

I've tried to convince myself that these are healthy enough for breakfast.

This recipe is from Martha and the frosting is from my friend Jody.

Cupcakes

3 cups cake flour

1 1/2 tsp baking soda

3/4 tsp baking powder

3/4 tsp salt

1 tsp cinnamon

4 very ripe bananas

3/4 cup buttermilk

1/2 tsp vanilla

3/4 cup unsalted butter (room temp)
1 1/2 cups brown sugar

3 eggs (rom temp)

1 cup pecans (optional)

Preheat oven to 350. Whisk together flour, soda, powder, salt, & cinnamon.

Using another bowl, whisk together the banana, buttermilk, and vanilla.

Using your mixer, cream butter and brown sugar. Add eggs one at a time. Add flour in two batches. Alternate with banana mixture and flour mixture. Stir in pecans by hand. Divide evenly into approx 28 cupcake liners. Cook 20 minutes.

Frosting

2 cubes butter, softened

1 pkg cream cheese

6 cups powdered sugar (give or take)

2 tsp cinnamon

2 tsp vanilla

dash of salt

Cream butter and cream cheese. Add sugar 1 cup at a time until you reach the right consistency. Mix in cinnamon, vanilla, and salt. Add a bit of milk if it seems too thick. Remember what I said about frosting...you may eat three cupcakes just so you can have the frosting OR you can be like Trey and just lick it off the top.

Triple Citrus Cupcakes

1 lemon cake mix

1 TB of lemon zest

1 TB of lime zest

1 TB of orange zest

Do not question the easiness of the mix. I made all kinds of cupcakes and my friends picked this one as their favorite. Yes, even above my beloved chocolate bliss ones. Preheat oven to 325. Make the cake mix as directed and add the zest. Divide batter evenly between 24 cupcake liners. Bake for 2o minutes.

Citrus frosting (from Martha)

1 1/2 cups powdered sugar

juice of 1/2 lime

1/2 TB lime zest

I always a little milk

Mix together with hand mixer. Take cupcake and dip. The glaze will run over so I always put foil under the cooling rack.

Chocolate Bliss Cupcakes

For all those who know how much I love chocolate bliss cake (its the bundt cake), this is exactly the same recipe except done cupcake style and without the raspberries. The recipe comes from Kraft and the inspiration to try cupcakes comes from Martha:)

Chocolate Bliss Cupcakes

1 pkg chocolate cake mix

1 box Jell-O chocolate instant pudding (4 serving size)

1 cup sour cream

4 eggs

1/2 cup veg. oil

1/2 cup water

3 cups thawed Cool Whip

1 pkg (8 squares) Baker's semi sweet baking chocolate I just use handfuls of chocolate chips because they melt faster.

Preheat oven to 325. Beat together cake mix, pudding, sour cream, eggs, oil, and water. Evenly divide between 24 cupcakes and bake for 22 minutes. Put handful of chocolate chips in microwave proof bowl and 1/2 cup Cool Whip and heat for 25 seconds. Stir. Add more chocolate chips and Cool Whip until it reaches the consistency of the frosting you like. Sometimes I keep it thick with chocolate curls on top. Other times I make it like a chocolate glaze. Either way this will be rich.

***If you make this the original way you use the same recipe but then lightly grease a bundt cake pan and bake at 350 degrees for 50 minutes. Cool for 10 minutes. Remove cake. Make the frosting so that you can drizzle it over the cake. Add an extra dollop of Cool Whip and serve with raspberries. Did I mention this is my favorite cake? Eric asked for it for Father's Day and Tyler asked for it for his birthday so happiness all around. Enjoy!

Moms' Lasagna

1 pkf of lasagna noodles (I use 9)
Mozzarella cheese
1/4-1/2 cup parmesan cheese

Meat Layer

1 lb ground beef
1 can diced tomatoes Italian style
1 can tomato sauce
2 TB parsley
2 TB sugar
1 tsp basil

Cheese Layer

1 large container of cottage cheese
1/2 cup parmesan cheese
1 TB parsley
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp oregano

After browning the hamburger, I put the meat mixture in the crockpot for 3-4 hours. Later, while cooking the noodles, I mix the cheeses together. In the bottom of a 9x13 pan I spread a bit of the meat sauce. Then layer noodles, meat, cotttage cheese, plus mozzarella. Top with mozzarella & parmesan. Cook for 45 minutes at 350 degrees. Let cool for 10 minutes.