Chicken Breasts in Lemon Cream Sauce

Ingredients

• 6 tablespoons butter, divided
• 12 ounces mushrooms, sliced
• 6 boneless chicken breasts
• all-purpose flour ( to dredge)
• 1 cup chicken broth
• 1 cup heavy whipping cream
• 3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
• 1/2 teaspoon white pepper
• salt and pepper

Directions

1. Melt 3 tbs butter in a large skillet over medium heat.
2. Add mushrooms and saute until tender.
3. Remove with a slotted spoon and set aside.
4. Sprinkle chicken with salt& pepper, dredge in flour, shaking off excess.
5. Melt remaining 3 tbs butter in skillet.
6. Add chicken and saute 5 to 6 minutes on each side or until golden brown.
7. Transfer chicken to a serving platter (keep warm).
8. Add broth to skillet, scraping up browned bits.
9. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer until reduced to approximately 3/4 cup.
10. Stir in cream and lemon juice.
11. Cook over medium heat until slightly thickened.
12. Stir in mushrooms, white pepper& salt to taste.
13. Add chicken and simmer for 15-20 minutes or until sauce is a medium thick consistency.
14. Serve over rice or noodles.

Creamy Baked Chicken Breasts

Ingredients

• 6 boneless skinless chicken breasts
• 6 slices swiss cheese
• 1 (10 3/4 ounce) cans cream of chicken soup ( undiluted)
• 3/4 cup dry white wine or 3/4 cup water
• 1 1/2 cups herb seasonsed seasoned stuffing mix, crushed
• 3/4 cup butter, melted

Directions

1. Arrange chicken in lightly greased 13 x 9 inch baking dish. Put sliced swiss cheese on each chicken breast.
2. In a separate bowl, combine soup and wine, stirring well. Spoon sauce evenly over chicken. Sprinkle stuffing mix over this. Drizzle butter over crumbs.
3. Bake at 350 for 50-60 minute.

Valentine Sugar Cookies

Ingredients

• 6 1/2 cups flour
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/2 cup shortening
• 4 ounces cream cheese
• 2 cups sugar
• 3 eggs
• 1 cup sour cream
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 1/4 teaspoons salt
• 1 tablespoon vanilla

Directions

1. Mix flour, baking powder and salt together. Set aside until ready to use.
2. Add butter, shortening, and cream cheese in a large mixing bowl and cream together for 3 minutes.
3. Add the eggs, sour cream. Mix completely.
4. Add in the baking soda, salt, and vanilla. Mix well.
5. Add the flour mixture and blend together. If dough is too moist, add more flour to accomodate.
6. Chill dough for about 1 hour.
7. Roll out the dough, cut in desired shape.
8. Bake in a 375 degree oven for about 8 minutes or until edges are slightly browned.
9. Decorate as desired with frosting and sprinkles.

Cinnamon Loaves

What You'll Need:

• 1 (15-1/4-ounce) package yellow cake mix
• 4 eggs
• 3/4 cup vegetable oil
• 3/4 cup water
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 3 tablespoons ground cinnamon

What To Do:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Coat 2 (8- x 4-inch) loaf pans with cooking spray and dust with flour.
    
2. In a large bowl with an electric mixer, beat cake mix, eggs, oil, water, and vanilla 3 minutes. Pour half the batter evenly into loaf pans.
    
3. In a small bowl, stir together sugar and cinnamon; sprinkle half the mixture evenly over batter in loaf pans. Distribute remaining batter evenly between loaf pans and sprinkle with remaining sugar mixture. Gently swirl with a knife.
    
4. Bake 45 minutes, or until a wooden toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pans on wire racks. 

Loaded Baked Potato Casserole

What You'll Need:

• 1 (32-ounce) package frozen potato steak fries
• 8 bacon slices, crisply cooked and crumbled
• 1 red bell pepper, chopped
• 1 cup chopped scallions (about 10)
• 1 (10-3/4-ounce) can Cheddar cheese soup
• 1/2 cup sour cream

What To Do:

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Coat a 9- x 13-inch baking dish with cooking spray. Arrange potato steak fries in baking dish.
2. Bake 25 minutes, or until potatoes are thawed and beginning to brown. Top with half each of bacon, bell pepper, and scallion. Spoon cheese soup on top. Sprinkle with remaining bacon and bell pepper.
3. Bake 20 to 30 minutes, or until potatoes are tender and casserole is heated through. Top with dollops of sour cream and sprinkle with remaining scallions.

Super Bowl Pizza-In-A-Pan

Ingredients

• 1 lb lean ground beef
• 1 cup chopped onion
• 1/2 green bell pepper ( chopped)
• 1/2 red bell pepper ( chopped)
• 1 -2 garlic clove ( minced)
• 8 ounces sliced fresh mushrooms ( reserve a little for the top)
• 1 1/4 cups elbow macaroni
• 1 (14 ounce) jars pasta sauce or 1 (14 ounce) jars pizza sauce
• 1 (14 ounce) jars water ( use pasta sauce jar)
• 1 (2 1/2 ounce) cans sliced black olives ( drained (reserve a little for the top)
• 1 (8 ounce) packages shredded mozzarella cheese ( 2 cups)
• sliced pepperoni ( as much as you want)
• salt and pepper

Directions

1. Heat oven to 400 degrees.
2. In a oven-proof skillet, brown hamburg, onion, pepper, garlic, and sliced mushrooms for about 5 minutes until meat is cooked through; drain excess fat.
3. Add macaroni, pasta sauce, water, and olives.
4. Cook until it comes to a slow bubble for about 15 minutes, until macaroni is soft.
5. If you are doing this according to the NOTE in the description and are going to transfer it to a casserole, you will do it at this point and continue with other steps.
6. Add the mozzarella cheese and pepperoni on the top.
7. Garnish with reserved bell pepper, a few sliced mushrooms, and black olives.
8. Bake in a 400 degree oven for about 15 minutes till cheese is nice and bowned on top.

9. Serve directly from the pan.
10. You could serve it in my recipe for bread bowls that are made ahead of time.