Spicy Tomato, Turkey, Alfredo Dinner

I really do not know what to call this dish other than delicious. Stephen and I made it up one night as we were preparing my mom's birthday dinner and it instantly became a family favorite.

Ingredients:

• 1 lb. Turkey Sausage
• 2 cans of Rotel
• 2 jars of prepared Alfredo Sauce (or you can make the homemade alfredo sauce I posted below)
• 1 box of your favorite Pasta ~ we usually either use Rotini or Farfelle (bow-tie)

1. Cook pasta as directed on the box.

2. Brown turkey sausage in a large, deep skillet. Once it is fully cooked, add the Alfredo sauce and Rotel to skillet and reduce heat to low and allow to simmer while the pasta cooks.

3. Serve alfredo mixture over pasta and Enjoy!

Chicken Salad

Chicken Salad is probably one of my all-time favorite meals...it's quick, easy...and super tasty.

Ingredients:

• 1.5 lbs. Chicken Breasts
• 2 Apples - diced
• 1 Bunch of Grapes - cut in half
• Dill Relish (to taste)
• Mayonnaise (to taste)
• Mustard (to taste)

Directions:

Cook chicken until well done - I choose to cook my chicken for one hour (+/-) on low heat in a big skillet (covered), this makes for easy to shred chicken, plus I do not have to stand over a hot stove cooking the chicken.
*If you do not have the chance to cook the chicken like I do, I suggest either boiling the chicken in a saucepan for about 15-20 min. or cooking chicken in a skillet with a little bit of olive oil until well done. Once chicken is cooked and cooled, shred into small pieces and place in a large bowl.

Add apples and grapes into bowl.

Now, concerning the dill relish, mayo and mustard...add the amount desired to chicken mixture according to your own taste buds. Mix well.

Serve with crackers, chips, or tortillas and enjoy!! :)

Tomato Basil Pizza!

I found this recipe on Pioneer Woman Cooks!

Ingredients:

1. 3-4 medium tomatoes, this really depends on how many tomatoes you want to put on top
   
2. Fresh Mozzarella...the soft kind
3. Basil Pesto, you can find this on the same aisle as prepared spaghetti sauce
4. Pillsbury Original Pizza Crust...you can make your own though

Directions:

Preheat Oven: 400 degrees (F)

First, after opening the pesto jar sauce...drain the excess oil on top before stirring the pesto.
Next, place pizza crust on sprayed cookie sheet and spread the full jar of pesto on the crust.
Third, slice the mozzarella into as many slices as possible and then layer slices on top of pesto, you may have a few slices left but that is okay...set them aside until later.
Now for the tomatoes...slice tomatoes just you did with the mozzarella; then layer them on top of the cheese (note: you may use as many or as little tomatoes as you would like, I prefer to fit as many as possible).
Fifth, take the remaining slices of mozzarella and cut them into small chunks and sprinkle on top of entire pizza.

Place in oven and cook for about 14-15 minutes, or until crust is golden brown. Enjoy!

~kate

Easy Chicken Pot Pie

From: Campbell's Kitchen

Preparation: 10 minutes
Bake: 30 minutes
Serves: About 4

Ingredients:
1 can (10 3/4 oz.) Campbell's® Condensed Cream of Chicken Soup (Regular or 98% Fat Free)*
1 pkg. (about 9 oz.) frozen mixed vegetables, thawed
1 cup cubed cooked chicken or turkey
1/2 cup milk
1 egg
1 cup all-purpose baking mix

Directions:
Preheat oven to 400°F.
Mix soup, vegetables and chicken in 9" pie plate.
Mix milk, egg and baking mix.
Pour over chicken mixture.
Bake 30 minutes or until golden.

Tip: *Or use Campbell's® Cream of Chicken with Herbs Soup.
Tip: Serve with a tossed green salad. For dessert serve pineapple tidbits.

Pasta Salad

This recipe is wicked easy...and I am sure it will become a favorite in your household, just as it has for us...


The Ingredients:

• 2-3 chopped chicken breasts
• 1 box/package of corkscrew noodles (we like the WackyMac, its colorful!)
• 1-2 fresh cucumbers
• 2-3 fresh tomatoes (we prefer to use 1 package of cherry/grape tomatoes)
• italian dressing
• shredded cheese (optional)
• on BIG bowl for all the ingradients to go into!

The Making Process :
(note: you do not have to do it all in this order)

• sautee` chicken in skillet, cook like you would if you were serving chicken for any other meal. set aside to cool.
• cook noodles according to directions on back of the box/package. set aside to cool.
• wash and chop cucumbers and tomatoes.
• once everything has cooled and the vegetables have been chopped, mix everything together in a BIG bowl.
• at this point you can go ahead and add the dressing and cheese if you would like, but you can also allow for each person to add these two ingradients into their personal bowls so that they have as much or as little as desired.

Yields: 6-8 servings (maybe?)