Smothered PepperJack Chicken

This is so good, I have made it on many occasions and can be done on the grill or on stovetop.

4 boneless Skinless Chicken breast
1 pkg bacon, cooked
Sliced Mushrooms
Sliced Onions
Pepperjack Cheese
oil
Salt and pepper to taste

Cook chicken in skillet until brown on both sides and no longer pink on inside. When Chicken is done pull from skillet and cook mushrooms and onions in same skillet.  Put chicken back in skillet and top with sauteed mushrooms, onions and cooked bacon. Add cheese and cover with lid until cheese melts and serve.

Breaded Artichoke Hearts

These were something I found in a Taste of Home Italian cookbook, so I decided to give them a try.

4-6 Fresh Artichokes cooked, leaves removed down to heart
Panko Bread Crumbs
Grated Parmesan Cheese
1 Egg
Seasoning salt
Pepper
Garlic Powder
Oil

Cook artichokes until tender. Pull away leaves (eat or save for later) Remove fuzz from heart. Cut into 1/4 or 1/6 (depending on how many will be eating them)

Mix Panko crumbs with seasoning salt, pepper, Parmesan cheese and garlic powder.

Dip hearts into egg and then crumbs. Cook in hot oil till lightly browned.

Serve with Ranch or marinara sauce.

Pesto Sauce and Pasta

This is something I threw together for a quick meal. I had never made pesto sauce before but I will definitly be making it again. Next time I do this I am going to add more to it such as onion, chicken etc.

Ingredients:

McCormick Pesto Sauce (prepared as instructions on package)
Tomato Diced
Pasta of your choice. I used Barilla--Gemelli


Cook pasta to your liking (or if you follow directions :) cook as package directs), in smaller saucepan cook Pesto sauce and when pasta is done and drained add your pesto mix to it and diced tomatoes.

Serve with Broiled Garlic Toast YUM!!!

Swiss Mushroom Onion Burgers

These are super easy and not something I came up with myself obviously but I wanted to share them because they are so good.

Ingredients:
1 pound Ground Beef
Worcheshire sauce, few dashes
Canadian Steak Seasoning (or any seasoning of your choice)
Sliced Swiss Cheese
Hamburger Buns
Fresh Mushrooms sliced
1 medium onion
Tablespoon butter
Minced Garlic

In a bowl mix burger with Worchestershire sauce and seasonings of your choice make into patties. Grill burgers to your liking.

While burgers are grilling put Mushrooms, onion, butter, minced garlic and dash of Worchestshire sauce in foil, close tight and place on grill and let cook while burgers are cooking.

When burgers are done, take off grill and place on bun putting mushrooms on top of burger and a slice of cheese on top of mushrooms. (If you put cheese on before your mushrooms, they will just fall off if you put cheese over mushrooms and burger it holds it in one place)

I don't add Ketchup or Mustard but you can. :) Enjoy. Here are some pics!!

Chicken smothered in Raspberry Habenero Cream Cheese Sauce.

Ok so I didn't get this posted after I made it so here it is now. I don't really have a name for it because well I just threw it together.

What you Need:

4 chicken breasts
1 brick cream cheese
1/2 cup water (can use chicken broth if prefer)
1/2 jar Raspberry Habenero Sauce (from Pampered chef) (can use salsa or can rotel or anything really)

Cook Chicken in skillet until done. Remove chicken. In same skillet add cream cheese and water and cook until cream cheese is melted. Once melted add sauce of your choice (I have used Salsa, Rotel, etc) Slice Chicken into strips or chunks (whichever you prefer) and add back to sauce. Simmer for 5-10 min. Then it is ready to serve. After putting on plate put a little sauce over the top and you are ready to eat.

I served it with Potatoes, squash, onion and green bell pepper. Deviled Eggs, and Strawberries.

Tonight for supper

Tonight I am making something I call Smothered Chicken I guess. I will take pictures and post the recipe later. It is so good and easy. There are many different ways to make it as well. I haven't forgotten about the blog I just don't do a lot of cooking over the weekends so I didn't have anything to post. I will have several things this week to add. :)

Cucumber Salsa

This is a recipe I got from my Sister in Law, Ashley, who got it from someone else! It is such a good recipe for the summer time using fresh veggies from the garden.

Ingredients:
3 med sized cucumbers
1 can Rotel (drained)
1 pkg Dry Ranch packet (NOT BUTTERMILK)
Red, yellow and Orange Bell Peppers
1 medium purple onion

Dice cucumbers, onions and bell peppers (I use my manual food processor) Add Rotel and Dry Ranch packet and stir together. Let sit in fridge before serving and serve with Tortilla chips. :) ENJOY!!

I use the different colored peppers to make the salsa pretty and colorful. You can use just green peppers if you prefer, also I don't care for the taste of green so I choose the sweeter colored peppers.