Chicken stuffed potatoes

A savory herb baked potato stuffed with chili sauce chicken and topped with sour cream.

Preparation time: 10-15 minutes
Cooking time: 70 minutes
Serving size: 5

Ingredients
5 large baking potatoes
3 teaspoons vegetable oil
½ cup green onions, diced
½ teaspoon garlic powder
½ teaspoon fennel seeds
2 cups boneless skinless chicken breasts or thighs, chopped
1 large red pepper/green
1 teaspoon chili sauce
Sour cream
Salt and pepper to taste

Directions

1. Preheat the oven 350 F.
2. Wash potatoes and wrap in aluminum foil. Use a fork to stab 3-4 holes into the potato and bake on the bottom rack for 60 minutes.
3. In a medium skillet over low heat, cook green onions, garlic powder, and fennel seeds in vegetable oil for 1 minute; stir frequently. Add chicken, red peppers, chili sauce, and sprinkle salt. Cook for 10 minutes until chicken is no longer pink and the juices are clear; stir occasionally.
4. Cut potato horizontally, but do not cut all the way in half. Scrap the potato filling in to a large bowl while leaving the potato shell intact.
5. Add chicken mixture to potatoes and mix well. Spoon check mixture back in to the potato shells and top each potato with sour cream.

Tips:
1.Substitute ground beef or turkey for chicken.
2. Serve with fruit.

Fabulous Chicken Vegetable Soup for the Soul

Preparation Time: 10-15 minutes
Cooking Time: 1 1/2 hours
Serves: 4-6

Ingredients
1 pound boneless skinless chicken breasts, bite size pieces
5 cups chicken broth
2 cans 15.5 oz.northern beans, rinsed
2 large potatoes, peeled, cut into bit size pieces
2 cans 15.5 ounces diced tomatoes, undrained
1 cup onion, diced
1 cup celery, diced
1 cup carrots,diced
1 teaspoon pepper
2 small zucchini, chopped
1 1/2 cups frozen green beans

Salt (optional)

Directions

1. Pour all ingredients into 5 quart saucepan except northern beans  cover and cook on medium-low heat; stir occasionally. Cook for 1 hour 15 minutes;
2. Pour northern beans into saucepan and cook covered for 15 additional minutes. Serve with your favorite bread.

Tip: Use a strainer to drain the northern beans.

Mushroom Pierogie Skillet Dish

Looking for an easy recipe for those days the kids are yelling I’m hungry, why not try out this pierogie recipe for your family that doesn’t know when to stop. In the time you have left use it for  some “You” time. Happy Quick Cooking.

Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking Time: 20 minutes
Serving size: 2-4

Ingredients
1 Package (16.9) cheese and potato pierogies frozen
1 Can (4oz) sliced mushrooms; drained
1 Can (15.5) onion and garlic seasoned diced tomatoes
4 Slices smoked bacon
1 Large onion; sliced
1/4 Cup red pepper; chopped
1/4 Tsp salt and pepper; optional

Directions:

1. Brown bacon in skillet on medium low until crisp. Remove bacon from skillet and crumble into a bowl once cooled off.

2.Pour bacon drippings into a bowl and measure out 3 tablespoons bacon drippings and pour into skillet. Saute red peppers, and onions in skillet with bacon drippings. Next, add mushrooms and tomatoes and bring to a boil; set aside.

3.Prepare potatoes and 3 cheese pierogies according to package directions; add drained pierogies and crumbled bacon to skillet. Stir all ingredients together and saute until thoroughly warmed up.

Optional: Add a couple of chicken bouillon cubes to your water for added flavor to your pierogies.

Tip: If you cannot find tomatoes already seasoned with onions and garlic use a 1/2 tablespoon onion powder and 1 teaspoon minced garlic to mixture when you put in the tomatoes.

Kitchen Tips #15

1. Mix club soda with Koolaid for a fizzy drink similar to soda pop.

2. Mix together 50% club soda and 50% cold juice together for a fizzy juice drink.

3. Got cloudy ice tea? Add a pinch of baking soda to a pitcher of tea prevent cloudiness .

4. Make your own mint tea by adding a few sprigs of mint to a hot cup of tea.

5. Add marshmallows dipped into cinnamon to make a surprise to your hot chocolate.

Kick’n Cashew Cookies- Pulled

Time to get your bakers cap on to enjoy these yummy cashew cookies with a kick. They’re the kind of cookies your kids will be screaming from the roof top for more and with the holidays around the corner what other way to get the party planning started.

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