Red Velvet Cookies with White Chocolate Chunks

Red Velvet Cookies with White Chocolate Chunks

• 1 box of Red Velvet Cake Mix
• 1 cup of All-Purpose Flour
• 2 sticks of softened butter
• 1 egg
• 2 cups of White Chocolate Chunks

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a mixing bowl, add butter and mix until soft and fluffy. Slowly add cake mix and flour. Once combined, add egg and mix completely. Add white chocolate chunks, and mix for a minute or so until well combined. Form dough into one inch balls, and place into the oven for 8-10 minutes.

Baked Lemon Chicken

Found this on Pinterest (my new fav website!!) Super easy...and really good...and it's even healthy! It doesn't get much better!

1/4 cup good olive oil
3 tablespoons minced garlic (9 cloves)
1/3 cup dry white wine
1 tablespoon grated lemon zest (2 lemons)
2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice
1½ teaspoons dried oregano
1 teaspoon minced fresh thyme leaves
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
4 boneless chicken breasts
1 lemon

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
Warm the olive oil in a small saucepan over medium-low heat, add the garlic, and cook for just 1 minute but don’t allow the garlic to turn brown. Off the heat, add the white wine, lemon zest, lemon juice, oregano, thyme, and 1 teaspoon salt and pour into a 9 X 12-inch baking dish.

Pat the chicken breasts dry and place them skin side up over the sauce. Brush the chicken breasts with olive oil and sprinkle them liberally with salt and pepper. Cut the lemon in 8 wedges and tuck it among the pieces of chicken.

Bake for 30 to 40 minutes, depending on the size of the chicken breasts, until the chicken is done. Cover the pan tightly with aluminum foil and allow to rest for 10 minutes. Sprinkle with salt and serve hot with the pan juices.

Fresh Salsa

YUM! We made this at the Pampered Chef party I had...with the manual food processor...YOU MUST GET ONE...they ROCK!!!

Ingredients:
3 tomatoes
1 small onion
1 jalapeno
1 handful of fresh cilantro
garlic salt (to taste)
pepper (to taste)
1/2 lime juiced

Mix all of it up in the manual food processor...and it's done!! I added garlic salt because I didn't have any fresh garlic...but either will do. It was YUMMY! I wanted to also add black olives...but the hubby doesn't like them...so I left it out this time:-)

There is NO jar salsa that's better then fresh salsa!!

Cheesy Chicken and Pasta Bake

• 3 tablespoons butter
  
• kosher salt and black pepper
• 1/2 box penne pasta (I used wheat pasta)
• 1 teaspoon olive oil
• 1 boneless, skinless chicken breast cut into bite size pieces
• 3 tablespoons flour
• 3 garlic cloves, finely minced
• 3 cups whole milk
• 1 package white or cremini mushrooms
• 1/2 cup shredded provolone
  
• 1/2 cup freshly grated Parmesan
  

1. Preheat oven to 400. Butter baking dish. In a large pot of boiling salted water, cook pasta 3 minutes short of al dente; drain pasta and set aside.
2. While pasta is boiling, heat oil over medium-high heat in a large skillet. Season chicken with salt and pepper; cook until opaque throughout, 3 to 5 minutes. While chicken pan is still hot, toss the mushrooms in and saute until golden brown (3-4 minutes). Use a little extra olive oil if needed.
3. In a 5-quart Dutch oven or heavy pot , melt butter over medium. Add flour and garlic; cook, whisking, 1 minute. While whisking constantly, gradually add milk; bring to a simmer. Keep whisking frequently as sauce thickens, about 1 minute more. Add mushrooms; cook 1 minute. Take the pan off the heat and and gradually stir in provolone and Parmesan. (save a little of each cheese for topping)
   
4. Add chicken and pasta to pot; season with salt and pepper to taste. Sprinkle a little cheese on top.
5. Bake, uncovered, until top is golden and bubbling, about 25 minutes. Let stand 5 minutes before serving.

for the record...I didn't take this picture....I pulled it off the website.

Stuffed Bell Peppers

YUM! These are yummy and easy:-)

I decided to cook the meat before stuffing the peppers to speed up the process a little...and they were still delicious!

Ingredients:
3 bell peppers (any color)
1 lb hamburger meat
1/2 onion chopped
garlic salt
Worcestershire
1 can tomato sauce
1 cup rice (cooked)
italian seasoning

Directions:
Brown the meat with chopped onion...once brown...drain grease....add tomato sauce (whole can), italian seasoning, garlic salt, worcestershire sauce and pepper to taste...then stir in cooked rice.
Stuff each pepper with mixture and bake on 375 for about 30-45 min. Once they are almost done...top with a little shredded cheddar until melted. YUM!!!

You could add any other seasoning you want...I added a can of corn to my meat mixture tonight...it was good! Play with it...