Parmesan Tomatoes

Ingredients:
2 tomatoes sliced very thick
1/4 cup freshly grated parmesan
1 teaspoon chopped fresh oregano
1/4 teaspoon salt
pepper to taste
1 teaspoons olive oil

Directions:
Place sliced tomatoes on baking sheet. Preheat oven to broil. Brush tomatoes with olive oil, top with cheese and salt and pepper. Broil long enough to brown cheese...done!

Lemon Garlic Chicken

This chicken was so good...and moist! LOVED IT! Will start making this often:-)
I used chicken tenders because that's what I had....worked great!

Ingredients:
½ cup vegetable oil
3 tbsp. lemon juice
1½ tbsp. soy sauce
1 clove garlic, minced or pressed
½ tsp. dried oregano
salt/pepper
4-6 chicken tenders

Directions:
Combine first 6 ingredients in a mixing bowl. Whisk and then add chicken...let sit in fridge for up to 6 hours. I just did it for about 30 minutes and it was still great!
Preheat skillet to med high heat. Cook chicken turning once until it's browned and cooked through. Serve!!

Fried Pickles

Ingredients:
Sliced dill pickles
Mesa Corn Flour
Flour
pepper
cayenne pepper
garlic powder
1 cup of buttermilk (or more if you are doing TONS of pickles)
vegetable oil 1 inch in pan

Directions:
Heat vegetable oil to 350 (hot)....but it shouldn't be smoking...I used med-high on my stove and ended up turning it down to medium.
Put 1/3 cup of each four in bowl...add spices and mix together. Drain a few handful of pickles and pat with paper towel to make sure they are dry. Poor buttermilk in bowl...add pickles. Let them sit in the buttermilk for about 10 minutes. Pull pickles out one by one and roll them around in the flour mixture until they are covered...set on separate plate. (You can do the whole shake in plastic bag too if you want...that would work)Once you are done with all of the pickles add each one slowly to the hot oil (make sure it's bubbling)....cook pickles in batches of about 5-10 at a time. Cook for about 1-2 minutes until they are brown...remove and put on paper towel to drain. Serve with ranch...YUM!!!!

Sweet Bacon Chicken

This is REALLY easy...and very tasty!!

3 chicken breasts cut in half

6 bacon slices

salt and pepper to taste

garlic powder

chili powder

brown sugar

Cut each breast into 2 pieces, season all the chicken with the spices, then wrap a bacon slice around each piece, roll in brown sugar and place into an oven proof dish....make sure you have some olive oil in the dish too, like 2 or 3 tablespoons is fine.

Bake at 400 degrees for 30 to 40 minutes or until chicken is cooked through and bacon is nice and brown and crispy. 

White-Chocolate Cherry Shortbread

YUM!

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup maraschino cherries, drained and finely chopped
• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 cup cold butter
• 12 ounces white chocolate baking squares with cocoa butter, finely chopped
• 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
• 2 drops red food coloring (optional)
• 2 teaspoons shortening
• White nonpareils and/or red edible glitter (optional)Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Spread cherries on paper towels to drain well.

  2. In a large bowl, combine flour and sugar. Using a pastry blender, cut in the butter until mixture resembles fine crumbs. Stir in drained cherries and 4 ounces (2/3 cup) of the chopped chocolate. Stir in almond extract and, if desired, food coloring. Knead mixture until it forms a smooth ball.

  3. Shape dough into 3/4-inch balls. Place balls 2 inches apart on an ungreased cookie sheet. Using the bottom of a drinking glass dipped in sugar, flatten balls to 1-1/2-inch rounds.

  4. Bake in preheated oven for 10 to 12 minutes or until centers are set. Cool for 1 minute on cookie sheet. Transfer cookies to a wire rack and let cool.

  5. In a small saucepan, combine remaining 8 ounces white chocolate and the shortening. Cook and stir over low heat until melted. Dip half of each cookie into chocolate, allowing excess to drip off. If desired, roll dipped edge in nonpareils and/or edible glitter. Place cookies on waxed paper until chocolate is set. Makes about 60.

Peppermint Popcorn Bark

1 big bowl of popcorn...I popped my own...but you could use microwave...no butter though!
1 6oz box candy canes, crushed
1/2 of the big package Almond Bark
1 tsp peppermint extract

Place popcorn in a very large bowl - the biggest one you have. Pour crushed candy canes on top of the popcorn. Melt almond bark according to instructions on the package. Add the peppermint extract or oil to the almond bark and pour over popcorn. Stir until all the popcorn is coated. Pour popcorn on wax paper and allow to harden. Once the popcorn has hardened, break into pieces and enjoy!

Spinach Scramble

I am trying to eat a little healthier...and wanted to try to cook breakfast for a full week and this is what I came up with. It's really good!...and healthy:-) I figure a small portion of this...a piece of toast with peanut butter (natural) and a small glass of OJ would be a good place to start:-)

Ingriedients:
12 eggs srambled
salt and pepper
tbls olive oil
1 bell pepper
1/2 large onion
1 package of mushrooms
1 bunch of fresh spinach
2 cloves garlic

Directions:
Chop up onion, bell pepper and garlic...saute in olive oil until tender...add mushrooms...saute another 5 min...then add spinach...saute about 5 min until spinach is wilted and most of the moisture has evaporated. Sprinkle with salt and pepper...stir. Add scrambled eggs and cook on med, stirring frequently, until eggs are done. Add a little more salt and pepper at the end.

Put in large container and enjoy throughout the week!