Garlic Pam Chicken

So simple and way yummy! It is great for an easy to make dinner!

What you need:

• 1 sleeve ritz crackers
• 3/4 cup grated parm
• 3 or 4 cloves garlic (leave in larger pieces)
• butter
• 6 BL SL chicken breasts
• a few dasges of garlic powder
• salt and pepper

What you do:

1. Preheat oven to 350
2. Cruch ritz crackers (I crush them while still in sleeve to make less of a mess) and pour into a pie pan
3. mix in parm,garlic powder, salt, and pepper
4. melt 1/2 cup butter on stove (you may need more)
5. Before it fully melts stir in garlic cloves 
6. Let simmer for a few minutes
7. Pound chicken to around 1/2 inch (I cover mine in plastic wrap first)
8.  Pour butter into second pie pan, take out large garlic pieces.
9. Dip chicken into butter then into crumb mixture.
10. Dip into butter one more time and back into crumb mixture.
11.  Place in glass baking dish sprayed with PAM
12. Bake for 30 minutes

Tips:
I always double bread or crust everything for more of a crunch.
Make sure the butter doesnt start to darken too much or it might taste burnt.
If you let the chicken come to room temperature before cooking it will cook more evenly.
You can bread lots of things with this technique! I have tried pork and elk. Both were yummy!

Loaded Potato and Chicken Casserole

This recipe definitely has a bite but I liked it that way. If you don't like too much spice use less Tabasco.

What you need:

• 1 lbs chicken
• 8 potatoes, peeled and cubed
• 1/3 cup olive oil
• 1 1/2 t salt
• 1 T pepper
• 1 T smoked paprika
• 2 T garlic salt
• 3 t Tabasco
• 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
• 1 cup shredded mozzerella cheese
• 1 cup bacon bits
• 1 cup green onion diced 

What you do:

1. Preheat oven to 450
2. Mix together olive oil, salt, pepper, paprika, garlic salt, and Tabasco.
3. Add potatoes and mix.
4. Spray 9x13 dish with Pam.
5. Add potatoes but don't pour in! Leave extra sauce in bowl.
6. Bake for 45 minutes but stir every 15 minutes.
7. Dice up chicken and marinate in extra sauce while potatoes bake.
8. In separate bowl mix cheese, bacon & green onion.
9. Once potatoes are done mix in chicken.
10. Layer toppings over the top.
11. Bake for another 15 minutes or until chicken is done and cheese is melted.

Cheesy Rice, Spinach, and Sausage One Pot Casserole!

This is a great fast meal with easy clean up! Everything is done in one pot. It is definitely doing into my family regular rotation!What you need:

• 1 T minced garlic
• 2 T olive oil
• sausage, either sliced or removed from the case(I used 2 regular sized and removed the casing)
• 1/2 onion diced (I dont like big pieces so we put it in the food processor and shred it)
• 1 can condensed cheese soup
• 1 cup rice
• 2 cups water
• spinach
• salt
• pepper

What you do:

1.  In a skillet, heat oil.
2. Add onions, garlic and sausage. cook until the onions are tender. about 5-6 minutes.
3. Add rice, water, soup, salt and pepper.
4. Mix well.
5. Bring to boil. Cover and simmer.
6. 15-20 minutes. Until rice is tender.(this depends on the rice you use. Check what the directions for the rice says and base it off of that.)
7. Remove from heat. Stir in a couple handfuls of spinach.
8. Serve hot.

It is really yummy! Hope you like it!

Amazing Homemade Mac and Cheese

This is such an easy recipe that is so good. It is great for both kids and adults. Much better then the boxed stuff.

What you need:

•  3 cups dry pasta
• 4 T butter
• 4 T flour
• 1 t salt
• 1/2 t pepper
• 2 cups milk
• 2 cups shredded mild cheese

What you do:

1. Cook pasta. Drain and set aside. 
2. Melt butter in sauce pan
3. Whisk in flour, salt and pepper. Cook 3-4 minutes.
4. Whisk in milk and stir until it starts to thicken(2-3 minutes)
5. Reduce heat to simmer. stir in cheese.
6. Mix in pasta.  
7. Serve warm.

This is a thicker sauce. If you want it thinner after you mix in pasta just slowly add in milk until it is the texture you like.

Quinoa with Corn and Scallions

I have to admit I thought this recipe would be just okay but it was something I will definitely be making again. It had great flavor.

What you need:

• 1 cup frozen corn (can substitute canned corn)
• 2 T lemon juice.
• 1/4 cup butter melted
• 1 T honey
• 1/2 t salt
• 1/4 t pepper
• 2 cups uncooked quinoa
• 4 scallions

 What you do:

1. cook frozen corn as directed. (if using canned leave cold)
2. Whisk together lemon juice, butter, honey, salt, and pepper in small bowl.
3. Rinse quinoa with cold water until water is clear.
4. Cook quinoa as directed on package.
5. Mix quinoa, corn and scallions.
6. Drizzle with dressing and toss until coated.
7. Serve warm

Cheesy Grub Sandwiches

I know the name of these is kind of a deterrent to try them but they are really good. They are definitely not the healthiest meal option out there but we all have those days where we just need something covered in cheese.
The original recipe can be found here .I just did some minor tweaking to make it less heavy. 
Apparently these sandwiches are really popular in Chicago. Before I found the recipe I had never heard of them. The best way I can think of to describe them is they are like a sloppy joe but instead of the red sauce it has a cheese sauce.
What you need:

• 1 lb hamburger (I tried elk burger and that was good too)
• 2 t Montreal steak or Famous Daves Steak Seasoning
• 1 t worchestershire sauce
• 3 T butter
• 2 T flour
• 1/2 yellow onion
• 3/4 cup milk
• 1 cup shredded sharp cheddar cheese
• salt and pepper
• lettuce
• hoagies

What you do:

1. Brown meat in skillet. Season with steak seasoning and worchestershire sauce.
2. Drain off fat and set meat aside.
3. Melt butter in pan.
4. Add in diced onion.
5. Cook until it begins to soften.
6. Mix in flour.
7. Cook 3-4 minutes longer.
8. Whisk in milk and bring to a boil.
9. Mix until it smooths out.
10. Once it begins to thicken remove from heat and stir in cheese and meat.
11. Salt and pepper to taste.
12. Serve in hoagies with lettuce.

Definitely a family pleaser! 
Make sure you use sharp cheddar cheese it makes a ton of difference! 

Steak Marinade

Found this awesome marinade on pinterest. It has amazing flavor and I had all of the stuff laying around my house!

What you need:

•  1/3 cup soy sauce
• 1/2 cup olive oil
• 1/3 cup lemon juice
• 1/4 cup Worcestershire sauce
• 1 1/2 T garlic powder
• 3 T basil
• 1 1/2 T Parsley
• 1 t white pepper
• 1/8 t cayenne
• 1 t minced garlic

What you do:

1. Mix all ingredients.
2. Pour over steak.
3. Cover and refrigerate for a couple hours.
4. Drain juice off.
5. Cook meat as desired.