Thursday, August 27, 2009

Honey Baked Chicken

Ingredients
3-4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
4 Tbsp butter
1 cup honey
1 tsp salt
2 Tbsp prepared mustard

Directions
Season chicken. (I just use a little garlic salt and lots of cracked pepper)

Place the chicken in a greased or foil-lined baking dish. Bake uncovered at 325 degrees for 30 minutes.

Meanwhile, in a small saucepan, combine butter, honey, salt and mustard. Cooke and stir over low heat until well blended and heated through.

Once your chicken has cooked for 30 minutes, take it out of oven. Pour honey mixture over the chicken.

Bake the chicken again, uncovered, 30-35 minutes or until a meat thermometer reaches 170 degrees.

Baste (or spoon mixture over mixture) before serving.

Monday, August 17, 2009

Honey Bun Cake

Ingredients
- Box yellow cake mix
- 3/4 cup vegetable oil
- 1/2 sugar
- 4 eggs
- 1 cup sour cream (8 oz. container)
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 3 Tbsp cinnamon
- 1 cup pecans

Icing
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 4 Tbsp milk
- 1 Tbsp vanilla flavoring

Directions
Mix cake mix, oil, 1/2 cup sugar, 4 eggs, and sour cream together.

Pour half of the batter into a cake pan.

Mix brown sugar, cinnamon, and pecans together. Pour over batter and swirl with a knife.

Pour remaining batter over brown sugar mixture. Bake on 325 for 40 minutes.

For the icing: Whisk together powdered sugar, milk, and vanilla until smooth.

Once cake is done, poke cake with a fork and drizzle icing over the cake while the cake is still hot.

Mini Turtles

Ingredients
- Mini pretzels
- Rolos
- Whole pecans

Directions
Place pretzels on a cookie sheet.

Unwrap Rolos and place one rolo on each pretzel.

Bake on 350 for about 3 minutes. You just want the Rolo to get soft. It may still look as if it keeps its shape.

Take the pretzels out of the oven and push a pecan on top of the Rolo.

Let cool.

Janell's Hershey Bar Pie

This is so easy and so good!

Ingredients

-4 regular size millk chocolate Hershey Bars
- 8 oz. Cool Whip
- 1 graham cracker pie crust

Directions
Melt chocolate bars in microwave. Be sure not to burn the chocolate. It melts quickly.

Stir in Cool Whip.

Pour into the crust and chill for at least 3 hours.

* Keep refrigerated!

Meredith's Chick Roll-Ups.

I took Meredith's recipe and added a few things to it. It is delicious!

Ingredients

- 4 chicken breasts
- 8 oz. cream cheese
- 1 can cream of chicken soup
- 1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese
- 2 cans crescent rolls
- Melted butter
- Bread crumbs

Directions
Season chicken. Cook on the frying pan until done.

Cut chicken into small pieces.

Mix cream cheese, chicken soup, chicken and cheddar cheese in bowl. Mix well.

Place a big scoop of chicken mixture on open crescent roll. Close each roll and make sure there are no big holes in the rolls.

Roll the crescent roll in melted butter and then roll in bread crumbs.

Place on a cookie sheet and bake on 400 degrees for about 10 minutes or until crescent rolls are golden brown.

You can also throw together some gravy by using another can of cream of chicken soup. Add milk until the gravy is as thin as you want. Add salt and pepper. This is great on top of the roll-ups.

Easy Pepper Steak

Ingredients

- 1 pack of McCormick Brown Gravy Mix
- 3/4 cup water
- 1 Tbsp soy sauce
- 1 1/2-2 lbs sliced steak
- 1 Tbsp oil
- 1 medium onion (sliced)
- 1 green pepper (sliced)

Directions
Combine brown gravy mix, water, and soy sauce. Set aside.

Heat Tbsp oil in large skillet. Saute onion and peppers until soft.

Add meat. Saute meat 8-10 minutes or until brown.

Stir in brown gravy mixture, bring to a boil and simmer for 10 minutes.

Serve over rice.

Thursday, August 13, 2009

Welcome

E.A.T. Lafone Home like E.T. Phone Home.

Silly... I know.

I wanted a place to get all my recipes together.

I also wanted to share them with others.

Enjoy!

Quick Chicken

Ingredients
4 skinless, boneless chicken breasts
Dijon mustard
1/4 cup Teriyaki sauce
Real bacon bits
Grated Parmesan cheese

Directions
Preheat oven to 400.

Place chicken in a glass casserole dish.

Slather Dijon mustard evenly over chicken.

Pour Teriyaki sauce evenly over mustard slathered chicken breasts.

Sprinkle bacon bits over chicken then add cheese on top.

Bake for 30 minutes.
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So easy and so good!

Olive Garden Spaghetti Sauce

This is the best spaghetti sauce recipe we have found so far. It is super easy and so delicious!

Ingredients
1 lb hamburger (or 1/2 lb. hamburger and 1/2 lb. ground Italian sausage)
1 14oz can stewed tomatoes
1 6 oz can V8 juice
1 jar spaghetti sauce
1/2 envelope onion soup mix
1/4 cup grape jelly
Mushrooms
Onion, chopped
Green pepper, chopped

Directions

Saute hamburger, onions, green pepper and mushrooms.

Add remaining ingredients and let simmer.

Mindy's Chicken Enchilada

Ingredients

2.5 lbs boneless chicken breasts
2 cans red enchilada sauce
1 cup salsa
1 package taco seasoning
8 oz sour cream
2 cups cheese (or more, if you want)
1 cup canned or frozen corn
2 pkgs burrito size flour tortillas (16 total)

Directions

Boil chicken, then simmer until it easily shreds. Meanwhile, in a medium bowl, combine enchilada sauce and salsa. I use my blender to puree (no chunks). I don't like chunks.

When chicken in done, shred in a large bowl. Add one cup of sauce mixture, sour cream, 1 cup of cheese, and corn. Add about half the taco seasoning. Mix and taste, adding more taco seasoning until you like it.

Fill and roll tortillas with chicken filling. Depending on how much filling you put in each enchilada, you may or may not use all the tortillas. Place enchiladas in a baking dish. Pour the remainder of the sauce mixture on the enchiladas. Top with the rest of the cheese. Cover with foil and back at 350 for 20 minutes. Remove foil and bake another 10 minutes.

Turkey and Spinach Manicotti

Ingredients

- 8 uncooked manicotti pasta shells
- 1/2 lb lean (at least 90%) ground turkey
- 1 medium onion, chopped (1/2 cup)
- 2 teaspoons finely chopped garlic
- 1 cup fat-free ricotta cheese
- 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
- 1 box (10 oz) cut spinach, thawed, squeezed to drain
- 1 1/2 cups pasta sauce (any flavor) or marinara sauce
- 2 tablespoons finely shredded Parmesan cheese

Directions
1. Heat oven to 375°F. Spray bottom and sides of 11x7-inch (2-quart) glass baking dish with cooking spray.

2. Cook pasta shells as directed on box, omitting salt. Rinse with cool water; drain well.

3. Spray 10-inch nonstick skillet with cooking spray. Cook turkey, onion and garlic over medium heat about 5 minutes, stirring frequently, until turkey is no longer pink. Remove from heat. Stir in ricotta cheese, Italian seasoning and spinach.

4. Spoon turkey mixture into shells; arrange in baking dish. Spoon marinara sauce over shells. Bake uncovered 20 to 25 minutes or until hot and bubbly. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese.

Mom's Vegetarian Chili

I call this Mom's Vegetarian Chili... with meat.

My Mom is a vegetarian. We, the Lafone's, are not.

Ingredients

2 Tbsp. butter or margarine
1 pound hamburger
3 cans stewed tomatoes
1 chopped onion
1 chopped bell pepper
2 tsp. minced garlic
2 Tbsp. chili powder
1 tsp. red pepper
1 Tbsp. cumin
1 Tbsp. oregano
1 Tbsp. basil
1 Tbsp. garlic powder
2 cups grated sharp Cheddar cheese
3 cans red kidney beans, drained
NOTE: You may add other spices

Directions

1. Saute onion, green pepper and minced garlic in butter until soft. Add ALL spices while you saute.

2. Brown your hamburger. Season with salt, lots of black pepper, and lots of garlic powder. Mom's rule is, "When you think it is enough, add more."

3. Add cooked meat and seasoned veggies together. Stir.

4. Add caned tomatoes and simmer for 15 minutes, stirring well.

5. Add kidney beans and simmer for 5 minutes. Stir well.

6. Add 2 cups of cheese while stirring. Simmer until cheese melts.

Serve with crackers.

Delicious!!

Bean Dip

This is a recipe I got from my best friend's mom.

Ingredients:

1 lb ground hamburger
1 small onion chopped
1 package taco seasoning mix
1 jar picante sauce or salsa – medium
Salt & Pepper to taste
Texas Pete to taste
1 8oz cream cheese
1 16oz sour cream
1 can bean dip (Frito Lay brand) or jalapeno bean dip (food lion brand)
1 bag of shredded Montera Jack & Cheddar cheese (at least 2 cups)

Directions:

1. Brown the hamburger with the chopped onion until done. Season with salt & pepper.

2. Drain any excess grease from the hamburger.

3. Add the taco seasoning mix with approriate amount of water (the back of the taco seasoning pack will tell you how much). Add Texas Pete to taste.

4. Mix the cream cheese, sour cream and bean dip together well.

5. Spread half of the cream cheese mixture on the bottom of a lightly greased baking dish. Spread half of the hamburger mixture on top of the cream cheese mixture. Sprinkle a layer of cheese on top of the hamburger mixture.

6. Repeat the layering ending up with the cheese on top.

7. Bake at 350 until cheese is melted. 20 – 30 minutes.

Serve with Frito Scoops.

Mushroom Rice

This recipe came from my Nana.
I don't know where she found it, but it is delicious!

Ingredients

-1 cup uncooked long-grained rice
-1 (10.5 oz) can condensed French onion soup
-1 (10.5 oz) can beef broth
1 (4 oz) can sliced mushrooms
1/4 cup butter

1. Preheat oven to 350.

2. Combine rice, onion soup, beef broth, mushrooms and butter in 8x8 casserole dish.

3. Bake for 60 minutes.

NOTE: Saute an onion and your mushrooms in the butter for a few minutes. Putting dots of cold butter didn't work out well in the dish. Nana said this is what she does to avoid butter issues.

Jay's Potatoes

My dad came up with this recipe when he was in Boy Scouts.

Ingredients
-Potatoes (6-8) white or red
-butter
-salt and pepper
-McCormick Broiled Steak Seasoning Salt
-onions, sliced
-water

1. Peel potatoes and slice, round and thin.
2. Cover bottom of 2 qt. baking dish with water.
3. Put in a layer of potatoes; salt and pepper them.
4. Sprinkle with steak seasoning and dot with butter.
5. Add a layer of onion.
6. Repeat layers.
7. Cover and back at 350 for 1 hour.

Paula Deen's Corn Casserole

Ingredients
1 (15-1/4 ounce) can whole kernel corn, frained
1 (14 3/4 ounce) can cream-style corn
1 (8oz) package corn muffin mix (I use Jiffy)
1 cup sour cream
1/2 cup (1stick) butter, melted
1-1 1/2 cups shredded cheddar cheese

Directions
Preheat oven to 350.

Stir together 2 cans of corn, corn muffin mix, sour cream, and melted butter.

Pour into a greased 9x13 inch casserole dish.

Bake 45 minutes, or until golden brown.

Remove from oven and top with cheddar cheese.

Cook 5-10 minutes until cheese is melted.

Let stand for 5 minutes then serve warm.

DELISH!

Cajun Chicken Pasta

Title: Cajun Chicken Pasta

From Red Lobster- recipe found online

Ingredients

-2 chicken breasts, cut into strips
-2 tsp cajun seasoning
-2 tbsp butter
-1 green pepper, chopped
-1 red pepper, chopped
-mushrooms, chopped
-1 green onion, chopped
-1 to 2 cups heavy cream
-1/4 tsp dried basil
-1/4 tsp salt
-1/4 tsp lemon-pepper seasoning
-1/8 tsp garlic powder
-1/8 tsp pepper
-4 oz linguine, cooked

1. Coat chicken with cajun seasoning.

2. Saute chicken in butter.

3. Add peppers, mushrooms and onion. Reduce heat.

4. Add cream and seasonings.

5. Heat through.

6. Add cooked linguine and toss.

Chicken Tetrazzini

From April 2006 Southern Living

Servings: 12

Ingredients

-1 (16oz) package vermicelli
-1/2 cup chicken broth
-4 cups chopped cooked chicken breasts
-1 (10 3/4 oz) can cream of mushroom soup
-1 (10 3/4 oz) can cream of chicken soup
-1 (10 3/4 oz) can cream of celery soup
-1 (8 oz) sour cream
-1 (6 oz) jar sliced mushrooms (drained)
-1/2 (2oz) shredded Parmesan cheese
-1/2 tsp salt
-1 tsp pepper
-2 cups (8 oz) shredded Cheddar cheese

~*I cooked my chicken on a skillet in butter. I just seasoned my chicken with spices first. I don't like boiled or baked chicken. Cook your chicken however you like.*~

1. Cook vermicelli according to package; drain. Return to pot and toss with chicken broth. I kept adding chicken broth because the pasta started drying out as it sat.

2. Stir together chicken and next 8 ingredients; add vermicelli and toss well.

3. Spoon mixture into 2 lightly greased 11-x7-inch backing dishes.

4. Sprinkle evenly with cheese.

5. Bake, covered at 350 for 30 minutes.

6. Uncover and back 5 more minutes or until cheese is melted and bubbly.

Janell's Taco Salad

Ingredients
1 lb. hamburger
1 head (or bag) of lettuce
1 green pepper
1 tomato
Taco cheese
1 small bottle Catalina dressing (cold)
1 bag Doritos (crunched up)

Directions
Brown hamburger and drain. Cool completely.

Chop lettuce (or open the bag and pour it out)

Dice the green pepper and tomato (and any other veggies you may want in your salad).

Put hamburger, lettuce, pepper, tomato, and cheese in a large bowl.

Just before serving stir in crunched up Doritos and Catalina dressing.
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So good on a hot summer night!

Ryan's BBQ Rub

We use this on everything!
It is a little spicy but so good!

1/2 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup paprika
1 Tbsp black pepper
1 Tbsp salt
1 Tbsp chili powder
1 Tbsp garlic powder
1 Tbsp onion powder
1 tsp cayenne pepper (Ryan adds more)

Hamburger Seasoning

Here is a great seasoning for your hamburgers.

1 tablespoon Worcestershire
2 teaspoons minced onion
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
1 lb. hamburger

Coffee Rub

I use to work at a restaurant that used coffee rub on their steaks.

This is the best I could come up with. It is excellent on steak!

1/2 cup coarse ground coffee (NO FLAVOR)
1/4 cup salt
1/4 cup pepper
1/4 cup dark brown sugar

Pork Tenderloin Marinade*

1/4 cup soy sauce
1 Tblsp honey
1 Tblsp brown sugar
2 cloves minced garlic
1 tsp. ginger
1/2 tsp. cinnamon

Mix brown sugar, ginger and cinnamon together.

Slather honey on the pork tenderloin.

Rub the brownsugar/ginger/cinnamon mix on the tenderloin.

Pour soy sauce over the top.

Spread miced garlic over tenderloin.

*Excellent on pork chops too!