Pizza Margherita

• Pizza dough (formed into 2-4 balls, depending on size)
• Extra Virgin Olive Oil (abt. 3 TBS per pizza)
• 4-6 plum tomatoes, thinly sliced
• 12 fresh basil leaves
• 1 lb. fresh mozzarella, sliced
• Cornmeal, for dusting
• Salt & fresh ground pepper

If using a baking stone, place stone on bottom rack of oven and preheat oven as hot as possible.... 500-700 degrees.  Generously dust another pan or cutting board with cornmeal.  Toss dough into desired shape (abt 9-12 inches in diameter) and lay on dusted pan.  Drizzle the EVOO over the dough.  Top with mozzarella, tomatoes and basil.  Season with salt and pepper.  Transfer to hot baking stone in oven and bake for 6-10 minutes.

We had this for an enrichment activity.... super YUMM!

Peanut Butter Blondies

I totally want to try THIS recipe from Chocolate on my Cranium.  It's Peanut Butter Blondies!  I love all things peanut butter.

Maybe that will be what I make for my Sunday School Class next week!

Homemade Oreos

• 1 Devil's Food Cake Mix
• 3/4 C. shortening
• 2 eggs

Mix ingredients and roll into balls.  Bake at 375 for 5-7 minutes.  Cool Cookies.

Frosting:

• 4 oz. cream cheese, softened
• 1/2 cube butter or margarine, softened
• 1/2 lb. powder sugar
• 1/2 tsp. vanilla

Mix frosting ingredients.  Spread on cookie and put another cookie on top.

Elegant Chicken Salad

• 1 c. uncooked medium shell pasta
  
• 1/2 C. bottled cole slaw dressing
• 1/2 C. mayonnaise
• 2 C. (about 3/4 lb.) shredded cooked chicken
• 1 (20 oz.) can pineapple chunks, drained
• 1 (8 oz.) can sliced water chestnuts, drained and diced
• 1/2 large red-skinned apple
• 1 C. green seedless grapes
• 3 celery ribs, diced
• 1/2 TBS. grated onion
• 1 C. whole cashews
• salt and pepper

Cook the pasta according to package direction.  Drain and transfer to large bowl.  Mix the cole slaw dressing and mayo in a small bowl.  Add to the pasta, tossing gently to combine.  Refrigerate at least 2 hours.  Meanwhile, mix the chicken, pineapple, water chestnuts, apple, grapes, celery and onion in a medium bowl.  Refrigerate.  Just before serving, add the chicken mixture and cashews to the pasta, tossing gently until all the ingredients are combined.  Season to taste with salt and pepper. 

This recipe comes from the book.... the Food Nanny Rescues Dinner by Liz Edmunds

Chicken & Broccoli Casserole

• 1 pkg. frozen chopped broccoli (cooked)
• 1 1/2 C. cooked chicken
• 1 10.5oz. can cream of chicken soup
• 1/2 C. mayo
• 1/2 T. lemon juice
• 1/4 tsp. curry powder
• 2-3 slices of bread

Put cooked broccoli in bottom of casserole dish.  Mix chicken, soup, mayo, lemon juice and curry powder.  Spread over broccoli.  Break bread into pieces and put on top of chicken mixture.  Season bread crumbs with salt and pepper or some other sort of seasoning like Mrs. Dash.

Bake at 350 for 30-40 minutes.

Porcupine Meatballs

• 1 lb. ground beef
• 1/2 c. minute rice
• 2 T. green pepper (chopped finely)
• 2 T. onion (chopped finely)
• 1 tsp. salt
• 1/2 tsp. celery salt
• 2 c. tomato juice
• 1/2 tsp. cloves
• 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
• 2 T. sugar
• 1 T. Worcestershire sauce

Mix ground beef, rice, green pepper, onion, salt and celery salt and form into balls.  Brown meatballs in frying pan.  Mix tomato juice, cloves, cinnamon, sugar and Worcestershire sauce and pour over browned meatballs.  Simmer 30-40 minutes.

Serve over Rice.