This recipe comes from Melinda Tolleson from Arizona, and the MySurvey Member Recipes section. It is delicious. I only made one change and that was to toss the peas and add corn. Sorry pea lovers, I just don't like them, but you can keep them if you want. Jarom and I made this late one night when we didn't really eat dinner and were hungry. We don't cook together often but we have fun when we do. The only problem is our kitchen is so small that we bump into each other more than we cook-perhaps that is half the fun.
6 tsp. butter
6 tbsp. flour
1 c. half & half
1 c. peas and carrots (I used 1/2 can of corn and cut up 2 fresh carrots)
1 c. chopped onion
2 c. chicken broth
2 c. potatoes
2 c. chicken
Pie Crust:
2 c. flour, plus a handful
3/4 c. vegetable shortening
3/4 tsp. salt
1/3 c. water
1. Grill, boil or bake chicken-(I actually bought a rotissery chicken from the store and just peeled off the skin and took the meat off the bone). Melt butter in a large saucepan, add onion and cook until soft. Add the flour and chicken broth and bring to a boil, about 4-6 minutes. Once boiling, add half & half, potatoes, peas (corn), carrots and cooked chicken. Let cook to simmer.
2. Finally, while simmering, create your pie crust. You will need to pieces.
3. Place one pie crust in a pie plate and add chicken filling. Add top crust, crimp edges and seal. Bake in oven at 350 degrees for 30-40 minutes or until golden brown.
6-8 servings
Sunday, July 18, 2010
Gina's Brown Sugar Bacon
I saw this recipe on the Food Network while watching "Down Home With the Neely's". They wer making breakfast and eveything sounded so good. I originally planned to make the whole breakfast in April when Jarom's parents were visiting and then they didn't come down, so I just held onto it and put away for another time. Well, that time came earlier this month when my cousins came for the night on their drive back home from Southern California. It is a bit on the spicy side to for me, so next time I will have to tone it down a bit, but Katie called and asked for the recipe last week because she had a craving for it. After they left, I took some to the neighbors and they raved about it too. Enjoy!! Thanks Pat & Gina for this awesome recipe!!
1/4 c. light brown sugar
1/2 tsp. cayenne
1/4 tsp. black pepper
1/2 lb. thick-cut bacon, 8 slices
1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
2. Mix brown sugar, cayenne, and black pepper together in a medium bowl. Add bacon and toss.
3. Line a baking sheet with a wire rack (I also added a sheet of waxed paper under it to help with cleanup and less cooked-on sugar) and lay bacon on the rack. Patt any remaining spice mixture on the bacon. Put the baking sheet on the top rack of the oven and bake until crisp, about 15 minutes. Remove from the oven to a serving dish and let cool slightly before serving.
8 Servings
1/4 c. light brown sugar
1/2 tsp. cayenne
1/4 tsp. black pepper
1/2 lb. thick-cut bacon, 8 slices
1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
2. Mix brown sugar, cayenne, and black pepper together in a medium bowl. Add bacon and toss.
3. Line a baking sheet with a wire rack (I also added a sheet of waxed paper under it to help with cleanup and less cooked-on sugar) and lay bacon on the rack. Patt any remaining spice mixture on the bacon. Put the baking sheet on the top rack of the oven and bake until crisp, about 15 minutes. Remove from the oven to a serving dish and let cool slightly before serving.
8 Servings
Sorry for the Long Absence
Hi everyone!
I'm sorry for the long absence. I have just been busy with all kinds of crafts and and sewing trying to finish gifts for weddings. This year we have had a number of engagements and weddings in my family and we are still going. The next two months will be a marathon of travel to attend weddings. I prefer to make my gifts. I just think they are more personal and I put a lot of time, effort and love into them.
I have been cooking, but I haven't been trying a lot new recipes. I have a few here that I have made and really enjoyed and I will share them in the posts to follow. Now that it is summer, I don't really cook. The Northern California heat is just too much for me to have any ambition to cook-we have had several days in the 100's and the rest in the 90's. For this Pacific Northwest Columbia River Gorge girl that is just TOO HOT! I will cook if I'm planning a party or we have guests but if not, is easy frozen dinners, salads, fruit, etc.
I've come up with one of my own recipes. I had this cookie by Lofthouse called Strawberry Shortcake Cookies and I loved them. The company will not release it's recipe, so I searched the internet for one but just couldn't find one that seemed right. I decided to go into the kitchen and start playing around. My first try was a success. i have tweeked it a bit since then, and I'm imcredibly happy about it. In fact, I have plans to create other cookies with variations of my recipe for a Orange Cream, Banana Cream, Upside Down Pineapple, Coconut, etc. I haven yet to turn these ones into reality but I will when the weather cools down. i want to share my recipe, and I have with a few select ones, but I'm not ready to give it to the world just yet. I'm sorry, you will have to wait a bit longer. My neighbor says they are her favorite and everyone else that has had them has really enjoyed them. I'm even considering entering a contest I saw in a magazine with it. We'll see. I have so much on my plate and calendar right now that I don't know that I really have the time.
Without further ado, I'll get to posting my two most recent recipes that I've tried and enjoyed. I'll try to keep up on my posts.
Happy Summer!!
I'm sorry for the long absence. I have just been busy with all kinds of crafts and and sewing trying to finish gifts for weddings. This year we have had a number of engagements and weddings in my family and we are still going. The next two months will be a marathon of travel to attend weddings. I prefer to make my gifts. I just think they are more personal and I put a lot of time, effort and love into them.
I have been cooking, but I haven't been trying a lot new recipes. I have a few here that I have made and really enjoyed and I will share them in the posts to follow. Now that it is summer, I don't really cook. The Northern California heat is just too much for me to have any ambition to cook-we have had several days in the 100's and the rest in the 90's. For this Pacific Northwest Columbia River Gorge girl that is just TOO HOT! I will cook if I'm planning a party or we have guests but if not, is easy frozen dinners, salads, fruit, etc.
I've come up with one of my own recipes. I had this cookie by Lofthouse called Strawberry Shortcake Cookies and I loved them. The company will not release it's recipe, so I searched the internet for one but just couldn't find one that seemed right. I decided to go into the kitchen and start playing around. My first try was a success. i have tweeked it a bit since then, and I'm imcredibly happy about it. In fact, I have plans to create other cookies with variations of my recipe for a Orange Cream, Banana Cream, Upside Down Pineapple, Coconut, etc. I haven yet to turn these ones into reality but I will when the weather cools down. i want to share my recipe, and I have with a few select ones, but I'm not ready to give it to the world just yet. I'm sorry, you will have to wait a bit longer. My neighbor says they are her favorite and everyone else that has had them has really enjoyed them. I'm even considering entering a contest I saw in a magazine with it. We'll see. I have so much on my plate and calendar right now that I don't know that I really have the time.
Without further ado, I'll get to posting my two most recent recipes that I've tried and enjoyed. I'll try to keep up on my posts.
Happy Summer!!
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