Baked Pasta with Chicken

Baked Pasta with Chicken

2 Tbs. olive oil
2 large tomatoes diced
1/2 large yellow onion finely chopped
1 tsp. chopped garlic
4 cups marinara sauce ( the $1.00 Del Monte stuff is perfect 2 cans)
1/2 tsp. crushed red pepper flakes
3 cups chopped coked chicken
1 package rotini noodles
1 cup fresh basil chopped
3/4 cup grated parmigiana cheese
2 cups fresh mozzarella cheese diced

Heat oven to 400. Bring large pot of water to boil, add pasta until it is al dente. Drain pasta and put in a bowl. In a skillet add tomatoes, onions, and garlic. Cook for 5 min. Then stir in the marinara sauce & pepper flakes. Simmer for 5 min. Remove sauce from heat and stir in chicken. Pour 2 cups of the sauce in the bowl with pasta and stir.
Grease a 3 quart baking dish. Layer the pasta in the dish and then layer basil, parmigiana, and mozzarella cheese with the pasta and sauce. Repeat until all the ingredients are used. Ending with the Mozzarella on top. Bake for 25 min. until the top of cheese is golden.

Chili Shrimp & Coconut Risotto

Chili Shrimp & Coconut Risotto-

2 Tbs. olive oil
1 pound shrimp (or 3 breasts diced cooked chicken**)
2 minced garlic cloves
1tsp. salt
1 Tbs. chili paste
1 14oz. can coconut milk
4 cups cooked rice
1 cup bean sprouts
2 green onions chopped
1 Tbs. lime juice
4 basil leaves cut into strips

Heat the oil in a large saute pan over med. heat. Add shrimp, garlic, and salt until shrimp is pink. Remove and set aside. Add chili paste and coconut milk to pan and bring to a boil. Then turn down heat and stir occasionally until it is thickened and reduced by half. Then add the rice, bean sprouts, scallions, lime juice, and then the shrimp. Cook until heated 3-4 min. Then before serving toss in the basil leaves and stir.

** My kids don't like shrimp so instead I used chicken and it was so good!

(From the Wicke's kitchen. If you have this recipe, I did change this a bit from the original)

Ritz Chicken

Ritz Chicken

4 chicken breasts butterflied
2 Tbs. melted butter
3/4 cup sour cream
1/4 tsp. salt 1/4 tsp. pepper
1 pkg. Ritz crackers smashed

Line the 9x13 pan with tin foil and put melted butter in the bottom of the pan. Put chicken in the bottom of the pan. Spread sour cream over the top of the chicken then add salt and pepper. Then sprinkle the Ritz crackers over the top. Cook at 350 for 35 min. I usually serve with couscous, or a chicken flavored rice!

Chicken Rolls

Chicken Rolls

4 breast chicken cooked and diced
4 green onion stalks chopped
1 pkg. cream cheese
dash of salt & pepper
Mix all these ingredients together in a bowl.

2 pkgs crescent rolls- (it does make a difference if you buy anything but Pillsbury, it is not as easy to use)
1 cup Italian bread crumbs (see pic below in Chicken Parmesan recipe)

Roll out the rolls and put a dollop of the mixture and cover it with the roll. Then roll in the bread crumbs and then put on a lightly sprayed pan.

Then put in the oven at 350 for about 25 min. or until the rolls are browned.

I serve with rice and a chicken gravy. This is my kids favorite meal. They eat more than my husband or myself!

Chicken Parmesan

Chicken Parmesan

6 chicken breasts sliced in half then cut into strips
3 eggs
3/4 cup Italian Style bread crumbs ***
3/4 cup parmesan cheese- (you can use Kraft brand, doesn't have to be fresh, but it is really, really good fresh)
Mozzerella Cheese

Put the eggs in one dish beat them. In another dish add the crumbs and cheese and stir together. Then take the strips of chicken and dip them in the egg and then into the dry mixture. Then put onto a lighlty greased pan. (see below)

Then put in to the oven at 350 min for 40 min. you do not need to turn these. When they are done, add them to the top of your pasta and sauce then you can add Mozzerella cheese on top. Yum!

(I used the Italian Marina Sauce in the post below for this recipe.)

***You can get the Italian crumbs at Costco and I have another dish that I will post later that you use them with. They are great!

Indian Curry

Indian Curry

4 chicken breasts diced (raw)
1 24 oz can Crushed Tomatoes
1 14 oz. can tomatoes sauce
1/2 cup onion chopped very small
3 Tbs. curry powder
2 Tbs. ground ginger
2 tsp. chili powder
2 tsp. salt
2 tsp. garam marsala (optional- gives it a very slight musky sweet taste)

Add all ingredients in a pan a on med-low or crock pot cook until chicken is cooked. Serve over rice. This is a little spicy. If you don't want it to be, cut the ginger and chili powder by half.

I will add pictures when I download my camera.