Portabello Mushroom Pizzas

The ingredients can be switched out with any pizza toppings of your choice. I created these pizzas on baby bellas, but the large sized mushrooms would work best. I wish I had a picture to share with you. The sauce came out juicier than I was expecting, but the final product was delicious.

INGREDIENTS:

• Portabella Mushrooms
• Packet of pizza sauce
• Mozzarella Cheese (shredded or cut into slices)
• Olives
• Pepperoni

DIRECTIONS:

• Remove the stems from each mushroom and place on a cookie sheet.
• Pour a light serving of pizza sauce into each mushroom.
• Top with shredded cheese, 1/2 of an olive, and a slice of pepperoni.
• Bake for approximately 10 minutes. 

Slow Cooker Shredded Chicken Tortillas

Ingredients (makes 3 large tortillas):

• 4 large pieces of chicken
• 3/4 cup chili con queso salsa (or regular salsa)
• 1/2 can cream of chicken soup
• 1 packet taco seasoning

Directions:

• Place chicken in crock pot and cover with packet of taco seasoning.
• Mix salsa and cream of chicken soup, then pour over chicken.
• Cook for 4-8 hours
• Shred chicken with a knife and fork. Serve into tortillas.

Bon Appetit!

Pork Chops- with Cream of Chicken Soup

INGREDIENTS

• Pork Chops
• 1 small can cream of chicken soup
• Hidden Valley Ranch dry powder mix
• Salt
• Milk (optional)

DIRECTIONS

• Cook pork chops for 2-3 minutes per side on the stove. Sprinkle with salt while cooking.
• In a separate pan, heat up one can of cream of chicken soup mixed with 2 tbsp ranch mix (or more, for taste). Add milk if you would like the sauce to be creamier.
• Pour sauce over chicken and serve.

For an even easier way to cook this...

• Place all ingredients in the crock pot. Cook on high for 2 hours or low for 4-5 hours.

When cooking in the crock pot, the sauce will be very thin. Add milk after cooking to thicken it, if preferred. 

Honey-Glazed Chicken

I've purposely never tried honey-glaze chicken recipes before. In general, I don't enjoy the taste of honey, so it wouldn't make sense to make an entire dinner devoted to it. However, after coming home late from work and looking for something to cook, I just happened to have all of the ingredients for this one in my cabinet. So I gave it a try.

 

While the sauce was heating up, I dipped a spoon in to try it out. It's my favorite part of cooking. I became a little worried though... I hated the taste of it. I was pretty much assuming I'd be putting on some shoes and socks and heading to the hot dog store down the street.

 

Don't be fooled though. When it all came together I was really quite happy with the meal. The honey wasn't as strong as I thought it would be, but it added a really nice taste that was different from what we were used to. I'm not sure if the soybean oil was the best choice though. Next time I make it I might skip it and see if it makes a difference.

 

 

INGREDIENTS:

3-6 pieces of chicken
1 cup flour
1 tsp Salt
2 tsp Chili powder
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 tsp soybean oil or 1 tsp soy sauce
1 tbsp curry powder
1/2 cup honey
3 tbsp butter



DIRECTIONS:

• Pour melted butter in a casserole dish. Set aside.
• Mix flour, salt, and chili powder.
• Coat chicken in mixture and place in casserole dish. Flip chicken once to coat both sides with butter.
• Bake for 15 minutes.
• While baking, use a small sauce pan to make honey-glaze.
• Mix brown sugar, soybean oil, curry powder, and honey. Heat on stovetop.
• After 15 minutes of baking, pour honey-glaze mixture over the chicken and continue to make for another 20-25 minutes.

Notes: Half-way through the baking I used a spoon to take some of the sauce that had fallen to the bottom of the casserole dish and poured it over the chicken to recoat with honey-glaze.