No Bake Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars

These have a more cookie dough texture than a cookie texture. Super easy only took15 min tops.

2 cups of flour
3/4 cup of brown sugar
1 soft stick of butter
1 tablespoon of vanilla
1 can of sweetened and condensed milk
1 bag of mini chocolate chips
Ganche:
1 cup of regular chocolate chips
1/4 cup of cream

Beat butter and sugar until fluffy

Mix in sweetened and condensed milk, vanilla, and flour.  Then slowly mix in chocolate chips. 

Press into a square pan.  Refrigerate for a couple hours.  To make the ganache (sorry I forgot to take a couple pictures) bring cream to a simmer.  Add in chocolate chips and let rest for five min and then whisk together.  Let cook for 15 min.  Spread cross bars and let set up. Then slice into pieces.

Chicken Bacon Pasta

 For those of you who know me well know I don't like bacon but Chris likes it even though he won't take the trouble to make it.  So, being a good wife I made bacon chicken  pasta.

Dry pasta
a couple chicken tenders
1 1/2cups of cream\
1 1/2 cups of white wine
mushrooms
crumbled bacon
salt and pepper
oil
flour

Cut chicken into bite size pieces and toss with flour.  Add to a hot skillet with oil.  Slice mushrooms and add to chicken.  Season with salt and pepper until tender and golden.

Add wine and bring to a simmer.  Stir in cream and add bacon and simmer.  Stir in cooked pasta.

I love blue cheese so I topped mine with blue cheese. 

Lemon Pepper Chicken and Roasted Vegetables

Roasted vegetables:
You can use any but I used onion, mushrooms, red bell pepper, zucchini

Roughly chop up veggies.  Zest in 2-3 cloves of garlic and sprinkle with salt and lemon pepper and oil.  Bake in a 450 oven for 30ish min until golden brown.

Chicken:
chicken breast
1/3 cup of flour
1/3 cup of bread crumbs
1 teaspoon of lemon pepper
1/2 teaspoon of seasoningsalt
oil

Whisk together dry ingridents.  Shake off excess flour and cook in a hot skillet  until golden brown.

 Cook orzo pasta and season with oil and lemon pepper and salt to taste.

Serve chicken, veggies, and pasta with tzatziki sauce.

Salsa Verde Pasta

This took 30 min and only one pot.  No colander or anything so way less dishes.

1/2 pound of penne pasta
1 1/2 cups of salsa verde (i used the stuff they sell at Costco)
1 cup of pepper jack cheese
1 can of chicken broth
1 cup of shredded chicken (you can use diced too)
1 cup of cream
fresh lime juice
salt and pepper to taste

Whisk cream, chicken broth, and salsa verde together and bring to a simmer.

Mix in dry pasta and continue to simmer.  Still occasionally to prevent sticking until the pasta  is tender.  About 15-18 min. 

When pasta is done and most of the liquid is absorbed.  Stir in 3/4 of the cheese and melt.  Then stir in chicken.  Be sure the cheese is all the way melted before you add the chicken or it will clump onto the chicken.

Brighten up with a juice from a couple of limes and adjust salt and pepper as needed.  Top with left over cheese.

BBQ chicken Chopped Salad

BBQ dressing:
1 cup of Mayon
1/2 cup of BBQ sauce (I like Stub's)
1/2 cup of sour cream
1 clove of garlic
a couple dashes of hot sauce

Whisk together mayo, sour cream and BBQ sauce.  Add in garlic and hot sauce.  Adjust with salt and pepper as needed.

You can vary the toppings to what you like:
Romain or ice burg lettuce
shredded chicken
cheddar cheese
bacon bites
Picp de Gallo
Tortilla chips of topping

Chop up lettuce and mix with dressing.  Add in chicken, cheese, and bacon.  Mix. Add in pico de gallo.  Top with chips.

Chicken Alfrado Pizza Rolls

These are another variation of other pizza rolls I have made.  I always struggle with filling them too much and then I can't get them to stay closed.

Sauce:
1 cup of cream
3 tablespoons of flour
2 tablespoons of butter
1/2 cup of Parmesan cheese
Salt and pepper
Fillings:
shredded chicken
mushrooms
mozzerella
bacon bites
(you can vary it to whatever you want_
Pizza dough

Melt butter and whisk in flour.  It will clump.  Cook for another min.

Whisk in cream until smooth.  Add in cheese and adjust salt and pepper.

I forgot to take some of the pictures.  Take some dough and roll out flat.  Put a little mozzarella cheese, bacon, chicken, mushrooms, and a spoonful of sauce.  Pinch securely closed.  Bake at 425 for 20 min or until the tops are golden.

Cimmamon Roll Cake

All the elements of cinnamon rolls without having to do a yeast dough or roll it out.   I used half cake flour half all purpose but you can use only all purpose if you want. 

Cake ingridents:
1 1/2 cups of all purpose flour
1 1/2 cups of cake flour
2 eggs
1 stick of butter
1 1/2 cups of milk
1 cup of sugar
1 tablespoon of vanilla
4 tablespoons of baking powder
Topping:
1 cup of butter
1 cup of brown sugar
2 teaspoons of cinnamon
2 tablespoons of flour

 Mix together dry ingredients and sugar.  Add in eggs and vanilla.  Beat until smooth.

Beat in melted butter and pour into a 9x13 baker.

Mix flour, sugar and cinnamon until course. Beat in softened butter.  Dollop onto batter.

Swirl a knife through and bake at 350 for 35 min.  Top with cream cheese frosting.