Chicken Pesto Salad on Bagels

1 C. cooked, diced chicken
1 C. chopped celery
1 C. chopped tomato
1/2 C. finely chopped onion
1/2 C. pesto sauce
4 bagels, split

In a large bowl, combine all ingredients except bagels; mix well. Spread about 1/4 C chicken mixture on each bagel half. (Recipe provided by Elaine Daniels)

Amazing Crispy Fried Chicken

1 1/2- 3 lbs frying chicken or chicken parts
Enough Crisco/oil for deep frying - (to cover each piece about 1/2-3/4 of the way)

Seasoned Flour:
1 1/2 C Flour
1 tsp Garlic Salt
1/4 tsp. poultry seasoning
1 1/2 tsp pepper
1 1/2 tsp Paprika
1 1/2 tsp Season All or other multi-purpose seasoning

Crispy Batter:
2/3 C. Flour
1/2 tsp salt
1/8 tsp. pepper
1 egg yolk beaten
3/4 C flat beer or water




Combine ingredients for seasoned flour in medium sized bowl and set aside.


Combine Egg yolk with beer/water and add slowly to dry batter ingredients.


Heat Crisco to 265 degrees in a deep sauce pan or deep fryer to a depth of about 2 inches. moisten chicken pieces. Dip in seasoned flour, then batter and back in seasoned flour. Fry 10-15 minutes, until done and crispy. Drain on paper towels.

The leftovers make AWESOME Chicken tacos. Just cut the left overs up into bite-sized pieces and re-heat in a skillet to keep them crispy.

Grilled Pork Chops

This recipe was in my George Foreman handbook, and it's really good and super easy!

1/2 C Honey
1/2 C Hot Sauce
4 pork chops

Mix honey and hot sauce then brush over pork chops. Grill until no longer pink. Serve with rice and vegetables.

Cold Christmas Punch

Served this at a lunch last week and it was delicious and got wonderful reviews! It's almost like a cold Wassil, without the orange flavor.

4 C Water
1 1/2 C Sugar
1 tsp Ground Cinnamon
2 cans Pineapple Juice Concentrate
1 can Apple Juice Concentrate
1 can Cranberry Juice Concentrate
2 liters Ginger ale, chilled

In a saucepan, bring the water, sugar and cinnamon to a boil; stir until sugar is dissolved. Chill. Just before serving, combine the syrup mixture, juice concentrates diluted with proper amount of water and ginger ale in a punch bowl or large pitcher. Serve over ice. Makes 30 Cups (recipe can be halved for smaller crowds)

Barbeque Steak over Rice (2 meals in 1)

2 lbs. round steak, cut into cubes
2/3 C chopped onion
1 C. chopped celery
1 clove garlic
7 Tbls. brown sugar
6 tsp lemon juice
6 Tbls Worcestershire sauce
3 cans Tomato Soup
dash of Tabasco sauce
(sour cream)

Brown cubes in oil on the stove. put everything in a crockpot and cook on low 4-6 hours. Serve over rice.  Add a little bit of sour cream to the left overs and serve over noodles.

Crock Pot Italian Chicken

4 Chichen Breasts
4 oz. Cream Cheese
1/3- 1/2 C Buttermilk*
2 Cans Cream of Chicken Soup
1 Pkg dry Italian dressing, regular

Mix all ingredients together except chicken. Place chicken breasts in crock pot, salt and pepper lightly, pour soup mixture over and cook on medium for 4 hours or until chicken is tender.  Serve over noodles or rice.

Taco Pie

Crust:
1/4 C plus 1 Tbls. Corn Meal divided
3/4 C Flour
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/3 C Milk
1 Tbls vegetable Oil

Filling:
1 Lb Ground beef or Ground Turkey
Taco Seasoning
1 C Salsa
1 C Grated Cheddar Cheese
Lettuce, Tomato, sliced Olives, Sour Cream

Preheat Oven to 450. In a greased pie pan sprinkle 1 Tbls Corn Meal.  Mix the rest of the Crust ingredients together well, then press into pan. Cook the ground beef (sprinkle with a little taco seasoning) and salsa together. Place meat mixture in crust and top with shredded cheese.  Bake 15 min or until crust is done and cheese is melted. Serve with lettuce, tomato, olives and sour cream.  (Serves 4)