What’s AJ’s Wife Cooking!

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PINEAPPLE LEMONADE

Looking for a delicious treat to help beat the heat? CHECK THIS OUT!

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CHICKEN BITES

 
Recipe is easy:
Cook your chicken strips, then add bar-b-que sauce and shredded cheese.
You can also add diced tomatoes, onions, and your other favorite sides.

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 PECAN TARTS

INGREDIENTS:
1- 3oz. pkg. cream cheese, softened
1 stick of margarine or butter, softened
1 C. flour
Dash of salt
Blend together cream cheese, margarine, flour and salt.

Shape into 24 balls; press each ball into 1 3/4″ muffin tins (press dough in bottom and sides with fingers, do not leave any holes).

FILLING:
2 eggs, beaten
1 C. brown sugar
2 T. margarine or butter, melted
1 tsp. vanilla
Dash of salt
1 C. pecans, chopped

DIRECTIONS:
Combine eggs, brown sugar, margarine, vanilla, and salt. Mix well (do not beat with beater, or tops will be crusty instead of a nutty one).

Divide pecans evenly in pastry shells.

Pour filling in shells, filling 2/3 full.

Bake at 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes.

Cool slightly before removing from pans.

Cool on wire rack.

Makes 24. “Nutty” rich–a real favorite.

 

>Courtesy of Heavenly Recipes

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Here’s a little twist this time, instead of my wife we feature Martina McBride, who just debuted her cooking show on the Food Network. From “Taste of Home”, here’s the recipe for Cinnamon Rolls from Martina McBride’s cookbook!

How to Make (Martina McBride’s) Grandma’s Cinnamon Rolls:
* 1 (1⁄4-ounce) package active dry yeast
* 1⁄2 teaspoon plus 1⁄4 cup sugar
* 1⁄2 cup warm water (100° to 110°F)
* 1 cup milk at room temperature
* 1⁄4 cup shortening (such as Crisco)
* 1⁄2 teaspoon kosher salt
* 4 cups all-purpose flour
* 1⁄2 cup softened butter
* 3⁄4 cup packed brown sugar
* 2 tablespoons ground cinnamon

Instructions

Step 1: Start your dough

Step 2: Rising and rolling

Step 3: Sprinkle on the filling

Step 4: Shape a perfect cinnamon roll

Step 5: Bake to perfection

Step 6: Add the finishing touch

CLICK HERE for more info on the recipe!

 

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CROCK POT CHICKEN POT PIE

 

Ingredients:

2 – 3 boneless chicken breasts frozen (no need to thaw)

1 Can Cream of Chicken Soup

1 cup of Milk

1/2 onion chopped

3-4 potatoes, peeled and diced

1 16 oz bag of Frozen mixed vegetables

1/2 cup of chopped celery

Salt and Pepper to taste

1 tsp Garlic powder

1/4 tsp Poultry Seasoning

 

Instructions

Place everything in the crock pot except the biscuits.

Cook on low all day.

Remove chicken and Shred. Add back into the crock pot and stir to combine.

Bake your biscuits and serve a biscuit on top of each bowl.

It is delicious and very easy!

It is delicious!

CLICK HERE for more pictures!

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Steak, Baked Potato, Corn On The Cob
 

Shear the steak on both side and cook it in the oven for about an hour at 300 degrees and serve it medium-well.
The baked potato included shredded cheese and butter.

 

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Meat Loaf

 

Ingredients:

1 egg

¾ cup milk

1 cup (4 ounces) shredded cheddar cheese

½ cup quick-cooking oats

½ cup chopped onions

1 teaspoon salt

1 pound lean ground beef

2/3 cup ketchup

½ cup packed brown sugar

1-1/2 teaspoons peppered prepared mustard

 

Instructions:

In a bowl, beat the egg and milk.

Stir in cheese, oats, onion and salt.

Add beef and mix well.

Place in a greased 13-inch x 9-inch x 2-inch baking dish.

Combine ketchup, brown sugar and mustard; spoon over loaves.

Bake, uncovered, at 350-degrees for 45-minutes or until the meat is no longer pink and a thermometer reads 160-degrees.


My wife served this Meat Loaf with corn and mashed potatoes covered with shredded cheese.

 

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DUMP CAKE

Ingredients:

2 cans Apple or Cherry pie filling.

1 box yellow or chocolate cake mix 

*for Apple use yellow or spice cake mix  (Mary used spice) and for Cherry use chocolate and mini chocolate chips. 

Stick of butter.

Half jar of caramel sauce for apple (oprional).

9×13 cooking pan.

 

Recipe:

Pre-Heat oven at 350-degrees.

Put pie filling in bottom of pan.

Sprinkle cake mix on pie filling.

Cut up stick of butter into pats and place on top of the cake mix. 

Bake in oven for 35-40 minutes. 

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CHICKEN NACHOS

For Cinco de Mayo this past Saturday, we had a plain version of Chicken Nachos!

 Ingredients:

1 can (12.5 ounces) or 1 pouch (7 ounces) premium chunk chicken breast.

1 bag (8 ounces) tortilla chips.

2 cups of shredded chesse.

 

Instructions:

Spread tortilla chips on baking sheet, topped with chicken.

Sprinkle with cheese and bake at 300-degrees in the oven for 10-minutes or until cheese is melted.

Serve with your favorite toppings, such as black beans and salsa.

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CROCK POT CUBE STEAK


Ingredients:

6 cube steaks*
1 medium onion peeled and sliced into rings
1 can cream of chicken soup
1 can cream of celery soup
1 packet Lipton Onion Soup Mix
1/2 soup can of water
salt and pepper

 Instructions:

Peel, slice and separate the rings of one medium sized onion.
Salt and pepper each cube steak.
Place 2 cube steaks in the bottom of your crock-pot.
Top with onions and repeat. Separating each addition of meat with onions. This will help separate them later and avoid them being one melded mass of cube steak.

In a separate bowl, add the cream of soups and water and mix it up. Pour the soup mixture over the meat..
Sprinkle the onion soup mix on top, put the lid on the crock-pot and turn it on low.
Soon your kitchen will start to smell delicious and 6-7 hours later you will have a dinner! Add a side of mashed potatoes to help enjoy the gravy an a salad or green veggie and you are ready to eat.

Note: If you like cream of mushroom soup, I’m sure you can use that as well. As for me, I’m not a fan, so I opted for a different combination.

 

*My wife actually used 8 steaks.

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PORK CHOP AND BAKED POTATO

Brown pork chop on both sides in pan or skillet.

Put in corning wear dish and pour on cream of mushroom soup.

Put in oven at 300 degrees for 3 hours, check and turn it as needed.

Bake potato and add favorite ingredients.

Serve with salad or favorite vegetable.

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BLT ON TOAST WITH AN EGG

This recipe is as simple as it gets, but it is quick and it is a crowd pleaser!

You know the ingredients, the only task is how do you prefer them for this treat.

I like my bacon cooked medium, not hard but not fatty either.

I like my lettuce cut about the size of the bread. I suppose you could option for shredded lettuce if you like.

I like my tomato medium cut, not too thin or too thick for this sandwich.

I like my toast medium cooked, not burnt.

I normally like my eggs scrambled, but for this sandwich I liked my egg fried.

I also like to add mustard and some hot sauce to my BLT on toast with egg!

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SAUSAGE BALLS

Ingredients:

1 pound of pork sausage

1 8-ounce package of sharp cheddar cheese

2 cups of Bisquick

½ cup of water

Instructions:

Mix ingredients together.

Roll into walnut size balls.

Bake at 350-degrees for 20-minutes.

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 LIL’ CHEDDAR MEAT LOAVES

Ingredients:

1 egg

¾ cup milk

1 cup (4 ounces) shredded cheddar cheese

½ cup quick-cooking oats

½ cup chopped onions

1 teaspoon salt

1 pound lean ground beef

2/3 cup ketchup

½ cup packed brown suger

1-1/2 teaspoons peppered prepared mustard

 

Instructions:

In a bowl, beat the egg and milk.

Stir in cheese, oats, onion and salt.

Add beef and mix well.

Shape into 8 loaves; place in a greased 13-inch x 9-inch x 2-inch baking dish.

Combine ketchup, brown sugar and mustard; spoon over loaves.

Bake, uncovered, at 350-degrees for 45-minutes or until the meat is no longer pink and a thermometer reads 160-degrees.

Yields 8 serving.

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Hash Brown Casserole

 * 1 2-pound package of Hash Brown potatoes.

* 1 8-ounce sour cream.

* 1 can Cream of chicken soup.

* 1 package of Velveeta Shredded Cheese.

* ¼ cup chopped onion or less.

* 1 tablespoon onion powder (optional)

 

Mix together and pour into a 13×9 pan.

 Topping:

Butter and Ritz of Townhouse crackers.

Melt some butter and crunch up a sleeve of crackers.

Mix together and spread on top of hash browns.

Bake at 325-degrees for about 45-50 minutes.

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