Chicken Alfredo

1/2 cup butter
2 tsp. garlic powder (or fresh garlic)
6 oz. grated Parmesan Cheese
1 8  oz.package cream cheese
2 cups milk
1/8 tsp black pepper

Chicken breasts

Cook and season chicken...cut into bit sized pieces. (Marinate chicken in Kim's marinade and grill... if you want to make this even more tasty! Simplify and boil or bake your chicken)  Melt butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Add cream cheese and garlic. Stir with wire whip until smooth. Add milk, a little at a time, whisking to smooth out lumps. Add parmesan cheese and pepper, whisk again. Remove from heat when sauce reaches desired consistency.May be thinned with milk as needed. Add chicken  and toss with pasta.

Kim's recipe

PECAN PIE

1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar plus 3 TBSP
1/2 tsp. salt
1 cup light corn syrup ( I used 1/2 cup light corn syrup and 1/2 cup dark corn syrup )
1/3 cup melted salted butter
1 tsp. vanilla
3 whole eggs beaten
1 heaping cup pecans

Prepare 9 inch pie crust. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Make filling: Mix granulated sugar, brown sugar, salt, corn syrup, butter, vanilla, and eggs  together in a bowl.  Place the pecans in the bottom of the unbaked pie shell. Pour the syrup mixture over the top. Cover the crust lightly with foil or use pie edge cover.

Bake the pie for 40 minutes and then remove the foil from the pie edge. The pie should not be overly jiggly when removed from the oven (though it will jiggle a bit) If it shakes a lot ...tent foil over the top and bake additional 20 minutes or until set.  It can take from 50 to 75 minutes.

Pie recipe courtesy of  Ree drummond/ Food network

Corn Bread

Corn Bread

1 cup flour
1 cup cornmeal
2/3 cup sugar
1 tsp. salt
3 1/2 tsp BP

Mix together and add:
1 egg
1 cup milk
1/3 cup vegetable oil

Pour batter in greased 9 inch round pan. Bake at 400 degrees for 20-25 minutes. May cover with foil the last few minutes to prevent overbrowning. Double the recipe and use a 9X13 pan. May need to increase baking time to 30-35 minutes.

Steph's recipe

Easy Breadsticks

Incredible Easy Breadsticks

1 TBSP Yeast   1/2 cup warm water   Dissolve together and set aside

1 3/4 cup warm water
3  TBSP. sugar
2 tsp. oil
1 tsp. salt
Mix together and add to yeast mixture

Add 4-5 cups flour. The dough will be sticky...You don't want it too stiff.Let dough sit for 20 minutes. Grease cookie sheet (restaurant size) with some of the garlic mixture.

Garlic Mixture

6-8 TBSP. butter
2 tsp. garlic salt
2 tsp. parley, dried

Roll out dough into the cookie sheet and cut into strips with a pizza cutter. Do one cut in the middle longways and then go side to side about two inches apart. Top with remaining butter mixture. Sprinkle with parmesan or mozzarella cheese. Let sit 10 minutes. Bake 10 minutes or until golden brown. Re-cut and serve warm.

You can also roll out the dough on a floured board...rectangle shape. Cut in the middle longways and then in two inch strips. Put all the butter mixture in the cookie sheet. Dip the strips in the butter and then twist...placing the bread sticks close to each other. Let stand 10 minutes and then bake.

Kim Blakes Recipe

Russian Cream

Russian Cream       Art City Trolley

1 cup boiling water 

1 Tbs knox gelatin

mix in microwave

3 cups whip cream warm (no whip)

1½ cups sugar

Add two mixture together.  

Cool to temp of baby bottle. 

Add 1¼ cup sour cream (greek yogurt is even better)

Put in custard dishes and chill. 

Serve with fresh fruit.  (Strawberries, blueberries, raspberries,kiwi)

5x = 45   3/4c  9oz cups

submitted by Jill

Poppy Seed Chicken Salad

                                       Poppy Seed Chicken Salad

6 Chicken breasts (cut into sm pieces)       2  packages Top Roman Noodles
4 TBSP slivered almonds (toasted)            4 TBSP  sesame seeds (toasted)
1 Head cabbage (chopped)                         1 green bell pepper (chopped)
4 green onions (chopped)                           1 red bell pepper (chopped)
                                  1 bottle  Brianna's Poppy Seed dressing

Grill the chicken (you can use canned or boiled chicken, but grilled is the best... I usually marinate mine in soy sauce/spite/oil /garlic) Slice chicken in small pieces. Combine chicken with almonds, cabbage, onions, sesame seeds, peppers and  uncooked noodles (Do not use the season packet included with the noodles.). Add the Dressing. Refrigerate at least 4 hours before serving.

(Toast almonds and sesame seeds in oven for 2-3 minutes at 350 degrees...or broil if you can watch them closely. )

Prune Cake (Moms)

2 small bottles of baby prunes

1 cup sugar

2 eggs

¾ cup shortening (Butter or margarine softened)

1½ cups flour

1 tsp soda

¾ tsp allspice

1 tsp cinnamon

½ tsp salt

½ cup nuts

½ cup milk

Beat together sugar, eggs and softened butter. Mix dry ingredients together and add alternately with milk and prunes. Fold in nuts. Put in a 9x13 greased and floured baking pan. Bake at 350-375 degree.

Cool and frost with panoche frosting:

½ cup brown sugar                          ¼ cup butter

2 ½ to 3 cups powdered sugar          6 TBSP milk

Combine brown sugar, butter and milk. Bring to boil over medium beat. Boil and stir for 2 minutes. Remove from heat and cool to luke warm. Gradually beat in powdered sugar until frosting reaches spreading consistency.

(I double the recipe—but I love this frosting!!  submitted by Laurie)