Sweet and Sour Chicken

sauce
3/4 cup sugar
4 tablespoons catsup
1/2 cup vinegar
1 tablespoon soy sauce
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
Mix all ingredients together. And heat through. Sometimes I add a little cornstarch to thicken it up. Other times, I just buy the sauce :)

Really Simple Dinner Idea- Chicken Pot Pie

I personally use the recipe off the back of the Bisquick box with a couple of minor alterations. I have also used turkey, and it has come out great. If I'm out of Bisquick and I happen to have a can of dinner rolls, I plop those on top and it tastes great as well.

Sausage & Pizza Bake

This is what Marie G. made for dinner last night. She said it looked and tasted great, so I thought I'd share. Looks good to me... :)

Ingredients:
2 cups uncooked rotini pasta (6 oz.)
1 lb. bulk sweet Italian sausages
1 medium onion, chopped (1/2 cup)
1 small green bell pepper, chopped (1/2 cup)
1/4 cup water
4 oz. sliced Canadian bacon, cut into fourths
1 (14 oz.) jar pizza sauce
1 (4 oz.) can sliced mushrooms, drained
3/4 cup multi-cheese shredded cheese blend (3 oz.)


Directions:
1. Heat oven to 350°. Spray 3-quart casserole with cooking spray. Cook and drain pasta in 3-quart saucepan as directed on package. Return drained pasta to saucepan.
2. While pasta is cooking, cook sausage and onion in 10-inch skillet over medium heat about 8 minutes, stirring occasionally, until sausage is no longer pink; drain. Stir sausage mixture, bell pepper, water, bacon, pizza sauce and mushrooms into drained pasta. Spoon pasta mixture into casserole. Sprinkle with cheese.
3. Cover and bake 30 to 35 minutes or until hot and cheese is melted.

Serves 6

Happy Chicken & Lemon Spaghetti

A friend had us over for lunch while we were in ID and this is what she served. It was delicious and looks simple to recreate!

"Happy Chicken"
2 1/2 lbs. skinless, boneless chicken cut into pieces
6 cloves garlic, crushed
3 T fresh rosemary
3 T EVOO
1 lemon, zested and juiced
1 T grill seasoning ( I use quite a bit more)
1/2 cup dry white wine or chicken broth

Preheat oven to 450. Arrange chicken in baking dish, 9x13. Add garlic, rosemary, evoo, lemon zest, and grill seasoning to the dish. Toss to coat chicken - then place in oven. Roast 20 minutes. Add wine (broth) & lemon juice to the dish and combine with pan juices. Return to oven and turn oven off. Let stand 5 minutes longer then remove from the oven. Serve by spooning pan juices over the chicken.

"Lemon Spaghetti"
1 pound spaghetti
2/3 cup olive oil
2/3 cup grated Parmesan
1/2 cup fresh lemon juice (about 3 lemons)
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
1 tablespoon lemon zest
1/3 cup chopped fresh basil leaves

Cook the pasta in a large pot of boiling salted water until tender but still firm to the bite, stirring occasionally, about 8 minutes. Meanwhile, whisk the oil, Parmesan, and lemon juice in a large bowl to blend.

Drain the pasta, reserving 1 cup of the cooking liquid. Toss the pasta with the lemon sauce, and the reserved cooking liquid, adding 1/4 cup at a time as needed to moisten. Season with salt and pepper. Garnish with lemon zest and chopped basil.