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Chicken Alfredo with Zucchini Noodles or "Zoodles"

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A stolen recipe from the healthy living app Yazio, and modified just a little to enhance the flavor.  They use what they call Zoodles which are zucchini noodles you can make using a potato peeler, but I bought them pre-made from Kroger.  Zucchini noodles actually lose water when cooked so dropped in a frying pan with a few tablespoons of olive oil and heated for about 5 minutes.  This whole meal only takes just a few minutes. Here's a link to video my sister and I made making Chicken Alfredo with "Zoodles"   3 Chicken breast fillets Salt and Pepper Ms Dash Table spice 2 tbsp butter Chicken stock 3 garlic cloves 2 zucchini or buy them pre-made in the produce department Parsley Pint of heavy cream Grated Parmesan Cut the chicken into chewable size chunks and in a pan with 2 tbsp of butter, salt, pepper, Ms dash, and sliced garlic cook for about 5 minutes until the chicken is cooked and the garlic soft.  Cover and add a half a cup of chicken stock and...

Chili Butter Steak & Parmesan Butter Potatoes

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1 and a half pounds of good grilling steaks 1/2 yellow onion 2 baking potatoes Parmesan cheese wedge 1 12oz jar of roasted red peppers 1 tbsp olive oil 1 tbsp hot sauce 1 stick ofbutter 1 tbsp brown sugar 2 tbsp kosher salt 2 tsp chili powder Aluminum foil The most important part of this meal is the rub.  Mix the chili powder, brown sugar, and salt in a small bowl.  Coat the steaks in the olive oil and then rub the steaks with the mixture.  Let it sit and rest for a little while.  Go out and heat up the grill.  Meanwhile drain the peppers, and add the peppers the hot sauce, 1/2 teaspoon of chili powder to a blender and blend until smooth.  Dice up the onion and add all these ingredients to a small pan and allow to heat to a low simmer.  Add a few pats of butter to the pan. Fork the potatoes and microwave until soft.  Slice the potatoes open lengthwise and then slice them into cubes inside the skin.  Add pats of butter in th...

Broccoli Turkey Soup

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I don't know how many turkey legs and wings are discarded after the holidays, but we've always turned those leftovers into soups or stews.  This recipe is by far the easiest and quickest and my granddaughters favorite soup! 2 cans cream of chicken soup 1 can of cream of celery soup chicken stock head of fresh broccoli  1/2 large yellow onion 4 red potatoes poultry seasoning salt and pepper thyme corn starch In a large crock pot or similar pot put the soups and turkey parts.  Fill the empty soup cans with hot water to loosen the remaining soup and pour into the crock pot.  Dice up the potatoes and place into the pot and cut the broccoli up leaving as much of the stems off as possible and add them to the pot.  Slice and dice the onion adding them to the pot and then season to taste. Add two cups of chicken stock to the pot. Cook on medium for the rest of the day and on low or warm overnight. Next day, using a slotted spoon,...

Pat's (Lu's) Chocolate Chocolate Cake

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1 box of devil's food cake mix 1 pkg chocolate pudding (not instant) 1/2 cup canola oil 4 eggs 1 cup sour cream 12 oz mini chocolate chips 1 bundt cake pan Oven at 350.  Mix all the ingredients together in order listed until well incorporated with an electric mixer.  Pour into a greased and floured bundt pan.  Cook for 1 hour or until wooden toothpick comes out clean.  Turnout onto a cake plate to cool and sprinkle with powdered sugar before serving.

Apple Topped Cheesecake

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1 pkg Duncan Hines yellow cake mix 1 tbsp oil 2 8oz pkgs cream cheese softened 1/2 cup sugar 4 eggs 1 and 1/2 cup (whole) milk 3 tbsp lemon 3 tsp vanilla 1 large can apple (cherry/peach/strawberry) pie filling Oven at 300.  Reserve 1 cup of the dry cake mix.  In a large bowl combine remaining cake mix, 1 egg and the oil.  Mix will be crumbly.  Press cake mixture evenly into the bottom and 3/4 the way up the sides of a 13X9X2 inch pan. In the same bowl blend cream cheese and sugar.  Add 3 eggs and reserved cake mix beat for 1 minute at medium speed. At slow speed add milk and lemon and vanilla and mix until smooth.  Pour into crust Bake for 45 minutes until center is firm.  When cool top with pie filling

Rouladen (Pig in a blanket)

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2 lbs Round steak sliced thin 1/2 lb of ground sausage 1/4 cup flour 1 cans beer 3 cubes of beef bouillon 2 tbs chopped parsley Bay leaves salt and pepper on steak slices Good german mustard on one side (inside) 1/4 onion for each slice of round steak - chopped In a mixing bowl combine sausage, onions, and crumbs.  Divide the mixture up between the sliced/pounded steaks and wrap each one in a slice of bacon.  Hold pieces together with toothpicks.  Brown each in some oil then once brown.  Mix flour with 1/2 can of beer and pour over rouladen.  Add bouillon and stir.  Add remaining beer. Add parsley and bay leaves. Cook on low for 2 hours adding water if necessary A more recent video with a little variation (the original) can be seen here:  Cooking Link

Roulades (Pig in a blanket)

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2 lbs Round steak sliced thin 1/2 lb of ground sausage 1/4 cup flour 1 can beer 3 cubes of beef bouillon 2 tbs chopped parsley Bay leaves salt and pepper on steak slices Good german mustard on one side (inside) 1/4 onion for each slice of round steak - chopped In a mixing bowl combine sausage, onions, and crumbs.  Divide the mixture up between the sliced/pounded steaks and wrap each one in a slice of bacon.  Hold pieces together with toothpicks.  Brown each in some oil then once brown.  Mix flour with 1/2 can of beer and pour over the roulade.  Add bouillon and stir.  Add remaining beer. Add parsley and bay leaves. Cook on low for 2 hours adding water if necessary A more recent video with a little variation (the original) can be seen here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGzb3t3cBILQFcE0svu6P8neq-afz-c3T