Tuesday, November 19, 2013

Easy Chicken and Rice Casserole


Easy Chicken and Rice Casserole

3 frozen chicken breasts
1 cup jasmine rice, uncooked
2 cans cream of soup. (I used cr of mushroom and cheddar cheese soup because that is all I had in my pantry)
1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
3/4 cup milk
3/4 cup chicken broth
1 Tbls onion powder
salt and pepper

First dice chicken and cook in a pan until just almost cooked.  
Mix rice, soup, cheese, milk, broth, onion powder and salt and pepper. 
Mix in diced chicken with the rice. 
Pour into a greased 9x9 pan.
Cover with foil and bake 350 for 45 minutes.
Take the foil off and stir.
Put back in the oven uncovered for 10-15 until rice in cooked.

PRINTABLE RECIPE


Monday, November 11, 2013

Homemade Greek Dressing




Homemade Greek Dressing

1/4 cup + 2 tsp olive oil
3/4 tsp garlic powder
3/4 tsp dried oregano
3/4 tsp dried basil
1/2 tsp pepper
1/2 tsp coarse kosher salt 
1/2 tsp onion powder
1/2 tsp dijon mustard
1/3 cup + 1 TBLS red wine vinegar (this gives it a great taste)

In a container mix first 8 ingredients. Pour in vinegar and whisk vigorously until blended. 
I put everything in a mason jar with a lid and shook vigorously until blended, then I stored it in the mason jar in the refrigerator. Yumm



Homemade Dill Dip


HOMEMADE DILL DIP

1/2 cup mayonnaise
1/2 cup + 3 TBLS sour cream or plain greek yogurt. (i used sour cream)
1 TBLS dried dill
1/2 tsp onion powder
1/2 tsp sea salt

blend everything together and ENJOY! 

I bought dill dip from our grocery store. My family ate it so fast it was gone. So I made some homemade dill dip and put it back in the store bought container. It is a really tastie recipe.  I don't think I will ever buy it again. It is quick and easy not to make it. 



This is a picture of my dill dip in the store bought container.

This is the same picture as above my homemade dill dip in the store bought container. 

Friday, November 1, 2013

Buttermilk Ranch Dressing


Buttermilk Ranch Dressing YUMM!

1/2 cup Mayonaise
1/2 sour cream
1/2 cup buttermilk
3/4 tsp dried dill weed
1/2 tsp dried parsley
1/2 tsp dried chives
1/4 tsp onion powder
1/2 tsp garlic powder
1/4 tsp fine sea salt
1/8 tsp finely cracked pepper

Whisk together the mayo, sour cream and buttermilk. then add the herbs. 

Store in refrigerator. 
If you think you wont use all of it before it goes bad just cut the recipe in half. 


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