Chicken a'la King

Mike's favorite dinner....Chicken a'la King!

Ingredients:

leftover chicken or turkey, chopped
1 can of cream of chicken soup (family size for us)
3/4 of the soup can full of milk
1 - 12oz. package of frozen mixed vegetables

Warm up the chicken/turkey in an iron skillet, add the soup, milk, and mixed vegetables. When it is warm all the way through you can eat over noodles (or our favorite is to make homemade biscuits and spoon the batter on top).

Homemade biscuits

Mix together:

1 cup all purpose flour
2 cups wheat flour
4 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. cream of tarter
1/2 tsp. garlic salt
1/2 cup melted butter
1-1/2 cups milk.

Spoon on top of the Chicken a'la King and bake at 425 for 25 minutes or until golden brown. Nothings better than a one dish meal that makes your hubby happy! Enjoy!

Baked Oatmeal with Apples

"A word aptly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver."

Proverbs 25:11

This morning I woke up with the urge to make Baked Oatmeal with our Royal Oaks apples. Fall is in the air.

Shelby and David loved the oatmeal especially with whipped cream on top.

In a bowl mix:

4 cups milk

3 cups of Oats

1/2 cup wheat germ

1/c cup packed brown sugar

1 tsp cinnamon

1/2 tsp nutmeg

a dash of salt

fold in 2 large cubed apples

Pour into a greased casserole pan. Bake at 375 for 35-40 minutes. Top with whipped cream and enjoy :)

RECIPE: Homemade Crackers

Shelby loved our crackers made with honey, cinnamon, & sugar.

I have been making everything I can from scratch these days and asked Mike for a noodle press for Mother's Day. Briana had a sleepover with her friend Renee and we made some homemade crackers by rolling the dough through it and then slicing it with a pizza cutter into squares and triangles. They were awesome and the girls had so much fun. We even let the boys put the dough through the extruder and they were busy for hours.

Homemade Wheat Thins RECIPE:

2 cups whole wheat flour

1/4 cup milled flax seed

1/4 cup wheat germ

2 tsp. sugar

1 cup milk

2 Tbsp. coconut oil

2 Tbsp. olive oil

1/2 tsp. Oregano

Mix the dough until it forms a sticky ball. Split the dough into 4 pieces and press each piece through the lasagna noodle press form. Fold in half and roll through again. Fold in the sides and edges and keep rolling it through the press until you have a shape you like. Sprinkle with garlic salt and gently press the salt into the dough. Taking a pizza cutter or cookie cutters make your shapes, put onto a cookie sheet, and bake for 8-10 minutes at 395 degrees.

For sweet crackers use the same dough, omitting the olive oil and oregano. Add 2 Tbsp. of honey and sprinkle with cinnamon sugar after each pass in the press to keep the dough from becoming to sticky. Cut the same way with a pizza cutter and bake at 395 degrees for 8-10 minutes.

Cool all crackers on a cooling rack and store in ziplock bags or canisters.

Lindsey & Briana hostessed a Mother's Day Tea

They set a gorgeous table, prepared tea sandwiches, fruit salad, and a selection of teas.

Caroline brought yummy brownies and Renee made us her famous apple cheesecake.
Shelby felt like a big girl and loved sipping tea from her own china teacup.
Shelli's girls: Lindsey, Shelby, and Briana

Katie's girls: Caroline, Adeline, and Clementine

Donna's girls: Renee, Ecaterina, and Aunt Geneva

The girls did all the work, clean up, and even made us each a card. Lindsey choose a Bible verse dedicated to mothers and prayed for our meal. They cleaned the house before the event, made place cards for each guest, personal menus, and Briana even made a music playlist for us to listen to while we had tea. Katie, Donna, and I felt very appreciated and are looking forward to next year's tea :)

I did help a little bit....I made scones for the first time ever. After living in England for 3 years I have always been afraid to make them. Most people I have talked to who have tried them say they turn out like frisbees. I did want to try it and I got really luckywith my first recipe! I adapted the recipe by adding yogurt instead of sour cream and half & half instead of milk. They were the best scones EVER!!! So you will be as sucessful as I was the first time, I will share my secrets with you!

The BEST ENGLISH SCONES EVER...Recipe:

Ingredients
1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
4 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 cup white sugar
1/8 teaspoon salt
5 tablespoons unsalted butter
1/2 cup dried cranberries and raisins
1/2 cup half and half
1/4 cup plain yogurt

DIRECTIONS
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
Sift the flour, baking powder, sugar and salt into a large bowl. Cut in butter using a pastry blender or rubbing between your fingers until it is in pea sized lumps. Stir in the cranberries and raisins. Mix together 1/2 cup half and half and 1/4 cup yogurt in a measuring cup. Pour all at once into the dry ingredients, and stir gently until well blended. Overworking the dough results in terrible scones!
With floured hands, pat scone dough into balls 2 to 3 inches across, depending on what size you want. Place onto a greased baking sheet, and flatten lightly. Let the scones barely touch each other. Sprinkle the scones with crystal sugar. Let them rest for about 10 minutes.
Bake for 10 to 15 minutes in the preheated oven, until the tops are golden brown, not deep brown. Break each scone apart, or slice in half. Serve with butter or clotted cream and a selection of jams - or even plain.

RECIPE: Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup

3 large sliced carrots
3 sliced celery stalks
1 med onion diced
1 tsp. minced garlic

cooked chicken pulled from bone (you can cheat w/a rotisserie chicken from the store)
6-8 cups water
4 cubes of chicken bullion
1 package thin egg noodles
1 tsp. each of garlic salt, pepper, garlic powder, poultry seasoning, parsley, and celery salt
1 large can Chicken broth
Saute the carrot, celery, onion, and garlic in olive oil until tender. Add the water to fill 3/4 of your pot. Put the cut chicken into the water with the bullion/broth and boil for 1 hour. Add the spices and noodles and cook for 20 more minutes. Enjoy.

RECIPE: Resurrection Rolls

My mom sent me this recipe and the kids LOVED it!!! They want to do it all year long!

1 package Pillsbury crescent rolls
12 large marshmallows
cinnamon

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Take the crescent rolls and separate the sections. Let each child roll their marshmallow in the cinnamon and tell them the Crucifixion account. Talk about how Jesus' body was laid in the tomb and the women returned to prepare His body with spices. Wrap the marshmallow in the dough and pinch all the corners closed. Remind them that the entrance was sealed with a stone. Bake the rolls for 10-12 minutes. Let rolls cool for a few minutes and then ask them where Jesus is! The surprise is they are empty....JUST LIKE JESUS' TOMB!!! It is a sweet demonstration of God's perfect gift!