Mandarin Chicken Pasta Salad

Mandarin Chicken Pasta Salad

Dressing:

 1 tsp finely chopped peeled fresh gingerroot

1 garlic clove

1/3  cup white wine vinegar

1/4 cup orange juice

¼ cup vegetable oil

1 tsp sesame oil

1 envelope Lepton onion soup mix

2 tsp sugar

Salad:

8 oz. uncooked pasta (bowtie or rotini works well)

½ cucumber

½ diced red pepper

1 package (6oz) baby spinach leaves

1 can (11oz) mandarin orange segments

2 cups diced cooked chicken

½ cup sliced almonds,

For the dressing, finely chop ginger root. In bowl, whisk  ginger root, garlic, vinegar, orange juice vegetable oil, sesame oil, onion soup mix, and sugar. Cover and refrigerate until ready to use.

For salad cook pasta according to the package directions: drain and rinse under cold water. Place pasta in a large bowl.

Meanwhile, slice cucumber, and dice bell pepper. Coarsely chop onion, Place cucumber, bell pepper, onion, spinach, mandarin oranges, chicken and Almonds to pasta. Pour dressing over salad and toss. Serve immediately.

Yields 12 servings

( this is something I did not come with on my own.) I hope you enjoy. 

Europe

Hello every one, I am planing to fly to Europe May 15. I will be staying  Paris France Venice and Rome Italy. I hope to be able to post pictures every day while I am gone. Of the wonderful place I am at and FOOD....

Bridal shower Ideas and recipes

I just did this Bridal shower for a friend of mine that is getting married next month and I was very pleased with the way things true out and decide to post pictures and some recipes.

 These wonderful looking plate is Cheddar cheese, Provolone cheese, Hard salami, Black Olives, and cheery tomatoes all on a *appetizer stick. and drizzled with Italian dressing over top.  (*you can buy them from party city)

  These little bit size cucumber sandwiches are so ease to make.Take a loft of bread slice all the edges off and than slice them in haft.Take 8oz of cream cheese

1 cup of sour cream 

One package of ranch dressing mix 

2 Tablespoons of dill weed

2 Tablespoons of mince garlic

a dash of salt and pepper

Mix all this together in a mixer spread on top of bread slices, 

Than take one cucumber and slice very thin.  
Place one slice on top of every sandwich  

 

This is a simple way of doing a vegetable tray without the tray simple place them in clear glass vase.

Dipped Pretzel in White or Milk Chocolate drizzled with
White or Milk Chocolate of top  

 This is Three layer Moose cake. I was able to get the recipe from on line. http://www.pastrypal.com/2011/07/triple-chocolate-mousse-cake/

Another simple way of doing a fruit tray with out the tray, it takes away from the bla. Simple place what ever fruit you wish to use and tooth pickes. 

This wonderful cake is a simple white cake mix

With a Lemon curd* and fresh strawberry's, With a simple white icing on top.  

*If you would like the recipe for the lemon curd please leave me e-mail address and I will try to get it to you. It is a friends of mine recipe and I'm not sure if she would wont me to give it out the world. =)

I'm very sorry the pictures are so bad I some how lost my batter for my camera so I'm stuck with my iPhone photes. 

Home made Chicken Alfredo

Hey Good Morning, I know I haven't posted in awhile I have been crazy busy the last couple days. With work and try to get all my school stuff ready because I start this coming Monday for college.  But I did cook something the other night and decide to write it down for ya'll. I came up with this recipe awhile back. But i have always keep adding to it til now. 


Its Home Made Chicken Alfredo 


Ingredients:
2bl of chicken breast ( best if its boneless and skinless)
3Tablespoons Olive oil
3Tablespoons Italian seasoning 
3Tablespoons Oregano 
2Tablespoons Pasley 
2Tablespoons Black pepper
4Tablespoons Mince Garlic (fresh garlic is better)

Take chicken and cut it into small 3inch cubs place in a big size frying pan with olive oil start to cook on low heat and than add the rest of the seasoning. Cook on median heat till fully cooked. ( you may need to add more oil if it starts to stick, but most times you wont if you cook it on median heat)


Sauce Ingredients:
3 cups Half and half
3 cups Heavy whipping cream
1/2 cup sun-dried tomatoes
1/4 cup Asiago cheese
1/2 cup Ricotta cheese
1/2 cup Mozzarella cheese
1/2 cup Grated Parmesan cheese 
1/2 cup Rome Cheese 
1/2 cup Bacon bits


Add these ingredients into the frying pan that holds the chicken, Cook on LOW heat (if not on low heat it will stick to pan) cook for around 20 minutes. Add salt till it tastes good. (sorry I never measure my salt because I'm always putting more in while I cook) 
Cook some noddles, any kinda will work I like to use the bow-tie noddles best. Rise and add 3 Tablespoons of olive oil and dash of salt. Place in a large bowel and add the Chicken Alfredo sauce over top and serve. 


I like to serve it with some kinda of Italian bread and salad.




I hope everyone enjoys this recipe.
love Hanna  

Stuffed Mushrooms

I made these stuff mushrooms for our Christmas appetizers and the family loved them so much that I made them for Christmas supper to. :)

  

Italian Stuff Mushrooms

Ingredients:

20  Big mushroom 

4 Tablespoons olive oil 

1 Pound of sausage 

1 8oz cream cheese 

1 tub of Philadelphia cream cheese with Garlic & Herbs

1/4 cup romano cheese

1/4 cup feta cheese

1/4 cup Parmesan cheese

2 Tablespoon Garlic 

1 Tablespoon Organ 

1 Tablespoon Parsley 

1 Tablespoon Italian seasoning  

1 Tablespoon Worcestershire sauce 

Preheat oven to 350, Take mushrooms wash and take the steams out roll in olive oil and place in pan. Cook for 5 minutes take out and sit a side.  Frying the sausage till cooked fully. Place all the other ingredients into a mixing bowl, and mix well and pour in fully cooked sausage and mix. Spoon in mixture into mushrooms. cook for another 10 minutes. plate and server. 

*you do not have to use the worcestershire sauce. It just adds a good flavor.

Hope everyone enjoys these. 

sweeties

Hey, I came up with this recipe the other day for some appetizer i had made and every one that has tried them loves them.
 I'm not sure what to name it so maybe ya'll can help me name it.

Ingredient's:


2 8oz cream cheese (softened) 
1 cup powder sugar
1/2 cup cool whip
1 package of pepperidge farm puff pastry sheets
1/2 cup butter (melted)
1 cup of frozen mix berries
1 Tablespoon sugar
1 Hershey candy bar (shaved)


Defrost puff pastry sheets unroll them take one lightly spread butter on it place another pastry sheet on it repeat till you have 6 sheets, cut into "5" by "5" squares, place into spared mini cupcake pan and bake as box instructions say. and cool
   


Place cream cheese, powder sugar and cool whip into a mixing bowl and mix till smooth.  Spoon into pastry cups. place berries into a small bowl with sugar and mix and place on top of white creamy mixture, Decorate with shaved Hershey candy bar. 

First time

Hey, this is my first time blogging so please bare with me. I have  had a number of people ask me for some recipes of stuff I have made. I most times tell them, i did not use one I just added till it tast good. So I'm going to try to write down the recipes from now on and people can get them from here….

I will start off with a cheese ball i came up with. 

I'll name it..

Add caption

Yummy Italian cheese Ball

Ingredients:

2 8oz Cream cheese

1/2 cup Parmesan Cheese

1/2 cup Romano Cheese

1/2 cup Asigo Cheese

1/2 cup Feta Cheese

1/2 cup Dried Tomatos 

1/4 cup Bacon bits

3 Tablespoons Mince Garlic

3 Tablespoons Italian Seasoning

3 Tablespoons Organo 

3 Tablespoons Parsly 

2 Tablespoons Garlic Salt 

Lay out  cream cheese out till soft.  Place all ingredients into mixing bowl and mix till its smooth. 

Roll into a ball and place on serving tray. refridge till serving. Serve with crackers. I like to use rosemary and garlic crackers.  

I hope everyone enjoys. 

Please feed backs……..