Cheddar bacon garlic dip

Ingredients

6 bacon strips, thick-cut cooked and crumbled

1 tsp garlic powder

1/2 cup mayo

1 cup shredded cheddar

1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese

1/4 cup sour cream

In a medium mixing bowl, place cream cheese, mayo, and sour cream. Whisk to combine, until smooth and creamy. Add garlic powder. Add bacon and cheddar to the mixing bowl with cream cheese mixture, and stir to combine.

Cover and refrigerate until ready to serve with your favorite crackers.  I chose to use bacon Ritz and added a stalk of green onion just for fun. 

Pepper jack and bacon scalloped potatoes

6-7 potatoes, peeled and diced

8-10 slices bacon, cooked and crumbed

1 sleeve Ritz crackers (I used bacon flavored)

1 stick butter

1 cup milk

½ cup flour

2 cups shredded pepper jack cheese

Cut potatoes and bring to a boil for about 10 minutes.  Strain and add to a greased 9x13 pan. Sprinkle bacon on top of the potatoes. Shake milk and flour together (or stir briskly with a whisk) and pour on top of potatoes. Add a few dashes of salt and pepper. Cover with pepper jack cheese.  

Melt the stick of butter and add one sleeve of well crushed crackers.  Mix and spread this on the top of the potatoes.  Cover with foil and bake for 40 minutes.  Remove foil. Bake for 15 more minutes.

On a cold rainy day, nothing sounds better to me than a hot casserole out of the oven.  But, because it was cold and rainy, I didn’t want to go to the grocery store.  So I decided to put this together some ingredients I had in my kitchen and see what happened.  The result? One of my favorite creations of all time!! Warm, hearty and delicious!  

Ritz Chicken

Review by Lyndee:

Want a fast and easy chicken recipe that tastes heavenly?  Look no further! I found it last night.  Thanks Six Sisters Stuff!

Ingredients:

4 chicken breasts

1 cup Ritz crackers, crushed (I used bacon flavored)

½ teaspoon garlic salt

black pepper to taste

2 eggs, beaten

½ cup butter

Instructions

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. In a small bowl, mix together crackers, garlic salt, and black pepper. Dip each chicken breast in the beaten eggs, and then dredge in the cracker mixture, coating it completely.

Place each coated chicken breast in a 9x13 pan.  Cut the butter up into small pieces, and put them over the top of the chicken breasts. Bake for 30-35 minutes, until chicken is cooked through.

The verdict

My chicken breasts were in a garlic marinade.  I did not use ½ cup butter. Instead, I just put a tiny pat on each breast.  If you want a crispier texture, more like fried chicken, then use the full amount of butter.  The only Ritz crackers I had in the house were bacon flavored. I’m not sure if it was the garlic, the bacon or the combo but this chicken was out of this world! Super easy to make.  We whipped it together, put it in the oven and went for a 30 minute walk around the neighborhood.  When we returned, it was done perfectly.