Ritz Chicken Casserole

Review by Lyndee:

5 cups chicken breast, cooked and cubed

1 cup sour cream or room temperature Greek yogurt

2 cans cream of chicken soup

2 cups Ritz crackers, crushed

1/2 cup melted butter

Optional- poppy seeds, garlic powder, other seasonings, to taste, shredded cheese

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Season chicken and cook. You can boil or bake it. I baked it the night before for 30 minutes at 350.  Cool slightly then cut into 1 in. cubes. Place cubes in a greased 9 x 13 casserole dish. Stir together cream of chicken and sour cream/yogurt. Stir in any other desired seasonings. Pour over chicken.  In a bowl stir crackers, butter (and poppy seeds, if using). Sprinkle over casserole. I added some shredded Colby jack cheese on the top as well.  Bake 30 minutes, until browned and bubbly. Serve. 

This was creamy and warm.  Perfect for a cold fall evening in Iowa. The flavor was great and the crushed crackers added a fun texture.  Super easy to put together.  I will definitely make this again. 

Crockpot hotchata

Review by Lyndee

4 cups half and half

2 cups rumchata

1 cup cake vodka

1 bag andes mint chips

Mix all ingredients and cook in crockpot on low for 2 hours, stirring frequently. 

I couldn’t find Andes mint chips at all three stores I checked. So I went with a different brand.  The only weird thing? They were green. So my drink was green. Which could be cool for Christmas or holiday parties but was a little weird for a random bbq on a Saturday afternoon.  Next time I would only use half a bag of the mint chocolate chips.  It was smooth and delicious but very rich!!! I added the vodka because, let’s face it, vodka makes everything better and it was national vodka day.

Chocolate Chip Banana Bread

Review by Lyndee:

Are you looking for the perfect way to use up some brown bananas?  Love banana bread but not all the fuss?  Try this simple and delicious way to make banana bread!  It turned out moist and yummy!

Ingredients:

1 box yellow cake mix

2 eggs

3-4 overripe bananas

1 cup chocolate chips

Nuts (optional)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Spray loaf pan with cooking spray.  Smash bananas in a large bowl.  Add remaining ingredients and mix well. Bake for 50-60 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean in the middle. If you do mini loaves or jars, bake for 45 minutes. 

Honey Garlic Alfredo Pizza

Honey Garlic Alfredo Pizza

Review by Lyndee:

If you’ve ever been to Fong’s Pizza in downtown Des Moines, IA and tried their honey garlic alfredo pizza, you know it’s amazing! My friends and I love it so much I decided to take a stab at making a version we can have at home anytime we like.  I must admit, it turned out pretty spectacular.  I even went so far as to add a little something, something to one and continue the creation.

Ingredients:

2 pack of pizza crust

1 jar Classico light Asiago Romano Alfredo

3 Tbsp minced garlic

1 Tbsp grated parmesan cheese

1 Tbsp Italian seasoning

1 Tbsp honey

2 packages Kraft 5 cheese Italian (shredded)

In a bowl, combine alfredo, garlic, honey, seasoning and cheese.  Drizzle crusts with honey. Spread on your alfredo mixture. Top with shredded cheese.  Drizzle with honey and bake at 350 for 12-15 minutes or until cheese is golden brown. 

This is your basic pizza.  Now for the second one I added chopped spinach and chunks of chicken breast.  It was amazing!! You could also add bacon crumbles or diced tomatoes too.  Use your imagination. Get crazy.  Next time I will try a whole wheat pizza crust and see how that melds with the honey and  garlic flavors.  Yum!!! 

UV Cherry

Looking for an easy and fun, refreshing drink?

UV Cherry
Lemonade
7-Up

Fill a cup with crushed ice. Pour half full with UV Cherry.  Top off with lemonade and a splash of 7-Up. Stir and enjoy.  

Pulled BBQ Pork Sliders

Review by Lyndee:

What do you do when you have a couple pounds of pulled pork leftover from a BBQ?  Well find new ways to use it up, of course. 

Ingredients:

Pulled pork

Dinner rolls, halved

Butter

Garlic

Mozzarella cheese slices

Warm up pork in skillet or microwave. Half your dinner rolls and butter them.  Sprinkle with garlic.  Bake a few minutes in the oven or on the pizazz until they are soft and butter begins to melt.  Top with pork and half a slice of cheese.  Bake or broil until the cheese becomes golden brown.  Enjoy!

Corn dip

Review by Audra:

Ingredients:

2 cans mexi corn
1 can green chili
Green onions, chopped
2 jalapenos, diced
1 green pepper, diced
1 cup sour cream
1 cup mayo

Dice green onions, green pepper and jalapenos.  Mix all ingredients together and chill in the fridge for one hour.  Serve with tortilla chips.