Old El Paso Creamy Chicken & Chile Enchilada -with revsions

Ingredients:
1 to 2 lbs boneless chicken breasts (cut into bite-size)
2 cans (10 oz) Old El Passo Green Chile Enchilada sauce
1 lrg can cream of chicken soup
1 cans black beans
1 can corn
1 large onion (chopped, diced)
4 garlic cloves (diced)
8 oz cream cheese (cut in cubes)
Salt & pepper -to taste
1 can green chiles (4.5 oz)
Lrg package soft flour tortillas
2 c cheese

Lightly brown tortillas (they should not be stiff) and set aside.

Cook bite-sized chicken in skillet with diced onion and garlic. Add salt and pepper. Set aside.

In a large pot, add enchilada sauce, cream of chicken, black beans and corn, green chilies and cream cheese. Salt and pepper to taste. Heat until boil.
Pour 1/2 the mix in a bowl. Add chicken mix to pot. stir.
Enchilada preparation:
Heat oven to 400 degrees
In a large casserole dish, lay a tortilla.
Spread chicken mix down the center of the tortilla with a spoon. Roll Tortilla

Top with cheese. Roll tortilla burrito-style.
Top with cheese. Place dish in oven until cheese has melted.

Quick and Easy Baked Mostaccioli/Ziti

This is a quick and simple recipe that my family loves and is fast to put together

1pkg of Sweet Italian Sausage (1-2 lbs)
1 Bottle of Spaghetti Sauce (my preference at the moment is the Ragu Mushroom and Green Pepper)
3-4 cloves of Garlic
1/2 Medium Onion
2-3 c. Shredded Mozzarella Cheese.
Salt and Pepper to taste
1 Box of Penn Noodles.


Brown Italian Sausage and put to the side. Saute Onions and Garlic in same pan on high until onions are translucent. Add back the Italian Sausage as well as the Spaghetti Sauce. Simmer on low for 10 minutes.

In the mean time boil noodles as per box instructions. If you started boiling water they should be complete about the same time as the sauce.

Drain noodles and pour sauce over them. Once completely mixed pour into large casserole dish.
Sprinkle Cheese on top of dish and put into oven for 20 minutes @ 400 degrees to melt and brown cheese. (put in less time if you do not like cheese browned.)

This recipe can serve 8-10 people and is a quick and simple dinner if you are in a hurry. This is a great dish that can be prepped ahead of time and just put into the oven to heat up when ready.

Total cook time is abt. 40 minutes.

Cowboy Cookies

Ingredients
2 c. Butter (4 cubes)
2 1/4 c. Brown Sugar
2 c. White Sugar
4 Eggs
2 tsp vanilla
2 tsp salt

Cream till light and fluffy then add:

5 c. Flour
2 1/4 tsp Baking Soda
1 1/8 tsp Baking Powder

Mix well and add:

5 c. Quick Oats
2 c. Coconut
2 c. Chocolate Chips
1 1/2 c. Nuts

Bake at 350 for abt. 15 minutes.

My family likes the cookies bigger so we cook them for about 18-20 minutes.

No Bake Cookies

Ingredients
2 c. Sugar
1/2c. Butter (1cube)
1/2c Milk
1 tsp Salt
3 tbs Cocoa
1 tsp vanilla
3 c. quick oats


Combine first five ingredients in a large sauce pan. Bring to full boil and boil for two minutes. Remove from heat. Add vanilla and oats. Drop by spoonful on waxed paper or baking sheet. Cool.

Var... 1/2 c. Coconut or nuts may be added

Makes abt. 36 cookies depending on size of spoon drops