Chicken Saute In Tomato-vinegar Sauce

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• 4 cloves garlic, chopped
• 1 (1 lb) can italian plum tomato, drained,chopped (1/2 cup of liquid reserved)
• 2 cups chicken broth
• 1/3 cup red wine vinegar (or more)
• 1 bay leaf, broken in half
• 4 boneless chicken breasts
• 1/4 teaspoon crumbled rosemary
• salt and pepper
• 2 tablespoons butter, cut into 8 pieces
• 2 tablespoons chopped parsley
• buttered rice

Recipe

• 1 heat 1 tblsp oil in large saucepan over low heat.
• 2 add garlic and saute 2 minutes.
• 3 add tomatoes and reserved juice, stock, vinegar and bay leaf.
• 4 bring to boil.
• 5 reduce heat and simmer gently until reduced to sauce consistency, about 25 minutes (can be prepared 1 day ahead).
• 6 cut each breast in half cross-wise.
• 7 season with rosemary and salt and pepper.
• 8 heat remaining 2 tblsps of oil in large skillet over medium heat.
• 9 add chicken, skin side down.
• 10 saute until cooked through, about 5 minutes per side.
• 11 transfer to platter; keep warm.
• 12 add sauce to same skillet and bring to simmer, scraping up any browned bits.
• 13 reduce heat to low.
• 14 mix in butter, whisking, 1 piece at a time.
• 15 stir in parsley.
• 16 taste sauce and adjust seasoning, adding more vinegar if a sharper flavour is desired.
• 17 discard bay leaf.
• 18 spoon sauce over chicken.
• 19 serve with rice.

Crock Pot Chicken Stock

Total Time: 6 hrs 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 6 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• chicken bone
• water
• 2 roughly chopped onions
• 3 roughly diced carrots
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 dash italian seasoning
• 3 -4 garlic cloves

Recipe

• 1 load chicken bones in your crockpot (as many as you can get without over-filling it as you will be adding some water to it).
• 2 fill it with water about 1-1/2 inches or 2 inches from the top of the crockpot.
• 3 add the carrots, garlic, onions, bay leaf, and dash of italian seasoning (can use more if you like).
• 4 cook on low 6-8 hours.
• 5 strain into your container (i first strain in a large bowl and then dip out for individual containers to freeze or even freeze some in ice cube trays for a little seasoning here and there).
• 6 enjoy!

Carrabba's Blackberry Sangria

Total Time: 2 hrs 5 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 1/2 liters bisanzio italian wine or 1 1/2 liters any other sweet red italian wine
• 14 ounces cranberry juice (not cranberry cocktail)
• 14 ounces monin blackberry syrup
• 6 ounces tuaca italian liqueur
• blackberry
• lemon slice
• orange slice

Recipe

• 1 mix all liquid ingredients together and add blackberries. refrigerate and let sit for a few hours. serve over ice. when ready to serve, add a slice of lemon and orange.

Butterscotch- Chocolate Biscotti

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2/3 cup brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 (8 ounce) bar premium baking chocolate, finely chopped
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 eggs
• 1 egg

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f combine first 5 ingredients in a large bowl. combine vanilla with next 2 ingredients. add to flour mixture; stir until well blended (dough will be dry).
• 2 turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface and knead lightly 7 or 8 times. shape dough into a 16-inch-long roll. place roll on a baking sheet coated with cooking spray; flatten to 1-inch thickness.
• 3 bake for 30 minutes. let cool. cut roll diagonally into 24 (1/2-inch) slices, and place slices, cut sides down, on baking sheet. reduce oven temperature to 325f and bake for 10 minutes. turn cookies over and bake for an additional 10 minutes (the cookies will be slightly soft in center but will harden as they cool). remove from baking sheet, and let cool completely on wire rack.

Crock Pot Chicken Divan With Ham

Total Time: 4 hrs 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 4 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 1/2 cups cooked ham, diced
• 1 1/2 cups cooked chicken, diced
• 1 teaspoon salt-free italian herb seasoning
• 1 teaspoon chicken soup base, sodium free or 1 teaspoon chicken bouillon granule
• 1/8 teaspoon pepper
• 12 ounces fat free chicken gravy (i use heinz)
• 10 1/2 ounces low-sodium cream of mushroom soup, low sodium (or fat free)
• 2 cups broccoli florets, fresh or 2 cups broccoli florets, frozen
• 8 ounces fat free cream cheese

Recipe

• 1 place in crock pot: ham, chicken, seasoning, pepper, gravy. stir to mix. cook on high 3 hours.
• 2 at end of 3rd hour, add broccoli and soup. do not stir. cook another 45 minutes.
• 3 after the 45 minutes is done, stir in broccoli and soup. add the cream cheese and replace cover for about 10 minutes until softened. stir all until cheese is fully incorporated, being careful not to smash the broccoli too much.
• 4 serve over whole wheat pasta or rice.
• 5 could also be cooked on low for a longer period of time.

Cheesy Lasagna

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 lb ground beef (maybe extra because so much cheese)
• 1 medium onion (replace onion flakes if want to)
• 2 (8 ounce) cans tomato sauce
• 1 teaspoon italian seasoning
• 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
• 1 1/2 teaspoons dried parsley flakes
• 1 (8 ounce) package lasagna noodles
• 1 (12 ounce) container cottage cheese
• 1 (8 ounce) container sour cream
• 1 (3 ounce) package cream cheese
• 4 cups shredded mozzarella cheese (16 oz)

Recipe

• 1 combine beef, onion in large skillet, cook until meat is brown then drain grease.
• 2 add next 5 ingredients and simmer uncovered for 20 minutes.
• 3 cook noodles and drain.
• 4 combine cottage cheese, sour cream, and cream cheese.
• 5 mix well.
• 6 spread about 1/2 cup meat sauce in a greased 13x9x2 inch baking dish.
• 7 layer half each of the noodles, cottage cheese mix, meat sauce & mozarella.
• 8 repeat layers bake at 350 for 30 minutes.
• 9 let stand 10 minutes.

Cheesy Italian Eggplant Delight

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 1 lb eggplant, thinly sliced
• salt and pepper
• 1 cup tomato sauce
• 3 medium tomatoes, thinly sliced
• 2 tablespoons dried basil
• 2 tablespoons dried italian seasoning
• 1 cup fat-free ricotta cheese
• 1/2 cup low mositure part-skim mozzarella cheese, shredded

Recipe

• 1 preheat over to 400.
• 2 season eggplant with salt and pepper, and roast for 15 minutes, covering the bottom of a cooking spray-coated glass dish with slices.
• 3 layer with half the sauce and half the tomatoes. sprinkle with 1 tablespoon each of basil and italian seasoning, salt and pepper to taste.
• 4 top with half the ricotta and half the mazzarella. repeat layers.
• 5 bake for 20 minutes, heating to broil until cheese is golden.