One Dish Chicken and Stuffing

I received this recipe in the mail from a lady that I swap recipes with over at Swap-Bot.  

1 box stove top stuffing

1/2 cup hot water

1 tbsp butter, melted

4-6 boneless, skinless chicken breasts

1 can cream of mushroom soup

1/3 cup milk

1 tsp parsley flakes

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.  Mix stuffing , water and butter.  Spread evenly in center of baking dish. 

Place chicken on each side of stuffing. In small bowl mix soup, milk, and parsley. Pour over chicken. 

Cover and bake at 400 degrees for 15 minutes. Uncover and bake for 15 more minutes or until chicken is done. 

No Work Chicken

A friend of mine posted that she had this chicken for dinner and loved it, so of course I had to try it out too. It was pretty good and was really hardly any work at all. 

1/4 cup honey

1/4 cup soy sauce

3 tablespoons dijon mustard (I just used yellow mustard and it tasted fine)

1/2 teaspoon curry powder

4 chicken breasts, boneless and skinless

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In bowl mix all ingredients except chicken. Place chicken in baking dish and pour mixture over top. Cover with foil and bake at 350 for 30-40 minutes flipping over halfway through or until chicken is no longer pink. 

Taco Spaghetti

Taco spaghetti doesn't sound good at all, but SURPRISE! It's delicious!

5 oz. dried spaghetti, broken

1 lb. ground beef 

1 large onion, chopped

3/4 cup water

2 tbsp. taco seasoning mix

11 oz. can whole kernel corn with peppers, drained

1 cup sliced pitted black olives, drained

1 cup cheddar, shredded

1/2 cup salsa

lettuce (optional topping)

Cook pasta al dente. Drain. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

In a large pan, cook beef and onion until meat is brown. Drain fat. Stir in water and taco seasoning. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer uncovered for 2 minutes, stirring occasionally. Stir in cooked pasta, corn, olives, half of the cheese, and salsa.

Pour into lightly greased casserole dish. Cover with aluminum foil and bake at 350 degrees for 15 to 20 minutes until heated through. Sprinkle with remaining cheese and bake until melted.

M&M Cookie Bars

The other day I had the urge to bake so I decided to whip up these m&m cookie bars. I am so glad I did, well maybe my mind is but my body isn't because I could not stop eating them. They even stayed soft and chewy for a few days unlike when I make regular cookies. 

12 TBSPs butter (1 1/2 sticks), melted and cooled slightly

1 cup brown sugar

1/2 cup white sugar

1 large egg

1 large egg yolk

2 tsps vanilla extract

2 1/8 cups flour

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 tsp baking soda

1 12oz bag mini M&M's, divided

Preheat the oven to 325 degrees. Line a 9x13 inch pan with foil, make sure the foil goes up the sides of the pan too.   Mix the butter, sugar, and brown sugar together. Stir in the egg, egg yolk, and vanilla. Fold the flour, salt, and baking soda in until just combined. Stir in 1 cup of m&m's.

Pour batter into pan and smooth it out.  Place remaining m&m's on top and smoosh into batter a little. 

Bake at 325 degrees for 25-28 minutes.