Roasted Chicken and herbs

6-7 chicken breast
8 Potatoes
4 Carrots
1 cube of butter
1 tablespoon of oregano
1 tablespoon of basil
Poultry seasoning
Black pepper (fresh or chunky)
Chicken bouillon
water

Cut up your veggies, place in bottom of roasting pan, place chicken breast on top,
Mix up the herbs, melted butter, and sprinkle poultry seasoning, add a little bit of water. Pour over top of chicken and veggies, cover and bake on 350 for 1 ½ hours

About 30-40 minutes into the baking, open up and sprinkle more poultry seasoning and add your black pepper you thought I had forgot *wink

Serve with fresh rolls and salad.

Snacky Snack!

Ingredients:
1 Banana
1 Tsp. Brown Sugar
1/2 cup Milk

Cut up banana, put in bowl. Sprinkle Brown sugar on top. Poor milk over mixture. WahLah!-Snacky Snack!

p.s. Not sure why my family likes this, but hey it's easy and pretty Healthy!! :)

Emeril Essences

Sis. Jalea's Prime Rib Seasoning

1 1/4 c. Paprika
1 c. Salt
1 c. Garlic Powder
1/2 c. Black Pepper
1/2 c. Cayenne Pepper
1/2 c. dried leaf Oregano
1/2 c. dried Thyme

Put ingredients in a bowl and stir till combined. Cover your nose and mouth when mixing, or the cayenne will burn you. Will need a large container to store in.

*This mixture tasted wonderful the first time I tried it, but when I mixed up a batch, it was entirely too hot for me. I should have measured more carefully and used less cayenne.:)

Cheddar Cheese Ball

The Yummiest Cheddar Cheese Ball Ever

2 c. finely shredded cheddar cheese
1 8-oz. pkg. softened cream cheese
4 T. butter or margarine
4 T. milk
2 heaping T. finely chopped green onion
2 tsp. Worcestershire sauce
1 c. finely chopped ranch flavored Almond Accents
*4-5 pcs. of bacon, chopped small, cooked

--Put cheese, cream cheese and butter in mixing bowl. Add milk, green onion and Worcestershire sauce and beat till combined. Cover and chill for a couple hours. Take out of refrigerator and split mixture in half. Shape each half into ball and roll in Almond Accents. Cover each ball with saran wrap. Chill for 24 hours and use or put in freezer bag and use later. Serve with crackers, esp. Sun dried Tomato and Basil Wheat Thins!!

*This is a variation of the recipe I used to call Lizzy and get every holiday season until the year she started calling me to get the same recipe... Anyway, it's very yummy and almost impossible to ruin.

Quick Mex Dinner Idea!

What do you do w/your leftover Chimichanga meat? Gather all leftover rice (i used Spanish rice a roni), taco meat, refrieds, black beans, cheese & tortillas. Get the old griddle out, slap a variety of junk on a tortilla, roll it up and put on griddle. Takes a couple of minutes to melt cheese. Put toppings on table & there you go Quick Mex!

Zoupa Soupa..

10 Red potatoes leave skins on
1 Carrot
3-4 celery stocks
1 medium yellow onion
1 package of sausage
1 can evaporated milk
1 cup or more fresh greens
1/3 tsp. crushed red chillies
dried crushed oregano
dried crushed basil
salt
pepper

Cut up veggies place in stockpot, cover with water about 2/3 to the top.
boil till potatoes are softened. Cook sausage salt and season depending on your sausage, then add your crushed red chili peppers to the sausage, (caution very hot)
when your taters are soft add the sausage and evaporated milk, cook on high for 5-10 minutes, turn on low add your greens and serve. salt and pepper to taste.


I prefer to leave the potato and onion slightly chunky. It turns out to be a fairly thin broth with chunky veggies and sausage.

Em's Soup

2 qts. Water
4-5 med. baked Potatoes w/ skins, chopped
1 lg. Chicken breast, cooked, chopped small
2 c. finely chopped fresh Spinach
1 can Italian style diced Tomatoes
1 1/2 tsp. Costco Chicken Base
Salt & Pepper

-Prepare ingredients and add all together in stockpot. Boil till well blended. Add more water as needed and extra seasoning as desired. *I haven't tried this out yet, but it sounds very yummy!!