  | Chicken Marinara3 chicken breasts (sliced in portions) 3 tbsp olive oil 3 cloves garlic minced 1 large or 2 small carrots minced 1/2 medium onion minced 1 large can of crushed tomatoes 2 tbsp tomato paste 3 tbsp fresh basil chopped (or 2 tsp dried) 2 tsp dried oregano 11/2 tsp salt 1/4 tsp black pepper 2 tsp franks red hot sauce couple pinches of red pepper flakes grated Parmesan cheese 3 tbsp fresh parsley chopped Directions: - In a large sauce pan, heat 2 tbsp of olive oil with the garlic until fragrant. - Add carrots and onions. Cook until slightly softened. - Add crushed tomatoes, tomato paste, basil, oregano, salt, pepper, hot sauce, and pepper flakes, stir. - Simmer, stirring occasionally, until thickened. - Brown chicken slices on both sides and place in a casserole dish. - Pour sauce over chicken and sprinkle with grated Parmesan cheese. - Cover with tinfoil and bake for 1 hour (350 degrees) or until chicken is tender. -Sprinkle with parsley and serve. |
Easy Potato Casserole
4 or 5 large potatoes diced into small cubes
1 pack of onion soup m,ix
2 tbsp olive oil
dash of pepper
Directions:
- Mix potatoes, olive oil and onion soup mix. Put into a casserole dish.
- Cover. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 - 1 1/2 hours or until potatoes are cooked.
- Serve with sour cream or fat free Greek yogurt.
Lauri's Soft and Sweet Buns (My husbands favorite)
1/2 cup honey
2 tsp sugar
3 cups lukewarm water
2 packages yeast
1 1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup hard margarine
3 eggs (beaten until light)
9 cups of flour (approximately)
Directions:
- Dissolve 2 tsp sugar in 1 cup of the lukewarm water. Sprinkle yeast and let stand 10 minutes. Then stir.
- Meanwhile, combine honey, 2 cups lukewarm water, salt, and margarine in a large bowl. Mix well.
- Stir in yeast mixture and eggs.
- Beat in 4 cups of flour with electric mixer. Add remaining flour 1 cup at a time until a smooth, elastic dough is formed. Make sure you kneed it until small bubbles form on the surface of the dough.
- Let rise 2 hours. Punch down and make into whatever shape buns you want. (I usually make dinner rolls by dividing the dough into 48 pieces and placing them in two greased 9 x 15 cake pans.)
- Let rise half an hour. Bake at 375 degrees until tops are golden and when tapped they sound hollow. (20-45 minutes depending on the size of buns)
- Turn out onto racks and let cool.
- Store in large plastic ziploc bags at room temperature or freeze.
