Chunky Chicken Salad with Grapes & Pecans

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup mayonnaise
• 2 Tbsp. sour cream
• 1 Tbsp. lemon juice
• 1/8 tsp. salt
• 1/8 tsp. pepper
• 4 cups shredded rotisserie chicken
• 1 1/4 cups seedless red grapes, halved
• 1/2 cup chopped pecans
• 1/2 cup chopped celery
• 1/4 cup chopped sweet onion, optional
• Romaine leaves

In a large bowl, combine the first five ingredients. Add the chicken, grapes, pecans, celery, and, if desired, onion; mix lightly to coat. Serve on romaine.

"I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel." ~Maya Angelou

Easy Chicken & Cheese Enchiladas

Ingredients

• 1 can (10 3/4 oz.) Campbell's Condensed Cream or Chicken Soup (Regular or 98% Fat Free)
• 1/2 cup sour cream
• 1 cup Pace Picante Sauce
• 2 tsp chili powder
• 2 cups chopped cooked chicken
• 1/2 cup shredded Monterey Jack cheese
• 6 multi-grain flour tortillas (6"), warmed
• 1 small tomato, chopped
• 1 green onion, sliced

Prep: 15 min. Bake: 40 min. Makes: 6 servings

Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Stir soup, sour cream, picante sauce and chili powder in medium bowl.

Stir 1 cup soup mixture, chicken and cheese in large bowl.

Divide chicken mixture among tortillas. Roll up tortillas and place seam-side down in 11 x 7 x 2" baking dish. Pour remaining soup mixture over filled tortillas. Cover baking dish.

Bake 40 minutes or until enchiladas are hot and bubbling. Top with tomato and onion.

"If I find in myself desires which nothing in this world can satisfy, the only logical explanation is that I was made for another world." ~C.S. Lewis

Frittata

Ingredients

• 8 eggs lightly beaten
• 1 tablespoon snipped fresh basil or 1 teaspoon dried basil, crushed
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 1/2 cups chopped fresh vegetables, such as summer squash, broccoli, roma tomatoes, and/ or sweet peppers
• 1/3 cup thinly sliced green onions (3)
• 1/2 cup chopped cooked ham; chopped cooked kielbasa, chicken, or turkey; or crumbled cooked pork sausage
• 1/2 cup shredded cheddar, Monterey Jack, or Swiss cheese (2 ounces)

In a medium bowl combine eggs, basil. salt, and 1/4 teaspoon black pepper; set aside. Heat oil in a large briolerproof skillet; add vegetables and green onions. Cook, uncovered, over medium heat about 5 minutes or until vegetables are crisp-tender, stirring occasionally. Stir in meat.

Pour egg mixture over vegetable mixture in skillet. Cook over medium heat. As mixture sets, run a spatula around edge of skillet, lifting egg mixture so uncooked portion flows underneath. Continue cooking and lifting edges until egg mixture is almost set (surface will be moist). Sprinkle with cheese.

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F; bake for 5 minutes until top is set.

*This recipe may be found in Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book 15th edition 

"Without question, the material world and your everyday needs distract you from living meaningfully."

~Menachem Mendel Schneerson 

Capri Sun Fruit Punch Pops

Ingredients

• 1 cup strawberries, finely chopped
• 1 cup blueberries
• 1 6-ounce Capri Sun pouches or 1 1/2 cups fruit punch

Combine the fruit in a large mixing bowl. Spoon the mixture into 8 popsicle molds. Fill each mold with enough punch to reach the line. Add the popsicle stick and place in the freezer.

Freeze for at least 4 hours up to overnight, or until the the popsicles are frozen solid. Allow the molds to sit at room temperature for 5 minutes or place under warm running water for 10-20 seconds to remove popsicles.

Note: Use any fruits you like: pineapple, kiwi, orange segments, grapes, or chopped peaches.

Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them, Are you not much more valuable than they? Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?~ Matthew 6: 25-27

Mint Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ingredients

• 1 pouch (1 lb 1.5 oz) Betty Crocker sugar cookie mix
• 1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
• 1/4 teaspoon peppermint extract
• 8 to 10 drops green food color
• 1 egg
• 1 cup creme de menthe baking chips
• 1 cup semisweet chocolate chunks

Heat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. In large bowl, stir cookie mix. butter, extract, food color and egg until soft dough forms. Stir in creme de menthe baking chips and chocolate chips.

Using small cookie scoop or teaspoon, drop dough 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet.

Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until set. Cool 3 minutes; remove from cookie sheet to wire rack. Serve warm or cool completely. Store tightly covered at room temperature.

"Miracles are a retelling in small letters of the very same story which is written across the whole world in letters too large for some of us to see." C. S. Lewis 

Pretzel Treats

Ingredients

• Bite-size, waffle-shaped pretzels
• Hershey's Kiss or Hershey's Hug
• M&M's candy

Heat the oven to 170F. Set a number of bite-size, waffle-shaped pretzels (one for each treat) in a single layer on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper, then top each pretzel with an unwrapped Hershey's Kiss or Hershey's Hug.

Bake for 4 to 6 minutes (the white chocolate will melt more quickly), until the chocolates feel soft when touched with a wooden spoon. Remove the cookie sheet from the oven and quickly press an M&M's candy into the center of each Kiss. Allow the treats to cool for a few minutes, then place them in the refrigerator to set, about 10 minutes. Place handfuls of the candies in clear plastic bags and tie on colorful ribbons.

Remain in me, and I will remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me. “I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.  ~John 15: 4-5

S'mores Cookies

Ingredients

• 11 tablespoons unsalted, butter, softened
• 1 cup brown sugar, packed
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 2- 1/2 cups flour
• 1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1 cup mini marshmallows
• 3 regular sized Hershey's bars, broken into pieces
• 1-2 packages graham crackers, broken into squares

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Line baking pans with parchment paper. Lay out graham crackers side by side on the pans as close as possible (they should be touching).

In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, sea salt and cinnamon to combine. Set aside.

In the bowl of an electric mixer, cream butter with white and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Add the eggs and vanilla and mix until combined. Add the flour mixture to the butter mixer and combine on low speed.

Fold in the chocolate chips and marshmallows. Chill dough in refrigerator for 1 hour.

Place tablespoons of dough on graham crackers about 1 - 1 1/2 inches apart. Press down slightly with fingertips.

Bake for 5 minutes then remove from oven to press Hershey's bar pieces on the top.

Bake for 5- 7 more minutes or until dough is beginning to turn golden brown at the edges. Remove to a wire rack to cool. For clean cutting make sure cookies are completely cool and cut with a sharp knife.

*Any chocolate chip recipe may be used for these cookies (the nestle toll house recipe is a personal favorite)

"Live in the sunshine, swim in the sea, drink the wild air." ~Ralf Waldo Emerson