Easy garlic noodles

Cooked noodles
butter
garlic seasoning (we like the stuff you get at Costco)

Just throw them all together, take it easy on the garlic seasoning as it is easy to over season these. Enjoy!

Chicken Scallopini

4 chicken cutlets
2 T olive oil
2/3 c flour
2/3 c white grape juice (dry white wine substitute)
2/3 c chicken broth
1 1/2 c dived tomatoes (14 oz can)
6 T chopped olives
1/2 T sugar
salt
pepper
basil

Pound the cutlets with a tenderizer and season with some salt and pepper. Heat oil in a skillet over medium. Dip the chicken in flour. Cook chicken in the oil until light brown and cooked through. Set aside.
Pour the white grape juice into the pan that the chicken was cooked in (don't remove oil or clean the pan). Whisk and reduce until about 4 T remains. Add broth, tomatoes, olives, and sugar- simmer, whisking occasionally until slightly thickened (3-5 min). Season with salt and pepper and basil.
Spoon sauce over chicken and serve!

Cinnamon Sugar Pancakes

Buttermilk Pancake mix

Water

Vanilla

Cinnamon sugar

Make pancake mix according to the directions on the package. Add a dash of vanilla. Sprinkle in some cinnamon sugar. Cook as normal. Delicious with syrup.

Personal Note: I am not really much of a food inventor, I will happily tweak stuff, though! I am sure I am not the first person who thought of this, but to be honest, I hadn't, so I was taking a risk trying it out. I was pretty proud, they turned out delicious and they were super simple! Shawn said they were the best pancakes he has ever had, but he likes to praise me! Enjoy them!

Cheesecake

2 (8 oz) pkgs cream cheese, softened

3/4 c white sugar

1 1/2 T vanilla

1 egg

1/4 c flour

1/2 c milk

1 (9 in) graham cracker crust

Preheat over to 350

Mix together cream cheese and sugar until well blended. Add in egg by hand (don't overbeat the egg, that is the secret to a good cheesecake). Gradually mix in flour. Stir in vanilla. Blend in milk until smooth; add more liquid if batter is too thick to pour. Pour into graham or pastry shell.

Bake for 40 minutes or until top is golden brown. Refridgerate overnight.

Mango Mousse and Berry Parfait

4 Cups Fresh Mangoes



1 teaspoon Vanilla


Zest of one small lime


Juice of one small lime


1/2 Cup Agave or Pure Maple Syrup


Pinch of Salt


4 T Melted Coconut Oil

1 Cup Berries (I used strawberries can use any mixture of fresh berries you want)

Blend all ingredients except for the Berries and a cup of the mango in a food processor or blender until smooth and creamy. I slowly added the melted coconut oil while blender was running so it would mix in well before it started setting up. After it is all mixed and creamy, transfer to a bowl and then Chill it in the fridge for at least 1-2hrs or overnight. Fill the cups with a layer of the mousse, a layer of fresh sliced mango, then another layer of the mousse, then a layer of fresh berries and so on until full. Top with a layer of fruit and fresh mint leaves if desired.

Sweet Peppered Bacon

Bacon

Brown Sugar

Fresh ground pepper

This is simple and yummy- just coat the bacon in the brown sugar, then grind some fresh pepper over it and bake it in the oven for as long as you want to your desired crispiness. This works best if you put the bacon on a rack and have a drip pan underneath- at first I wasn't sure how I felt about it and then I found myself craving it!!!