Food for Friday - Week 10

Hands up for Friday

Miss Ella is showing us her "Hooray for Friday" moves.
I agree with her.  Time for the weekend.  This has been a very busy week thus no posting and very little cooking since last weekend.  March is a busy month at work for me.  Lots of night classes but I love it and enjoy all the wonderful people I get to share my love of teaching with.  Making a difference one student at a time....I hope!!
Tulsa is up and down in its' weather temps now but we are certainly seeing signs of spring which always lifts my spirits.
It's official.....I joined a team for the COLOR RUN on April 20th.  I haven't been able to make myself get back into "good" exercise habits since my life started unraveling over a year ago.  It's the one push I haven't made myself start again...so....I decided to start back with an easy 5K....I may walk or dance or roll in the paint all the way across town but I guarantee I am going to have fun!!  I am running with a group of young women in their 20's so I am trying to find someone in my age group to join  ( NOT going to print what that is....You who know me know the age I am talking about!!)...Call me if you are interested!!!  It is going to be a blast.  I can't wait to look like the Purple People Eater!! If there is one thing I have learned through all of this...it is that life is short and very unpredictable so....enjoy the moment when you can!!  Oh.....and to all you thousands of Tulsans out there that I have taught CPR.....if you see me down call 911 and start compressions!!  HaHa!

Food for Friday - Week 10

I love quick, easy, elegant dishes.  This recipe used the crock pot.  I made it this past weekend for friends and we all enjoyed it.  The chicken is moist and very tender.  I encourage you to give it a try.  The leftovers were just as good the next day.

Angel Chicken

Ingredients:
4 skinless, boneless, chicken breasts halves (about 1 1/2 lbs.)
1 8-oz pkg fresh button mushrooms, quartered
1 8-oz pkg fresh baby portabella mushrooms, sliced
1/4 cup butter
1 0.7-oz pkg Italian dry salad dressing mix
1 10-3/4-oz can condensed golden mushroom soup 
1/2 cup dry white wine
1/2of an 8-oz tub cream cheese spread with chives and onion
1 lb. angel hair pasta  


Method:


 




Melt butter in saucepan.
  

     

Add in Italian dressing packet, stir in soup, wine and cream cheese until it combines and melts into a sauce.









Clean and cut up the mushrooms.  Layer the mushrooms on the bottom of the slow cooker.

Season the chicken breast with salt and pepper and place on top of the mushrooms in the slow cooker.

 


Pour sauce on top of the chicken and mushrooms.  Cover and cook on low for 5 hours.




When ready to serve cook angel hair pasta according to the pkg and drain.  Layer pasta in the bottom of the bowl.  Cover with a ladle of the yummy sauce in the crockpot.  Then top with a chicken breast.  (Mine was so tender the chicken breast fell apart).  

 This recipe is would be great if you also shredded the chicken after cooking and mixed the cooked pasta into the sauce and chicken.  
It would be great to take it to a potluck.  


 Angel Chicken

Ingredients:
4 skinless, boneless, chicken breasts halves (about 1 1/2 lbs.)
1 8-oz pkg fresh button mushrooms, quartered
1 8-oz pkg fresh baby portabella mushrooms, sliced
1/4 cup butter
1 0.7-oz pkg Italian dry salad dressing mix
1 10-3/4-oz can condensed golden mushroom soup 
1/2 cup dry white wine
1/2of an 8-oz tub cream cheese spread with chives and onion
1 lb. angel hair pasta  

 Method:
 Melt butter in saucepan.
 Add in Italian dressing packet, stir in soup, wine and cream cheese until it combines and melts into a sauce.
 Clean and cut up the mushrooms.  Layer the mushrooms on the bottom of the slow cooker.
 Season the chicken breast with salt and pepper and place on top of the mushrooms in the slow cooker.
 Pour sauce on top of the chicken and mushrooms.  Cover and cook on low for 5 hours.
 When ready to serve cook angel hair pasta according to the pkg and drain.  Layer pasta in the bottom of the bowl.  Cover with a ladle of the yummy sauce in the crockpot.  Then top with a chicken breast.  (Mine was so tender the chicken breast fell apart). 
This recipe is would be great if you also shredded the chicken after cooking and mixed the cooked pasta into the sauce and chicken.  
It would be great to take it to a potluck. 

Hope you enjoy this as much as we did!!  I got lots of feedback from last week's recipe.   Thanks to everyone for trying it and putting your own special spin on it to make it yours.  I will be linking up with Freedom Fridays, The Shabby Nest and   Stone Gable for Tutorials, Tips and Tidbits.
Check out all the great projects others are doing over there.
Try ANGEL CHICKEN and give me your verdict!!

Bon Appetite!!

Happy Trails, 
Mtn Mama

Food for Friday - Week 9

Friday's are for Fun!!  
Today I get to hang with some of  my favorite people.  No work for this girl today!!  The "Downtown Abbey" girls will meet for lunch at a friends home and start Season 2,  after that maybe some shopping in the afternoon and then I am cooking dinner for special friends.  This will be the first time since Jeffrey has been gone that I am hosting at my home by myself.  It's time.  I love to cook and share so it will be a great evening.  Besides we are having "Angel Chicken"....so the heavenly realms will be represented too!!  I hope your Friday is shaping up to be as good as mine is going to be!!

Food for Friday - Week 9
This week I made soup because I had a bad cold and wanted something warm and comforting.  Tulsa was also predicted for snow but it went north of us....it still has been a "cold" week so soup was very welcome.

I got this recipe many years ago from one of Jeff's partner's wives, Diane Erbacher.  It is very quick and easy and delicious.  I make it at least one time every winter.  So let's get started!!

Zucchini-Sausage Soup

Ingredients:
12 ounces of Italian Sausage ( I use Turkey Sausage)
2-3  medium Zucchini (Cut into Chunks)
2 - cans diced tomatoes with Rosemary and Oregano
1 package Onion Soup Mix
1/2 tsp Italian Seasonings

  
  

 















I weighed the sausages to get the correct amount.  It was about 3 links.  I froze the rest for future use.  My son-in-law loves Brats and Sausages on the grill so.....Jon will be here the first weekend in April moving their storage from Chicago to Tulsa in anticipation of their complete move in June and we will have a picnic on the patio!!

Crumble the sausage (Remove from the casing).  Brown in a Dutch oven.  Remove and drain on paper towels if needed.

  Cut the zucchini into chunks

                              Combine the zucchini, sausage, and tomatoes in the dutch oven.

 Add 1 envelope of onion soup mix to the Dutch oven mixture.







Put the Italian Seasoning into the Pot at this time.






Complete the mixture by adding 3-4 cups of water to the pot and stirring to combine.

                                The soup should look like this when all the ingredients are added.

 Bring the soup to a bubble then reduce the heat to a simmer, cover and cook for 15-20 minutes to cook the zucchini.

                                 A delicious ladle of soup ready to scoop up!

I like to top each bowl with shredded Parmesan.

 As always I had "Bucket Bread" in the refrigerator so I made a few loaves to go with the soup and to give away.  You know who you are that got bread this week!!

Since I had lots of leftovers I put some in the freezer for the next time I needed some "Comfort"!!

I hope you try this soup and enjoy it as much as I did.  It's Friday and my cold is much better so the soup "worked"....that and three days, kleenex and Nyquil!!!

 Baby Girl Quilt that I FINISHED just in time for the shower this Sunday.  I love her name.  It's made of flannel.  Soft and cozy!!
I am linking up with  Whoop, Whoop Friday , Crazy Mom Quilts  and  Richard and Tanya Quilts.    
Hop over to these blogs and see what is going on!!

I miss this little "Princess" so much but she is moving back to Tulsa in June when Daddy finishes his Fellowship.  Auntie KK is coming back too.  She will be a PGY II in Internal Medicine at OSU Medical Center.  I am so happy to have family in Tulsa again!!  I told them if they didn't come back the Mtn Mama was moving home to the mountains.......I guess it worked!!!  Hooray!!

 

Happy Trails,

Mtn Mama