Chicken, snow pea and cashew fried rice

What you need:

• 1 pound boneless, skinless chicken breasts, sliced thin
• 1/4 cup teriyaki sauce
• 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 3 scallions, finely chopped
• 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
• 1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh ginger (or an 1/8tsp dried ginger if you don't have fresh on hand)
  
• 8 ounces snow peas, trimmed
• 1/4 cup low-sodium chicken broth
  
• 4 cups cooked white rice (we used brown rice)
  
• 3 tablespoons chopped roasted cashews (added a ton more! I love cashews in chicken meals.)
  

What to do:

1. Marinade chicken in 2 Tbsp. teriyaki sauce in a bowl and set aside. Warm 1 1/2 Tbsp. vegetable oil in a wok or large nonstick skillet over high heat. Add chicken and cook, stirring, until no longer pink, 3 to 5 minutes. Transfer to a clean bowl.

2. Add scallions, garlic, ginger and remaining vegetable oil to wok and cook, stirring, until fragrant, about 1 minute. Add snow peas and chicken broth, cover and cook until tender, 2 to 3 minutes. Stir in rice, chicken and remaining 2 Tbsp. teriyaki sauce and cook, stirring, until rice is heated through, 1 to 2 minutes. Toss in cashews and serve.

Cheesies

This is something the Mr introduced me to. Pretty easy to make & yummy.

What you need:
Rye bread (sliced)
Salsa
Cheddar cheese (we use sharp)
butter

What to do:
We use the toaster oven to make these but you can use your toaster & then the oven. Toast the bread. Take it out & butter it. Add a layer of cheese & then top with salsa. Put back into the toaster oven or the oven & broil until cheese melted & salsa is heated through.

Cheaters Cannoli's

10 Sugar cones

Cannoli mix:
15oz Ricotta cheese
2/3 cup powdered sugar
1/2 tsp grated orange peel
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
2 tbsp mini chocolate chips

I dipped my cones in chocolate & then sprinkles. (optional)

Blend all ingredients except chocolate chips. Stir in chocolate chips. Refrigerate for 30 minutes. Fill cones. Keep refrigerated until ready to serve.

Candy Corn Cupcakes

Saw these somewhere but lost the link. Super easy to make. I used a white cake mix & then divided it into 2 bowls. Tinted one bowl with yellow gel & the other with orange gel. Scoop about 2tsp of yellow into your cup & then top with about 2 tsp of orange. Bake & then ice with your favorite icing. I used buttercream - which proceeded to melt on me. I sprayed them with a black food coloring spray. I should have refrigerated the cupcakes after I iced them & then sprayed them. Oh well it was a learning process. :)

Red Velvet Whoopie Pies

I wanted to do something different than the usual cupcakes. Another momma made pumpkin whoopie pies so she got me thinking about those. No pumpkin mix in this house at the moment but I had some red velvet mix & cream cheese frosting sounded so good. For the cake part I followed the instructions on the box minus about a 1/4 cup of water & added 1 tsp of vanilla extract. Preheat oven at 350 degrees F. Place about 1tbsp of mix onto a cookie sheet. Cook for about 10 minutes. Let cool.

Onto the super duper yummy icing...

3/4 cup butter, softened
4 oz cream cheese, softened
1/8 cup light brown sugar, packed
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1-2 tablespoons milk (I used 1 tbsp
2-4 cups powdered sugar (I used 3 cups)

Blend together the butter & cream cheese. Add in the brown sugar & vanilla extract. Blend. Add in 2 cups of the powdered sugar, blend on low. Add in, alternating, the milk & powdered sugar - depending on your desired consistency.

Place icing on 1 cake piece & top with a second. Enjoy!

S'mores Bake

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

Ingredients:
10-12 whole graham crackers (break up into quarters)
about 1/2 bag of mini marshmallows
1-1 1/2 cups of semi-sweet chocolate chips

Spray pan lightly. Layer the bottom with half of the graham crackers, chocolate chips & marshmallows. Repeat. Bake until marshmallows are slightly golden & the chocolate chips have started to melt - about 10 minutes or so.

Chicken with Mustard-Citrus Sauce

Found this in one of the magazines I get & we needed something new for a chicken dinner. It's approximately 1 hour of prep time & 30 minutes of cooking time.

Ingredients:
boneless, skinless chicken of your choice
1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
3 tbsp minced garlic, divided
3 tbsp honey, divided
2 tbsp olive oil
salt & pepper
3 tbsp chopped shallot
1/4 tsp crushed red pepper
1/2 cup orange juice
3/4 cup canned low-sodium chicken broth
1/4 cup Dijon mustard
1/2 tsp orange zest


1) Marinate meat - mix lemon juice, Worcestershire sauce, 1 tbsp garlic & 2 tbsp honey in a plastic bag. Add chicken & put in the fridge for an hour.

2) Heat oil in large skillet. Remove chicken from bag & pat dry. Sprinkle with salt & pepper. Brown chicken on all sides for about 10 minutes. Add shallots, remaining garlic, & crushed red pepper to the skillet. Cook for about 2 minutes. Return the chicken to the pan. Add orange juice & chicken broth. Simmer & turn once until the chicken is cooked through (about 10 minutes).
3) Remove chicken. Add mustard, orange zest & remaining honey to skillet. Bring to a boil & whisk until sauce thickens - about 7 minutes. Spoon over chicken & serve!