Shredded BBQ Chicken Sandwiches

6 chicken breasts (boneless, skinless)
1 (12 oz) bottle of your favorite BBQ sauce --we like famous dave's
1/2 cup Italian dressing
1/4 cup brown sugar
2 tbsp Worcestershire sauce

Combine all ingredients in crock pot.
Cook on high for 3-4 hours or low for 6-8 hours.
Drain off excess liquid (keep on the side) and shred chicken with forks. Add drained liquid back as needed to keep meat moist and cook for additional 1/2 hour.
Serve on buns. Wonderful with cheese on top!

Easy Pasta

6 servings

6 large garlic cloves, crushed
1/3 c olive oil
1/4 tsp black pepper
1/4 tsp crushed red pepper (or Tabasco sauce)
1 tsp dry basil
3/4 tsp salt
1 15 oz can Italian tomatoes, diced
8 oz fettuccine
1/2 lb fresh shrimp (optional)
1. Cook pasta.
2. Simmer crushed garlic in oil over low heat until golden brown.
3. Add other sauce ingredients and simmer uncovered for 5 minutes Add shrimp and simmer until pink.
4. Combine with cooked pasta and serve with Parmesan cheese.

Beef Stroganoff

Serves: 4-6

Ingredients:

• 1 lb Hamburger
• 1/2 c sour cream
• 2 c noodles or rice
• 1 can cream of mushroom

Directions:

1. Cook noodles and drain.
2. Brown hamburger, drain.
3. Add cream of mushroom. If it's too thick you can add a little water. Heat through. Add sour cream. Warm but don't boil.
4. Serve over rice or noodles.

Enchilada Pie

Serves: 4-6

Ingredients:

• 1 lb Hamburger
• 1 onion chopped
• 1 tbls Chili powder
• 1 8oz Can tomato sauce
• Salt and pepper
• 6 corn tortillas
• 1 can of chopped olives drained (CHECK THE LABEL FOR JALEPINOS!!!!)
• 1 c grated sharp cheddar cheese

Directions:

1. Brown hamburger with onion. Drain. Stir in chili powder and tomato sauce. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
2. Butter tortillas on both sides and cut into forths.
3. In a 9x9 pan, alternate layers of tortilla, meat sauce, olives, cheese. Cover bake at 400 for about 20 minutes.

Chicken Wok

6-8 servings

Chicken breasts uncooked and diced
Wok vegetables (mushrooms, broccoli, carrots, peas, fresh beans, zucchini, peppers)
2 green onions, sliced
Soy sauce
Sugar
Rice
1. Marinate the chicken in some soy sauce and a little bit of sugar for 1/2 –24 hours.
2. Heat your pan with oil. Add green onions, cook for a minute or two. Add the rest of the vegetable in order of "toughness" (broccoli, carrots, peppers, beans, zucchini, peas, mushrooms). Add a couple of splashes of soy sauce. Remove veggies. Add little more oil.
3. Add chicken. When chicken is cooked, add the veggies back in to warm up. Serve over rice.

5 Minute Cookies

1 stick butter
2 c sugar
3 tbls cocoa
1/2 c milk
1 tsp vanilla
3 c dry oatmeal

Optional 1/4 c of:
Peanut butter
Diced apples
Nuts
Marshmallows

1. Melt butter in saucepan and add sugar, cocoa and milk.
2. Stir and bring to boil. Boil only 2 minutes.
Remove from heat. Add vanilla, oatmeal. Stir quickly and drop onto greased cookie sheet until cooled.
***If adding optional ingredients, must add more oatmeal too. ***

Orange Julius Smoothie

1 6 oz can of OJ concentrate
1/2 c sugar
1 c water
1 c milk
1/4 tsp vanilla
16 ice cubes

1. Mix all ingredients together in a blender until ice is crushed.
2. Serve immediately.
***Number of ice cubes is adjustable***

Chicken Broccoli Casserole

Mashed potatoes or rice
1-2 packages of broccoli
Cooked chicken
1 can cream of chicken
Grated cheese

1. Mix all together.
2. Cook at 350 for 20-30 minutes or until cheese melts.