Chicken & Rice...an old standby, but really good!

This recipe is from my best friend Cheryl; it was her grandmother's. It is one of the best recipes of this kind that I've ever tried.
I varied it up once by adding in a can of Libby's Mixed Vegetables.
When I'm in a hurry I skip the sauting in a pan part and just mix it all together in a casserole dish so I only get one dish dirty.

Ingredients:
3-4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts (I cut them into strips so they cook faster)
¼ C chopped onion
½ stick of margarine
1 can of Cream of Mushroom soup
1 scant cup of Evaporated milk (use just a little less than one full cup)
¾ -1 C of uncooked rice (not instant rice); I use closer to 1 C b/c I like more rice!
2 TBS melted butter

Seasonings: Thyme, Poultry Seasoning, Pepper, Lowry’s season salt (no real approximate amts on the seasonings, just season to your taste!)

Directions:
1. Sauté onion in ½ stick of butter in a pan
2. Stir in the soup, milk & rice and mix well
3. Add in the seasonings (except for the season salt, it comes in at the very end) heat the seasonings and soup mixture gently for about 5 min.
4. Pour mixture into a greased casserole dish
5. Layer the chicken on top
6. Pour the melted butter over it all and then sprinkle with the season salt
7. Cover with foil & bake at 350° for an hour and a half—check it at that point and remove the foil and bake longer if necessary (you can add in milk or water if rice is dry)

Enjoy!!

Chicken Parmesan

Chicken Parmesan

1 1/2 cup crushed ritz
3/4 cup parmesan cheese
1 tsp salt
1 tsp pepper

Melt butter (enough to dip chicken)
Dip chicken breasts in butter (I use chicken tenders)
Roll in cheese/Ritz mixture
Place in greased baking dish
Bake at 350 for 30-40 minutes

(I got this recipe from a teaching buddy of mine right before Kevin and I got married. It has been a constant on our menu for the past 10 years! The kids love it and I serve it with tortellini and spaghetti sauce)

Trial Run...Baked Oatmeal

O.k., I'm just putting this one on here to "try" this thing out.
My sister just sent me a recipe for baked oatmeal. I haven't tried it yet,
but I want to--I love breakfast and this one you make the night before
so it'd be ready in the morning!

Baked Oatmeal (make the night before)

1/2 C vegetable oil
3/4 C sugar
2 eggs
1 C milk
1/2 t salt
1 T baking powder
3 C oats
1/2 C raisins (opt.)
2T brown sugar
1/2 t ground cinnamon

Beat together oil and sugar; mix in eggs and milk. Combine salt, baking powder and oats; add to batter. Beat well, stir in raisins. Pour into lightly greased 9x13 casserole dish. Sprinkle with brown sugar and cinnamon. Cover and refrigerate overnight. Next morning, uncover and bake at 350 degrees for about 35 minutes (until firm). Great served with butter melted in warm milk or cream. *Can reduce oil amount in half and sugar to 1/4C if desired.
We had this when skiing. No raisins and blueberries on top. Pretty tasty oatmeal! :)

One reminder

To make it easier to find recipes that have been posted, make sure at the end of your recipe to add a "label" to the post.

This will make it easier if anyone is wanting a chicken recipe, they can search for "chicken".

The more labels you put it on it, the better!
Example:

Chicken Parmesan might get the labels -- chicken, main dish, italian

Hope this helps us!

No time like the present!

Hey girls--
Let's get this party started! I heard back from several of you and decided to go with Menu Mamas for our blog site. :)
I've listed you as an author so it will be easy for you to post your recipes. We can add others along the way.
Hopefully this will help us all come up with great menus and meals for our families.
I probably should've let someone who is more blog savvy set up the page, but I figured it could be edited/tweaked along the way.
I guess we can put in links and sort our menu options? If you have a good idea about how to start doing this, then go ahead and set it up!
I'm excited for us all to start sharing our recipes!