Reciepes I Heart

I enjoy using deployments as a time to practice new recipes or try to get creative with old ones. Because I am the only one that has to eat it, no one will judge me if I was a bit heavy on the pepper or if it didn't come out looking too appetizing. When my husband first left on this last deployment, I was not eating good! I thought "Why cook when it's just me here?" but I realized that I didn't have to be cooking for 2 in order to take care of myself and eat good food while actually enjoying trying new recipes. I also lost weight after cooking for myself versus eating out or eating boxed dinners such as Lean Cuisine (they aren't really that Lean I guess). And I've saved money because I freeze or refrigerate the extras and eat later. Of course I love saving money, who doesn't?

Here are some of my favorites! Let me know if anyone tries these and how it turns out :)

1.Easy Chicken Pot Pie
1 2/3 frozen mixed vegetables, thawed
1 cup cut up cooked chicken
1 can (10 3/4 oz) condensed cream of chicken soup
1 cup Original Bisquick
1/2 cup milk
1 egg

Heat oven to 400. Mix vegtables, chicken and soup in ungreased 9" pie plate.
Stir remaining ingrediants until blended. Pour onto pie plate.
Bake about 30 min or until golden brown. Serves 6. (You can freeze the rest for later!)

2. Monkey Bread
2 16.3 oz cans of biscuits
1 tsp vanilla
2 tsp cinnamon
1 stick of butter (1/2 cup)
1 cup granulated sugar
1 cup brown sugar

Preheat your oven to 350° & grease a tube pan. Place a layer of tin foil on the rack before you set the pan in the oven. TRUST ME. It drips.
Mix your sugar and cinnamon in a large ziploc bag.
Cut your biscuits into fours.
Shake a handful at a time in the cinnamon and sugar mixture until covered.
Arrange them in a greased tube pan as you go.
In a saucepan, melt your butter, brown sugar & vanilla on medium
Pour your mixture over the biscuits in the tube pan.
Bake at 350° for 35 minutes. (check to see if they’re done, and watch to be sure they don’t burn)
Be careful when you take it out, the sugar/butter mixture is hot and messy. Let it cool a few minutes before picking it apart and enjoying!

3.My Momma's Chicken Enchiladas (I don't know where she got the recipe but they are my favorite!)
Heat oven to 325
You need: 2-3 chicken breasts, cooked and sliced.
1 small pkg. Corn tortillas
1 large can cream of chicken soup
2 cans chopped green chilis
1 loaf hot pepper jack cheese

Take your 9X13 pan (my mom wraps it in aluminum foil)
Spread 1/4 can of soup in pan bottom and sides
Fill each tortilla with the chicken and green chili's and cheese (you can add jalapeno slices if you want, I don't like them)
Roll them closed and place them in pan.
Cover them with rest of soup
Bake for 1 1/2 hours, peel back foil and top with more cheese. Bake an additional 15 min or until cheese melts.
Enjoy!