Chicken with Avocado Salsa - Cayenne-Rubbed

For Christmas my mom got us a subscription to Everyday Food, a Martha Stewart food magazine. Anyway, when the first issue came in the mail, it had all these Heart Healthy Avocado recipes, which made me a little nervous because my husband can be a picky eater. I decided to go ahead and try this one, and it was a HUGE hit with the HUBBY! So I encourage everyone to try it!

Serves: 4 Prep Time: 10 min Total Time: 30 min

Ingredients:

Salt and pepper

1/4 tsp Cayenne Pepper

4 Boneless, skinless Chicken breast halves (thaw if frozen)

2 TBSP Olive Oil

1 md Red Onion, finely diced

2 TBSP Lime Juice (they sell it in the same isle as the Lemon Juice)

1 Avocado, pitted and cut into chunks

Directions:

1. In a small bowl, combine 1 tsp salt, 1/4 tsp pepper, and cayenne; rub all over chicken
2. In a large skillet, heat oil over medium. Add chicken, and cook until browned on the outside and opaque throughout, 8 to 10 minutes per side.
3. Meanwhile, in a medium bowl, combine onion and lime juice; set aside. Just before serving, fold avocado chunks into onion mixture; season with salt and pepper. Serve chicken topped with salsa.

If you choose a good avocado the peal will easily come off after you've cut it in half from top to bottom. When choosing an avocado it should be firm, but squeezable.

I should have diced each of them a bit more finely, but it was my first time.

You can see the Cayenne, salt and Pepper mixture rubbed on top of it.

Browning the Chicken

Finished product. I served it with

Chicken flavored Rice and corn.

Peanut Butter - Oatmeal Cookies

Peanut Butter-Oatmeal Cookies

3/4 cup butter

1 cup peanut butter

1 cup sugar

1/2 cup brown sugar

1 tsp. baking soda

2 eggs

1 tsp. vanilla

1 1/2 cups flour

2 cups rolled oats

In Bowl Beat butter, peanut butter on medium speed about 30 seconds. Add sugar, brown sugar, baking powder, and baking soda.

Beat in eggs and vanilla until combined.

Beat in flour and then stir in the oats. 

You may add chocolate chips or nuts if you like 

Drop dough by rounded tsp. 2 inches apart on a ungreased cookie sheet.

Bake 375 for 10 minutes. Cool on wire rack.

Makes 60 cookies

Brown sugar

Baking soda

The Recipe :)

Flour

Chocolate Chips

rounded tsp.

Bake 10 minutes

YUMMY!

These two videos make me smile. Britt is such a 

good sport, letting me video her cooking talents !

Hot Apple Cider

Jennifer, my daughter, Wife, Mother of 4 and a

Teacher made this recipe on New Year's Eve!Ingredients:

One package of "mulling Spices" Jen got hers at the farmers market. Most packages come with a recipe on the back. She used one gallon of cider and cut up gala apples along with the mulling spice's. This recipe was made in a crock pot. It made the house smell so good! It was excellent Jen!

If you look close, you can see the mulling spices wrapped, and floating in the crock pot

Karen's Stuffed Mushrooms

Karen is my Daughter, a Wife, Mother and a Nurse!

She made these yummy Mushrooms for

New Year's Eve!

Ingredients:

36 Ounces of Mushrooms washed, remove stems and stet aside
2-3 Stalks of Celery Chopped
1 Small Onion
1 Cup Seasoned Bread Crumbs
1/2 Cup Grated Parmesan Cheese
10 Strips of Bacon
2 Eggs
1/4 Cup Milk

Cook bacon and remove from pan.
Add Onion, Celery and Mushroom stems (chopped) to the bacon drippings. Stir and cook until tender not crunchy
Mix bread crumbs, cheese, bacon (chopped), eggs and milk together in the pan
Stuff mushrooms
Bake for 20 min at 350

Everything gets chopped!
Cooked Bacon removed and celery, onion and mushrooms are cooked together in the same pan!
Bread Crumbs added
Bacon added
Milk to moisten
Ready to Stuff!
Ready for the Oven!

Mary's Crescent Cookies

This recipe comes from my sister Mary. She is an excellent cook! One of my favorite dishes she makes is, String Bean Soup! Sure wished you lived closer Mary! All photo credits go to Jennifer!

Crescent Cookies

Ingredients for dough:

3 cups sifted flour
1 package of yeast
2 sticks of butter
3 beaten egg yolks
1 cup sour cream

Ingredients for sugar mixture:
1 cup sugar
1 cup of chopped walnuts
1 1/2 tsp cinnamon

Directions:

Sift flour and yeast together
Mix in two sticks of butter
Add beaten egg yolks
Add 1 cup of sour cream and continue to mix until it forms a dough
Roll into a long log shape and slice into 8 pieces.
Shape each piece into a ball and store on a flowered plate.
Refrigerate for 1 hour at least. If longer cover.

Put about 3 tab of the sugar mixture on a board (not flour)
Place ball of dough on top of the sugar mixture and begin to roll into a circle.
Flip it over so it doesn't stick.
Continue to roll into a thin pizza shape.
Use a pizza cutter and cut into 8 pieces.

Use one slice of pizza starting at the larger side and roll it up into a crescent.
Two balls of dough should fit on one cookie sheet. (use a stone baking sheet, they cook so much better)

Bake 350 for approximately 15 minutes. If you like them lighter take out earlier.
Cool completely on a rack and store in a airtight container.

What a nice gift to give away!

Cooking with Jen

Peanut Butter Hershey Kiss Cookies! If you need the recipe, let me know. I'll post it soon. Enjoy the video below. Kate and Michael are HILARIOUS!

Katelyn and I had fun being taste testers!

Ice Cream Cake

This recipe comes from DD! She actually got the recipe from my sister in-law Colette, who by the way is a excellent cook! DD made this ice cream cake for her husband's 30th birthday! Happy Birthday Josh!

Ingredients


1/2 gallons of Ice Cream of your choosing. (I used Vanilla on the bottom, and Moose Tracks on the top)
1 package of any cookie, I used chocolate, chocolate oreos

Optional Topping:Whipped Cream Frosting


The pan you choose to make the cake in will depend on how much Ice Cream you use. Please keep this in mind.

1. Crush the cookies into little tiny pieces.

2. Fill the pan 1/2 way up with the Ice Cream you want on the bottom. Try to smooth the top the best you can.

3. Then add the crushed cookies on top of that layer, pushing the cookies down into the Ice cream.

4. Then add the 2nd Ice Cream going all the way to the top this time. Try to smooth the top the best you can.

5. Decorate or add any toppings you'd like.