Mushroom Soup

Ingrdients:

1 Tbsp Butter
1 small Onion (finely diced)
3 Tbsp Flour
1 tsp Salt
½ tsp Pepper
½ tsp Cayenne Pepper
½ tsp dried Oregano
3 ¾ cups Chicken Stock
1 lb Mushrooms, wiped clean and sliced
1 cup Cream (if using heavy cream use 5/8 cups)
1 Bayleaf

• In a large saucepan melt butter, when foam subsides add the onion.
• Saute onion until translucent 5-7 minutes.
• Remove from heat.
• With wooden spoon stir in flour, salt, pepper, cayenne pepper and oregano to make a smooth paste.
• Gradually stir in chicken stock, careful to avoid clumps.
• Stir in mushrooms and bayleaf.
• Return to heat and bring to a boil.
• Once at a boil reduce heat and simmer for 30 minutes.
• Stir in cream and cook soup 2-3 minutes or until hot.
• Remove bayleaf and serve.

4-6 servings
Ready in about 45 minutes

Chicken Fingers-OAMC

Ingredients
1 cup Crushed Corn Flakes
1 Tbsp Parsley chopped
¼ tsp Salt
1 lb Chicken Breasts
1/3 cup Ranch Dressing
2 tsp Water
1/2 tsp Hot Sauce (optional)

• In a bowl mix together corn flakes, parsley and salt. (to crush corn flakes I place them in a bowl and use a jar\cup to crush them very small)
• In a seperate bowl mix ranch dressing, water and hot sauce.
• Cut chicken into slices or nuggets.
• Drop chicken pieces into the wet mixture, coating well.
• Roll chicken into dry mixture.
• Place the chicken on a coated pan (I use tin foil).
• Place tray into freezer for atleast 2 hours (flash freeze), then place pieces into ziploc bags.
• When ready to serve preheat oven to 425º and bake for 18-20 minutes.

Comments:
You freeze the chicken fingers raw-do not cook then freeze!
Excellent for a quick snack or dinner.

Mini Meatloaves

Ingredients
Base:
1 lb ground beef
1 box Stove Top Stuffing Mix (I used Uncle Bens Stuff n' Such) or dry bread cubes
1 cup water
1 tsp seasoning which ever you prefer-garlic powder, italian seasoning, chilli powder

Fillings:
1. 1/2 cup barbecue sauce
1/2 cup cheddar cheese, shredded

2. 1/2 cup pizza sauce
1/2 cup marble cheese, shredded

3. 1/2 cup salsa
1/2 cup cheese, shredded

Directions:
Preheat oven 375 degrees

Combine meat, stuffing mix, or bread cubes, water, and seasoning (choose one: italian seasoning, or chili powder, or garlic powder) until well blended.
Press evenly into 12 lightly greased muffin tins.
Make small indentation in meat with back of a spoon.
Fill indentation with your choice of filling (barbecue, pizza sauce or salsa).
Bake for 30 minutes or until loaves are cooked through.
Top with the cheese of your choice and bake 5 minutes or until cheese is melted.
Let cool for 10 minutes then remove from tins.

Comments:
This recipe can be used as a Once A Month Cooking Recipe. For this after you remove them from the pan flash freeze meatloaves on a cookie sheet until firm. Transfer to a labeled ziploc bag. To serve: Defrost overnight, then reheat in oven or microwave until heated through.

Homemade Pizza Pop/Calzones

Ingredients for Pizza Dough
2 1/4 tsp active dry yeast
1 cup warm water
1 Tbsp sugar
2 Tbsp vegetable oil
1 tsp salt
2 3/4 to 3 1/4 cup all-purpose flour

Ingredients for Filling
Jar Spaghetti Sauce
Pepperoni
Mushrooms
Green Pepper
Onion
Mozzarella Cheese

PIZZA DOUGH DIRECTIONS:
Dissolve yeast in warm water in a bowl.
Stir in sugar, oil, salt and 1 cup of flour. Beat until smooth.
Mix in enough remaining flour to make dough easy to handle.
Turn dough onto lightly floured surface; knead until smooth and elastic, about 5 minutes.
Place in greased bowl; turn greased side up. Cover and let rise in warm place until almost double, about 30 minutes

Prepare Filling:
Fry green pepper, onion, pepperoni and mushrooms. Add salt and pepper to your liking. In a bowl mix the above mixture with a small amount of spaghetti sauce. This is the mixture you will place on your rolled out dough. (other ingredients you can use: ham, pineapple, italian sausage, anything you like on a pizza).

Finishing Pizza Pop/Calzone:
Roll dough out on floured surface. Cut into 7 inch circles. Take the filling mixture and spread over half of each circle to within 1 inch of edge; top with cheese. Carefully fold dough over filling; pinch edges to seal securely. Place sandwiches on greased cookie sheet; let rest 15 minutes. Heat oven to 375 degrees. Brush sandwiches with egg. Bake until golden brown, about 25 minutes.

Comments:
So Yummy! My husband likes them made really large. I baked them until slightly brown then cooled them and put them in plastic bag and froze. Just reheated on pizza stone at 350 degrees.
My boys just loved them and way cheaper than buying store pizza pops oh and did I mention they taste way better. Yup I am all about saving money.