Creamy Potato and Bacon Soup

4 medium potatoes, peeled and cubed
1 cup chopped onions
10 slices bacon, cooked and crumbled
1 (10 3/4 ounce) can cream of chicken soup
1 cup sour cream
1 1/2 cups milk

In a large saucepan, place potatoes, onions, and bacon.

Cover with water.  Bring to a boil.  

Reduce heat to a simmer.  Simmer 15 to 20 minutes.  

Stir in soup and sour cream.  Add milk and salt and pepper to taste.  

Simmer for 5 minutes.

This recipe is from my Mom's cookbook

 "Get Me Out of the Kitchen!"  

It is my Cousin Lisa and her family and my Aunt Pat and Uncle Bob's favorite potato soup recipe.  It has bacon in it, so of course my husband Stan loves it too! 

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Spaghetti Salad

1 (16 ounce) package spaghetti

1 cucumber

1 red onion

1 green pepper

1 (12 to 16 ounce) package cherry or grape tomatoes

1 ½ to 2 cups Zesty Italian salad dressing

Prepare spaghetti according to package directions.  Chop cucumber, red onion, and green pepper into bite sized pieces.  

In large bowl, combine all ingredients.  Mix well.  Refrigerate at least 1 hour before serving.   

I like to make it the day before so the flavors have plenty of time to blend.

Growing up it seemed that every picnic or dinner we attended during the summer had some form of this recipe there.  You can add pepperoni, salami, cheese, celery, or other vegetables to this simple and delicious salad.

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Slow Cooker Pineapple Teriyaki Chicken

4 to 6 boneless, skinless chicken breast, cut into bite size pieces
1 small green pepper, chopped
1/2 medium onion, chopped
1 (20 ounce) can pineapple tidbits, drained
1 (11.8 ounce) bottle Teriyaki Baste and Glaze

Place chicken in slow cooker sprayed with cooking spray.  

Add green pepper, onion, and pineapple. 

 Pour Teriyaki sauce over top.  

Cover with the lid.  

 

Cook on low 6 to 8 hours.  Serve over rice.

This recipe was a hit when I tested it on our church Youth Group!  Those kids are great taste testers.  I chopped all of the ingredients needed for this recipe the night before, then in the morning it took less than five minutes to assemble.  Now that is My Kind of Cooking!

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Pretzel Chicken Strips

1/2 cup honey

1/4 cup Dijon mustard

1 1/2 pounds boneless, skinless, chicken strips

2 1/2 cups crushed pretzels

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In small bowl, combine honey and mustard. Mix well. 

Dip chicken strips in honey mixture, 

dredge chicken in pretzel crumbs, place on baking sheet sprayed with non-stick cooking spray.
Repeat process on remaining chicken.  Discard unused honey mustard mixture.

Bake 35 to 40 minutes or until chicken is cooked through.  Makes 6 servings.

When I see pretzels, I always think of the pretzel sellers on the streets in New York.  I would like to try one of those pretzels, but I saw a story on TV where they tested the carts, and the result was not good.  It was full of things I don't want to eat.

My son Tyler jokes that 20/20 (a show that reports on all kinds of dangers that are out in the world) ruined his childhood.  He is an only child, so I may have been a little over protective.  But like the saying goes; it is better to be safe than sorry.

My new cookbook is available at schools, businesses, hospitals, and book fairs in cities across the United States.  Be sure to pick up a copy or two, when you see them.  They make great gifts!

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Recipe: Extra Cheesy Hash Browns

Extra Cheesy  Hash Browns

1 (32 ounce) package frozen hash brown potatoes
1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
2 (10 3/4 ounce) cans cheddar cheese soup
1 (2.8 ounce) can French fried onion rings

Coat inside of slow cooker with nonstick cooking spray.  Add all ingredients. Mix well.  Cover. Cook on low 4 to 6 hours or high 2 to 3 hours.  Makes 8 servings.

I made this easy recipe during one of my cooking demos at the Iowa State Fair.  It is not only a tasty side dish for lunch or dinner but by adding some chopped, cooked bacon, it would also be delicious for breakfast.  It would be kind of like Cracker Barrel's Hash Brown Casserole.   Extra Cheesy Hash Browns and Tortellini Toss were the recipes that got the most comments and questions from the audience during my cooking demos.  People were amazed that you could get so much flavor out of just a few simple ingredients.

Tortellini Toss

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