Italian Chicken and Potatoes

2 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
1/2 cup Italian salad dressing
1 tsp. Italian seasoning (or mix basil, oregano, crushed red pepper, and garlic powder to equal same)
1/2 cup grated Parmesan or Romano cheese *
4 potatoes, peeled and cut into wedges

Place chicken in bottom of Crockery Pot. Sprinkle with half of the Italian dressing, spices, and the grated cheese. Put the potatoes on top or around the chicken. sprinkle with the rest of the dressing, spices, and cheese. Cook on low for about 6-8 hours, or until the chicken and potatoes are tender.

*I only put cheese on the chicken (1/4 cup) and sprinkled a little bit on the top of the potatoes, to reduce the fat.

I got this recipe from here. We all really enjoyed this.

Italian Crusted Talapia

6 talapia fillets
1 1/2 cups bread crumbs (tastes best with homemade crumbs)
1 TB Italian seasoning
1 tsp. thyme
1 1/2 tsp. garlic
2 tsp. parsley flakes
Salt
Pepper
1/2 cup melted butter (I usually use less - just enough to moisten the bread crumbs)

Preparation

Spray baking dish with non-stick cooking spray. Lay 6 fillets in pan. Set aside.

In bowl combine bread crumbs, Italian seasoning, thyme, garlic, parsley, salt and pepper. Set aside.

Melt butter and pour into bread crumb mixture. Mix well. Spread over top of Talapia and press it on fairly firm. Spray top with non-stick spray.

Bake in preheated oven at 425 for 10 to 15 minutes, depending on oven.

Rice
1 1/3 c. plus 1 TB cold water
1/2 cup brown rice
1 chicken bouillon cube
1 teaspoon Italian Seasoning,
About 1/8 teaspoon garlic salt
A couple of shakes of paprika

Stir everything together in a pan. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low and cover until done. Fluff with a fork before serving.

This makes 2 servings. When making more servings don't double, etc. the extra 1 TB water.

Serve rice & fish with freshly steamed vegetables.

Lasagna

Start with your favorite spaghetti sauce (homemade or canned) add meat (well drained, cooked hamburger or mild Italian sausage). It’s best if the sauce is cooked down to be a little on the thick side.
1 small can of tomato sauce – pour a little sauce into the bottom of a deep 9x13 pan and spread it around to keep the noodles from sticking.
1 pkg Lasagna noodles slightly undercooked and dried
Shredded cheese
Parmesan cheese
Mix 1 8 oz carton cottage cheese, 3 eggs, 1 Tbs. Parsley flakes

Put a layer of noodles on the tomato sauce-layer spaghetti sauce, shredded cheese, Parmesan, and cottage cheese mixture. None of the layers need to completely cover – just drizzled here and there. Continue alternating layers until noodles are gone or you are within ½ inch of rim of pan. Press down to get rid of air pockets and tuck in noodle edges. Use spaghetti sauce and cheese on top to finish with a nice look and use the rest of the small can of tomato sauce to cover the ends so the noodle edges don’t get hard while cooking. Bake at 350 for 1 hour- longer if frozen – or until thoroughly hot – allow to sit at least 15 minutes before cutting. If you are freezing this, cover with plastic wrap as foil will react with tomato sauce. Cover with foil for the first half of baking time.

Submitted by: Debbie

Easy Breadsticks

1 TB yeast
2 TB sugar
1 ½ c. warm water
1 tsp. salt
3 ½ c. flour

Sprinkle yeast and sugar into water. Let dissolve. Add salt and flour and mix into dough. Let rise for 30 min. Roll out onto floured surface. Cut into strips and twist. Melt 1 cube butter (6 TB) on cookie sheet. Coat bread sticks in butter and lay in pan. Sprinkle with garlic powder, Parmesan cheese, sesame seeds, cornmeal or whatever! Let rise again for 20 min. Bake at 400 degrees until golden brown (15-20 min).

Submitted by: Melinda

Pizza

¾ c. warm water
1 T. yeast
3 t. baking powder
2 c. flour
¾ t. salt

Combine yeast and water and set aside. Cut 4 tablespoons of shortening into flour mixture. Mix in yeast mixture well. Knead about 10 times. Roll out and mold onto pans. After putting sauce and toppings on. Bake pizza at 425º for approx. 20 minutes.

Submitted by: Maria & Melinda

Italian Wedding Cake

5 eggs, separated, beat yolks
2 c. sugar
1 cube margarine
½ c. shortening

Mix well.

Add:
2 c. flour
1 tsp. Soda
Dash of salt

Mix and add 1 tsp. Vanilla and 1 c. buttermilk. Mix well.

Add 1 ½ c. coconut and 1 c. walnuts, chopped. Mix.

Beat egg whites until stiff and fold in gently. Put in greased, floured 9’ x 13” pan and bake at 350 degrees for 30-35 min or until done.

Submitted by: Anna

Breadsticks

Dissolve 1 Tb.Yeast and 2 Tb. Sugar in 1 ½ c. warm water. Add 3 c. flour and ½ tea. Salt. Mix for 5 min. Let rest for 10 min. Melt ½ cube butter on/in a cookie sheet. Take about a golf ball size of dough and rub in hands till oblong. Dip in butter and set in pan to rise. Continue with the remaining dough. Sprinkle with garlic salt and Parmesan cheese. Let rise 20 min. Bake @ 350 degrees till golden – approx. 15 min. Dip in spaghetti sauce.

Submitted by: Anna