Another "Do Over" Success!

Remade the Apple Chicken and it was amazing.

I took all my own advice and marinaded it in apple juice all day. I also cooked it longer at a lesser temp. It was so juicy, nothing like last time!

Ansley and Rylan loved it too!


Here is the orginal post http://the5oclockkitchen.blogspot.com/2010/08/unexpected-inspirations.html

Trust me.....

Okay, you are going to have to trust me on this one.

Preheat the oven to 350. Place raw chicken in a glass casserole dish. Top with one envelope with Liptons french onion soup mix (dry), 1 bottle Catalina dressing,and one can of Cranberry Sauce (use the whole berry one and put it in a bowl and mix it up before you put it on the chicken so it's not canned shape anymore). Cook for 45 min. Serve.

I hate baked chicken but this was amazing. I served it with sweet potatoes and it just tasted like I was eating fall.


To die for.....

Beer Cheese Soup

What do you get when you spend a cold day at an amusement park owned by a beer company? Yup, you are right- beer cheese soup for dinner!

This one was semi- homemade. You will have to cut me some slack since I did just spend 6 hours at an amusement park with my husband, a 6 year old, a (2 days shy of being) 5 year old, a fairly new 4 year old and a 9 month old grumpy baby. As usual, I made it up as I went a long. It was good BUT (and there is always a but) next time I will use more cheese and a darker beer.

I made garlic bread sticks with it and they were perfect for dipping. I would love to do sourdough bread bowls but the only ones the store sells are huge. I will have to figure out how to make them myself.

Beer Cheese Soup (the way I will do it next time)
2 cans "Cream of" something- chicken, celery, mushroom, etc (I used mushroom)
2 bottles of beer (Sam Adams Winter Ale or Oktoberfest or something like that)
2 cloves of garlic
1 tsp of Worcestershire
1/4 tsp paprika
a little salt, pepper, and whatever else you love
3 cups sharp cheddar
4 slices of bacon, fried and crumbled

Pour cans of soup, garlic, Worcestershire, and seasonings into medium saucepan. Slowly pour in beer, heat on medium heat until simmering. Stir cheese in slowly. Continue stirring until cheese is melted. Pour into bowls and top with bacon.

French Dip Sandwiches

Oh.My.God. Unbelievable. So not my normal cooking style but when I sampled them at the grocery store, I couldn't resist. Usually I only post things here that I made up myself but these are too good (and too easy) not to share.

1 can (10 1/2 ounces) French Onion Soup
1 tablespoon reduced sodium Worcestershire sauce
3/4 pound thinly sliced deli roast beef
4 Hoagie Rolls
4 slices deli provolone cheese cut in half
1/4 cup drained hot or mild pickled banana pepper rings

* Heat the oven to 400°F.
* Heat the soup and Worcestershire in a 2-quart saucepan over medium-high heat to a
boil. Add the beef and heat through, stirring occasionally.
* Divide the beef evenly among the rolls. Top the beef with the cheese slices and
place the sandwiches onto a baking sheet.
* Bake for 3 minutes or until the sandwiches are toasted and the cheese is melted.
Spoon the soup mixture onto the sandwiches. Top each sandwich with 1
tablespoon pepper rings.