Chicken Scampi

CHICKEN SCAMPI

Finely chop 10-12 garlic cloves and handful of fresh basil. Sauté with 1 stick of butter for 15 minutes. Add 1 cup of white cooking wine, juice from 1 lemon (without the seeds ), and 3/4 can of chicken broth (add the chicken broth a little at a time because you might not need it all). Simmer for ½ hour.

Cook 1 lb. of penne. It usually takes about 10 minutes to cook.

Cut chicken breasts (1 per person) into bites. Cut grape tomatoes in ½ (if you want, depends on how you like them). Sauté chicken bits in a little oil until they’re almost done (a little pink). Add chicken and tomatoes to sauce. Cook for 1 minute. SHUT OFF.

** you only want to cook the chick/toms real quick in the sauce. You should throw them in when you're almost ready to serve – the chicken should be almost cooked when you throw it in **

Let it cool for about 10 minutes. Add penne and 1 heaping serving spoon of sour cream (or 1 sm. container) (sour cream is optional. I made it both ways and you liked it both – you probably didn’t even notice the difference!!)

Sprinkle a handful of parmesan cheese in the scampi and mix. Then sprinkle more on top when it’s served.

*I don't know how one of the most popular recipes from our group didn't make it on this site. Sorry it has taken me so so so long to add it!

Creamy Italian Chicken

4-6 boneless skinless chicken breasts or thighs
1 pkt Italian salad dressing mix
1/2 cup water
Put in crockpot for 3 hours

Mix 1 pkg. softened cream cheese with 1 can cream of chicken soup
Add to chicken in the crockpot( I always take my chicken out and then mix my soup mixture with the juices in the crockpot with my hand mixer.), cook 1 more hour. Serve over rice or egg noodles.

Cranberry Bog Burgers served with Corn on the cob with Chive Butter

Ingredients

Bog Burgers:

• 1 1/3 pounds (the average weight of one package from meat case) ground turkey breast
• 1 small McIntosh apple, finely chopped
• 1 small white onion, chopped
• 1 rib celery from heart of the stalk, finely chopped
• 1 rounded teaspoon poultry seasoning
• Salt and pepper
• Vegetable oil, for drizzling
• 4 sandwich size sourdough English muffins
• 1 cup prepared whole berry cranberry sauce
• 1/2 cup mayonnaise or reduced fat mayonnaise
• 8 leaves Bibb lettuce, cleaned

Corn:

• 4 ears corn, shucked
• 4 tablespoons butter
• 20 blades fresh chives, finely chopped

Directions

Combine turkey, apple, onion, celery, poultry seasoning, salt, and pepper in a bowl and form into 4 large patties. Preheat a large skillet or a grill pan to medium high heat. Drizzle skillet or brush grill with vegetable oil and cook patties 5 to 6 minutes on each side. Toast split English muffins. Mix together cranberry sauce and mayonnaise. Spread muffin halves with cran-mayonnaise and pile in burgers and Bibb lettuce. Serve burgers with corn on the cob and berry desserts.

Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Add salt and corn and cook for 5 to 6 minute. Drain ears and spread with butter. Sprinkle ears with a generous coating of chopped chives.