Sweet and Sour Chicken

4 Chicken Breast cut in thirds
garlic salt
black pepper
2 beaten eggs
1/2 cup flour

SAUCE:
3/4 cup sugar
3 1/2 T. ketchup
1/2 cup vinegar
1/2 cup chicken broth
1 T. soy sauce

Double recipe
1 1/4 c. sugar
1/2 cup ketchup
1 cup vinegar
1 cup chicken broth
2 T. soy sauce

Sprinkle chicken with garlic salt and pepper.  Let stand for one hour or more in refrigerator.  Preheat oven to 325 degrees.  Pat chicken dry, dip in egg, then dredge in flour, shake off.  Brown chicken on each side in 1/4 c. hot oil (heat up to 5 or 6 on my stove).  Place in baking dish.  Cover in the following sauce:  mix sugar, ketchup,vinegar, chicken stock, and soy sauce in saucepan and heat.  Pour over chicken.  Bake uncovered for 30-40 minutes.  Turn chicken once or twice.  Serve with rice.

Chinese Chicken Salad

Two bags of cabbage or coleslaw mix
4-6 green onions chopped
1/4 c. sesame seeds (toast in dry frying pan)
1/2 c. raw sunflower seeds (toast in dry frying pan)
1/2 c. slivered almonds (toast in dry frying pan)
1 pkg. Costco already cooked and sliced chicken-cut into cubes

2 pkgs.crumbled ramen noodles fried in 3 T. of butter serve on the side

Dressing
1/3 c. soy sauce
1/3 c. vinegar
3 T. splenda
1/2 t.salt
1/4 t. pepper
1/2 c. oil
1 t. sesame oil
1 T. parsley

Ham and Bean Soup

1 pound navy beans
3 cans chicken broth
4 carrots (1 lb. of baby carrots)
2 medium potatoes
3 stalks celery
1 medium onion
2 cups cubed ham
2 bay leaves
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. pepper


Cook on low for 6-8 hours

Beef Stroganoff

1 can Cream of Mushroom Soup

1 brick cream cheese
1 diced large onion
2-4 T. Worcestershire Sauce
1/2 c. Water with beef broth

Garlic Salt to sprinkle the meat
1 t. Garlic Salt

Egg noodles

Salt stew meat with Garlic Salt

Let sit for 15-30 minutes

Heat up 1 T oil in the instant pot on saute medium

Heat up 1 T oil in large frying pan

Brown the stew meat in both places

Add all stew meat to the instant pot

throw in some onion and Worcestershire sauce

Add the 1/2 c. beef broth to instant pot

set instant pot on high pressure for 15 minutes

Brown the chopped onion in the frying pan

saute 1 pkg sliced mushrooms

add the cream of mushroom soup

add the Worcestershire sauce

add cream cheese 

thin some with milk

Boil water and cook egg noodles

When instant pot is 10 minutes past time, release the pressure

Add juice from the instant pot to the sauce until desired consistency and flavor.

Add sour cream if you want

Serve over egg noodles, or rice, or potatoes

Baked Berry Oatmeal

This makes a hearty breakfast and reheats well.


2 1/2 cups oatmeal
1/4 cup oat bran
1/4 cup steel cut oats
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 egg
2 cups milk
1/3 cup applesauce (one individual pre-packaged cup is 1/3 cup)
1/4 cup oil
2 cups frozen berry mixture


Mix together all the dry ingredients.  In a separate bowl, beat egg and add milk, applesauce and oil.  Combine wet ingredients with dry.  Pour into a lightly greased 2 quart baking dish.  Bake uncovered at 400 degrees for 15 minutes.  Stir in berries and bake an additional 15-20 minutes or until just barely golden on top.  Serve with milk or cream.

Pancakes

1 cup flour
1 T. baking powder
1/2 t. salt
1 T. sugar
stir
1 egg
3/4 cup milk
2 T. oil
Mix  all together. Cook on Griddle.  cakes 6-8 pancakes.  Batter will be fairly thick and lumpy.  Add a tiny bit of milk to loosen.


DOUBLE RECIPE
2 cup flour (10 oz.)
2 T. baking powder
1 t. salt
2 T. sugar
stir
2 egg
1 1/2? cup milk
1/4 cup oil
 Mix  all together. Cook on Griddle.  cakes 12-14 pancakes.  Batter will be fairly thick and lumpy.  Add a tiny bit of milk to loosen.

Aunt Pat's Dip

2 cups cottage cheese
1/2 cup mayonnaise (best foods)
1 T minced onion (or more) 1/4 large onion
1 T. dried Parsley
2 T dill weed
1/2 t. celery salt
1/4 t onion powder
Pinch sugar

Mix together and set in fridge.  Best if it can sit for a couple of hours before serving.