Chicken Pillows

Source:  chef-in-training.com

 

Ingredients

• 1 (8 oz) can Pillsbury Crescent Rolls
• 8 oz cream cheese
• 1/4 cup butter
• 2-3 cups cooked and shredded chicken
• 1 egg
• 1 sleeve Saltine Crackers crushed
• 1 can cream of chicken soup
• 1/4 cup milk
• 2 spoons full sour cream
• 1/2 cup shredded cheese

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 400 F
2. Soften 1/4 cup butter and 8oz. block of cream cheese. Then stir to a smooth consistency. Add cooked shredded chicken to the bowl.
3. Lay out the 8 crescents on a cookie sheet. Stretch the crescent out.
4. Place a couple spoon fulls of the creamy chicken mixture into the center of the crescent to fill it. Then fold the crescent around the mixture so that none of it is showing. I'll call this the "pillow".
5. In a separate smaller bowl, put the egg and a little bit of water, maybe a couple Tablespoons worth and beat together.  Dip the "pillow" into the blended egg. After dipping into the blended egg, proceed to dip it into the crushed saltine crackers and place on cookie sheet. Repeat for the remaining 7 crescents.
6. Cook the pillows at 400 F for 20 minutes. Keep an eye on them your oven might cook them quicker.
7. For the sauce topping: Put can of cream of chicken and milk into a sauce pan. Add as much milk as you want to get it to the consistency you want i.e. thicker or runnier. When hot enough add 2 spoon fulls of sour cream and cheese to your liking.

* This recipe definitely has to be doubled for my family. Ritz crackers work good too.

Rice Krispy Treats

Source:  been around since the beginning of time

1/4 c. butter
4 c. mini marshmallows
5 c. Rice Krispy cereal

Melt butter and marshmallows in a saucepan.  Put cereal in a big bowl, and pour melted marshmallows on top.  Stir together to coat.  Put in 9x13 pan and press down.  Let harden before cutting into squares.

Fruit Salad

Source:  Janey M.

Strawberries
Grapes
Apples
Pineapple
1/2 c. orange juice
1/4 c. lemon juice
1/2 t. cinnamon

Throw it all together.  The one time I've made this I did 1 1/2 qt. of strawberries, 3 c. grapes, 2 apples, 1 can chunk pineapple.  It made tons - enough for 3 families.

*Next time I make this I'm going to skip the orange juice and just do the lemon juice and cinnamon.  I don't need all the juice when I make a small salad - the lemon juice will be enough to coat the fruit.

*We had this on our trek the first night - after a lot of walking, and a lot of heat!  Nothing has ever tasted better. :)

Poke Cake

source:  oopsredone.blogspot.com

1 white cake mix, baked according to pkg directions

1 large box raspberry or strawberry Jello

1 C boiling water

1 C cold water

1 8 oz tub of Cool Whip or pudding to use as topping

Let cake cool completely. Poke holes in cake with a large fork, or end of a spoon. 

In a medium bowl, dissolve jello in hot water. Add cool water and stir well. Pour evenly over top of cake making sure to fill all holes. Refrigertate for 2 hours. Top with cool whip!

*Can use any flavor cake/jello combination. 

*My family likes to use vanilla pudding on top instead of Cool Whip.  Make pudding beforehand and let it set before putting on cake.

*A Derek and Tyler favorite!  Especially lemon cake with lime jello.