Italian Breadcrumbs

Ingredients

• 1 cup plain breadcrumbs (here's how to make them homemade)
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon dried parsley flakes
• 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1/4 teaspoon onion powder
• 1/4 teaspoon dried oregano
• 1/4 teaspoon dried basil

Directions

1. Combine all ingredients in a small bowl, tossing to blend thoroughly.


2. Store in an airtight container and use in any recipe calling for Italian breadcrumbs.

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Breadcrumbs

I don't know about you, but I hate it when

I have a ton of bread left in the frig that turns or rock or no

one is willing to eat it. I don't like to waste it.

So what do you do with old bread... make bread crumbs!

Ingredients:

• 8 ounces bread (any)
• 1 1/2 tablespoons olive oil or veggy oil
• 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1/4 teaspoon ground pepper

Directions:

1. Preheat a 400°F oven.
2. Dice and chop bread with crusts into 1/2 inch cubes.
3. Scatter diced bread in a large baking sheet or roasting pan.
4. Add rest of ingredients, tossing everything together with your hands.
5. Bake 11-15 minutes, or until it is crispy.
6. Cool at room temperature, and put bread and seasonings in a plastic bag.
7. Roll with a rolling pin, or before putting in plastic bag, use your food processor or blender to mix this up. I personally like using the blender!
8. Keep crumbs in sealed bag in fridge up to 1 to 2 weeks.

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Crock Pot BBQ Ribs

Ingredients:

• 3/4 teaspoon black pepper
• 3/4 teaspoon white pepper
• 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 1 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1/3 cup brown sugar
• 1 tablespoon paprika
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 4 lbs beef ribs or you choice of ribs
• 3/4 (16 ounce) bottle barbecue sauce
• 1 Medium Can pineapple juice

Directions:

1. Combine the first 7 ingredients to make the rub
2. Mix well
3. Rub on all sides of ribs.
4. Place ribs meaty side up in crock pot.
5. Pour pineapple juice over the ribs
6. Cover; cook on low for 6 hours.
7. Drain the grease from the crock.
8. Place the ribs back in and cover with bbq sauce.
9. Cook for another hour.
   

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Chicken Fried Chicken

Ingredients:

• 3 Chicken boneless Breast
• 2 Eggs
• 1/2 Cup Italian Seasoned Bread Crumbs
• 1/2 Cup Flour
• 3-4 Cups Cooking Oil

Directions:

• Pre heat cooking oil in skillet
• With a meat cleaver pound each chicken breast until it's thined out evenly
• Scramble eggs until they are fluffy
• Combine flour and italian seasoned bread crumbs and mix well
• Take each breast and dreadge through the egg mixture then through bread crumb mixture
• Each chicken breast will need to be cook by it'self unless you have an extra large skillet
• When the oil is ready add a battered chicken breast to the oil let cook half way then flip and cook the other half of the chicken breast
• Repeat until all breast are done
  

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Creamy Burrito Casserole

This has such a nice flavor, it's easy to put

together, and it doesn't cost much! Yummy!

Ingredients

• 1 lb ground beef or ground turkey
• 1 medium yellow onion, chopped
• 1 (1 1/4 ounce) package taco seasoning
• 6 large flour tortillas
• 1 (16 ounce) can refried beans
• 2-3 cups shredded taco cheese or cheddar cheese
• 1 (10 3/4 ounce) can cream of mushroom soup
• 4 ounces sour cream
• jarred hot sauce, if desired to spice it up (this adds a nice extra flavor)

Directions

• Brown ground meat/turkey and onion; drain.
• Add taco seasoning and stir in refried beans.
• Mix soup and sour cream in a separate bowl.
• Spread 1/2 sour cream mixture in the bottom of a casserole dish.
• Tear up 3 tortillas and spread over sour cream mixture.
• Put 1/2 the meat bean mixture over that.
• Add a layer of cheese.
• You could put some hot sauce on this now.
• Repeat the layers.
• Sprinkle cheese over the top and bake, uncovered, at 350°F for 20-30 minutes.

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Square Pan Biscuits

Ingredients:

• 2 cups flour
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 cup cold unsalted butter, cut into small pieces (or use salted and leave out the salt)
• 3/4 cup skim milk

Directions:

1. Combine flour, baking powder and salt.
2. Cut the butter into the flour using 2 knives or a pastry blender, keep cutting until the mixture looks like coarse crumbs.
3. With a fork stir in the milk, very gently, until a soft dough forms.
4. Don't over mix.
5. Place the dough in an Oblong Baking Dish; 2 quart (7" x 11")
6. Use a spatula or the dull side of a knife and cut the dough into 12 biscuits without actually cutting them apart.
7. Bake in 400F oven for about 15-20 minutes or until they are golden.
8. Transfer to a wire rack and; cool for about 10 minutes.
9. Serve with homemade fruit jam or anything else that takes your fancy.

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I won a Domino's Pizza Party!!

I am really excited!! I won a Domino's Pizza House Party!! On June 20th, party guests across the country will gather to enjoy a delicious dinner on the house — from Domino’s!

My guests will have a hard time choosing a favorite from among such choices as the Philly Cheese Steak, Cali Chicken Bacon Ranch™, Memphis BBQ Chicken, Buffalo Chicken, Honolulu Hawaiian or Pacific Veggie. I'll be getting a party pack with a $75 Domino’s gift card to buy one of each Domino’s American’s Legends™ pizzas and other special treats to make every moment of this get-together as delicious as your Domino’s meal.

House Party is such a fun site. If you haven't already signed up you should give it a try. House Party gives you the oppertunity to host a party on them. Keep checking back with them for chances to sign up for parties they need host for. If you are chosen as a host they will send you everything that you need except, the guest, and the decorations.

This is the second party I have been lucky enough to host. The first one was Bliss Chocolate by Hershey's. It was a very fun time had by all. No doubt this party will be just as fun, like chocolate, who doesn't like pizza.

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Homemade Chicken Tender

This is a super simple recipe that has four ingredients, and one of my favorites!

• 2lbs of boneless chicken breast
• 2 eggs
• 1/3 container of Progresso Italian bread crumbs
• Vegetable oil

Start with 2lbs of boneless chicken breast


Don't forget the Progresso Italian bread crumbs,
and scramble up your egg until the eggs are frothy.

Slice your chicken breast up into chicken

tender size pieces, or buy pre-cut chicken tenders.

I use a filet knife and that works like a dream.

Put your tenders, a couple at a time, into the egg

mixture make sure they are covered. Next roll your tenders all around

in the bread crumbs until they are also completly covered, then set aside

Now your chicken tenders are ready to fry.

Heat your veggy oil on medium high, but watch your oil so it doesn't get too hot.

Through out your frying process you may need to turn it down a bit,

so that the oil doesn't get too hot, and also because you may have bread crumbs

at the bottom of your pan and you don't want them to burn either.

As you are frying up your tenders slide them into a

pre-heated 200 degree oven. This will

keep your tenders warm, but won't dry them out.

Now you are ready for dinner. Not only did we have our favorite tenders,

(which by the way also taste fantastic with a little fresh lemon squeezed on them)

but we also had steamed broccoli, and Pasta With Garlic Cream . It can't get

any easier, or taste any better.

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