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Creamy Italian Chicken Pasta

Dear Sis,

Today we had a delicious dinner that tasted way better than the amount of work I put into it! It’s another from the Taste of Home Almost Homemade 2013 cookbook we found at the little free library some weeks ago. 

Creamy Italian Chicken Pasta

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Course Main Course
Servings 4

Ingredients
  

  • 4 chicken breasts thin sliced
  • 1 envelope Italian salad dressing mix
  • 1/4 c water
  • 1 (8 oz) pkg cream cheese soft
  • 1 (10.75 oz) can cream of chicken soup
  • 1 (4 oz) can sliced mushrooms drained
  • 1 (9 oz) pkg refrigerated linguine cooked

Instructions
 

  • Place chicken in a slow cooker. Combine dressing mix and water. Pour over chicken. Cook on low 1.5 hours.
  • Whip together cream cheese and soup until smooth. Fold in mushrooms. Pour over chicken and cook another half hour.
  • Serve over fresh pasta.

Everyone enjoyed it! It’s always wonderful to add another recipe to my cookbook of family approved recipes:)

Love,

b

Great Grandma’s Cabbage Rolls

Dear Sis,

Our neighbors gave us a cabbage a few weeks ago. I haven’t bought cabbage in the better part of a decade because Josh doesn’t enjoy it, but since this one just showed up I decided to turn it into an old family classic. 

Great Grandma's Cabbage Rolls

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Ingredients
  

  • 1 head of cabbage
  • 1 lb. ground turkey
  • 1 lb. ground turkey breakfast sausage
  • 1 onion chopped
  • 1/2 c rice uncooked
  • 1 (14.5 oz) can diced tomatoes
  • 1 (10.5 oz) can condensed tomato soup

Instructions
 

  • Core and boil cabbage, pulling off leaves as they cook and soften.
  • Brown meat and onion. Stir in rice and diced tomatoes.
  • Wrap meat mixture in cabbage leaves.
  • Combine soup and 1 cup cabbage water. Pour over cabbage rolls.
  • Cover with foil and bake 45 minutes at 350.

Notes

Great Grandma used ground veal and pork breakfast sausage instead of turkey. 

We invited Carter’s family to help us eat it all up. Mama Jenn was kind enough to make and bring mashed potatoes to go with it. We had your Cheater Apple Dumplings for dessert. Your batch is too big for our family, so I always make a half batch instead.

Cheater Apple Dumplings

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Ingredients
  

  • 1 (8 oz) can crescent rolls
  • 2 apples peeled, cored, and quartered
  • 3/4 cup dark brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup unsalted butter melted
  • 1 t vanilla extract
  • 1 (7.5 oz) can Mt. Dew soda

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350. Butter a square baking dish.
  • Wrap each apple slice in a crescent roll and arrange in prepared pan.
  • Combine sugar, butter, and vanilla. Spread over rolls. Pour soda into the corner of the dish carefully, so it doesn't disturb the sugar mixture.
  • Bake 30-35 minutes until golden and cooked through.

Love,

b

Philly Cheese Sloppy Joes

Dear Sis,

I have always enjoyed a good Philly Cheese Steak Sandwich… traditional beef or chicken. However, they are a mouthful for toddlers. I finally found a recipe that works for the whole family!

Philly Cheese Sloppy Joes
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Ingredients
  1. 1 lb. lean ground beef
  2. 1 onion, chopped
  3. 1 green bell pepper, chopped
  4. 8 oz baby bella mushrooms, chopped
  5. 2 T salted butter
  6. 1 c beef stock
  7. 2 T ketchup
  8. 1 T Worcestershire
  9. 1/2 t ground pepper
  10. 2 - 3 T unbleached flour
  11. 2 c shredded Italian Cheese
  12. buns of choice
Instructions
  1. Brown beef, with butter and chopped vegetables, in a large skillet over medium high heat.
  2. Stir in stock, ketchup, Worcestershire, and pepper. Simmer and stir in as much flour as needed to thicken.
  3. Top with cheese and heat until melted. Serve on your favorite buns. We use Hawaiian Sliders because they are easier for our toddler to handle:)
Adapted from Dinner Then Dessert
Adapted from Dinner Then Dessert
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Love,

b