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Tuesday, December 12, 2006 Pecan Chicken with Creamy Mushroom Sauce

1 1/2 cups finely chopped pecans, toasted
2 tablespoons chopped parsley
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
2 egg whites
4 skinned and boned chicken breasts

Combine first 3 ingredients in a bowl.
Beat egg whites with a fork just until foamy. Dip both sides of chicken in egg; dredge in pecan mixture. Arrange chicken breasts on a lightly greased aluminum foil-lined baking sheet.

Bake at 400° for 20 to 25 minutes or until chicken is done.

Creamy Mushroom Sauce
2 tablespoons butter
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1 (8-ounce) package sliced mushrooms
1/2 cup chopped onion
2 garlic cloves, minced
3/4 cup chicken broth
1 (8-ounce) pkg 1/3 less-fat cream cheese (softened)
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
1/8 to 1/4 teaspoon ground red pepper

Melt butter with oil in a large skillet over medium heat; add mushrooms, onion, and garlic, and sauté 5 to 7 minutes or until tender. Stir in chicken broth and cream cheese, and cook, stirring constantly, 2 to 3 minutes or until cream cheese melts. Stir in lemon juice and red pepper. Reduce heat to low, and cook 2 minutes or until mixture is hot.

Pour mushroom sauce over the baked chicken and serve immediately.

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Thursday, December 07, 2006 Grape Salad

It looks like an odd combo of ingredients, but I assure you that it's so good. It's a great brunch side item too!


Beat until creamy:
8 oz. light cream cheese
8 oz. light sour cream
½ C sugar

Stir in ½ C grated cheddar cheese and ½ C chopped nuts.
Then lightly stir in 4 lbs of grapes.

Refrigerate until ready to serve.

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Friday, December 01, 2006 Cinnamon-Apple Bars

Happy December! I was in the mood to bake, so I sat on the couch flipping through lots of cookbooks. This one recipe from the Junior League of Birmingham, AL stood out to me. So glad I tried this recipe, because the buttery crust is delicious and these bars were great to deliver this morning to celebrate the first day of December! (If you're an apple lover, you can certainly add 1 or 2 more apples to the filling.)

Crust

1 stick butter, softened
¼ C shortening
¾ C confectioner’s sugar
1 ½ C flour

With a pastry fork, cut in sugar to the butter and shortening until creamy. Cut in flour. Using your fingers, spread crust into a 10” x 15” jelly roll pan. Bake at 350 for 10-12 minutes or until lightly browned.

Filling

3 apples, peeled and chopped
½ stick butter, melted
¾ C brown sugar
1 egg, beaten
1 tsp vanilla
1 ¾ C flour
1 tsp baking powder
½ tsp salt

Pour butter over apples and stir in brown sugar, egg, and vanilla.
Sift flour, baking powder and salt. Stir flour mixture into apple mixture. Spread over baked crust. Bake at 350 for 20-25 minutes.

Icing

1 ½ C confectioner’s sugar
½ tsp cinnamon
2 or 3 tablespoons milk

Whisk together sugar and cinnamon. Whisk in milk until smooth. Drizzle over the bars while warm out of the oven. Cut into bars.

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