Lazygirl's Ground Turkey Stroganoff

This recipe came to me through one of those email Recipe Exchanges. I don't know about you guys but I never have any luck with those. The way it works is you are supposed to email a recipe to the person whose name is in position 1 (even if you don't know them). After you've sent your recipe to the person in position 1, you are supposed to copy the letter into a new email, move position 2's name to the top and put your name in position 2. Then you send the email to 20 friends. If it works properly, you are supposed to get 36 recipes. I've NEVER had any success with it and have stopped participating in them; however, I was lucky enough to get this easy and yummy recipe out of the experience.



I love the name of this recipe and it proves just how simple and fast it is to make. It reminds me on some of those Hamburger Helper mixes you can buy only much better. I've made this several times for my family already. If you have a big family, you'll want to double the recipe. We barely have any leftovers when I make this for my hubby, preschooler, and myself.

Thanks for sharing this recipe with me Carol!!!

Chicken Parmesan

It's been awhile since I've made this recipe. So long that I almost forgot how good it was! The chicken was so tender and I served it over linguine.

The first time I had it was at a company potluck lunch. After my first bite, I had to ask for the recipe! It is surprisingly easy to make and everyone will think that you cooked for hours once they sit down to eat it.

The only change I make to this recipe is doubling the sauce. I normally use a 24 oz. jar of pasta sauce and that sometimes is still not enough because we like to put a generous amount on our pasta.

Rosemary Chicken Pockets

A friend of mine just recently joined the blogging bandwagon. She has a new site called Hanging On By A Thread. (Click the link to go to her site.) I just love her new blog and I check it every day for updates. K is such a crafty person. She loves to sew, refurbish old furniture, and even cook. In fact K and her two little girls have Mother/Daughter Cooking Day every Wednesday. I just adore that!

Here's the first recipe she posted to her new blog and I wanted to give it a try. The outcome??? These are AWESOME! Loved them!!! They remind me of kolaches from The Kolache Factory. I will definitely be making these again.

I was a little hesitant to use canned chicken but too lazy to venture out into the cold to buy some fresh chicken or even a rotisserie chicken. Let me just add, that these little guys are amazing even with canned chicken. They are so quick and easy to make too. Thanks for sharing this recipe with me K!

Roasted Chickpeas

While surfing different food blogs this afternoon I became very intrigued by several Roasted Chickpea recipes. They all raved about how it is such a healthy snack and loaded with lots of fiber as well as taste. I even found an article called "15 More Ways to Flavor Roasted Chickpeas". I jumped on the boat and wanted to try some myself. I had two cans of chickpeas that have been in my pantry for about a year and were dying to be used up (I bought them a long time ago wanting to make my own hummus but never got around to it).

I made two different kinds, one sweet and one salty and the recipes are posted below. I definitely favored the salty one and had fun munching on it. They say you really need to eat them up the same day or else they will lose some of their crunch the following day. Have you ever had CornNuts? That's exactly what they remind me of!

Snickerdoodles

I had to make 6 dozen cookies for my preschooler's Christmas program. It was postponed twice due to snow so the actual performance was actually after the holidays. I searched my recipe box for just the right cookie recipe.

This is a snickerdoodle recipe that my mom used to make all the time when we were kids. I believe it was one of the first recipes that I copied when I got my very own recipe box a long time ago. These are always a big hit and I'm sure all the 3 and 4 year olds will gobble them up after they are done singing their adorable songs on stage tonight.

Sweet and Sour Meatballs

Here's a SUPER EASY appetizer that I made for our New Year's Eve party this year. It just requires 3 ingredients: grape jelly, chili sauce, and frozen meatballs. The chili sauce is tangy, sweet, and tart all at the same time and full of spices. The grape jelly adds sweetness and flavor and the result is a wonderful and quick sweet and sour sauce. These were a big hit and it seriously doesn't get any easier than this!

Golden Pork with Cinnamon Apples

I had some Granny Smith apples in my refrigerator that needed to be used up so I tried this new recipe. I just love using my crock pot. There's nothing better than throwing in some ingredients in the morning and having a tender, tasty dinner that night with little work!

This recipe was a pleasant surprise. The sweet and tart flavors of the apples went really well with the pork. My whole family liked it.