The Best Sweet Potatoes Ever

Here you go Mom...

Sweet Potato Casserole

3 cups cooked sweet potatoes
1/2 cup sugar
2 large eggs, beaten
1/4 cup melted butter
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 cup milk
1 1/2 tsp. vanilla

Topping
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/3 cup flour
1 cup chopped pecans
1/2 cup melted butter

Mash the sweet potatoes. Add sugar, eggs, butter, salt, milk, and vanilla. Mix and spoon into a shallow 1 1/2 quart casserole dish. Prepare topping and sprinkle over the potatoes. Bake at 350 for 30 minutes. (a little longer if there is a turkey in the oven)

I usually make this and put it in a 9x13 dish. If you choose to go this route you may want to double your topping just to make sure it all gets covered.

Chicken Taco Salad

This one is A LOT easier and probably much more healthy...

2-4 chicken breasts
1 pkg taco seasoning
1 cup water or chicken broth
Toss all in a crockpot for 3-4 hours. Shred chicken with a fork. We like to put this on tortilla chips with cheese, lettuce, tomato, sour cream, olives...(whatever mexi-type stuff you like).

You could also use this for chicken enchiladas, which are super good, but a bit more work...

Chicken Chardon

I don't know how healthy or easy this is but I really like it!

2-4 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves

1 egg
salt and pepper to taste
2 teaspoons garlic powder, divided
1 cup bread crumbs
1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
1 pound sliced fresh mushrooms
1/4 cup butter, melted
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice (i use the green bottle of lemon juice)
1 teaspoon chopped fresh parsley (i've used dried and it's fine)

DIRECTIONS
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
In a shallow bowl, beat the egg with salt, pepper and 1 teaspoon garlic powder. In a separate dish, mix bread crumbs with 1 teaspoon of garlic powder and Parmesan cheese. Set aside.
Mix together the melted butter and lemon juice. Pour about 2/3 of the butter mixture into the bottom of a 9x13 inch baking dish. Tilt pan to coat the bottom. Spread mushrooms in an even layer in the bottom of the dish. Dip each chicken breast into the egg mixture, then into the bread crumb mixture. Place on top of the mushrooms. Drizzle remaining butter over the chicken, and sprinkle with parsley.
Bake uncovered for 45 minutes in the preheated oven, until chicken is golden brown and juices run clear.

Request

Hey, does anyone have some good EASY and relatively healthy chicken recipes? If so, please share!!!

Lion House Pumpkin Bread

I am on a quest to find the perfect pumpkin bread recipe. I liked the one I posted a week or so ago, but then I found this one. I'm not sure which one I like better.

1 1/3 cups vegetable oil or applesauce
5 eggs
1 16-oz can pumpkin
2 cups flour
2 cups sugar
1 tsp salt
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp nutmeg
1 tsp baking soda
2 3 oz. pkg vanilla pudding
1 cup chopped nuts
1 cup chocolate chips (optional)

Preheat oven to 350. Grease 2 large 8x4 in loaf pans. Set aside. Mix oil, eggs and pumpkin in a mixing bowl and beat well. In another bowl, sift together flour, sugar, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, baking soda. Add in to pumpkin mixture and blend well. Add in pudding and nuts and chocolate chips. Bake for 1 hour. Makes 2 loaves.

Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Bread

3 cups white sugar
1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin puree
1 cup vegetable oil (or applesauce for less fat)
2/3 cup water
4 eggs
3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
1 tablespoon ground nutmeg
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1 cup miniature semisweet chocolate chips
1/2 cup chopped walnuts (optional)

-Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour three 1 pound size coffee cans, or three 9x5 inch loaf pans.

-In a large bowl, combine sugar, pumpkin, oil, water, and eggs. Beat until smooth. Blend in flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, baking soda, and salt. Fold in chocolate chips and nuts. Fill cans 1/2 to 3/4 full.

-Bake for 1 hour, or until an inserted knife comes out clean. Cool on wire racks before removing from cans or pans.

I'm not really sure what this would be like to bake in coffee cans. I wonder if you can use food storage cans? :) I read that you can also substitute a grated zucchini for one of the eggs. Who would have thought!

This is not a recipe...do not try to eat...

Hey family... I thought I'd show you what I've been up to this month. I didn't want to put it on my blog though since they will be gifts for women in our ward who read our blog sometimes... Our Relief Society Presidency is making Bitty Booties for all the ladies having babies. Here are the two pair that I made:



These were kind of fun to make. They're made out of felt. If you want to give them a try you can find the pattern here, http://www.heatherbaileydesign.com/Booties.html.

...And since there are all these ladies having babies there has been an abundance of baby showers. So I decided to try to make some flannel blankets. I think they turned out ok. I am sewingly challenge so this was a big feat for me. Is that how you spell feat? or is it fete? no, I'm pretty sure it's feat. I think fete is a party and feet are things you walk on. Anyway, they were all fun to make even though it took me a while. i just got some more ribbon from Laura today so back to making bows!