Bacon Wrapped Chicken Tenderloins (AKA Sunday Chicken)

March 31, 2013 | Author: kdkaren

Some of you may remember when I made Bacon Wrapped Baked Chicken, even though the pictures were kind of meh. After messing with the bacon for so long trying to get it done, everyone was ready to eat RIGHT NOW and not wait for me to get pictures :) I’ve been browsing around looking for a similar idea that might work better for me. I found this Sunday Chicken recipe at Monster Mama via Pinterest, and decided to make something similar.

For this one, I bought smaller chicken tenderloins, not breasts like before. I made sure to get the regular bacon and not thick cut also. I wrapped the tenderloins carefully, so hardly any of it was overlapping (to help the bacon cook better).

Next, I mixed 1 can Cream of Chicken Soup and 1 cup of Sour Cream as she did, but I added in about half a package of Cream Cheese and a handful of Shredded Cheddar Cheese too. Then I poured it all over the chicken, wrapped my pan in foil, and baked at 275 for 4 hours, unwrapped it, turned the heat to 350, removed the foil, baked for 20 minutes, flipped the chicken over, baked the other side for 20 minutes, and served with mashed potatoes and green beans.

The chicken does fall right apart, it’s VERY tender, but the higher heat, and few extra minutes on each side really browns the bacon. You could probably even do 375 for bacon that’s more crispy. The gravy that the mixture made was DELICIOUS!!! I put it on the side for the picture so you could really see everything, but the plates I served had the gravy on the chicken and potatoes. I might even suggest DOUBLING the gravy mix, the guys here didn’t think there was enough, and it did run out pretty quickly.

My mom always left something baking in the stove on Sunday’s while we were gone to church, and I know many people still do. I’m personally not comfortable leaving my oven on when I’m not here. I made this for supper last Sunday. I put it on at 2pm, and let it cook until 6. Then I turned up the oven, removed the foil, and let it bake while I set the table and started prepping my side dishes. I flipped the chicken, put the finishing touches on my side dishes, and everything was ready to be served when I removed this from the oven.

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Ingredients
  • 1 package of Chicken Tenderloins
  • 1 package Bacon (NOT thick cut)
  • 1 can Cream of Chicken Soup
  • 1 cup Sour Cream
  • ½ pkg Cream Cheese
  • Handfull (1/2 cup?) Shredded Cheddar Cheese

Instructions
  1. Wrap Chicken in Bacon Slices
  2. Mix Cream of Chicken Soup, Sour Cream, Cream Cheese, Shredded Cheese and pour over chicken in pan.
  3. Wrap pan in foil
  4. Bake at 275 for 4 hours
  5. Remove foil
  6. Bake at 350 for 15 minutes, turn chicken, bake an additional 15 minutes.

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Seafood Challenge Meals

March 27, 2013 | Author: kdkaren

It occurred to me yesterday that I have completely forgotten to share with you where we are in our weekly Seafood Challenge Meals. If you recall from Week 1: What Toppings do You Prefer on a Fish Sandwich, this is part of a promotion on the Gorton’s Seafood Website and Facebook page. This is NOT a sponsored or endorsed post, but I am participating each day and uploading pictures in addition to entering to win. I thought some of you might be going meatless on Friday’s throughout Lent, eating Fish on Friday, etc and be interested in entering too. I always say if I can’t be the winner, I’d love for it to be someone I *know* :) Not to mention, eating seafood twice a week is a doctor’s recommendation for some members of my house – not me, I am of course, allergic to oh so many things, I eat Chicken when I feed the guys fish. Read more »

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Homemade Banana Bread

March 24, 2013 | Author: kdkaren

Homemade Banana Bread

This week’s Food Bloggers Challenge Ingredient is Bananas. I had requests to make Banana Pudding, Banana Cheesecake, Banana Cookies, etc but I ultimately decided to make Banana Bread. It was a hit, and it disappeared quickly! I will say that you can add 1 cup of nuts (pecans, walnuts, etc) to this bread, but I have an allergy, so I left them out. This recipe uses just 5 ingredients, it’s very easy to make! I have had this recipe for years on an old recipe card, so I have no idea where I got it from.

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Serves: 1 loaf
 

Ingredients
  • 1¾ Cup Self Rising Flour – for all purpose add ½ tsp salt & 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1 stick butter, softened (I used salted)
  • 1cup sugar
  • 2 eggs, beaten
  • 2 cups mashed bananas (I used 4 bananas)

Instructions
  1. Pre-heat your oven to 350.
  2. Spray your loaf pan with non-stick cooking spray
  3. In mixing bowl, combine softened butter and sugar.
  4. Slowly add flour to your mix, until it’s all combined well.
  5. Add in eggs one at a time, then the bananas
  6. When it’s all mixed thoroughly, pour the batter into the loaf pan
  7. Bake 45 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean

I hope you’ll take a moment to visit my fellow Food Bloggers taking the Challenge and see how they decided to use bananas this week!

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KitchenAid Mixer #Giveaway (WW Ends 4/11)

March 22, 2013 | Author: kdkaren

 

Welcome to the KitchenAid Mixer Giveaway!

I don’t participate in many giveaways on this blog, it’s mostly for just recipes, but, since I’ve mentioned how much I REALLY want a KitchenAid Mixer, and several of you said you were wishing for one as well, I thought I’d signup for this one when I saw it posted. One very lucky reader is going to win this gorgeous KitchenAid Artisan Series 5-Quart Mixer valued at $350!

The legendary KitchenAid stand mixer. Incredibly versatile. More than a mixer. With all the available attachments, you can use it to make homemade pasta, stuff fresh sausage, whip up ice cream, and give fruit a squeeze. No wonder generations of cooks have cherished theirs. Isn’t it your turn?

This giveaway is co-hosted and sponsored by the following amazing bloggers: The WiC Project, This Mama Loves, Bay Area Mommy, Smart School House, For Him and My Family, Cori’s Coupon Corner, When Is Dinner, Racing and Saving Mama, Geek Chic Mama, Krazy Coupon Club and My Vegan Gluten-Free Life. Read more »

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Homemade Peanut Butter Cookies

March 21, 2013 | Author: kdkaren

Homemade Peanut Butter Cookies:

The kids were lucky enough to get a snow day this week, AND they get a half day Thursday and are out Friday for Teacher In Service. It seems that I started a tradition on the last 2 breaks from school, and they wanted to help me make another batch of cookies while they were home. This time, we made Homemade Peanut Butter Cookies and they each had to have a turn “helping” mom stir and make the criss cross pattern into the cookies. As you can see in the picture above,  they did a pretty good job. The challenge is in getting a picture before they’ve eaten them all! Read more »

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