Pistachio Chicken

Ingredients:
handful of shelled pistachios (I use salted ones)
fresh boneless skinless chicken breasts
olive oil

Directions:
In a food processor, pulse the pistachios until finely chopped - some small pieces and some "pistachio flour." Pour this onto a plate. Dredge chicken breasts in the pistachios and pan-fry in a little olive oil until cooked through.

I have found it works best to pound your chicken breasts to about 1/4" thick - that way the pistachios and chicken cook at an even rate.

Broccoli Chicken

Ingredients:
3-4 chicken breasts
1-2 small cans of cream of broccoli (or cream-of-whatever)
Fresh broccoli

Directions:

Place the chicken breasts in the crock pot, pour the cream of broccoli on top, if too thick, thin it w/some milk and cook on high for 4 hrs. After that add the broccoli florets on top of everything for another 15-20 mins (depending on how hard/soft you like your broccoli) and it's done.

Serve over rice, super yummy and quick.

Chicken Azteca

Ingredients:
1 lb boneless skinless chicken breast
1 can black beans, rinsed
1 cup salsa
2 cup corn
cumin
8 oz cream cheese
salt
pepper

Directions:
Mix 1/2 of salsa, whole can of black beans, and about a half teaspoon of cumin together and put on bottom of crock pot. Place chicken on top of bean and salsa mix, then spoon rest of salsa over chicken. Season with salt and pepper. Cook on low 8-10 hours or high 4 hours. 30 minutes before serving shred chicken, add corn and cream cheese. Stir to distribute cheese before serving. I like to serve over rice.

This is a very forgiving recipe, I use different amount of everything each time and it always turns out great.

Spicy Hot Wings

Ingredients:
4 lbs chicken wing pieces (cut apart)
1/2 cup melted butter
1 tbsp Tobasco sauce
3/4 tsp garlic salt
dash paprika

Directions:
Place wings in 15x10x1 pan. Combine next 4 and pour over wings. Bake at 375 for 30 min. Turn wings and bake 30 - 35 minutes. Drain wings and serve with celery sticks and ranch dressing.

Creamy Chicken Spread

Ingredients:
8 oz cream cheese, softened
2 stalks celery
paprika
parsley
garlic powder
chives
salt and pepper
1 1/2 cups cooked chopped chicken

Directions:
Process cream cheese, celery, and spices till smooth. Add chicken, mix to blend. Use as a spread or serve on crackers, or stuff cherry tomatoes or biscuits.

Note: can use 1 10 oz. can chicken/4 oz. cheese

Sesame Chicken

Ingredients:
chicken breasts
soy sauce
honey
sesame seeds

Directions:
Cut up chicken breasts into bite-sized pieces.

In a non-reactive bowl, marinate the pieces in soy sauce for at least 2 or 3 hours (make sure they are well covered in the soy sauce.)

Drain the soy sauce, then pour tons of honey in the bowl, mixing the pieces so that the honey is distributed.

Lay all the pieces one-layer deep on a foil-lined cookie sheet. Shake lots of sesame seeds all over the chicken.

Cook at 350 until done...usually around 20ish minutes. You'll just have to cut open the big ones to see if they're still pink.

Serve hot/warm with toothpicks.

Taco Soup

Ingredients:
1 pound ground beef (I always use ground chicken, because it's healthier)
1 onion
a few cloves of minced garlic
1 can diced tomatoes
1 can rotel tomatoes
1 can corn
1 can black beans
1 packet taco seasoning

Directions:
Brown the beef (chicken), with the chopped up onion and minced garlic. Put the beef in the crockpot with all the other ingredients (usually I drain everything). Fill up the pot with water and cook on low for a few hours.

You can add chili powder, if you want it spicier. It's good to garnish/serve with sour cream, cheese, and crushed tortilla chips. (Although I think it's fine without.)

Curried Apple Chicken

Ingredients:
6 boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cut into bite-sized pieces
1 1/2 cups plain croutons (I just tear up some bread)
½ cup apple juice
1 tsp salt
1 tsp freshly ground pepper
½ cup celery, sliced
½ cup raisins (I actually never put these in)
1 large cooking apple, chopped
½ cup onion, chopped
2 tsp brown sugar
2 tsp curry powder

Directions:
Mix everything but the chicken in a bowl. Spray a baking dish with non-stick spray. Place chicken in the dish and cover with the mix. Bake at 400 for 30 minutes or until done. (This can also be done in a crockpot.)

Sticky Chicken Wings

Ingredients:
24 to 30 chicken wing parts (about 3 lbs.)
1/4 cup BBQ sauce
1/4 cup honey
1/4 cup soy sauce

Directions:
Place wings in greased 13x9 baking dish. Combine remaining, pour over wings. Bake uncovered at 350 for 1 hour or till juices run clear. Baste after 45 minutes.

Creamy Mexican Dip

Ingredients:
canned chicken
cream cheese
salsa

Directions:
Mix well.