Sweet and Sour Chicken

Ingredients:
2 chicken breasts cut into chunks
garlic salt
Olive Oil
1/8 cup ketchup
1/8 cup brown sugar
1 tbsp soy sauce
1 tbsp vinegar
1 tsp soup base(chicken)
1/8 cup water
1 clove garlic chopped
1/4 onion diced
cornstarch

Directions:
Sprinkle chicken with garlic salt and let sit ½ -1 hr. Make sauce: combine ketchup, brown sugar, soup base, water, soy sauce and vinegar. Stir until well mixed. Heat 1 to 2 Tbsp of olive oil in a skillet over medium heat. Dip chicken in cornstarch. Place chicken in the skillet. Rotating chicken until all sides are nicely browned. You'll want to add garlic and onion right before chicken is browned, so the onion and garlic can soften. Then pour sauce in with chicken. Let cook on medium low until sauce is thickened and chicken is cooked thru.

Lemon Jello (Sharon)

1 large pkg cooked lemon pudding (follow pkg instructions)
1 lg pkg jello (any flavor, whatever color you want jello to be)-follow pkg
Mix the above together on ghigh speed for 1 min. Refridgerate in 9 x 13 dish. When set up add topping.

Topping:
1 sm pkg instant lemon pudding
1 cup milk
1 pt whipping cream or cool whip
mix spread & garnish with lemon zest

Dipped Pretzel Sticks

Ingredients:

½ cup light corn syrup
½ cup butter
2/3 cup sweetened condensed milk
1 cup packed brown sugar
½ tsp vanilla

Directions:

In saucepan combine brown sugar, corn syrup and butter. Bring to boiling over medium heat stirring constantly. Stir in sweetened condensed milk. Return to boiling over medium heat, stirring constantly. Reduce heat to medium-low. Clip a candy thermometer to the side of the pan. Continue cooking stirring constantly; until mixture reaches 236 degrees F (approx 10 minutes) adjust heat as necessary to maintain a steady boil. Remove saucepan from heat and stir in vanilla. Cool 15 to 30 minutes or until slightly thickened. The mixture is easier to work with when it is completely cooled. Dip each pretzel into caramel mixture, covering about 2/3 of the rod. Let caramel drip off slightly. If not dipping in chocolate then roll caramel rod in your toppings. If you are going to dip in chocolate then after dipping in caramel place on cookie sheet lined with wax paper or non-stick foil and place in fridge until caramel hardens slightly. Melt chocolate chips in microwave for 30 seconds stir if not melted heat for 30 seconds again until you can stir chocolate smooth. Let cool slightly. Spoon chocolate over caramel rod, place back on cookie sheet if you are adding toppings or swirling a contrast chocolate on top then do so now. Then put rods back in fridge until chocolate is set. Store in airtight container between layers of wax paper in the fridge for 4 days or freeze for up to a month.

Orange Julius Drink

Ingredients:
9 oz frozen orange juice concentrate
8 ice cubes
1 tsp vanilla
9 oz. Cold water
9 oz. Milk
1/8 to ¼ cup of sugar
(for extra yumminess add a banana & some berries. Or for an extra kick of vitamin C add a kiwi)

Directions:
In blender add ice cubes and crush. Then add orange juice, water, milk, sugar, vanilla & any fruit that your adding. Blend together until smooth and frothy. Poor into glasses and enjoy!

Potato Soup

Serves 4

Ingredients:
3 medium red potatoes, peeled and cubed
2 cups of water

1 small onion
3 Tbsp butter
3 Tbsp flour
1/8 –1/4 tsp red pepper flakes
1/8 –1/4 tsp ground black pepper
1/8 –1/4 tsp salt
2 cups milk
½ tsp sugar
1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
½ cup diced thin ham (I used really nice deli meat ham)
-Combine water and potatoes in pot and boil, until potatoes are tender, not mushy. Drain and keep the liquid. Set aside potatoes. In pot melt butter over medium heat. Add onion and cook until tender. Watch butter so it doesn’t burn. Add flour, season with pepper flakes, black pepper, and salt. Cook a couple minutes. Add 1 cup of reserved cooking liquid, milk, sugar, and potatoes to onions. Stir & add cheese and ham. Over low heat simmer for 30 minutes, stirring frequently. This is really yummy. (may add more salt, pepper & red pepper flakes if desired) (If too thick add more milk)Probably could also do this in crock pot.

Jerky

½ cup soy sauce
3 tsp garlic powder
3 tsp lemon pepper
1 ½ to 2 tsp Tabasco sauce
Slice meat into thin slices. Mix and marinate meat overnight. Put meat on lowest heat setting in oven till dry. (meat thickness ¼ in thick)

Apple Pie Caramel Apples

Ingredients:
4 Granny Smith Apples
Package of caramels
Package of white morsel chips
Cinnamon sugar
Popsicle sticks

Directions:
Wash apples and dry thoroughly. Insert Popsicle stick into the top of each apple. Unwrap caramels and place in a microwave safe dish. Add 1 TBSP of water. Heat in microwave for one minute and then stir. If not completely melted warm for another 15 seconds then stir. Continue until caramel is melted. Spoon caramel mixture onto the apples, one at a time. Scrape excess caramel off of bottom. Place on a greased(spray w/pam) cookie sheet. Place in fridge for 30 minutes to an hour. Warm morsels in microwave for 1 minute stir. Add ½ to 1 TBSP on vegetable oil. If not melted warm 15 more seconds stir, continue until melted. Spoon white chocolate mixture over cooled caramel apples. Sprinkle with cinnamon sugar. Place on cookie sheet and refrigerate. Keep refrigerated until 15 minutes before serving. Slice or enjoy on stick and enjoy!