Mediterrean Orzo Salad

You can use any small pasta for this recipe.

Mediterranean Pasta Salad

12 oz. orzo pasta cooked, drained and rinsed with cold water

2 T olive oil

1 large yellow pepper, diced

1 med tomato seeded and diced

1 cucumber seeded and diced

1 medium carrot shredded

1 8oz. package feta cheese (optional)

3 T toasted pine nuts

3 T  fresh chopped basil

2 T capers

½ c. olive oil

1/3 cup lemon juice

3 green onions chopped

6 cloves garlic, minced

1 t. cumin

1 t. Dijon mustard

1 t. dried mint or 2 t fresh

salt and Pepper

Stir together orzo and 2 T  olive oil in large bowl.  Stir in bell pepper and next 7 ingredients.

Whisk together ½ cup olive oil and next 8 ingredients.  Pour over orzo and mix.  Refrigerate until serving. 

Shrimp Salad

Another recipe that I had forgotten about until a friend called and asked me to make it for a birthday luncheon.  The ingredients are a little different than most, but it's delicious.

3 cups cooked shrimp, diced
1 cup diced celery
4 hard boiled eggs, chopped
1/2 cup sliced stuffed olives
1/4 cup green onions, sliced
1/4 cup chopped dill pickle
1 cup mayonnaise
2 T chili sauce or cocktail sauce
2 t horseradish
1 t salt
Combine shrimp, celery, and eggs. Blend other ingredients and add to shrimp mixture.  Toss lightly and serve chilled.  Yield: 6-8 servings

Eden Isle Chicken or sometimes known as Chicken Supreme or Delight

This recipe can be easily halved.  Save half of the mixture and freeze and thaw for future use.

8 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
8 thin slices ham
8 slices bacon
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1 can cream of chicken soup
1 cup sour cream
1 pkg. Lipton Onion Soup mix
Wrap chicken around ham and bacon around chicken.  Place in a 9x13 baking dish.  Mix last 4 ingredients and pour over chicken.  Bake 350 for 1 hour covered, then remove foil and bake another 30 minutes.  Serve with rice.

White Bars

I actually thought that I had already posted this recipe,  but this morning when I started to gather ingredients for making it, I realized it was not on the blog.  It has always been one of my daughters favorites, but my son in law would do all types of chores and repairs for just one piece of this delicious cake.  It taste just like wedding cake.

Cake: One Duncan Hines white cake mix with the following additions:
            1 egg (not white)
            1 T almond extract
            1 box instant vanilla pudding

            1/4 cup oil
Mix cake using package directions.  Spray a half sheet pan (12x16) with Pam. Spread evenly in pan and bake at 350 for 20 minutes.  Cool.
Frosting:
             4 cups powdered sugar
             1/2 cup butter, softened
             1-2  T almond extract
              milk to make spreadable
Beat all ingredients until smooth.  Spread on cooled cake. Cut into bars.

Cream of Mushroom Soup

Cream of Mushroom Soup

1 lb fresh mushrooms, sliced

8 green onions sliced

5 cups of chicken broth

1 stick real butter

7 tbsp flour

½ cup sherry

1/4 t. Nutmeg

1 pint heavy cream

Saute mushrooms and green onions in butter.  Add flour and make a paste.  Add broth and bring to a boil; reduce heat and simmer 20 minutes.  Add sherry and simmer 10 minutes.  Add cream and nutmeg and heat. DO NOT BOIL