Snickerdoodle Bread

2 1/2 cups flour

• 1 tsp. baking powder
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 2 tsp. cinnamon
• 1 cup butter softened
• 2 cups sugar
• 3 eggs
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 3/4 cup sour cream
• 1 pkg. Hershey's cinnamon chips
• 3 TB sugar
• 3 tsp. cinnamon

1. Cream butter, sugar, salt and cinnamon until fluffy. Add eggs and mix well.
   
2. Add vanilla and sour cream and mix well.
   
3. Mix flour and baking powder in a separate bowl. Add to wet ingredients and mix until all combined.
   
4. Add cinnamon chips and stir into batter. Set aside.
   
5. Spoon batter into 4 mini loaf pans until about 2/3 full.
   
6. Mix 3 T. sugar and 3 t. cinnamon in a bowl and sprinkle over the batter in each loaf pan.
   
7. Bake at 350 for 35-38 minutes. Let cool before removing from pan.

Salmon Patties

INGREDIENTS

• 2 6-ounce cans tuna
• 2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
• 1/2 cup white bread torn into small pieces
• 1 teaspoon lemon zest
• 1 Tbsp lemon juice
• 1 Tbsp water (or liquid from the cans of tuna)
• 2 Tbsp chopped fresh parsley
• 2 Tbsp chopped fresh chives, green onions, or shallots
• Salt and freshly ground black pepper
• A couple squirts of Crystal hot sauce or tabasco
• 1 raw egg
• 2 Tbsp olive oil
• 1/2 teaspoon butter

METHOD

1 Drain the liquid from the tuna cans. If you are using tuna packed in water, reserve a tablespoon of the tuna water, and add a teaspoon of olive oil to the tuna mixture in the next step.

2 In a medium bowl, mix together the tuna, mustard, torn white bread, lemon zest, lemon juice, water, parsley, chives, and hot sauce. Sprinkle on salt and freshly ground black pepper. Taste the mixture before adding the egg to see if it needs more seasoning to your taste. Mix in the egg.

3 Divide the mixture into 4 parts. With each part, form into a ball and then flatten into a patty. Place onto a wax paper lined tray and chill for an hour. (You can skip the chilling if you want, chilling just helps the patties stay together when you cook them.)

4 Heat the olive oil and a little butter (for taste) in a cast iron or stick-free skillet on medium high. Gently place the patties in the pan, and cook until nicely browned, 3-4 minutes on each side.

Serve with wedges of lemon. You can also serve with tartar sauce on slider buns for a tuna burger.

Chicken BLT Pizza

Pizza crust

10 oz garlic cream cheese

2 c sliced chicken breasts

1 lb crumbled bacon

2 c shredded cheese

1 c chopped tomatoes

1 c chopped lettuce

We cubed the chicken and cooked it in a skillet with oil and italian seasoning.

We also added some fresh avocado slices.

Jalapeno Popper Buffalo Chicken Mac & Cheese

4 slices bacon
2 Tblsp bacon grease
1/2 large onion, diced about 1 1/4 c
2 jalapenos, sliced
1 lb elbow mac

Sauce
4 Tblsp butter
5 Tblsp flour
2 c milk
1/4 c heavy cream
S&P
pinch of nutmeg
2 oz cream cheese
1 Tblsp hot sauce
2 1/2 c grated cheddar cheese
1 c grated mozzarella cheese
1/4 c grated provolone cheese
1/4 c blue cheese crumbles
1 c cooked shredded chicken, optional

Topping
1 c corn flakes, crushed
1/3 c blue cheese crumbles
bacon

Cook bacon, remove bacon. In grease saute onions and jalapenos until soft, about 6 minutes. Boil water, salt water, cook pasta till almost done. Heat oven to 350. In pot melt butter, whisk in flour then whisk in milk, cream, s&p and nutmeg. In crease heat to medium high and stir until thick. Remove from heat, stir in cream cheese and hot sauce. Mix until smooth. Pour pasta, onions and jalapenos into sauce. Stir to coat. Stir in cheeses and chicken. Pour into buttered casserole dish. Add toppings. Bake 20-30 minutes.

Mashed Potato Cakes

1-2 c mashed potatoes
1/2 c shredded cheese
1 egg
s&p to taste
Mix well, melt butter in frying pan. Take small amount flatten into cake and fry 5 minutes on each side. Serve with sour cream and salsa.
I added diced green chilis into the mix.

Chicken Taco Chili

1 onion, diced

1 can black beans

1 can kidney beans

1 can tomato sauce

1 can corn

1 can diced green chilis

taco seasoning

cumin

chili powder

chicken breast

fresh cilantro

I cooked the chicken breast with some of the spices in the crock pot. Drained and shredded the chicken and then added everything else in and cooked for a few hours longer on low in the crock pot.

I added jalapeno slices as well.

Quinoa fruit Salad

1/2 cup quinoa

1 cup water

1/2 cup fresh blueberries

1/2 cup cubed ripe mango

1/2 cup cubed cucumber

1/2 Tblsp dried cranberries

1/2 cup cubed jicama

Cook the quinoa as directed on package. Let cool. Chop all fruit to same size as berries. Add all together.

Lemon Basil Dressing

1 1/2 Tblsp olive oil

2 Tblsp lemon juice

1/4 tsp lemon zest

10 basil leaves chopped finely

salt & pepper

Wait to cut the basil till right before you serve the salad otherwise it turns brown.

Recipe from Relief Society get together. The cucumber was not a favorite, might leave it out next time.