December's Menu
Amaretto French Toast
A delightful breakfast or brunch meal. French toast is soaked in eggs, milk, brown
sugar, almond, and nutmeg, then browned in butter, baked in the oven and sprinkled
with almonds and powdered sugar when ready to serve. Drizzle with your favorite
syrup.
Cooking method: oven 25-30 minutes 5 servings
Cranberry Chicken
This entrée will make a great holiday dish. The recipe was given to us from a frequent
customer at TLC. Chicken breasts are covered in a sauce of cranberry sauce, onion
soup, and French dressing. Serve over rice or couscous and steamed sugar snap peas.
Cooking method: oven 45-50 minutes 6 servings
Spinach Manicotti
Manicotti tubes are stuffed with three cheeses, spinach, and seasonings, covered in
pasta sauce and baked with more cheese on top. This entrée is another way to get a
vegetable into the kids. It is a requested repeat. Serve with green salad and garlic
toast.
Cooking method: oven 45-50 minutes 6 servings
Vaquero Stew No Split
This delicious beef stew is inspired by rugged Argentine cowboy food. Chunks of beef,
sliced green olives, green chilies, tomatoes, carrots, and other ingredients that cook
in your crock pot. All the flavors come together to create something wonderful.
Delicious served over rice or pasta with a green salad. Some crusty bread also goes
great with this dish to mop up the sauce.
Cooking method: crock pot 6-8 hours 6 servings
Italian Chicken No Split
This chicken is so good it will surprise you. With its nicely seasoned tomato sauce,
this enticing chicken is especially good over sautéed vegetables and/or penne pasta.
We rolled leftovers in tortillas.
Cooking method: crock pot 4-5 hours 5 servings
Wild Rice Shrimp Casserole
Cooked shrimp, wild rice, bell pepper, onion, mushroom soup, and cheddar cheese
mixed together and baked until bubbly. This is a Paula Deen recipe and a must try. Serve
with Texas Toast.
Cooking method: oven 30 minutes 6 servings
Tortilla Soup No Split
This is a great soup for those cold evenings at home. It consists of green chilies,
tomatoes, onion, garlic, chicken, broth, spices, and corn tortillas. Serve it with
chopped avocados and cheddar cheese. It is really great soup.
Cooking method: stove top 1 hour 30 minutes 6 servings
Pork Chops with Spiced Apples & Raisins
This dish celebrates the flavors of fall – thick, boneless pork chops are simmered in
a spiced apple and raisin sauce that includes mustard, cinnamon, and other spices. This
entrée can be served with mashed sweet potatoes and green beans. Fall at its best.
Cooking method: stove top/oven 25-30 minutes 5 servings
Cheeseburger Pie No Split
A pastry shell filled with beef, tomato, onion, bell pepper, eggs, and cheese. This is so
good. It has also been a huge hit at TLC. You could serve it with some oven fries, but
we had it with a tossed salad.
Cooking method: stove top/oven 35-40 minutes 6 servings
Chicken Chili
Chicken breast pieces are seasoned with lemon pepper, and sautéed with onion and
bell peppers. It is then simmered with rotel, salsa, black beans and a little chili
powder. Serve with crackers.
Cooking method: stove top 35-40 minutes 6 servings
Hazelnut Salmon
It is salmon time again and you don’t want to miss this one. The fillet is brushed with a
mix of apple butter, mustard, thyme, and black pepper, then topped with finely chopped
hazelnuts. Serve with herbed rice and steamed sugar snap peas.
Cooking method: oven 15 Minutes 4 servings
Christmas Morning Casserole
Serve this for that special morning or a nice brunch. This casserole is made with
turkey sausage, bread cubes, eggs, and cheddar cheese. It is very family friendly. Serve
with sliced fruit and grapes.
Cooking method: oven 45-50 minutes 9 servings
A delightful breakfast or brunch meal. French toast is soaked in eggs, milk, brown
sugar, almond, and nutmeg, then browned in butter, baked in the oven and sprinkled
with almonds and powdered sugar when ready to serve. Drizzle with your favorite
syrup.
Cooking method: oven 25-30 minutes 5 servings
Cranberry Chicken
This entrée will make a great holiday dish. The recipe was given to us from a frequent
customer at TLC. Chicken breasts are covered in a sauce of cranberry sauce, onion
soup, and French dressing. Serve over rice or couscous and steamed sugar snap peas.
Cooking method: oven 45-50 minutes 6 servings
Spinach Manicotti
Manicotti tubes are stuffed with three cheeses, spinach, and seasonings, covered in
pasta sauce and baked with more cheese on top. This entrée is another way to get a
vegetable into the kids. It is a requested repeat. Serve with green salad and garlic
toast.
Cooking method: oven 45-50 minutes 6 servings
Vaquero Stew No Split
This delicious beef stew is inspired by rugged Argentine cowboy food. Chunks of beef,
sliced green olives, green chilies, tomatoes, carrots, and other ingredients that cook
in your crock pot. All the flavors come together to create something wonderful.
Delicious served over rice or pasta with a green salad. Some crusty bread also goes
great with this dish to mop up the sauce.
Cooking method: crock pot 6-8 hours 6 servings
Italian Chicken No Split
This chicken is so good it will surprise you. With its nicely seasoned tomato sauce,
this enticing chicken is especially good over sautéed vegetables and/or penne pasta.
We rolled leftovers in tortillas.
Cooking method: crock pot 4-5 hours 5 servings
Wild Rice Shrimp Casserole
Cooked shrimp, wild rice, bell pepper, onion, mushroom soup, and cheddar cheese
mixed together and baked until bubbly. This is a Paula Deen recipe and a must try. Serve
with Texas Toast.
Cooking method: oven 30 minutes 6 servings
Tortilla Soup No Split
This is a great soup for those cold evenings at home. It consists of green chilies,
tomatoes, onion, garlic, chicken, broth, spices, and corn tortillas. Serve it with
chopped avocados and cheddar cheese. It is really great soup.
Cooking method: stove top 1 hour 30 minutes 6 servings
Pork Chops with Spiced Apples & Raisins
This dish celebrates the flavors of fall – thick, boneless pork chops are simmered in
a spiced apple and raisin sauce that includes mustard, cinnamon, and other spices. This
entrée can be served with mashed sweet potatoes and green beans. Fall at its best.
Cooking method: stove top/oven 25-30 minutes 5 servings
Cheeseburger Pie No Split
A pastry shell filled with beef, tomato, onion, bell pepper, eggs, and cheese. This is so
good. It has also been a huge hit at TLC. You could serve it with some oven fries, but
we had it with a tossed salad.
Cooking method: stove top/oven 35-40 minutes 6 servings
Chicken Chili
Chicken breast pieces are seasoned with lemon pepper, and sautéed with onion and
bell peppers. It is then simmered with rotel, salsa, black beans and a little chili
powder. Serve with crackers.
Cooking method: stove top 35-40 minutes 6 servings
Hazelnut Salmon
It is salmon time again and you don’t want to miss this one. The fillet is brushed with a
mix of apple butter, mustard, thyme, and black pepper, then topped with finely chopped
hazelnuts. Serve with herbed rice and steamed sugar snap peas.
Cooking method: oven 15 Minutes 4 servings
Christmas Morning Casserole
Serve this for that special morning or a nice brunch. This casserole is made with
turkey sausage, bread cubes, eggs, and cheddar cheese. It is very family friendly. Serve
with sliced fruit and grapes.
Cooking method: oven 45-50 minutes 9 servings
