Chicken-bacon roll ups.

I use chicken breast but you can use boneless,skinless thighs too.
trim the chicken breast and pound with a meat mallet.
Mix a package of cream cheese and some chopped garlic ,about 1 tablespoon. You can also use garlic powder if you would rather.
put about a tablespoon or a little more of the cream cheese mixture onto the flattened breast. Roll up starting at the smaller end.
wrap raw bacon around the breast. I use 2 pieces to cover the middle. Then wrap a piece from one open end to the other . When this cooks the bacon shrinks and you have a nice tight package.
Cook at least at 375* maybe a little higher at the end so you can crisp up the bacon. You don't want to dry out the chicken though. After aprox 30 minutes it should be done. Every ones oven is different so it might vary a little. Almost everyone who has had these loves them!

Donnas Tex- Mex Soup

Brown either 1-1 1/2 pounds of ground turkey or hamburger
sprinkle a package of taco seasoning and a package of dry ranch dressing into meat
add 2 cups of chicken stock or broth
2 cans of diced tomatoes
rinse:
1 can of black beans
1 can of pinto beans
1 can of great northern
add 1 can of corn
you can put some chopped or sliced jalapeno pepper if you like the heat.

Pizza Crust (Melissa Ackers)

2 Tablespoons yeast
2 cups warm water (baby bottle warm)
1/3 cup sugar
4 cups flour
2 tsp salt
dissolve the yeast in water with sugar..let sit about 5 min or until the yeast bubbles up
Mix in flour and salt until it is smooth
split the dough in half (it will make 2 pizzas)
roll dough out on floured surface ,put on pizza pan & poke with a fork
Add sauce and toppings of your choice
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Bake 400* for about 15 min.

Pizza sauce (Melissa Ackers)

1 8 ounce can tomato sauce
1 6 ounce can of tomato sauce
1 garlic clove minced
1/8 tsp onion powder
1/8 tsp pepper
1 tsp Italian seasoning
shake or two of salt
combine all ingredients

Peanut butter and Jelly bars

1/2 pound of butter at room temperature
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
2 large eggs or extra large
2 cups creamy peanut butter (like skippy)
3 cups of flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 1/2 tsp salt
1 1/2 cups of jam (raspberry or strawberry)
2/3 cups chopped peanuts
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Grease 9x13 inch pan 350* for 45 minutes
Cream together the butter and and sugar until lemony looking
Add vanilla,eggs,peanut butter and beat
mix dry ingredents and add.
Spread 2/3 of mixture in bottom of greased pan
Spread the jelly on top
Drop blobs of the rest of the dough on top(it will spread a little bit)
Add the chopped peanuts and bake.

lemony salad dressing.

½ cup tahini
1/3 cup lemon juice
2 garlic cloves minced,use less garlic for mild flavor
2 tablespoons low sodium soy sauce
½ teaspoon basil, dried
½ teaspoon garlic powder
¼ teaspoon salt
Thin with water and refrigerate. It will thicken a little ,shake.

Pineapple pancakes

This is so simple and good!
1 can of crushed pineapple (juice and all)
pancake mix/however much your using
milk

Take your pancake mix and add the pineapple then thin out to however you like with the milk and cook