Yummy recipes

Here are some more of my favorite recipes:
Mandarin Chicken
4 cans mandarin oranges
1/2 C Brown Sugar
1/2 C BBQ Sauce
4-8 Chicken Breasts
Blend 1rst three ingredients together in a blender
Place chicken in 9x13" casserole dish, pour mixture over chicken. Cook at 350 degrees for 1 1/2 hours.
This recipe also works great in a dutch oven.

No Meat Chowmein
Heat in a large skillet 1/4 C vegetable or olive oil
add: 1- 5oz can sliced water chestnuts (drained)
1-5oz can bamboo shoots (drained)
2 cups thinly sliced celery
2 cups shredded cabbage
1 large or 2 small cans of sliced mushrooms
1 large green pepper (cut into strips)
1pkg (10 oz) frozen french style green beans- can substitute 1 can drained french style green beans
9 green onions ( 1 bunch) diced 1/2 way up the green part
2 garlic cloves minced or the equivalent of dried minced garlic
1 cup carrots thinly sliced horizontally

Fry for 1 minute then add bringing to a boil:
2 TBS sugar
2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
2 cups chicken broth from a can or ( dissolve 2 chicken bouillon cubes in 2 cups of hot water
Simmer 10 minutes- or until vegetables are tender
Mix 3 tsp corn starch in 1/4th cup cold water ( to eliminate lumps)- add to skillet and stir until thickened
Add 1/4 cup soy sauce-mix well
Serve over rice. Top with chowmein noodles

Cake mix cookies
1 cake mix ( I like to use chocolate)
3 TBS vegetable oil
1 cup chocolate chips
( You can add anything you think you'd like in them ie: walnuts, macadamias, butterscotch chips etc...)
Heat oven to 350 degrees
Mix ingredients in a bowl until thoroughly mixed. Dough will be stiff.
Using a cookie scoop, place onto a cookie sheet sprayed with a nonstick vegetable spray.
Bake for 12-15 minutes or until brown.
Yields: 24-36 cookies.


Lemon cake mix cookies
1 pkg lemon cake mix
1/3 c vegetable oil
2 eggs
1 TBS lemon juice
powdered sugar

Preheat oven to 375 degrees and lightly grease a cookie sheet.
Combine cake mix, egg, oil, and lemon juice. ( Can add lemon zest or lemon extract for more lemon taste)
Blend at a low speed until well blended. Dough will be sticky.
Shape into 1" balls and place on cookie sheet 1" apart. Bake for 8 minutes
Cool several minutes and then dust with powdered sugar.
Yields: 32 cookies