Sausage Balls

3 cups Bisquick
2 cups shredded Velveeta cheese
1 package Jimmy Dean Sausage-sage or hot

Combine-roll into balls
Cook at 375 for 8-10 minutes

Chicken Tetrazzini- Best

6 Chicken Breasts boiled and diced
salt
celery salt
pepper
1/2 pound spaghetti
1/2 cup butter (or 1/4 c. chicken broth)
2 tbs. flour
1/2 c. sherry
1 c. heavy cream

Boil Chicken with seasonings/cover with water
From Kettle save 2 and a half c. reserve stock

Add 6 cups f water to rest of broth. When liquid boils, add spaghetti and cook 6 minutes. Drain and place in baking dish on top of diced chicken. In pan melt stick of butter, add 2 tbs flour. Stir until smooth. Add reserve stock slowly. Pour in sherry. Last pour in 1 cup heavy cream (or fat free canned milk). Pour over chicken and spaghetti.

Bake 25 minutes at 400.

Easy Chicken Tetrazzini

3-4 Chicken Breasts, boiled and cut up
Spaghetti Noodles, boiled with water and chicken broth
Cream of Chicken Soup, add 1 can of milk, bring to boil, add 2 teaspoons celery seed

In a 9x13 pan, place cut up chicken on bottom. Add Noodles on top. Pour soup on top of noodles. Bake for 15 minutes at 350.

Better: Add shredded cheddar cheese on top.

Footprints in the Sand

One night I dreamed I was walking along the beach with the Lord.
Many scenes from my life flashed across the sky.
In each scene I noticed footprints in the sand.
Sometimes there were two sets of footprints,
other times there were one set of footprints.

This bothered me because I noticed
that during the low periods of my life,
when I was suffering from
anguish, sorrow or defeat,
I could see only one set of footprints.

So I said to the Lord,
"You promised me Lord,
that if I followed you,
you would walk with me always.
But I have noticed that during
the most trying periods of my life
there have only been one
set of footprints in the sand.
Why, when I needed you most,
you have not been there for me?"

The Lord replied,
"The times when you have
seen only one set of footprints in the sand,
is when I carried you."
Mary Stevenson


Copyright © 1984 Mary Stevenson, from original 1936 text, All rights reserved

Gina's Chicken and Biscuits

Cut up about 3-4 Chicken Breasts (skinless)
1 can cream of chicken soup or cream of mushroom soup
1 can cream of chicken soup (lower sodium)
Mix some chicken broth to soup and beat until smooth
1 package (8) grand biscuits
May add an additional small can of mushrooms

Put chicken in a greased baking pan (9x13). Pour soup mixture over chicken, bake covered for one hour at 350. When chicken is done, set oven to 357, place biscuits on top, sprinkle grated parmesan cheese on top and bake for 15 more minutes.

Note: My family hates mushrooms, so I leave that part out. They also don't like parmesan cheese, so I don't add that, either.

Cold Pasta Salad

Served Cold, except my friend made for me once, not knowing it was suppose to be cold and served it to me warm. It was pretty good warm.

12 ounce Penne pasta
2 garlic cloves, minced
2 tbs. fresh basil, chopped
2 tbs. red wine vinegar
4 tbs olive oil
1 can (14 oz) Artichokes, chopped
2 oz. sun-dried tomatoes (softened, cut-up)
2 oz. goat cheese, crumbled
salt and pepper

Boil and rinse pasta with cool water. Mix in 1 tbs of the oil.

Combine all of the other ingredients with pasta, except cheese, which is added to the top. Keep refrigerated until ready to serve.