Chomps in the Swamp

INGREDIENTS : - 16 oz Farfalle pasta - 1 1/2 cups heavy whipping cream - 3 to 4 chicken breasts - 2 to 3 garlic cloves, minced - 1 tsp pepper - 1/2 cup butter - 1 lb bacon, cooked and crumbled - 3/4 cup shredded parmesan cheese - 1 cup Soy Vay very very teriyaki - 1/8 cup pineapple juice (or juice from one can pineapple) - 1/2 sweet onion, diced - 8 oz sliced mushroom - 1/4 cup frozen peas - parsley, for garnish DIRECTIONS : 1. Cook chicken in teriyaki sauce and pineapple juice in crockpot on low for 6 hours. 2. Shred or cut chicken and set aside. 3. About half hour before serving, boil pasta. 4. At the same time of starting pasta, in a saucepan, melt butter and cook onion on medium low for 20 minutes. Add mushrooms and cook for an additional 5 minutes. 5. Turn heat to low. Add whipping cream, garlic, pepper, parmesan cheese, peas, and crumbled bacon. Whisk for 4 minutes. 6. In a large bowl, pour sauce over cooked, drained pasta. Add chicken and stir through. ...

INGREDIENTS WONTONS - 32 Wonton Wrappers - 12 oz shrimp - 1/4 lb ground pork - 3 green onions, thinly sliced - 1 tsp soy sauce - 1 tsp brown sugar - 1/4 tsp ground ginger - 2 tsp minced ginger - 1/2 tsp sesame oil - 1 egg (for sealing wontons) SOUP (Best thing about the soup part is you can whatever veggies you want! Here's what I added today) - 6 cups chicken broth - bok choy - thinly cut carrots - snap or sugar peas - water chestnuts (I had jicama in the fridge and used that. Use water chestnuts when available) - sliced green onions - mushrooms DIRECTIONS 1. Prepare wontons - Cut shrimp liberally until a nearly ground texture. Combine all ingredients in a bowl. Scoop 1-2 tsp filling into wonton wrappers and seal by brushing egg on two joining sides and sealing it into a triangle shape. Then brush egg onto two longer triangle sides, and bring those sides together, overlapping. Set completed wontons aside. 2. Heat broth. Add vegetables (adding th...

Tried my hand at homemade chicken stock today! I have been freezing our leftover chicken carcasses and saving all my veggie scraps! I wasn't quite sure how it would turn out but it turned out great! I really have no recipe to share. Just save your chicken carcasses and veggie scraps. When ready place in a pot and cover with water. Season with your choice of spices (bay leaves, rosemary, sage, thyme, salt, or pepper all work here!) I simmered on the stove for about 8 hours. But I heard that you can also put it in the crockpot! Which I will try next time to save gas.  Either way, simmer 5-8 hours. Mmmm!