Winter Soup & Fun

26 01 2012

Left to Right… Felipe (Barros Family Exchange Student Daughter from Portugal), Ruth Meyer (our mom), Jenae Barros (my niece), Nila Meyer Barros (my sister), & Haylee Barros (my niece)…all having fun in Colorado!

My mother, Ruth, trained her girls well…she taught us the LOVE of Cooking!  My sister, Nila is a fabulous cook, and she shared some photos and recipes from their trip to my parents house in Colorado…delicious Hearty Hashbrown Soup, Garlic Monkey Bread & Quick Tossed Salad.  I thought this was the perfect time to pass along some easy and delicious winter recipes.  Enjoy!

PS. Click here for photos of some of our other cooking from our parents house in Colorado.

Hearty Hashbrown Soup… This is so easy to throw together and you’ll probably have most of the ingredients on hand.  You can make it ahead of time and keep it going in the Crock Pot for an easy meal to come home to, or mix it up at the last minute!  A delicious meal on a cold winter evening!  Click for Hearty Hashbrown Soup recipe.

Quick Tossed Salad… No recipe needed for this one.  Just open the fridge, put some greens into a bowl, then open the pantry and see what you might throw in on top.  Nila used dried cranberries, cashews and almonds this time, and other delicious toppings would be croutons, dried blueberries, mandarin oranges, sunflower seeds, etc.

Garlic Monkey Bread

When I called my mom, Ruth, for this recipe, she said …”Vicki, I think that one came from you!”  Hahahah! It had been a long time since I had made this, but it is so easy and delicious.  This is a great recipe for when you have little helpers in the kitchen.  You can keep them busy dipping the dough into the butter and garlic mixture, and it bakes up fast.  It is the perfect accompaniment to a winter soup meal, and most of us have refrigerated biscuit dough in the fridge.  Click Here for Garlic Monkey Bread recipe.  

We hope you enjoy this simple, but DELICIOUS dinner idea from our family!  I wouldn’t mind a snow day sometime soon! 🙂  Vicki Adrian


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Orange Bacon Wrapped Chicken Breasts

30 11 2011

This recipe comes from Valerie Rempel, who is the sister to one of our Adrian’s Staff members, Denise Heizelman.  Valerie lives in California, and it is always a treat for all of us when she comes home to visit her family.  We love to go for coffee with her!  Our daughter, Jenny made this last night and it was delicious!  I thought you might like a nice, simple meal that is a little out of the ordinary…after all, one cannot live on Christmas Cookies alone!  (We could try!)

Orange Bacon Wrapped Chicken Breasts

4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
Poultry seasoning
Salt
Pepper
4 slices bacon (we used double :-), and used the thick, peppery kind!)
1/4 c. butter, melted
1 T. Worcestershire sauce
1/2 c. orange marmalade

Preheat oven to 375°. (350 if using a glass baking dish) Sprinkle each chicken breast with poultry seasoning, salt and pepper. (Be generous with the poultry seasoning!)  Wrap each piece of chicken with a slice of bacon and place in baking dish with bacon ends tucked under the breasts.  Melt the butter, Worcestershire sauce and marmalade in the microwave, stirring until combined. Pour evenly over the bacon-wrapped chicken breasts. Bake until chicken is done and the bacon is crisp, about 25-30 minutes.   Valerie says “I found a version of this recipe on the internet where it was credited to Peggy Trowbridge Filipone at the About.com website.  Il like recipes that are easy to adapt to the size of the crowd, large or small.  This is especially nice served with wild rice and a green salad. “

Jenny made this on a cool winter evening…it was delicious!  This recipe is featured in our “Between Friends” Cookbook…Available at Adrians.

THANK YOU for sharing the recipe Valerie!

If you’ve got a family favorite, I would love to have you email your recipe to me… vicki@adriansboutique.com  THANK YOU!

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Decadent Desserts for Not-So-Domestic Divas

15 02 2011

Wind & Willow Fudge Ribbon Pie

I love to cook…and bake from scratch…(but I don’t like cleaning up!)  Tonight I needed to whip up 3 pies to take to a church  soup supper and didn’t have a lot of time, so it was Wind & Willow Dessert Mixes to the rescue!

Wind & Willow Dessert Mix

I love having these high quality Wind & Willow Dessert  Mixes in the pantry because they use staples that are usually already hiding in my fridge or cupboards, and you can make them in just a few minutes. Wind & Willow makes many different flavors and the possibilities of dessert ideas are just endless!

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