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Valentine’s Dinner Chicken Bruschetta Bake

We decided to avoid the crowds & expense that going out on Valentine’s Day entails. I bought chicken on sale at Lowes Foods and wanted to make this recipe. We also did a Caeser Lite bag salad & used TJ’s Garlic & Herb pizza dough to make breadsticks. Oh and I picked up a bottle of Kitchen Sink white wine at Total Wine. It was a very yummy nice Valentine’s Day dinner! We also got Wal-E from red box. We’d not seen it yet & loved it!
Ok, for the recipe from Kraftfoods.com:

Bruschette Chicken Bake
Ingredients
1 can diced tomatoes, undrained
1 package Stove Top Stuffing Mix for Chicken
1/2 c water
1/4 tsp garlic powder (orginial recipe called for 2 cloves garlic mined)
1-1.5 lb boneless skinless chicken breasts, cut into bite-sized pieces
1 tsp dried basil
1 c mozzarella cheese (used 2% milk shredded)
Directions
Mix tomatoes, stuffing mix, water & garlic powder in bowl just until stuffing mix is moistened.
Layer chicken, basil, and cheese in 9×13 baking dish.
Top with stuffing (and a little more cheese if you want).
Bake 30 min or until chicken done.

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Banana Oatmeal Cookies

So the banana oatmeal cookies in the post below just taste uuhhhh, kinda dry and healthy. I am still wanting some oatmeal banana cookies so I searched recipzaar and found this recipe. Since its supposed to be a snowy night and day tomorrow I thought these would be yummy. I halved the recipe so we won’t be as tempted to eat 48 cookies!
Ingredients
3/4 c soft butter
1 c brown sugar
1 egg
1 1/2 c flour
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp nutmeg
1 c mashed bananas
1 3/4 c oatmeal
Directions
Beat together butter, sugar, and egg.
Stir in flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and nutmeg.
Add mashed bananas and oatmeal.
Drop spoonfls onto greased cookie sheet.
Bake at 350 for 12-15 minutes.

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Kinda Healthy Banana Oatmeal Cookies

I got this recipe from a sparkpeople email I received today. I signed up for sparkpeople a while ago and have done nothing with it but saved a few recipes. I was in the mood to bake a little tonight but didn’t want to have a ton of cookies laying around calling my name all weekend either!
The recipe said 24 servings and I made exactly 24 small cookies. I think they’re good, but they do taste kinda healthy.

Ingredients
3/4 c flour (recipe calls for unbleached, I used all-purpose)
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp ground allspice
1 c quick cooking oats
1/3 c raisins (I omitted)
1/4 c chopped walnuts (I omitted)
1 large egg white
3 tbsp butter, cut in 1/2 in pieces
1/2 c packed dark brown sugar
1 small banana, cut in 1 in pieces
1 tsp vanilla

Directions
Set baking racks in top and lower third of the oven. Preheat oven to 400.
Whisk together flour, salt, baking soda, cinnamon, and allspice in mixing bowl. Mix in oats, raisins and nuts.
In a blender on medium speed, mix egg white, butter, and sugar until smooth. Blend in banana and vanilla until smooth. Pour banana mixture into dry ingredient bowl, mixing with spatula until well combined. Batter will be fairly stiff.
Drop batter in walnut sized spoonfuls onto baking sheets, spacing cookies about 2 in apart. Flatten them slightly with the back of a wet spoon, wetting spoon frequently between cookies.
Bake 10 mins. Switch position of pans in oven. Bake for additional 5-8 mins (5 mins was more than plenty for in my oven) or until cookies are golden brown and almost firm in the center. Transfer to cool racks. Can be stored in airtight container for up to 1 week.

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Mexican Veggie Dip

Ingredients
8 oz cream cheese
1 1/2 c sour cream
1 packet of taco seasoning
Directions
Combine ingredients and beat until smooth and creamy. Cover and refrigerate for several hours, til flavors are blended. Serve with assorted raw veggies or tortilla chips.

I made this for the baby shower as well. It wasn’t as spicy as I thought it would be, but it was really good with both chips & veggies. I thought it was a good switch up from the basic ranch dips usually served with veggies.

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Heavenly Fruit Dip

Ingredients
12 oz container whipped topping, thawed (used cool whip)
1 small jar of marshmallow creme
8 oz package of cream cheese
2 small cartons of strawberry yogurt
Directions
Mix ingredients together and refrigerate until ready to serve. Good with pineapple, apples, strawberries, grapes, etc. Other yogurt flavors can be substituted in place of strawberry.

We made this for the baby shower yesterday and it was a huge hit! It was really light and fluffy.