A few recipies that I like

This topic, because I haven't seen any other ones like it, will be where I throw in a few recipies that I've recieved many compliments on. Now, I'm not a chef, I've never been to culinary school, or worked in a professional kitchen (other than Mc Donald's and my grandma's) but these dishes I'll list are extremly easy to make. Also, if you want, you can put some recipies up here that you like. Happy cooking everyone!!!!^^

Banana Pancakes with Peanut Butter and Jam

Serves: 4
Prep Time: 10 min.
Cook Time: 16 min.

Ingriedients for the batter:

2 cups of all-purpose baking mix
1 cup of buttermilk
1 cup of mashed banana's
2 lrg. eggs
1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon

Ingridients for the syrup:

3/4 cup of maple syrup
1/4 cup of peanut butter
1/2 cup of strawberry jam or jelly
Note: It really doesn't matter whar flavor jam/jelly you use.

1. Whisk together all of the ingridients for the batter in a large bowl just until the dry ingridients are moist.

2. Heat a large griddle or skillet over medium heat until hot. For each pancake, pout about 1/4 cup of batter onto griddle. Cook the pancakes until the tops are covered in bubbles and the edges look cooked; turn over and cook the other side.

3. Whisk together the maple syrup and peanut butter until smooth. Stack 3 pancakes on a serving plate, spreading about 1 Tbsp. jam between the layers. Spread peanut butter syrup over top. Serve pancaks with remaining peanut butter syrup.

Asian Chicken Burgers

Serves: 4
Prep Time: 18 min.
Cook Time: 8 min.

You'll need:

1 lb. skinned and boned chicken breasts, coarsely chopped
4 green onions,chopped
1 Tbsp. chile paste with garlic
1 tsp. grated peeled fresh ginger
2 tsp. soy sauce
1/4 tsp. salt
4 (2-oz.) sandwich rolls with sesame seeds
4 lettuce leaves, thinly sliced
Bottled peanut oil

1. Preheat grill to medium (300 degrees of 305 degrees Fereinheit). Combine chicken, green onions, chile paste, ginger, soy sauce, and salt in a food processor: process until coarsely ground. Divide mixture into 4 equal portions; shape each portion into a 1/2 inch thick patty.

2. Grill patties over medium heat for 4 minutes on each side or until done. Meanwhile, place sandwich rolls, cut side down, onto grill rack; grill 1 minute or until toasted. Serve patties on rolls with lettuce and peanut sauce.

Grilled Peanut Butter and Banana Split Sandwiches (A favorite of the kids I take care of.)

Serves: 4
Prep Time: 15 min.
Cook Time: 8 min.

You're gonna need:

2 small banana's, cut in half cross wise
4 tsp. butter or margarine, softened
8 (1-oz.) sliced of firm white sandwich bread, divided
1/4 cup of creamy peanut butter
2 tsp. honey
2 tsp. semi-sweet chocolate minni-morsels
4 large strawberries, thinly sliced
1/4 cup of pineapple jam

1. Cut each banana in half lengthwise into 3 slices. Spreas 1/ tsp. of butter on 1 side of each bread slice. Combine peanut butter and honey and spread over plain side of 4 bread slices. Sprinkle each slic lightly with 1 tsp. chocolate morsels; top evenly with strawberry and banana slices. Spread remaining bread slices with pineapple jam. Place on top of sandwiches, jam sides down.

2. Heat a large non-stick skillet over medium-high heat. Add 2 sandwiches; cook each side for 2 minutes or until lightly browned. Repeat procedure for the remaining sandwiches.

Note: If you're trying to eat healthy, replace the white bread with wheat bread, use a butter substitute, and toss out the chocolate morsels. That should make it where you don't have to work off as many calories.

Crisp Garlic Chicken

Serves: 4
Prep Time: 9 mins
Cook Time: 25 mins

You'll need:

1 tsp. bottled minced garlic
1/4 cup olive oil

1/4 cup of Italian seasoned breadcrumbs
1/4 tsp. pepper
1/4 cup of grated parmesan cheese
4 (6-oz.) skinned and boned chicken breasts
1 (16-oz.) package of angel hair pasta
1 (26-oz.) jar of marinara sauce
1 (16-oz.) package of mixed greens

1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees F. Combine garlic and olive oil in a small microwave-safe bowl; microwave ar High for 30-45 seconds or just until warm.

2. Combine breadcrumbs, cheese, ans peeper in a shallow dish. Dip chicken warm olive oil, dredge in breadcrumb mixture. Place chicken on a lightly greased baking sheet.

3. Bake ar 425 degrees F for 20-25 minutes or until then chicken is golden.

4. While the chicken is baking cook the pasta and marinara. Serve pasta on a serving plate and spoon marinara sauce over the noodles. Place one piece of chicken atop the pasta and lightly garnish with the greens.

(Note: If you want to add a little more flavor to this dish, you can put some shredded motzerella cheese on the chicken and microwave it for about 20-30 seconds or until melted.)

Chicken Cordon Bleu Sandwiches (One of my personal favorites)

Serves: 6
Prep Time: 15 mins
Cook Time: 25 mins

You're going to need:

1(5.5 oz.) box of seasoned croutons, finely crushed
1/3 cup of grated parmesan cheese
2 egg whites
2 Tbsp. water
1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. pepper
6(6-oz.) cooked ham slices
6(1-oz.) Swiss cheese slices
6(6-oz.) skinned and bonelss chicken breasts
6 sandwich rolls with sesame seeds (sesame seed rolls are what I prefer using, but if you want to use something else that's fine too.)

1. Preheat oven to 450 degrees F. Combine crouton crumbs and parmesan in a large zip-top plastic bag; seal and shake well. Whisk well together the 2 eggwhites and 2 Tbsp. water in a shallow bowl. Sprinkle salt and pepper over chicken. Dip one piece of chicken into the egg whitr mixture; place in the plastic bag, and shake to coat. Place chicken on a lightly greased rack broiler pan. Repeat process with the remaining chicken, egg white mixture, and crouton mixture.

2. Bake at 450 degrees F for 20 minutes. Top each breast with 1 ham slice and 1 Swiss cheese slice. Bake 5 more minutes or until cheese melts.

3. While the cheese is melting, lightly toast the rolls.

nice,i'm gonna try it!!