Easy Chocolate Chip Pound Cake

as mentioned by Kathy Nicholson on Sunday, September 13, 2009

Chocolate Chip Pound Cake

1 box yellow cake mix

4 eggs

½ cup vegetable oil

½ cup water

¾ cup sugar

1 package of chocolate instant pudding

8 oz sour cream1 small package of semi-sweet chips

Mix first seven ingredients until smooth, and then fold in chips. Spray bundt pan with pam – bake 350 degrees for 45-50 minutes. Let cool and then flip over and remove from pan.

Tomato and Watermelon Salad

Prep: 20 min., Stand: 15 min., Chill: 2 hr. This refreshing dish is adapted from Seasoned in the South: Recipes From Crook's Corner and From Home by Bill Smith.

Yield
Makes 4 to 6 servings

Ingredients
5 cups (3/4-inch) seeded watermelon cubes
1 1/2 pounds ripe tomatoes, cut into 3/4-inch cubes
3 teaspoons sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 small red onion, quartered and thinly sliced
1/2 cup red wine vinegar
1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
Romaine lettuce leaves (optional)
Cracked black pepper to taste
Preparation
1. Combine watermelon and tomatoes in a large bowl; sprinkle with sugar and salt, tossing to coat. Let stand 15 minutes.

2. Stir in onion, vinegar, and oil. Cover and chill 2 hours. Serve chilled with lettuce leaves, if desired. Sprinkle with cracked black pepper to taste.

Bill Smith, Bill Smith, Seasoned in the South: Recipes From Crook's Corner and From Home, Southern Living, JULY 2007

Amish Breakfast Casserole

prepared by Kathy Nicholson at the Taste of Banks on Saturday May 2, 2009
also mentioned on WRAF on Sunday May 3, 2009


Category: Quiche and Breakfast Casserole
Serves/Makes: 12

Ingredients:

1 pound sliced bacon, diced
1 medium sweet onion, chopped
6 eggs, lightly beaten
4 cups frozen shredded hash brown potatoes, thawed
2 cups shredded Cheddar cheese
1 1/2 cup small curd cottage cheese
1 1/4 cup shredded Swiss cheese




Directions:
In a large skillet, cook bacon and onion until bacon is crisp; drain. In a bowl, combine the remaining ingredients; stir in bacon mixture.

Transfer to a greased 13-in. x 9-in. x 2-in. baking dish.

Bake, uncovered, at 350 degrees F for 35-40 minutes or until set and bubbly. Let stand for 10 minutes before cutting.

Parmesean Chicken

as heard by Kathy Nicholson

Parmesan Chicken Recipe
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Ingredients
1 clove garlic, minced
1 stick unsalted butter (1/2 cup or 1/4 pound), melted
1 cup dried bread crumbs
1/3 cup grated Parmesan cheese (or 2/3 cup if you are using a Microplane zester)
2 Tbsp chopped fresh parsley
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon garlic salt
A large pinch of Italian seasoning (herb mix)
1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper
2 lbs of skinless, boneless, chicken meat, cut into pieces no larger than 2x2 inches



Method



1 Preheat oven to 450°F.

2 In a bowl, combine the minced garlic with the melted butter. In another bowl mix together the bread crumbs, Parmesan, parsley, salt, garlic salt, Italian seasoning, and pepper. Dip chicken pieces into garlic butter, then into crumb mixture to coat.

3 Place coated chicken pieces on to a 9x13 baking dish. Try to leave a little room between each piece. Drizzle with remaining garlic butter and bake uncovered 15 minutes, or until chicken is cooked through and juices run clear. Note that the chicken will get much more browned on the bottom side than on the top.

Serves 4-6.

New Years Resolutions - How to Keep Them!

Research: Statistics on new year's resolutions

40 to 45% of American adult make one or more resolutions each year.

Among the top new years resolutions are resolutions about weight loss, exercise, and stopping to smoke. Also popular are resolutions dealing with better money management / debt reduction.

The following shows how many of these resolutions are maintained as time goes on:
- past the first week: 75%
- past 2 weeks: 71%
- after one month: 64%
- after 6 months: 46%

While a lot of people who make new years resolutions do break them, research shows that making resolutions is useful. People who explicitly make resolutions are 10 times more likely to attain their goals than people who don't explicitly make resolutions: