A Few Forgotten Recipes

 

Hello Friends :)  

The weekend is almost here. Yay! 

If I get a chance to post on Thursdays I often think of it as cooking Thursday from links of long ago. And the other day I happened to be doing some recipe research. In that research I found a few recipes on my blog that I don't think I ever officially added in my recipes tab at the top of this blog. I know that tab isn't in any kind of real order (maybe some day I'll take care of that 😁) but you can still scroll through and find a lot of my favorite recipes on there. I initially kept them under a tab for my own sake, so I would have them preserved somewhere. I never thought that others may want to look through one day and find recipes there. But if you do - please enjoy and I promise if I ever make a rhyme and reason of it I'll let you know! Haha

But for today I thought I'd share a few yummy recipes that you might like and a quick link to find them Plus, I'll add them to my recipe tab now.😉

The first one is this easy rosemary chicken and potatoes sheet pan meal from way back - 2015 actually. I hadn't taken a photo of it but I did post the recipe in this post here.  It's a yummy one and easy because it's all on one foil lined pan for easy clean up. And it has lots of flavor! 

Rosemary Roasted Chicken with Potatoes 

1 teaspoon garlic powder

1 teaspoon paprika

1 teaspoon rosemary

1 teaspoon salt

1/4 teaspoon black pepper

2 tablespoons olive oil

4 boneless, skinless, chicken breasts, cut in half2 pounds redskin potatoes, cut into 1 1/2 inch cubes

 Mix oil with seasonings in large bowl.  Add chicken and potatoes and toss to coat.Arrange in single layer on foil lined 15x10x1 baking pan.Roast in preheated 425 degree oven for 45 minutes or until chicken is cooked through and potatoes are tender, turning potatoes occasionally.

Homemade Brownies

The next recipe I wanted to share is for an easy little pan of brownies. My daugher & I have both made these from time to time. However, I will admit one of my favorite ways to bake brownies is a ghiradelli brownie mix. They are the BEST! But this is a handy recipe because it has a lot of things I usually have on hand so I can whip them up on a whim. Whip on a whim....sounds like the funny name they give on a bottle of nail polish. Lol Or maybe a great name for a band? Sorry, there goes my short attention span 🙈. 

Okay, focusing on this easy yummy brownie mix you can find on this post here.

EASY BROWNIES (for an 8x8 pan)

If you want to make in a 9x13 pan, just double the recipe.

Ingredients:

1/2 c. butter

1 c. sugar

1/4 c. baking cocoa powder

1/2 tsp vanilla extract

2 eggs

1 c. flour

1/4 tsp baking powder

1/4 tsp salt

Directions:

Melt the butter (I just do it in a bowl in the microwave). Add all the other ingredients and stir until mixed well. Pour into a greased 8x8 pan. Bake in a 350* preheated oven for 20 to 30 minutes.

***Again, I mix in about a 1/4 c. each of chocolate chips and butterscotch chips before baking. Also, if you want a full pan - just double the recipe.

BBQ Chicken Pasta Bake

A final recipe I wanted to share is one that I'm not sure I ever posted about? But we have made it several times....and it sounds like such a strange concoction, but it's always really yummy. It's from a cookbook I got Annie during her tween years  when she was into helping me in the kitchen and doing some cooking on her own. It was a cookbook specialized to her in that I was able to have it personalized with her name and pick out recipes for it I thought she could make. It was quite a few years ago now and I'm not sure I remember where I got it? But it was a lot of fun! I'll share more from it in the future when I make things from it (I remember the root beer float pie was good too!) 😋

 I will share the pictures for the recipe below as it's set up that way - lots of illustrations and kind of cartoon-like. It's a really cute book. Just trust me that it's a really yummy pasta bake even if it sounds weird. And it's easy! 

I hope maybe you find a few keepers in the mix. 

Blessings on your weekend ahead! Are you doing (or cooking up) anything fun? 

xoxo