Fabric Hair Bows

These are a few hair bows I made today using scraps in my stash. I think they turned out pretty cute. I saw the tutorial here.

Ritzy Chicken

Ritzy Chicken

1 c. sour cream (I used light)

2 Tbsp. lemon juice

2 tsp. Worcestershire sauce

2 tsp. celery salt

1 tsp. paprika

1-2 cloves of garlic minced

1/2 tsp. salt

1/4 tsp. pepper

4 chicken breasts

For coating:

1 1/2 c. Ritz crackers (blended or crushed into crumbs)

1 tsp. garlic salt

1/2 c. butter (I actually just used 2 tbsp but I think you could also use spray butter to cut down on fat. I didn't have any on hand or I would have tried that.

2 T. poppy seeds (I didn't use these)

Combine first 8 ingredients in a gallon size resealable bag. Add chicken and marinade all day or overnight. Remove chicken and roll in crumbs and garlic salt mixture.

Arrange in a 9x13 or jelly roll pan and drizzle 1/2 of the butter over the chicken. Cook at 350 degrees uncovered for 30 minutes. Spoon poppy seeds and remaining butter over chicken and cook for an additional 15 minutes.

We had this for dinner last night and it was so good. I found the recipe here.

Gourmet Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies

From Natalie Littlefield

Ritz Crackers
Peanut Butter/ or Nutella (Hazelnut Spread) or if you have a peanut allergy you could try frosting.
White or Regular Almond Bark

Make sandwiches with crackers and peanut butter- set aside.
Melt Almond Bark in glass bowl in microwave. Start 1 minute, then 30 seconds until melted.

Wax paper- dip peanut butter sandwich in almond bark pick up with a fork scraping the bottom on the side of the glass bowl, place on wax paper. Use the opposite color of almond bark to swiggle on top of cookie.

Shrimp on a Ritz

Ritz Crackers
Whipped Cream Cheese
Shrimp
Cocktail Sauce
fresh parsley flakes

Soften cream cheese and put in a pastry bad with decorative tip. Squeeze on ritz cracker. Place shrimp on top. Top with cocktail sauce and a parsley flake.

From Natalie Littlefield.

Thin Wheat Crackers (Basically Wheat Thins)

These were made using food storage items.

1 1/2 cups whole wheat four
1 1/3 cup all purpose flour
3/4 tsp salt
3 Tbls dry milk powder
3 Tbls sugar
5 Tbls oil
1 cup water

Preheat over to 350 degrees F. In a medium bowl, stir together dry ingredients until well blended; add oil and water and mix. Knead dough about 3 minutes on a lightly floured surface. Divide dough into 4 pieces. Roll out one piece of dough at a time o a 16" X 12" rectangle. Place on ungreased baking sheet. Cut into cracker size pieces with a pizza cuter. Prick each cracker several times with a fork. Sprinkle with salt. Bake 10-20 minutes untiil golden brown. Remove from cookie sheet and cool. Makes about 200 crackers.

(I checked mine after 10 minutes. Some of them got done really fast.)