Easy Summer/Spring Dinner idea

Poppyseed Chicken:

Ingredients-

- 4 boneless,skinless chicken breasts

- 2 cans cream of chicken soup

- 1/4 cup water

- 8 oz. shredded cheese

- 3 TBSP poppy seeds

- 2 rolls of Ritz crackers

- 1 stick of butter (melted)

Instructions-

Boil chicken 10-15 minutes. Cut into small chunks or shred. Put into casserole baking dish. Mix water, soup, & melt in saucepan. Add sour cream, shredded cheese, & 1 1/2 tbsp of poppyseeds. Pour mixture over chicken & stir.

Smash crackers in a ziploc bag; add melted butter to crackers, and the other 1 1/2 tbsp of poppyseeds to bag and shake to mix. Sprinkle crackers over to the top of chicken mixture. Bake at 350 for 30 min's. 

Spinach Salad with fruit & Dressing:

Ingredients: 

-1-2 bags of spinach salad

-Apples, strawberries or dried cranberries (choose one fruit)

-Feta cheese

-red onion (slivered)

-Candied walnuts/pecans (sauté in some butter, cinnamon, sugar & then lay on wax paper to dry/caramelize)

**Layer salad, fruit, feta cheese, red onions, & walnuts. Then add dressing and toss. 

Dressing: 

Ingredients: 

-1/3 cups olive/veg oil

-1/3 cups vinegar

-1 cup sugar 

-1 TBSP worscheshire sause

**Heat to dissolve sugar. 

--Wisk together 1-1 1/2 tsp Paprika, 1-2 cloves of garlic (crushed), salt/pepper to taste. Add to liquid mixture. Chill. Pour over & toss with salad right before serving. 

Fruit Tea!

Ingredients: 

1-can frozen lemonade concentrate

1-can frozen orange juice concentrate

5-6 cups of tea (@ 3 tea bags)

3 Qts water

1-2 cups of sugar

sliced oranges

Combine lemonade, orange juice concentrates in pitcher, add sugar, and brewed tea (still warm), & water to fill pitcher, stir to mix all together until concentrates dissolve. Top with sliced oranges & chill before serving! Extrememly refreshing & delish!