May 2025 Recipes

Here’s how to get them to eat their broccoli:

CHICKEN, BROCCOLI & CHEDDAR CASSEROLE

Ingredients

• 3 cups cooked shredded chicken
• 2 cups cooked chopped broccoli
• 2 (10.5 ounce) cans condensed cream of chicken soup
• 1/2 cup sour cream
• 1 pinch ground black pepper to taste
• 2 1/2 cups shredded Cheddar cheese
• 1 1/2 cups breadcrumbs
• 1/4 cup salted butter, melted
• 1 tbs of butter or oil for casserole dish

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
2. Lightly grease casserole dish with butter or oil.
3. Combine chicken, broccoli, condensed soup, sour cream, and pepper in a bowl. Mix in 1 cup Cheddar cheese. Pour into a 2-quart casserole dish and top with remaining Cheddar cheese.
4. Combine breadcrumbs and butter in a bowl. Sprinkle over casserole.
5. Bake in the preheated oven until bubbly and cheese is melted, 30 to 35 minutes.

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STEAK PIZZAIOLA – can serve up to 6 people

This is one way to make your beef go a little further—especially if you add the potatoes— with a crusty loaf of Italian bread [great for dunking]

Ingredients

• 1 ½ – 2 lb. skirt steak or top sirloin
• ¼ cup flour/corn meal flour for dredging
• 2-3 cloves garlic – chopped
• 1 large onion – sliced thin
• 1 large red pepper – sliced thin
• 1 large yellow or orange pepper – sliced thin [Note: I don’t use green bell peppers.  Too hard to digest]
• 1/3 cup fresh chopped parsley
• 1 ¼ tablespoons oregano
• 1 teaspoon basil
• ¼ – ½ cup grated parmesan or Romano cheese [according to taste]
  ½ – ¾ cup red wine
• 1 [12 oz.] can crushed tomatoes
• 3 cups of sliced canned potatoes [optional]

Directions

1. Dredge meat in flour and brown on both sides in frying pan with a little olive oil. 3-4 minutes per side.
2. Remove after browning.
3. Sauté’ garlic/onion/red pepper in pan.
4. Add 1/2 cup of red wine to the pan and cook down for 2-3 minutes.
5. Add crushed tomatoes, oregano, parsley, basil, cook until combined for 4-5 minutes.
6. Add meat making sure it’s covered/smothered in mixture.
7. Spread parmesan cheese on top. Cover and cook 15 minutes. [You can add a can of potatoes if you want at this point]
8. Turn meat and cook an additional 15-20 minutes, until cooked to desired temp.

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PINEAPPLE FLUFF

Ingredients – people will think you spent all day doing this!

• 1 package Jiffy yellow cake
• 1 box instant French vanilla pudding mix
• 8 oz. cream cheese
• 1 large can crushed pineapple, strained
• Chopped nuts (optional) I use walnuts
• 2 cups milk
• 16 oz. tub of Cool Whip

Directions

1. Mix yellow cake mixture according to package
2. Pour into 9” x 13” greased pan
3. Bake 15 minutes. Cool.
4. While cake is cooling: Whip these together until it thickens:
   1 box instant French vanilla pudding
   8 oz cream cheese
   2 Cups milk
5. Pour pudding mixture over cooled cake
6. Sprinkle pineapple on top of pudding
7. Spread 1 large carton Cool Whip over pineapple
8. Sprinkle chopped nuts over Cool Whip
9. Keep refrigerated