Chicken Puff Pastry Pie

Puff Pastry Shells from the freezer section, thawed

1 bag of mixed veggies from freezer section

2 cups chicken broth

1 can cream of chicken soup

3 potatoes (I like golden potatoes NOT russet)

salt

pepper

1 t cajun seasoning (more if you like, it's GOOD)

cooked chicken

Pop the potatoes in the microwave for about 3 minutes until they can easily be pierced with a fork

Cook pastry shells according to directions on box

boil chicken broth & add veggies until warmed through

drain 1/2 of broth

add cream of chicken soup to broth & veggies & stir

now that the potatoes are cooled off, dice those babies!

add to soup mix

add s&p...I LOVE salt so I use a lot

and add cajun seasoning & chicken

Stir chicken mix up & spon into shallow bowl....top with puff pastry

BAM! Dinner is served!

Mel's Salad

See the yummy salad in the pic above?

My sister-in-law Mel made it once and I LOVED it.

Here is the recipe

1 cucumber halved & thinly sliced

2 tomatoes, diced

1/2 red onion, thinly sliced

mozzarella cheese, cubed (the real kind of mozz that comes in a ball in water is best)

salt & pepper

1 T Olive Oil

3 T Red Wine Vinegar

torn fresh basil leaves

Toss everything together & YUM!

Steak Tacos with Grilled Pineapple Salsa

Steak

Olive Oil

Paprika

Chili Powder

Ground Cumin

S & P

2 limes

1/2 Red onion, diced

cilantro, chopped (about 1/2 a bunch)

One whole pineapple

jalapeno

tortillas

I used to large top sirloin steaks & brushed both sides with olive oil & sprinkled with about 1/2 tsp of paprika, chili powder, cumin, salt & pepper. Squeeze juice of one lime on top of steaks & let marinate for at least 1 hour.

Cut fresh pineapple into four long pieces

Grill steak & pineapple

to make salsa cut pineapple into small bite sized pieces, add onion, cilantro and 1/2 of a jalapeno pepper diced & NO seeds, squeeze juice of one lime on salsa. Mix.

Thinly slice steaks and serve on tortilla with salsa on top--YUM!

*recipe adapted from Cat Cora