Birthday Dinner Recipes

As promised here are the recipes for the dishes served at my birthday dinner.

The main course was Chicken Fettuccine Supreme. My mom got the recipe from a Southern Living magazine.

Chicken Fettuccine Supreme

Serves: 6

Ingredients:

1/4 cup butter or margarine
1 cup chopped green onions
1 clove garlic, crushed
1/2 tsp pepper
3/4 cup half & half
1/4 cup fresh parsley
1/4 tsp. pepper
1 1/4 lb boneless, skinless chicken breast cut in 3/4" pieces
1 cup chopped pecans toasted
3 cups fresh mushrooms
1 small red pepper, cut in thin strips
1/2 tsp. salt
10 oz. uncooked fettuccine
1/2 cup butter or margarine, melted
1/4 tsp. salt
1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese

Instructions:

1. Melt 1/4 cup butter in a large skillet over medium heat; add chick, and cook, stirring constantly, until browned. Remove chicken from skillet, reserving pan drippings in skillet, set chicken aside.
2. Add mushrooms, onions, red pepper, garlic, salt, and pepper to pan drippings in skillet and cook stirring constantly until vegetables are tender.
3. Add chicken; reduce heat and cook 15 minutes or until chicken is tender and mixture is thoroughly heated. Set aside, keep warm.
4. Cook fettuccine according to package directions; omitting salt; drain. Place fettuccine in a large bowl.
5. Combine half & half, melted butter, parsley, 1/4 tsp. salt, 1/4 tsp. pepper in small bowl; stir well. Add fettuccine; toss gently to combine.
6. Add chicken mixture and Parmesan cheese to fettuccine; toss gently to combine. Sprinkle with pecans and serve immediately.


This is my mom's adaptation of a mud pie.

Frozen Mud Pie

Serves: 8

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cup crushed oreos (about 15)
1 1/2 tsp sugar, optional
1/4 cup butter or margarine, melted
2 pints coffee ice cream, softened
1/4 cup chocolate syrup

Instructions:

In a bowl, combine cookie crumbs and sugar (if desired). Stir in butter. Press onto the bottom and up the sides of an ungreased 9 in. pie plate. Refrigerate for 30 minutes. Spoon 1 pint of ice cream into crust. Drizzle with of the chocolate syrup; swirl with a knife. Carefully top with remaining ice cream. Drizzle with remaining syrup; swirl with a knife. Cover and freeze until firm. Remove from the freezer 10-15 minutes before serving.


So there you have it! Two of my all-time favorite recipes. Enjoy!

Be delicious! Be sweet! Be you!

xoxo,
Katherine