This has become one of our favorite recipes. It is the most forgiving recipe I use. You can have it on the table in 30 minutes!

A little tip about the ginger…I usually buy some at the store and peel it with a spoon and freeze it. It is actually a lot easier to grate when it is frozen.

Yakatori Noodle Bowls
Ingredients

•  1 pound thin spaghetti
•  2 tablespoons vegetable oil
•  1 pound boneless, skinless chicken breasts or tenders, cut into bite-size pieces
•  2-inch piece fresh ginger, peeled and grated or finely minced
•  Freshly ground black pepper
•  Tablespoon of dried onion flakes
•  1/3 cup chicken broth
•  1/3 cup tamari (dark soy sauce)
•  2 tablespoons sugar
•  1 tablespoon toasted sesame oil (if you got it)
•  Toasted sesame seeds, for garnish

1. Place a large pot of water over high heat for the spaghetti. Cook according to package directions. Drain thoroughly.
2. Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat with oil, about 2 tablespoons. Toss the chicken with the grated ginger and season with some pepper. Add the chicken and onion flakes to the hot skillet and  brown up a couple of minutes.
3. Stir the skillet to turn the chicken pieces then add chicken broth, tamari, sugar and sesame oil, bring up to a bubble and simmer for a minute.
4. Add the drained noodles to the skillet and toss to combine. Serve with a  sprinkle with some of the toasted sesame seeds.

This tastes really good with a little bit of Yummy Yummy sauce drizzled on it!

This is a recipe that is on the side of the cake mix for Funfetti cake. I have also made it with French vanilla cake mix for some wonderful sugar cookies. You could probably use any cake mix and top it with your favorite frosting.

Sugar or Funfetti Cookies
Cake mix (Funfetti or French vanilla)
1/3 cup oil
2 eggs

Directions
1. Heat oven to 350°F. In large bowl, combine cake mix, oil and eggs; stir with spoon until thoroughly moistened. Shape dough into 1-inch balls; place 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheets.
2. Bake at 350°F. for 6 to 8 minutes or until edges are light golden brown. Cool 1 minute; remove from cookie sheets.
3. Spread frosting over warm cookies. Store in tightly covered container.

~High Altitude (3500-6500 ft) Add 1/2 cup flour to dry cake mix. Bake as directed above. (I did not do this and they came out fine.)

Hope you all had a great Easter! We usually have a ton of ham leftover and I am always looking for new recipes to try with our leftovers.
I found a bunch of recipes from the Honey Baked Ham company. Click here to get all the recipes.
We dont have a Honey Baked Ham Company (we use to) but I will be trying some of these recipes with our leftover ham from Costco.

This has come to be a new favorite dinner in our house. It is very quick and easy! I am not sure but I would think it is a pretty healthy meal! It does have red pepper flakes but it is not spicy – my 4 year old loves this! My husband says it taste like something you get at a restaurant!

It takes less than 30 minutes from start to finish!

Lemon Chicken Pasta

~250 grams uncooked spiral pasta (Sorry they use the metric system here – it is half a bag of pasta)
~2 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
~salt and pepper to taste
~3 garlic cloves, sliced
~1/4 tsp red pepper flakes
~3 Tbsp olive oil
~The juice of 2 lemons (or 4-5 Tbsp of bottled lemon juice)
~1/2 cup (or more) Parmesan cheese

Directions
1. Cook Pasta according to package directions. (Use whole wheat pasta to make this healthier.) You can use what ever pasta you like but we use spiral.

2. Cut chicken into pieces and season with salt and pepper. Cook in a large frying pan until completely cooked. As it cooks cut into bite sized pieces. Remove from pan.

3. In the frying pan add olive oil, garlic, and red pepper flakes and sautee for a few minutes until garlic softens. Be careful not to burn the garlic.

4. Turn off the heat and add pasta to the pan. Mix well.

5. In a large bowl combine all the ingredients. Mix well. Garnish with more cheese if you like. If you use bottled lemon juice you may need to add more Parmesan cheese.

Enjoy!

It seems like the most searched item on my website is my High Altitude Brownies. I have a hard time finding good recipes that work at high altitudes. I would like to have a weekly post about trying a recipe at high altitude.

I need your help! What kind of things have you tried to make and it just doesn’t work? Every week I will try a new high altitude recipe and tell you how it worked out.

Please leave a comment and I will do some research so we can try to perfect these recipes at high altitudes!