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White Christmas Chili
8 chicken breasts
2 medium onions
2 garlic cloves, minced
1 T vegetable oil
2 cans chicken broth
4 cans cannellini beans, rinsed and drained
1 can cannellinin beans, rinsed, drained and mashed
2 cans chopped green chiles
1 t salt
1 t ground cumin
3/4 t dried oregano
1/2 t chili powder
1/2 t black pepper
1/8 t ground cloves
1/8 t ground red pepper

Toppings: shredded monterey jack cheese, salsa, sour cream, chopped fresh cilantro.
Cut chicken into bite-size pieces
Saute chicken, onion and garlic in hot oil in a dutch oven until chicken is done.
Stir in broth and next ten ingredients; bring to a boil.  Reduce heat. and simmer uncovered, 30 minutes.  Serve with desired toppings.  Yield: 15 cups

Apple Dumplings
2 Granny Smith apples
2 cans crescent rolls
2 sticks butter
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 teaspoons vanilla
cinnamon
1 small can Mountain Dew

Peel and core apples. Cut apples into 8 slices each. Roll each apple slice in a crescent roll. Place in a 9 x 13 buttered pan. Melt butter, then add sugar and barely stir. Add vanilla, stir, and pour over apples. Pour Mountain Dew around the edges of the pan. Sprinkle with cinnamon and bake at 350 degrees for 40 minutes. Serve with ice cream, and spoon some of the sweet sauces from the pan over the top.

Mountain Muffins
12 eggs, boiled, peeled and chopped
1 # bacon, cooked and chopped
1 # shredded cheddar cheese
Mix together
Mayo - add to spreading consistency

English muffins, lightly toasted, then topped with mix and broil until bubbly
Serve hot.

Breakfast Casserole
5 C rice crispies cereal, put in a 9X13 (Longaberger cleans up the fastest and easiest)

Brown and crumble 1# sausage or use chopped ham and/or broccoli

Mix together
6 eggs
2 cans cream of celery soup
1 can green chilies
1/2 C milk
1 1/2 C grated cheese

On top of rice crispies, add sausage, then egg mixture
Mix 1 C rice crispies with 2 T melted butter and add to top

Bake 350 for 45 minutes or until set like a quiche
Allow to set 20-30 minutes
Serve warm

Lemon Herb Tilapia
1 t salt
1 t dried thyme
1 t dried rosemary
1 t dried basil
1 t pepper
1/4 t ground red pepper
2 garlic cloves, minced
2 lemons, thinly sliced
Tilapia Fillets

Combine first six ingredients; sprinkle evenly over both side of fillets.  Arrange on lightly greased rack in a broiler pan.  Sprinkle evenly with garlic.  Arrange lemon slices on fish.  

Broil 6 inches from heat for 10 to 12 minutes or until fish flakes with a fork.  Drizzle with lemon vinaigrette.

Lemon Vinaigrette
1/2 t grated lemon rind
1 1/2 T fresh lemon juice
1/4 t salt
1/4 t dried basil
1/4 t pepper
1/4 C olive oil
Whisk together 

French Dip Sandwiches
Ingredients:
2 French loaves
1 small onion
Sliced roast beef
12 slices provolone cheese
Butter

Melt 2 tablespoons better in a large skillet.  Chop the onion then sauté in the butter until translucent.  Remove the onions and add the au jus gravy mix and water to the skillet.  Follow directions on the packet then allow gravy to simmer while making the sandwiches.

For the sandwiches, slice the French bread lengthwise, and place on a pan. Toast the bread slightly about six inches from the broiler in the oven.  Remove the bread from the oven, add roast beef to one side of the bread and cheese slices to the other.  Top with the sautéed onions then return the still open sandwich to the oven until the cheese begins to melt. Remove from the oven then place the two halves together and slice for serving.

Spoon the gravy into small bowls and serve hot.