Chicken Curry

• 1 Can cream of chicken soup
• 1 1/2 tbsp sugar
• 3/4 cup Chicken broth
• 1/4 to 1 tbsp Curry powder (to taste)
• 1/2 tsp. ground ginger
• 1 1/2 Cup cooked chicken chunks
• 1/2 tbsp lemon juice

Mix and heat soup, sugar, and broth. Combine curry powder and ginger in a small bowl, ad about 1/4 cup of soup mixture to it and stir out lumps. Pour into soup. Add chicken and lemon juice. Heat through. Serve over rice and top as desired.

Here are some suggested toppings:
peanuts, cashews, apple chunks, mandarin oranges, coconut, pineapple chuncks, bacon, banana, cucumber, tomatoes, green onions, cheddar cheese and those crispy chow mein noodles. My usual are the pineapple, mandarin oranges, coconut, bacon, apple chunks, cheese, peanuts and noodles. I love it.

Christmas Tree Salad

From the kitchen of Kay Hall. This is on of Casey's favorites.

1 box (6 oz.) lime Jello
1 can (20 oz.) crushed pinnapple
1 C. Cool Whip
1 package (8 oz.) cream cheese
1/2 C. chopped pecans
1 C. boiling water
Marachino cherry halves

Melt jello into boiling water. Stir until Jello dissolves; cool. Add crushed pinneapple, whipped cream cream cheese and nuts. Mix well . Pour jello into a Christmas Tree mold and top with whipped creams and cherry halves.

Pancakes

This is the best recipe I've found for made from scratch pancakes. I can't remember where I found it, but it's really basic and super easy to make and I've included my own alterations.

• 1 1/2 C. Flour
• 3 1/2 tsp. Baking Powder
• 1 tsp. Salt
• 2 Tb. Sugar
• 1 1/4 C. Milk
• 1 Egg
• 3 Tb. Melted Butter
• 2 tsp. Cinnamon
• 2 tsp. Vanilla

Sift together flour, baking powder, salt, sugar, and cinnamon. Make a well in the center and add the remaining ingredients. Mix together until smooth. Spoon onto a buttered griddle and cook on one side until bubbles form and pop. Turn over and finish cooking.

Some of my favorite pancake toppings are:

• strawberries
• peaches
• nectarines
• bananas
• maple syrup
• buttermilk syrup
• whipped cream
• butter

Roast Chicken

One of my favorite things to make, also one of the easiest. I learned how to make this while I was working in the service deli at Albertson's. There are so many different flavors! My favorite is Lemon Pepper. Here is what you do:

• 1 whole chicken
• Flavors to taste

First, fold the chicken wings up and back behind the chicken so the chicken lays on it's back on the wings. Then either tie the chicken legs together with some twine or make a hole in the skin of the chicken between the end of the breast and the thigh, take the opposite leg and put it throught the hole and tuck the other leg into the space between the leg and breast. This will keep the chicken in a nice neat package. Put the chicken in a baking dish and roast in an oven at 350 degrees for an hour and a half.

You can flavor you chicken with any spices you choose. Tonight I used seasoning salt, lemon juice and fresh cracked pepper. I've also used salt, pepper and garlic powder. You can also put potatoes, carrots and onions in the dish with the chicken! It's sooo stinkin' EASY!

You can use the juices from the cooked chicken to make gravy and it's delicious!