• Recipes: Cashew Apple Chicken

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    Cashew Apple Chicken

    I love weekends at home for many reasons.  It is awesome spending some extra time with my family.  During the week typically I do most of the cooking do to everyone’s schedule being a more crazy, however, on the weekends many times my husband will cook our family meal.  He comes up with some of the most amazing and delicious dishes.  It is so neat to watch him look in the fridge to see what we have or what needs used up then whipped together a new and tasty meal.

    Our family enjoys chicken, apples, and cashews so this meal was a hit.  I am so thankful for a husband who cooks.  He has widen my recipe collections with the variety of dishes he pulls together.  Yes, I am blessed!

    Cashew Apple Chicken Recipe:

    • 4 Chicken Breasts (boneless and skinless)
    • 1/2 tablespoon Olive Oil
    • 2 Apples, cut up in equal size pieces (we used granny smith because we had them in the fridge)
    • 1 teaspoon Salt
    • 1/4 teaspoon Pepper
    • 1/4 teaspoon Cinnamon
    • 1 tablespoon Maple Syrup
    • 1 tablespoon Italian Dressing
    • 1/4 cup Cashews

    1.  Mix together the salt, pepper,  and cinnamon into a small bowl.  Sprinkle the chicken breasts for a pinch of this mixture and set the remaining spice mixture aside.

    2.  Add the olive oil to a frying pan and allow to heat up using medium heat for about 1 minute. Add the chicken breasts to the pan and cook.  Cook for 10 minutes on one side and turn to cook for an additional 10 minutes on the remaining side.  The chicken should be a light brown on all sides.  While the chicken is cooking on each side do steps 3 to 5.

    3. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

    4.  Grease a baking dish.

    5.  Dice up the apples and set aside.

    6.  Once the chicken is brown on all sides (see step 2) remove the chicken breasts from the pan and place them into the baking dish.

    7.  Add the Maple Syrup, Italian Seasoning, and spice mixture to the pan of oil and chicken juices.  Heat over medium for about 1 minute.  Add the diced apples and cashews.  Continue to cook for 3 minutes stirring gently.  Remove from heat and spoon the apple and cashew mixture equally over the chicken breasts.

    8.  Cover and bake at 350 degrees for 35 minutes.

  • Recipe: Cinnamon Tortilla Chips & Fruit Salsa

    I recently made Cinnamon Tortilla Chips & Fruit Salsa to bring to a friends house.   The sweet chips and fruit salsa are a wonderful combination.  I received my inspiration for this recipe from The Girl Who Ate Everything.   My Fruit Salsa had a different blend of fruit in it (mainly because I used what I had on hand) and I cut the recipe in half.  The recipe was a hit!
    Cinnamon Tortilla Chips & Fruit Salsa:

    Fruit Salsa

    • 2 diced Red Delicious Apples
    • 1 peeled and diced Orange
    • 1 cup diced Strawberries
    • 1/2 cup halved Cranberries
    • 1/2 cup Pomegranate Seeds
    • 1 tablespoon White Sugar
    • 1/2 tablespoon Brown Sugar
    • 1 1/2 tablespoons Fruit Preserves (I used half Peach-Raspberry Jam and half Pear Honey made by my cousin Renelle)

    Cinnamon Tortilla Chips

    • 10 (10 inch) Flour Tortillas
    • Melted Butter or Cooking Spray
    • 1 cup Sugar
    • 2 tablespoons Cinnamon

    1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.  Mix 1 cup of granulated sugar and cinnamon in a bowl and set aside.  Coat both sides of a flour tortilla with melted butter or butter flavored cooking spray.  Dip the buttered tortilla into the sugar and cinnamon mixture (or sprinkle the sugar / cinnamon mixture over the buttered tortilla).  Use cooking scissors to cut the tortilla into wedges and place in a single layer onto a baking sheet.  Spray the top of the tortilla wedges with cooking spray and bake for 8 to 10 minutes.  Repeat until you have finished the tortillas.
    2. Wash, peel and dice all the fresh fruit.  Place the fruit in a bowl and mix.  Add the white sugar, brown sugar, and fruit preserves and stir thoroughly.  Cover the fruit and chill for 15 minutes in the refrigerator.
    3. Serve the Cinnamon Tortilla Chips with chilled fruit mixture. You can use this salsa with cinnamon graham crackers, cinnamon pita chips, or any type of cinnamon chips.