Whole Wheat Bread

2 1/2 cups hot water
1/8 cup oil
1/6 cup honey
1 TBS yeast
1/2 TBS salt
5 cups whole grain flour

Mix everything except flour and let sit for five minutes. Add flour and mix for ten minutes. Mold into loaves and let rise until double. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.

Zesty Slow Cooker Chicken

6 frozen skinless, boneless chicken breast halves
1 (12 oz) bottle of barbeque sauce
1/2 c Italian salad dressing
1/4 c brown sugar
2 T Worcestershire sauce

Place chicken in slow cooker. In a bowl, mix barbeque sauce, Italian salad dressing , brown sugar, and Worcestershire sauce. Pour over chicken.

Cook on high for 3-4 hours or low for 4-6 hours. (We like to shred it with a fork and eat it on rolls)

Cinnamon Caramel Corn with Pecans & White Chocolate {AKA Cinnamon Bun Popcorn!}

12 C. popped popcorn (about 1/2 C. kernels)

1 C. roughly chopped pecans
1 C. brown sugar
3/4 tsp. cinnamon
1/4 C. Karo syrup (or honey makes a good substitution)
1 stick real butter (1/2 C.)
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. vanilla
3 squares almond bark

Place popcorn and chopped pecans in a large bowl and set aside. Combine brown sugar and cinnamon in a big, microwave-safe bowl. Chop butter into chunks and place on top of sugar mixture. Pour corn syrup (or honey) over the top of everything. Microwave on high for 30 seconds (just to soften the butter a bit) and then stir to combine. Return to microwave and heat for 2 minutes. Remove and stir and then microwave for 2 minutes more. Remove from the microwave and add in vanilla and baking soda. Pour it over the popcorn and pecans.  Stir until evenly coated. Place on foil-lined jelly roll pan & bake for 30 min in oven at 250 degrees, stirring every 10 minutes. Remove from oven and drizzle melted almond bark over popcorn mixture.

*You don't have to bake the popcorn if you would rather eat it when it is still sticky. Or you can always not cook it for the full 30 minutes if you prefer. Cooking it makes it crunchy, like fiddle faddle.

Almond Poppy Seed Cake

1 box yellow cake mix
1 sm. box instant vanilla pudding
4 eggs
1 C. hot water
1/2 C. oil
1 tsp. almond extract
2 T. poppy seeds

Bake 35 minutes at 350 degrees in a well greased bundt pan. Glaze with 3/4 C. powdered sugar and 2 T. water.

Janette's Easy, Tasty Cottage Cheese Salad

1 carton cottage cheese
3/4 container of cool whip
1 small jello
Mandarin oranges, drained

Mix cottage cheese with jello. Add cool whip and oranges. The end :)

Turtle Cookies (aka Waffle Iron Cookies)

2 Eggs, beaten
3/4 c Sugar
1/2 c Margarine, melted
1 tsp Vanilla
3 Tbs Cocoa
1 c Flour

Preheat waffle iron. Mix eggs, sugar, margarine, and vanilla. Add cocoa and flour. Drop good-cookie-sized spoonful onto each square of waffle iron. Cook 2-3 minutes. Remove and cool a bit. Ice heavily while still warm.

Turtle Frosting:
2 c Powdered Sugar
3 Tbs Cocoa
2 Tbs Margarine
4 Tbs milk
1 tsp Vanilla

Sausage and Rice Casserole

3/4 lb Sausage
1 medium Onion, chopped
1 small Green Pepper, chopped
1 pkg. dry Lipton Chicken Noodle Soup
1/2 c raw rice

Brown sausage. Add onions and peppers and saute. Bring 3 c water to a boil. Add soup mix, rice, and sausage mixture. Put into casserole dish and bake for one hour @ 350.