Awsm Oven Baked Chicken Tenders

Ingredients:

• 3 chicken breasts (skin and bones removed)
• 1 cup bread crumbs (with Italian seasoning)
• 1/2 cup Parmesan (grated)
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon thyme
• 1 tablespoon basil
• 1/2 cup butter (melted)

Instructions:

1. Heat oven to 400 F (200 C).
2. Cut chicken into nuggets, about two inches in length. Combine together crumbs, cheese, salt, and dried herbs in a bowl.
3. Pour melted butter into a dish. Dip nuggets in the butter, then with crumbs. Lightly grease a cookie sheet, and space nuggets evenly. Bake for about twenty minutes.

Awsm Candied Apple Pie

Ingredients:

• 1 3/4 cups apple juice (no sugar)
• 20 pieces cinnamon candy
• 1/4 teaspoon red food dye
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 5 green apples
• 3 tablespoons cornstarch
• 1 9″ pie crust
• whipped cream topping
• ground cinnamon (for garnish)

Instructions:

1. Pre-bake pie crust as per recipe instructions.
2. Prepare apples by removing peel and core, and cut into thin slices.
3. Mix together 1 1/2 cups of the unsweetened apple juice, candy, food dye, vanilla, and apples in a pan. Bring mixture to a full boil, stirring frequently, then reduce and let simmer until apples are tender.
4. In a bowl, mix 1/4 cup juice with the corn starch, then add to the apple mix, and cook until thick. Set aside and let cool at room temperature.
5. Pour mixture into prepared pie crust, and let chill over night. Add whipped cream topping and garnish with cinnamon.

Awsm Pumpkin Cheesecake

Ingredients:

• 16 oz. packaged cream cheese
• 3/4 cup white sugar
• 15 oz. canned pumpkin
• 1 1/4 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 2 large eggs
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 8″ pastry crusts
• whipped cream topping

Instructions:

1. Heat oven to 350 F (175 C).
2. In a bowl, combine cream cheese and the sugar, and beat. Mix in the pumpkin and spices, mixing thoroughly. Then, add in the eggs and salt and beat until smooth. Pour the mixture into pie crusts, dividing evenly.
3. Bake in preheated oven for about 50 minutes, or until the center has set. Let cool on wire rack at room temperature, then top with whipped cream.

Awsm Prawn Soup with Noodles and Lemongrass

Ingredients

• 2 lb of medium prawns
• 2 stems of lemongrass, sliced
• 2 lime leaves, finely sliced
• 2 garlic cloves, chopped
• 1 teaspoon of fresh ginger, grated
• 2 tablespoons of coriander, chopped
• 2 large red chillies, seeded and sliced
• 4 cups of fish stock
• 8 oz of fine rice noodles
• 6 spring onions, sliced
• 1 tablespoon of thai fish sauce
• 2-3 tablespoons of lime juice
• 2 cups of bean sprouts
• salt and pepper to taste
• 1/3 cup of coriander leaves

Cooking Instructions

Peel and devein the prawns, leaving the tails intact. Set aside.

Put the prawn heads and shells in a large saucepan with the lemongrass, lime leaves, garlic, ginger, coriander stems and half of the chilli. Add the fish stock and 2 cups of water and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat and simmer for 15 minutes. Strain and remove the solid pieces from the broth.

Pour the prawn broth back into the saucepan and bring to a boil over a medium heat. Add the noodles and simmer for 5 minutes, or until soft.

Add the prawns, spring onions, fish sauce, lime juice and the remaining chilli. Cook for 2 minutes or until the prawns turn a pinkish color. Add the bean sprouts.

Taste the prawn broth and add extra fish sauce, lime juice, salt or pepper if required. Serve immediately with coriander leaves for garnish.

Awsm Creamy Squash Soup

Ingredients:

• 6 crookneck squash (prepared)
• 1 large bell pepper (chopped)
• 1 large onion (chopped)
• 2 cups cheddar cheese
• 2 tablespoons heavy cream
• salt and pepper to taste

Instructions:

1. Prepare squash by peeling, de-seeding and chopping into cubes.
2. In a stew pot, place squash, pepper and onion with enough water to cover the vegetables. Once boiling, lower heat to a simmer and cook until tender, then drain the water.
3. In a food processor, blend vegetables and then return to the pot. Place in cheese cream and cook over medium heat until smooth.