Mac+Cheese

Ingredients
2 cups macaroni pasta
1 tablespoon unsalted butter
1 cup milk
1 cup half & half
1 cup sharp cheddar cheese, grated
1/2  cup provolone cheese, grated
1/2 cup asiago cheese, grated
Bread crumbs, 
Sea salt and freshly cracked pepper, to taste

Directions
1. Boil  pasta in salted water until half-cooked, about 5 minutes. Strain and set aside.
2. Heat a sauce pan on medium heat add milk, half & half.
3. Bring to a slow boil, then turn the heat to low.
4. add the three cheeses, sea salt and freshly cracked pepper.

Grease a baking dish with butter and pre-heat oven to 350. In a big bowl combine pasta and cheese sauce, and mix to coat every noodle. Pour mac & cheese into the greased baking dish, and sprinkle liberally with bread crumbs. Bake 40 minutes. If you're freezing the dish don't put the bread crumbs on until you're actually gonna bake/eat.

Hope you liked it!

Apricot Chicken

1 pkg onion soup mix

1 8oz bottle Russian dressing

10 oz apricot preserves

2.5 lbs boneless chicken (breasts, thighs, tenders - whatever)

Cooked sticky rice

Preheat oven to 350*. Grease a 9x13 casserole dish or I use a pyrex glass bowl so the chicken cooks in the sauce more. Dump soup mix, dressing, and preserves into bowl. Whisk together well. Add chicken (I recommend cutting the breasts into smaller {tender size} pieces). Stir to coat the chicken. Cover with foil. Bake for approximately 25-30 minutes (depending on the size of your chicken pieces). Serve over a bed of sticky (sushi) rice.

Homemade Pizza

Favorite Pizza Crust
1 package dry yeast
1/4 cup warm water (not hot!)
2 1/2 to 3 cups flour
1 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons olive oil
2 tablespoons honey
3/4 cup cold water

Dissolve yeast in warm water and let stand for 10 minutes.  In mixing bowl, combine flour, salt, olive oil, honey, and cold water.  Add yeast mixture and kneed with dough hook or by hand for 5 minutes.  Form into a ball and place in oiled bowl.  Cover with plastic wrap and let rise about 1 hour.

Divide dough in half and shape each half into a 12" round.  Prebake crusts for 10 minutes at 450 degrees before adding toppings.  After topping pizza, bake again for 10-12 minutes.  (If pizza is frozen, it may need up to 20 minutes depending on your oven.  Just keep an eye on it to not let it get too brown.)

Pizza Sauce
1 (15 oz) can tomato sauce
1 (6 oz) can tomato paste
1 tablespoon ground oregano
1 1/2 teaspoons dried minced garlic
1 teaspoon ground paprika

In a medium bowl, mix together sauce and paste until smooth.  Add remaining ingredients.  Spread on pizza dough, cover with cheese and toppings of your choice.