Cheddar Bay Biscuits

We're all about copy cat recipes living here in Moab where we can't just jaunt down the street for some Cheddar Bay Biscuits from the nearest Red Lobster.  This recipe is very easy and very tasty.  An especially yummy addition to any winter time soup.

2 cups Bisquick
2/3 cups milk
1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese
1/4 cup butter
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
1/4 teaspoon Old Bay seasoning

Heat oven to 450, combine bisquick, milk, and cheese.  Stir together and spoon onto an ungreased cookie sheet.  Bake for 8-10 minutes.
In a small saucepan combine butter, garlic powder and Old Bay seasoning.  Heat until butter is melted.  Brush or spoon over hot biscuits. 

Chicken Gnocchi Soup

One of my favorite foods at Olive Garden is the Chicken Gnocchi soup.  I LOVE it!  And we don't have one here in Moab :( so I have to try and make my own.  This isn't quite it, but it's pretty good, and it's just so pretty . . 


melt 1/3 cup butter in a soup or stock pot
saute 2 cloves minced garlic
         1/2 onion, chopped
         1 stick of celery, chopped
Add  1/3 cup flour
         2 cans chicken broth or 3 cups chicken stock from scratch
         1/2 tablespoon chicken base or 2 chicken boullion cubes
         2 cups half and half
         1 shredded carrot
         1/2 teaspoon thyme
         1/2 cup chopped spinach, fresh or frozen
         A couple of handfull of diced chicken, however much you like 
Mix and cook until soup thickens, stirring occasionally.   Cover and simmer for 10 minutes.  Add more milk if a thinner consistency is desired.   
Add 1/2 pound Gnocchi last and cook another 3-4 minutes.  Just long enough for the Gnocchi to cook throughout.  I also added a couple of dashes of Red Wine Vinegar, but that's optional.


         

Chicken Broccoli

2 10 oz. packages frozen broccoli spears or two 8 ounce packages frozen cut asparagus
1/2 cup butter or margarine
2/3 cup flour
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
2 cups light cream or milk
2 cups chicken broth
2/3 cup shredded Swiss cheese
10 ounces cooked chicken, chopped or shredded
1/4 cup Parmesan cheese
Preheat oven to 350 degrees, cook vegetables according to package directions; drain.  Arrange in a 12x71/2x2 inch baking dish.  For sauce, in a saucepan melt butter; stir in flour, nutmeg, 1 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper.  Add cream or milk and broth all at once.  Cook and stir till bubbly; continue cooking 1 to 2 minutes more.  Add Swiss cheese; stir till melted. 
Pour half of the sauce over the broccoli.  Top with chicken.  Pour remaining sauce over all.  Sprinkle Parmesan atop.  Bake in 350 oven for 20 minutes or till heated through.  Broil 3 or 4 inches from heat 1 to 2 minutes or till golden.  Serves 6