Pilot Recipes

I have been cooking for the Pilot Club of Houston for several years.  They pay for the ingredients and what is left goes to the PIF fund.  Our goal is to raise $250.  We do that every year and some years we make even more.  The years when membership is up we make more money.  When membership is down we make less.  OH WELL!!!  I found several recipes that they really love and do not cost too much to make.  Following is a list of Recipes.

Chicken Pot Pie

1 package (16 ounces) frozen mixed vegetables, thawed (or can use 4 cans of vegetables that you choose)
1 cup cut-up cooked chicken
1 can (10 3/4 ounces) condensed cream of chicken soup
1 cup Original Bisquick® mix
1/2 cup milk
1 egg

Heat oven to 400ºF. Mix vegetables, chicken and soup in ungreased 2-quart casserole.
Stir remaining ingredients in small bowl with fork until blended. Pour into casserole.
Bake 30 minutes or until golden brown.
Makes 6 serving

When I make the recipe above for the club I have to increase the size.  It is easy to double or triple this recipe.

Poor Man's Beef Stroganoff

 1 1/2 lbs. ground beef

4 onions, sliced

1 lb. mushrooms, sliced(I used 2 cans of Mushrooms)

2 cans cream of mushroom soup,

   diluted with 1 can milk

1 container (16 oz.) sour cream or

   sour half and half

1 pkg. noodles (cooked)

 Brown hamburger, onions and mushrooms.  Mix with soup, milk, sour cream.  Fold into noodles.  Bake in 9x13 pan at 350 degrees for 30 minutes. 

Poppy Seed Chicken 

 4 boneless chicken breast(One breast for the number you want to serve)

3 cans cream of chicken soup

1 cup sour cream

1 stick oleo

1 tube Ritz crackers

1 tbsp. poppy seed

 Boil the chicken , cut into bite size pieces and put in the bottom of 9x13 inch dish.  Mix soup and sour cream together and spoon over chicken.  Cover with cracker crumbs.  Melt oleo and pour on top.  Add poppy seed on top and bake.  Put in 350 degree oven until it is thoroughly heated.  

I have found that you do not need to increase the rest of the recipe above to serve 10 to 12  people---- just increase the number of breast.

This next recipe is an easy one.  My brother in law sent me this recipe.  He found it and tried it and liked it! My husband loved this recipe.  I tried Strawberry Supreme and Orange Supreme.  They were good too.

However the Coconut Supreme was the best.

Grand Prize – Peggy’s Pound Cake

Mississippi Magazine, May/June, 2009

1 (18.25 ounce) Duncan Hines Coconut Supreme cake mix (I tried using different flavors and all were good)

2/3 cup sugar

2/3 cup oil

1 cup sour cream

4 eggs

½ - 1 teaspoon vanilla (I use 1 teaspoon)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Combine cake mix and sugar with mixer (I use a hand or stand mixer).  Add oil, sour cream, eggs, and vanilla and beat 2 minutes.  Pour batter into greased and/or floured heavy Bundt pan and bake for 45 minutes.  Do not open the oven.  Remove from oven to wire rack.  Cool 10 minutes and remove from pan.  May dust with confectioners’ sugar.  Yield 12-16 servings.   (Note: may sink a little in the middle.  In my oven, cooks better on upper rack.)  Preparation and cleanup time:  30 minutes

Well I hope you try these recipes and find them as good as I did.  Check back soon and see what else I post.