Youngs Family Recipes

 Apple Cranberry Sausage Stuffing 5 cups cubed dried bread  1 pound ground pork or turkey sausage  1 C chopped onion 1 C chopped celery 5 teaspoons chopped fresh sage or 2.5 teaspoons dried sage 3 teaspoons chopped fresh rosemary or 1.5 teaspoons dried rosemary 1 teaspoon fresh chopped thyme or 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme 1 golden delicious or granny smith apple, cored and diced 3/4 C dried cranberries 1/3 C minced fresh parsley 1.5 C turkey or chicken stock 4 tablespoons butter, melted Directions Preheat oven to 350 degrees In a large skillet, cook the sausage and onions over medium heat, stirring and breaking up the lumps until evenly browned, Add the celery, sage, rosemary,and thyme; cook, stirring, for 2 minutes to blend flavors. Add more or less herbs to taste. Add dried bread cubes to a large bowl. Pour cooked sausage mixture over bread. Mix in chopped apple, dried cranberries, and parsley. Drizzle with turkey stock and melted butter and mix lightly. Add more stock if it seems too d

6 large chicken breasts, cooked and diced 1 (20 oz) can crushed pineapple, drained 1 cup diced celery 1/4 cup diced green onions 3/4 roasted silvered almonds salt and pepper to taste 1 cup Lighthouse Ranch dressing 1 cup mayonnaise Combine all ingredients, except nuts.  Add nuts just before serving.  Tastes great on croissants. Serves 8 Notes: This is a recipe from Ann Hansen, a woman from Dan's ward growing up.  The recipe says it serves 8 but it actually makes a lot and probably serves more.  I usually use the large frozen chicken breasts from Costco, and only use 4,  I think 3 lbs of chicken is a good equivalent.  Am I the only one that hates recipes that require a lot of salt and don't at least give you a bench mark in the recipe?  I usually use about 1 tsp, but it definitely doesn't taste right without salt, so you might want to play around with it. 

My kids really like orange chicken and I have experimented quite a bit with different recipes.  I finally ended up finding 2 that I like and combining them.  I used the cooking method in one, and the sauce from the other.  It's relatively easy to make, but a little bit time consuming.  My kids love it though, and it is delicious, so every once in a while it is worth it! 2 lbs chicken (I use breast because that's usually what I have on hand) 1-2 cups saltine crackers, or bread crumbs 2 eggs, beaten 1 cup flour 2 Tbsp olive oil 1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.  Blend or crush a sleeve of saltine crackers until fine.  Spray a large baking sheet with non stick spray.  2. Cut the chicken into small 1 inch pieces.  Put the flour in one bowl, the crumbs in a bowl, and the eggs in another bowl.  3. Dip the chicken in the flour, then the egg, and then coat with cracker crumbs and then place on prepared baking sheet. They will cook better if they are in one layer on the pan.