Red Skin Potato Salad

8 small red potatoes, scrubbed clean

3 green onion, chopped

3/4 cup mayonnaise

1 Tablespoon dijon mustard

3 slices bacon, cooked crisp and chopped

2 Tablespoons sweet salad cubes

Slice potatoes into 8 cubes. Boil over high heat for 15 minutes, until soft. Drain and rinse with cold water. Mix mayonnaise, mustard, bacon, salad cubes and onion together and mix with potatoes just until coated. Salt and pepper to taste. Refrigerate before serving.

Chicken Under a Brick

Yes, the title is true! Go to your garden or local Lowe's and purchase two bricks. Double wrap with heavy-duty foil.

4 chicken breasts, pounded thin

3/4 cup olive oil

2 stems fresh rosemary or 1 tablespoon dried

4 cloves garlic, crushed

salt and pepper to taste

Mix the olive oil, rosemary, garlic, salt and pepper in large Ziploc bag. Add chicken. Refrigerate and marinate 4 hours or overnight.

Heat extra olive oil in a large saute pan on medium-high heat. Add chicken, two breasts at a time and place foil-covered brick on top. Cook 4 minutes each side, or until no longer pink.

The brick helps to press down the chicken to make the outside more crispy.

One Dish Lasagna

1 pound hamburger

1 jar spaghetti sauce

2 cup pasta noodles

1 cup ricotta cheese

3/4 cup mozzarella cheese

Brown hamburger in non stick pan over medium-high heat. Meanwhile, cook pasta in boiling water for 5 minutes. Mix spaghetti sauce and pasta with hamburger in the pan used for browning hamburger. Cook, covered on low heat for 7 minutes. Stir in ricotta, sprinkle mozzarella on top. Remove from heat and cover with lid. Let sit for 5 minutes, until mozzarella melts. Serve immediately.

Yummy Meat Loaf

1 pound ground sirloin

1 pound sausage

1/2 cup panko bread crumbs

1 green pepper, finely chopped

1 small onion, finely chopped

1 clove garlic, finely chopped

1 tablespoon olive oil

1 tablespoon brown mustard

1 tablespoon Worcestershire

1/4 cup BBQ sauce

Sautee the onion, green pepper, garlic with the olive oil on medium heat until soft and browned. Mix all ingredients with hands in large bowl, just until blended. Place in a glass loaf pan. Bake 400 degrees for 40 minutes.

Meatloaf sauce:

1 small can tomato sauce

2 tablespoons jalapeno jelly

1 tablespoon sugar

Combine ingredients in small saucepan, heat on medium until combined and jelly melted.

Remove meatloaf from oven and drain. Top with sauce. Heat in oven for another 15 minutes. Remove from oven and cool for 15 minutes. Slice and serve.