Homemade Blue Cheese Dressing

1 1/2 cup Mayonnaise
1 cup buttermilk
*** You may use more or less of either buttermilk or mayonnaise depending on how thick you want your dressing. Remember as you let the dressing chill, it will become slightly thicker.
1 teaspoon accent
1 teaspoon onion powder
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon coarse black pepper
1 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoon parsley flakes
1/4 cup crumbled blue cheese

Combine all ingredients except crumbled blue cheese in a bowl. Mix with wire whisk until smooth. Add in blue cheese and stir with spoon. Add time to chill before serving: This is pretty mild if you like more blue cheese add it.

Fettuccine Alfredo

Better Than Olive Garden Alfredo Sauce:

Serves 4-6

1/2 cup sweet butter

2 garlic gloves minced

2 cups heavy whipping cream

1/4 teaspoon white pepper

1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese

3/4 cup mozzarella cheese

1 (12 ounce) box Fettuccine pasta

1.Melt butter

2. Add garlic, cream, white pepper and bring mixture to a simmer.

3. Stir often.

4. Add the Parmesan cheese and simmer sauce for 8-10 minutes or until sauce has thickened and is smooth

5. When sauce has thickened add the mozzarella cheese and stir until smooth. Stir Frequently

6. While sauce cooks, boil noodles until tender

7. while sauce is cooking take 2 boneless skinless chicken breasts cut into bite size pieces. sprinkle with garlic and favorite seasoning. fry in olive oil until no pink in the middle

mix chicken in with sauce stir

Place pasta on serving dish and spoon sauce over pasta

You can also add shrimp or crab.

Chicken Noodle Soup

This soup is so easy:

1 whole chicken from costco shredded or 4 chicken breast cooked and shredded.

1 pkg. grandma's frozen noodles cooked

2 cups carrots sliced

1/2 cup chopped onion

2 cups sliced celery

2 cans cream of chicken soup

1 can chicken broth

1 1/2 cup water

1/2 cup milk

Heat cream of chicken soup,broth and any juice from chicken. Add water and milk. Add vegetables, noodles and chicken. Salt and pepper to taste

Simmer until vegetables are tender.

Applebee's Riblets

Riblets are hard to find in the store so I used baby back ribs. These are easy and SO GOOD!

Applebee's Honey BBQ Riblets Barbecue Sauce

1 C. ketchup

1/4 C. water

1/2 C. honey

1/2 C. corn syrup

1/4 C. apple cider vinegar

2 tsp. garlic powder

1 tsp. onion powder

2 T. molasses2 tsp. dry mustard

1 tsp. chili powder

1/4 tsp. liquid smoke flavor

Combine all ingredients in saucepan and simmer for 20 minutes.Riblet (Rib) Preparation: For rib tips ("riblets") and full racks, first season ribs with salt, pepper and garlic to taste. Then, sear the ribs on the grill/broiler until both sides are mahogany in color and the meat has begun to pull away from the bone (155°F internal temperature). Place ribs on rack in deep pan/roaster. Cover bottom of pan with mixture of water and liquid smoke flavoring (4:1 ratio of water to liquid smoke) without mixture touching the ribs (it will make them bitter). Seal tightly with two layers of foil wrap to cover. Slow cook in 275°F oven until meat is tender. Time varies with how many ribs are being cooked, pan used and your oven temperature. Plan on anywhere from two to five hours, but check to be sure. The slower the better for this process. Just make sure an internal food temperature of 155°F is maintained. (To moderate cooking for small amounts of ribs, try covering ribs with chopped onions, peppers and tomatoes. This also keeps them moist and adds a nice flavor). When ribs are fully cooked and tender, remove from oven and finish off on grill/broiler until marrow in the bone tips "sizzles." Brush with Honey Barbecue Sauce just before removing for service

Scalloped Potatoes

10 potatoes boiled with skin on when they are cooled &soft take skin off and slice. Or you can use 1 bag frozen hash browns

1/2 cup melted butter

1 can evaporated milk

2 cans cream of chicken soup

1/2 cup chopped onion

1 cup sour cream

2-3 cup grated cheddar or sharp cheese

mix butter, milk, chopped onion, cream of chicken soup, sour cream and 2 cups cheese. Then add potatoes. Put in a 9x13 pan sprayed with Pam. Put remaining cheese on top or crushed cornflakes. Bake at 350 for 45 minutes or until bubbly.