My Spring Open House Favorite(s)!

Well, I just hosted my 2nd Annual Spring Open House to taste and share ALL the new Spring 2009 products with my friends and customers. The weather couldn't have been more perfect and everything turned out great. If you couldn't make it sorry you missed it, will have another one in the Fall!

Here's what we sampled: Season and Steam BBQ; Steason and Steam Sloppy Joes; Tropical Chicken Salad; Baked Beans; cool Cucumber Dip; Smoking BBQ Dip and Lemon Sandwich Cookies. Everything was fantastic!!

I also shared my favorite dip: Jalepeno Bacon and Cheddar (never a drop left of it!!)

Made an extra dessert - I used the Key Lime Cheesecake mix to make key lime icing for plain vanilla mini cupcakes - what a huge hit with everyone. I can't believe what a yummy refreshing icing it made.

Lasty, I tried and shared a 4 Meals in 4 Minutes Recipe for: Asian Pork Tenderloin
It was OUTSTANDING Too! So tasty and you can't even tell that it has Garlic Lemon seasoning with it. Found on Keys to the Kitchen - Homemade Gourmet recipe database. Check it out!

Here's the recipe (can be made ahead and frozen as a 4M/4M meal)

Asian Pork Tenderloin

Ingredients:
3 pounds pork tenderloin
2 tablespoons Homemade Gourmet® Garlic Lemon Seasoning Mix*
1/3 cup honey
3 tablespoons soy sauce
1/4 cup water

Directions
1. Lightly spray slow cooker with nonstick cooking spray. Place tenderloin in slow cooker. 2. In small bowl, combine remaining ingredients and pour over tenderloin. 3. Cook 6 hours on low.4. Slice tenderloin into ½-inch thick pieces; drizzle with juices.This is another great 4 meals in 4 minutes™ meal. Place all ingredients in a gallon sized zip top bag, SMOOSH and seal. After labeling, place in freezer until ready to use.

Creamy Tortilla Chicken with White Rice

This is so easy, it seems silly to even consider it a part of the recipe ... but here goes. I figured this out after making the freezer entrée the first time and had a bunch of sauce leftover in the baking dish. My version of Rice-A-Roni. I never said I was a gourmet chef!

My family enjoys the Creamy Tortilla Chicken baked in the oven. While the chicken is cooking, I make regular white rice. When the chicken is done, I remove the chicken from the baking dish and set it aside. I mix the rice into the remaining sauce in the baking dish and have an instantly coordinating side dish, flavored with the tortilla sauce. ENJOY!

SUBMITTED BY: L. Sweet and family

Creamy Tortilla Chicken

2 lbs skinless boneless chicken strips
1 10 oz. can cream of chicken
1 10 ounce can water
7 tablespoons Homemade Gourmet® Tortilla Soup Seasoning

Directions
1. In a bowl, mix together all ingredients but chicken, spray slow cooker with nonstick cooking spray. 2. Add chicken to mix and pour into slow cooker. 3. Cook on low approximately 4 hours.
(If you use chicken breasts for this recipe, increase cooking time to 6-8 hours on low or 4-6 hours on high.Make this a 4 meals in 4 minutes™ meal! Combine all ingredients into a gallon sized ziptop freezer bag, SMOOSH and label. Store in freezer until you are ready to cook.

BAKE: If you choose to bake this meal, pour combined ingredients into a large baking dish; cover and cook at 350 degrees for 30 minutes (longer if you use breasts) or until meat juices run clear.

** This recipe is also available on Homemade Gourmet's website under the Recipe Database: Key to the Kitchen. There you can find complete nutritional information for this recipe AND you can resize the recipe for more or Less servings depending on how many happy faces you need to feed! **