Cool Summer Meals

To respond to Laurie's blog on quick summer meals, I am posting a few of my ideas.

Baked Potato Bar:

Potatoes
Bacon
Broccoli
Shredded Cheese
Sour Cream
Butter

You can cook potatoes, bacon and broccoli in the microwave, keeping it cool in the kitchen.
Let me know if you come up with any other fun bar toppings.

Italian Crock Pot Chicken:

6 Chicken Breasts
8 oz. bottle of Italian Dressing
Throw this into slow cooker and cook for 6-8 hours. Drain juice; shred chicken and then add the following mixture:

1 (10.75oz) can cream of chicken soup
1 cup chicken broth
1- 8oz.block of cream cheese
1/2 tsp. dried basil
1/2 tsp. dried thyme

Slow cook this for 1 more hour on low. Serve over noodles.

Yummy Fruit Salad:

1 lg. can of chunk pineapple
1 sm. can of mandarin oranges
1.5 pints strawberries
2-3 bananas
1 packet of instant vanilla pudding mix

Drain pineapple juice into bowl. Mix the pudding mix with it until smooth.
Dump pineapple. Drain off the juice in mandarin oranges and then dump the oranges into fruit salad. Cut strawberries and throw into salad. Slice bananas and put into salad as close to serving as possible. Mix it up and chill. It's Yummy, yummy!!