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  Ranch Cracker Mix: The Perfect Party Mix

  Posted at 8:04 pm by Rebecca Showalter

  Jan 23rd

  

  I grew up in a community just north of where my husband and I now live and where he grew up. It’s amazing the traditions and different cooking and baking styles everyone around here has compared to what I had even with less than 20 miles separating us our entire lives. Before I had met my husband, I had never tasted anything like this ranch cracker mix or the fantastic Garlic Ranch Pretzels I have previously posted about. His mother and our church have similar recipes they use for parties and our church fall festival, but this is my favorite mixture of the two.

  Preparation

  Start with preheating your oven to 250°.

  Then pour all of the crackers into a large pan. I find the large foil pans are the best for making large batches of party mix. Plus they fit perfectly in the oven! I used 1 bag of oyster crackers, 2 bags of gold fish, 1 small box of wheat thins and 1 bag of pretzels. You can replace any of the crackers with any other type of crackers you enjoy. Personally I have also used Mini Club crackers, Mini Ritz and Cheese Nips in the past. I have never had a cracker that has been a bad addition to this recipe or similar ones!

  After all the crackers and pretzels are in the pan, pour over the butter topping. Then Sprinkle over the Ranch Seasoning and Garlic Powder. Mix well until all crackers appear well coated.

  

  Baking

  Place the pan in the oven for a total of 30 minutes, stirring after 15 minutes. Once the mix has baked, let the ranch cracker mix cool. Then place it in an air tight container for storage.

  

  Enjoy your ranch cracker mix!

  Ingredients

  4 Regular sized boxes or bags of crackers

  1 bag of pretzels

  8 oz butter flavored oil (popcorn oil)

  4 Tablespoons Ranch Seasoning Mix

  1 Teaspoons Garlic Powder

  

  Ranch Cracker Mix

  A Perfect Party Mix

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  Prep Time 10 mins

  Cook Time 30 mins

  Servings 25 Servings

  Calories 292 kcal

  Equipment

  • Oven

  Ingredients

    

  • 4 Boxes Crackers Regular sized boxes or bags
  • 1 Bag Pretzels
  • 8 oz Butter Flavored Popcorn Oil
  • 4 Tablespoons Ranch Seasoning Mix
  • 1 Teaspoon Garlic Powder

  Instructions

   

  • Preheat your oven to 250°
  • Combine all crackers and pretzels together in a large mixing bowl or foil pan.
  • Pour over butter flavored oil and mix until crackers are well covered.
  • Sprinkle on Ranch seasoning mix, mix crackers until all are well covered.
  • Bake at 250° for 30 minutes. Stir well after 15 minutes.
  • Let cool before storing in an air tight container.

  Notes

  Calories are calculated by a third party source, they are estimated by the ingredients used and are not guaranteed. 
  Posted in Carry In Ideas, snacks | Tagged partymix, ranchpartymix, snackmix

• Home-style Chicken and Noodles

  Posted at 12:15 pm by Rebecca Showalter

  Dec 13th

  

  I have always loved combining recipes and adjusting them to make them work for me. With our recent soup carry in at work I decided to make some home-style chicken and noodles to take in and share with everyone! The main idea for this version I found at http://www.simplyhappyfoodie.com, I adjusted a few things to make it work for what I had on hand and to make it work best for the office carry in.

  I started by cooking and shredding my chicken. Since I was making this ahead of time and didn’t want to have the shred the chicken during the day at work, I used an instant pot to cook the chicken, shredded it with a hand mixer and then transered it to a crock pot. I made the chicken a night a head of time so I didn’t have to wake up so early the morning of the carry in, leaving only the rest of the recipe to complete in the morning which is just dumping ingredients into the crock pot!

  

  To make my chicken in the instant pot I placed frozen chicken breasts, 1 cup of water, and spices in and then set the pot to high pressure for 12 minutes, I let the pot naturally release for 3 minutes before manually releasing the pressure. I then used a hand mixer to shred the chicken right in the pot. If you do this make sure to hold the mixer with a hot pad to avoid splashes of hot liquid.

  

  You can also make your chicken in the crock pot; however, if you decide to use a crockpot for this recipe the USDA recommends to only use thawed meat and cook on high for the first hour prior to transferring to low for 3-4 more hours.

  Always make sure your meat is at the right temperature when done cooking, chicken should be cooked to 165 degrees. This is important to check with the variation in size of chicken breast and the possibility of inconsistency of times chicken breasts may need to cook due to size.

  

  Transfer your shredded chicken to your crock pot and add in the remaining spices, chicken broth, butter, chicken paste , and frozen noodles.

  Cook on low for 4-5 hours, add additional broth if you are noticing the noodles are drying out. Enjoy your chicken and noodles!

  

  Ingredients

  Shredded Chicken

  4-5 Chicken Breasts

  0.5 teaspoon Seasoned Salt

  0.25 teaspoon Pepper

  0.25 teaspoon garlic powder

  0.25 teaspoon onion powder

  1 Cup Water

  Chicken and Noodles

  2 Cans Cream of Chicken Soup

  2 Teaspoon Chicken Flavored Paste (Similar to Better than Bouillon)

  1/2 Cup of butter cut in 1/2 Tablespoon slices

  4 cups of chicken broth

  24 Oz of Frozen Noodles (1 Bag)

  Posted in Carry In Ideas, Meals

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