Stuffed Chicken Breast with Tomato & Butter Sauce

Happy Halloween from Reel Good Recipes!

6 Chicken Breast Tenderloins - Place in a baggie and flatten each breast with a kitchen hammer/mallet, rolling pen, or other heavy object. Brush with olive oil, add dashes salt and black pepper and 1/2 teaspoon poultry seasoning. Set aside in refrigerator.

Stuffing

1/4 cup Leeks, chopped

1/4 cup red onion, chopped

3 cooked bacon strips, chopped

3/4 cup plain bread crumbs

1/3 cup corn, fresh or frozen

1 teaspoon Sage

1 Tablespoon fresh Parsley, chopped

1/2 cup chicken broth or stock

1 Tablespoon butter

Dashes salt and black pepper

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Add butter to a saute pan. Add Leeks and red onions. Saute for 3 minutes. Add bacon, bread crumbs, corn, Sage, Parsley, chicken broth and salt and black pepper. Stir. Turn off heat

Take chicken from refrigerator. Add 6 Tablespoons of stuffing to each chicken breast. Spread-out. Roll gently and loosely lengthwise. Place in baking dish, cover and bake for 30 minutes.

Tomato & Butter Sauce
Drippings from chicken baking dish
1 Tablespoon butter
1 skinless tomato, chopped
1Tablespoon soy sauce
1 Tablespoon corn starch
6 tablespoons water
Dashes black pepper

Add sauce ingredients to a saute pan. Boil. Lower heat to a simmer and cook for 2 minutes.

Optional: Top with sprinkle of chopped Parsley.

Serves 6

(1966)

Reel Good Recipes is going "Old School" this Halloween and featuring one of my favorite funny men Don Knotts in 'The Ghost and Mr Chicken." Please enjoy the clip of this classic that will provide more laughs than frights. Our Stuffed Chicken Breast with Tomato & Butter Sauce is comfort food done with style and sophistication. Beautiful bold flavors with just the right elements of smooth and crunch. Our chicken and Mr Chicken sends you much scary love this Halloween!

Best Ever Butternut Squash Soup

1 -2 to 3 lb butternut squash
Dashes of salt and black pepper
2 Tablespoons melted butter
3 cups chicken broth
2 Tablespoons honey
1 teaspoon grated fresh Ginger
1/2 cup heavy cream
1/4 teaspoon Cayenne Pepper

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
Trim ends off of Butternut Squash. De-seed and cut in half lengthwise. Cut lengthwise again. Brush the 4 pieces with butter. Add dashes of salt and black pepper. Place on baking pan and bake in oven for 35 minutes.

Remove from oven, let cool slightly. Remove outer skin and place Butternut Squash in a blender. Add chicken broth, honey, Ginger, heavy cream and Cayenne Pepper. Blend until smooth.

Add butternut squash mixture to a sauce pan over high heat. Bring to a boil, stir and lower to simmer for 3 minutes.

Optional - dollop of light sour cream and thin slices of green onion in center of each serving bowl.

Serves 6

(2010)

Tyler Perry's "For Colored Girls" opens in theaters on November 5. This film is based on Ntozake Shange's play "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf," which opened on Broadway in 1976. "For Colored Girls" has a cast of beautiful and super talented woman of color who are sure to serve up a feast of emotion, drama, and laughter. Our Best Ever Butternut Squash Soup is honored to take inspiration from "For Colored Girls." Our soup's color is rich in light and dark tones. It's intense, yet light taste leaves you wanting  more. Our Best Ever Butternut Squash Soup is a must do recipe for the Fall and Winter. Thank you Tyler Perry for bringing this Tony Award nominated play to the screen, and thank you my true Queens!

Vegetarian Pizza

1 package Pillsbury Thin Refrigerated Pizza Crust

1 large tomato - slice into 6 or 7 slices - add dashes of salt

5 thinly sliced green pepper rings

5 thinly sliced red onion rings

1 -1/2 teaspoons chopped Basil Leaves

1 Tablespoon olive oil

6 oz premium Pizza Sauce

1/2 cup Parmesan Cheese (shredded)

4 oz. freshly grated Mozzarella Cheese

Preheat oven 400.

Prepare pizza crust according to package directions. Brush crust with olive oil. Top with Basil. Brush on pizza sauce. Add tomatoes, green peppers and onion. Top with Parmesan and Mozzarella Cheeses. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes.

Serves 8

(1989)

Spike Lee's Masterpiece "Do the Right Thing" film is about the hottest day of the year in Brooklyn and how the community's love and hate relationship handled the heat. Sal's Pizzeria is known for it's delicious pizza slices and pictures of famous Italian's on the wall. This is a must-see film for all serious movie buffs. Reel Good Recipes presents our Vegetarian Pizza in honor of Sal's. Total satisfaction guaranteed for the pizza lover who wants to go meatless. "Do the Right Thing" and try our Vegetarian Pizza, you can't go wrong!

Quick & Easy Crab and Macaroni Salad

8 oz. container Crab Claw Meat - Drain (It's found in the refrigerated seafood section of your market.)
1/4 teaspoon Old Bay Seafood Seasoning

16 oz. Deli Macaroni Salad

2 hard boiled eggs, chopped

1 Tablespoon Jalapeno Peppers, finely chopped

1/4 teaspoon black pepper.

In a mixing bowl add Old Bay Seafood Seasoning to the crab and stir. Add macaroni salad, boiled eggs, Jalapeno Peppers, and black pepper. Mix gently. Serve immediately or refrigerate.

Optional, add to finished dish: chopped fresh parsley, dash paprika, lettuce and crackers

Serves 6

 (2004)

If anybody can appreciate the delicacies of the Sea, its SpongeBob Squares Pants. "SpongeBob Square Pants - The Movie" is fun for the young and not so young. Our Quick and Easy Crab and Macaroni Salad only takes minutes to prepare, and this favor combination is just right. SpongeBob works at Krusty Krab and our crab is his favorite!