After Dinner Peppermints

What you will need:

1/4 cup cream cheese

1 tsp peppermint/mint flavoring

4-41/2 cups powdered sugar

1/4 cup sugar

melting chocolate (Optional)

*Mix together the cream cheese and peppermint flavoring for about 2 minutes. 

The cream cheese should be fluffy.

 

*Then pour in the powdered sugar 1 cup at a time. Keep adding until the mixture becomes stiff.

 

*Put the sugar in a bowl.

*Take a tsp size of the mixture and then roll the mixture into a ball.

*Dip the ball in the sugar and roll around so that the whole thing is coated in sugar. 

*Then press the circle down either with your fingers or with a fork.

(You could leave the mints in the circle if you wanted for a different shape!)

*If you are going to dip your mints in chocolate then you will need to melt your chocolate using a double broiler. (If you don't know what that is you can ask me and I'll tell you how to do it!)

*Dip the whole mint into the chocolate so that it is completely covered. Pick the chocolate up with a fork. (The prongs of the fork should be on the bottom of the mint.)

*Tap the fork against the side of the pan so that the excess chocolate comes off and there is just a thin layer of chocolate coating the mint. 

*Place mints on a plate and let dry for a couple of minutes. 

*You can either place the mints in the fridge or you can freeze them!

Greek Salad with Greek Chicken

Salad

What you will need:

1-2 tomatoes 

1 English cucumber

1 green pepper

1 red pepper

1/4-1/2 cup kalamata olives-make sure you pit these!

 1/4-1/2 cup garlic olives

1 red onion (I did not use this since I do not like onions but you can!)

3/4 cup feta cheese

1 head of lettuce

*Chop the tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, olives, and onions (if using) into small pieces.

*Mix all of the vegetables together in a bowl.

*Add feta cheese.

*Pour salad dressing over the top and stir so that everything is coated. (Dressing recipe below)

*Place vegetables over a bed of lettuce.

Greek Salad Dressing

What you will need:

1/2 cup olive oil

1 TBL oregano

1 TBL basil 

salt

pepper

2 TBL Dijon mustard 

1/4 red wine vinegar 

(Italian seasoning works just the same if you don't have oregano or basil!)

*Mix all ingredients together and pour over salad! 

Greek Chicken

Preheat oven to 400

 

What you will need:

4 pieces of boneless, skinless chicken

1 serving of the Greek Salad Dressing mixture. 

1/2 cup water

*Place chicken in a glass 8x8 inch baking pan.

*Mix the salad dressing mixture and water together. 

*Pour the salad dressing mixture over all of the chicken evenly as possible. 

*Bake in oven for 20 minutes.

*Flip chicken over.

*Bake for an additional 10 minutes.

(check to make sure there is no pink in the center of the chicken before you serve it!)

ENJOY!