Sweet & Sour Chicken

3 Chicken breasts
2-3 cups of cornstarch (or as much as needed)
 *add salt and pepper if you like
2-6 eggs lightly beaten (as much as needed)
Olive Oil

Sauce
1 1/2 cup sugar
3 TBS ketchup
1 cup vinegar (or 1/2 cup vinegar 1/2 cup pineapple juice)
2 TBS Soy sauce
2 tsp Garlic


1. Cut chicken up into chunks
2. Dip chicken into cornstarch first, then eggs. (yes that order!)
3. Fry in oil on stop of stove
4. Then put on baking pan and cover with sauce.
5. Bake at 350 for 45 min to 1 hr turning them over every 15 minutes.
6. Can make extra sauce and pour on top to eat. Or you can freeze.
7. If you freeze, bake in oven for 1 hour covered.
(Cooks great after frozen) Then can add sauce to eat.


Serve with rice or fried rice.

Baked Ziti

This is my adjusted copy cat version of the 5 Cheese baked ziti at the Olive Garden.

Ziti Sauce
1 jar of marinara sauce
1 jar of Alfredo
1/2 cup ricotta cheese
1/4 Cup mozzarella
3 TBS Italian Blend Cheese
1/2 tsp Garlic Powder

Ziti Topping
3 Cups Mozarella
1/2 cup Italian Bread Crumbs
6 TBS Italian Blend Cheese
1 TBS minced Garlic
3 TBS Parsley

1 Box Ziti or Penne


1. Cook and drain  pasta
2. Mix all Sauce together
3. Layer pasta in dish from bottom (little sauce, pasta, sauce, pasta, sauce)
4 Mix Topping and add to top.
5.Cover with foil. Bake at 350 for 30 minutes with foil. Take off and bake for 10-15 without so cheese is nice and melted, but not burned.
6. (If you freeze, bake with foil for 60 minutes, and then uncover and bake another 15-20).