A Dish To Bring To Any Get Together

This year I started attending BSF (Bible Study Fellowhip) that meets in a church not far from my house. There are A LOT of women that attend the meeting that I do. This is my first year at BSF, and I started going after my sister-in-law encouraged me to attend and I'm so happy that I did. We are studying Isaiah this year, and it has been amazing to see how awesome the God that we serve is! I have definitely been blessed going to this study. We meet each Wednesday morning and start out with a time of singing praises, praying and getting general announcements. We then break up into our smaller groups, each one has a place to meet and a discussion leader. I have been blessed with a wonderful group of women in my small group, and it's always an encouragement throughout the week to know that each of them is praying for me, as I am them. We then all meet back in the sanctuary for our lecture time, which helps us to delve just a little bit farther into the chapter(s) we are studying that week. I am just so thankful that the Lord saw fit to leave my schedule open enough that I can attend this Bible Study. Anyway, every once in a while we have an after group fellowship that meets at one of your small group members homes, and everyone brings a dish to pass and we have a topic of discussion. We were supposed to have our second fellowship a few weeks ago when the Blizzard of 2011 hit and we had to cancel BSF. So, we are having our fellowship tomorrow, which meant that I needed to get a dish together tonight. I had signed up to bring a salad, and so I decided that this would be the perfect one to take:

CHICKEN PASTA WITH CASHEWS & DRIED CRANBERRIES

Here is just a few of the items you will need for this recipe:

Ingredients:

3 C. Bowtie Pasta; cooked according to directions
1 (16 oz.) Bottle Coleslaw Dressing
1/2 C. Mayonnaise
1/2 C. Miracle Whip
4 C. Cooked Chicken; cubed
1 1/2 C. Green Grapes; halved
1 1/2 C. Red Grapes; halved
2 C. Celery; sliced
2 C. Cashew Halves
2 C. Dried Cranberries
Optional:
2 (5 oz.) Can Water Chestnuts; drained and quartered
1/2 C. Green Onions; sliced

Bring large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add pasta and cook for 8-10 minutes. Drain and set aside. In medium bowl, whisk together coleslaw dressing (I use Marzetti's), mayo and miracle whip. In large bowl, combine pasta, chicken, grapes, water chestnuts (if used), green onions (if used) and celery. Stir in dressing and mix well. Place in refrigerator for 2 hours or overnight. Mix in cashews and dried cranberries just before serving.

I have to thank my sister-in-law for this recipe! It has been made many times by family members and myself, and it's always a hit!

A few years ago my Mom's side of the family decided that we should put together a cookbook using recipes from people in our family. Everyone, including my great aunts, 2nd cousins, etc., were asked to submit some of their favorite recipes. My cousin J then took the time to type them all up, and my Aunt B. made the cover and put the books together. The result was a wonderful cookbook called "Bos Family Favorites." I have been using this cookbook a lot lately to come up with some ideas for things to make lately. So, for those of you that are in my family that is why some of these recipes look familiar! I LOVE this cookbook and think that it was such a great way to pass down recipes through the generations!