Oven Roasted Buffalo Wings – Hot/Mild

(Serves 3-4)

Ingredients:

v    2lbs chicken wing pieces (A & B sections)

v    2TBSP hot sauce

v    3TBSP margarine or butter

v    Paprika seasoning

Wing preparation:

v    Preheat oven to 450 degrees

v    Place aluminum foil on a flat surface

v    Rinse wings under lukewarm water

v    Place raw wings on the foil and pat dry with paper towels

v    Season wings with paprika on both sides

v    Place wings in a regular baking pan (avoid stacking wings on top of each other)

v    Bake wings for 45 minutes or until golden brown

Sauce preparation:

v    Combine hot sauce and butter/margarine in a small pot on low heat

v    Occasionally stir the mixture until the sauce and butter/margarine have melted

v    Remove from heat and let cool

Combine sauce and wings:

v    Once wings are done, remove them from the oven and place them in a medium sized plastic container

v    Pour sauce into the container with the wings

v    Place a tight lid on the container and shake, which will allow the wings to be completed coated with sauce

 Eat with Gladness Pasta Salad

(Serves 10-12)

Ingredients:

v    1 box garden style rotini pasta

v    1 cucumber

v    1 16 oz bottle zesty Italian dressing

v    2 oz sliced black olives

v    ½ cup sugar

v    1 bottle grated parmesan cheese

v    oregano seasoning

v    1 bunch fresh parsley or bottled parsley flakes

Preparation:

v    Boil rotini in a large pot until noodles are soft and done

v    Cut cucumber into small bite-sized portions

v    Drain water and cool noodles under cold water for 1 minute (this ensures noodles do not continue to cook even after removed from heat)

v    Pour rotini in a large mixing bowl

v    Add 8 to 10 oz of dressing (shake dressing well before using) and stir

v    Stir in cucumber pieces, sugar, black olives, several shakes of oregano and parsley (fresh or bottled), and parmesan cheese

v    Lightly cover top of salad with oregano and/or parsley

v    Finish covering top of salad with parmesan cheese

v    OPTIONAL: Add more dressing until desired taste