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Alyssa Richard, Operations Coordinator, for Laraway's Backpack Program had an idea.  She asked staff to share some of their favorite recipes and she created a recipe book for client families.  Her colleagues answered the call and Backpack's first cookbook is being sent home to families along with Holiday Baskets chock full of holiday treats, gift certificates and hats, gloves and mittens.  Backpack staff solicit donations for these baskets each year from area businesses.  Thank you donors!  Thank you staff!  Thank you, Alyssa, for your really cool idea!
We share two of the recipes below:

Baked Chicken Nuggets
Prep 20 m        Cook 20 m      Ready In 40 m
·         3 skinless, boneless chicken breasts
·         1 cup Italian seasoned bread crumbs
·         1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
·         1 teaspoon salt
·         1 teaspoon dried thyme
·         1 tablespoon dried basil
·         1/2 cup butter, melted
Easy Sausage Gravy and Biscuits
Prep 5 m          Cook 10 m      Ready In 15 m
·         1 (16 ounce) can refrigerated jumbo buttermilk biscuits
·         1 (9.6 ounce) package Jimmy Dean(R) Original Hearty Pork Sausage Crumbles
·         1/4 cup flour
·         2 1/2 cups milk
·         Salt and ground black pepper to taste
*Backpack is a public-school-based, behavioral intervention support program.
Posted by Katherine Bielawa Stamper at 9:31 AM