Sunday, November 27, 2011

Really Good Cheap Granola

From: ?...
1 round canister of rolled or instant oats (15 cups)
3/4 cup water
3/4 cup oil
2-3 cups sugar or honey
2 t. almond extract
2 t. vanilla
2-3 t. salt
Mix all together except for the oats, then add the oats, mix well.  Let sit for 30 minutes. Spread on 2 large cookie sheets. Bake at 350 degrees for about 30-45 minutes stirring every 15 minutes until brown and crunchy.
* You can add nuts, coconut, raising, wheat germ, almonds etc.

Garden Pitta Pizza

From: ?...
3 whole wheat pita bread
1 T olive oil or vegetable oil
1 1/2 cups fresh broccoli florets
3 medium carrots thinly sliced (about 1 cup)
1 large green pepper chopped
1 medium green onion chopped
1 cup pizza sauce
1 cup mozzarella cheese grated
-Split pita bread into two flat round making a total of 6 rounds.  Place on baking sheets, bake at 400 degrees for 5 minutes or until lightly toaster.
-In a large skillet over medium high heat add oil, broccoli, carrots, green peppers and onion. Stir and cook until tender crisp.  Set aside.
-Spread pizza sauce on each pita bread, spread over each one equally the cheese and the vegetables. Bake 5 minutes at 400 degrees, just till cheese is melted.

7 minute Frosting

From: Shelly...
1 cup sugar 
1/3 cup water
1/4 t. cream of tarter
dash of salt
In a sauce pan bring this to a boil, stir until sugar dissolves and then don't stir.  In your kitchen aid or blender beat 2 egg whites. Slowly add your sauce pan mixture and beat until stiff peaks appear add 1 t. vanilla.

Fresh Fruit Dip

From: ?...
8 oz. cream cheese
1 pint marshmallow cream
2 T frozen unmixed OJ concentrate


Mix with a blender and serve with fresh fruit.  This is also fun to make fruit ca-bobs and serve this as a summer time appetizer:)

Grilled lime Chicken

From: Lisa....
8 boneless skinless chicken breasts
1/2 cup lime juice
1/3 cup olive oil
4 green onions chopped
4 garlic cloves minced/pressed
3 T chopped dill (or 1T dry dill)
1/4 t. pepper
Pound chicken breasts to flatten.  Combine ingredients mix into a gallon sized bag, add chicken and allow to marinate for at least 2-3 hours.  Grill and enjoy!

Guacamole dip

From: Nat & Shelly...
3-4 avocados
1/8 t. garlic powder
1/8 t. onion powder
1/4 cup lemon juice
1/2 cup sour cream
1/4 t. salt
1/8 cup chopped green onions
1 cup chopped tomatoes
Cut and smash the avocados and mix everything together:)

German Chocolate Cake

From: Carol...
1 yellow cake mix
1 small box of chocolate instant pudding
2 eggs
2 cups milk
Mix. Spray and flour two round dishes. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes. Frost your bottom layer with chocolate frosting, top with half of the "topping" mixture. Place on the top layer, frost and top with the rest of the "topping" mixture.
Topping:
In a sauce pan mix together the following ingredients.  Bring to a boil and stir for about 10 minutes until it's thickened:
2 eggs yolk
1 cube of butter
1 cup evaporated milk
1 cup sugar
Remove from heat and add 1 cup of coconut and 1 cup of chopped nuts

Saturday, November 26, 2011

Fettuccine Alfredo Sauce

From: Shelly...
4 T butter
1 cup whipping cream
4 egg yolks
1/3 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese
1/4 lb. smoked salmon (this is optional and can be used instead of chicken)
salt and pepper to taste
In a medium sauce pan melt butter and add your cream, simmer uncovered stirring over low heat for about 15 minutes (until it has reduced some).  Add a couple of tablespoons of cream to your egg yolks and whisk vigorously, then add this to your hot cream.  Add your parmesan cheese and salt and pepper, allow to thicken (continually stirring).  At this point you could add grilled chicken (my favorite) or salmon.  Serve over hot Fettuccine noodles.

Fruit Smoothie

From: Nat & I...
1/4 can frozen OJ
1/2 cup ice
1 1/2 cups or so of frozen fruit (mixed)
1 8oz. carton of peach (or any of your favorite) yogurt
sugar to taste (you shouldn't need to add very much at all)
about 3/4 cup of water, just enough so it mixes in your blender

French Dip Sandwiches

From: Me...
1 lb. roast beef (sliced from the deli)
hogi buns
4oz. cream cheese softened
2 green peppers sliced
1/2 onion sliced
mozzarella cheese grated or sliced
1 T butter
Saute together your green pepper with your onion and butter.  Add the meat and heat till warm.  Cut the hogi buns in half and spread over each one 1oz. of cream cheese and sprinkle this with mozzarella cheese.  Toast hogi buns and top with meat mixture.  Serve with Campbell's beef consomme soup.

Frito Lay Salad

From: Kristin...
1 bag of Frito lays chips
2 can of kidney beans-drained
6 roma tomatoes-cut & without the juice
1 red pepper chopped
1 green pepper chopped
6 green onions chopped
1 16oz. bottle Kraft Catalina dressing
1 can of corn-drained


Mix everything together except for the chips and dressing and chill for 1-2 hours, add the chips and dressing right before serving. Delish!

Frosting

From: ?...
4 cubes of butter at room temperature
6 cups of powder sugar
1 T vanilla
1/2 cup cocoa powder (sift with powder sugar, this is if you want choc. frosting)


Beat the butter and then add the powder sugar and vanilla, mix for a while on high to beat in some air (this will make it lighter and more fluffy)

Fruit Tart

From: Shelly...
Mix together:
8 oz. cream cheese
1 cup powder sugar
1 1/2 cup whipped cream (measurement is before it has been whipped)
Crust:
1 3/4 cup flour
1 t. lemon juice
1 t. salt 
1/4 t. baking powder
1 T sugar
1/4 cup butter 
1/2 cup butter flavored Crisco

5 T ice water (more or less, your looking for a good cookie dough consistency)


Mix together all but the first 5 ingredients, then cut in the fat and the water. Roll out your dough and fit this in a pie pan, poke holes in the bottom and the sides.  Refrigerate this for about 20 min. or until it has chilled. Bake the crust at 400 degrees for approx. 15 min. or until lightly golden brown. 
Let the crust cool and then spread your cream cheese mixture down carefully, place fresh fruit and then coat with a jam glaze. (Jam glaze is a couple of good scoops of jam thinned with 1 T. water and then heated till it becomes thin).  Serve chilled. 



Fudge Sauce

From: Shelly...
1 can of canned milk
1 cup chocolate chips
1 can sweetened condensed milk


Heat the milk and add the chocolate chips and stir until melted.  Add the sweetened condenced milk and bring to a boil.  Continue stirring and allowing it to bubble until it thickens and reduces down.  This could 15-20 minutes.


Serve over ice cream or brownies:)

Monday, November 14, 2011

Eclair dessert

From: Catherine...
8 oz. container cool whip
2 small pkg. french vanilla instant pudding
3 1/2 cups milk
Frosting:
2 cups powder sugar
3 T cocoa
2 T vegetable oil
3 T milk


Mix the milk and pudding.  When it thickens fold in cool whip.  Put a layer of graham crackers at the bottom of a 9X13 dish. Place 1/2 of the pudding mix over the graham crackers, cover with graham crackers.  Place remaining pudding over the crackers and top with one last layer of graham crackers.  Spread carefully with frosting. Allow to cool in the fridge for 1 to 2 hours.

Dill dip

From: ?...
1 cup sour creme
1 cup mayonaise
1 T minced onions
1 T dried parsley flakes
1/2 T dried dill 
1/2 t. season salt


Serve with veggi's