Showing posts with label Cooking. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cooking. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

4Some Spring x100

It is time for our 4Some to cook!!! Freezers are running low. I'm thinking about these 6 recipies... I'll make each one, 4 times!!! One I need to make for the church.. but I've not figured out which!!!


All in all we will cook 100 meals when we gather!!! For a first we will cook in the evening!!!! We've always cooked a Saturnday 7-12... but Saturdays are hard to come by right now!!

In this list are my super favorite Parmesan Tilapia & Red Wine Salmon!! Enjoy these for sure!!! The Maple BBQ goes back to forever ago and a long time fav.... the others are new! I like something new! Do you?! I'll convert these to Gluten free for our fam....


Our group is made of 4.... a Super Shopper... an Organizer... One who will NOT shop... and someone who Always Helps!!! It is a good mix!! Enjoy! Grace! ss

  1. Maple Syrup BBQ Chicken - Bag

  2. Salmon Fillets In Red Wine – bag

  3. Tilapia Parmesan - Bag

  4. Alabama Pulled Pig – Bag

  5. Grilled Chipotle Marinated Chicken -bag

  6. Parmesan Sage Pork Chops - bag

Maple Syrup BBQ - Bag 1c Maple Syrup


1c Ketchup 1c Onions chopped .25 c Brown Sugar .25 c Apple Cider Vinegar .25 c. Lemon juice .25 c. Water 2 T Olive Oil 2 T Worcestershire 2 t garlic 2 t lemon rind 1 t salt .25 hot sauce


Boil 20 min & cool, then in blender til smooth Removed 1c sauce & used remainder brushing chicken for last 30 minutes Grill Chicken over med heat for 15 minutes & turn grill 10-15 minutes. Then grill indirectly for 25-35minutes brushing frequently with sauce & turning skin side up after 5 min.


Salmon Fillets In Red Wine


4 Tablespoon Butter 2 Teaspoon Garlic, Minced 2 Tablespoon Olive Oil 21 Medium Carrot, PREP Peeled And Roughly Chopped 8 Ea Salmon Fillets (about 6 -Ounces Each), Skinned 1 Cup Fresh Parsley, PREP Minced 1/2 Cup Broth (Fish, Chicken, Or Vegetable) Flour (For Dredging) GF SUB Salt 2 Cup Red Wine (Dry, Full-Bodied), Black Pepper, Fresh Ground -Optional 1 Medium Onion, Diced


Heat a large skillet, preferably non-stick, over medium-high heat for 2 or 3 minutes. Add the butter and oil, turn the heat to high, and wait for the butter foam to subside. Dredge each of the fillets in the flour and shake off the excess. Place them, flesh side down, in the skillet. Season with salt and pepper and brown them quickly, on one side only. Remove them (browned side up) from the pan to a plate, and keep warm. With the heat on medium, add the onion, garlic, and carrot to the pan and cook, stirring, until the onion softens slightly, about 5 minutes. Add half the parsley and some salt and pepper and stir. Add the broth, raise the heat to high, and reduce until it is almost evaporated.Add the wine and reduce by about half. Return the fillets to the pan, skin side down, and cook over medium heat until the fillets reach the desired degree of doneness (peek inside with a thin-bladed knife), about 3 to 5 minutes. Sprinkle with the remaining parsley and serve immediately.


Tilapia Parmesan


1/2 cup Parmesan cheese 1/4 cup butter, softened 3 tablespoons mayonnaise 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper 1t Cajun Seasoning 2 pounds tilapia fillets Arrange thawed fillets in a single layer on the prepared pan. Broil a few inches from the heat for 2 to 3 minutes. Flip the fillets over and broil for a couple more minutes. Remove the fillets from the oven and cover them with the Parmesan cheese mixture on the top side. Broil for 2 more minutes or until the topping is browned and fish flakes easily with a fork. Be careful not to over cook the fish.


Alabama Pulled Pig


Ingredients 3 cups apple cider vinegar 1/4 cup salt 1/4 cup brown sugar 4 tablespoons ground black pepper 2 tablespoons cayenne pepper 1/4 pound butter 1 quart water 5 pounds Boston butt roast Crock pot for 10 hours on low. Shred and serve.


Grilled Chipotle Marinated Chicken


Ingredients 3 cloves garlic 3/4 cup chopped onion 6 tablespoons chopped canned chipotle chilies with some of the adobo sauce 3/4 cup apple cider vinegar 1/2 cup water 1/3 cup lime juice 4 teaspoons ground cumin 3 tablespoons paprika 1 tablespoon salt (optional) 1/2 teaspoon black pepper hot sauce to taste (optional) 2 cups Worcestershire sauce 2 (3 pound) whole chickens, cut into pieces


Directions Preheat an outdoor grill for medium heat and lightly oil grate. Remove chicken from marinade, and shake off excess; discard remaining marinade. Grill chicken until juices run clear, turning frequently, about 20 minutes. Blender! Place garlic, onion, chipotle peppers, and vinegar into a blender. Puree until smooth, then add water, lime juice, cumin, paprika, salt, black pepper, and hot sauce. Blend until incorporated, then add Worcestershire until mixed. Pour marinade over chicken in a large bowl, and toss to coat. Cover, and marinate in refrigerator 6 hours to overnight.


Parmesan Sage Pork Chops


Ingredients 1/2 cup all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon salt Dash pepper 3 cups soft bread crumbs 2 cups grated Parmesan cheese 2 tablespoons rubbed sage 2 teaspoons grated lemon peel 4 egg, lightly beaten 8 bone-in pork loin chops 1/4 cup olive or vegetable oil 1/4 cup butter or margarine


Directions In a shallow dish, combine the flour, salt and pepper. In another shallow dish, combine the bread crumbs, Parmesan cheese, sage and lemon peel. Place egg in shallow bowl. Coat pork chops with flour mixture, dip in egg, then coat with bread crumb mixture. Let stand for 5 minutes. In a skillet, brown chops in oil and butter for 2 minutes on each side. Transfer to a greased 11-in. x 7-in. x 2-in. baking dish. Bake, uncovered, at 425 degrees F for 10-15 minutes or until juices run clear and a meat thermometer reads 160 degrees F.

Sunday, May 2, 2010

4Some Let's Grill

We've cooked again!! Thanks friends!!! My freezer has been cleaned out and stuffed full!!! This round is our NO OVEN time of year!!! We greatly favor crock & grilling to a hot kitchen with the oven on!!!

I've made a new discovery w/ a meal I've called for only fall!!! Cranberry Chicken can be wonderfully grilled... boil the sauce and yummm. It is excellent!!! (Kara... you now can make it an all year meal!!) Recipe from our December cook...

We needed a sub this round to cook... and this can be a deep water spot!!! Cooking gets intense!! She did excellent!

The cost of our cooking group... We went home w/ 25 meals... the cost was 9.27 for a meal that serves 8... for our fam we'll get 2 meals out of most of these... I bought the meat for our cook... over $500.. and that 3 cases of chicken from Sams... Once that is bought there is no stopping our cook!!!

Saturday from 7 til noon... and then we'd had a lovely lunch out together!!!

Enjoy!!! byGrace!! ss


4Some 2010 04 2008 04 AKKM

2008 04 My Directions (I guess I cheated... and just about cooked all my meals from 2008!! That make it easy on me & the grocery list just needed tweeking!!)

Grill Chicken Fajitas

8 chicken breasts
1 c veg oil
1 T Steak seasoning
1 T Lemon Pepper
1 T Greek Seasoning

Grill 10 minutes each side.
Cooks more even if you’ll flatten the chicken!!

Chicken Skillet Cordon Bleu x5

2# tenders
½ c Italian bread crumbs
1 t pepper
½ t salt
8 (1#) chicken tenders

1 T butter
1 T olive oil
8 Canadian bacon slices in thin strips
4 Swiss cheese slices

Combine crumbs & seasonings, shake to coat chicken.
Melt oil & butter in pan, cook chicken 3-4 minutes each side.
Arrange Canadian bacon & cheese over cooked chicken. Cover 2 minutes to melt.

2006 04 Zesty Orange BBQ Chicken - Bag

8-10 pieces Bone in Chicken Mix of Thigh/Legs & Breasts
6oz Frozen Orange Juice – Thaw
1/4 c Teriyaki Sauce
1 T Minced Onion
1/2 t Garlic Powder
1/4 t Pepper

Grill 20 minutes each side & Baste for last 15 minutes

Crockpot Pulled Pork - Bag

• 1/2 cup cider vinegar
• ½ bag chopped onion
• 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
• 1 teaspoon Tabasco or similar hot pepper sauce
• 3 to 4 pounds pork shoulder roast, boneless, trimmed, tied
• few dashes liquid smoke, if desired
• 1 tablespoon granulated sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon ground paprika
• 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
• 2 tablespoons ketchup
• 8 hamburger buns heated

Sunshine Chicken

8 Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast
.5c Mustard
.5 c Pineapple Juice
2 T Brown Sugar

Grill 10 minutes turning frequently & adding sauce


Onion Burgers 2008 04

2.5# Ground Beef
1.5 Onion Soup Mix
½ c Water

Combine into 8 Pattie & Grill

Saturday, May 1, 2010

Jamberry



Three berry
Four berry
Hayberry
Strawberry
Finger and pawberry
My berry, your berry



Strawberry ponies
Strawberry lambs
Dancing in meadows
Of strawberry jam

After picking, Ladybug just had to read Jamberry by Bruce Degen. It will now be filed in my cookbooks after this occasion... awaiting blueberries.

We've been in the View since.... 1993~~ And I've just discovered a true jewel in our back yard!! With a short drive we joined friends picking strawberries at McPeaks.

Oh my!! They are the BEST strawberries I have ever had!!! Unbelievable!!

In a mere hour on a lovely spring morning we each picked a basket. The picking was so very easy!! I had more berries than I had planned. The berries were ripe and I truly go the pick of the crop!!! I'm ready to go back this Wednesday! Join us!

I've canned strawberry jam & strawberry syrup! Yum!! I've even made seedless jam & syrup because I so love my Hubbie!! I'm ready to do it all over again!!! And I also want to have a strawberry salad, strawberry short cake, and I have a new all strawberry cookbook!!

Oh! How do make seedless strawberries?! Cut off the outside layer of the strawberry! Beware, this is high labor. Then I blended these beautiful peels to a liquid and strained out the seed for a true strawberry concentrate. I added that back into the jam & syrup!

Jamberry!!! Strawberry!! by Grace! ss

Monday, December 14, 2009

4Some December

This run we've packed each of our freezers with 24 meals! I bought like $520 of meat for the group!! We had lots of chicken left this time... great for company coming!! Our total each ran 274.27 and that's a high!!

Company enjoyed the recipes... here they are!!!

4Some Kim Kara Angela & Me
2nd round together…. Great to have Eager & Committed cookers!!!
December 12, 2009

Here's what's cooking!!

Monterrey Chicken

8 Chicken Breast
2 can green chillies
8 oz Monterrey cheese slices
Fajita seasonings

Arrange chicken in baking dish & cover with chillies & Bake 30 minutes at 350°. Then add cheese & bake til bubbly

Cranberry Chicken
Prep: 8 min., Bake: 1 hr.

8 Boneless Chicken
1 (1-ounce) envelope dry onion soup mix
1 (16-ounce) can whole-berry cranberry sauce
1 cup Catalina dressing

Rinse chicken with cold water; pat dry. Place chicken in a single layer in a lightly greased 13- x 9-inch baking dish. Sprinkle soup mix evenly over chicken. Stir cranberry sauce, and spoon over chicken; top evenly with dressing. Cover with aluminum foil.
Bake at 400° for 40 minutes; remove foil, reduce temperature to 350°, and bake for 20 more minutes.

Chicken Sun dried Tomato Chicken - bag

8 chicken boneless skinless
1 c Good Seasons Sun Dried Tomato Vinaigrette w/ Roasted Red Pepper Dressing
.5 t coarse ground pepper
.5 c Sun dried tomatoes (packed in oil)
.5 Roaster Red Peppers

Cabbage Rolls Unrolled - Bag

2# Ground beef browned (prep)
.5 pkg frozen onions
1 dry onion soup
1 c ckn broth
1 can diced tomatoes
1 can tomato soup
1 can green chillies
1/2c rice
½ cabbage head

1st Layer cabbage & 2nd meat/rice on top.
Bake 350° 1 ½ hours COVERED… stir after first hour

Chili Pork Tenderloin
From Caroline E 10/04??

2T Chili Powder
1T Sugar
2t Salt
1/2t Onion Powder
1/4t Cumin
1/4t Cayenne
1/4t Garlic


Grill 20min or
Bake @ 350º for 45min – 1hr
til 155º

Greek Chicken

Ingredients
8 Chicken breasts
1 cup olive oil
3 t garlic
2 tablespoon chopped fresh rosemary
2 tablespoon chopped fresh thyme
2 tablespoon chopped fresh oregano
4 T lemon juice

Grill oil the grill grate. Place chicken on the grill, discard the marinade.
Cook chicken pieces up to 15 minutes per side, until juices run clear.
or
400 degrees about 45 to 50 min. Option Add potatoes

Saturday, September 19, 2009

4Some Done & Freezer Full 1

We had a good cook!!


We bought chicken by the case from Sams!! 4 cases at 1.79#... That's like 300 chicken breasts!! Wow!!


Two newbies joined us this round. It's been months since we cooked last... January. Kim & Kara did great! They were fast & completed their meals keeping up with Angela & I!


Here's a run down of our cook!! Our goal is to prepare and bag the meals... to be thawed and cooked!!



Maw-Maw’s Chicken Pie – bag 5x FBC
Monterrey Chicken - Bag
Sunshine Chicken - Bag
Onion Burgers - Bag
Beef Pot Roast au Jus (crock) for Sandwiches – Bag
Cajun Chops -Bag


Maw-Maw’s Chicken Pie - bag

3 c Chicken **chopped cooked
1 c mixed frozen veg
1 soup cream chicken
1.5 c Chicken Broth
2T Cornstarch
1.5 c self-rising flour
1 c buttermilk
.5 c butter melted

Mix chicken, broth, soup, cornstarch
Whisk flour, buttermilk, melted butter & spoon evenly over chicken mixture.
Bake 400° for 40 minutes or until crust is golden brown.

Monterrey Chicken

8 Chicken Breast
2 can green chillies
8 oz Monterrey cheese slices
Fajita seasonings

Arrange chicken in baking dish & cover with chillies & Bake 30 minutes at 350°. Then add cheese & bake til bubbly

Sunshine Chicken

8 Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast
.5c Mustard
.5 c Pineapple Juice
2 T Brown Sugar

Grill 10-20 minutes turning frequently & basting with sauce

Onion Burgers

2# Ground Beef
1 Onion Soup Mix
½ c Water
Wax paper or Foil

Grill & Add Hamburger buns, lettuce, tomato, cheese! Grill veggies too!!



Beef Pot Roast au Jus crock for Sandwiches1 to 1½ cups beef broth¼ cup red wine 1/8 tsp salt ½ tsp ground black pepper ½ tsp dried oregano ½ tsp dried basil ½ tsp dried parsley ½ tsp garlic powder 1 bay leaf 1 onion, sliced1 clove garlic, chopped1 (7 oz) pkg dry Italian-style salad dressing mix 2 lbs rump roast
Place roast in slow cooker. Cover, and cook on Low for 10 to 12 hours, or on High for 4 to 5 hours. When done, remove bay leaf, and shred meat with a fork or cut into thin slices. Return shredded/sliced meat to the sauce and simmer for 1 hour.Serve over mashed potatoes or on toasted crusty rolls, topped with sauteed mushrooms and onions, provolone or mozzarella cheese, roasted sweet peppers or hot peppers.

Cajun Chops

2 T paprika
2t season salt
2t rubbed sage
1t cayenne pepper
1t black pepper
1t garlic powder
8 (1/2” thick) boneless pork chops
4T butter

Combine seasonings & cover chops.
Heat butter just until starts to brown
Reduce heat to med & fry both sides til dark, 8-10 min
Cook to 160 degree

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Memom's Dijon Dressing

Tonight we ate all our salad!! That is highly unusual!!!
I have a new salad dressing... Thanks to mom!!

Memom's Dijon Dressing

1/2 c Olive Oil
1/8 c Red Wine Vinegar
1/4 t Oregano
Salt & Pepper
Garlic
1 t Dijon Mustard

Blend & the Dijon really combines the dressing!! Dress the salad & serve!! I've made it just as I've made the salad. I've also used other vinegars for fun...

I'm yet in the organic coop! Only now I've going for 1/2 price... and splitting the goods!

Enjoy!!! Grace! ss

Tuesday, August 18, 2009

A New Co-op... Fruits & Veggies



OOOoooooo I'm in another Co-op!! This is our all new area Organic Fruits & Veggies Co-op. They company is out of Dallas... Your Health Source...

Here's the list: 2 romaine lettuce, 4 corn on cob, potatoes, 3 onions, 3 peaches, 3 nectarines, 4 plums, 2 mango, 6 zucchini, 7 yellow squash, 2 garlic, 3 cucumbers, and a bag of green beans!!!

I'm thrilled with the variety. I better use it all! I'm not sure it is a fit since it has blown our budget!! Yikes!! The box ran $50!! The co-op runs every other week!! And I've signed up for next week and we'll see how well this goes...

I'm still in the fresh milk coop and every week I'm making yogurt!!

Does it sound too expensive to you??? hmmm... pondering & calculating...

Grace!! ss

Friday, April 3, 2009

Cream Cheese Neimans

I'm on a cream cheese hunt!! It is just a special treat for the girls. We've had a total exam week! We've climbed the mountain and looked back to see where we've been. Here's our sweetness at the peak. Cream Cheese Neimans!!




Cream Cheese Filling

  • 1 Cream Cheese 8oz
  • 1/2c Sugar
  • 1 egg

Mix til smooth



Neiman's Cookie Dough - My recipe dates back to Shelly Kelton in June of 1996!!
  • 2 eggs
  • 1c butter
  • 1c sugar
  • 1c brown sugar
  • 2c flour
  • 2.5c blended oats, mostly I use whole!!
  • 1t soda
  • 1t salt
  • 1t baking powder
  • 1t vanilla
  • 4 oz grated chocolate, this is rarely on hand
  • 12 oz chocolate chips
  • 1c nuts

Cream butter & sugars. Combine dry then add to butter. Finally add chocolate nuts. Drop spoon fulls & Bake at 375° for 10 minutes. (Angela... this is for you!!!)


And to make the Cream Cheese Neimans....

1/2 cookie dough on bottom of pan, cover w/ cream cheese, crumble remain dough to cover.



Bake 350° for 35-40 minutes. Cool 30 then Cool in freeze 30. (Or cool in fridge 2 hours.)




Yumm! Thanks Janice!
Grace! ss

Monday, February 23, 2009

Cherry Chocolate Truffle Cake


Cherry Chocolate Truffle Cake- Yum! We enjoyed this with the girls adopted brother Stephan an his friends.

  • 1 Chocolate Cake Mix
  • 1 of 2 Cherry Pie Fillings
  • 4 Eggs beaten
  • 1/2t Almond
  • 2t Amaretto liquor
  • (I used vanilla & cherry flavorings..)
Mix above items & pour 1/3 into fluted bunt pan. Make tunnel for filling of 2nd can cherry pie filling using only the cherries. Cover w/ remainder of batter.

Bake 50 minutes at 350°.

Cool & ice w/ melted 3 semisweet squares & 3T butter. Top with white marchiano cherries & chocolate curls.
Recipe from MaryJo 2/21/09... Big Thanks! Grace! ss

Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Burnt

Burnt to a crisp.... I'm actually glad the rice did not catch on fire!!

I simply put rice on to cook.... and waited while the water kettle boiled.... meanwhile the rice burnt badly. I was distracted by facebook... hmmm... a lesson here....

The bottom of my favorite glass top pan had a horrible layer of burnt rice.

My WONDERFUL husband came home and simply picked up the pan and started the arduous task of cleaning it.

I must say... He did not walk in and ask if that smell was dinner! He did not fuss at me. He did not complain. He did not scold me when I said that pan should be thrown away. He saw my mess and worked on it!!! Oh, I am loved!!!!!!!!

After scrubbing made no impact... even after the near oven cleaner stuff... he finally made progress with SAND PAPER!!! Oh, gracious!!! Even that took much time and effort.

Hours later I have candles lit to eliminate the stench!!

Now, my charred pot is clean.... I'm thankful for a loving husband!!

That was Agape love!! Grace! ss

Sunday, November 16, 2008

White Chocolate Pumpkin Cookies

We've enjoyed every last one of these!! They are definitely repeaters!! I'll make them again this week.


White Chocolate Pumpkin Cookies
  • 4c Flour (1/2 Coconut Flour)
  • 1c White Sugar
  • 1c Brown Sugar
  • 2t Cinnamon
  • 1t Pumpkin Pie Spice
  • 1t Salt
  • 2t Baking Soda
  • 1can Pumpkin 16oz
  • 3/4c Oil (Coconut Oil)
  • 2 eggs
  • 2T Milk
  • 2t Vanilla
  • 2c White Chocolate Chips
  • 1c Nuts (Macadamia sound yummy)
Bake @ 375 for 9 minutes.

Mix flour, sugar & spices. Add pumpkin, oil, eggs, & vanilla. Beat on medium speed til well mixed. Stir in chocolate & nuts. Drop onto baking sheet & flatten a bit. Bake.

I've frozen these balled. They've been easy to pull out thaw & bake.

They required 2 grocery trips for me!! First I just had to have white chocolate chips. Then as I pulled ingredients, I was out of eggs! Humf!! Hubbie was so quick, in an instant he was off for to the store. He asked me to make them :) I like making them for him!!!!

Two friends have asked for the recipe... That makes them a winner to me :) I've skipped the nuts for Hubbie's sake & used the coconut things because I've had them!! I hope you enjoy them too!!!

Grace!! ss

Oh! That's "Bullie"... Ladybug's new Longhorn enjoying the cookies :)

Monday, August 18, 2008

Blueberry-Coconut Cheesecake Bars

These looked so fun!!! I'll take them to our homeschool tea tonight!




Blueberry-Coconut Cheesecake Bars
  • 1/2c butter
  • 3/4c finely crushed graham crackers
  • 1/2c flour
  • 1/2c flaked coconut
  • 1/2c ground pecans
  • 1/4c sugar

  • 1&1/2c pkg cream cheese, soft
  • 2/3c sugar
  • 4 eggs
  • 1T milk
  • 1t vanilla
  • 2c blueberries

My Notes!! Use lemon juice in place of milk! Parchment paper made them a breeze to remove from the pan & cut with a pizza cutter!!


Lovebug said they were "yum yum yummmmmmm." Alas, Hubbie, I'm sorry, I'm taking them all tonight!!



  1. Heat oven to 350. Grease 9x13x2 baking pan.
  2. Crust- In sauce pan, heat butter until it is the color of light brown sugar.
  3. Stir together graham crackers, flour, coconut, pecans & 1/4c sugar. Stir in butter til combined. Press into prepared pan. Bake 8 to 10 minutes til tightly browned.
  4. Meanwhile, beat cream cheese & sugar. Add eggs, milk, vanilla. Pour over hot crust. Sprinkle blueberries.
  5. Bake 18 to to 20 minutes until center appears set. Cool. Cover & refrigerate. Cut into bars.
(Prep 30, Bake 8+18, Chill 3 hrs, Oven 350, Cal 136, Fat 9, Fiber 1, WWPoints 3)



I'm feeling bummed today. Baking is my pick me up!! I'm struggling with everything.... my clothes... car 3rd day in the shop.... emissions fixed & struts, I think.... prep for schooling.... cleaning that yet need so much of me.... more & more cranberry juice...

I'm wearing pearls!! The remind me my Hubbie loves me!!! They too are a pick me up when I'm struggling!! Like today!!!


God is great and greatly to be praised!!!

Monday, February 18, 2008

4Some 1/08

We had a great cook!!! My part of our last cook! The recipes are mostly x4 as I'll make one for each of us in the group. Cooking together has been both fun & a blessing to me & my family! Grace! ss



1- Turkey Fajitas Bag Aimee’s Request…


2- Meatballs & Mushrooms - Bag FBC


3- Chilly Night Chili Bag


4- Chicken Cobbler Casserole Bag


5- Cranberry Chicken Bag


6- Honey Baked Chicken



636.39 grand total


159.09 per person


6.36 per meal



Turkey Fajitas


SL 5/01 169



9 Turkey Tenderloins (2#s) (Unable to find & subed chicken)


3 Taco Seasoning


3 Diced frozen Celery (Frozen combo w/ onion?)


2 Frozen Onion


3 Diced Tomatoes & Green Chilies



Crock on High for 4 hrs.


Option Stir in 1c Cheese. Spoon onto Tortillas (BUY) & serve w/


Toppings: lettuce, sour cream, sliced olives, chopped tomatoes




Meatballs & Mushrooms Bag FBC



2 lg bags Meatballs Frozen


4 Cream Mushroom Soup


4 cans Mushrooms


4 Dry Onion Soup



Crock low for 4/5 hrs… serve on noodles or rice… Enjoy!




Chilly Night Chili - bag



6 pounds lean ground beef (no Prep, browning in directions)


2 frozen onion, diced


3 (28-ounce) can diced tomatoes, undrained


3 (16-ounce) cans tomato puree (large)


3 (16-ounce) cans kidney beans, undrained


3 (4.5-ounce) can chopped green chiles


4 cup water


6 garlic cloves, minced


6 tablespoons chili powder


6 teaspoons salt


6 teaspoons ground cumin


6 teaspoon pepper



Cook beef and onion in a Dutch oven over medium-high heat, stirring until beef crumbles and is no longer pink; drain. Return to Dutch oven. Add tomatoes and next 9 ingredients.


Bring mixture to a boil; reduce heat, and simmer 45 minutes. Serve over hot rice with desired toppings: shredded Cheddar cheese, sour cream, sliced ripe olives


Serve over hot cooked rice




Chicken Cobbler Casserole 2007 11



12 boneless skinless chicken - (No prep, cook & prepare meal)



6 T Butter


3 Bags Onions


3 (8-ounce) mushrooms


3 cup white wine


3 (10 3/4-ounce) can cream of mushroom soup


1 &1/2 cup drained and chopped jarred roasted red bell peppers



12 tablespoons melted butter


1 cup grated Parmesan cheese


12 (4each) cups cubed sourdough rolls (Buy individually??)


6 tablespoons parsley



Cook Chicken & Shred


Toss 4 tablespoons melted butter with Parmesan, rolls & parsley; SET ASIDE.


Add Chicken to 9x13, top w/ bell pepper mix…


Bake @ 400° for 25 THEN add seasoned rolls & Bake at 400° for 15 minutes or until golden brown.



Yield: Makes 4 servings




Cranberry Chicken - Bag



15 chicken breast no bone (5each)


3 (1-ounce) envelope dry onion soup mix


3 (16-ounce) can whole-berry cranberry sauce


3 cup Catalina dressing



Cover with Foil & Bake at 400° for 40 minutes; remove foil, reduce temperature to 350°, and bake for 20 more minutes.




Honey Baked Chicken: bag



18 chicken breasts


1 c butter


1 c honey


6 T mustard


3 t salt


3 t curry



Thaw chicken; place in greased 13 x 9 pan. Melt butter. Add honey mixture to melted butter. Pour over chicken. Bake at 350 for 1 ¼ hours, basting every 15 minutes or so. Serve with rolls, veggies, salad, rice/potatoes.

Comments


Feb. 27, 2008 - Cooking group
Posted by Hubby
I don't know if anyone will read this. If anyone out there has a husband who would oppose you getting into a cooking group you ought to count the cost for him. Yes there is an investment in time and money up front. But the time that my wife spends with her friends on a Saturday gives me time to either get up and do the father thing on a Saturday morning by myself or of course lose an opportunity.

It gives wife some much needed time off and fills the freezer up with the equivalent of a months worth of frozen dinners that are good for you and you don't have to question "What's in this?" One meal, at least the entree for the meal, is approximately $6.50 and it feeds the whole family with leftovers to take to work.

I call wife on my way home from work and she puts the thawed meal into the oven when I head home and when I get there I help set the table and get the girls in and the timing works more often than not that dinner is ready.

Now I just have to be able to get off work and head home at a decent hour. :)

KjS

Monday, December 17, 2007

Cream Mushroom Soup

Cream of Mushroom Soup


For FBC Mission’s Ladies Lunch 2/06 - From Patti Coles



I made this soup for about 60 for that lunch... It was a hit!!! I've been asked about it many times since!! Maybe I'll make it this week! Soup!! I've been making a soup a week and freezing it for lunches!! Hubbie ate all my Hot Taco & I like the Chicken-Rice.... I'm not sure how this will freeze... but it will be yummy!!



Grace! ss





Cream of Mushroom Soup


3 pkg sliced fresh Mushrooms
1 med onion finely chopped
3 T butter ** use real
1/2c flour
2 (14oz) cans Chicken Broth
3c Whipping Cream
1/4c dry white wine
1 1/2t salt
1t tarragon
1t Worcestershire sauce
1/4t white pepper

Coarsely chop mushrooms.


Sauté mushrooms & onion in butter in large Dutch oven over med heat 10 minutes. Add flour, stirring until smooth. Cook 1 minute, stirring constantly.



Stir in broth & remaining ingredients. Bring to boil; reduce heat to medium- high. Cook 20 minutes or until thickened stirring often.



*Be careful not to let it come to a full boil… it wills separate & not turn our right. It can also scorch & taste burnt.


Friday, November 16, 2007

Cornbread Salad

This is what I want to make this week at Memom's!! Have a great Thanksgiving!!! ss


Cornbread Salad from Michelle F.



  • 1 (16oz) pkg. corn bread mix

  • 1 (1 oz) pkg. ranch dressing mix

  • 1 ½ c. sour cream

  • 1 ½ c. mayonnaise

  • 1 (15 oz) cans pinto beans, drained

  • 3 tomatoes, chopped

  • 1 c. chopped green bell pepper

  • 1 c. chopped green onion

  • 2 c. shredded Cheddar cheese

  • 10 slices bacon

  • 2 (11 oz) cans whole kernel corn, drained


Prepare corn bread according to package directions. Set aside to cool.

Place bacon in a large, deep skillet. Cook over medium high heat until

evenly brown. Drain, crumble and set aside. Whisk together the salad

dressing mix, sour cream, and mayonnaise. Set aside. Place half of the

crumbled corn bread in the bottom of a large serving dish. Top with half of

beans. Add the tomatoes, half of cheese, bacon, corn and salad dressing.

Repeat layering using remaining ingredients. Garnish as desired. Cover and

chill two to three hours before serving.

Thursday, November 15, 2007

Better Yogurt

Would you believe last time I posted on yogurt... it flopped!!! My lesson from that round was new milk is much better than older milk!!

Yogurt for Daddy & the Girls!

  • 4c Milk
  • 3-4T Cornstarch
  • Yogurt starter
  1. Heat the milk & cornstarch till thickened... and just boiling...

  2. Cool the milk to 120ish degrees... mix a small portion with the starter & combine with all cooled milk.

  3. Put into yogurt maker for 24 hours.

Flavor the Yogurt- sweeten the entire batch

  • 1/3 c maple syrup

  • 2~ T of your favorite fruit preserves. Hubbie really likes peach.... we're also making blueberry, strawberry, apricot, blackberry, & raspberry.

I generally spin the batch with my immersion handheld blender. Enjoy! I'm making 3-4 batches a week!! Maybe cooler temps will slow it down.... we'll see.


Well, that blender is the latest appliance to spark & toast!! Maybe it will be on my list for the biggest shopping day of the year... Toaster ovens, microwaves & blenders are not meant to last forever!!! God's word lasts forever!!! ss

Chicken & Rice Soup

A few weeks ago, we enjoyed a wonderful weekend with Memom & Aunt Karen. One of our delights that weekend was a wonderful soup...


Memom's Chicken & Rice Soup



  • Whole Chicken

  • Onion - Diced

  • 3 Ribs Celery Diced

  • Salt & Pepper

  • 10oz Mahatma Saffron Yellow Rice **Next time I'll use the 5oz

  • Peas & Carrots - Frozen



  1. On stove top, cover Chicken with water, add Onions & Celery. Bring to boil & cook til done (2hrs). Remove Chicken & all bones :). Debone Chicken & dice. Remove the fat from the broth.

  2. Bring broth w/ onions & celery to boil add rice. Cover and cook until done.

  3. Add Carrots & Peas (& corn too if ya wish) & add back Chicken & cook til carots are just done. (With the 10 ounces of riced I added back in like 3 cans of broth.... that's why I'll go to the 5 ounce next time.... and a little white rice if needed... )

  4. Serve with crackers and Enjoy!! Freeze in small zips for and easy lunch on cold winter days!!


I took the soup to our Small Group last night!! I think Caleb (4) liked it the most!! What fun!!


Rejoice in the Lord always! ss

Wednesday, November 14, 2007

Pumpkin Dump Cake

Tonight we're heading to our Small Group.  The day has been yet another struggle... oral surgery!!  but that's another post...  This is great for the season!!!


Pumpking Dump Cake  from AllRecipes


INGREDIENTS



  • 1 (29 ounce) can pumpkin puree

  • 3 eggs

  • 1/2 cup packed brown sugar

  • 1/2 cup white sugar

  • 1 (12 fluid ounce) can evaporated milk

  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

  • 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger

  • 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves

  • 1/2 teaspoon salt

  • 1 (18.25 ounce) package spice cake mix (I used a yellow cake)

  • 1/2 cup coarsely chopped pecans

  • 1/2 cup melted butter


DIRECTIONS



  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13 inch pan.

  2. In a large bowl, combine pumpkin puree, eggs, brown sugar, white sugar and milk. Stir in cinnamon, ginger, cloves and salt. Pour into pan. Sprinkle dry cake mix evenly over the pumpkin filling. Sprinkle pecans over the cake mix. Drizzle melted butter over all.

  3. Bake in the preheated oven for 50 to 60 minutes, or until the edges are lightly browned. Allow to cool.


Enjoy God provison & give Him thanks!! ss

Wednesday, October 31, 2007

Best Overall

I cannot believe it!!! I won!! I won the Pie Bake-Off!!! I took Memom's Coconut Cream Pie & won!!


There were awards for Best Tasting, Most Creative, & Best Over-all!!!



I think tomorrow I'd better share the recipe!! We'll celebrate with a gift card!! ss

Comments
Nov. 5, 2007 - Posted by lklivingston
How wonderful! I would have loved to have tasted it!

Wednesday, October 24, 2007

My Best Yogurt

With all hubbie's surgeries... he's learned to like yogurt! Yogurt yogurt yogurt gets expensive! So with our fresh milk, we make butter and now yogurt too!!


Thanks to Evelyn & Aimee, I'm using a yogurt maker! It makes 5 cups at a time!


My Best Yogurt



  • 3c Milk

  • 1/3c Sugar

  • 3T Cornstarch




  1. Heat to 185-195F. Place pan in cool water to cool down.

  2. Cool to 122-130F



  • 1/2c Yogurt- Plain for starter (I'm using a Bulgarian Yogurt)



Mix starter into cooled milk. At this point I add it to my yogurt maker for 12-24hrs.



This makes a sweet yogurt. We then add peach preserves, apricot preserves, or blueberry jam and eat it up! Yumm...


I've also read of making yogurt in a cooler with hot water... and other ideas too!! Sound cool??!!! I'll post soon some Pumpkin Muffins!! We'll make them first!


Hubbie is yet hurting!! Humf! It seems this should be done!! Lovebug decided adoption would bring a baby our way. Her knee is also healing from a bad figure8 crash (Ask KjS!) and repeat falling on it! Ladybug is learning her "j J Jam". Mama's making a southwestern soup!!


I've been reminded everything is God's and with open hands we hold it for him!! Trusting His loving hands!! ss

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