Italian Chicken

chicken breast cut up in the crock-pot (uncooked)

one can of cream of mushroom or chicken soup

1 cup of water

1 pkg. Italian dressing mix

4ish or more ounces of cream cheese

combine everything and cook on low for about 6 hours, then serve over rice!! Delicious by melissa

Chicken Tetrizinni

Ingredients
cut up cooked chicken- 3 breasts
frozen veg. 1/4-1/2 bag
noodles- cooked
can of cream of mushroom soup- diluted with water or milk
Steps
combine all ingredients in a casserole dish
Bake at 350 for 30-40 min.

Apricot or Peach Syrup

5 cups pureed apricots

3 cups sugar

1 Tb. lemon juice

Combine ingredients and bring to boil then simmer for 5 min.

pour into jars and process in water bath for 20 min. Delicious!

For peach syrup follow the same recipe but use 2 cups of sugar instead of 3.

Pico De Gallo

1/4 cup cilantro, chopped 2 1/2 cups chopped tomatoes, (romas are the best)
1 medium onion, diced
1/8-1/4 of lime
a spoon full of sugar (The same concept as putting sugar on strawberries to let them juice)
Must refrigerate for at least 1 hour!!

Crock Pot Burritos aka sloppy burritos

Ingredient
One jar of chipotle salsa

One can of diced tomatoes with garlic in the juice
One can of plain diced tomatoes
One 3 lb roast

Garnish
Cheese
Cilantro
lime
pico de gallo

Add all ingredients in a Crock Pot and cook for about 5-6 hours.  Add Garnish and enjoy!!
However, the key to these burritos is the pic de gallo!  You can not eat them without it they just won't taste good at all. Believe me I have tried. That being said here is how I make pico.

Pico De Gallo
1/4 cup cilantro, chopped
2 1/2 cups chopped tomatoes, (romas are the best)
1 medium onion, diced
1/8-1/4 of lime
a spoon full of sugar (The same concept as putting sugar on strawberries to let them juice)
Must refrigerate for at least 1 hour!!

Cherokee Casserole by melissa

1 pound hamburger

1 can tomato soup

1 can cream of mushroom soup

cheddar cheese

Mix all ingredients together and simmer until hot serve over rice.

Caesar Chicken Wraps!

Ingredience
1 package of Chicken
1.5 cups of uncooked Rice
1 bottle of Caesar Dressing
1 package of tortillia

Garnish
1 package of croutons
cheese
tomatoes
lettus

Steps
1. boil chicken until done
2. cook rice
3. Pour chicken into a strainer and cut up into bitesize pieces.
4. Then add chicken to warm, cooked, rice in the rice pan.
5. Add about 1/4 or the salad dressing or just enough to coat the rice and chicken. Keep this in a warm pan until ready to serve. ( The idea is to serve warm.  I put mine over low heat just before serving to make sure it is warm)
6. Crush enough croutons to garnish about 5 wraps
7. Cut cheese, tomatoes and lettus
8. Add rice and chicken mix to center or a tortillia like you would a burrito. Garnish and enjoy.
9. This is tasty with corn on the cob as a side. It has turned into a Willcox favorite lately.  Easy to make and super tasty.
I hope you all enjoy!!!!!!

Chinese Pork 'n' Noodles (light & Tasty)

6 oz uncooked angel hair pasta
3 T. hoisin sauce
2 T. recuded-sodium soy sauce
2 tsp. sesame oil
1 pork tendeloin 1 lb, thinly sliced and halved
3 tsp. canola oil, divided
3/4 c. julienned sweet red pepper
3/4 c. halved fresh snow peas
1/2 c. sliced onion
1 c. sliced cabbage
1/4 c. minced fresh cilantro

Cook pasta according to package directions. Meanwhile, in a small bowl, combine the hoisin sauce, soy sauce and sesame oil; set aside.
In a large nonstick skillet or wok, stir-fry pork in 2 tsp canola oil for 3 minutes of until no longer pink.
Remove and keep warm.
In the same skillet, stir-fry the red pepper, peas and onion in remaining oil for 3 minutes. Add cabbage; stir-fry 2 minutes longer or until vegetables are crisp-tender.
Stir in the reserved hoisin sauce misture and stir into skillet. Return the pork to the pan; heat through. Drain the pasta and add to the skillet; toss to coat. Sprinkle each serving with 1 T. Cilantro.

This is a great "go to" recipe for entertaining or just a family meal. I find hoisin sauce on the ethnic food isle shelves. Chinese stuff ;) Andrea

Melissa's Yummy Cinchy Lasagna

Sara's strawberry salad

French Dips by Mom

A 2-3 pd. Roast: brown a roast in a little oil (olive, canola or veg.)- i used cross rib - a shoulder or other roast would work as well.
add a tiny sprinkle of pepper to browning process - but not necessary if you don't want it.
1 - 2 teaspoons of chervil (you can use parsley but chervil has a different tang to it)
1/4 (heaping) teaspoon of Bon Appetite (dry seasoning in a bottle)
1/2 teaspoon of rosemary or a little more (dry in a bottle)
1/4 teaspoon of basil (dry in a bottle)
a little more pepper if desired
mix these dry ingredients together in small bowl.

Place meat in bottom of slow cooker. Put a cup or two of water - at least a cup but don't drown the roast - consider the height of the water - it should come about half way up the side of the roast or less. you want some for dipping but too much water will take away the flavor and make it more like a roast for pot.&gravy. Sprinkle the dry ingred. on top of roast.

Add to the top of this - one half of a large white onion - or more depending on how much onion you like. About 3 celery stalks cut in half. I would cook this on high for 2-3 hours and then low for 6-7 hours. The last part of this cooking- the roast is probably done - but longer cooking times on low will tenderize the meat.

Brown Bag Apple Pie

CRUST

1 1/2 C flour
1/2 tsp salt
1 1/2 tsp sugar
1/2 C oil
2 Tbsp cold milk

place crust in 9 inch pie plate

TOP

1/2c sugar
1 tsp cinnimin
1 Tbs lemon juice
2 T flour
1/2 tsp nutmeg (heeping)

mix together the above ingredience and then mix it with 5 cups of apples
Roman and Granny Smith make a tasty mix

Then top with

1/2 cup flour
1/2 cup sugar
1/3 c butter (soft)

Cut this into crumbs and put on top.
Place into a brown bag and back for 1 1/2 hours at 350
and/or 1 hour with out the bag

Milled Flax Seed Muffins

1/4 cup Milled Flax Seed
3/4 cup Milled Whole Wheat
3/4 cup Milled White Flour
1/2 cup sugar
2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 egg beaten
1 1/2 cup finely chopped apples
3 T vegetable oil
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup chopped nuts

Blend dry ingredients together in a bowl.  In a separate bowl; combine egg, begetable oil and milk.  Add dry ingredients to egg mixture and stir until just blended.  Fold in apples and nuts.  Batter will be thick.  Fill well greased muffin cups 2/3 full.  Bake @ 400 degreees F for 18-20 minutes or until top springs back when touched. 
Yields: 12 muffins

Fried Ice Cream

Turn your freezer to its highest setting @ least 4 hrs before you start the process.  During the process, open and close the freezer quickly. However, I never remember this part and I turn my freezer up as I start.  Always works  for me this way too.

You will need:  ice cream, chopped nuts, 1 egg, graham cracker crumbs, and plenty of oil for frying.

1. Form ice cream into as many balls as you want and place on cookie sheet in freezer : 10 min.

2. Remove and roll the balls in chopped nuts, pressing them in with your hands, freeze 30 min.

3.  Remove and Roll in beaten eggs, then graham crackers.  Freeze 2 + hours (If you desire a thick crust, repeat this step after only freezing for 30 min. and then freeze for 2 + hours).

4.  Right before serving, heat oil to 375 degres.  Fry one at a time for about 2 min.

5.  Serve with carmel and chocolate sauce if desired, It is pretty tasty just plain though.

White Chili (low fat) by Andrea

1 T vegetable oil
2 medium onions, chopped (1 cup)
2 cloves garlic finely chopped
3 cups chicken broth
2 T chopped fresh cilantro or 1/2 t. ground coriander
2 T. lime juice (I love using fresh limes)
1 t. ground cumin
1/2 t. dried oregano leaves
1/4 t. red pepper sauce
1/4 t. salt
1 can 11 oz. white shoepeg or whole kernel corn, drained
1 15 oz great northern beans, drained
1 15 oz can butter beans, drained
2 cups chopped cooked chicken breast

Heat oil in 4 quart dutch oven over medium heat. Cook onions and garlic in oil, stirring occasionally, until onions are tender.

Stir in remaining ingredients except chicken. Heat to boiling; reduce hear. Simmer uncovered 20 minutes. Stir in chicken; simmer until hot.

Gi Gi's FUDGE (Virginia Meeks) top secret recipe

Cook in saucepan:
6c. sugar
3 sticks margarine
1 12oz. can evaporated milk

stir constantly until mixture reaches 234 degrees

Stir in: 24 oz semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 13-oz jar marshmallow creme
1 t. Vanilla
2 cups chopped pecans (yummy to toast in butter first)

spread into large pan. Smooth. Cool and cut.

pan size is 11 x 17 x 1 inch.

* this is a special recipe from a dear friend in the south. Only Shewey's can make it, so dazzle your friends and family and say you can't give the recipe out, or I don't know, I just throw a few things togethere. ;) just for my two sissy's and mommy Love, Andi

scratch and sniff watercolors

1 TB unsweetened kool aid

1 TB warm water

several small containers or muffin tin

mix water and kool aid in small bowl repeat this several times using various flavors of drink mix paint picture then let it dry then scratch and sniff.

bathtub finger paints by melissa

1/3 cup clear dish soap

1 TB cornstarch

3-4 drops food coloring

mix ingredients in a bowl. pour into ice cube tray or small container.

finger paints

4 table spoons liquid starch

2 TB powdered tempera paint

pour starch and tempera paint in a bowl mix until blended

edible finger paints

1 large pkg instant pudding

2 cups cold milk

food coloring

whisk milk and pudding together in bowl for 2 min. refigerate for 5 min. divide pudding into small bowls and add food coloring. yummy fun.

Magic bubble paint by melissa

2 tsp clear liquid dish detergent

1/4 cup powdered tempera paint

mix together in a shallow bowl. using a straw gently blow into the paint mixture until a dome of bubbles form. capture bubble prints by placing a piece of paper on the tip of the bubble dome. repeat process, using several different colors of bubble paints. use to create stationary evelopes cards wrapping paper etc...

bubbles By martha stewart and melissa

1/3 cup karo syrup

1 cup liquid dishwashing soap (joy)

3 cups of water

mix together pour into a round cake pan. create a bubble wand with a wire hanger. fun.

sidewalkchalk

2 cups plaster of paris

2 TB tempera paint (wet or dry)

2 cups water

toilet paper tubes

duct tape

combine plaster of paris, tempera paint and water and stir. let stand for a few min. Put duct tape in one end of the tubes then place tubes on a cookie sheet that has been lined with foil or wax paper. pour mixture into holders and let stand until semi-firm. remove tubes an let dry completely. chalk will be ready to use in 1- 1 1/2 hours.

I have 3 more recipes for sidewalk chalk including a spray chalk. Let me know if you are interested.

I have about 23 more random recipes like these let me know if you want them and I will add more .

Nancy Monks Orange Rolls

Scald: 1 ¼ c. milk
½ c. butter or margarine
¾ c. sugar
1 t. salt
2 T. Yeast
1 c. warm water
1/3 c. orange juice
2 beaten eggs
1/3 c. canned evaporated milk
6 cups flour

Cool milk mixture until warm. Add yeast that has been dissolved in the warm water. Add all liquid ingredients and then the flour. Mix well. Let stand for 10 min. Pour 1 cup flour on board and knead well. Place in greased bowl and let rise until double. Form rolls and put in pans. Let rise 2 hours. Bake about 20 min. at 350 degrees.

To Freeze unbaked: As soon as you get the rolls in the pan, cover and put in freezer. When the rolls are frozen, you can remove them from the pan, and put in bags or other containers if you need the pan or if freezing them in pans crowds your freezer. When you are ready to use the rolls, remove them from the freezer 4 hours before you want to bake them. Bake same as above. You can double this recipe

Alaire’s Bread (Recipe given to Donetta October 08)

4 loaves : medium size: glass is best – can use other 6 cups warm water

Take ¼ cup of this water and add: 2 Tablespoons of yeast and ½ teaspoon honey. (This proofs the yeast) Let set about 10 minutes.

While this is setting add to the 5 ¾ cups of warm water:
½ cup oil (dark olive oil)
½ cup honey
1 Tablespoon of sea salt
11-13 cups flour (The amount of flour depends on the humidity level.)

Whole wheat batter should be of dough consistency, but still a little sticky. The dough should start to form a very soft ball. The batter will be a little sticky – but not too gooey.

Put in a large bowl – oil the bowl. Turn once. Let rise until double.
Knead down and let rise again.
Knead again and put into loaves. \

Let rise until about 1” over the top. Use good common sense – and according to size of loaf pan.
Bake in glass pans: 400 for 10-15 minutes (Time depends on your type of oven and sea level)
Then turn down stove to 300 and bake another 45 minutes.

Turn loaves on side on bread board until they are cool enough to pop out – this only takes a few minutes. For everyday use -wrap in towels – don’t bag. Can also let cool completely then bag and freeze.

For whole wheat breads put a small pint filled with a cup of water in back of oven. This creates enough moisture to cook the wheat. If there is more moisture in the oven – bake about 55 minutes. Top will sound hollow when baked.

Bread needs to be baked at a slower temperature for longer periods of time in order to kill the yeast, soften and cook the wheat. Baking time is one reason the store purchased breads are not good for you. They are not baked long enough and can create a yeast infection in the stomach that causes cravings and a bloated stomach over time. Homemade breads have the same danger if not baked long enough.

This bread can be mixed with an electric mixer but mixing time is not given. Use common sense. If you use tin pans – raise the baking temperature by 25 degrees and adjust baking time if necessary.

PUMPKIN PIE SQUARES (MOM’S FAVORITE)

1 package of yellow cake mix (take out one cup and set aside in another bowl)
With the remaining cake mix add: ½ cup melted butter and one egg.

Put these three mixed ingredients and press into a 9 x 13 pan with just the bottom greased.

2nd Layer is the Filling:

1 large can of pumpkin (not the pumpkin pie filling but the canned pumpkin for the pie filling)
¼ teaspoon salt
2 ½ teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
2 eggs
1 cup brown sugar
2/3 cup milk
Mix the above six ingredients and pour over the cake mixture.

3rd Layer is the Topping
1 cup cake mix (reserved), ¼ cup of sugar, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, ¼ cup cold butter. Stir the cake mix, sugar and cinnamon with whatever you are using to cut in the butter - then cut in the butter with a pastry blender or fork. Sprinkle this over the pumpkin layer. (I have melted the butter before for quick blending but then it is hard to spread over the pumpkin layer.)

Bake 375 for 20 minutes or 350 for 35 to 40 minutes.

Serve with fresh whipped cream.
(I bake mine at 350 for 40 -45 minutes-but be careful the bottom doesn’t burn)

Standard Pie Crust – from Margaret Willcox (Nana)

Ingredients
1 crust: 8 or 9 inch
      Flour 1 cup
      Salt ½ teaspoon
      Shortening 1/3 cup and 1 T
      Water (ice cold) 2 Tablespoons

2 crust: 8 inch
     Flour 1½ cups
     Salt ¾ teaspoon
     Shortening ½ cup and 2 T 
     Water (ice cold) 3 Tablespoons

2 crust: 9 inch
     Flour 2 cups
     Salt 1 teaspoon
     Shortening 2/3 cup and 2 T
     Water (ice cold) 4 Tablespoons

2 crust: 9-10 inch
     Flour 3 cups
     Salt 1 ½ teaspoons
     Shortening 1 cup and 3 T
     Water (ice cold) 6 Tablespoons


Dip-level-pour flour (no sifting) into medium bowl; add salt, stir; cut the half the shortening; cut the second half into the mix, add water one Tablespoon at a time, I usually make the 3 cup flour (this leaves extra dough) recipe and add the water to one sixth of the portion in the bowl, add another tablespoon to the next six and so one to evenly distribute the water through out the flour/shortening mix. Sometimes it takes a bit more water. Divide the dough in half, form a ball, and let rest about 10 minutes. Roll out. With any extra dough gather up, roll flat, sprinkle with cinnamon sugar and pop in the hot oven for about 10-15 minutes for yummy snack.

Aunt Bev's New Carmels as of 2009.

4 cups of sugar 1 3/4 cup of light Karo Syrup
2 cubes of butter (no substitute) (old recipe called for 4 cubes of butter)
1 quart of cream.


put all the ingredients in a heavy pan and cook over low to medium heat. (just until it reaches a high simmer) First: put all ingredients in the pan and stir them together - this requires cutting up the butter some - with a WOODEN spoon. (i'm serious - no joke) The reason you need a wooden spoon (or a new heat resistant spatula might work -)is because you can't take the spoon out of the carmel until it is simmering and you don't need to stir it any longer. A metal spoon heats up too much and also makes the handle too hot to hold. Second: Let the ingredients sit 10 minutes without any heat.

This gives the sugar time to dissolve before the heat has a chance to heat the sugar before being dissolved. (Did you learn that rule in your physics class?) 3. Stir constantly until the heat has completely dissolved all the ingredients and there is no need to be stirring. Take the spoon out. Let this cook while you take a long nap-about 2 hours. Check occassionally to make sure it isn't scorching. Wash the spoon in hot water and dry it if you need to put it back in the carmel. The temp. of the spoon needs to be the same temp as the carmel - but don't get OCD on this recipe - it is just a candy making rule that you don't take your spoon out if you need to be stirring at any time. Also, back to the sugar rule - your spoon you just took out of the pan now has some sugar particles that have not cooked as long as the sugar in the pan, if you put those less cooked particles back in the pan with the more cooked particles - the more cooked particles will not coagulate with the the less cooked and will turn to sugar; thus ruining the whole batch. Unless you know how to save it. Add about 1/2 cup to one cup of cool cream to this batch slowly while stirring. This carmel cooks very well on its own - however, that was when we used all 4 cubes of butter - so you may need to watch it closer if you use less butter. The carmel will turn from a very light cream to carmel color to a darker carmel but not the dark carmel that says, "I'm burned." Get a glass of ice and pour a spoonful of carmel over the ice. If it forms a soft ball - cook a little longer. When the carmel forms a hard ball or sets up like it could crack and doesn't - it is done. If you cook it any longer at this stage it goes from perfect to burned in a few seconds. But some that are brave go for the carmel to crack over the ice. To each his own. Pour into a buttered 9x 13 glass pan. (Tin will work but make sure it is a pan you don't care about because when you cut the carmel it cuts up your pan and adds teflon to your candy. ) Add nuts if you like, walnuts are best for carmels. - but normally the holiday drives us all nuts anyway so - the decision is yours if you feel you might need to be more nutty. Cool until set - you may need to refridgerate. Cut the carmel into squares and wrap with wax paper. Store in a container with lid in the refridgerator until gone or Valentine's Day if you made them in November- whichever comes first. Hint: Never serve the carmel warm just in case it didn't get cooked long enough. Take it fresh out of the fridge for that nice set-up carmel look. Happy Holidays!

The Tasties Coconut Bread Ever by Melissa

4 eggs
2 cups sugar
3 cups flour
1 cup salad oil
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup buttermilk
1 cup coconut flakes
 2 tsp coconut flavoring (extract)

In large bowel, beat eggs separately first. Add sugar and oil, beat.
sift flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. add dry ingredients
to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk. Add coconut flavoring
and coconut.

Generously grease and flour a 10-in. bunt pan or bake in bread pans
(I think it makes two loaves) bake 350 for about 1 hour (less for smaller
bread pans start with 45 min. and go from their. )

Meanwhile in saucepan mix

1 cup sugar
1/2 cup water
3 tablespoons butter

bring to boil and cook for 5 min. (Make a syrup) then add 1 tsp
coconut flavoring
when bread is done leave in pan and pour hot syrup over top of bread.
Allow to stand 4 hours then remove from pans and eat!!!

Call me with questions!

Cornbread

¾ cup cornmeal 1 cup sugar
2 ¼ cup flour
¾ tsp salt
1 ½ tablespoon baking powder
2 cup milk
3 eggs, lightly beaten
½ cup oil

Hearty Logger’s Chili

1 lb ground beef (or turkey)
1 lb kielbasa sausage
1 onion, chopped
1 red bell pepper, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 16 oz can drained and rinsed kidney beans (or soak and cook ¾ cup dry beans)
1 16 oz can drained and rinsed black beans (or soak and cook ¾ cup dry beans)
1 16 oz can diced tomatoes (2 cups)
1 16 oz can tomato sauce
2 bay leaves
1 tsp salt
1 tsp chili powder
1 tsp oregano
1/3 tsp white pepper (I usually omit this)
1/3 tsp black pepper
1/8 tsp cayenne pepper

Sauté beef in a large pot until cooked through. Drain and set aside. Cut sausage into thin slices and each slice in half. Sauté sausage in pot until lightly browned. Remove sausage and sauté onion and red pepper in the drippings until soft but not brown. Add garlic and sate 2 min more. Add all of the other ingredients plus the beef and sausage back into the pot and simmer, uncovered, for 1 hour. This freezes really well, too.

We had this chili at Rachels a few weeks ago and it was amazing.  Real Man Food.

secret spies

Agent: Chocolate finger

Agent: Ima Spy

Agent: Birthday Surprise

These are part of the decorations for liza's party these are my "top Spies" I'm posting their pictures on the wall in the intry way.

Aunt Bev’s Famous Sugar Cookies

Cream together:
1 cup shortening (this is the real crisco solid white shortening)
2 cups sugar

Add:
1 teaspoon vanilla
4 eggs (beaten optional)
1 cup of sour cream or 1 cup of evaporated milk (I use the milk)

Blend. Then add:
3 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon soda

Blend well. Then add gradually:
6 cups of flour

Chill: Either chill two hours in cold refrigerator, freezer for an hour or half hour depending on how cold your freezer is, or overnight in fridge works well also.

Roll out on flour. Bake 350 for 10 min.

Depending on size of cut outs – you can bake less at 8 minutes or a little longer for larger. Also adjust for variation on oven temperatures and altitude.

Alternative method: Stir together all dry ingredients in one bowl. Blend all liquid in bowl adding eggs after creaming the sugar and shortening. Then blend all ingredients together lightly until sufficiently mixed but not over mixed.

Alternative method 2: Blend liquids as above except milk; mix dry together; add dry and ingredients and milk alternately in about 1/3’s mixing each time.

(ps. Any method works-this is a no fail recipe.)

Birthdays and cookies

Melissa!!! You have to post pictures of Eliza's Birthday Party on the blog when you get a chance!!! And~ Does anyone have an amazing chocolate chip cookie or Oatmeal cookie recipe.

Baked Oatmeal

3 cups quick oats

1/2 cup veg. oil

3/4 cup sugar

1 cup milk

1/2 tsp. salt

1 TB baking powder

beat together oil and sugar then mix in everything else.

Mix..

2 TB. brown sugar

1/2 tsp cinn.

sprinkle on top

Pour into a lightly greased pie pan and refrigerate over night (not essential) bake at 350 for about 35 min. or until firm. top with fruit YUM!

I need to try and cut back the sugar but we like oatmeal and this is pretty tasty for oatmeal.

Secret code cookie

These cookies make a cute Valentine, but I think they'd be great for a Detective or Science-themed Birthday Party, a Spy Cookie "S" snack, or with a different cookie cutter you could make a kite, butterfly or whatever with a secret code.

Cookies with a twist! Red candy melted in the center of each cookie acts as a decoder on your handwritten valentines. On white paper simply write your secret message with a light-blue fine point marker. Then, using orange, red, and pink markers, doodle shapes, scribbles, or words over the rest of the paper. Go ahead and doodle right over your secret message because your decoder cookie will only reveal your secret message and everything else will disappear!

Secret Message Decoder Cookies

Ingredients:
1 cup butter
2 cups sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
2 eggs
5 cups flour
1 tsp. salt
1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. soda
1/4 cup milk
Red, hard, transparent candies/crushed to fine pieces


Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cream butter and sugar together with mixer. Add vanilla. Add eggs and beat until fluffy. In separate bowl add flour, salt, soda, and baking powder. Stir together. Add flour mixture to the butter mixture alternately with milk and stir until dough is smooth. Chill until dough is stiff.

Prepare baking sheet by covering with a sheet of foil and lightly coat with cooking spray. Don't skip this step--you need the foil or the candy will stick to the pan!

On floured surface roll a portion of the dough to 1/4" thick. Cut out with large heart cookie cutter (approx. 4") and place 1" apart on baking sheet. Cut center with a slightly smaller heart cutter and remove dough. Using a small teaspoon carefully fill center with crushed candy. Bake for 10-12 min. or until lightly golden on edges. Cool completely before removing cookies. Store in an airtight container or individual cellophane bags and attach paper valentine.

Ravioli Skillet

3 to 4 servings* Easily doubled*310 Calories for 1 1/2 cups.

1 14.5oz Italian style stewed tomatoes (basil,oregano...)
1 chicken bullion
1 c Water
2 medium zucchini or yellow squash cut.
1 9oz package of refrigerated cheese ravioli
grated Parmesan cheese

1. Boil tomatoes, bullion, and water until bullion is dissolved.
2. Add zucchini and ravioli
3. Bring to boil again.
4. Reduce heat and simmer until ravioli and zucchini are tender
5. serve and sprinkle with cheese

Pizza Sauce

1 8oz can of tomato sauce
1 t oregano
1 t basil
1/2 t rosemary
1/4 to 1/2 t garlic powder
dash of salt

Mix together and spread over pizza!

Whole Wheat Pizza Crust

Serving Size: One tasty large pizza

1c Water
1t. sugar
2T. oil
1 package of dry yeast
2 1/2 c whole wheat flour
1/2 t. salt

Put water, sugar, oil, in sauce pan: heat on medium heat until water is hot to the touch and sugar is dissolved. Do NOT OVER HEAT! or as we all know it will kill the yeast. Because I am scared of this, I always just microwave these things in my glass measuring cup.

In a separate bowl add 1 1/2 c flour, salt, and yeast. Pour water mixture into dry ingredient and mix together well. Then slowly add the remaining flour until a stiff dough forms.

Kneed for about 1 min.

Let rest for 10 min.

Turn oven on to 425

Lightly kneed dough into a circle, place on pizza pan and bake for 10 min without any topping!!!

Take out of oven
Top with toppings
Bake for 12 more min!

This recipe is tasty with 1/2 white and 1/2 wheat or just wheat
It doubles well! I always make 2, because I love pizza!

my final square yea - it looks much better in real life! I got it done!

Sorry these are really bad pictures, but this is what my corner looks like.

This is the outside corner of the bag.

E Z Bread Pictures

I made Melissa's EZ Bread and turns out that it is E Z, and it is no fail!! I didn't have powder milk on hand, so I just used 2 cups warm water and 2 cups warm milk. I also made mine 1/2 wheat and 1/2 white. AND.. I added a little ground barley to the bread to give it a little more nutrition. It turned out WONDERFUL!

Then I decided to make a little cinnamon roll with what was left over. I've picked up on a little secret to making cinnamon rolls and thought I would share it. Somewhere in the baking process my cinnamon rolls start to loose their insides. I always load on the cinnamon and brown sugar, but when I go to eat them most of it has gushed out. A family in my ward showed me this little trick and it works amazingly. Plus, it is a little easier as well. All you have to do is take your roll and turn it into a circle. It keeps all the insides in and makes a beautiful ring of yummy cinnamon. This picture doesn't really do it justice. In fact, I almost didn't post it because I knew it looked bad, but I wanted to share the trick. So give it a try, I promise you'll like it.

corn fingers and banana bread

Just a few of the tasty treats we have made.

Busy day soup - just because for mom by melissa

1 can bean with bacon soup

1 can vegetable soup

1 can tomato sauce

chili powder to taste

I posted this just for fun. I don't know how many time we made this growing up.

Burrito Enchilada Style By melissa

1 pound hamburger browned

1 16 oz. can refried beans

1 8 oz. can tomato sauce

Stir together in pan season to taste with taco seasoning

fill middle of 6-7 tortillas and roll up. place in 9x13 pan

Sauce

1 can cream of mushroom soup

1/ to 3/4 cup sour cream

1 can diced green chilies

Mix together and pour on top of filled tortillas grate cheese on top and bake 350 for 20 min. or until heated through.

This is a staple at our house we loovve it!

Tip- mix sauce and pour some in the bottom of the pan before you put your tortillas in. This will prevent sticking.

BANANA APPLESAUCE BREAD by melissa

4 banana's

1 Tb. brown sugar

1/2 cup sugar

Puree banana's add sugar and let stand 10 min.

in separate bowl

2 cups flour

1 tsp. soda {Short tsp.}

1 Tb baking powder - yes Tb but I make a short Tb

1 tsp. cinn

a pinch of ginger

1 tsp. salt

After bananas and sugar have rested add 1/2 cup applesauce and 2 eggs mix well

I also add 1 tsp vanilla and 1/4 cup oil but this is optional

Then mix everything together and bake in loaf pans at 350 for 25-50 min. depending on loaf size I make 8 very mini loaves and 1 small loaf about 2-3 regular loaves. YUMMY

I also add chocolate chips We highly recommend chocolate chips its delicious!!

let us know what you think the texture of this bread is like eating a cloud but I wonder if it would be better if you cut the baking powder in 1/2 if the flavor would be even better let me know what you think.

Jello Pudding Cake by Sara for Mom

2 eggs
2 cups milk
1 tsp vanilla
1 scant TBS veg. oil
1 yellow cake mix
1 mall chocolate pudding

mix well and bake at 350 degrees for 45-60 min.
for cupcakes bake at 350 for 19-24 min. makes 24

Icing
2/3 c brown sugar
1TBLS cream
1/3c butter
1/2 c coconut

stir together and spread on cake then broil until coconut is a little crisp.

Pretzel Salad

CRUST:
2 cups pretzels, crushed
3/4 cup melted butter (I use unsalted)
3 T sugar

Mix crust ingredients together and spread in a 13x9 baking pan. Bake at 350 for 10 minutes. Cool.

Filling:

8 oz cream cheese, softened
1 c sugar
8 oz frozen whipped topping, thawed

Combine filling ingredients and spread evenly over crust.

Topping:

2 3oz pkgs of strawberry gelatin
2 cups boiling water
2pkg frozen strawberries

Dissolve gelatin in boiling water. Drain juice from strawberries and mix with gelatin mixture. Add strawberries and allow to firm slightly before spreading over filling. Then chill until completely firm. Enjoy! Andrea

To my Talented Chefette sisters!

Melissa, kudos to you for your yummy yummy speady lazagna! The results are awesome! Talk about a lot of bang for the time in-put!

Sara, Yummeroo on that terrific Stawberry Salad and Poppy seed dressing. It was a hit!!! So fun to make a homemade lighter, dressing,

I also made Melissa's Meat balls. They are sooo good! I never broil things often, and that is a super fast way to get those meatballs ready. I used my "cookiee dough" ice cream scoop to get the meat balls on the pan in a hurry. (crazy college student)

Ya'll are wonderful cooks. Shopping is so fun now. I just go on the blog, print, cross out what I have at home and hit the store!

REQUEST: More dinner ideas! We have a yummy week ahead again with new recipes! Thanks again!

Love, Andi

PS I have taken pics of my darling family eating these vitils. When I graduate, I will post like mad!!!!

E-Z bread by Melissa

5 cups flour

3/4 cup powered milk (or whatever amount your powdered milk takes to make 1 quart)

2 tsp salt

1/3 cup + 1 Tbs sugar

3 Tbs yeast

mix together well and set aside

Then in bowl of mixer - mix..

1 cube melted butter (or 1/2 cup oil whatever you prefer I have tried both and can't tell a difference and I think the oil is healthier.)

4 cups water (good and warm but not hot)

Then add your flour mixture

then add one egg (if you add the egg with the water it will start to cook and you don't want that.)

Then add 4-5 more cups of flour dough will be a little sticky. let the mixer run for 5 min To knead the dough. Then let rest in mixer for 10 min. This replaces the 1st rise. Then shape into loaves, rolls, cinn rolls whatever. and let it rise then bake 350 for 25 ish min. or until done

Makes about 5 loaves

Thats it then enjoy!!!

Variation - use honey instead of sugar

A tasty and easy dinner/breakfast with this dough is My breakfast rolls (we love them) roll dough out in a long rectangle then beat about 5 eggs together and dump it on the dough, then cover with frozen hash brown and grated cheese top with salt and pepper (very important) roll up like a cinn. roll cut and put on pan (same as cinn. rolls) let rise then bake 350 for 25 ish min. these freeze great if you have extra. Can add onion, sausage, parsley whatever for more flavor.

Minestrone

Prep: 15min * Cook 10 min * Serves 8

3 beef bullion cubes

3 cups of water

1 can of red kidney beans, rinsed and drained

1 can of garbanzo beans (chickpeas), rinsed and drained

1 (14.5 ish oz) can stewed tomatoes

1 can of V-8 juice (11 ish oz)

1 6 oz can of tomato paste

1 teaspoon Italian seasoning

1 1/2 cups loose-pack frozen mixed vegetables

2 cups cooked pasta (aka macaroni, medium sells or twisty noodles)

Cook noodles.

Drain and set aside

Put everything else in the pot and get it started.

Add noodles back into the pot.

Cook for 10 min or until all hot and bubbly.

Serve with Parmesan or other grated cheese.

Sometimes serve with corn muffins or garlic cheese bread.

But above all enjoy!

Too be added as and Author

If you would like to be added as an author so you recipes automatically have your name on them you can do 1 of 2 things.
1) click on the settings tab.
click on the permissions tab
then click on the add another author button
put in your e-mail address. the part I don't know is if you will need to register your e-mail.
then in a little while go to your e-mail and accept the invite.
Then go back to the settings tab and then the the permissions tab and by where your e-mail sits click on the little words to the right that say something like "give admin permission"

OR
2) in the comment sections to this post type your e-mail OR send me an e-mail with your address and I will do the rest.

OR
3) call dan's phone and I will talk you through the process.

Amy's Punch

My awesome friend Amy Meeker is her own chef! She loves to cook. This recipe is hers and it is sooooo good! Enjoy! Andrea

1 bag of thawed strawberries pureed in a blender
48 oz pineapple juice
1 can frozen orange juice concentrate (bigger)2 Frozen lemonade juice concentrate (smaller)
1/2 cup sugar dissolved in hot water

Freeze in tupperware. Deforost to sluch. Put it in a punch bowl and pour chilled 7 up over it (2 Liters of 7 Up)

Thanks for The Yummy Recipes

Now this is one amazing blog! Kudos to the authors! I am totally impressed!

Meliss - Thanks for putting mom's recipes on too. I miss those corn fingers and haven't had them in years!

Are you ladies still up for the Festival of Trees Booth? I am seriosly wanting to sew for it!

Andi

So I know I am a little blog happy, I do think it will slow down once I have all the little details figured out. Anyway, I figured out how to add more authors to the blog so we won't have to put our names by the recipes. If you notice down at the bottom of this post it will say willcox family and not Happy Cooking. If you want your post to have your name automatically appear let me know and I will invite you as an author. Then using your own e-mail account you can log on and become and Author. OR if everyone is happy with the way it is set up now, then ignore this post and keep on type'n in recipes. HAPPY BLOGGING

Dinner Idea By: Sara

Last night for dinner I thought I would make chicken tacos, but I only had one chicken breast. So I started playing around and came up with super duper tasty taco/fajitas. I put a little oil in a pan to cook my chicken, while it was cooking I threw in one clove of garlic, 1/4 of an onion, a yellow pepper (because I had it laying around in the fridge, but any type of pepper would be good), and I cup of some carrots really small to add some extra vegetables for nutrition, but not to change the flavor. When the chicken was done I took it out and cut it up into small pieces, and I added some black beans. At this point my creation tasted like fajitas. I was going for tacos so I added some pinto beans, and then taco seasoning and a little water. I let it simmer and to tell you the truth they ended up being some of the best tacos I have ever eaten. Plus, they weren't to hard to make.
In case you wanted to try it I changed the ingredients to light purple to help you fish them out.

Hello

Christmas Morning French Toast By: Melissa for Mom

8-10 slices day old french bread in inch thick
5 Tb. melted butter
4 eggs
2 egg yolks
3 cups milk
1 cup heavy whipping cream
1/2 cup sugar
1 Tb. vanilla extract
1/4 tsp. ground nutmeg
brush both sides of bread with butter, place in a greased 9x13 pan.  In a large bowl beat eggs and yolks. add milk, cream, sugar, vanilla and nutmeg, mix well. pour over bread cover and chill overnight. remove from fridge 30 min. before baking.  Bake uncovered at 350 for 55-60 min. or until a knife inserted near the center comes out clean. cool 10 min. before serving.  After typing this recipe it is a wonder I can eat the whole pan. can we say whipped up fat and bread the only day to eat this is christmas because calories never count on christmas.

Spanish Rice by: Sara

2 cups of water 1 cup of long grain brown rice
*Or the recipe on the back of your rice bag - 1/2 cup of water
1 can of diced tomatoes in garlic
1/4th of an onion diced
one chicken bouillon cube
pinch of oregano

Bring water to a boil add in all the ingredients and simmer for 40 min. or as long as your rice bag says.
Taste like the real thing, very tasty!

Meatballs by Melissa

2 eggs
1/2 cup milk
1/2 med onion diced
2 slices of bread
1 pound of hamburger
1 can cream of mushroom or chicken soup
Put eggs, milk, onion in blender and blend well pour over  diced bread slices and mix well add hamburger salt and pepper form meatballs and fry or broil them.  Put in casserole dish and cover with soup that has been thinned to desired consistency with milk and server over cooked noodles, rice, or mashed potatoes.

New Lasagna better than the "old stuff" by Melissa

1 bag 8 oz twisty noodles (I think the egg noodles)
1 cup sour cream
4 oz. cream cheese
mix and pour over noodles then add
1 pound hamburger cooked
1 can spaghetti sauce
1 8 oz can tomato sauce
1/2 tsp. salt
Top with grated cheese and foil and bake 350 for 20-30 min.
I think we can all see why this is so delightful 1 cup sour cram and cream cheese together Oh the    "cheezy-ness"

Corn Fingers or shall we say "corn dodgers" Posted by Melissa for Mom

Melt 1/4 cup butter in 9x13 pan (I'm sure I cut this in half when I make it)
Then mix....
2 cups + 2 TB flour
3 tsp. baking powder
2 tsp. sugar
stir super well then add...
1 can cream style corn
1/4 cup milk
mix until blended pour into the 9x13 pan - pat into 1/2 inch "finger" roll over to coat in butter and bake at 375 for 20-25 min. or until lightly brown.

Gypsy Soup

Mary made this at Christmas time and it was amazing! I have only made it once and it was good as well. I would suggest adding a 1 more cup of water and maybe skipping the cayenne and add a few more vegetables. When I made it I added carrots along with the sweet potatoes.

3 T olive oil
2 C chopped onion
2 cloves chopped garlic
2 C sweet potatoes (2 big or 3 small) - Chopped &Peeled
1/2 c chopped fresh tomatoes
3/4 c chopped sweet peppers (or just one whole green pepper)
1 can of chickpeas
3 cups water
One chicken bullion
2tsp paprika
1tsp basil
1 tsp salt
dash cinnamon
dash of cayenne (or leave out)
1 bay leaf
1T soy sauce

In a soup pot, saute onions, garlic, celery, and sweet potatoes in oil for 5 min.
Add seasonings, bullion cube and water.
Simmer, covered for 15min.
Add remaining vegetables, chickpeas, and soy sauce.
Simmer for 10 more min or until all vegetables are tender.

NOTE: The vegetables used in this soup are flexible.
Any orange vegetable can be combine with green... for example, peas or green beans can replace the pepper. Carrots or squash can replace sweet potatoes.
OR any thing can be in addition to.

Chicken Tortillia Soup By: Sara

This looks hard but it really isn't that bad!

1 onion chopped

3 cloves garlic minced

1 T olive oil

2 tsp chili powder

1 tsp dried cumin

1 (28 oz) can crushed tomatoes

1 (10.5 oz) can chicken broth ( I use bullion cubes)

1 1/4 c water

1 can whole corn kernels, cooked

1 can white hominy

1 (4 oz) can chopped green chile peppers

1 (15 oz) can black beans, rinsed and drained

1/4 c fresh cilantro

2 boneless chicken breast cooked and cut into pieces (I just buy the rotisserie chicken for added flavor)

Directions:

In a medium stock pot, heat oil over medium heat. Saute onion and garlic in oil until soft . Stir in chili powder, oregano, tomatoes, broth, and water. Bring to a boil, and simmer for 5-10 minutes

Stir in corn, hominy, chiles, beans, cilantro, adn chicken. simmer for 10 min.

**Heres the Deal: I don't do any of the Saute part. It takes too long and seems too complicated for me. I just dump it all into the pot and boil it until it looks done. You know heated all the way through with soft onions. Way easier and just as tasty!

Serve soup with

sliced avocado

Shredded Monterrey Jack Cheese

chopped green onions

Cheese Cake Triangles by Sara

Crust
2 cups Gram Cracker Crumbs
1/3 Cup Sugar
1/2 Cup Butter

Mix in Gram Crackers and Sugar in the bottom of a 13 X 9 dish. Add in melted butter to form a Gram Cracker Crust.

Filling
2 packages of cream cheese (soften)
1 c of sugar
1/4 c flour
1 1/2 c evaporated milk (12 ounces)
2 eggs
1 T vanilla
1 C (6 oz) semi-sweet chocolate
* or 1/2 c milk chocolate and 1/2 coup semi sweet chocolate chips

Beat together cream cheese, sugar, and flour until smooth. Then beat in evaporated milk, eggs, and vanilla
Melt chocolate in the microwave or stove top then add in one cup of the cream cheese filling into the chocolate and mix together well.
Pour the rest of the cream cheese filling over the crust. Then pour the chocolate mixture on top and swirl with a spoon
Bake in the oven at 325 for 40-45 min. or until set. Let cool and chill in the frigerator until firm

P.S. I don't always chill and they turn out anyway.

Amazing Strawberry Spinach Salad with Lemon poppy seed dressing by: Sara

Dressing:1 lemon
2 T white wine vinegar
1/3 c sugar
1 T vegetable oil
1 tsp poppy seeds

Salad:
1/4 c sliced natural almonds, toasted
8 ounces (1.5 c) strawberries
1/2 medium cucumber, sliced and cut in half
1/4 small red onion, sliced into thin wedges
1 package (6 ounces) baby spinach

1. For dressing, Zest lemon and add 2 T lemon juice. combine zest, juice, vinegar, sugar, oil and poppy seeds in small Batter Bowl. Whisk until well blended. Cover, refrigerate until ready to use.


2. Preheat oven to 350. Spread almonds in single layer over bottom of a pan. Bake 10-12 minutes or until lightly toasted. Remove from oven, cool almonds in pan.


3. Hull strawberries into quarters. Score cucumber lengthwise and cut cucumbers in small pieces. slice onion into small wedges


4. Place spinach in large serving bowl. add strawberries, cucumber and onion. Whisk dressing, pour over salad, gently tossing to coat. Sprinkle with almonds.

Highly suggest to serve if you want to impress ladies!

Rockin' Moroccan Pita by: Sara

1 T ground cumin
1 tsp chili powder
1 bl chicken breast cut into 1 inch cubes
4 T olive oil
1/4 c lemon juice
2 cans Bush's Garbanzo Beans, rinsed and drained
3 green onions, thinly sliced
1 red bell pepper, diced
1/4 c chopped parsley
6 pita pockets
Plain Yogurt

Combine cumin and chili powder in a plastic bag. Add chicken and shake to coat. Heat 1 T oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add chicken, cook 5 min. or until chicken is no longer pink. stirring frequently. Take off heat, set aside to cool.
Combine remaining ingredients except pita pockets, mixing well. Stir in chicken. cut top off pitas to open. fill pitas with mixture and top with yogurt.

Here is how I make them: I make mine without chicken and just add another can of garbanzo beans or Hominy. Because I don't like to cook meat every night and this meal is tasty and filling without the chicken. Faster to cook without the chicken as well.

Anyway, I put a little oil in the pan and get the red/yellow pepper and onion going so they get soft. Then I add the Garbanzo beans, the cumin and the chili powder. I get everything nice and warm.

Then in a separate bowl I put a little plain yogurt, I squeeze a slice or 2 of fresh lemon and sprinkle a little parsley. I don't follow the above amounts because I just make enough to top the pitas with the yogurt.

Warm the pitas, put in the filling, top with cheese, then yogurt and sometimes just a little extra lemon. They are the new taco! WAY TASTY!
Call if you still have questions.

Rice Pudding

2 cups minute rice or 1 cup regular

Mix together over low heat
3 1/2 c milk
1 c sugar

Beat together separate
3 eggs
1/2 c milk
2 T rounded corn start ch

Add all to milk and boil over medium heat for 1 minute.
Take off of heat and add:
1 tsp vanilla
1/4 lemon extract
Cinnamon to taste

I think this could be moved, but I don't know where to put it.

Whole Wheat Muffins By:Sara

Mix in a blender:
2 c. milk
1 c. oil
1 c. brown sugar
2 eggs
2 tsp vanilla
2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt

ADD liquid mixture to:
4 cups whole wheat. Put batter into muffin tins. Bake at 350 for 15-20 minutes

Elmo's Yogurt Chocolate Cake by: Sara

Preperation 20 min * Baking time: 25 min * Makes one 8 inch layer cake

Ingredients

2 eggs

1.5 cups sugar

1 cup low fat plain yogurt

1/2 cup applesauce

1/3 cup vegetable oil

1 teaspoon vanilla

1.5 cups all-purpose flour

1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder

1 1/4 tsp baking soda

Steps

Preheat oven to 350

Lightly grease and flour 2 8 inch round cake pans.

In large bowl, stir together sugar, yogurt, applesause,oil,eggs, and vanilla until smooth.

Sift in the flour, cocoa powder, and baking soda. Stir until smooth and well-blended.

Divide batter.

Bake the cakes about 25 minuets. Cool on racks

meanwhile prepare frosting.

Frosting

1/2 cup butter

1/3 cup milk chocolate chips

1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder

2 tsp vanilla

2 cups powders sugar

2 TBS lowfat plain yogurt

Melt butter and chocolate over low heat, stirring until smooth and blended.

MOVE to BOWL. Add in cocoa powder and vanilla.

Stir in 1 cup of powder sugar and the yogurt. Stir in the remaining surgar until the frosting is smooth and spreadable.

I don't like cake too much and 2 seperate pans seems like a lot of work so I just make cupcakes.

For a little healthier cake use brown sugar instead of white. Because brown is sweeter you don't need as much.

Happy cake making.

The begining of the blog

Today was a momentous day in the Shewey Blogging world! Here is a picture of our recipe books beginnings!

I have been thinking that we should have a general family section to post little chats if we wanted! So that is what this is!

AND I think we need to somewhere put our names by the recipes that we post. This way I will know who to call when I did something wrong!

Betty Crocker's Banana bread low fat

1 1/4 cups sugar
1/2 cup butter or stick margarine, softened
2 large eggs
1 1/2 cup mashed very ripe bananas abt. 3 medium
1/2 cup buttermilk
1 tsp. vanilla
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp. salt
nuts if you want

Heat oven to 350 degrees.

Grease bottoms only of two loaf pans with shortening. Mix sugar and butter in bowl stir in eggs until well blended. stir in bananas, buttermilk, and vanilla; beat until smooth. stir in flour, baking soda and salt just until moistened. Stir in nuts. Divide batter evenly between pans.

Bake about 1 to 1 hr and 15 min. Cool on rack ten minutes. Loosen sides, remove from pans and place top side up on wire rack. Cool completely about 2 hours before slicing. Wrap tightly and store at room temp up to 4 days, fridge up to 10 days.

* The ticket is to not over mix the batter

The BEST Sheet Cake ever

2 c sugar
1t soda
2 c flour
1t salt
2 sticks butter
1/4 c cocoa
1 cup water
1/2 cup buttermilk
2 eggs
1 t vanilla

Sift sugar, soda, flour and salt in bowl. Melt butter, cocoa and water. Bring to a rapid boil, then pour over dry ingredients. Add buttermilk, eggs, and vanilla. Bake on large jelly roll pan (cookie sheet with edge) at 350 degrees for fifteen to twenty minutes.

ICING:
melt 1 stick butter and add 1/4 cup cocoa, 1/3 cup milk. Bring to a boil and add 3 1/2 cups (1 pkg) powdered sugar and 1 t vanilla. Spread on hot cake.

Pulled Pork

3 to 4 lb. pork roast of pork loin

Sauce:
3/4 to 2 cups brown sugar (for sweetness)
1/2 cup soy sauce
1/2 cup ketsup
1/4 cup honey
2 Tbsp. vinegar
3 cloves garlic, minced
1/4 tsp ginger, dry
1 tsp salt

Slice onion and place on bottom of crock pot. Add roast. Mix sauce ingredients and pour over roast. Cook according to crock pot instructions ( it's yummy to cook it for 2 to 3 hours on HIGH, then 4 hours on LOW.) Shred pork and leave in pot for last hour of cooking.

If making burritos, warm tortillas and add pork, Mexican rice, black beans, shredded cheese and shredded lettuce. It can also be served over rice.

* I like it sweet ;) probably 1 1/2 cups of brown sugar for 4lb roast

cafe rio rice YUM

6 cups water

1 can green chilies

4 tsp. chicken buillon

4 tsp. garlic minced

1/2 bunch cilantro

3/4 tsp. salt

1 TB butter

1/2 onion

3 cups rice

blend cilantro, green chilies, and onion together in food processor. bring water to a boil and add all ingredients simmer covered 30 min.

cafe rio dressing

1 buttermilk ranch dressing packet make as per recipe

2 tomatillos (tomato like veggie with husk on it)

1/2 bunch cilantro

1 clove garlic

juice of 1 lime

1 jalapeno (don't use seeds unless you want to fry off your taste budds)

blend dressing in a food processor or blender then refrigerate.

Andi's Own Turkey

17.5 lb Turkey
8 Tbs. unsalted butter (room temperature)
1-2 tsp fresh rosemary chopped
2 tsp. fresh thyme
1 tsp. rubbed sage (dry)
1 Tbsp. fresh parsley chopped

Whip butter with a fork. Add herbs. Wash Turkey and place in pan. Separate the skin from the meat by sliding your fingers under the skin. Then slide half of the butter mixture between skin and meat. Rub the other half on the outside of the turkey. Refrigerate over night. In the morning, stuff the cavity with 1-2 onions (quartered), 1 head of garlic split in half, 2 bay leaves, and 1 sprig of rosemary, 3 sprigs of thyme, 1-2 sprigs of parsley and a little rubbed sage. Use Kosher salt and pepper to salt the inside cavity, and the outside of the turkey.

Bake 3 1/2 hours on 340 degrees

sweet pork

4 pound pork roast

2- 15 ounce cans tomato sauce

1 can coke

1 garlic clove diced

1/4 cup cilantro minced

cook in crock pot for 6 hour cover roast 1/2 way with water. Then shred meet add above ingredients and cook for 3 more hours yum.

CHICKEN STIR FRY by melissa

2-3 chicken breasts, fry in 1 TB. oil

then add...

1 cup chicken broth

2 Tbs corn starch

3 Tbs soy sauce or teriyaki

1 pkg. frozen stir fry veggies

simmer until done and serve over rice

Buttermilk Dressing by melissa

1 cup buttermilk

1/4 tsp. parsley

1/4 tsp. onion salt

1/4 tsp. pepper

1 cup mayonnaise

1/4 tsp. garlic salt

1/4 tsp. dried or fresh onion

mix together for the best ranch you have ever tasted

MELISSA'S VERY OWN MUFFIN RECIPE - DELICIOUS

1 3/4 cup flour

1/3 cup sugar

1 1/2 tsp. baking powder

1/2 tsp. salt

1/4 cup water

60z. any yogurt

1/4 cup oil

1 egg

Mix dry, and wet ingredients separately then combine put in muffin pan and bake 400 for 18 min. Tasty combos lemon yogurt and frozen blueberries, plain yogurt and chocolate chips, and raspberry yogurt and chocolate chips tasty

tasty tasty.

Abby Cadabby's Pumpkin Muffins By: Sara

Preparation time:10min. * Baking time:25min * Makes 12 servings

Ingredients

1.5 cups flour

2 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp cinnamon

1/4 tsp ground ginger

1 egg

2/3 cup light brown sugar

1/4 cup vegetable oil

1/2 cup canned pumpking

1/2 cup lowfat plain Yougart

Optional:

1 cup Oatmeal

1/2 cup raisins

Steps

1) Preheat oven to 350
Prepare muffin cups
2) In a small bowl, stir together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, salt, and ginger. Set aside
3) In a large bowl use a fork to stir together sugar, oil, eggs, pumpkin, and yogurt.
4) Stir in the flour mixture just until blended

5)Gently stir in the oatmeal and the raisins, if using, just until incorporated
6) Bake the muffins about 25 minutes. Store in a covered container for up to 3 days.

Abby's Health tip:

Pumpkins, and other orange fruits and vegetables, make your eyes and heart stronger!