Recipes?

If any of you have recipes I WOULD LOVE to receive them. Please leave the recipe on the comment and then I can add it to the blog and enjoy new food with my family! I hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving and if any of you have great recipes for Thanksgiving or Christmas I would love that too!

Sweet and Sour Sauce

Trevor made this and it was amazing, he found the recipe online.

· 1/3 cup white or rice vinegar (Note: rice vinegar gives better results)

· 4 tablespoons brown sugar

· 1 tablespoon ketchup

· 1 teaspoon soy sauce

· 2 teaspoons cornstarch mixed with 4 teaspoons water

Mix the vinegar, brown sugar, ketchup, and soy sauce together and bring to a boil in a small pot. Mix together the cornstarch and water, add to the other ingredients and stir to thicken.

(If desired, you can add 1 green pepper, cut into chunks, and pineapple chunks as desired after adding the cornstarch. For a thicker sauce, increase the cornstarch to 4 teaspoons while keeping the water constant.)

Banana Bread

Ingredients

· 1/2 cup butter, melted

· 1 cup white sugar

· 2 eggs

· 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

· 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

· 1 teaspoon baking soda

· 1/2 teaspoon salt

· 1/2 cup sour cream

· 1/2 cup chopped walnuts

· 2 medium bananas, sliced

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x5 inch loaf pan.

2. In a large bowl, stir together the melted butter and sugar. Add the eggs and vanilla, mix well. Combine the flour, baking soda and salt, stir into the butter mixture until smooth. Finally, fold in the sour cream, walnuts and bananas. Spread evenly into the prepared pan.

3. Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 60 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the loaf comes out clean. Cool loaf in the pan for 10 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.

I found this on the internet also I made it and it is delicious!

Orange Julius

• 1 (6 ounce) can frozen orange juice concentrate
• 1 cup milk
• 1 cup water
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 12 cubes ice

Directions

1. In a blender, combine orange juice concentrate, milk, water, sugar and vanilla. Add ice cubes and blend until smooth. Pour into glasses and serve.

Found this online LOVE IT!

Taco Seasoning

1/4 cup chili powder

1 1/2 tsp onion powder

1 1/2 tsp garlic powder

1 1/2 tsp cumin

1 1/2 oregano

1/2 tsp paprika

1 tsp salt

1 tsp pepper

Mix all ingredients and store in an airtight container.

Haven't tried it yet but looks good and I am sure it will save me a lot of money:)

Strawberry Jam

8 cups small strawberries

4 cups sugar

juice of 2 lemons (6 Tablespoons of lemon squeeze)

1. Layer strawberries and sugar in a large bowl. (Make sure not to mix it just layer one after another you should layer it probably three to four times). Cover and leave overnight. (NOT in the fridge)

2. The next day, scrape the strawberries and their juice into a large, heavy pan. Add the lemon juice. Gradually bring to a boil over low heat, stirring until the sugar has dissolved. (Yes it said low heat it took FOREVER for my strawberries to get to boil it will take prob 30 min to get to that point this is where my patience got a little thin).

3. Boil steadily for 10-15 minutes, or until the jam registers 220 degrees Fahrenheit on a sugar thermometer. (I suggest to use the thermometer because it took a lot longer for my jam to get to 220 it took about another 10-15 min.)

4. Alternately test for setting by spooning a small amount of jam onto a chilled saucer. Chill for 3 minutes, then push the jam with your finger; if wrinkles form on the surface, it is ready. Cool for 10 minutes.

5. Pour the strawberry jam into warm sterilized jars, filling them right to the top. Cover and seal while the jam is still hot and label when the jars are cool. Serve with whatever you like. This jam can be stored in a cool dark place and should keep for up to one year.

Waffles

1 cup flour
2 tsp baking powder
2 Tbsp sugar or Splenda
1 tsp salt

1 egg
3/4 cup milk
1/4 cup applesauce (unsweetened)
1 tsp vanilla

Cooking spray

Mix all dry ingredients. In another bowl mix all wet ingredients. Pour the wet ingredients in with dry ingredients. Mix until all is well incorporated with the whisk.

Ladle into the waffle iron that has been sprayed with cooking spray and cook until golden brown.

Makes 3 large waffles

Victoria's Six Minute Magic Bread

Victoria is such a wonderful cook! Everything tastes soooo yummy! You should check out her blog anyhow here is her bread recipe and it so good.

Put the following into the bowl of your Kitchenaid or Bosch mixer, in this order:

1/2 cup sugar or honey (either works fine)

2 teaspoons salt

3 cups hot water from the tap

1 cup canola oil (or butter–if it is cold, cut it up first)

4 cups whole wheat flour (from about 2 cups whole wheat)

5-6 cups white flour (reserve a cup for kneading)

2 level tablespoons active dry yeast

Mix all ingredients in your mixer using the dough hook attachment for six minutes. (Setting 2 on a Kitchenaid) Meanwhile, warm your oven slightly 250 degrees(I turn mine on for exactly 2 minutes). Check your dough. It should be pulling away from the sides of the bowl. If it is too sticky, add a little flour, until it comes to the right consistency. Don’t make it too stiff, or your bread will be dry.

Butter a large bowl. Turn dough into the buttered bowl, and then turn it over to coat both sides in butter. Cover with a kitchen towel and place in your warm oven (make sure the oven is turned off, and that it is not too hot... you don’t want to kill the yeast). Set the timer for one hour and twenty minutes.

After one hour and ten minutes, form the dough into three loaves and place in lightly buttered loaf pans. The way I like to form my loaves is to press them with my hands into a rectangle that is the width of the long end of the bread pan (about 9 inches) and about twice that long. Then I roll the rectangle up, making sure to leave no air pockets (which turn into holes in your bread), and placing the roll in the pan seam-side down. This makes really beautiful round-top bread.

Place the loaves back in the warm oven and cover them with the towel again. Set the timer for 25-30 minutes. After 30 minutes, take the towel off. The loaves should be rounded about an inch above the top of the loaf pans. If they are not, give them another five minutes. Then turn on the oven to 350 degrees (you don’t need to preheat). Set the timer for 30 minutes again. After 30 minutes, remove the bread from the oven, and immediately turn the loaves out of the pans and place upright on a rack to cool completely. Any loaves that you don’t eat immediately hot from the oven with butter and honey, you can place in plastic bags, but only when they are completely cool.

To make white bread, rather than wheat, just use white flour in place of the wheat. You might reduce the second rise time to about 22-25 minutes, as the white loaves tend to rise a little faster. You may also use just a pinch less yeast for white loaves.

Recipe: www.vixlove.blogspot.com

Pancakes 1 pt

· 3/4 cup whole wheat flour

· 1/3 cup unsweetened applesauce

· 1/2 tablespoon baking powder

· 1/2 cup fat-free buttermilk or 1/2 cup skim milk, with 1/2 tsp lemon juice mixed in

· 1 egg white, lightly beaten

· 1/2 tablespoon cinnamon

· 1 -1 1/2 teaspoon no-cal artificial sweetener

· Mix all ingredients until smooth.

· 2 Note: Batter will be kinda thick. If it is too thick for you, add a tablespoon of water at a time until desired consistency.

· 3 Heat a large skillet or griddle that has been sprayed with non-stick butter flavored cooking spray.

· 4 Spoon two good sized heaping tablespoon fulls of the batter into the skillet per pancake and spread out slightly. Let cook like a regular pancake and then flip, allowing to cook another minuet or so. Serve!

· 5 Dietary Info:.

· 6 Per pancake: 67 calories; 2 gm fiber; trace fat (1pt).

· 7 for three pancakes: 202 calories; 6 gm fiber, 1 gm fat (3pts).

2 point pancakes (weight watchers)

1 1/2 cups flour

1 1/2 tablespoons artificial sweetener

1 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

3/4 cup egg substitute

6 ounces non-fat vanilla yogurt

3/4 cup water

1 Turn heat to medium or 375 degrees.

2 In a large bowl, mix flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt; set aside.

3 In another bowl, beat egg subsitute, yogurt, and water with wire whisk.

4 Pour egg mixture all at once into flour mixture; stir just until moistened.

5 For each pancake, pour by 1/4 cupfuls onto hot griddle.

6 Cook pancakes 1-2 minutes or until bubbly on top. Turn and cook other sides for an additional 1-2 minutes.

7 Top with 1/4 cup sugar free syrup- worth 2 point.

Pico de Gallo

2 cups tomatoes, diced into 3/8 pieces

1/2 cup white onions

2 Tablespoons chopped cilantro

1 1/2 Tablespoons stemmed, seeded, and minced jalapeno

2 teaspoons freshly squeezed lime juice

1/2 teaspoon salt

Combine all ingredients and serve chilled

Teriyaki Sauce

1 cup soy sauce

1/3 cup vinegar

1/2 cup brown sugar

1/2 cup ketchup

2 Tbsp oil if lean meat

1/8-1/4 tsp ground ginger

You can use this to marinade or use it to cook with just combine all ingredients.

Pineapple Sauce for Ham

1/2 cup brown sugar

1 1/2 tsp cornstarch

1/2 tsp dry mustard

1 cup crushed pineapple

Mix and cook until thick, stirring constantly.

Honey Butter

1/2 cup butter

1/4 tsp vanilla

1 egg yolk

1/2 cup honey

Whip softened butter. Add vanilla and egg yolk. Add honey gradually while whipping. Makes 1 cup.

Cranberry Sauce

1 lb. cranberries

2 cups sugar

apples

Wash and sort cranberries. (no soft ones) core apples-don't peel

Grind apples and cranberries. Add sugar. Let set in fridge for approx 3 days. Stir twice per day.

Sweet and Sour Meatballs

1 lb. hamburger

1/2 cup dry bread crumbs

1/2 cup milk

2 Tbsp onion

1 tsp salt

1/2 tsp worcestershire sauce

1 egg

Sauce:

1/2 cup brown sugar

1 Tbsp cornstarch

1 can pineapple chunks, 1/3 cup vinegar

1 Tbsp soy sauce

1 small green pepper chopped

Mix ingredients. Shape into 20 1 1/2 inch balls

Cook over med heat for about 20 min or until all the way cooked. Remove meatballs and extra grease in the pan. Stir in the pineapple with syrup (in the can), vinegar and soy sauce. Heat to boiling, stirring constantly; reduce heat. Add meatballs. Cover and simmer 10 min. Stir in green pepper. Simmer 5 min.

Sunday Chicken and Rice

4 or 5 boneless chicken breasts

1 can cream of chicken soup

8 oz. sour cream

Preheat oven 300 degrees.

Mix can of soup and sour cream. Place chicken in 9-by-13 pan and cover with sauce. Cover with foil. Bake for 3 hours. Serve with rice.

Spicy Chicken Lettuce Wraps

1 lb. boneless chicken breasts

1 lb. package of Grren Giant Creat a meal Frozen Lo Mein Stir Fry meal starter

2 Tbsp purchased chili-garlic sauce

2 Tbsp soy sauce

3 Tbsp oil

2 garlic cloves, minced

1 Tbsp sugar

2 Tbsp peanut butter

2 Tbsp water

8 large leaves Bibb lettuce

1 1/2 cups grated carrots

1/3 cup chopped peanuts

1/4 cup finely chopped green onions

2 Tbsp fresh cilantro (optional)

Combine frozen sauce from pkg, chili garlic sauce and soy sauce. Mix well. In pan, combine chicken, 1/4 cup soy sauce mixture and 2 Tbsp oil. Cook 5-6 min. Remove chicken from pan. Heat remaining oil. Add 3 Tbsp soy sauce mixture, garlic and veggies and noodles. Cook 6-8 min. Add to remaining soy sauce mixture sugar, peanut butter, and water. Wrap ingredients in lettuce. Serve with Lettuce and Peanut Butter Sauce.

Pork Chops

Dip in egg or milk and bread crumbs.

Sear the pork chop with oil.

Put 1 tsp ketchup and 1 tsp brown sugar on each pork chop then place in 9-by-13 pan.

Add 1 cup water.

Bake for an hour 350 degrees

Chicken Enchiladas

Combine: 2 chickens boiled and diced, 1 lb cheese, 2 (4 oz.) cans diced green chilis

Put the mixture in 24 tortillas

Combine and pour over tortillas in 9-by-13 pan:

2 cans cream of chicken soup

1 pint half and half

1 cup chicken broth

1/2 lb. grated cheese

1/2 cup sour cream

Preheat 350 degrees and cook for 45 min.

Easy Chicken

1 cup rice (not minute rice)

1 pkg Lipton's dry onion soup mix

6 chicken breasts

1 can cream of chicken soup

1 can cream of mushroom soup

1 can water

Grease 9-by-13 pan. Cook 1 cup rice. Spread on bottom of pan. Sprinkle pkg onion soup mix over rice and place chicken in one layer over that. Mix together soups and water. Pour over chicken. Cover with foil. Bake at 325 degrees for 2 hours. Remove foil in last few min or so to brown the top.

Chicken Pot Pie

Blend: 1/3 cup melted butter and 1/3 cup flour

1/3 cup onion chopped

1/2 tsp salt

1/4 tsp pepper

Stir in 1 3/4 cup chicken broth and 2/3 cup milk.

Boil stirring constantly for one minute.

Remove from heat. Add 2 cups cooked chicken and 10 oz of frozen peas and carrots.

Place in prepared pie crust. Slits in top of crust.

Bake at 425 uncovered for 30-35 min. Cook in stone.

Chicken Cordon Bleu

3 lbs chicken breasts

6 oz sliced jack cheese

4 oz sliced broiled ham

3 Tbsp soft butter

1/2 lb. mushrooms sliced

salt

pepper

ground nutmeg

1/2 cup gingerale

chopped parsley

Pound chicken until 1/8 in thick

Evenly distribute cheese and ham on chicken. Fold chicken over ham and cheese. Secure with toothpick. Spread 2 Tbsp butter on chicken (both sides). Lightly sprinkle with salt, pepper, and nutmeg. Place large clear roasting bag in pan. Place chicken in a single layer in bag. Bake 20 min at 350 degrees. Spoon cheese and juice over chicken. Saute mushrooms in butter. Pour in remaining drippings from bag. Add gingerale. Cook over high heat until liquid is reduced to 1/2 cup. Pour over chicken. Top with parsley.

Chicken

3 lbs. chicken

1 tsp garlic salt

pepper

egg

flour

Sauce:

1/2 cup vinegar

3/4 cup sugar

1/2 cup chicken broth

3 1/2 Tbsp ketchup

1 Tbsp soy sauce

3-4 tsp cornstarch

Sprinkle chicken with garlic salt and pepper Let stand for one hour

Preheat oven 325 degrees Dip chicken in egg and a good amount of flour. Brown in hot oil about 5 min per side. Put in baking dish and cover with sauce Bake one hour at 325 degrees

Cheese Stuffed Pasta Shells

Cheese filling:

1 egg

1 cup ricotta cheese

1 Tbsp parmesan cheese

1/2 tsp minced garlic

1/2 tsp dried basil

1/2 tsp dried oregano

1/4 tsp pepper

1 cup pasta sauce

2 Tbsp grated parmesan cheese

Cook pasta one day ahead. Refrigerate. Beat egg, add cheese filling ingredients. Pour 1 cup pasta sauce in 7-by-11 baking pan. Fill pasta shells with 2 Tbsp filling. Arrange in pan, Drizzle remaining sauce over shells and sprinkle with cheese. Microwave on high 4 min or until shells are warm and sauce is bubbly.

"Mall Pretzels"

1 (.25 oz) pack dry yeast

2 Tbsp brown sugar

1 1/8 tsp salt

1 1/2 cup warm water

3 cups flour

1 cup bread flour

2 cups warm water

2 Tbsp baking soda

2 Tbsp melted butter

2 Tbsp kosher salt

1. In a large bowl dissolve yeast, brown sugar and salt in 1 1/2 cups warm water. Stir in flour. Knead on floured surface until smooth and elastic, about 8 minutes. Put it in a greased bowl and turn to coat the surface. Cover and let it rise for one hour.

2. Combine 2 cups water and baking soda in an 8 in square pan.

3. After dough rises, cut into 12 pieces. Roll each into a 3 fot rope, pencil thin or thinner. Twist into pretzel shape and dip into the baking soda solution. Place them on parchment covered cookie sheets and let them rise for 15-20 min.

4. Bake at 450 degrees for 8-10 min or until golden brown. Brush with melted butter and sprinkle kosher salt.

Note: First roll to equeal 1-2 ft long, let rest and do the others, then roll to the 3 ft to prevent breaking.