Thursday, December 9, 2010
Monkey Bread
Spinach and Potato Frittata
Ingredients
- 3 tablespoons and 1 teaspoon olive oil
- 10 small red potatoes, sliced
- 1-2/3 cups torn fresh spinach
- 3 tablespoons and 1 teaspoon sliced green onions
- 1-3/4 teaspoons crushed garlic
- salt and pepper to taste
- 10 eggs
- 1/2 cup and 1 tablespoon milk
- 3/4 cup and 1 tablespoon and 1 teaspoon shredded Cheddar cheese
Directions:
- Heat olive oil in a medium skillet over medium heat. Place potatoes in the skillet, cover, and cook about 10 minutes, until tender but firm. Mix in spinach, green onions, and garlic. Season with salt and pepper. Continue cooking 1 to 2 minutes, until spinach is wilted.
- In a medium bowl, beat together eggs and milk. Pour into the skillet over the vegetables. Sprinkle with Cheddar cheese. Reduce heat to low, cover, and cook 5 to 7 minutes, or until eggs are firm.
Cottage Cheese Pancakes
Directions
- Combine flour, butter, and eggs in a large bowl. Then fold in the cottage cheese.
- Heat a large skillet over medium heat, and coat with cooking spray or butter. Pour 1/3 cupfuls of batter onto the skillet, and cook until bubbles appear on the surface. Flip with a spatula, and cook until browned on the other side.
* You can add blueberries just after pouring the batter in the skillet. They are also good served with maple syrup or jelly on top.
Chai Waffles with Vanilla Whipped Cream
Makes 5 or 6 Belgian waffles
- 1 3/4 cups milk
- 7 chai tea bags
- 1 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 3/4 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon cardamom
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 eggs, divided
- 1/2 cup canola oil
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
Vanilla Whipped Cream:
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 1/4 cup confectioner’s sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- Confectioner’s sugar
1. Preheat your waffle iron, and grease it, if necessary.
2. In a small saucepan, bring the milk to a simmer over medium heat. Add the tea bags, and remove the pan from the heat. Let the tea steep for about 5 minutes. As you remove the tea bags, squeeze the milk out of each one back into the pan. Set aside to cool.
3. In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, cardamom and salt. Set aside.
4. In a medium bowl, whisk the egg yolks, oil, vanilla and chai-steeped milk. (Make sure the milk has cooled before you add it to the eggs.)
5. Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients, and add the wet ingredients, stirring just to combine. The batter should be slightly lumpy.
6. In a separate small bowl, using a whisk or hand mixer, beat the egg white until stiff peaks form. Gently fold the egg whites into the batter, being careful not to overmix. (You should still see some unmixed egg white in the batter.)
7. Pour the recommended amount of batter onto the preheated iron, according to the manufacturer’s instructions. Close the top, and cook until the waffle is golden brown and easy to remove. Keep waffles warm in a 200 degree F oven until ready to serve.
Banana Bread
Ingredients:
1 1/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup butter softened
2 eggs
1 1/3 cup mashed bananas (3 medium)
1/2 cup buttermilk
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
Method:
1. Preheat oven to 350. Brease bottoms only of two 8 x 4 inch loaf pans or one 9x 5 inch pan with shortening or spray with cooking spray.
2. In large bowl, stir sugar and butter until well mixed. Stir in eggs until well mixed. Stir in bananas, buttermilk and vanilla; beat with spoon until smooth. Stir in flour, baking soda and salt just until moistened. Divide batter evenly between 8 inch pans or pour into 9 inch pan.
3. Bake 8 inch loaves for 1 hour, 9 inch loaf about 1 hour and 15 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes in pans on wire rack.
4. Loosen sides of loaves from pans; remove from pans and place top side up on wire rack. Cool completely, about 2 hours, before slicing. Wrap tightly and store at room temperature up to 4 days, or refrigerate up to 10 days.
* Delicious with 1 cup fresh blueberries in batter*
Sausage Cheese Balls
Stuffed French Toast
Ingredients:
1 loaf Very thin white bread
8oz cream cheese softened
1 6oz container white chocolate strawberry yogurt (by Yoplait)
6oz frozen sliced strawberries defrosted or ¼ cup strawberry preserves
3 Tbsp brown sugar
2 Tbsp melted butter
8 eggs
¼ cup milk
Cinnamon
½ cup Sugar free syrup (you can use regular syrup if you want it sweet)
9x13 inch pan (keep next to the stove because you will add the cooked French toast to it)
Preheat oven to 350
Cut the bread in thin strips about ¼ inch wide, set aside in a bowl
Filling: cream yogurt & cream cheese & preserves (if using frozen strawberries fold them into the creamed mix with a spoon) Set aside.
In a separate bowl beat eggs, milk & desired about of cinnamon (make sure the bowl is big enough to add handfuls of the bread to coat.) You might need more egg mix; if you do I would do a half batch at a time.
Bacon Wrapped Potatoes
Baked Garlic Cheese Grits
Ingredients
- 6 cups chicken broth
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
- 2 cups regular grits
- 16 ounces Cheddar, cubed
- 1/2 cup milk
- 4 large eggs, beaten
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter
- 8 ounces grated sharp white Cheddar
Directions
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 4-quart casserole dish.
Bring the broth, salt, pepper, and garlic powder to a boil in a 2-quart saucepan. Stir in the grits and whisk until completely combined. Reduce the heat to low and simmer until the grits are thick, about 8 to 10 minutes. Add the cubed Cheddar and milk and stir. Gradually stir in the eggs and butter, stirring until all are combined. Pour the mixture into the prepared casserole dish. Sprinkle with the white Cheddar and bake for 35 to 40 minutes or until set.
Monday, November 8, 2010
Broccoli Cheese Casserole
chopped broccoli (about 12 oz. each - either amount works well)
16 oz. Velveeta cheese
1 stick butter
1 and a half stacks of Ritz crackers
Grease the inside of a 2 quart casserole dish; place broccoli in dish
and cook until hot and tender; drain the broccoli.
Slice chunks of velveeta block and mix all of the cheese into the hot
broccoli until melted, along with 1/2 stick of butter (microwave a bit
longer if necessary, to melt the cheese and butter).
In a separate bowl, melt the other 1/2 stick of butter in microwave;
crush the Ritz crackers (in a ziploc bag with a rolling pin works
well) and combine the melted butter to the Ritz crackers in the bowl;
mix well.
Sprinkle the Ritz mixture on top of the broccoli mixture and bake
uncovered at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.
Mac and Cheese
3 tablespoons flour
1 tsp garlic salt
1 tsp onion powder
3 cups fat free milk
2 cups shredded sharp cheddar cheese
1 1/2 cups shredded gruyere cheese
1/2 cup panko crumbs
cooking spray
salt and pepper to taste
Directions-
-cook macaroni according to box al dente directions. drain and put back into large pot.
-on medium heat melt butter then whisk in flour, then garlic salt and onion powder.
-on medium high, add in milk slowly while still whisking for one minute.
-turn off heat then slowly add 1 1/2 cups cheddar cheese and all the gruyere cheese into mixture while still whisking.
-once all cheese is melted, add mixture to macaroni salt and pepper to taster, then mix well in pot.
- pour macaroni into sprayed baking dish and spinkle remaining 1/2 cup cheddar cheese on top.
-spinkle panko crumbs on top then spray lightly with cooking spray.
-bake at 350 degrees for 30 mins.
Cranberry Sauce
- 1 pound fresh cranberries, washed and dried
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1/3 cup water
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
- 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1 orange, zested and juiced
Directions
In a medium pot, combine the cranberries, sugar and water. Stir to blend. Bring the mixture to a boil over medium heat. Reduce to a simmer and add the cinnamon stick, allspice and nutmeg. Stir to blend and simmer for an additional 5 to 7 minutes. Some of the cranberries will burst and some will remain whole. Add the orange juice and zest, stir and allow to cool before serving.
Cauliflower
A hand full of grated Parmesan Cheese.
A hand full of unseasoned bread crumbs.
2 tsp of garlic powder (more or less if desired)
Salt and pepper to taste
1/2 cup margarine/butter
Place thawed cauliflower in 9X13 pan. Melt butter. Pour on cauliflower and stir to coat. Combine dry ingredients in bowl. Sprinkle dry mixture over coated cauliflower. Stir to coat. Bake @ 350 for 25-35 minutes until Parmesan cheese browns slightly.
Pumpkin Cheesecake
1 1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs
5 Tbsp melted butter
1 Tbsp sugar
Filling
3-8oz packages cream cheese at room temp.
1 cup sugar
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup canned pumpkin
3 eggs
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp nutmeg
Whipped cream
Mix crust ingredients together just until coated and crumbly. Press into bottom and 2/3 up the sides of an 8in spring form pan. bake at 350degrees for 5 min. Set aside.
Combine cheese, sugar and vanilla in large bowl, mix until smooth with an electric mixer. Add pumpkin, eggs, and spices. Beat until smooth and creamy. Pour into crust and bake for 60-70 minutes or until the top turns darker. Remove from oven and allow to come to room temp. before refrigerating. Serve with whipped cream.
Broccoli Rice Casserole
Cranberry Salad
Cornbread and Sausage Stuffing
Aunt Olive's Salad
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Pumpkin Flan
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup white sugar
- 1 (14 ounce) can pumpkin pie filling
- 1 (12 ounce) can evaporated milk
- 1 (5 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
- 6 eggs
- 1/2 cup white sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon allspice
Directions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
- Melt 1/2 cup sugar in an aluminum loaf pan and heat over medium heat. Continue to cook until it caramelizes, being careful to not burn the sugar. Fill a large pot of water with about 1 inch of water and place over medium heat. Move the aluminum pan into the large pot and set into the water.
- Combine the pumpkin pie filling, evaporated milk, condensed milk, eggs, 1/2 cup sugar, vanilla, and allspice in a blender, blend until smooth. Pour the mixture into the loaf pan.
- Bake in preheated oven until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean, about 1 hour. Refrigerate for at least 3 hours, or overnight.
- Run a knife along the edge of the loaf pan to loosen the flan. Invert the pan onto a serving plate and tap to release the dessert.
Ringakaka
Sopapillas
1 package active dry yeast
1 1/2 cups warm water
1 tablespoon of butter, melted
1 tablespoon of sugar
4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
vegetable oil
sugar
cinnamon
honey
Method:
Mix the yeast with the warm water and let it sit for five minutes.
Combine the flour and salt.
Add the butter and sugar to the yeast/water mixture and then slowly add to the flour and salt.
Knead for two minutes, until dough is smooth and elastic.
Rise in a covered, greased bowl for one hour or until dough is doubled in size.
After dough has risen, punch it down, and on a floured surface, roll it out into a 1/4-inch thick rectangle.
Using a knife or pizza cutter, cut out 3 inch squares, and then cut squares on the diagonal into triangles.
Heat up three inches of oil in a big pot to 375 degrees.
Fry two triangles of dough at a time in the oil for one minute on each side. The dough should puff when it hits the oil.
Drain, and then sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar.
Serve hot with honey.
Makes about 18 sopapillas.
Reuben Sandwiches
1 pkg. (2 lbs.) refrigerated sauerkraut
Guacamole
- 3 avocados - peeled, pitted, and mashed
- 1 lime, juiced
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup diced onion
- 3 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro
- 2 roma (plum) tomatoes, diced
- 1 teaspoon minced garlic
Directions
- In a medium bowl, mash together the avocados, lime juice, and salt. Mix in onion, cilantro, tomatoes, and garlic. Refrigerate 1 hour for best flavor, or serve immediately.
Italian Orzo
Sweet Corn Tamales
- 1 1/2 cups frozen sweet corn
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 3 tablespoons sugar
- 1 pinch salt
- 1/2 cup corn masa harina flour (corn flour)
- 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- Preheat oven to 400°F.
- Prepare the tamale cakes by chopping 1 cup of the frozen corn in a food processor until it's coarsely pureed. Combine pureed corn with softened butter, sugar, and salt. Blend well.
- Add masa and flour and blend well. Mix in the remaining 1/2 cup of frozen corn kernels by hand.
- Measure 1/2 cup portions of the mixture and form it into 3" wide patties with your hands. Arrange the patties on a baking sheet and bake for 25 to 30 minutes or until the cakes are browned on the bottom.
- Carefully flip all cakes with a spatula and bake for an additional 5 to 7 minutes or until other side is browned.
Currywurst
Black Bean and Rice Enchiladas
- 2 cups enchilada sauce (recipe to follow)
- 6 flour tortillas
- 2 cups cooked mexican rice (recipe to follow)
- 1 can black beans, rinsed & drained
- 1 cup shredded Monterey Jack cheese, plus more for sprinkling
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 350
- Lightly coat the bottom of a greased 9"x13" baking dish with enchilada sauce
- In a medium bowl combine rice, beans, and cheese
- Fill tortillas with rice mixture & some enchilada sauce and place in the dish
- Lightly cover tortillas with more enchilada sauce
- Cover dish with foil and bake for 25 min
- Remove foil and bake for an additional 5 min
- When serving, add more sauce to taste and sprinkle with more shredded cheese
Mexican Rice (makes 2 cups of cooked rice):
Ingredients:
- 2/3 cups chopped onion (I usually don't use quite this much)
- 2 T olive oil
- 1 cup white rice, not instant
- 1 tsp chili powder
- 1 can Rotel tomatoes (with chilies)
- 2 cups chicken broth
- Dash of salt
- Dash of cayenne pepper
Directions:
- Saute onion in oil until translucent
- Add rice and fry lightly
- Add remaining ingredients and bring to a boil
- Cover and cook 20 min on medium-low, stirring occasionally, until liquid is absorbed
Enchilada Sauce:
Ingredients:
- 1/4 cup vegetable oil
- 1/4 cup flour
- 1/2 tsp pepper
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1-1/2 tsp garlic powder
- 2 tsp cumin
- 2-1/2 tsp chili powder
- Dash of cayenne pepper
- 2 cups chicken broth
Directions:
- Heat oil in skillet or sauce pan
- Add flour, stirring to make a light brown roux (keep stove on low!)
- Add dry ingredients and blend
- Add chicken broth and still until thickened
- Heat on low, taste to adjust seasonings, add water to reach desired thickness as needed