Chicken
How to cook chicken leg quarters.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees
Rinse chicken in cold water
Place chicken in pan (optional: that is covered with aluminum foil)
Sprinkle Adobo or any desired seasoning
Place pan in oven for 60 minutes
Corn On The Cob
Bring a big pan of water to boil.
Husk the corn (that's a fancy word for remove the peels) and remove
any hair from the corn while waiting for the water to boil.
Place peeled corn into boiling water.
Remove corn after ten minutes.
Let cool as desired, and it's ready to eat.
I like it with butter and salt.
Triva: When I was a kid, we would sometimes get corn fresh from the
farm and make a whole meal of it because we loved it that much.
Note: I've heard that you can add a teaspoon or two of sugar to the boiling
water.
Cupcake
One cup of butter
Two cups of sugar
Three cups of flour
Four eggs
Place in preheated oven at 375 degrees for 45 minutes.
This old style recipe will make cake with heavier consistency than most.
Cupcake is not a reference to the style of the cake, as its often cooked
as one large cake (I like using two loaf pans). It is a reference to
how its made one cup of this, two cups of that, etc.
French Toast
Mix the following in a large bowl:
4 Eggs
1 Cup of Milk
1 Teaspoon of Vanilla
1/2 Teaspoon of Cinnamon
Start a non stick fry pan with low to medium heat.
Please a bit of butter in the pan to prepare the pan.
When butter is melted begin cooking:
Drop a slice of bread into the bowl with the egg mixture, coating one side of
the bread.
Quickly flip the bread over in the mixture, coating the second side.
Then quickly remove the coated bread and place it on the fry pan.
Let it sit for a few moments to lightly brown.
Flip bread and allow second side to lightly brown.
Remove from pan and onto a plate - ready to eat
Butter and maple syrup can be added.
This recipe makes approximately 12 slices. More than one slice can be
cooked at a time, if there is room in the pan.
Green Bean Casserole
1-10.75 oz can Cream of Mushroom Soup
1/2 Cup of Milk
1 tsp Soy Sauce
Dash of Pepper
4 Cups of Cooked Cut Green Beans
1 1/3 Cups French's French Fried Onions
Mix soup, milk, soy sauce, pepper and 2/3 cups onions in 1 1/2 qt casserole
dish. Bake at 350 degrees F for 25 minutes or until hot. Stir. Sprinkle
with remaining onions and bake for 5 minutes. Serves 6.
How to Hard Boil Eggs
Fill a pan with water that will slightly cover eggs.
Add a bit of salt
Bring water to a boil and then keep at a low boil
Carefully place eggs into the low boiling water
Keep them on low boil for ten minutes.
Let cool and you are done.
Note: you can speed the cooling process by gradually adding a bit of cool water
to the pan..
Ham Idea
What to do with a precooked ham steak?
Preheat oven to 375 degrees
Lightly spray glass cooking pan with oil
Place ham steak in pan
Open can of chunk pineapple in juice and dump contents over ham
Place ham in oven for 35 minutes
Meatloaf
Preheat oven to 350
Combine the following:
1 LB 90% lean ground beef
1 medium sized onion**
1 Tbsp Ah-so sauce
1 Tbsp Barbeque Sauce
1 Tbsp Brown Mustard
1 Tbsp Teriyaki Sauce
1 Tbsp Ketchup
1 Tbsp Worcestershire Sauce
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
2 eggs
1/2 Loaf of bread**
1/2 Cup of water.
Chop onion and heat for a minutes in microwave, break bread into small pieces, and then mix ingredients.
Place in loaf pan that is coated with cooking spray.
Bake for 55 minutes.
**Note: I've been using a bit less than these listed amounts
Oatmeal-Raisin Cookies
1-1/4 cups (or 2-1/2 sticks) butter
3/4 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
1-1/2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt (optional)
1 teaspoon cinnamon (optional)
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg (optional)
3 cups of uncooked oats (quick or slow cook)
1/2 cup raisins
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Beat butter and sugars until fluffy. Beat in egg
and vanilla. Add combined flour, baking soda, salt and spices. Mix well. Stir in
oats, then raisins. Drop by rounded tablespoons onto ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 8 to 9
minutes for a chewy cookie, 10 to 11 minutes for a crisp cookie. Cool one minute
on cookie sheet, then remove to wire rack to finish cooling. Store in tightly
covered container (like Tupperware). Makes about 30 cookies
Pork Lo Mein
Haven't tried this one yet...comments?
1 pork tenderloin (1 pound)
1/4 cup reduced sodium soy sauce
3 garlic cloves, minced
1/4 tsp ground ginger
1/4 tsp crushed red pepper flakes
2 cups snow peas
1 medium sweet red pepper, julienned
3 cups cooked thin spaghetti\1/3 cup reduced sodium chicken broth
2 tsp sesame oil
Cut the pork into 1/4 in. strips. Get a large resealable plastic
bag, combine the soy sauce, garlic, ginger and pepper flakes. Then add the
pork. Seal, turn bag to coat pork. Refrigerate for 20 minutes.
Then place in work and stir fry for about 5 minutes (till meat is no
longer pink). Add peas and red pepper. Stir fry for one
minute. Stir in spaghetti and broth and stir fry for one more
minute. Turn off heat and stir in sesame oil.
Mashed Potatoes
Peel potatoes. Place in a pot and cover with cold water. Add salt to
flavor.
Bring water to boil and let it boil 20 minutes. Drain.
Add butter and milk to taste, and mash away.
(I want to try this sometime with a pinch of garlic)
Pumpkin Seeds
First Clean them:
Scoop out the seeds and the pulp and place in colander
Remove the seed from the pulp while running under cold water
Pat dry with a clean towel
Now the cookin':
Preheat oven to 300 degrees
Combine 1 Tablespoon oil or melted butter and 1/2 teaspoon salt per cup of seeds
Toss until seeds are well coated
Spread evenly over a cookie sheet
Bake until golden, stirring occasionally. Bake time about 30 minutes
Let cool on paper towels
Fried Rice
Chop one large onion.
Start cooking 14 oz of "Minute Rice". Cook separately. Will be added in later.
Brown 1.50 lb hamburger in pan with onion on stove top
Drain excess grease once hamburger is browned
Return to stove top
Add six eggs, mix it in while it cooks.
After mixture is cooked through, add in the pre cooked rice.
Add a bit of soy sauce for extra flavor
Mix thoroughly and heat a bit more in pan. Then serve.
Serves 5.
Shepard's Pie
3 lb Hamburger
13.50 oz box of instant potatoes
One 15.50 oz can of corn
One 15.50 oz can of cream corn
Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
Brown hamburger, heat corn, and prepare potatoes as directed on package.
Get 14 x 10" Glass pan. Spread hamburger evenly into pan.
Next, place drained (regular) corn evenly over the layer of hamburger.
Place cream corn evenly over the corn.
Place potatoes evenly on top.
Add butter on top and sprinkle salt and pepper over top.
Place in oven for 30 minutes, then remove and serve.
Regular mashed potatoes can be substituted for instant.
Ingredient quantities can be varied a bit.
Spaghetti Pie
1/2 lb spaghetti
2 eggs
1 16oz container of Ricotta Cheese
1 cup spaghetti or marinara sauce
1/2 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
3/4 cup grated parmesan cheese
Cook spaghettis as directed on package. Grease 9 inch pie plate. In
large bowl, beat eggs, stir in ricotta and parmesan cheese. Add
spaghetti to cheese mixture and stir until coated. Transfer spaghetti
into pie plate. Top with sauce, sprinkle with mozzarrella and a little
parmesan, Bake 25 minutes at 350 degrees or until it looks like its
starting to bubble, let stand 10 minutes before serving. Thoughts on
future tweeks: Maybe less ricotta and more mozzarella
Dark Fudge Truffles
12 ounces of dark chocolate chips
3/4 cup whipping cream
coatings (optional) coconut, powdered sugar, or crushed cookies
Combine chips and cream in a microwave safe bowl
Microwave on high for 60 seconds.Stir.
If needed reheat every 15 minutes and stir again, but keep doing until chips are
melted and mixture is smmoth, then place in refrigerator for 3 hours (or until
firm)
Roll mixture into one inch balls
Roll each ball into coating (if desired)
Cover, store in refrigerator.
Makes about 24 truffles
Turkey
Remove stuffing and giblets
Place in oven at 325 degrees. Allow 20 minutes for each pound of turkey
Sarah's Peppermint Candy Cake
for the cake you need:
2 3/4 cups flour
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1 cup butter, softened
2 cups sugar
8 oz of sour cream
6 eggs
1/2 tsp peppermint extract
liquid green food coloring
for the glaze you need:
1 lb confectioner's sugar
5 tbs milk
green food coloring
38 starlight mints
to make the cake-
preheat oven to 350. coat a 12-cup bundt pan with cooking spray.
mix the first four ingredients. place to the side.
in a separate bowl, beat butter and sugar until fluffy. beat in the sour
cream, and then the eggs, one at a time. beat this mixture into the
flour mixture.
transfer 1 1/2 cups of the batter into a separate bowl. stir in the
extract and green food coloring to tint.
pour the remaining batter into the pan. drop green batter by 1/4 cupfuls
into the pan over the plain batter. swirl.
bake 55 minutes or until toothpick inserted into the center comes out
clean. cool completely.
to make glaze-
stir confectioner's sugar with milk.
transfer 1/3 cup to a separate bowl. stir in green food coloring to
tint. transfer to a plastic food storage bag, snip one corner. (i
skipped the bag and drizzled it with a spoon instead...)
pour white glaze over cake/ drizzle with green glaze. top cake with 8
mints, garish with remaining mints.
Cutting Board Care
To clean a wooden cutting board, sprinkle it with salt and scrub it with a
bristle brush. Doing it once a week will draw out any stains. To
deodorize make a paste with baking soda and water. Rinse thoroughly. Board
should be periodically (or when feels dry) treated with mineral oil. Use a
lint-free cloth, rub with mineral oil, wait five minutes and rub off the excess.
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