Jan 24th-30th

BBQ RIBS

I don't think I need to post a recipe for these. There's really nothin' to them. Boil in half water half apple juice until they are halfway done. Lay them out on a big cookie sheet and season WELL. Put them in the oven under the broiler. Coat with BBQ sauce the last 5 minutes. In our house, the ONLY sauce we use is Sweet Baby Ray's!!


TAMALE PIE

1 lb. ground turkey or hamburger
1 packet taco seasoning
1/2 chopped onion
1/2 C. chopped green bell pepper(optional)
1 can corn
sliced olives (amount to your own preference)
1 can tomato sauce
1 packet enchilada sauce mix (optional)

CORNBREAD TOPPING
1 C. cornmeal
2 eggs
1 C. milk

In large frying pan, mix you meat, onions and bell peppers. Add Taco mix according to package directions. OMIT THE WATER THOUGH!! Once meat is done, add your tomato sauce and corn. If mixture does not have enough flavor for you, that's when you can mix in part of the enchilada mix. Add in olives and let simmer for about 5 min. Turn off and set aside. Begin mixing your cornbread mix. Pour meat mixture into a 9x9 / 9x11 pan. Spread out evenly and then pour cornbread mix over top. DO NOT pour the cornbread mix all in one spot. It will sink to the bottom instead of staying on top of the meat. Pour this slowly and evenly. Place in oven at 350 and bake for 30-35 min. Serve with Refried beans or Spanish Rice!

CORN CHOWDER
Break out the Crock Pot AGAIN!! This one was a winner!

2 cans corn
2 cloves crushed garlic
1 small onion chopped
2 stalks celery finely chopped
1/2 lb. bacon fully cooked (Crispy)
1 pint cream
2 pints Half & Half
2 Cans Chicken Broth
1 tsp. pepper
2 tsp. Garlic Salt
1/2 tsp. White Pepper
1 C. flour

Throw everything into the crock pot EXCEPT the bacon and flour. Set the temp. on high and simmer for 3 hours. Add in flour and use a whisk to mix in thoroughly, you don't want any lumps. add in bacon and simmer for another 2 hours.


GRANDMA'S CHOP SUEY

Although this is NOT my husbands favorite thing, my boys love it and for me, that's what matters most! This is a Filipino dish I grew up with and love! It's nothing fancy but very filling.

1 lb. boneless Country Style Ribs
(If they have fat, keep it on it's good to cook with!)
2 cloves crushed garlic
4 small cans tomato sauce
4 equal cans water
1 lb. fresh broccoli florets (NOT frozen)
2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. pepper
1 TBS. oil
Cooked white rice

First, cut up the pork into about 1/2 in. cubes. Place oil in large stock pan and heat up. (Med. Hi) Once oil is warm, throw in the pork and crushed garlic. Stir until pork is browned but not fully cooked. Add in the tomato sauce, water, broccoli and seasoning. Reduce heat to med. and simmer for approx. 20 min. Or until Broccoli is done. Serve over Cooked white rice. My boys top it off with soy sauce!!

Jan. 17th - 23rd

I had a few repeat recipes this week but will print the new ones for everyone!

GRANDMA'S STEAMED CHICKEN

This is one of my favorite meals that brings back such sweet memories. The smell alone takes me back to running around my Grandma's house with my cousin while Grandma made this meal.

1 lb. Chicken thighs or legs
2 bell peppers sliced
8 C. water
1 tsp. pepper
2 tsp. salt
Cooked white rice

Place all ingredients (except rice) into a large pot and bring to a boil. Reduce hit to simmer for another 20 min. Serve chicken, peppers and little of the juice over the rice. My boys always add the soy sauce and debone the chicken to eat.

BEEF & BARLEY SOUP
(This one calls for the crock pot!!)

1lb. Stew Meat
1 C. chopped mini carrots
2 stalks diced celery
1 small chopped onion
4-5 diced red potatoes
1 can Beef broth
1 can Chicken broth
2 cans water
1 Tbs. A-1 Steak Sauce
1-2 tsp. Salt
1 tsp. Pepper
1 tsp. Thyme
1 C. Barley (NOT instant!)

Brown meat in frying pan with 1 tsp. oil. Do NOT fully cook! Just enough to brown on all sides. Place ALL ingredients in the crock pot on high for about 6 hours.


CHICKEN TETTRAZINI

My BF Becca suggested this one and when I make it, I NEVER have leftovers!!

2 C. leftover roasted chicken (The Rotisserie chickens from your Deli are great!)
2 Boxes Tuna Helper Tettrazini flavor
1 C. frozen peas
1 C. sliced fresh mushrooms

Follow instructions according the the box for OVEN preperation. Add all ingredients EXCEPT the peas. Add the peas the last five minutes and mix in well.


YUMMY CHOCOLATE CREAM PIE

1 C. sugar
1/3 C. flour
2 C. Whole milk
2 (1 oz.) squares Bakers Unsweetened Chocolate
3 egg yolks
2 TBS. Butter
1 tsp. Vanilla
1 Ready Made Pie Crust baked and cooled

Prepare pie crust according to directions and cool completely. In medium saucepan, combine Sugar, Flour, milk and chopped Bakers squares. Place over Med. heat and stir with a whisk. When mixture begins to bubble, stir constantly for 2 min. and then remove from heat. Have egg yolks in a separate bowl. Scoop out 1/4 C. of chocolate mixture and pour into egg yolks. Mix immediately to prevent yolks from cooking. Once thoroughly mixed, add back to pan. Place back on heat and begin stirring well and cook again for 1 min. Pour into pie shell and place in fridge. Once cooled, add whipped topping and chocolate shavings for a pretty garnish.

Jan 10th-15th

My family is really getting into this Recipe Blog. Now that I've been taking pictures of things, they want me to try new and different things more often. Colton gets upset if I don't take a picture of HIS plate before eating, how cute!

SAUSAGE MUSHROOM ALFREDO

1 lb. Italian Sweet Sausage
1/2 lb. sliced mushrooms
4-5 TBS. butter
1/4 C. flour
1 Pint Heavy Whipping Cream
2 C. milk
1 C. shredded Parmesan Cheese
1 C. shredded Mozzarella Cheese
1 tsp. pepper
1 tsp. garlic powder



BEER ROCKS

2 LBS. Ground Hamburger
1 small onion, chopped
1/2 tsp. pepper
1 tsp. salt (or more according to taste)
1/3 head chopped cabbage
1 box Pillsbury Hot Roll Mix

Brown hamburger in large frying pan. Half way through cooking, add onions, salt & pepper. When completely cooked, throw in chopped cabbage and cover with lid. The steam will wilt the cabbage.
You do NOT want to fully cook the cabbage.
Prepare roll dough according to package. Knead the dough for the full amount of time given and then begin to roll out the dough. You want it the size of a large pizza; there about. Cut a square in the dough, about 2 in. wide and 3 in. in length. Put 2 spoonfuls of hamburger mix into the middle of the dough. Bring up the corners of the dough followed by the other sides. Pinch together to hold the meat in. Place on a cookie sheet with the pinched side down. It will look like a stuffed roll. Once they are all done, turn oven onto 350 degrees. Set cookie sheet ON TOP of the stove and let them rise for
approx. 25-30 min. Place in oven and bake for about 20-25 min., or
until golden brown.
We open them up and use a country gravy over the top. Sorry, the gravy is a secret family recipe. But use any package country gravy mix and it will do fine!!







Because I am behind on printing up my recipes, I no longer remember WHAT I cooked this week!)

Jan. 3rd - 9th

President Bush's Favorite Brownies

1 1/4 C. flour

1/4 t. baking soda

1/4 t. salt

1/2 C. (1 stick) butter

2 C. semi-sweet chocolate chips (divided)

3 eggs

1 1/2 t. vanilla extract

1 C. sugar

Preheat oven to 350° F.

In bowl combine flour, baking soda and salt.

In large saucepan, melt butter and 1 cup chocolate chips, stirring until smooth. Add eggs and vanilla, stir until well blended. Add sugar and mix well. Gently fold in flour mixture. Stir in remaining chocolate chips.

Spread into greased 11-by-9-inch pan. Bake in preheated oven 25 - 30 minutes or until wooden toothpick inserted into center comes out almost clean. Cool completely and cut into bars.

HAM & PINEAPPLE

We had LOTS of leftover ham and my husbands favorite way to eat it is with pineapple and a sauce. So here's the sauce recipe. I warm up the ham and then pour this over it and serve.

1 can pineapple juice
1/4 C. brown sugar
1 TBS. Dijon mustard
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
2 TBS cornstarch mixed with 3 tsp. water


MONTEREY IMITATION CLAM CHOWDER

1 1/2 Cube Butter (I know...A LOT!)
1 finely diced carrot

2 chopped potatoes
2 stalks chopped celery
1 med. onion diced
2 large cloves crushed fresh garlic
1 C. diced raw bacon (optional)
2 Pints heavy Whipping Cream
3-4 C. milk
2 C. 1/2 & 1/2
1 8 oz. bottle clam juice
4 cans chopped clams
2 tsp. pepper
1 tsp. white pepper
3 tsp. Garlic Salt
1 1/4 c. Flour

In a large (5 qrt.) pot, melt butter on Med. Hi; slowly add flour to create a rue. You want the flour to soak up the butter. (if you add too much flour, simply add more butter) Then begin adding your cream 1 C. at a time. Whisk it in to smooth out the flour paste. Begin adding ALL other ingredients except remainder flour. Bring to a slow boil for about 45 min. In a separate bowl, add the flour and a little milk or cream, use a fork to whisk this around until there are no lumps. Add to soup and stir it in. Let simmer for about another 45 min. stirring CONSTANTLY!!! The soup will thicken as it simmers. If you want it thicker, you can always add more flour!

CHICKEN CORDON BLUE RING

1 lb. chicken Breast tenders
1 lb. ham
1 C. shredded Swiss Cheese
1 C. mayonnaise
2 cans of Crescents

In a food processor, finely grind up both the chicken and ham. Pour into bowl and add cheese. Scoop the mayonnaise in and mix well. (If you have a pizza stone, this will work the best. Otherwise, use a regular pizza pan) Open both cans of crescents; you are going to lay them in a circle on your pizza pan with the tips pointing outward and the short straight edge on the inside. Each crescent needs to overlap just a little. Scoop about 1/8 C. of the ham & chicken mixture onto each crescent. Then take the points and fold them straight over so now the points are in the middle of the ring. Bake for 20-25 min.

2010 NEW YEARS RESOLUTION

Just a note, my goal for this New Year is to not ONLY post my menu each week, but to add pictures of my creations. So this will mean that I will post my menu the following week to ensure that my recipe not only came out right, but it looked pretty and tasted fantastic by those I have fed. I'm getting serious about this can you tell? Everything I post is being double copied over into my file and put in a cook book for my extended family. My husband thinks once it is done I should try and sell it. We'll see!!