Tereza's Cozinha

Send me Your Favorite Recipe!

2009-05-17T18:58:00.001-07:00

This is a shout out to you great cooks!

If you have a recipe you want to

share, please send it to me and if

possible, send a photo too!

Thanks!

SPICY PRETZELS

2009-05-17T18:46:00.001-07:00

My sister Laura's

Spicy Pretzels!

CAST Of Characters

and Finished Product!

Ingredients:

2 Box's of Snyder's Fat Free Pretzels Sourdough

1 package of Ranch Salad Dressing Mix

1 Cup Olive Oil

1 Tablespoon Steak Seasoning

Montreal Spicy McCormick

1 tsp. Cayenne Pepper

1 1/2 Dill

1) Break up packages of pretzels, each box on

a separate baking sheet. Sprinkle 1/2 cup oil

on each Baking sheet.

2) Mix dry ingredients. Sprinkle 1/2

on each sheet.

3) Bake 1 hour @ 200 degrees. Then turn

pretzels and add remainder of dry mix

Bake 1 hour.

Sylvia's Santa Hats

2008-12-11T08:16:00.000-08:00

Sylvia says" They are easy to make.

They are like a "sea foam" cookie."

Santa Hats

2 egg whites (room temp.)
1/2 tsp. cream of tartar
1/4 tsp. vanilla
1/2 cup white sugar
Red colored sugar (sprinkles)

Beat whites until soft peaks form. Beating whites, add cream of tartar, vanilla. Then slowly add white sugar.
Beat until peaks stiffen. Spoon meringue into plastic bag. Snip corner.

Pipe 2 dozen 1 1/2" tall Santa hat triangles onto parchment lined baking sheet. (1/4 meringue should be left.)
Sprinkle triangles with red sugar. Add pompom and trim at base of hat.

Bake hats until hard but not brown at 200 degrees--approx. 1 hour and 20 min.
Turn off oven--leave hats in it for an hour to crisp before moving.

Dangerous Chocolate Cake-In-A-Mug!

2008-11-19T07:27:00.000-08:00

Thanks Jo!!

This is an awesome recipe that I recently cut out of our paper. I tried it tonight and it really works and is very tasty! I may make these as Christmas Gifts by putting the dry ingredients into a baggie with the choc. chips in a separate baggie then putting cellophane or colored plastic wrap around a Christmas mug and tying off with a ribbon.......punching a hole in a piece of paper with the recipe on it. The only thing the receiver would have to do is mix with the wet ingredients and.......voila!

Dangerous Chocolate Cake-In-A-Mug

1 coffee mug
4 Tbs. flour (cake or all-purpose)
4 Tbs. sugar
2 Tbs. cocoa
1 egg
3 Tbs. milk
3 Tbs. oil
Small splash of vanilla
3 Tbs. chocolate chips

Add dry ingredients to mug and mix well with a fork. Add egg and mix thoroughly. Add in milk, oil and vanilla and mix well. Add chocolate chips. Put mug in microwave and cook for 3 minutes for a 1,000 watt oven. Cake will rise over the top of the mug - It's OK! Allow to cool a little: tip onto a plate if desired. Serve with vanilla ice cream if desired.

Deb's White Chicken Chili

2008-10-06T18:31:00.000-07:00

We went to a Chili Cookoff this weekend and this was the winning recipe, unfortunately I wasn't the winner. I did manage to get the recipe from the winner--it is easy and good!

2 lbs chicken breast, cooked & shredded (I used canned chicken when I made it this weekend)

1 4oz can diced green chilies

2 cups chicken broth

1 16 oz jar chunky salsa (The winner used medium)

1 48 oz jar great northern beans

16 oz shredded Monterey Jack Cheese

Cook in crockpot on low for 4 to 6 hours until cheese is melted and chili is thick.

Teddy Totters

2008-09-07T14:41:00.001-07:00

This recipe comes from my niece Cheryl. It's called

Teddy Totters! Jr is adorable and by the look

on his face, he's enjoying this recipe!

Here is a great snack for the kiddos!
I can believe Jr. ate it.......he's my picky eater.

You need:

Teddy Grahams Chocolate Chip
Apple
Peanut Butter

Cut your apple into wedges
Spread some peanut butter onto the wedges
Place around 3 Teddy Grahams onto the peanut butter

Now enjoy!

Strawberry Scones

2008-08-29T19:09:00.000-07:00

Brittany treated us to Strawberry Scones tonight!

The first photo is the finished product.

Britt says she will be making these again!

4 cups plus 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons sugar, plus additional for sprinkling
2 tablespoons baking powder
2 teaspoons salt
3/4 pound cold unsalted butter, diced
4 extra-large eggs, lightly beaten
1 cup cold heavy cream
3/4 cup small-diced dried strawberries
1 egg beaten with 2 tablespoons water or milk, for egg wash

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.

In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, combine 4 cups of flour, 2 tablespoons sugar, baking powder, and salt. Blend in the cold butter at the lowest speed and mix until the butter is in pea-sized pieces. Combine the eggs and heavy cream and quickly add them to the flour and butter mixture. Combine until just blended. Toss the strawberries with 1 tablespoon of flour, add them to the dough, and mix quickly. The dough may be a bit sticky.

Dump the dough out onto a well-floured surface and be sure it is well combined. Flour your hands and a rolling pin and roll the dough 3/4-inch thick. You should see lumps of butter in the dough. Cut into squares with a 4-inch plain or fluted cutter, and then cut them in half diagonally to make triangles. Place on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
Brush the tops with egg wash.

Sprinkle with sugar and bake for 20 to 25 minutes, until the outsides are crisp and the insides are fully baked.

Cast of Characters

Easy Parmesan Garlic Chicken

2008-08-29T16:33:00.000-07:00

Tonight Brittany cooked a fantastic meal!

She also made dessert, Strawberry Scones!

I'll post that next!

Easy Parmesan Garlic Chicken

Prep: 5 minutes
Total Time: 30 minutes

Ingredients:

1/2 cup KRAFT 100% Grated Parmesan Cheese
1 envelope GOOD SEASONS Italian Salad Dressing Mix
6 boneless, skinless chicken breast halves (about 2lbs)
1/2 tsp. garlic powder

Directions:
1. MIX cheese, garlic powder, and salad dressing mix.
2. MOISTEN chicken with water; coat with cheese mixture. Place in a shallow baking dish.
3. BAKE at 400F for 20-25 minutes or until chicken is cooked through. Makes 6 servings.

Nutrition Information Per Serving:
230 calories, 7g total fat, 3g sat fat, 680 mg sodium, 2g carbohydrate, 37g protein

Cast of Characters

Finished Product! It smelled so good!

Easy Spanish Rice Casserole

2008-08-06T14:15:00.000-07:00

I got this from a recipe exchange and Josh ABSOLUTELY LOVED this tonight! I was excited because it is way EASY. When I start working full-time, I am thinking that I could even do most of this the night before and then put it in the oven the next day. I also think this would freeze well!

1 lb hamburger
1 pkg spanish rice mix bag
shredded cheese
Frito corn chips

Brown hamburger and drain grease.
Make the Spanish rice per directions in the same pot as the hamburger.
Pour into 9x13 pan when done. (you can see I used a round pan)
Sprinkle with desired amount of shredded cheese and crushed frito corn chips.
Bake in the oven until cheese is melted - 350 deg for about 25 minutes.
Top with Salsa and Sour Cream

**For the healthly ones again you could easily use ground turkey and I used the WW Mexican Cheese.

Zucchini Bread

2008-08-02T10:31:00.000-07:00

Here in MI, zucchini is a dime a dozen. Not literally but we are given zucchini on a weekly basis in the summer. I love it and am contantly looking for new recipes, so if you have any post them please. I got this recipe from my friend Jordan's blog site. It is her Mom's zucchini bread recipe..

I had to make some muffins because I don't own two bread pans.

Annabelle is devouring these as I type!

4 eggs

2 c. sugar

1 c. oil

2 1/2 c. flour

1 1/2 tsp. baking soda

1 1/2 tsp. cinnamon

3/4 tsp. baking powder

1 tsp. salt

1 tsp. vanilla

2 c. shredded zucchini

1 c. nuts (optional)

Raisins & coconut (optional)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees

Mix the eggs with the sugar.

Add oil.

Mix (seperately) the flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and the baking powder.

Add to the eggs and sugar.

Then add the vanilla, nuts and zucchini.

Bake in 2 greased and floured bread pans.

Bake for 60 minutes.

Lasagna pizza cups

2008-08-02T09:03:00.000-07:00

I got this recipe off of another blogger's site. Her name is Kelly; I don't know her, but thought I'd try this recipe and it was GREAT! Also, would you believe after 3 years of marriage I just bought a muffin pan today! I couldn't believe we didn't have one!

1/2 lb lean ground beef

1 small onion, chopped

2 garlic gloves, minced

1 jar pizza sauce

1 can refrigerated buttermilk biscuits

1/2 cup ricotta cheese

3/4 cup shredded mozzarella cheese

Preheat oven to 375.

Cook first 3 ingredients in a large skillet over medium heat until meat crumbles and is no longer pink. Drain well.

Stir in 1 cup pizza sauce and remove from heat.

Press biscuits on bottom and sides of a lightly greased muffin cups.

Spoon 1 tbls meat mixture into each biscuit cup.

Top with ricotta cheese (about 1 tsp) and sprinkle with shredded cheese.

Bake at 375 for 18-20 minutes or until golden.

Warm up remaining sauce and serve with the cups.

** I made this a bit more healthy by using ground turkey and low fat ricotta and biscuits. This was very tasty and something kids will LOVE!

Karen's Cherry Crisp

2008-07-06T12:18:00.000-07:00

Karen's Cherry Crisp

2 cups of cherries (cut and pitted)

1/2 bag of yellow cake mix

1 stick of butter

Preheat oven to 350

Place cherries in the bottom of a 9 X 13 baking dish

Pour cake mix over top

Pour melted butter over cake mix

Bake for 30 minutes

Serve warm with ice cream or whipped cream

Spinach Balls

2008-05-04T14:44:00.000-07:00

This recipe is from my niece Cheryl.

She made these today and I begged her for the recipe

Thanks Cheryl!

Spinach Balls

Ingredients
20 oz pkg of frozen spinach
2 cups of herb stuffing mix
3/4 cup of Parmesan cheese grated
1 tsp garlic minced
1 medium onion chopped fine
3 eggs beaten
1/4 cup of butter

Preheat heat the oven to 350
Thaw the spinach and remove all of the liquid
Mix all ingredients together
form balls and place them on greased baking sheet
Bake 15 minutes and dip into hot mustard sauce

Cooking with My Sister Laura

2008-04-15T07:17:00.000-07:00

Hello from Connecticut!

Here is a recipe from Chef Laura.

Sooooo good!

Enjoy the video clip of my sister

cooking and my Dad with

Maggie. Your not going to believe

this but, Maggie understands

Portuguese!

Make an on-line slideshow at www.OneTrueMedia.com

Parmesan Chicken

2 to 3 pounds of chicken breast

1 cup mayonnaise

2 tsp. oregano

1/2 cup Parmesan cheese

A sprinkle of garlic powder and onion powder

Mix mayonnaise, Parmesan cheese, oregano,onion powder and garlic powder.

Spread mixture over chicken .

Bake at 375 for 45 minutes.

Serves 4 to 6 people

(I use frozen chicken breast. It's a great meal to make for unexpected company)

Cast of Characters

Mix all ingredients together

Spread over chicken breast

Bake for 45 minutes at 375 degrees

The string beans were coated with

Portuguese Olive Oil,Almond slices

and a sprinkle of Garlic and Onion

powder.Stir and cook in Microwave

for 6 minutes, stirring at halfway.

We added a sweet potato to the dish and it really

complimented the chicken This was sooooo good and

easy! Not to mention as it was cooking,

it smelled Wonderful!

Marinated Veggie Side Dish

2008-04-01T13:37:00.000-07:00

Marinated Veggies

Take a zucchini, a squash and an onion, cut them up into small chunks.
Put them in a frying pan and pour marinade over them, we use Gazebo Room Salad Dressing and Marinade. Cook over med/low heat until soft.

Chicken Enchiladas

2008-04-01T10:59:00.000-07:00

Chicken Enchiladas2 cups chopped cooked chicken or turkey

1 cup chopped green pepper

1 package (8ounces) Cream Cheese, cubed

1 jar (8 ounces) salsa divided

6 flour tortillas (6 inches)

3/4 pound (12 ounces) Velveeta pasteurized process cheese spread, cut up

1/4 cup milk

Stir chicken, green pepper, cream cheese and 1/2 cup of the salsa in medium saucepan on low heat until cream cheese is melted

Spoon approximately 1/2 cup of the chicken mixture down center of each tortilla; roll up. Place in lightly greased 12x8-inch baking dish.

Stir process cheese spread and milk in small saucepan on low heat until smooth. Pour sauce over tortillas; cover with foil.

Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes or until thoroughly heated. Top with remaining salsa. Garnish, if desired.

Makes 4 to 6 servings

Prep Time 20 minutes

Baking Time 20 minutes

Pork Piccata

2008-02-26T06:45:00.000-08:00

Pork Piccata with Stuffing, Mashed Potatoes & Green Beans

Servings: 2

Total Time: 20 minutes

Ingredients:

2 TBSP Flour

1/2 tsp pepper

Dash of salt

1 TBSP Water

1 Lg egg white

1/3 c breadcrumbs

4 pork chop cutlets

2 tsp olive oil

1 c Chicken Broth

1 tsp grated lemon rind

3 TBSP lemon juice

1 TBSP Capers, drained

Lemon Wedges

Directions:

Combine flour, salt & pepper in a shallow dish
Combine water & egg white in another dish, stirring with whisk.
Place breadcrumbs in a third dish
Dip cutlets into each one; starting with #1-3
Heat oil over medium heat in large skillet
Add cutlets; cook 2-4 minutes on each side.
Remove from pan and keep warm
Add broth, rind, juice, & capers to pan; simmer for 2 minutes, stirring constantly.
Pour over cutlets; serve immediately.
Garnish with lemon wedges.

Brandon's Hawaiian Chicken

2008-02-21T10:48:00.000-08:00

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time 30 minutes

Serves 8

Ingredients:

1 bottle Catalina Dressing

1 jar Apricot Preserves

1 pkg Lipton Onion Soup

1 can Sliced Peaches

5 Chicken Breast

Directions:

1. Cut each chicken breast into 3 to 4 pieces and place in a lasagna pan.

2. Pour Catalina Dressing over the chicken.

3.Top with Apricot Preserves.

4. Sprinkle Lipton Onion Soup Mix over the top.

5. Bake 20 minutes on 350

6. Top with Peaches and cook additional 10 minutes.

7. Serve over Rice or with Mashed Potatoes

Chef Brandon

Brittany had seconds and said

"When are we having it again!"

Herb-Parmesan Chicken Breasts

2008-02-20T14:48:00.001-08:00

Herb-Parmesan Chicken served with pasta and green beans

Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
Serves: 4

Ingredients:
1 tsp grated lemon zest
1 sm clove garlic (I used minced garlic)
1/2 c loosely packed parsley leaves
4 (6oz) boneless, skinless chicken breast halves
Salt and pepper
1 TBSP butter
1 TBSP vegetable oil
1/2 c Chicken broth
1 c grated Parmesan (I used the kind that come in a jar, not fresh)

Directions:

Topping: Place lemon zest, garlic, and parsley in Magic bullet and blend or gather and chop repeatedly until mixture resembles coarse sand. Set aside.
Place chicken between 2 sheets of waxed paper, or ziplock bags and pound flat with a mallet. Season with salt and pepper.
Melt butter with oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add chicken; cook until browned, 2 to 3 minutes per side. Transfer to a plate and cover with foil to keep warm.
Pour fat from skillet and add chicken broth. Increase the heat to high and bring to a boil, stiring to pick up browned bits. Boil until liquid has thickened and reduced to 2 TBSP, about 2 minutes.
Return chicken to the skillet; top with cheese. Reduce heat to medium and cover. Heat until cheese is melted and chicken is cooked through, 3 minutes. Transfer to plates and drizzle with juices from skillet. Sprinkle with lemon-garlic topping.

I mixed the first 3 ingredients in my Magic Bullet to give it the sand consistency.

Flatten the chicken with a mallet

Frying the Chicken in the butter/oil

Chicken with parmesan melted

Beef Enchiladas

2008-02-19T07:27:00.001-08:00

Mexican Monday at the Wilson house last night was Beef Enchiladas, so for your Mexican lovers here is yet recipe.

Beef Enchiladas with Spanish Rice

Prep time: 15-20 minutes
Cook time: 30 minutes
Servings:6

Ingredients:
1 lb ground beef
1 sm onion
1 green pepper (optional)
1 can cream of chicken/or mushroom soup
1 jar (17.25 oz) Enchilada sauce (mild)
2 c Cheddar Cheese
1 can refried beans
8 oz milk
1 1/2 pkg. corn or flour tortillas, about 18

Directions:
1. Preheat the oven 350 degrees.
2. Saute beef, onion, green pepper. Drain fat and set mixture aside.
3. Combine enchilada sauce, milk, soup, and 1 cup grated cheese.
4. Softened tortilla shells in the microwave.
5. Spread each tortilla with approximately 1 TBSP of refried beans; then spoon on some of the beef mixture; then spoon of cheese/soup mixture.
6. Roll up enchilada. Place in long, lightly greased casserole dish. Repeat until all tortillas are used.
7. Pour extra sauce over enchiladas. Sprinkle remaining cheese on top. Bake 30 minutes at 350 degrees.

**Usually makes 1 1/2 casseroles

Ingredients

Mix together

Spoon it on and roll up!

Put in the oven

Pork Chops with Mushroom-Wine Sauce (Slow Cooker)

2008-02-17T06:19:00.000-08:00

Finished Product

Serves 4
Prep time: 15 minutes
Cook time: 6-7 hours

Ingredients:
1 10 3/4 oz can (low-fat) cream of mushroom soup
1/4 c dry white wine
1/4 c Dijon mustard
3/4 tsp. dried basil
1 tsp. minced garlic
1/2 tsp. pepper
5 medium potatoes, sliced 1/4 inch thick
1 medium onion, sliced thin
4 pork loin chops

Directions:

1. Spray inside of slow cooker with cooking spray.

2. Combine soup, wine, mustard, basil, garlic, and pepper in small bowl and mix well. I used my Magic Bullet.

3. Place potatoes and onion in slow cooker; pour soup mixture over top and toss to coat.

4. Arrange pork chops on top. Cover and cook on low heat for 6-7 hours until pork chops and vegetables are tender.

Combine Ingredients

Sliced potatoes and onions in slow cooker

Mix the two together

Place chops on top

Beef Taco Skillet (EASY and QUICK)

2008-02-12T14:33:00.000-08:00

Last night was suppose to be Mexican Night but since it was so cold we went with the Cheeseburger Soup, so here is our Mexican night meal. It was the first time I made it and I got more great reviews from Josh! I am so blessed with such a great husband!

Prep: 5 min
Cook: 20 min
Serving: 4

Ingredients:
1 lb. ground beef
1 can (10 3/4 oz) Tomato Soup
1/2 c salsa
1/2 c water
6 flour Torillas (6"), cut into 1" pieces
1/2 c shredded Cheddar cheese
Sour cream (optional)

1. Cook beef in 10" skillet until well browned, stirring to break up meat. Drain.
2. Stir in soup, salsa, water, and totillas (OPTIONAL: Stir in 1/2 c sour cream). Heat to a boil. Reduce heat to low and cook for 5 min. Stir. Top with cheese.

Beef Taco Skillet (on right) served with Spanish Rice (on the left)

Cheeseburger Soup

2008-02-11T13:03:00.000-08:00

Prep time & cooking time: 45 minutes - 1 hour
Servings:4

Ingredients:
1/2 lb ground beef
3/4 c chopped onion
3/4 c shredded carrots (I buy them shredded in a bag)
3/4 c diced celery (I leave this out b/c we don't like celery)
1 tsp basil
1 tsp parsely flakes
4 TBSP butter, divided
4 c diced potatoes
2 c cubed Cheese (this time I used 1 c Mozz and 1 c cheddar)
3/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
3 c Chicken Broth
1/4 c flour
1 1/2 c Milk
1/4 c Sour Cream

Directions:
1. In a 3 qt saucepan, brown beef; drain & set aside. (Optional: I seasoned my meat with the Tony Chachere's Creole)

2. In same pan saute onion, carrots, celery, basil, and parsley in 1 TBSP butter until vegetables are tender, about 10 minutes

3. Add Broth, potatoes, and beef; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover & simmer for 10 -12 minutes.

4. Meanwhile in a small skillet, melt remaining butter (3 TBSP). Add flour; cook and stir 3-5 min; or until bubbly.

5. Add mixture to soup; bring to a boil.

6. Cook and stir for 2 minutes

7. Reduce heat to low; add cheese, milk, salt and pepper; cook and stir until cheese melts.

8. Remove from the heat; blend in Sour Cream.

The Meat

Broth, Meat, and Potatoes

Mix it all together!

While the other simmers, mix flour with butter.

Final Product

Mediterranean Brisket (Slow Cooker)

2008-02-10T16:37:00.000-08:00

My husband trusts my cooking so much that he is trying some new things. He avoided the olives a little bit, but loved this recipe so much I had to share! He is such a good judge. I feel like I live with Chef Ramsey! If it passes the Josh test I know I have a winner!

Prep: 5 minutes
Cook: 6 hrs
Serves: 6

**I had a hard time finding a BEEF brisket. There are plenty of corned beef. Ask your meat guy where the beef briskets are located. They did not sell them at our wal-mart, I had to buy it at a grocery store with a meat counter. The good news it is an inexpensive meat!

Ingredients:
1 (14.5 oz) can diced tomatoes with juice
1/2 cup dry red wine (I use the red cooking wine found in the vinegar section)
5 garlic cloves, chopped
1/3 c black olives, pitted and chopped (I bought them chopped)
1/2 tsp. dried rosemary
1 (2 1/2 lb) piece flat-cut brisket
Salt and Pepper
1 TBSP finely chopped fresh parsley

Directions:

Place tomatoes, wine, garlic, olives and rosemary in slow cooker and stir to combine. Sprinkle meat with salt and pepper to taste. Place it on top of tomato mixture; spoon half of tomato mixture over meat to cover. Cover and cook on high until fork-tender, 5-6 hours.

Slice brisket across grain and transfer to a serving platter. Spoon some sauce over meat and sprinkle with parsely.

** I served it with pasta, green beans, and a Ceasar Salad.

(Click on the pic to see it close up)

Buffalo Wings and Sauce

2008-02-07T18:55:00.000-08:00

Wilson Wing night is usually every Saturday night! It is such a fun tradition and an easy meal to prepare! Hope you enjoy!

Buffalo Wings

1 c Flour
1/2 tsp Paprika
1/2 tsp Cayenne pepper
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp Garlic Powder
1/4 tsp Black Pepper
20 Wings, thawed if frozen

1. Combine ingredient and coat chicken. Refrigerate 1 hour.

2. Deep fry chicken in 375 degree oil for 13-15 minutes.

3. Drain; toss wings with sauce.

Buffalo Sauce

3/4 c hot pepper sauce
1 stick of butter, melted
2 tsp honey (optional)

Whisk together hot pepper sauce, butter and honey in a bowl that has a lid. Add wings to bowl, cover with lid and shake until evenly coated. Serve with blue cheese dressing.

Taste Like Thanksgiving Cassorole

2008-02-05T17:42:00.000-08:00

Tastes Like Thanksgiving Casserole

6 medium potatoes, peeled and cut into chunks
1-1/4 cups chopped celery
3/4 cu chopped onion
1/2 cup butter, cubed
6 cups unseasoned stuffing cubes
1/4 teaspoon poultry seasoning
1/4 teaspoon rubbed sage
1 cup chicken broth
4 cups cubed cooked turkey
2 cans (10-3/4 ounces each) condensed cream of chicken soup, undiluted
1 teaspoon garlic powder
3/4 cup sour cream, divided
4 ounces cream cheese, softened
1/2 teaspoon pepper
1/4 teaspoon salt
1-1/2 cups (6 ounces) shredded cheddar cheese

Place potatoes in Dutch oven and cover with water. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat. Cover and cook for 15-20 minutes or until tender.

Meanwhile, in a large skillet, saute celery and onion in butter until tender. Remove from heat.

In a large bowl, combine the stuffing cubes, poultry seasoning and sage. Stir in broth and celery mixture

Transfer to a greased 13-in x 9-in x 2-in baking dish

In another large bow, combing the turkey, soup, garlic powder and 1/4 cup sour cream

Spoon over stuffing mixture.

Drain potatoes; mash in a large mixing bowl. Beat in the cream cheese, pepper, salt and remaining sour cream.

Spread over turkey mixture

Now take time to lick the beaters! Yummy!!!

Sprinkle with chesses. Bake, uncovered, at 350 degrees for 30-35 minutes or until heated through. Yield; 8 servings

Ready to Serve!

Chicken with Avocado Salsa - Cayenne-Rubbed

2008-02-05T16:53:00.000-08:00

For Christmas my mom got us a subscription to Everyday Food, a Martha Stewart food magazine. Anyway, when the first issue came in the mail, it had all these Heart Healthy Avocado recipes, which made me a little nervous because my husband can be a picky eater. I decided to go ahead and try this one, and it was a HUGE hit with the HUBBY! So I encourage everyone to try it!

Serves: 4 Prep Time: 10 min Total Time: 30 min

Ingredients:

Salt and pepper

1/4 tsp Cayenne Pepper

4 Boneless, skinless Chicken breast halves (thaw if frozen)

2 TBSP Olive Oil

1 md Red Onion, finely diced

2 TBSP Lime Juice (they sell it in the same isle as the Lemon Juice)

1 Avocado, pitted and cut into chunks

Directions:

In a small bowl, combine 1 tsp salt, 1/4 tsp pepper, and cayenne; rub all over chicken
In a large skillet, heat oil over medium. Add chicken, and cook until browned on the outside and opaque throughout, 8 to 10 minutes per side.
Meanwhile, in a medium bowl, combine onion and lime juice; set aside. Just before serving, fold avocado chunks into onion mixture; season with salt and pepper. Serve chicken topped with salsa.

If you choose a good avocado the peal will easily come off after you've cut it in half from top to bottom. When choosing an avocado it should be firm, but squeezable.

I should have diced each of them a bit more finely, but it was my first time.

You can see the Cayenne, salt and Pepper mixture rubbed on top of it.

Browning the Chicken

Finished product. I served it with

Chicken flavored Rice and corn.

Peanut Butter - Oatmeal Cookies

2008-01-26T19:19:00.000-08:00

Peanut Butter-Oatmeal Cookies

3/4 cup butter

1 cup peanut butter

1 cup sugar

1/2 cup brown sugar

1 tsp. baking soda

2 eggs

1 tsp. vanilla

1 1/2 cups flour

2 cups rolled oats

In Bowl Beat butter, peanut butter on medium speed about 30 seconds. Add sugar, brown sugar, baking powder, and baking soda.

Beat in eggs and vanilla until combined.

Beat in flour and then stir in the oats.

You may add chocolate chips or nuts if you like

Drop dough by rounded tsp. 2 inches apart on a ungreased cookie sheet.

Bake 375 for 10 minutes. Cool on wire rack.

Makes 60 cookies

Brown sugar

Baking soda

The Recipe :)

Flour

Chocolate Chips

rounded tsp.

Bake 10 minutes

YUMMY!

These two videos make me smile. Britt is such a

good sport, letting me video her cooking talents !

Hot Apple Cider

2008-01-17T12:45:00.001-08:00

Jennifer, my daughter, Wife, Mother of 4 and a

Teacher made this recipe on New Year's Eve!Ingredients:

One package of "mulling Spices" Jen got hers at the farmers market. Most packages come with a recipe on the back. She used one gallon of cider and cut up gala apples along with the mulling spice's. This recipe was made in a crock pot. It made the house smell so good! It was excellent Jen!

If you look close, you can see the mulling spices wrapped, and floating in the crock pot

Karen's Stuffed Mushrooms

2008-01-17T10:35:00.000-08:00

Karen is my Daughter, a Wife, Mother and a Nurse!

She made these yummy Mushrooms for

New Year's Eve!

Ingredients:

36 Ounces of Mushrooms washed, remove stems and stet aside
2-3 Stalks of Celery Chopped
1 Small Onion
1 Cup Seasoned Bread Crumbs
1/2 Cup Grated Parmesan Cheese
10 Strips of Bacon
2 Eggs
1/4 Cup Milk

Cook bacon and remove from pan.
Add Onion, Celery and Mushroom stems (chopped) to the bacon drippings. Stir and cook until tender not crunchy
Mix bread crumbs, cheese, bacon (chopped), eggs and milk together in the pan
Stuff mushrooms
Bake for 20 min at 350

Everything gets chopped!
Cooked Bacon removed and celery, onion and mushrooms are cooked together in the same pan!
Bread Crumbs added
Bacon added
Milk to moisten
Ready to Stuff!
Ready for the Oven!

Mary's Crescent Cookies

2007-12-29T20:17:00.000-08:00

This recipe comes from my sister Mary. She is an excellent cook! One of my favorite dishes she makes is, String Bean Soup! Sure wished you lived closer Mary! All photo credits go to Jennifer!

Crescent Cookies

Ingredients for dough:

3 cups sifted flour
1 package of yeast
2 sticks of butter
3 beaten egg yolks
1 cup sour cream

Ingredients for sugar mixture:
1 cup sugar
1 cup of chopped walnuts
1 1/2 tsp cinnamon

Directions:

Sift flour and yeast together
Mix in two sticks of butter
Add beaten egg yolks
Add 1 cup of sour cream and continue to mix until it forms a dough
Roll into a long log shape and slice into 8 pieces.
Shape each piece into a ball and store on a flowered plate.
Refrigerate for 1 hour at least. If longer cover.

Put about 3 tab of the sugar mixture on a board (not flour)
Place ball of dough on top of the sugar mixture and begin to roll into a circle.
Flip it over so it doesn't stick.
Continue to roll into a thin pizza shape.
Use a pizza cutter and cut into 8 pieces.

Use one slice of pizza starting at the larger side and roll it up into a crescent.
Two balls of dough should fit on one cookie sheet. (use a stone baking sheet, they cook so much better)

Bake 350 for approximately 15 minutes. If you like them lighter take out earlier.
Cool completely on a rack and store in a airtight container.

What a nice gift to give away!

Cooking with Jen

2007-12-23T08:14:00.000-08:00

Peanut Butter Hershey Kiss Cookies! If you need the recipe, let me know. I'll post it soon. Enjoy the video below. Kate and Michael are HILARIOUS!

Katelyn and I had fun being taste testers!

Ice Cream Cake

2007-12-19T20:36:00.000-08:00

This recipe comes from DD! She actually got the recipe from my sister in-law Colette, who by the way is a excellent cook! DD made this ice cream cake for her husband's 30th birthday! Happy Birthday Josh!

Ingredients

1/2 gallons of Ice Cream of your choosing. (I used Vanilla on the bottom, and Moose Tracks on the top)
1 package of any cookie, I used chocolate, chocolate oreos

Optional Topping:Whipped Cream Frosting

The pan you choose to make the cake in will depend on how much Ice Cream you use. Please keep this in mind.

1. Crush the cookies into little tiny pieces.

2. Fill the pan 1/2 way up with the Ice Cream you want on the bottom. Try to smooth the top the best you can.

3. Then add the crushed cookies on top of that layer, pushing the cookies down into the Ice cream.

4. Then add the 2nd Ice Cream going all the way to the top this time. Try to smooth the top the best you can.

5. Decorate or add any toppings you'd like.

Chicken Francais

2007-12-16T19:38:00.000-08:00

Kelly cooked a wonderful meal tonight, her favorite! This is what happens if you don't put plastic wrap on top. It falls apart!

6 Chicken Breast

Flour

Salt & Pepper to taste

Parsley Flakes

1 to 2 sticks Unsalted Butter

4 beaten eggs

2 lemons

Lightly pound chicken breast. Be careful not to pound them too thin. I like to put plastic wrap on top before pounding. This helps it not to fall apart.

Mix Flour, Salt and Pepper to taste.

Dip chicken breast into flour and then beaten eggs.

In a skillet, heat butter to coat and cook chicken breast about 2- 3 minutes on each side, on medium heat. If the chicken breast are thick, you may have to cook them longer.

Place chicken on a oven safe platter. Sprinkle with Parsley

Gravy:
Using the drippings in the pan add 1/2 sick of butter and juice of one lemon. Heat until butter is melted. Stir well.
Pour this over the chicken and place in the oven until ready to serve. I usually put the oven on 300 degrees to keep warm.

Portuguese Linguica Quiche

2007-12-15T14:59:00.000-08:00

Linguica is Portuguese Sausage. I had linguica a lot growing up. It's also good in sweet breads and my favorite, "Linguica & Eggs".
If you don't have Linguica in your area you can find it online!

http://www.gasparssausage.com/internetorder.html

A favorite recipe you may want to try! Try this one at your Holiday Party! Your family will love it!

1/3 lb. of linguica
2 tbsp. of butter
1/2 cup of chopped onion
1/2 lb. of chopped Swiss cheese
3 eggs beaten
2 cups of cream
1/2 tsp. of salt
dash of cayenne pepper
1- 9 inch pie

Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Saute onion in butter for 5 minutes. Add ground linguica, saute additional 5 minutes, set aside. Bake the pie shell for 5 minutes, remove it from the oven and sprinkle linguica mix in it add chopped Swiss. Mix together the eggs, cream, salt and cayenne pepper. Strain into the pie shell. Bake 10 minutes at 450. Reduce heat to 350 and bake until firm. This should take around 20 minutes.

Colettes French Toast!

2007-12-14T07:41:00.000-08:00

Colette is my sister in-law. She made this recipe for Thanksgiving Morning! It was delicious! Here's what she had to say........

I doubled this recipe and I put most of the praline topping on the bottom and some on the top. You really don't need any syrup and confectioners sugar just for effect. Bon appetite!
Love, Colette

This delicious 12-serving oven baked French toast is prepared the night before, set in refrigerator overnight and then baked in the morning and served with a yummy praline topping. Recipe can be halved for six servings.

INGREDIENTS:
1 loaf French bread
8 eggs
1 1/2 C. half & half
1 C. milk
1 tsp. vanilla
2 T. sugar
1/4 tsp. cinnamon
1/4 tsp. nutmeg

PREPARATION:
Slice bread into 20 one-inch slices. Arrange in a generously buttered 9x13 baking dish. Arrange in two layers, overlapping slices.
In large bowl combine eggs, milk, sugar, vanilla, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt.

Beat until blended but not bubbly. Pour mixture over bread slices evenly. Cover with foil and refrigerate overnight.

Next morning, preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spread Praline Topping (below) over bread. Bake uncovered until golden brown--about 45 minutes. Serve with maple syrup. Serves 12.
Praline Topping

2 sticks margarine or butter 1 C. brown sugar, packed 1 C. pecans 2 T. light corn syrup 1/2 tsp. cinnamon 1/2 tsp. nutmeg
Combine and blend well. Pour over French toast mixture before baking.

Donna's Italian Christmas Cookies

2007-12-13T07:47:00.000-08:00

This is Donna cooking with Kara our granddaughter! Donna is one of the best cooks I know! Sure wished you lived closer Donna, I can learn a lot from YOU!

Italian Christmas Cookies
1 cup butter, softened
2 cups sugar
3 eggs1
(15oz.) carton ricotta cheese
2 tsp vanilla
4 cups flour
1 tsp salt1
tsp baking soda
Frosting:1/4 cup butter, softened
3-4 cups confectionery sugar
1/2 tsp vanilla
3-4 tbsp milk colored sprinkles

In mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar. Add the eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in ricotta cheese and vanilla. Combine flour, salt and baking soda; gradually add to the creamed mixture.

Drop by rounded teaspoon 2 inches apart onto greased baking sheets. Bake at 350 degrees for 10-12 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool completely.

In mixing bowl, cream butter, sugar and vanilla. Add enough milk until frosting reaches spreading consistency. frost cooled cookies and immediately decorate with sprinkles. Store in the refrigerator.

Breakfasst Casserole

2007-12-11T16:52:00.000-08:00

This recipe comes from Karen!

Ingredients

4 slices of bread
12 to 16 ounces bacon or sausage, cooked and drained
2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
6 eggs, beaten
1 teaspoon dry mustard

Preparation:

Grease the bottom of a 9"x 13" pan. Tear up 4 slices of bread and place in the bottom of the pan.
Sprinkle cooked crumbled bacon or sausage over bread pieces.
Sprinkle cheddar cheese over the bacon or sausage. Mix eggs, milk and mustard together and pour over the casserole. Bake at 350 degrees for 40 minutes. Serves 4 - 6

Balsamic Chicken

2007-10-29T18:49:00.000-07:00

Balsamic Chicken

Ingredients
6 Boneless skinless chicken breast halves
1+1/2 tsp Fresh rosemary leaves, minced, or 1/2 tsp dried
2 Garlic cloves, minced
1/2 tsp Freshly grd black pepper
1/2 tsp Salt
2 tbsp Olive oil
4-6 tbsp White wine (optional)
1/4 cup Balsamic vinegar

Preparation
Rinse the chicken and pat dry. Combine the rosemary, garlic, pepper, and salt in a sm. bowl and mix well. Place the chicken in a large bowl. Drizzle with oil, and rub with the spice mixture. Cover and refrigerate overnight.
Preheat the oven to 450F. Spray a heavy roasting pan or iron skillet with cooking spray. Place the chicken in the pan and bake for 10 minutes. Turn the chicken over. If the drippings Begin to stick to the pan, stir 3-4 tbsp of water or white wine (if using).
Bake about 10 minutes or until a thermometer inserted in the thickest portion registers 160F and the juices run clear. If the pan is dry, stir in another 1-2 tbsp of water or white wine to loosen the drippings. Drizzle the vinegar over the chicken in the pan.
Transfer the chicken to plates. Stir the liquid in the same pan and drizzle over the chicken.

A recipe that feeds 45

2007-10-01T18:52:00.000-07:00

Ingredients:

3 pounds Ground beef
3 each Envelopes taco seasoning mix
3 Heads lettuce, shredded
3 cups Shredded cheddar cheese
3 cups Chopped tomatoes
2 cups Chopped onion
3 cans Chopped or sliced ripe olives; drained (4-1/4 oz each)
2 cans Ranch or chili beans, drained
1 large Bag corn chips
1 Bottle (16 oz.) Catalina Salad dressing
1 Jar (12-oz) salsa

Directions:
Brown beef, drain. Add taco seasoning and prepare according to package directions. Cool. Toss with remaining ingredients in a large plastic bag.

Cheesy Chicken Crockpot

2007-10-01T18:44:00.000-07:00

Cheesy Chicken Crockpot

This is from my mother-in-law, Sharon Wilson.

5-6 large red potatoes, chopped into bite size pieces
4-6 Chicken breast, depends on how big.
1 bag of baby carrots (I didn't have any this time, but usually I add those.)
1 jar of Cheesy Ragu Roasted Garlic Parmesan or any other white sauce

Layer ingredients in Crockpot in that exact order.
Pour Sauce on top, and do NOT mix or stir.
Cook on high for 3-4 hours or low for 6-8 hours!

Fabulous meal! You can add biscuits and/or corn to it.
Pictures to come! Thanks DD!

Buffalo Chicken Dip

2007-09-18T16:55:00.000-07:00

Buffalo Chicken Dip:

A great appetizer or snack!

2 (10 oz) cans of Chunk canned Chicken, drained

2 (8oz) Cream Cheese

1 C Ranch or Blue Cheese dressing

3/4 c Hot Sauce

3 c Cheddar Cheese

1. Heat Chicken and hot sauce over medium heat until heated thoroughly

2. Stir in Cream Cheese and Dressing.

3. Cook, stirring until well blended and warm.

4. Mix in half of shredded cheese, transfer mixture to the crock pot (I used a Fondue pot here)

5. Sprinkle remaining cheese over the top.

6. Cook on low until hot.

Serve with Nacho Chips!

Chicken Manicotti

2007-09-14T16:29:00.000-07:00

Todays recipe comes from Karen!

Chicken Manicotti

2 packages (3 ounces each) cream cheese, softened
1 cup (8 oz) sour cream
1/4 cup minced fresh parsley
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
4 cups cubed cooked chicken
1 medium onion, finely chopped
1 can ( 8 ounces ) mushrooms stems and pieces, drained
1 tablespoon butter
14 manicotti shells, cooked and drained

Sauce
6 tablespoons butter
6 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1- 1/2 cups milk
3 cups (12 ounces) shredded Monterey Jack or Cheddar cheese
4 tablespoons shredded Parmesan cheese, divided

In a large mixing bowl, beat cream cheese until fluffy. Beat in the sour cream, parsley, salt and pepper. Stir in chicken. In a small skillet, cook onion and mushrooms in butter until tender; add to chicken mixture. Stuff into manicotti shells.

In a large saucepan, melt the butter. Stir in flour and salt until smooth. Gradually whisk in milk. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Stir in 2-1/2 cups Monterey Jack cheese and 2 tablespoons Parmesan cheese just until melted.

Spread about 1/2 cup cheese sauce in each of two greased 11-in x 7-in. x 2-in dishes. Top with stuffed shells and remaining sauce.

cover and bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes. Uncover; sprinkle with remaining cheeses. Bake 10-15 minutes longer or until bubbly and cheese is melted. Yield: 7 servings.

Crockpot Catalina Chicken

2007-09-07T16:55:00.000-07:00

Crockpot Catalina Chicken!
6 Chicken breast (frozen or thawed)
1 bottle of Catalina dressing
Place chicken in crockpot either frozen or thawed.
Top with Catalina dressing! Cook on high for 3 -4 hours or low for 6-7 hours! FABULOUS!!
thanks again DD!

Mega Meatloaf with Potato Stuffing

2007-09-07T16:50:00.000-07:00

.........ok so you know(DD) me! It has to be easy for me to make it! So great with mashed potato leftovers!!

Mega Meatloaf with Potato Stuffing
All you do is make your regular meatloaf.
Put 1/2 of your mixture in your pan.
Then add and egg to Mashed Potatoes (instant or real - I used leftover ones from the night before!).

Put the Potatoes on top of the meatloaf, spreading evenly across the pan, and pressing firmly so it binds to the meatloaf.
Press remaining half of meatloaf mixture on top of potatoes, pressing firmly again to allow layers to stick together.

You will now have 3 layers, meat, potato, and meat

Cook meatloaf in oven for 60-70 minutes.

(Thanks DD, looks good!)

Orange Muffins with Brown Sugar Glaze

2007-08-31T08:30:00.000-07:00

Orange Muffins with Brown Sugar Glaze

1 cup sugar

1 cup butter, softened
2 eggs
1 cup buttermilk (if you don't have buttermilk, add 1TBSP white vinegar to just under 1 cup of milk)
1 tsp. baking soda
2 cups sifted flour

Grated rind of 2 oranges

Juice of 2 oranges
1 cup brown sugar

Preheat over to 375 degrees. Cream butter and sugar together. Add eggs and mix well. Dissolve baking soda in buttermilk; pour in mixing bowl. Add 2 cups flour and orange rind and mix together well. Fill mini muffin pans (regular muffin pans will work well, too) 2/3 full and bake for 12-17 minutes or until light golden.

Combine 1 cup brown sugar with the juice from the two oranges. Stir together, and drizzle over warm muffins. Remove from pans immediately and eat warm! Mmmmm!

Barbecued Pork Chops

2007-08-30T20:43:00.001-07:00

This one is from Danielle aka DD!

Need a Very simple meal plan, but you're going to be gone all day at work? Start this one in the morning, and dinner's done when you get home!

Ingredients

4 Pork Chops, I like mine without the bone

Bottle of your favorite Barbecue Sauce

Preparation

Get up just 5 minutes early for work.

Pour a little barbecue sauce to cover the bottom of the slow-cooker.

Place meat in slow-cooker ) almost any real meat will do, frozen solid usually works the best.

Cover with remaining Barbecue Sauce.

Place lid on and set on low.

Cooks all day while you're at work.

Come home 6-8 hours later, and serve to hungry, happy family!

Britt's Cinnamon Muffins

2007-08-28T15:33:00.000-07:00

They taste just like DOUGHNUTS!

1 3/4 c flour

1 1/2 tsp. baking soda

1/2 tsp. salt

1/2 tsp. nutmeg

1/4 tsp. cinnamon

1/4 c. vegetable oil

3/4 c. white sugar

1 egg

3/4 c. milk

2 T. sugar

1 1/2 tsp.cinnamon

Sift dry ingredients together. Combine liquid ingredients,

then gradually stir liquid mixture into dry ingredients.

Grease muffins tin; spoon in liquid mixture. Combine 2

tablespoons sugar with 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon and

sprinkle over mixture. Bake at 350* for 20 - 25 minutes

(less time is best). Makes 10 to 12 muffins

Danielle's Olive Garden Chicken

2007-08-23T18:11:00.000-07:00

6 -8 chicken breasts
milk
bread crumbs
oil
diced tomatoes (12 or 16 oz jar depends on how many tomatoes)
Italian Seasoning
Mozzarella cheese2 cans of Classico's Tomatoes Alfredo Sauce

Dip chicken, in milk then in bread crumbs. Fry in a pan with a little bit of oil. Brown on both sides.

Cover the bottom of a 9x13 baking dish with a little bit of sauce. Place chicken on top of the sauce . Now add the diced tomatoes. Sprinkle Italian Seasoning on top. Then add the rest of the Classico Tomato Alfredo Sauce, followed by the Mozzarella Cheese.

Bake at 350* for the first 35 min with foil on top. Remove foil and bake another 10 minutes (for a total of 45 minutes).

Karen's Crock Pot Chicken

2007-08-23T17:13:00.001-07:00

Karen this is one of my Favorite Recipes!

2 lbs of Chicken Breast Cut into strips

1 package of Italian dressing seasoning

1 package of 8 0z Cream Cheese

1 can of Cream of Mushroom soup

1/4 cup Butter Melted

1/4 cup water

Place Chicken in crock pot

Note: Mix salad dressing as you would for salad, oil, vinegar etc.

Mix all ingredients together and pour over chicken. Cook on slow 5 to 6 hours.

Serve over pasta or rice