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Archive for January, 2010

I admit I love cookbooks. So its always hard for me to pass them up when I find one for sale. My MOMS Club has one and I bought it last year not long after I joined and I am just now starting to try recipes from it. I love using a cookbook that I know the recipes are tried and true! This recipe is fast and tastes great.

Source: Local MOMS Club Cookbook

Prep Time: 5 minutes Cook Time: 10 minutes

• 2lbs ground beef or turkey
• 1/2 onion or a dash of onion powder
• 2 cans tomato soup
• 8 oz plain cream cheese
• 3 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
• 6-8 oz pasta

Cook the pasta while you brown the meat and onion. Drain. Mix all ingredients. Enjoy. Freezes fine and reheats well.

Yields: 4-6 servings

Yeah its that easy and you all know I love easy!!

Not the best picture I know but I was in a hurry this morning. I first had this recipe a few months back at a MOMS Club activity. I kept meaning to make it but never did. This morning I had a MOMS Club activity to go to and needed something fast and yummy and this recipe fits that bill perfectly.

Source: A fellow mom.(Thanks Katie!!)

Prep Time: 10 Minutes Cook Time 15-20 Minutes

• 1 stick margarine or butter
• 1 cup oatmeal(I used the quick cooking kind)
• 2 eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1 1/2 cups hot boiling water
• 1 cup flour
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• powdered sugar to dust the top

Mix butter and oatmeal and add boiling water. Stir and let cool. Slightly beat the eggs and add to the mixture alone with the vanilla.  Mix the Dry ingredients. Slowly add the dry ingredients to the wet mixture. Pour into a pan or cookie sheet. Bake at 350 for 15 minutes. Let cool and dust with powdered sugar.

Yield: 10-12 servings

Super easy and my kids love it.

Heaven. These rolls are pure heaven. I don’t say that much when it comes to food. I had my doubts about this recipe I admit but they looked SO good I had to try them and man am I glad I did!!

Source: The Pioneer Woman This woman rocks!!!!

Prep Time: 3-5hrs Cook Time 15-18 minutes

• 7-8 frozen dinner rolls(I used Rhode’s)
• 4 tbsp butter(melted)
• Rosemary
• Coarse Sea Salt

Spray a small iron skillet(I don’t have one so I used a roasting pan and it worked great) with cooking spray (or coat with olive oil). Place frozen rolls in the skillet, leaving plenty of room for rising. Cover and allow to rise for several hours.

After rising, brush rolls with melted butter.

Sprinkle on chopped rosemary(I used dried). Brush with additional butter. Sprinkle with coarse sea salt.

Bake according to roll package directions (usually 400 degrees for 15 to 20 minutes), until rolls are a deep golden brown on top.

Yield: 8 servings

Okay I had to go eat another roll while typing this up. I am in trouble with these things. I used a little too much salt so they where just a little to salty but still OOO so good. I also added some garlic powder to the melted butter because we where having spaghetti for dinner. I am going to attack The Pioneer Woman’s website this weekend for more great recipes. I found a chicken noodle recipe that made me drool. This lady knows how to cook let me tell you. Enjoy and I know your not going to be able to stop at one roll. Trust me.

I made this pie back at Thanksgiving and I am just now getting the recipe up. Oops! I am not a huge fan of apple pie but I love this one. I made 2 pies planning to freeze one.. The 2nd pie never got to the freezer.

Source: Cooks.com

Prep Time: 20 minutes Cook Time: 50 minutes

Crust

• 1 cup shorting
• 2 cups flour
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 tbsp vinegar
• 1/3 cup milk

Cut the shortening into the flour and salt. Add vinegar to milk. Combine at once with the flour mixture.

Makes 2 pie crusts.

Apple Pie

• 6 cups pared(thinly sliced) apples(about 6-8 apples)
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 tbsp flour
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• Dash of nutmeg
• Dash of salt

Combine sugar, flour, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt. Mix with apples. Line pie plate with crust and fill with apple mixture.

Topping for Pie

• 1/3 cup sugar
• 3/4 cup flour
• 6 tbsp butter

Mix the sugar with the flour; cut in butter until crumbly. Sprinkle over apple mixture. Bake pie at 400 degrees for 50 minutes or until done.

Yield: 1 pie(though I can get 2 out of it)

I have found that the apple mixture will make 2 pies. I don’t have a deep pie plate so maybe that is why. All I know is this pie is good!

I’m trying to make more soups this winter. I enjoy a good bowl of chicken noodle soup and so I started looking for a easy recipe. I remembered seeing one on the back of a can of chicken broth at some point so I went digging and after some tweaking I came up with this.

Source: Adapted form Swanson’s sensational chicken noodle soup recipe

Prep Time: 5 minutes Cook Time: 25 minutes

• 8 cups chicken broth
• 1-1/2 cups chopped carrots
• 1-1/2 cups sliced celery
• 2 cups cooked chicken or turkey
• 2 to 2 1/2 cups uncooked wide egg noodles
• 1/4 to 1/2 tsp pepper

Heat the broth, black pepper, carrot and celery in a stockpot over medium-high heat to a boil. Stir the noodles and chicken into the saucepan. Reduce the heat to medium. Cook for 10 minutes or until the noodles are tender.

Yield: 8 servings

Of course if you like different vegetables or spices in your chicken noodle soup then you can use them. Its fast and yummy!

After taking a break from trying new recipes I am back at it. My droughts never last long I always get bored with what I am cooking and start looking through my cookbooks or checking out a number of my favorite food blogs. I found this recipe on facebook. A friend posted a link and I bookmarked it and finally gave it a try last week. I admit I buy a lot of refrigerated dinner biscuits because its fast and they taste good. But I know I can save myself some money if I make them myself. This recipe is really easy and the biscuit dough can be frozen and used when needed.

Source: smitten kitchen

Prep Time: 20 Minutes Cook time 10-15 minutes

• 3 tbsp melted butter
• 2 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting the surface
• 1 tbsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 tbsp sugar (optional)
• 1 1/2 cups heavy cream

Preheat the oven to 425°F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Melt butter in a small pot or microwave dish, and set aside. Sift two cups flour, the baking powder, salt and (if using) sugar into a large bowl. Fold in 1 1/4 cups cream. If the dough is not soft or easily handled, fold in the remaining 1/4 cup cream, little by little. (I ended up using two additional tablespoons, or half the unused cream. Just like the recipe from smitten kitchen called for)

Turn dough onto a floured surface, mound it into a ball and, using your hands, press it to a thickness of about 3/4 inch. Cut into rounds, 2 1/2 inches in diameter. Gather dough scraps and continue to make rounds. Dip the top of each round in melted butter and arrange on the baking sheet. Bake until golden, 10 to 15 minutes. Serve immediately, or flash freeze for future use. [Biscuits can be baked straight from the freezer, and additional few minutes baking time will be needed, usually around 3 to 5.]

Yield: 1 Dozen

I don’t have a shifter so I did not shift the flour. I also used my kitchen aid mixture the 2nd time I made these and I did not need the extra 2 tbsp of whipping cream. I have not tried freezing a batch yet but I plan too. I really like these and my kids eat these better then the store brand. You definitely want to serve these right as they come out of the oven. They are still good once they cool but are best fresh. The other thing I want to try with these biscuits is adding cheese and garlic. I bet that would be heavenly!

First off I am sorry I have slowed down so much with posting recipes. I got to a point where I felt like I was cooking for this blog and not because I love to cook so I took a step back. I only want to post recipes here my family really likes not just any old recipes to fill up my blog. So there may not be as many updates but the recipes are tested and approved.

This one is another favorite from my childhood. I loved to walk into the house after school and smell this in the oven. I guess this would be considered a dessert but my mom made it as a meal. A sweet meal but man is it good!!

Source: My Mom

Prep Time: 20-30 minutes Cook Time: 1 hour

• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup water
• 1/8th tsp nutmeg
• 1/4 cup cinnamon candies
• 1 tbsp butter or margin
• 2 cups flour
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp salt
• 2/3 cup Crisco
• 1/2 cup milk
• 6 peeled and cored apples

Combine sugar, water, nutmeg and cinnamon in a saucepan. Cook over low heat 5 minutes or until candies are dissolved. Add butter. Cool slightly. Heat oven to 375. Mix together flour, baking powder and salt into a bowl. Cut in Crisco with a pastry blender(I just use my kitchen aid mixer to mix the dough) until mixture looks like coarse meal. Add milk and stir with a fork only until mixed. Roll out dough 1/4 inch thick on a lightly flowered board or pastry cloth. Cut in sixths. Put apple in center of each. Fold and put in baking dish cover with cinnamon mixture.. Bake at 375 for one hour or until done.

Yield: 6 servings

I do things a bit different then the recipe. I always double the dough and cinnamon mixture. You don’t have too but I love the sauce and think the extra sauce helps it from drying out as it cooks. I also double the dough because it just does not seem to be enough to cover the apples. Maybe I don’t roll it out enough but doubling it works for me.