Sunday, February 28, 2010

Chicken & Rice Casserole

I guess you can say I sort of made this dish up....I got the idea though from the one and only Paula Deen on the  food network website. 

ingredients:

Makes two 9 by 11 baking dishes.

4 cups of uncooked rice-cooked

2 28oz can green beans

5 cups of shredded chicken

1 onion

2 cups mayo

salt/pepper

Cream Sauce:

1/2 cup oil

1/2 flour

8 cups of milk

1 teaspoons celery salt

1 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoons garlic salt

Chicken flavoring

2 tablespoons cornstarch

1/4 block of velveeta cheese

Directions:

heat the chicken and green beans in a large sauce pan with some salt and pepper.   After that is heated though place the chicken and green beans in a large mixing bowl and coat with the mayo.  

Sauce:

heat oil until bubbly then add the flour and stir until no lumps.  quickly add the milk and whisk.  Add the chicken flavoring, and the salts.  Add the cheese, if it's not thickening after 5 minutes add the cornstarch.  

Spray the pans and spread the rice evenly in the bottom, mix in the chicken and green bean mixture.  Pour the cheese sauce over them and mix lightly so not to mush the rice.   Bake at 345F until light brown and bubbly.  Enjoy!

Sunday, February 14, 2010

Jazz up your dishes.

Canned Tomato Soup

Add parsley, basil, and fresh garlic

Canned Green Beans

Heat a skillet with butter and garlic, add green beans, salt/pepper to taste.

Hint: Garlic makes everything better!

Boxed Mac 'N' Cheese

1. Add one cup sour cream, taco seasoning and a half  a pound of ground hamburger.

2. Add some color to your dish throw some thinly sliced peppers into it!

3. add hot dogs.

4. add whole milk and some parmesan cheese.

4. add cook chicken, buffalo sauce, salsa, and a little ranch dressing, and you got yourself buffalo chicken mac n cheese!

5. add a can of mushroom soup.

There are so many I could go on forever but these are the best!

Chocolate Chip Muffins

We have these for breakfast at least 2 or 3 times a week, they are quick, tasty, and easy.  You can also subtract the chocolate chips and add blueberries, or other fruits and veggies like sweet potatoes. 

Ingredients: makes 24 regular sized muffins.

2 eggs

2/3 cup oil

2/3 cup white sugar

2/3 cup brown sugar

2 teaspoon salt

2 tablespoon baking powder

1 tablespoon vanilla

2 cups milk

2 cups white flour

2 cups wheat flour

2 cups chocolate chips

optional:

1 cup sour cream

1 cup chopped walnuts 

Mix all the wet ingredients together in a medium bowl.  Add the dry ingredients.  Mix well.  Add the chocolate chips and walnuts if desired. Bake for 15 minutes at 345F or until golden brown.



Enjoy!

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Beans

Serve this with cornbread and everyone will be your best friend.

ingredients:

enough dries pinto beans to feed your family

water

salt/pepper

bacon

cover beans with water, slice bacon and put it in the pot with the beans, and sprinkle with salt and pepper, add garlic if desired, boil for 4 hours, and there an easy YUMMY dinner!

Stir Fry

I just made this for dinner like two seconds ago, and it was a hit!

ingredients:

2 big slices of flank steak

1 onion

One head of broccoli and cauliflower

2 1/2 cup chopped carrots

3 cloves of garlic

2 bottles of stir fry sauce (found in the asian section of supermarkets)

One cup of beef broth

2 cups of flour

salt/pepper

Rice (enough to feed your family)

First what you want to do is slice the steak into thin slices and toss with flour, salt and pepper.  Then cut up all the veggies and set aside.  After all the cutting is done, place the steak in a heated oiled skillet and cook until done.  In a seprate pot heat some oil and place the garlic, onion, and carrots inside, cover.  After the carrots are soft, place the broccoli, cauliflower, sauce, and broth inside and mix until coated, cover. 

Now would be a good time to start cooking the rice.

After the veggies are soft put in the steak and stir, heat though, serve, and enjoy!