I can't NOT post this recipe. This bread is to die for! It was served at my baby shower and I have eaten practically a whole loaf by myself! The recipe is from my friends Cheryl Burrows and her daughter Holley Searle. Enjoy (and try to share?)!
1 egg
1/2 cup plain yogurt
2/3 cup oil
2 1/4 cup sugar
1 1/2 tsp vanilla
1 1/2 tsp almond extract
1 1/2 tsp butter (melted)
3 Tbsp. poppy seeds
3 cups flour
1 1/2 tsp. salt
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1 1/2 cups milk
Makes 2 loaves. Mix all ingredients, pour into two loaf pans. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour. Test with toothpick.
Make glaze with powdered sugar and lemon juice. Spread on loaves when cool.
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Friday, September 26, 2008
Linda's Fresh Fruit (Peach) Pie
This is Aunt Linda's fresh fruit (peach) pie recipe. Its way good. If you make it too often, you can't blame me for the extra pounds!
Make a single layer pie crust and cook it. Let it cool. Wash, peel, and cut your fruit, and place it in your crust. Then follow directions below, but don't wait too long or you will have brown fruit.
1 1/2 C sugar
1/4 C cornstarch
Mix in a pot, then add
1 1/2 C water
Bring to a boil, stirring, then remove from heat.
Add 1 small package jello* (just the powder, don't follow jello directions)
Stir and let it thicken a little bit.
Pour over fruit in crust.
Put in fridge for at least 2 hours (although it usually takes my pie more like 4 or 5 to be set). You may want to put a plate under it for it to drip on or you'll be cleaning your fridge!
We like to put cool whip or whipping cream on our pie!
TIPS:
You can use whatever flavor of jello you want to. I like to use raspberry jello with my peach pie, or peach jello depending on my mood.
You really could make this a strawberry pie, or some other fruit, but I personally think peach is the best (my family would probably really like strawberry, but why make a pie if you can't eat it?) Although, I should make it a raspberry pie sometime, that would be even more heavenly!
If I make this in my regular pie plate, it always overflows. I have started making it in my deep-dish style pie plate and it fits in the pie plate better.
I usually use 5-7 peaches, depending on how big they are.
I have noticed that the pie still looks good on day 2, but on day 3 it starts to look ugly and get a little bit of a "different" texture to it - so don't try to save it too long. Just enjoy it! Give in! Eat all you want/can, or at least have some friends over to share it with in the first place! You can always make another one on day 4 (if not sooner)!
Make a single layer pie crust and cook it. Let it cool. Wash, peel, and cut your fruit, and place it in your crust. Then follow directions below, but don't wait too long or you will have brown fruit.
1 1/2 C sugar
1/4 C cornstarch
Mix in a pot, then add
1 1/2 C water
Bring to a boil, stirring, then remove from heat.
Add 1 small package jello* (just the powder, don't follow jello directions)
Stir and let it thicken a little bit.
Pour over fruit in crust.
Put in fridge for at least 2 hours (although it usually takes my pie more like 4 or 5 to be set). You may want to put a plate under it for it to drip on or you'll be cleaning your fridge!
We like to put cool whip or whipping cream on our pie!
TIPS:
You can use whatever flavor of jello you want to. I like to use raspberry jello with my peach pie, or peach jello depending on my mood.
You really could make this a strawberry pie, or some other fruit, but I personally think peach is the best (my family would probably really like strawberry, but why make a pie if you can't eat it?) Although, I should make it a raspberry pie sometime, that would be even more heavenly!
If I make this in my regular pie plate, it always overflows. I have started making it in my deep-dish style pie plate and it fits in the pie plate better.
I usually use 5-7 peaches, depending on how big they are.
I have noticed that the pie still looks good on day 2, but on day 3 it starts to look ugly and get a little bit of a "different" texture to it - so don't try to save it too long. Just enjoy it! Give in! Eat all you want/can, or at least have some friends over to share it with in the first place! You can always make another one on day 4 (if not sooner)!
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Mom-O's Banana Bread
This is my mom's banana bread recipe that she gave me. I like this one.. it makes 2 big loves or 4 small. I normally do 1 big and 2 small.
2-3 Bananas
3 T. oil
1 c. sugar
3/4 c. milk
1 egg
2 1/2 c. flour
3 1/3 t. baking powder
1 t. salt
Chocolate chips (it isn't banana bread without them!)
Mix together and put in greased and floured pans. Bake at 350 degrees for 50 + (large loves) or 30+ (small ones) Times are estimates. I just bake until I know there are done. (toothpick it!)
2-3 Bananas
3 T. oil
1 c. sugar
3/4 c. milk
1 egg
2 1/2 c. flour
3 1/3 t. baking powder
1 t. salt
Chocolate chips (it isn't banana bread without them!)
Mix together and put in greased and floured pans. Bake at 350 degrees for 50 + (large loves) or 30+ (small ones) Times are estimates. I just bake until I know there are done. (toothpick it!)
Saturday, September 13, 2008
Refried Beans in the Crockpot
I signed up to take refried beans to the ward taco night, having heard you could make refried beans in the crockpot. They turned out pretty good, and way cheaper than buying cans to warm up. Here is the "recipe"
dry pinto beans
water
beef boullion
salt
onion salt
Sort and rinse pinto beans. Put in crockpot - NOT turned on - overnight to soak, with water a few inches over the beans. In the morning drain beans and put in fresh water, covering beans completely. Cook on low all day (6 hours or so), adding water periodically to keep the beans covered. Use a potato masher or blender to mash the beans. Add beef boullion, salt, and onion salt to taste. We added a little oil to our beans, too. Jim said we should really have some bacon grease or something to make them a little more authentic. But, they turned out pretty good!
I did one full (1 lb?) bag of beans in my larger round crockpot, and the pot overflowed. Next time I will use my big oval crockpot. It made TONS, but you can put it in containers and freeze them for later.
dry pinto beans
water
beef boullion
salt
onion salt
Sort and rinse pinto beans. Put in crockpot - NOT turned on - overnight to soak, with water a few inches over the beans. In the morning drain beans and put in fresh water, covering beans completely. Cook on low all day (6 hours or so), adding water periodically to keep the beans covered. Use a potato masher or blender to mash the beans. Add beef boullion, salt, and onion salt to taste. We added a little oil to our beans, too. Jim said we should really have some bacon grease or something to make them a little more authentic. But, they turned out pretty good!
I did one full (1 lb?) bag of beans in my larger round crockpot, and the pot overflowed. Next time I will use my big oval crockpot. It made TONS, but you can put it in containers and freeze them for later.
Friday, September 12, 2008
Cherry Bars!
At Lisa's request. I hope this helps with that craving! I personally would do raspberry. But if you like the cherry do the cherry.
Cherry Bars
2 Cubes Margarine
1 ¾ c. Sugar
3 c. flour
1 tsp. vanilla
1 ½ tsp. baking powder
4 eggs
21 oz cherry or other pie filling.
½ - 1 tsp. salt
Cream margarine, sugar and vanilla until fluffy. Add eggs one at a time. Add flour, salt, and Baking Powder. Grease and flour large cookie sheet. Spread with 2/3 of the batter. Put pie filling on top of batter. then drop remaining batter by tablespoonful on top of this.
Bake at 350° for 35-45 min.
Frosting: 1 c. Powdered Sugar
2 Tbsp. Milk
½ tsp. Almond Extract
Cherry Bars
2 Cubes Margarine
1 ¾ c. Sugar
3 c. flour
1 tsp. vanilla
1 ½ tsp. baking powder
4 eggs
21 oz cherry or other pie filling.
½ - 1 tsp. salt
Cream margarine, sugar and vanilla until fluffy. Add eggs one at a time. Add flour, salt, and Baking Powder. Grease and flour large cookie sheet. Spread with 2/3 of the batter. Put pie filling on top of batter. then drop remaining batter by tablespoonful on top of this.
Bake at 350° for 35-45 min.
Frosting: 1 c. Powdered Sugar
2 Tbsp. Milk
½ tsp. Almond Extract
Oriental Chicken in the Crockpot
This is one of the easiest crockpot meals, and it tastes SOO good. My neighbor even said it tastes like something from Panda Express! However, it isn't so asian that you can't use the chicken in a chicken salad or something if you wanted to. Cook lots, cause you'll wish you had even more leftovers!
1/2 C honey
1/2 C soy sauce
chicken
optional (I never do it) 2 T sessame seeds
Put chicken in crockpot, sauce (with seeds mixed in) on top, cook till done. Maybe 4-6 hrs on low? I put my frozen chicken in the crockpot before noon, cook on low, and eat dinner around 5 or 6. This amount of sauce will be enough for more chicken than you think, but if you want more just do equal parts of honey and soy sauce.
Eat it with rice. Enjoy!
(FYI, it is from the "Fix It and Forget It" cookbook)
1/2 C honey
1/2 C soy sauce
chicken
optional (I never do it) 2 T sessame seeds
Put chicken in crockpot, sauce (with seeds mixed in) on top, cook till done. Maybe 4-6 hrs on low? I put my frozen chicken in the crockpot before noon, cook on low, and eat dinner around 5 or 6. This amount of sauce will be enough for more chicken than you think, but if you want more just do equal parts of honey and soy sauce.
Eat it with rice. Enjoy!
(FYI, it is from the "Fix It and Forget It" cookbook)
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Chicken Cordon Bleu
This is great because you just cook it in a crock pot!
4-6 Chicken Breasts
4-6 Slices of your favorite Deli Ham ( I use Apple wood smoked Ham)
4-6 slices of Swiss Cheese
1 can cream of chicken
3 T. Milk
Pound out your chicken breasts until flat. Then layer with ham and cheese. Roll up and secure with a toothpick.
Brown Chicken rolls in a pan with a little olive oil.
Put browned chicken into the crock pot. Mix Cream of Chicken soup and milk together, pour onto the top of your chicken.
Cook on Low for 5-6 hours!
I usually serve this with a salad and some fruit!
4-6 Chicken Breasts
4-6 Slices of your favorite Deli Ham ( I use Apple wood smoked Ham)
4-6 slices of Swiss Cheese
1 can cream of chicken
3 T. Milk
Pound out your chicken breasts until flat. Then layer with ham and cheese. Roll up and secure with a toothpick.
Brown Chicken rolls in a pan with a little olive oil.
Put browned chicken into the crock pot. Mix Cream of Chicken soup and milk together, pour onto the top of your chicken.
Cook on Low for 5-6 hours!
I usually serve this with a salad and some fruit!
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Cake in a Mug!!! Fast and easy!
This is a really easy and fast treat to have on hand. And kids love helping to make it.
First make the mix:
in a big bag (Ziploc) put 1 angle food cake mix and 1 other flavor cake mix (any flavor, I like chocolate) Shake to combine it all together.
When you are ready for a small personal cake measure 1/3 c. mix into a coffee/Hot chocolate mug. Add 3 T. Water and mix. If you want you can put candy pieces, chocolate chips, etc. in the mix/water mixture. Place in microwave and cook for 1 min. Then turn it over on your plate and eat! Really good with Ice Cream! (but everything is)
Tip:Microwave with something under it, My cakes boil over.
First make the mix:
in a big bag (Ziploc) put 1 angle food cake mix and 1 other flavor cake mix (any flavor, I like chocolate) Shake to combine it all together.
When you are ready for a small personal cake measure 1/3 c. mix into a coffee/Hot chocolate mug. Add 3 T. Water and mix. If you want you can put candy pieces, chocolate chips, etc. in the mix/water mixture. Place in microwave and cook for 1 min. Then turn it over on your plate and eat! Really good with Ice Cream! (but everything is)
Tip:Microwave with something under it, My cakes boil over.
Breakfast for Dinner
After a hard day with the four girls I had today we made breakfast for dinner. We had
- Scrambled eggs
- Pancakes (with sweet potatoes, bananas or chocolate chips (well the chocolate chips could go with the other two)
- Muffins
- Juice
- Milk
- Sliced fruit
Sound like a lot, but Maddie and Adrian did a lot including Making a "forest" (fort) in the living room to eat in.
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Chicken Devon
I am sure we all have the recipe but it is a good way to use left over chicken and rice. So you need
- Rice
- Chicken
- Broccoli
- 1 can Cream of Chicken soup
- 1/2 t. lemon juice
- 1/4-1/2 t. curry powder
- 1/2 c. Mayo
- Cheese
- Bread Crumbs
Layer your pre-cooked Rice, Chicken and Broccoli. Mix the measured ingredients. Put that mixture on top of rice.chicken and broccoli. Sprinkle with cheese and bread crumbs (I never do bread crumbs.) Heat in oven or microwave.
This time when I made it I made two 9x9 pans. One I froze for some time when I may need it. It also used up all my left over rice that Adrian and Maddie made (Maddie told him how to make it, so we had a lot :) )
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Looking for good ideas!
Have you ever wondered what you were going to cook for dinner? Or what someone else made for their dinner? Or if they liked what they fixed? I always am. So, here is a place where we can share our ideas and give our reviews. Please leave a comment if you would like to join in this quest for new meal ideas. Then I will contact you and we will begin sharing our ideas here on this blog!
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