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  • Archive for October, 2010

    Tamale Casserole

    1/2 C. corn meal
    1/2 tsp. salt
    3/4 C. water.
    1 1/2 C. Pet milk
    1/4 C. onion, chopped
    1 1/2 Tbsp. shortening
    1 lb. ground beef
    1/2 C. canned tomatoes
    1/2 tsp. salt
    3/4 tsp. chili powder

    Put in a sauce pan cornmeal, salt, and water. Add gradually Pet milk. Boil and stir until mixture thickens. Cover and let cool. Preheat oven to 375º. Grease a shallow 9×13″ baking pan. Brown meat with pepper and onion cook until almost done. Drain off excess fat, and add tomatoes, salt and pepper to taste and chili powder. Stir an cook until done. Spread 1/2 cornmeal in dish then add meat mixture. Top with remaining cornmeal. Bake until the top is light brown for about 35 minutes.

    Homemade Taco Sauce

    12 each Canning tomatoes
    1 cup Chopped green chili
    1 teaspoon Cumino
    1 each Sm onion
    1 teaspoon Salt
    1 teaspoon Oregano

    Dip tomatoes in boiling water, peel and chop. Chop small onions. Put
    tomato, onion and chili in 6 quart pan. Add seasonings and simmer for 1
    1/2 hours. Put in canning jars. Bath in hot water bath for 30 min.

    Pheasant And Wild Rice

    1 C. raw wild raw rice
    1 can cream of mushroom soup
    1 can cream of chicken soup
    1 can mushrooms
    2 1/2 C. water
    2 pheasants cut up
    Flour for dusting
    1 package instant onion soup mix

    Mix rice, canned soup, water, mushrooms and water together in crock pot. Flour and brown the pheasants if desired. Place pheasants in crock pot. Sprinkle with onion soup mix. Cover. Cook on low 6 to 8 hours. Add a splash more water if rice is looking dry towards end of cooking time.

    Jumbo Molasses Cookies

    1 cup sugar
    1/2 cup shortening
    1 cup dark molasses
    1/2 cup water
    4 cups all-purpose flour
    1 1/2 teaspoons salt
    1 1/2 teaspoons ground ginger
    1 teaspoon baking soda
    1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
    1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
    1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
    Sugar

    Beat 1 cup sugar and the shortening in large bowl with electric mixer
    on medium speed, or mix with spoon. Stir in remaining ingredients
    except sugar. Cover and refrigerate at least 3 hours until dough is
    firm.
    Heat oven to 375º. Generously grease cookie sheet. Roll dough 1/4
    inch thick on generously floured cloth-covered surface. Cut into 3-inch
    circles. Sprinkle with sugar. Place about 1 1/2 inches apart on cookie
    sheet. Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until almost no indentation remains
    when touched lightly in center. Cool 2 minutes; remove from cookie
    sheet to wire rack.

    Walford Salad

    1 C. celery, sliced
    1 C. seedless green grapes, halved
    1 C. apple, diced
    4 dates
    1/2 C. walnuts
    1/4 C. mayonnaise
    2 Tbls. dry white wine
    lettuce leaves

    Place celery, grapes, apple, dates, and walnuts into a bowl. Blend mayonnaise with wine; pour into bowl. Stir to blend with celery, fruit and walnuts. Use slotted serving spoon to serve, shaking spoon slightly to remove excess dressing. Serve on lettuce leaves.

    Italian Sausage In Tomato Sauce

    2 pounds Italian Sausage
    2 tablespoons Olive oil
    2 cups Tomato sauce
    1 teaspoon Oregano
    1 cup Chablis wine
    1 pound Mushrooms — fresh and sliced

    Saute Italian sausage for a few minutes in olive oil – just long enough to seal it or firm it up. Remove sausage and let cool. Cut into bitesize pieces. Mix the rest of the ingredients in the skillet. Bring to a boil. Add sausage and cook for 1 hour on low heat. Serve as a hot appetizer. You may wish to be cautious with the wine at first. Some may find 1 cup too much.

    Grilled Chicken Quesadillas

    1 Whole chicken breast — boneless and skinless
    2 tablespoons Vegetable oil
    1/4 teaspoon Salt
    Chili powder (4 pinches)
    1/4 teaspoon Cumin
    1/4 teaspoon Black pepper
    1 Clove of Garlic — minced
    1 Problano Chili
    8 6-inch Flour Tortillas
    2 cups Grated cheddar cheese (mild — or sharp)
    1 cup Grated chihuahua cheese or — Montery Jack
    cheese
    1 cup Salsa or guacamole -optional

    [Note: the serving size (24) is the number of pieces you will get --
    not necessarily how many people it will feed.]
    1. Heat grill or broiler and cook chicken until done (approx. 5 minutes
    on each side). Cool to room temperature and shred into 1/4-inch
    pieces.
    2. Over gas burner or under broiler, place poblano pepper and char skin
    until black all over, rotate as necessary. Place pepper in a bag and
    close. After about 15 minutes remove pepper from bag and remove charred
    skin, seeds, and stem. Cut pepper into 1/2-inch strips.
    3. Place 4 tortillas on table and top each with 3/4 cup of cheese, a
    pinch of chili powder, 1/2 cup of shredded chicken and divided poblano
    strips. Top with remaining tortillas.
    4. Heat an 8-inch or larger skillet — dry, no oil — over medium high
    heat. Place quesadilla, one at a time in skillet and cook until golden
    brown (about 1 minute) Turn over and cook another minute.
    5. Let cool slightly before cutting into 6 whedges. Serve with salsa
    or guacamole if desired.

    No Egg Rice Pudding

    1 C. Raw Converted Rice
    2 1/2 C. Milk
    2/3 C. -Granulated Sugar
    1/2 C. Golden Seedless Raisins
    1/2 tsp. -Salt
    1/2 tsp. -Nutmeg
    1/2 Lemon Rind, of half a lemon slivered
    1/2 tsp. Vanilla
    1/2 C. Heavy Cream OR half-and-half chilled

    Place all the ingredients except the cream in the crock pot and stir once. Cover and cook on Low for 4 to 6 hours. Serve lukewarm with chilled heavy cream or half-and- half.

    Joe Froggers

    1 cup sugar
    1/2 cup shortening
    1 cup dark molasses
    1/2 cup water
    4 cups all-purpose flour
    1 1/2 teaspoons salt
    1 1/2 teaspoons ground ginger
    1 teaspoon baking soda
    1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
    1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
    1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
    Sugar

    Beat 1 cup sugar, the shortening, molasses and water in large bowl
    with electric mixer on low speed, or mix with spoon. Stir in remaining
    ingredients except sugar. Cover and refrigerate about 2 hours or until
    firm.
    Heat oven to 375º. Lightly grease cookie sheet. Roll one fourth of
    dough at a time 1/4 inch thick on well-floured cloth-covered surface.
    Cut into 3-inch rounds. Place about 1 1/2 inches apart on cookie sheet.
    Sprinkle with sugar. Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until almost no
    indentation remains when touched in center. Remove from cookie
    sheet to wire rack.

    Italian Roasted Vegetables

    2 each Yellow Peppers — Cut into Chunks
    2 each Red Bell Peppers — Cut into Chunks
    2 each Green Peppers — Cut into Chunks
    3 each Zucchini — Sliced Lengthwise
    2 bunches Green Onions — Trimmed
    2 each Japanese Eggplant — Sliced
    24 spears Asparagus — Whole, trimmed
    1 pound Baby New Potatoes — Sliced thin
    8 ounces Mushrooms — Halved or whole
    1 bunch Fresh Rosemary — Chopped
    12 cloves Garlic — Chopped
    1/4 cup Extra Virgin olive oil
    Salt and pepper — To taste

    Preheat oven to 500. Put vegies into open roasting pan. Toss with rosemary, chopped garlic, salt and fresh ground black pepper and just enough olive oil to coat. Roast for about 45 minutes, or until crisp tender.

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