Saturday, March 13, 2010

more yummies!

Baked Potato Dip

1 cup sour cream
1 cup mayo
6 green onions, sliced thin
6 pieces of bacon, cooked and crumbled
1 cup shredded cheese

Mix all ingredients together and serve with sturdy chips or wheat thins. You can also top with baked potatoes with this dip.

Lemon Water

3 qts. water
3 cups sugar
1 Tbsp. Citric acid (get it at a health food store)
1 Tbsp. lemon extract
Lemon and lime slices
Ice

Let all ingredients dissolve. Put in punch bowl with lots of ice. Float lemon and lime slices on top.

Corn Chowder

1/2 lb. bacon
1 onion, chopped
1/2 green pepper, chopped
3 Tbsp. flour
3 cups water
salt and pepper
1 (1lb.) can creamed corn
1 bay leaf
1 cup coffee creamer (cremora, dry)
1 1/2 up grated cheddar cheese
3 potatoes, diced
1/4 tsp. sage

Combine bacon,onion, and green pepper; cook until bacon is crisp. Blend in flour and cook 1 min. In large pan, add 2 cups water, diced potatoes, sage, and bay leaf. Cover and cook until potatoes are done. Remove bay leaf and add the creamed corn, 1 cup boiling water, Cremora, cheese, and salt and pepper. Heat just until cheese melts. Serve sprinkled with chives.

Incredible Sweet Jello

2 cups crushed pretzels
3/4 cup melted butter
3 Tbsp. sugar
8 oz Cream cheese
8 oz. cool whip
1/2 cup sugar
2 cups boiling water
1 large pkg. strawberry jello
1 large pkg. frozen strawberries and the juice

Mix pretzels, butter, and 3 Tbsp sugar together and spread over bottom of 9x13 pan. Bake 5 mins. at 350 Degrees. Now mix cream cheese, cool whip, and 1/2 cup sugar. Spread this over the cooled pretzel crust.
Jello Layer: dissolve jello in water; add frozen strawberries slices. Mix in Quickly and pour over cream layer. Chill!

Poppy Seed Chicken

2-3 chicken breast (uncooked) cut into pieces
3/4 cup sour cream
1 can cream of chicken soup
1/2 Tbsp. poppy seeds
1/2 cup butter
1 tube Ritz cracker, crushed

Mix raw chicken pieces with sour cream, soup, and poppy seeds and spread in a9x13 pan. Mix butter and 1 tube of crushed crackers together and sprinkle over top of casserole. Bake at 350 degrees for 40 mins. Serve over rice

"The Best" Corn Bread

1 cup corn meal
1/2 cup butter
2/3 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 cup buttermilk
1/2 tsp. soda
1 cup flour
1/2 tsp. salt

Melt butter; add sugar. Stir and add eggs; mix well. Add soda and buttermilk; stir.Add dry ingredients and stir until well blended. Rest for 5 mins. Pour into 8x8 pan. Bake at 375 degrees for 30 mins. Double the recipe to make a 9x13 pan. This is really light and delicious

Banana Bars

Bars:
1/4 cup shortening
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 cup mashed bananas 1 tsp. vanilla
2 cups flour
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. baking powder

Frosting:
1/2 lb. powdered sugar
1/4 cup evaporated milk 1 tsp. vanilla
1/2 cube butter

Mix bar ingredients well and spread on a greased 15x11 inch baking sheet with sides. Bake at 350 degrees for 20-25 mins. Bake until slightly browned op top. While cake is still warm, frost with the frosting ingredients above that you have mixed well.

Davey's Yummy Tummy Carmel Kiss Cookies

72 Hersey's Kisses (Carmel filled milk chocolate)
1 box original supreme brownie mix with syrup pouch
1/4 cup Hersey's cocoa
2 eggs
1 Tbsp. vegetable oil
1 Tbsp. water
1 cup ground pecans
2 1/2 tsp. milk

Remove wrappers from kissed. Lightly grease cookie sheets. Beat brownie mix, syrup, cocoa, eggs, oil, and water in a bowl until well blended. cover and refrigerate for 1 hour. Dough will be sticky. Heat over to 350 degrees. shape dough into 48 (1 inch) balls. Roll balls in pecans if desired. Place on greased cookie sheets and press your thumb gently into center of each cookie. Bake 9 mins until set. Remove onto clean sink top to cool. Place 24 Carmel kisses into microwave safe bowl with milk. Microwave 30 seconds on high, or more, until chocolate is melted and smooth. Put 1/2 tsp of Carmel in center of each cookie and press a kiss into the Carmel.
* We always made these cookies for David while he was on his mission. They are his favorite!

Chinatown Chops

6 pork chops
1 box Rice-a-roni fried rice with almonds
1/2 Bell pepper, cut into large pieces
3 stalks of Celery, chopped
1/2 onion, chopped into large pieces
1 can of water chestnuts
2 Tbsp. soy sauce

Season and fry pork chops in oil until browned. In separate skillet, prepare fried rice. Add to rice when done cooking: sauteed bell peppers, celery, onion, and water chestnuts, mix well. Remove chops from pan and stir rice into drippings and mix with a little soy sauce. Now, add chops on top and put soy sauce on each chop. Simmer 10 mins. Now turn chops and rice over and simmer another 10 mins.

Marinade for Flank Steak "Family Favorite"

1 1/2 cup Honey
1 1/2 cup Soy Sauce
Garlic Powder
Salt and Pepper
1/2 tsp. Accent (Flavor enhancer)
2 flank steaks

Use equal parts of honey and soy sauce. Season with garlic powder, salt and pepper, and accent. Put marinade and flank steak into plastic bag and let marinade for 2 or more hours. Keep turning bag so meat gets covered well. Drain Marinade into bowl and BBQ steak. keep brushing with marinade while cooking. Cut flank Steak against the grain to serve.

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