I think one of the signs of old age is you begin like soup. I mean really, once you graduate from Campbell Chicken Noodle soup do you really want soup for dinner. As a man, I say no. I want steak and potatoes. However, as I get older I find myself liking soup. I still like my soup hearty and full of stuff. Big chunks of vegetables and meat are the only way to go, I guess when I have to make my soup so I can actually drink it, then it is time to put me in a home.
Ingredients:
4 Cups of Chicken Broth
4 Cups of Beef Broth
1 1/2 half Lbs of Diced Chicken
4 Medium Carrots Sliced
2 Celery Ribs Sliced
1 Small Onion Chopped
1 Pkg onion soup mix
1 1/2 tsp Dried Parsley Flakes
1/2 tsp Garlic Powder
1/2 tsp Red Pepper Flakes
1/2 tsp Poultry Seasoning
1/2 tsp Pepper
1 Package of Frozen Tortellini
Directions:
1. In a large pot bring chicken and beef broth to a boil. Poach diced chicken uncovered for 25-30 minutes.
2. Add remaining ingredients except tortellini to the pot and simmer for 10-15 minutes or until vegetables are tender.
3. Add tortellini and simmer until tortellini is tender.
This soup is similar to chicken noodle. The extra spice gives it a kick that makes it chicken noodle soup on steroids. So you don't have to turn in your man card to like it. Even better is it taste better the next day and can even be frozen for a quick meal another day.
Sunday, January 22, 2012
Raspberry Jello Salad
There is always room for Jello. It is funny that no one in my family really eats Jello. Except when it is in this salad and in a lemon salad I'll post later. But really who doesn't like Jello. We live in Utah and we are Mormon, heck, I should have 7 wives, 35 kids and eat Jello everynight. Just kidding! I only have 3 wives, 16 kids, and eat Jello 3 times a week. This is actually a party favorite.
Ingredients:
1 Pkg graham crackers crushed
1/2 C Sugar
3 TB Butter
8 OZ Cream Cheese
1 Large Cool Whip
Bananas
1 Large and 1 Small Box of Rapsberry Jello
3 Cups of water
2 Pkg of Frozen Raspberries
Directions:
1. Mix together graham crackers, sugar, and melted butter and press into the bottom of a 9x13 or larger dish. Bake 350F for 7 minutes.
2. Mix together softened cream cheese and cool whip together and spread over crust. You want to make sure that the cream mixture completely covers the crust or the Jello will seep through and make your crust soggy.
3. Lay down a layer of sliced bananas.
4. Add Jello to 3 cups boiing water. Once the Jello is completely desolved pour over bananas and place in the fridge.
5. Check after and hour or so and add raspberries as the Jello begins to set up.
I have seen variation of the crust where pretzels are used instead of graham cracker. I prefer the graham crackers, but feel free to mix the pretzels in if you like a bit of a salty taste with your Jello Salad.
Ingredients:
1 Pkg graham crackers crushed
1/2 C Sugar
3 TB Butter
8 OZ Cream Cheese
1 Large Cool Whip
Bananas
1 Large and 1 Small Box of Rapsberry Jello
3 Cups of water
2 Pkg of Frozen Raspberries
Directions:
1. Mix together graham crackers, sugar, and melted butter and press into the bottom of a 9x13 or larger dish. Bake 350F for 7 minutes.
2. Mix together softened cream cheese and cool whip together and spread over crust. You want to make sure that the cream mixture completely covers the crust or the Jello will seep through and make your crust soggy.
3. Lay down a layer of sliced bananas.
4. Add Jello to 3 cups boiing water. Once the Jello is completely desolved pour over bananas and place in the fridge.
5. Check after and hour or so and add raspberries as the Jello begins to set up.
I have seen variation of the crust where pretzels are used instead of graham cracker. I prefer the graham crackers, but feel free to mix the pretzels in if you like a bit of a salty taste with your Jello Salad.
Beef Stroganoff
My mom use to make beef stroganoff and I always hated it. Not that my mom is a bad cook, but I was a kid and for whatever reason I never gave it a chance. Fast-forward to today and it has been a food that I have never tried to make. That is until Staci found a coupon for a free tub of the Philedelphia cooking creme. The recipe on the package is great. Since then I have made it twice and the family loves it. So as not to lose the 1 1/2"X 2" recipe card it is on here it is. The only change I made is I don't put the mushrooms in (Yuk!) If you like fungus in your food just add a 1/2 lb of sliced mushrooms to the recipe.
Ingredients:
1/2 C Chopped Onions
1 lb Beef Sirloin cut into strips
1/4 tsp Pepper
1 Tub of Philadelphia Original Cooking Creme
1/2 C Beef Broth
2 C of cooked noodles
1 tsp chopped fresh parsley
Directions:
1. Cook meat and onions in large skillet until done. Remove from pan.
2. Melt butter and ad pepper to butter (this is where you ad mushrooms if desired (double yuk!))
3. Add cooking creme and stir for two minutes. Add meat to skillet and add broth. re,ove from heat andlet stand five minutes
4. serve over cooked noodle and garnish with parsley.
Again this is a simple Kraft stolen recipe, but well worth it.
Ingredients:
1/2 C Chopped Onions
1 lb Beef Sirloin cut into strips
1/4 tsp Pepper
1 Tub of Philadelphia Original Cooking Creme
1/2 C Beef Broth
2 C of cooked noodles
1 tsp chopped fresh parsley
Directions:
1. Cook meat and onions in large skillet until done. Remove from pan.
2. Melt butter and ad pepper to butter (this is where you ad mushrooms if desired (double yuk!))
3. Add cooking creme and stir for two minutes. Add meat to skillet and add broth. re,ove from heat andlet stand five minutes
4. serve over cooked noodle and garnish with parsley.
Again this is a simple Kraft stolen recipe, but well worth it.
Caramel Syrup
I love a good breakfast, but I don't particularly like it in the morning. I can do brunch and I really like it as a dinner option. My biggest gripe about breakfast food is that it is usually heavy feeling and loaded with calories. I'm always looking for a easy breakfast meal that doesn't destroy your entire days caloric intake. This is not one of those foods. I know you were thinking I was going healthy on you, but this is just too good not to add and every recipe box needs some guilty pleasure in it.
Ingrdients:
1 C butter
2 C Sugar
1 C Half and Half
2 TB Karo Syrup
1 TB Vanilla
Directions:
Cook in a sauce pan until soft ball stage.
This can be used on pancakes, waffles, and may favorite french toast. It will pour the syrup over the french toast and then put fresh or thawed mixed berries on top (that makes it healthy right?) You can store any leftover syrup in the fridge. The sugar will crystalize in the fridge. So before using it again re-heat in the microwave 30 seconds at a time until cystalized sugar is dissolved.
Ingrdients:
1 C butter
2 C Sugar
1 C Half and Half
2 TB Karo Syrup
1 TB Vanilla
Directions:
Cook in a sauce pan until soft ball stage.
This can be used on pancakes, waffles, and may favorite french toast. It will pour the syrup over the french toast and then put fresh or thawed mixed berries on top (that makes it healthy right?) You can store any leftover syrup in the fridge. The sugar will crystalize in the fridge. So before using it again re-heat in the microwave 30 seconds at a time until cystalized sugar is dissolved.
Rosemary Apple Pork Tenderloin
Who doesn't love a good pork tenderloin. The nice thing is they are just the perfect size for a family of four and if you a watch your local supermarket you can pick them up on sale, or even better I always buy them dirt cheap when they are close-coded. I will buy 3-4 at a time and just throw them in the feezer.
Ingredients:
2 Pork Tenderloins (usually each package has two tenderloins)
3 TB Olive Oil
6 TB Fresh Minced Rosemary
6 Cloves of Garlic Minced
1 tsp salt
Fresh Ground Pepper to Taste
1 C Apple Jelly
3 tsp Lemon Juice
2 Cloves of Garlic Pressed
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 400F
2. Brush pork with 1 TB of oil, sprinkle with rosemary, minced garlic, salt, pepper. Heat remaining oil in a large oven proof skillet on medium-high heat. Add pork and brown on all sides.
3. Transfer pan to oven and roast until internal temp reaches 150F. Usually 15-20 minutes.
4. While pork roasts, combine jelly, lemon juice, and pressed garlic.
5. Remove pan from oven and brush jelly mixture on top. Let rest 8 minutes. Slice crosswise in 1/4 inch slices and drizzle sauce on top.
This is a nice quick meal that doesn't take long to make. I like to pair it up with steamed vegetables and homemade garlic mashed potatos (which is actually more work than the main course.)
Ingredients:
2 Pork Tenderloins (usually each package has two tenderloins)
3 TB Olive Oil
6 TB Fresh Minced Rosemary
6 Cloves of Garlic Minced
1 tsp salt
Fresh Ground Pepper to Taste
1 C Apple Jelly
3 tsp Lemon Juice
2 Cloves of Garlic Pressed
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 400F
2. Brush pork with 1 TB of oil, sprinkle with rosemary, minced garlic, salt, pepper. Heat remaining oil in a large oven proof skillet on medium-high heat. Add pork and brown on all sides.
3. Transfer pan to oven and roast until internal temp reaches 150F. Usually 15-20 minutes.
4. While pork roasts, combine jelly, lemon juice, and pressed garlic.
5. Remove pan from oven and brush jelly mixture on top. Let rest 8 minutes. Slice crosswise in 1/4 inch slices and drizzle sauce on top.
This is a nice quick meal that doesn't take long to make. I like to pair it up with steamed vegetables and homemade garlic mashed potatos (which is actually more work than the main course.)
Lemon Jello Salad
You know when you first get married and you have to go to the family party, you always get chips, pop, or ice. It's like they don't trust you to bring anything that actually contributes to the party. I'm pretty sure on a daily basis I can cook better than anyone in the family, but ice come on. It is even worse when they have to say we want the good ice. Which is the pellet ice. When you have been in the family long enough to graduate to actually preparing food you get the Lemon Jello Salad. Now I must admit I really like this salad and I intoduced to my side of the family and it gets requested quite often.
Ingredients:
1 Large box of Lemon Cook and Serve Jello
1 Large Container of Cool Whip Thawed
2 cans of Mandarin Oranges
2 Cans of Fruit Cocktail
1 Can of Pineapple Tidbits
Bananas sliced
Directions:
1. Make Jello according to the directions on the box. Stick in the fridge until completly cooled.
2. Mix Cool Whip and Jello in a large bowl with an electric hand mixer until fluffy.
3. Add well drained fruit and stir in by hand
This is a great family get together recipe. You can just add more fruit if you expect a larger crowd or less fruit if you want a fluffier salad mix. You can also make a smaller size recipe by using a small box of Jello with a small container of Cool Whip. Another simple salad that rotates through the family parties frequently. We always keep the ingredients on hand so if you happen to get a last minute party thrown on you, it is easy to put together without rushing to the grocery store.
Ingredients:
1 Large box of Lemon Cook and Serve Jello
1 Large Container of Cool Whip Thawed
2 cans of Mandarin Oranges
2 Cans of Fruit Cocktail
1 Can of Pineapple Tidbits
Bananas sliced
Directions:
1. Make Jello according to the directions on the box. Stick in the fridge until completly cooled.
2. Mix Cool Whip and Jello in a large bowl with an electric hand mixer until fluffy.
3. Add well drained fruit and stir in by hand
This is a great family get together recipe. You can just add more fruit if you expect a larger crowd or less fruit if you want a fluffier salad mix. You can also make a smaller size recipe by using a small box of Jello with a small container of Cool Whip. Another simple salad that rotates through the family parties frequently. We always keep the ingredients on hand so if you happen to get a last minute party thrown on you, it is easy to put together without rushing to the grocery store.
Saturday, July 23, 2011
Mediterrean Chicken with Grilled Fruit
Another simple grilled chicken recipe with a twist. I grilled plums, nectarines, and peaches to go along with it. This time a year the fruit was not the best and I had to use only half ripe fruit. They were just OK. I'll try it again when I have some good local fruit that actually is sweet to begin with. I believe that will make a world of difference.
Ingredients:
4 boneless, skinless chicken breast
3 TBL olive oil
4 TBL balsamic vinegar
1 tsp crushed rosemary
season salt
2 plums
2 nectarines
2 peaches
1 large tomato
Directions:
1. Mix the oil, vinegar, and rosemary together.
2. Slice fruit into eight wedges and place on skewers
3. Cut tomato into 1/2 inch slices
4. Grill the breasts on a pre-heated grill, brushing with the oil mixture. Grill for 5-7 minutes per side or until done. In the last 5-7 minutes place the fruit and tomatoes on the grill brushing with the same oil mixture. Turn over after 3-4 minutes.
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