Saturday, November 3, 2007

Cool Peanut Butter Pie 110207

Cool Peanut Butter Pie

1 chocolate or plain pie shell (buy or make your own)
1 cup of peanut butter and
1 litre of Cool Whip

1. Mix the peanut butter and Cool Whip and pour it into the pie shell then store in the fridge.

2. Add a little squirt of chocolate syrup for colour.

No Mess Chicken, Potatoes & Carrots 110107

No Mess Chicken, Potatoes & Carrots

1-2 pieces of chicken per person (any chicken will do, breasts or thighs, bone-in or boneless)
Peeled potatoes
Baby carrots
1 small onion
1-2 tbsps. of butter/margarine and
Salt and pepper to taste

1. Grease a large piece of foil with non-stick cooking spray and place the thawed piece of chicken (bone in or boneless) on the middle of the foil.

2. Surround with 1 - 1.5 potatoes (cut into pieces), baby or peeled/sliced carrots and 1/4 onion.

3. Add 1-2 tbsps. of butter/margarine, salt, pepper & garlic to taste and fold the foil into a packet, so no steam or juice can escape.

4. Place on a cookie sheet in a preheated oven at 375 degrees for 1 hour or until the potatoes and carrots are cooked.

5. Empty packets onto a plate (juice from packet tastes great on the potatoes) and discard the foil and enjoy.

Easy Honey Garlic Chicken 103107

Easy Honey Garlic Chicken

Boneless chicken breast
1/4 cup of honey
1/4 cup of brown sugar
1/4 cup of Soya sauce and
1/2 tsp. of garlic salt

1. Mix the honey, brown sugar, Soya and garlic salt together and spread over the chicken.

2. Cover and bake at 350 degrees for 1 ½ hours. Uncover for the last 10 minutes.Easy Honey Garlic Chicken

Boneless chicken breast
1/4 cup of honey
1/4 cup of brown sugar
1/4 cup of Soya sauce and
1/2 tsp. of garlic salt

1. Mix the honey, brown sugar, Soya and garlic salt together and spread over the chicken.

2. Cover and bake at 350 degrees for 1 ½ hours. Uncover for the last 10 minutes.

Quick Veggie Casserole 103007

Quick Veggie Casserole

2 / 12 oz. cans of kidney beans
2 cans of green beans
1 can of chickpeas
2 cans of yellow beans
3 small zucchinis, chopped in coin sized pieces
5 cups old cheddar cheese, shredded
2 cans of spicy diced tomatoes and
2 cans of diced potatoes

1. In a roasting pan layer the cans of veggies like you would a lasagna, add the tomatoes as the last veggie.

2. Put the cheese on top. Cover and place in a heated 325 degree oven for 55 minutes.

Cheesy Lasagna 102907

Cheesy Lasagna

1 lb. of ground beef
Already cooked lasagna noodles
1 can of mushroom soup
1 can of Ragu spaghetti sauce (with mushrooms)
1 carton of cottage cheese and
Grated cheese (your favourite kind)

1. Fry the burger (then drain the oil), add the spaghetti sauce and mushroom soup to the burger.

2. In a non-stick pan, place a layer of noodles in the bottom of the pan, scoop the sauce mixture on top of the noodles, scoop a few spoons of the cottage cheese on top of the sauce and grate some cheese on top of that.

3. Repeat these steps so there are 3 layers of noodles (have sauce as the top layer). Cover the pan with foil. Bake in the oven at 400 degrees for approx. 1hr.

4. Take it out of the oven and add cheese to the top. Put it back in the oven for 10 minutes to melt the cheese.

No Bake Lemon Squares 102607

No Bake Lemon Squares

1 box of Graham Crackers
1 can of sweetened condensed milk and
2 or 3 lemons

1. Lay out almost half of the crackers on a cookie sheet covered with waxed paper.

2. In a bowl, mix the sweetened condensed milk, the juice of the lemons, grate 1 to 2 teaspoons of lemon peel and add to that.

3. Spread this mixture over the graham crackers and top with the remaining crackers and cover with icing.

4. Cover and let sit overnight. Cut into rectangular pieces or squares and serve.

Icing

2-2 1/2 cups of icing sugar
1/4 cup of Crisco shortening
1 tsp. of vanilla and
1/4 cup of milk

1. Mix until it can be spread and put on the squares. Sprinkle with candy beads.

Slow Cooker Ribs 102507

Slow Cooker Ribs

A couple of racks of pork ribs, cut into 2-3 rib sections - place in Slow Cooker (Double recipe for double ribs)

Mix together sauce:
1 1 /2 cups of ketchup
1/2 cup of any BBQ sauce
1/8 cup of brown sugar
1/8 cup of vinegar and
2 cloves of crushed garlic

Optional additions to sauce:
1 can or cup of sliced mushrooms and
1/2 onion, diced

1. Set on auto on the slow cooker in the morning and pour the sauce over top then put the lid on and come home to dinner ready.

2. Make rice to go along with it. If you need a thicker sauce, thicken it with 1/4 cup of cold water and 2 tbsps. of cornstarch, mix well and add to the sauce.