Saturday, August 22, 2009

BBQ steak and potato fajitas

steak cut into strips
potatoes quatered and sliced
jack cheese shredded
bbq sauce
tortillas
Cook the steak and baste in BBQ sauce. Cook potatoes. Layer potatoes, steak, tortillas, and cheese.

This recipe is from Salina Canfield, received in a recipe exchange.

Easy Curry chicken

1 sm onion chopped
2 carrots julienned
1 stalk celery sliced
1/3 cup margarine
1/3 cup flour
3 cups chicken broth
1 tsp curry powder
1/2 cup evaporated milk
2 Tbsp mayo
3 cups cooked chopped chicken
Saute onion, carrot and celery in margarine over med heat for 10 minutes. Sprinkle with flour mix, saute well for 2 minutes. Stir in broth, stirring continually until thickened about 4 minutes. Mix curry powder, mayo and evaporated milk in bowl. Stir into vegetable mixture, add chicken. Heat to serving temp stirring occasionally. Serve over rice.

This recipe is from Salina Canfield, received in a recipe exchange.

Oreo Truffles

1 pkg regular oreos
1 pkg cream cheese
1 or 2 bags white chocolate chips.
Place oreos in a large ziplock bag and thoroughly mash. Dump into a mixing bowl, add cream cheese and mix with electric mixer until smooth. Roll into small balls, place oreo balls on wax paper on a cookie sheet. Place cookie sheet in fridge or freezer. While the oreo balls are chilling, place white chocolate chips in adouble broiler pan over boiling water. Stir and melt white chocolate chips. When chocolate is melted, remove oreo balls from freezer. Use a fork to dip each one in melted white chocolate. Cool. Enjoy.
This recipe is from Heather Green, received in a recipe exchange.

Apricot Chicken

6 boneless, skinless chicken breast
1 pkg onion soup mix
1 1/2 cups apricot jam
1 cup Russian dressing
1 can pineapple chunks
(I also use a sliced green pepper sometimes, makes it a lot like sweet and sour)
Mix all ingredients; pour over chicken breasts in a 9x13 inch pan. Cook covered at 375 degrees for 1 hour. Remove lid and cook for an additional 30 minutes. Serve with rice.

Recipe from Heather Green, received in a recipe exchange.

Chocolate chip oatmeal cookies

1/2 cup cooked white beans
4 eggs
2 1/2 cups flour
1/2 tsp. Baking soda
2 cups chocolate chips
1 cup brown sugar
1 tsp vanilla
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup pecans (or walnuts) chopped
Beat beans and sugar together. Add eggs and vanilla. In seperate bowl sift together flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Add flour mixture to bean/sugar mixture. Stir until well blended. Stir in chocolate chips and nuts. Cover and refrigerate dough for 1 hour. Preheat oven to 350. Drop by tablespoonfuls onto greased cookie sheet. Bake 10-15 minutes depending on size of cookies. Makes 4 dozen.

Recipre from Red Ledge ward Relief Society.

Sunday, August 9, 2009

Mint Julep at Disneyland

The original recipe is given to guests upon request at City Hall on Main Street in Disneyland!

Ingredients
1 lb granulated sugar
6 cups water
1 1/4 ounces lime juice concentrate
8 1/2 ounces lemonade concentrate
3/4 cup creme de menthe(syrup available at liquor stores. Do not confuse it with creme de menthe liqueur)

Garnishes
mint leaf
lime slice
maraschino cherry

Directions
1 Combine the sugar and water in a 3 quart saucepan. Stir the contents until the sugar is dissolved.
2 Stir in lime and lemonade concentrate next. Continue stirring and bring to boil just below the boiling point (210 degrees.) DO NOT BOIL!
3 Remove pan from heat and chill. Once chilled, add a ratio of 1 part syrup to 5 parts chilled water.
4 Transfer beverage to pitcher and enjoy!
5 Garnish each serving with mint leaves, lime slice and a maraschino cherry.

*Update*: You can find non-alcoholic creme syrup at this website: http://www.davincigourmet.com

Whole wheat bread

1 cup hot water
1 cup brown sugar
6 Tblsp shortening
1 cup warm water
2 Tblsp honey
1/2 oz. dry yeast
3 cups warm water
6 cup white flour
6 cups whole wheat flour
4 tsp salt
Combine first three ingredients, stir until dissolved. Let stand. Combine next three ingredients, let rise. Combine the above two mixtures. Add warm water, salt and white flour. Beat vigorously. Mix in whole wheat flour. Knead adding more white flour as needed. Let rise until doubled. Punch down and form into loaves. Let rise until doubled. Bake at 400 degrees for 45 minutes. Makes 6 loaves.

This recipe is from Essentials of home production & storage. A book produced by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

I learned from my dad that you can take old yeast and mix it with new yeast and it will still work.