Monday, February 27, 2017

Easy Fast Shrimp Chowder

Ingredients:
2 Tablespoons butter
1 medium Onion Chopped
2 celery stalks chopped
1/2 cup chopped red bell pepper
2 potatoes chopped small
2 cans cream of potato soup
4 cups milk
1/4 t ground red pepper
1 1/2 pound raw medium sized shrimp peeled
1 cup shredded Jack or mozzerella cheese
optional: chopped parsley for garnish

Melt Butter in a Dutch oven over medium heat. Cook onions till soft add other vegetables and red pepper
cook for 5 more minutes. Add soup and milk, bring to boil. simmer till potatoes are soft. Add shrimp reduce
heat and cook until shrimp pink
Stir in cheese until melted. Serve with parsley garnish and crackers or french bread

Monday, February 6, 2017

Cream Cheese Squares

Ingredients

2 (8 ounce) cans refrigerated crescent roll dough
2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese
1 cup white sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup butter, melted
1/4 cup white sugar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13 inch pan.
Press one can of the crescent rolls into the bottom of the prepared pan. In a medium bowl, mix together the cream cheese, 1 cup of sugar, and vanilla until smooth and creamy. Spread over the crescent layer. Unroll the second can of crescent rolls and lay them on top of the cream cheese layer. Do not press down. Pour the melted margarine over the entire pan. Combine the remaining 1/4 cup of sugar and cinnamon; sprinkle over the top.
Bake for 25 to 30 minutes in the preheated oven, or until the top is crisp and golden.

Wednesday, November 18, 2015

Chicken Crescent Rolls

1 package cream cheese
3 T. milk
3 T. green onions chopped
1/4 tsp salt
2 pkgs refrigerated crescent rolls
2 T. butter, melted
2 cups cooked diced chicken
3/4 ups grated cheese
1 can cream of chicken soup
w/1/2 can milk

mix all ingredients except for rolls, soup and 1/2 can milk

roll 1/4 cup mixture inside each roll, roll up crescents, bake on cookie sheet @350 for 12 minutes
It a small saucepan heat up soup and milk. this is your souce to pour over hot rolls... enjoy!!

Sunday, August 23, 2015

Oven baked Wings

These wings have the perfect flavor..yum!!
1⁄3 cup flour
1 tablespoon paprika
1 teaspoon garlic salt
1 teaspoon black pepper
1⁄4-1⁄2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
3 tablespoons butter
10 chicken wings, tips removed

Cut wings at joints.
Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
Be sure wings are thawed and dry them well with paper towels.
Combine flour, paprika, garlic salt, black pepper and cayenne pepper in a plastic bag.
Shake to mix ingredients and add wings.
Line a large baking sheet with Release foil and melt the butter on it. ( Makes for easy clean up.).
Add wings to pan and turn to coat.
Bake for 30 minutes.
Turn wings over and bake for 15 more minutes or until crispy and done.

Monday, April 6, 2015

The Bomb Carrot Cake

Ingredients

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2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
3 large eggs
2 cups sugar
3/4 cup vegetable oil
3/4 cup buttermilk
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 cups grated carrot
1 (8-ounce) can crushed pineapple, drained
1 (3 1/2-ounce) can flaked coconut
1 cup chopped pecans or walnuts

Buttermilk Glaze:
1 cup sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1/2 cup buttermilk
1/2 cup butter or margarine
1 tablespoon light corn syrup
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
(Bring first 5 ingredients to a boil in a large Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Boil, stirring often, 4 minutes. Remove from heat, and stir in vanilla)

Cream Cheese Frosting:
3/4 cup butter or margarine, softened
1 none (8-ounce) package cream cheese, softened
1 none (3-ounce) package cream cheese, softened
3 cups sifted powdered sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
(Beat butter and cream cheese at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy. Add powdered sugar and vanilla; beat until smooth.)

Line 3 (9-inch) round cakepans with wax paper; lightly grease and flour wax paper. Set pans aside.

Stir together first 4 ingredients.

Beat eggs and next 4 ingredients at medium speed with an electric mixer until smooth. Add flour mixture, beating at low speed until blended. Fold in carrot and next 3 ingredients. Pour batter into prepared cakepans.

Bake at 350° for 25 to 30 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Drizzle Buttermilk Glaze evenly over layers; cool in pans on wire racks 15 minutes. Remove from pans, and cool completely on wire racks. Spread Cream Cheese Frosting between layers and on top and sides of cake.

Thursday, February 26, 2015

Israeli Couscous Salad

I just mostly eyeball amounts in this recipe. It's my favorite salad and I got it from my dear friend Shannon

Ingredients:
Couscous cooked and drained (about 1.5 cups)
fresh spinach
feta cheese
red onion
kalamata Olives
sun dried tomatoes (the wet kind)

Chop up all ingredients

Dressing...Lemon Juice (2 lemons)
olive oil
sugar
fresh mint (chopped)
garlic (chopped)
oregano -
sea salt

Friday, August 8, 2014

Puertorican Rice and eggs

1 egg
1 cup leftover Puertorican rice
1 T butter

Grease pan with butter or bacon grease. Throw a large spoonful... like 1/2 cup to 1 cup leftover rice on the pan, cook for 5 min to soften rice. Make the rice into a well..or a doughnut shape and crack the egg in the middle. Let cook for a bit until most of the white is cooked,then flip.cook to desired doneness, All done! So easy and Soo good!!