Sunday, January 11, 2009

Parmesan Blue Cheese Toast *Lauren Perry*

These are always a huge hit!

- 1 cup Mayo
- 3 large garlic cloves (minced)
-1/2 tsp pepper
-1/8 tsp of cayenne pepper
-1 1/2 cup of crumbled blue cheese (1 package or container)
-olive oil
-4 green onions chopped
-Italian Baguette bread/ sliced on an angle into about 25-30 little pieces

oven set to 400'
put olive oil on cookie sheet and set baguette pieces
bake for 5 minutes

add and stir all of the above ingredients in a bowl while baguettes are toasting
spoon out about 1 TBS onto each baguette
top with Parmesan and bake for 10 minutes

Shrimp, Tomato and Bell Pepper Pasta *Lauren Perry*

2 TBS Olive Oil
3 large tomatoes (chopped)
1 green bell pepper (chopped)
4 cloves of garlic minced
1 lb of uncooked and peeled large shrimp
2 TBS of oregano
3 dashes of hot pepper sauce
1 cup of feta cheese

-cook angel hair pasta

directions-
heat oil
add tomatoes, bell, & garlic and cook about 5 minutes
add shrimp until pink
oregano, hot sauce, salt and pepper
mix in feta cheese and let it melt
toss angel hair in (its not very saucy, but it is super yummy)
stir in cheese

Monday, December 15, 2008

Chewy Coconut Cookies-Gigi Evans

1 1/4 cp. Flour
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/4 tsp. salt
1/2 cp. Butter
1/2 cp. brown sugar
1/2 cp. sugar
1 egg
1/2 tsp. vanilla
1 1/3 cp. coconut

Start by mixing flour, baking soda, and salt. Set aside. Mix butter, sugar, and brown sugar until smooth. Beat in egg and vanilla. Gradually, blend in flour and once mixed add in coconut and blend until mixed. Bake on ungreased cookie sheet @ 350 for 8-10 minutes.

Monday, November 24, 2008

White Chicken Chili-Amanda Nemelka

I originally had this at a work potluck lunch and loved it so much I got the recipe. It's really easy to make and yummy! This makes a lot. Even if you half the recipe you it should still easily feed 4 people.
4-6 chicken breasts, boiled and cut into small pieces
8 cans (small) white beans
3 cans diced green chilies
1 bottle green chili verde (I've also just used green enchilada sauce in it works great too - large can)
1 container sour cream (16 oz)
1 can chicken broth
Cook chicken breasts first and then add to chili mix. Heat all together for 30 minutes or so on medium-medium high heat. Serve with tortilla chips and any garnish you would like.

Saturday, November 15, 2008

White Enchiladas *Lauren Perry*

This is a nice change from your everyday enchiladas! I loooove this recipe :)

White Enchiladas

ingredients
1/4 cup of chopped pecans
1/4 cup of chopped onion
3 tbs of butter
4 oz of cream cheese
1 tbs milk
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper
1/4 tsp ground cumin
2 cups of cubed chicken
5 large flour tortillas

sauce to cover
1 can cream of chicken soup
8 oz of sour cream
1 cup of milk
1 small can of chopped green Ortega chilies

cover sauce with Mexican style cheese (Monterrey and cheddar)
top with extra chopped pecans

bake 350 for 30 minutes

-melt the butter, saute the chopped onions and pecans
-add the chicken and cook with salt and pepper
-add cream cheese, milk, & cumin
-cook all of the above for about 10 minutes

take a baking class and scoop above into tortillas, roll and place seam down

in a separate bowl, mix the cream if chicken soup, sour cream, milk, and chilies

cover the enchiladas, add cheese and extra chopped pecans and bake.

Wednesday, November 5, 2008

Ham Curry (Super Yummy, Quick Too!)

HAM CURRY

1 Tbsp butter
¾ c. milk
¼ tsp curry powder
1/3 c. mayo
1 Tbsp minced onion
1 can Cream of Chicken soup
2 c. cubed cooked ham

In large skillet, combine everything except the ham. Heat and mix well. Add cubed ham; simmer until warm. Serve over rice.

Snickerdoodles-Soft chewy cookies :)

2 cubes soft real butter
1 1/2 cp. sugar
2 lrg. eggs
3 cp. Flour
2 tsp. cream of tartar
1 tsp. baking soda
1/4 tsp. salt

Topping:

Cinnamon and Sugar

Mix butter and sugar. Add eggs and then mix. Add remaining dry ingredients, mix well. Roll into small balls and then roll into cinnamon and sugar. Flatten with 3 fingers and Bake @ 400 for 8-10 minutes. Don't over cook or they go hard. Just until they look done not necessarily brown. Remember... cookies keep cooking even after they come out of the oven.

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