Thursday, May 27, 2010

Strogonoff

There are lots of different ways to make Strogonoff. Mine is simple and to the point, but that means it is in no way health. It is good though.

Stroganoff:
1 pound Ground Beef
1/2 an onion chopped
1 -can Cream of Chicken Soup
1- 8 oz container of Sour Cream
A couple dashes of Worshire Sauce (remember you can always add, but you can't take away, get it to the taste you like)

Cook ground beef and onion, season with a little salt, pepper, and garlic. Add in Cream of Chicken, sour cream, and worshire sauce. Depending on the consistency you like add a little milk. If you are serving it over rice or potatoes, I would make it a little runny. If you are serving it over bread with melted cheese on top, I would keep it thick. But, if you need it to go a long way, then add some milk! 

Stroganoff Sandwich:

Stroganoff recipe (above)
Loaf of french bread
Cheddar or Mozzarella cheese (shredded)
sliced green pepper (optional)
sliced tomato (optional)

Cut french bread in half length wise. Spread Stroganoff on both sides, top with cheese, green pepper, tomato. Bake at 425 until cheese is melted. Enjoy!!

Again sorry about the blurry picture. This last time I made it, I cut the bread a little different, so I had individual slices. It works both ways.

Fried Ice Cream with Hot Fudge Sauce

I made this for Cinco de Mayo. I wish I would of gotten it up sooner, but Andy went out of town and took the camera, which means he took the memory card. This recipe is so easy and good for large groups of people.

Fried Ice Cream
4 C Corn Flakes crushed to 2 cups
1 C Coconut
2/3 C Sugar
1 cube Butter
Vanilla Ice Cream (softened)
Mix top 4 ingredients together and put half the mixture on the bottom of a 9x13 pan. Spread Ice cream on top, then cover the Ice cream with the rest of the Corn Flake mixture. Freeze for a couple hours. I served mine with hot fudge and fresh strawberries. It is AMAZING! Enjoy

Hot Fudge Sauce
1/2 C butter
1 Can sweetened condensed milk
1- 1oz square unsweetened chocolate
1 t. vanilla
Melt butter in a sauce pan, add milk and chocolate. Stir until it is all combined and is about to boil, DON"T LET IT BOIL. Add vanilla after you take it off the burner. Let it cool a little so it can thicken. Enjoy!



Sorry again I don't know what is on my camera in these pictures. It really is good I promise.

Monday, May 17, 2010

Breakfast Bake

I just found this one at one of my recipe groups. I DO NOT like breakfast casseroles. They are usually soggy, the texture is weird, or they are just plain gross, but I found one that I like, not like, LOVE. I made this one morning and took some to my neighbors, everyone loved it. I was so glad because your never know with casseroles, better yet breakfast ones.

Breakfast Bake

1 package of crescent rolls.
1 pkg (8 oz) ham chopped
6 eggs
1/2 cups milk
1/2 tsp pepper
1 C cheddar cheese
1 C mozzarella cheese

 Heat oven to 350. Unroll dough in 9x13 pan and press to cover the bottom. Make sure there are no holes or seams. Sprinkle ham on top. Beat eggs, milk, and pepper with whisk until blended, pour over ham. top with cheeses and bake for 25- 30 min.

 The night before I put the crescent rolls and ham in the dish, mixed the eggs and milk, and had the cheese shredded. Then in the morning I just poured the eggs mixture in and topped with cheese. Super easy and good! Enjoy!

 Sorry I have some nastiness on my camera.

Cinnamon Rolls

That's right ***** I have my own recipe for Cinnamon Rolls. Andy helped me, and we are always improving it. But this is where it is at right now. Enjoy!

Audrey's Cinnamon Rolls
2 cups warm water
2/3 cups white sugar
1 1/2 tablespoons yeast

Mix the water and sugar together until the sugar dissolves, add yeast and let it set until yeast turns to a creamy foam. About 5-10 min

1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1/4 cup vegetable oil
6 cups flour

Add salt and vegetable oil. Mix in 1 cup of flour at a time and knead until it is all mixed together. Sometimes I use 1/2 cup more flour, depending on the dough.
Put dough in bowl and cover with warm damp cloth and let it rise for 1-2 hours.

Filling:
2 cups brown sugar
4 T ground cinnamon
1/2 cup butter, softened

Roll into a rectangle. Try to get it as thin as possible, but NOT so you can see threw it. Doesn't have to be perfect. Spread  1/2 cup butter all over dough, leave a little edge on the outside so it will stick when you roll it up.  Then sprinkle the brown sugar/cinnamon mixture all over, to the edges. Kinda pat it down into the butter. Roll up dough from the longest side. When you get towards the end brush the edge with some water so it  won't unroll. Get a piece and string and cut the roll in half. Keep doing that with each half, until you get the size of roll you want. I usually do 1 inch in width. Place them in a cookie sheet, with only a 1/4 inch between them. Let them rise until they double in size. Min. an hour, I usually let them rise about 2. Put them in the oven, then turn it on to 350 for about 20 min, until the edges get a little brown.








Frosting:
8 oz cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup butter, softened
3 cups confectioners' sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon salt

Mix this all together and spread over rolls.

Sunday, May 9, 2010

Ritz Chicken

Andy is out of town with our camera right now, so I will post the pictures when I get it back. This is the perfect meal to make when you are taking someone dinner. I usually serve it with rice, rolls, and some green vegetable (broccoli, green beans, asparagus). This recipe is usually called Poppy Seed Chicken, but I don't ever use Poppy Seeds so I call it Ritz Chicken.

Ritz Chicken:

3 cooked chicken breast  (cubed or shredded)
8 oz sour cream
1 can cream of chicken soup
1 sleeve of Ritz crackers (crushed)
1/4 C melted butter

Heat oven to 375. Mix chicken, sour cream, and cream of chicken and put in 9x9 pan. Pour melted butter over crushed Ritz crackers and put on top of chicken mixture. Bake for 30 min or until it starts to bubble. I serve it over rice. Enjoy! 

Thursday, May 6, 2010

Fruit Pizza

Who doesn't love Fruit Pizza. It's pizza for dessert, The best.

Fruit Pizza

Crust:
Your favorite sugar cookie
( I just use box kind, all you have to add is eggs and butter)

Filling:
8oz cream cheese soften
1/4 cup butter soften
1 pint whipping cream
1 t vanilla
1 cup powdered sugar

Cream together cream cheese, butter, and powdered sugar. Make sure there are no lumps. Add in the whipping cream and vanilla and whip on high until it turns into whip cream. Make sure you scrap the edges of the bowl to get the cream cheese and butter whipped in to. Spread over cookie crust once it's cooled.

Fruit Topping:

Strawberries
Kiwi
Banana
Pineapple
Mandrin oranges
Rasberries
Blueberries
Pretty much any fruit you want just cut it up and put it on top.
Enjoy!

Creamy Chicken Taquitos

Another one from Our Best Bites ! Thanks to Amy for introducing me to that website, and your welcome, to you, for telling you about it as well. I doubled this recipe and it made about 16 taquitos. They were not small by any means. We dipped them in sour cream, salsa, and guacamole. I served them with Mexican rice, beans, and corn chips. In honor of Cinco de Mayo

 Creamy Chicken Taquitos

1/3 C (3 oz) cream cheese
1/4 C green salsa
1T fresh lime juice
1/2 t cumin
1 t chili powder
1/2 t onion powder
1/4 t granulated garlic, or garlic powder
3 T chopped cilantro
2 T sliced green onions
2 C shredded cooked chicken
1 C grated pepperjack cheese
flour tortillias
kosher salt
cooking spray

Heat oven to 425. Line a baking sheet with foil and lightly coat with cooking spray. Heat cream cheese in the microwave for about 20-30 seconds so it's soft and easy to stir. Add green salsa, lime juice, cumin, chili powder, onion powder and granulated garlic. Stir to combine and then add cilantro and green onions. Add chicken and cheese and combine well. Put about 1/8 c of the mixture on lower 1/3 of the tortilla about 1/2 inch from the edge. Roll it as tight as you can. You can even tuck the ends in if you want. I tucked one end in and left the other end open2

Mexican Rice

 3 tablespoons vegetable oil

1 1/2 cups uncooked long-grain rice

1 teaspoon garlic salt

1/2 teaspoon ground cumin

1/4 cup chopped onion

1 can of stewed Tomatoes

1 can chicken broth

Cook rice in oil until it starts to brown, add onion, cumin, and garlic salt. Once onions are tender add tomatoes and chicken broth bring to boil, reduce heat to low and cover for 30 min.

 

 Guacamole

 2 Ripe Avocados

6 T salsa

1/2 t salt and garlic salt

1/4  t Lime juice

Mix all together and enjoy!!