Thursday, July 12, 2007

Slow Cooker Pork Chops

Slow Cooker Pork Chops(from Grace)
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Pork Chops
1 can Chicken broth
1 pkg dry onion soup mix
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Combine all in Slow cooker.Cook on low for 8 hours or on high for 4

Monday, July 9, 2007

Taco Soup

TACO SOUP ( from Eden)
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2 pounds ground beef
1 onion, chopped
1 pkg taco seasoning
1 can kidney beans
1 can corn
46 oz tomato juice
2 T sugar
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Brown beef and onion. Add to crock pot along with remaining ingredients and cook all day. Serve with shredded cheese, sour cream and Fritos.

Chicken Hurry

Chicken Hurry (from Amy)
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1-2 lbs chicken pieces (I used around 1lb of tenders.)
1/2 cup ketchup
1/4 cup water
1/4 cup packed brown sugar
1 envelope onion soup mix
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Place chicken pieces in a 9x13 casserole dish. Combine remaining ingredients and pour sauce over chicken. Cover tightly with foil and bake for one hour.

Easy Spaghetti Bake

Easy Spaghetti Bake(from Little Cooks in the Kitchen)
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Thin Spaghetti
8 oz sour cream
8 oz cream cheese
1 lb ground beef
1-2 jars spaghetti sauce
2-4 cups mozzarella cheese
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Cook spaghetti noodles (I never know how much - I just cook a lot and then use what I need!) Brown ground beef and mix in with favorite spaghetti sauce (I usually use about 1 ½ jars of sauce, but you can use however much you want.) Mix sour cream and cream cheese together. Put the noodles in the bottom of the 9X13 pan. Spread noodles with sour cream/cream cheese mixture and top with mozzarella cheese (however much you like). Top with meat sauce. Bake at 350 for about 30-40 minutes - until warmed through and cheese is melted. This dish freezes great! I usually put it into 2 smaller pans and freeze one of them.

Pepperoni and Cheese Bread

Pepperoni and Cheese bread
(Source: Amber)
Ingredients:
1 roll refrigerated french bread dough OR 1 loaf frozen bread dough (thawed)
Pepperoni (I used turkey pepperoni for a healthier option).
Mozzarella cheeseParmesan cheeseEgg wash (1 egg white, water)
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350.
Roll out bread dough and sprinkle with mozzerella and parmesean cheeses, place pepperoni (as much as desired) on top of the cheese.
Carefully roll the bread dough into a cylinder shape. Pinch ends and top to seal. Brush top and sides of loaf with egg wash. If desired, top loaf with cheese, pepperoni, and/or Italian seasoning. Make a few diagonal slices in top of loaf for air to escape while cooking.
Bake at 350 for ~20 min. Remove from oven and let cool for 5 minutes before slicing.

Bacon Bit Burgers With Steak House Smothered Onions

Bacon Bit Burgers with Steak House Smothered Onions (from Becca)
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6 bacon slices chopped into 1/2 inch pieces
6 T EVOO (extra-virgin olive oil)
2 onions, 1/4 finely chopped, 1-3/4 thinly sliced
1.5 pounds ground sirloin
2 tsp Worcestershire sauce
1 tsp hot sauce (optional)
1 T grill seasoning (I used McCormick Montreal Steak Seasoning)
1/4 c plus 1T steak sauce
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Add bacon and a drizzle of EOO to the hot skillet and cook until crisp (4-5 minutes). Transfer to a paper towel lined plate and drain off all but 1 T of fat from the skillet. Return the pan to medium low heat and add the finely chopped onions to sweat out in the remaining fat (2-3 minutes).Preheat a second medium nonstick skillet with 2 T of the EVOO over medium heat. When the oil is hot, add all the thinly sliced onions and top them with a plate that can fit inside the skillet. Top the plate with a heavy can and smother the onions for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Lift the plate with tongs; it will be hot!Place beef in a bowl and top with Worcestershire, hot sauce and grill seasoning.Remove the chopped onions to the plate with the bacon to cool. Turn off the heat and reserve the pan. Once the onions are cool, add them and the bacon to the ground sirloin and combine well. Score the meat into 4 even sections and form 4 large patties. Add 1 T of EVOO to the skillet and reheat it over medium high heat. Add the burgers and cook for 4 minutes on each side for medium rare, 6 minutes on each side for medium well.Stir steak sauce into the smothered onions and top burgers with onions.Serve on Kaiser rolls. Enjoy!

Tuesday, July 3, 2007

Lemon-Lime Cream Cheese Pound Cake

Lemon-Lime Cream Cheese Pound Cake (from Simply Anne's)
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8 tbsps butter, at room temperature
6 ounces cream cheese (not low fat)
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup sugar
2 tsp baking powder
2 cups cake flour
4 large eggs, at room temperature
1 tbsp kalamansi (lime) juice
2 tsp lemon zest
60 grams dried mango, chopped
2 tbsp kalamansi (lime) juice
Glaze:
4 tsp kalamansi (lime juice)
1 cup confectioners sugar, sifted
Preheat oven to 350 F
1. In a bowl, combine flour, salt, baking powder,sugar and lemon zest. Stir to combine.
2.In another bowl, beat together the butter and cream cheese until soft and fluffy.
3. Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add lime juice.
4. Gradually add flour and beat until just combined.
5. Fold in chopped dried mangoes.
6. Spoon the batter into a greased 9x5-inch loaf pan or 9 cup bundt-style pan. Bake for 55-60 minutes for 9x5 loaf pan and 45-50 minutes for tube or bundt-style pan. A cake tester inserted into the center of the loaf should come out clean.
7. Glaze the cake.
Glaze:
Combine sugar and juice. Mix until smooth. Drizzle or brush the glaze all over the cake.