Sunday, June 29, 2008

Crepes


Recipe:
1 1/2 cups flour
1 Tb. sugar
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
2 cups milk
2 eggs
1/2 tsp vanilla

Measure flour, sugar, baking powder and salt into bowl. Stir in remaining ingredients. Beat with hand mixer until smooth. For each crepe, lightly butter 8 inch skillet; heat over medium heat until butter is bubbly. (or use pan spray) Pour scant 1/4 cup of batter into skillet; immediately rotate pan until batter covers bottom. Cook until light brown; turn and brown on other side. 12 crepes. (I guess it depends on how big you make them. This recipe only made five crepes for me and Kent. If you've got a few hungry teenagers to feed, I'd probably double or even triple it.)

Toppings:
Nutella and Banana, Brown sugar and butter, powdered sugar and jam, peanut butter and honey, strawberries and cool whip, ham and cheese, etc. Creativity is the key!

Sunday, June 8, 2008

Italian Crockpot Chicken

This is one of my favorites! So easy, so yummy.

Frozen boneless, skinless chicken breasts (2 to 5 pieces, depending on how much you want to make)
1 package cream cheese
1 packet Italian Dressing mix seasoning
1 can cream of chicken soup.

Put all ingredients in crockpot, cook on high for 2-3 hours or on low for 3-4. 10 minutes before eating, use a fork and gently shred chicken into smaller pieces, then stir to cover chicken with gravy, and replace lid until ready to serve.

Serve over rice, noodles, or potatoes.

Easy pumpkin bread

1 small can of pumpkin
1 spice cake mix
chocolate chips

All you do is mix it all up (add as many chocolate chips as you want) and cook at about 350* for 45 min or so. You could also make these into cookies.

Saturday, June 7, 2008

Teriyaki Sandwiches

2 lbs. boneless chuch steak
1/4 c soy sauce
1 T brown sugar
1 t ground ginger
1/4 t garlic powder
4 t cornstarch
2 T water
1/4 c melted butter
~8 french rolls
pineapple rings
opt sauteed onions

Cut steak into thin, bite-size slices (trying to cut off the fat as well). In a crock pot combine soy sauce, sugar, ginger and garlic. Add steak. Cover and cook on low for 7-9 hours or until the meat is tender. Remove meat with a slotted spoon and set aside. Carefully pour liquid into a 2 c measuring cup & skim the fat. Add water to liquid to measure 1 1/2 cups. Pour into a large saucepan. Combine cornstartch and water until smooth; add to pan. Cook and stir until thick and bubbly (approx 3 min). Add meat and heat through. Brush rolls with butter and broil 2-3 min. Fill with meat, pineapple, onions (cheese is good too!). Makes about 8 sandwiches.