A collection of recipes from family, friends, and other sources that are "tried and true"; ones that will make your kitchen table the favorite place to be. Watch often for new additions.
February 24, 2012 – 8:53 am
Ingredients:
1 pound lean ground beef
1 pound Smoked Sausage Kielbasa, chopped
salt and pepper to taste
3 (15 ounce) cans dark red kidney beans
1 (6 ounce) can of yellow corn
1 (2.25 ounce) can of green chilis
3 (14.5 ounce) cans Mexican-style stewed diced tomatoes
2 stalks celery, chopped
1 small yellow onion, chopped
1 red bell pepper, chopped
1/4 cup red wine vinegar
2 tablespoons chili powder
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1 teaspoon dried parsley
1 teaspoon dried basil
1 dash Worcestershire sauce
1 cup red wine
Directions:
In a large skillet over medium-high heat, cook ground beef until evenly browned and add chopped onion. Drain off grease, and season to taste with salt and pepper. In a slow cooker, combine the cooked beef, keilbasa, kidney beans, tomatoes, celery, red bell pepper, and red wine vinegar. Season with chili powder, cumin, parsley, basil and Worcestershire sauce. Stir to distribute ingredients evenly. Cook on High for 6 hours, or on Low for 8 hours. Pour in the wine during the last 2 hours.
February 23, 2012 – 7:32 am
Ingredient
1 cup cranberry juice
1 large banana
1 medium orange, peeled and segmented
1/2 cup strawberries, hulled
1/4 cup raspberry sherbet
1 cup ice cubes
1/4 cup whey protein powder
Directions
1. Place cranberry juice, banana, orange, strawberries, sherbet, ice, and protein powder in the bowl of a blender. Blend on high speed until smooth, about one minute. Adjust the consistency by adding more sherbet if it’s too thin, or more cranberry juice if it’s too thick. Pour into two glasses and use a straw!
February 22, 2012 – 7:28 pm
Ingredients:
Brownie Base:
1 box of German chocolate cake mix or dark chocolate cake mix
1/2 bottle red food coloring
1 stick butter, melted
1/4 c vegetable oil
1 egg
Cheesecake Topping:
1 (8oz) package cream creese, softened
1/4 c sugar
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees
Stir the cake mix, food coloring, melted butter, oil and 1 egg together. Mixture will be very thick. Pat mixture into a greased 9×13 pan – reserve 1/3 c of the batter and set aside.
Prepare the cheesecake filling. Beat the cream cheese, egg, sugar, and vanilla with a whisk or mixer, until fluffy.
Pour the cheesecake into the pan, on top of the brownie mixture
Add a tbsp or so of water to the reserve brownie batter, and stir well. The texture should be like thick cake batter, the batter onto the cheesecake layer and swirl with a knife
Bake for 30 minutes
December 29, 2011 – 6:09 pm
Ingredients:
1/2 cup unpopped popcorn
1 teaspoon vegetable oil
1/2 teaspoon salt, or to taste
Directions:
In a cup or small bowl, mix together the unpopped popcorn and oil. Pour the coated corn into a brown paper lunch sack, and sprinkle in the salt. Fold the top of the bag over twice to seal in the ingredients.
Cook in the microwave at full power for 2 1/2 to 3 minutes, or until you hear pauses of about 2 seconds between pops. Carefully open the bag to avoid steam, and pour into a serving bowl
December 15, 2011 – 6:34 pm
Ingredients:
2 1/2 lbs chicken
6 c water
3 fresh celery leaves
1/4 tsp dried thyme
1/3 c sliced green onions
1/2 c sliced celery
1/2 c sliced carrot
2 tbsps minced fresh parsley
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp coarsely ground pepper
1 tsp chicken bouillon granules
1 c uncooked fine egg noodles
1 bay leaf
Directions:
Combine first 4 ingredients in a stock pot and bring to a boil. Cover, reduce heat, and simmer for 45 minutes. Remove chicken from broth and cool.
Strain broth, discard celery leaves and solidified fat. Return broth to stock pot; add green onions and next 8 ingredients. Cover and Simmer for 20 minutes.
Bone and chop chicken, add to broth. Cook for 5 more minutes. Discard bay leaf.
