This is an easy chicken marinade that I came up with yesterday when we had some friends over for Sunday dinner. It turned out to have a slightly terriyaki flavor, very, very good! The longer the chicken can marinate, the more tender it will be.
Ingredients:
1.5 cups orange juice
1/2 cup ginger sesame salad dressing
1/3 cup soy sauce
Preparation
Combine ingredients and place in a plastic zip-lock bag with 4 chicken breasts. Shake bag until chicken is well coated and refrigerate for at least an hour or as long as you have! Flip bag over 1/2 way through marinating in order to soak both sides of the chicken evenly.
Grill or broil as desired.
Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
Ashley's favorite cookie recipe. The cookies reliably taste good. . . but like all cookie recipes can be a bit finicky, and sometimes they rise perfectly, and sometimes they look like pancakes. But if at first you don't succeed - try again! And at least be comforted to know that they always taste wonderful . . . even if they look funny :-p
Ingredients
3/4 c butter
1 c white sugar
1/2 br. sugar
2 c flour
1 Tbs baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
2 Tbs hot water
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
1 tbs hot water
2 c oatmeal
1 c chocolate chips
1/2 cup walnuts or pecans (optional)
Preparation
Combine flour, baking soda and salt. In a separate (large) bowl, cream butter with white and brown sugar. Add eggs, hot water and vanilla to the butter mixture. Slowly add flour mixture, stirring constantly. Add oats, chocolate chips and nuts - don't forget to taste the dough!
Baking
Drop spoonfuls of cookie dough onto an un-greased baking sheet. Bake at 375 degrees for 8-10 minutes (longer for bigger cookies).
Ingredients
3/4 c butter
1 c white sugar
1/2 br. sugar
2 c flour
1 Tbs baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
2 Tbs hot water
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
1 tbs hot water
2 c oatmeal
1 c chocolate chips
1/2 cup walnuts or pecans (optional)
Preparation
Combine flour, baking soda and salt. In a separate (large) bowl, cream butter with white and brown sugar. Add eggs, hot water and vanilla to the butter mixture. Slowly add flour mixture, stirring constantly. Add oats, chocolate chips and nuts - don't forget to taste the dough!
Baking
Drop spoonfuls of cookie dough onto an un-greased baking sheet. Bake at 375 degrees for 8-10 minutes (longer for bigger cookies).
Mom Walker's Veggie Medley
A great dish year-round: warm fall vegetables are perfect for cold days, but it also makes a good "light" meal for summer evenings on the patio! Works well all by itself, or served over rice or pasta for a heartier meal.
Ingredients:
2 sliced zucchini
1 chopped onion
8 oz sliced mushrooms
1 cup frozen corn
2 chopped tomatoes
3 oz cream cheese
4 oz grated parmesan cheese
Garlic, Mrs. Dash and paprika to taste
Preparation:
Saute zucchini, onion and mushrooms in oil till almost tender. Add remaining ingredients and summer until cheese is melted. Mix well.
Ingredients:
2 sliced zucchini
1 chopped onion
8 oz sliced mushrooms
1 cup frozen corn
2 chopped tomatoes
3 oz cream cheese
4 oz grated parmesan cheese
Garlic, Mrs. Dash and paprika to taste
Preparation:
Saute zucchini, onion and mushrooms in oil till almost tender. Add remaining ingredients and summer until cheese is melted. Mix well.
Huevos Rancheros
This is a favorite Saturday morning brunch at our house, bringing a little So-Cal flavor to Virginia!
Ingredients
1 lg. onion
1 clove crushed garlic
1 Tbs oil
1 24-oz. can chopped tomatoes
1 cup water
3 Tbs minced canned green chilies
2 chicken bullion cubes
¼ tsp oregano
Preparation
Sauté onion and garlic in oil till tender. Add remaining items, bring to boil; simmer, covered, for 30 minutes. Cook eggs over low heat, covered, for 5 minutes. Serve over corn tortillas and top with cheese and avocados.
Sinful Popcorn
Definitely not healthy . . . but pretty darn good . . .
2 bags microwave popcorn (popped)
melted butter to taste (up to 1/2 cup)
lots of chocolate chips
Not much to explain. Mix and be happy - eat with plenty of paper towels on hand!
2 bags microwave popcorn (popped)
melted butter to taste (up to 1/2 cup)
lots of chocolate chips
Not much to explain. Mix and be happy - eat with plenty of paper towels on hand!
Bar-b-que Ribs - crockpot style
2 cubes of beef bullion w/ 2 cups of water
3 tbs of soy sauce
2 tbs of honey
2 tbs of maple syrup
2 tbs of ketchup
1.5 tbs worcestershire
1/2 tsp dry mustard
mix all ingredients. place ribs in crock pot and cover w/ mixture. leave on low for 8 + hours.
Very easy and very good! You can prepare the sauce the night before (it takes about 4 minutes) and then in the morning just stick the ribs in the crockpot - they can even still be frozen if you are cooking them all day - and pour the sauce over. The longer it cooks the more tender the meat is, so it doesn't matter if you have a long day at work. I made this yesterday and put it in at 7 am. We didn't get home until after 9 pm and the ribs were fantastic!
3 tbs of soy sauce
2 tbs of honey
2 tbs of maple syrup
2 tbs of ketchup
1.5 tbs worcestershire
1/2 tsp dry mustard
mix all ingredients. place ribs in crock pot and cover w/ mixture. leave on low for 8 + hours.
Very easy and very good! You can prepare the sauce the night before (it takes about 4 minutes) and then in the morning just stick the ribs in the crockpot - they can even still be frozen if you are cooking them all day - and pour the sauce over. The longer it cooks the more tender the meat is, so it doesn't matter if you have a long day at work. I made this yesterday and put it in at 7 am. We didn't get home until after 9 pm and the ribs were fantastic!
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