Not So Meat Loaf Meatloaf

2 lbs lean ground beef
4 Ritz crackers smashed to powder
1/4 cup spicy BBQ sauce
1/4 cup plain/original BBQ sauce
1/4 cup ketchup
1 tablespoon teriyaki sauce
1 tablespoon soy sauce
1 tablespoon worcestershire sauce 
1 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons pepper
2 teaspoons paprika
1 teaspoon chipolte chili powder
2 teaspoons all-purpose seasoning
2 garlic gloves smashed and finely diced
1/4 of a red onion diced finely

Spruced up Sloppy Joes

Decided on an easy meal for dinner, and I always have at least a couple of seasoning packets laying around for just such days. But, I find it extremely difficult to just keep with the instructions on the back, I just can't do it, maybe its the words telling me what to do I can't take or that I just want to make it into something more delicious. And I had a horrible experience with a can of sloppy joes, the seasoning packets are A LOT better, and you can change it up a little more in any way that you wish and not even use it for sloppy joes...? Yea, I have a recipe for a few others too. But this is what I came up with for tonight, and it was pretty killer. If you don't like pineapple then just try adding a tomato slice to the sandwich or a nice crispy piece of lettuce, bacon anything to give it a little oomph. Sloppy joes can be a little overwhelmingly "one" flavored, if you do that try using beef or chicken stock instead of the water. That gives it even more!

Marinara Quesadilla

--makes 4 quesadillas

1/2 cup favorite marinara, I usually make my own but I have my "emergency" stash of jars, I use Newmans Own, delicious and friendly
4 tortillas
large mozzarella "log" ball
nonstick spray

Heat large pan over medium heat, spray nonstick spray and place the tortilla inside add 4-6 slices of mozzarella cheese to one half of it and about 4-5 tablespoons of the marinara, or more if you would like. Fold over half of the tortilla and cook for about 2 min, flip and cook another 2 min, reduce heat if it starts to brown too much. Slice and eat up!
We made this as just a quick fix little meal, and it was killer. My daughter said "Daddy? You know Momma made dis, dis is awesdome" lol

Orange Cream Cheese Frosting

1-8oz pkg of cream cheese

juice of 3-4 oranges/tangerine ( I prefer organic oranges, they aren't as bitter or tangerines)
1/4-1/2 cup of powdered sugar, depends on how sweet you want
zest of the oranges/tangerines juiced

Let the cream cheese reach room temperature, I usually leave it sitting out while I make the cinnamon rolls so that its ready to go. Once to room temperature beat until smooth add in the orange juice and the powdered sugar, start with 1/4 cup, taste and add more if desired. Next zest the oranges/tangerines. Mix it in and dollop it on top of the cinnamon rolls. This is also really good to dip banana bread, zucchini bread into also delicious with the cinnamon wheat thins

Orange Cinnamon Rolls with Orange Cream Cheese Frosting

DOUGH
1 1/2 cups hot but not boiling milk
2 eggs

1/2 cup melted butter
1 teaspoon of salt
1/2 cup white sugar
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup powdered sugar
2 1/2 teaspoons yeast
5 cups bread flour

Juice of 1 orange or tangerine
Vanilla pudding mix 4.6oz

DUSTING FLOUR
1 cup powdered sugar
2 cups bread flour

Pie Crust

1/2 cup butter/margarine or butter flavored shortening
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup cold water/ sometimes a little less

Mini Apple Pies

5 medium sized granny smith apples
6 tablespoons of brown sugar
4 tablespoons of butter
3 teaspoons cinnamon
1 1/2 teaspoons of nutmeg


To cheat you can buy two of the packages of the premade pie crust or make from scratch, I will post that recipe next.
Remember I used the mini pie cutters/molds from: http://www.pauladeenstore.com/Product/detail/Tovolo-2-pc-Petite-Pie-Mold-Set-Star-and-Heart/356872
If you do not have these than just taking a saucer, medium sized, and cutting around it will work.

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Variation to the Biscuit Chocolate Chip Cookies

Original Recipe and then the alterations all in one so you don't have to scan around for them

WHAT?!!

Don't have a heart attack, that is a man making cookies, my hubby trying to make an altered version of the Biscuit Chocolate Chip cookies, made them into sugar roll out cookies, I will share the variation a little later :)

This was kinda funny to help and watch, the questions that were asked while making cookies, lol.
But see my recipe are so easy even a Husband can attempt them!!

Cookies Substitution Chart....Stumbled on this accidentally, enjoy!

Here's some more for those die hard cookie makers!

Some of these are already well known others are just plain handy. And can be helpful for those "brain fart" moments! I know I have forgotten many things, just cause, lol.

50 Cookie Tips

Hopefully I am posting this just in time for the cookie making season. Seems like come Christmas its mega cookie time! Everyone wants to make the perfect cookie, including the men. But especially the women, competing without saying a word, wanting to win out as having the best cookie, here's the way to do it. Tips for all around perfect cookie to the perfect soft cookie or a the crispy cookies. Read'm, Print'm hold on to them! Win this year for the best cookie! And men, careful when eating more than one woman's cookie, especially if they both ask you how they tasted, and if they are standing by one another, be extra cautious with the wording you use, they will talk...ENJOY!---Valerie

Chocolate Chip Biscuit Cookies (egg free)

These were an accident that I managed to do one morning at 3 am when my husband was leaving for a month and I wanted to send him off with a treat. I forgot the eggs and this is what happened. A sweet and deliciously chocolatey biscuit! I had rave reviews from it, and my husband "claims" these were no accident!

2 cups self-rising flour
1 cup sugar
2 sticks of butter
2 teaspoons of olive oil (if you are using margarine don't add the oil, it just adds more moisture when using butter, but margarine has enough oil in it)
2 teaspoons of vanilla
1/4 cup of milk
1 1/2 cups chocolate chips

My mixer was stashed away so I did this by hand, but by all means if you have a mixer USE IT! Cream the butter and sugar together (and the oil if using butter). Next add the vanilla. Slowly beat in the flour and add the milk slowly. It will be like a drop biscuit type of batter a little more wet than cookie dough but not by much. Then fold in the chocolate chips.
Nuts and M&Ms or what ever you want can be folded in as well.
bake at 375* for 10 minutes or until its a yellowish golden and just the tips of the peaks in the dough are browning. Pull out let rest for 5 min and cool on a rack. Try not to melt your oven like I did :) Adding cocoa powder is delicious too!

Tip:

Have one of those "coated" whisks? With the silicone coating? I just took a long look at mine and in the splits food can get caught in them! Check out yours and see. Careful with that, we don't want people to get sick from our food! I am going to be purchasing an all silicone one pretty soon, metal bends too easily and I don't think that I will ever buy a coated one again!

And January is going to be pie month! Savory pies, sugary pies, just pies pies pies! I was finally able to spend my gift card at Paula Deens store. Has only taken me since July to decide on something and I just purchased her silicone fold over pie presses, they have a little pocket to put the goodies in and one is a star and the other a heart. Should be rather interesting to see what type of pies this mind can come up with! Have any ideas? Send them my way, either as a comment on here on my email or on the ReelScrumptious Kitchen facebook page!

Happy Eating Foodies!
--Valerie

Carrot Cake

Perfect for Easter, well actually anytime of year if you love cream cheese and carrot cake! They are my favorite. Butter Creme frosting doesn't touch the Cream Cheese frosting. And there are so many ways that you can change the flavor. On a chocolate cake try adding a little mint to it...YUM!

4 eggs
1 1/4 cups vegetable oil
2 cups white sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt

Semi-Lemon Pepper Pork

You could also bread with with the seasonings, if doing it that way use about 2-3 teaspoons of each of the seasonings into about 1-1 1/2 cup flour. Put in a plastic bag shake to combine and then add the meat shake to coat and cook it as mentioned below

1 pkg pork scallopini (really thin cut pork with no bones)
paprika
lemon pepper
cilantro
parsley
all-purpose seasoning
1 tablespoon olive oil x 2 (need to add more when you add fresh meat)

Heat a large skillet over medium heat. Add in the olive oil. Next put the meat in and sprinkle a little of each seasoning over the top of it. Cook for about 5 min on one side flip and season the other side and cook another 3-5 min, or until the pink of the pork is a grayish white. I didn't add salt to mine I liked it as it was but you can add it if your taste buds desire it.
I served with just some veggies, but this is really good on brown rice with some corn.

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Scroll to the bottom...who is that?....ITS ME! YAY!

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Had to share these with ya'll

Now with this one, I have a similar recipe but this is a much greater quantity and with the holidays I thought some of you could use it. I posted it to Facebook but not everyone uses Facebook. So here are some cool links to some very awesome pages: Which I DO NOT have any affiliation with and DO NOT own.


Domino 1001 Cookie Starter Recipe

Recipe Saver: onetsp.com


Bobs Redmill

Pamels Products (gluten free and aaaammmmaaazing!)

Waffles

Recipe as old as the hills and is still around...because they are so delicious! (use Pamela's all purpose, or Pamela's baking and pancake mix if needed, its gluten free if the baking mix omit the baking powder)

2 eggs
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 3/4 cups milk
1/4 cup melted butter
1/4 cup olive oil

Left-Over Heaven

Do you have some left over ham or turkey or chicken? Lets layer it up with WAFFLES! Yes I said waffles. Now if you have frozen waffles use them, actually making your favorite and freezing them is ideal, but we don't always have the time. So store bought can work as well. I will post my recipe for waffles after this.

Take your waffles and meat and heat it up on and indoor/outdoor grill or in theoven on broil. Until heated through. If you are making fresh waffles they don't need to be put into the oven or on the grill. Just do the meat as the waffles are cooking.

Melt cheddar, american, provolone, monterrey jack, pepper jack any of those types of cheeses onto the meat. (I don't recommend parm, pecorino romano or asiago unless its on turkey or chicken). While the cheese is melting cook up some eggs to your liking.

Lastly layer it up. Waffle, little melted butter, cheesy meat and egg. Serve with a side of your favorite syrup. To dip and make sure you like it instead of coating it and spitting it out.

Ooo-So Bad Banana Split

So good to sit back and have one of these in the summertime. Or by the fire and pretend summer is still here. Be sure to look at the whole recipe....the bananas are a little cooked.

4 ripe bananas peeled and halved length wise ( I like them before too many spots)
4 cups of Frozen Vanilla Yogurt ( Who just went UGH frozen yogurt?...Seriously try --it its amazing it has much more flavoring and doesn't make your inches run so fast
4 tablespoons of PB2 peanut butter( Its actually powdered peanuts, you can add -----water or oil too, just use it as powder it is great in baking, etc..)
4 tablespoons of crushed toffee (or butterscotch candies)
4 tablespoons of chocolate sauce or caramel sauce
4 tablespoons of crushed pretzels (still decent chunks, not powdered up, gives that --salty sweet flavor)

Cre'pes Tangerine Suzette

These are soooo good! Not that good for you, but I am working on a healthier version.

1 1/4 cups whole milk
3 eggs
4 tablespoons melted butter
1/2 cup flour
1/2 teaspoon of salt
1 stick o butter (I can't push this enough...REAL butter makes a HUGE difference)
1/3 cup sugar

Turkey Bacon Wrapped Chicken Tenderloins with Gravy and Red Smashed Potatoes

--I kept this pretty plain and simple and it came out wonderful...fed a family of 4 with some leftovers, I would say probably 3-4 adults worth of food. Just double if needed.

-Turkey Bacon wrapped Chicken Tenders
1 pkg Turkey Bacon
8 Chicken Tenders
1 cup water

Need a Broiling pan or put a rack in the bottom of a

Ritz Chicken

6 Chicken tenders

2 of the rolls of stackers Ritz crackers
2 teaspoon of salt
2 teaspoons of pepper
2 teaspoons of paprika

1 egg
4 tablespoons of milk
1 teaspoon of salt



Olive oil or vegetable oil

Pictures

I found some of my old photos. Some that I will be posting really are not that great of quality. But they were also taken 4-5 years ago on an LG slider txt phone. Not at all very good quality. Eggs in a blanket now has a photo so that you can get a better idea of how it looks. More will be coming the tab for photos as well so keep and eye out the rest of the day!

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Thanksgiving...

Thanksgiving was fun and tiring!
 I was up until a little ways after 4 am the night before Thanksgiving working on the food and getting things prepared. I had to make a big 9x13 pan of pumpkin pie that was square since I couldn't find any of the right dishes until all was said and done and it appeared from our rig?!
Having Thanksgiving at a friends house was very nice, to have that company and to have roaming space out of our small apt! The kids had a blast trying to terrorize the cooks while the guys played COD...Yay for us! But it turned out great.
The kids barely made it 5 min in the car before passing out and getting packed into the house!
We had:
Turkey
Hawaiian Ham
Homemade French Bread Stuffing
Yeast Rolls
Pumpkin Pie
Mashed Potatoes
Gravy
Homemade Cranberry Sauce
Green Bean Casserole
White Chicken Chili
Cookies
Fruit Salad
Quite a bit of food for 5 adults and 2 children! We had a feast!
Most of these recipes will be added to the FB site and on here in the coming days.
Have a wonderful long rest of the weekend Foodies!

Pumpkin Pies (2)

1 large can of pumpkin puree' (29oz)
2 cans sweetened condensed milk
4 eggs
2 teaspoons pumpkin spice mix
3 teaspoons cinnamon
1 teaspoon nutmeg
1 teaspoon cloves
(if you don't have pumpkin spice mix then use this: 4 teaspoons cinnamon, 2 teaspoons nutmeg, 2 teaspoons ginger, 2 teaspoons cloves)

Beat the eggs and sweetened condensed milk together, add in the pumpkin and spices. Pour into premade (cooked yourself or store bought) cook at 350* for 50 min or until the center is only slightly jiggly.

Homemade Cranberry Sauce

2 pkgs fresh cranberries, if you had them frozen thats fine so were mine
1 cup sugar
1/4 cup water
Juice of 2 oranges, or very large tangerines
2-3 Tablespoons of sugar, to be used for extra sweetness if desired
Powdered sugar to make it look pretty, with occasional sweetness

In a large deep skillet or pot add in the ingredients except for the powdered sugar and the 2-3 tablespoons of sugar. Slowly cook over medium/low heat until the cranberries burst and the sauce is thick, about 35-45 minutes. Puree', blend or press through a sieve. Or leave it as is, looks prettier, depends on the pickiness of your eaters! Add the 2-3 tablespoons of sugar tasting as you do until it reaches desired sweetness. Serve on a pretty plate and sprinkle with powdered sugar.
Dip in and enjoy!

Yeast Rolls

1 tablespoon of yeast
1 cup hot water
1/2 cup sugar
1 cup milk
3 tablespoons of melted butter
4-5 cups flour

In a large bowl pour in the hot water and the yeast, let it sit for 10 minutes. Add in the sugar, milk and melted butter mix well. Slowly add in the flour until it binds together and is a little sticky. Flour a flat surface lightly. Roll out and knead 6 times. Grease, spray or butter the inside of the large bowl and put a little on the ball of dough. Let rise for 1 hr, punch down the dough, lightly flour hands and grab small handfuls of the dough and work lightly with your hand to form a ball. Rub a small amount of oil on a cookie sheet and put the balls of dough on it about 2-3 inches apart. Cook at 350* for about 15 min, when they start to brown on the top, baste a little butter on the top just before done. Use to clean up those thanksgiving plates!

"Hawaiian" Chili

I got the idea to make my own Hawaiian Chili recipe when my friend Tiffany told me she made a Hawaiian chicken chili. So tonight I started to play around with it and found that it tastes pretty stinkin' good! Sweet and savory going down and burns after you swallow leaving a slight burning on the lips....oh so good! Neighbors are having a kick out of it too right now!
NOTE: if you are a believer that chili has no beans then double the beef and seasoning and minus the beans.

Beef Stew

This is a recipe that I shared with Mable when she called me the other day to make some stew. This is the recipe, enjoy.

Flour Coating:
2 cups flour
2 teaspoons of paprika
2 teaspoons of salt
2 teaspoons of pepper
2 teaspoons of chili pepper

Orange Peppered Steak

Orange Peppered Steak
1 pkg of steak, I use the thin cut steak
3 oranges, juiced
1 tablespoon of pepper
2 teaspoons of salt
1 pkg of frozen Japanese vegetables
1 tablespoon of olive oil
1 tablespoon of flour
1 tablespoon of water

fixing

The post of the 2 in 1 chicken dinner I just added some alterations to the recipe, if you have looked at it recently please look at it again.
Summary is to add more chicken if serving more than 2-3 people and to double the rice part of the recipe. And changed the amount of flour for the "thickening gravy" portion.
Also to try adding barley, rice to the chicken noodle soup.

Thank you

2 in 1 Quick Fix Chicken DinnerS

10 chicken tenders ( I cheat and buy the bag full of them, there's no rib meat in it, and can be used for a lot of meals and cheaper :))
6 carrots, chopped to bite size
1/2 head of small cabbage, bite size chopped
1 red onion, chopped to bite size
3 cloves of garlic
2 pinches of salt
1 large pinch of pepper
3 celery sticks if you have it
3/4 cup brown rice

Lasagna Casserole

5 Tomatoes, diced small
1/2 teaspoon of oregano
1/2 teaspoon of basil
1/2 teaspoon of salt
1/2 teaspoon of pepper
1 15oz can of tomato sauce
Chop the tomatoes very small add all other ingredient to it in a pot and simmer over low heat, and leave it be.

New creation for tomorrow

Tomorrow I will be making a lasagna casserole. I have a lot of left over lasagna ingredients that need to be used and some pasta, sounded different and delicious. I will take some pictures and post tomorrow! That is if it tastes decent enough to post! I am also "fixing" my recipe notes. It looks like a bunch of random chicken scratch, once organized and legible they will be posted as well! The measuring is what is holding me back. I am an "eyeballer" which I understand some can't do that yet, but it is possible so try it! And never be afraid to just throw some random ingredients in a pan and see what happens!!
Good Luck FOODIES.
Reelscrumptious

Zesty Chicken Pasta

1 Pkg chicken tenders
1 bottle favorite zesty italian or greek dressing, try others too
1/2 cup Pecorino Romano cheese (grated fine)
1/2 cup Parmesan cheese (grated fine)
1 can basil and oregano diced tomatoes ( I prefer Del Monte)

Homemade Cheese Sauce

3 tablespoons of butter
2 teaspoons of olive oil
2 tablespoons of flour
2 cups of milk
3 cups- 1 lb of sharp cheddar cheese, you can use a number of cheeses for this sauce depending on what you are making, try them out!
salt and pepper to taste

Melt butter and olive oil together, whisk in the flour and make a roux. Slowly add in the cheese, but not all of it yet. You want a lower heat while doing this so you don't burn the flour. Start alternating between milk and cheese until you have used all of both, increase the heat to medium and melt the cheese thoroughly. Taste and add more cheese if you want and salt and pepper.  Now there are many variations to this as I said above you can use any cheese that you want to use, but you can also add cream cheese for a creamier taste and a little bit of sour cream. I love to use this cheese with some jalepeno juice and dip fresh homemade pretzels in it. You can also add green chiles and chipolte peppers or just the sauce, but add the chipolte in, in small increments so that you don't burn off your tongue! Adding some tapatio is really yummy too, especially for tacos.

Thing with Butter

Ok, I am sure many of you have noticed that when I use butter I use olive oil too. The combination of the flavor is great and they help keep one another from burning as easily. If you have found that you are using margarine (YUCK) and olive oil and its a little oily tasting, then best thing I can say is to use BUTTER! But if you are stuck on margarine omit the olive oil, because margarine is more oily than the butter. But I cannot say enough about the better flavor when using butter, although SmartBalance isn't too bad.

Wanton Wrapped Cheese Burgers

"Alfredo" Sauce with Chicken and Roasted Vegetables

This was just a randomly compiled recipe from what was left in the fridge. As how most of my recipes are, but hey if it has a good end result, might as well share it!

Chop 4 large red potatoes, 1 bell pepper, 3 large yukon gold potatoes, 1 granny smith apple and 1/2 a cabbage chopped finely. Toss with some extra virgin olive oil, salt and pepper. Bake at 350* for 40 min or until the potatoes are cooked through.

4 Tablespoons butter melt in a small saucepan and add 3 tablespoons of flour and whisk it just like a roux. Reduce heat to medium low and add 1/4 cup crumbled feta, 1/4 cup pecorino romano cheese, and 3 tablespoons of parmesan cheese. Slowly add milk in. About 1 1/2 cup milk total. Just keep adding until the sauce is thick and creamy but not as thick as a gravy. Add 1 teaspoon salt and 1 teaspoon of pepper. Slowly add in 1/2 cup sour cream.

10 Cheese Beef Lasagna

3 lbs lean ground beef
1/2 red onion diced small
4 cloves garlic
2 eggs
Handful of Feta
1 cup ricotta
1 lb mexican cheese mix
1 cup sour cream, this was on accident, I meant to but cottage cheese! But it came out pretty delicious!

Banana French Bread Pudding

I came up with this recipe because we had some left over french bread from 10 Cheese Beef Lasagna we had the night before and some very over ripe bananas and just went with what I had in the fridge...This is what I ended up with:
1-1/2 loaves of french bread, depends on how large, just go with what you have
4 eggs
1 cup sugar, I like the taste and texture of organic sugar, almost like brown sugar but not, you can also use brown sugar in this recipe or do half brown sugar, half white sugar
1 tsp nutmeg
1 tablespoon vanilla

Kid Friendly Banana bars

3 Bananas, mashed
1 cup rolled oats, I prefer the old fashioned ones, you can also add flax seed, sunflower seeds etc...
1 cup raisins
1 cup dried fruit mix, or trail mix you favorites
1 tablespoon of vanilla
*If you want some extra sweetness add agave nectar blends in really well
*You can also use just raisins or any favorite dried fruit

Combine all ingredients, add more oats if its still really "wet". You want it moist and pliable not sticky. Scoop out into a large buttered baking dish, smash it down. Bake at 350* until golden brown. When its done let it cool off and cut into bars. Ours lasted in the refrigerator about 7 days, you could also freeze it. My kids looooved this and its a wonderful treat that's healthy.
You can also add honey, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves and any other number of things that you enjoy. Add it and try it, may come up with your own recipe.

Accidental Granola

While making some oatmeal raisin cookies, I got distracted by my daughter mixing in the oats and raisins, yep my 3 year old cooks too! I got so distracted I forgot to add the flour to the cookies and had put them in a mini muffin pan to make mini cookies that would be perfectly round for the kids. Halfway through the baking process I realized that I had forgotten the flour when they looked funny and bubbly. I let it continue to cook until it was a little more than golden brown and scooped it up out onto a flat sheet and let it dry out as much as possible.

I had about 1 cup butter, 3/4 cup sugar, 2 eggs, tablespoon vanilla beat together well until creamy. Add about 2 1/2 cups oats ( I like to use the old fashioned ones not the quick oats) and one package of raisins. Add 2 teaspoons clove, 1 teaspoon cinnamon. Mix really well and cook a casserole dish, it will bubble up and "pop" and slowly sink around the oats and then get dryer and start to turn brown. Let it dry and eat up!



This is an estimate of what I did, play with it, add dry fruits, craisins or anything that you like

Simple Agave Syrup

1 cup Agave Nectar
3 tablespoons of butter
2 teaspoons cinnamon

Melt all of them together over low heat and serve warm..Simple huh?

Gluten-Free Pancakes

1 1/2 cup gluten free baking mix. I use Pamela's
1 cup milk
1 egg
3 bananas
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 teaspoons nutmeg

Strange Pasta

So I came up with this tonight while going through the fridge. It was originally going to be a teriyaki stir fry and I kept changing my mind through the process and this is what happened.

1/4 cabbage fine chopped
1 red bell pepper
1/2 red onion
4 cloves of garlic
1 cup cut fresh green beans

Some busy things in my life....

Way to many things to do! I have been working on the teriyaki recipes, which I have them they aren't a new recipe to me but as anyone who knows me knows that I don't measure much. So I have to go over my recipes and measure them out. My recipes consist of a list of things I throw into a bowl to create a meal, no numbers so I have to remake them and measure until its to the taste that I am looking for. Last night I took pictures to post, only to find that my husband to the cord that hooks my camera to my computer, so I have to use one computer to send to my computer to them use the program that I use to edit my pictures and then to post them, this is what I mean, very little things turn to big things in my house.

Baked Banana Desert

3 bananas
3 tablespoons brown sugar
2 teaspoons cinnamon
2 teaspoons nutmeg
1 teaspoon vanilla
3 tablespoons butter

As you can see its about a single tablespoon of the butter and brown sugar per each banana, so keep that in mind if you want to make more servings of this. The bananas cooked like this are wonderful just as they are or on top of yogurt, ice cream, frozen yogurt or with a drissle of Nutella over them. Oh and homemade whipped cream and powdered sugar. Just really depends on how much sweetness you are looking for.

Fresh Green Beans

This is wonderful with the sockeye salmon. My kids love these beans it is my daughters favorite way to eat them.
2 cups of fresh cut green beans (cut to about 1 1/2 inch pieces)
1/4 cup Parmesan cheese, I prefer to grate myself there's a fresher taste
1/4 cup Pecorino romano cheese, again I grate it
5 cloves of garlic

Sockeye Salmon

 3 cuts of sockeye salmon
5 tablespoons of butter
salt

Baby "Bread Pudding"

1 banana
1 Gerber banana yogurt
1/2 bagel

Chop the banana into bite size pieces. Place in a small bowl and break apart the bread into baby bite size pieces as well, add the yogurt and toss it. I call this bread pudding because thats what it reminds me of but there is no added sugar and yogurt instead of pudding, my son loves this!
You can also use different flavors of yogurt and your child's favorite fruit. This is just what I had on hand and whipped up for breakfast.

Quinoa Gluten free Chocolate Peanut Butter Muffins

1 cup Quinoa
1 cup sugar
1 cup brown sugar
1 1/2 cups gluten free flour
2 teaspoons cinnamon

More

There is still more Teriyaki Recipes coming from the list that I created. But in the meantime I came up with a few extra recipes. I also messed up cookies for the first time ever, and they were still good, tasted like a flaky chocolate chip biscuit. Different but yummy, that's what happens when you try to bust out a recipe at 3am before your husband leaves!

Teriyaki Pork

1 package scallopini pork, as thin as possible pork that you can get
1/4 cup brown sugar
1 cup teriyaki sauce
1/2 cup soy sauce
1 tablespoon salt
1/2 cup water

Teriyaki Steak

1 package of thinly sliced steak, you can use any steak I just prefer thin it cooks faster and seems to hold the flavor more
1 cup teriyaki sauce
1/2 cup soy sauce or shoyu sauce
2 tablespoons brown sugar
1 teaspoon salt

Teriyaki Hamburger and Turkey Burgers

1 lb lean ground beef
1 tsp salt
1 tsp pepper
3 garlic cloves
1/2 tsp ginger powder or finely grated fresh ginger
3 tablespoons teriyaki sauce

Pictures

I am in the beginning stages of making a Pictures for Foodies page and a Photography page of my pictures that I love to take. Especially of the ones from when I went on the Paula Deen tour.

Teriyaki Chicken Kabobs

6 chicken tenders
2 red bell peppers
2 orange bell peppers
1 green bell pepper
1 red onion

Coming soon! All about Teriyaki!

I am going to start to do some "theme" cooking days. A different type of food by a certain ingredient, for children, desserts, main courses and how to compile a meal together.

Simple chicken salad

There are several ways to make a chicken salad. Many different things that you can add to test out to find how you like it.

1 apple
1orange bell pepper

Best scrambled eggs

4 eggs
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon onion powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon pepper
1/4 cup milk
1/2 cup sharp cheddar cheese

Whisk all ingredients together in a medium sized bowl. Heat a frying pan over medium heat and spray with cooking spray or use 1 teaspoon butter and 1 teaspoon of olive oil. Pour the eggs into the pan, and keep moving the eggs back and forth until its cooked through, when its not overly wet or "shiny" looking. Serve up and sprinkle with the cheddar cheese.

Making sour milk, in place of buttermilk

1 cup whole or 2% milk
1 teaspoon of vinegar or lemon juice

Mix them together and let sit at room temperature for 10-15 minutes. It will start to curdle just a little bit. This is not the same as milk that has been left out to rot. Buttermilk or sour milk is used in many cookies, breads and pies and creates a much different flavor in the outcome.

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Skillet breakfast

5 large red or yukon gold potatoes
1 "tube" of sausage, can use diced bacon
1 green bell pepper
1 yellow bell pepper
1 red bell pepper
1 orange bell pepper
5 eggs
4 cloves of garlic
1/2-1 large red onion
2 cups sharp cheddar cheese, shredded
salt to taste

French Toast

• 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 cup milk
• 1 pinch salt
• 3 eggs
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 tablespoon white sugar
• 12 thick slices bread, french bread works great as well as texas toast, normal bread works too

Homemade simple syrup

Equal parts water and sugar, stir put on the stove at medium high heat and bring to a boil, stir to make sure that sugar crystals are fully dissolved.
You can flavor it with vanilla, maple and orange extracts. Nutmeg, cinnamon and ginger works well too. To make it fruity add in your favorite fruit. For citrus juice one and measure add water add an equal part of sugar.  Give it some extra flavor with a tablespoon or so of butter.

Buttermilk Pancakes

Scratch buttermilk pancakes:

1 1/2 cups self-rising flour

1 teaspoon of vanilla

1 egg

1 teaspoon salt

1 tablespoon sugar

Eggs in the middle of a blanket: from hard-up post

Scratch buttermilk pancakes:
1 1/2 cups self-rising flour
1 teaspoon of vanilla
1 egg
1 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon sugar
1 cup buttermilk, the recipe can use plain milk if no buttermilk/sour milk is available
1/4 cup milk
4 tablespoons of butter

*For the middle of the blanket you need an egg for each serving you are going to serve. This recipe yields about 8, but if you don't need to serve that many people you can make plain pancakes for lunch sandwiches with the left over!

Triple berry shortcake

Berry Sauce

1 cup blackberries

1 cup strawberries

1 cup blueberries

(now you can use any fruit that you want to in this, all one berry or multiple fruits)

1 cup sugar

1/2 cup water

1 tablespoon flour, cornstarch can be used
2 tablespoons butter

Cut the strawberries in half.

In a large bowl coat the berries in the sugar and let rest while making the biscuit dough. Don't touch them until the biscuits are in the oven or a little longer if you can, sometimes time wont allow but give it at least 20-45 minutes of sitting in the sugar. The sugar will help release the juices in the berries. You can also use frozen berries in this.

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Homemade whipped cream

Warning: Once you make homemade whipped cream you won't want to buy store bought again!

1/2 pint heavy whipping cream
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1/4 -1/2 cup powdered sugar, depending on the sweetness you desire

Chill mixing bowl and utensils in the fridge about 30 min before using, helps keep the whipping cream cool while beating. Pour the heavy whipping cream in the mixing bowl and beat until smooth, before stiff peaks form. Add the vanilla and slowly incorporate the powdered sugar until peaks form. Don't over beat or you will get butter.
Now if you over beat before adding the powdered sugar and you have peaks, it's ok, just fold the powdered sugar and vanilla in slowly and gently

Serve on pancakes, shortcake, coffee, french toast, pumpkin pie and anything you think might taste good with whipped cream!

Hard-up recipes continued from "Must have items for your kitchen"

Now when I started posting about this I had mentioned that you needed these items at all times in your kitchen:

BUTTER

flour, now I prefer self-rising especially when down and out

eggs

sugar

milk

basic spices, salt, pepper, garlic and onion powder, cinnamon

mayo

baking soda

BUTTER, wait I already said that....much needed!

oil, i prefer olive oil for most things

random spice packets, taco, stew, ranch anything

Now in addition to this would be items that you try to have in your kitchen, things like potatoes. I like to always keep steamer vegetables in my freezer, the store brand and some that have noodles or rice in them. They can be found for about a dollar or a little over.

Recipe Photos

I will be adding photos to each of the recipes. Some of them I do not have high res. on them so they don't look pretty, but as soon as I make the recipe again I will add to it. That way you can see how mine turned out. I know I always like to see a photo with recipes to compare and want to offer the same for those who view mine. Later on I will also be posting my "tips" that I give in recipes as well to show how, descriptions can only take you so far sometimes. If anyone would like a tip they are more than welcome to post a comment asking me and if I can help and answer I will.
Have a good day everyone, off to test some more recipes!

Taco Bowls

6 tortillas, or if you can find the tortilla bowls you can use that too, I like to make them myself
1 lb hamburger
1 packet taco bell seasoning, I like taco bell, use whichever you like
1 large can refried beans
4 tablespoons of butter
2 garlic cloves, chopped fine
1/2 large red onion, chopped fine
2 cups of sticky rice, sushi rice
2 handful of cilantro

Honey Butter

2 sticks of butter
2-3 tablespoons of honey, depending how sweet you want

Let the butter reach room temp. Place the butter in a bowl and add the honey. I like to take a fork and work the honey into the butter, sometimes honey doesn't like to cooperate the way you want and mix perfectly, so smashing with a fork really works it in, then after you can use a mixer to make it really smooth and almost whipped tasting.
This is excellent on yeasted sweet rolls, english muffins, toast, french toast, pancakes and anything else you may want to sweeten up.

Garlic Butter

1 lb of butter, the whole box of 4 sticks, or if you can find it as a brick
4-9 cloves of garlic, depends on how much you love garlic.
1 teaspoon of coarse salt or sea salt
plastic wrap

Chicken Noodle Soup

3 celery sticks
4 large carrots
4 cloves of garlic
1 large red onion
handful of fresh parsley
5 basil leaves
3 sprig of oregano, use the leaves
salt to taste
pepper to taste
1 teaspoon seasoning salt
bag of tri-colored noodles (I like to use the veggie ones)
3 large chicken breasts
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 can of chicken stock
2 tablespoons of butter

Chop all the vegetables into bite size pieces. Finely chop the basil, oregano and parsley. Put into a large pot with the chicken breasts whole, doesn't matter if they are frozen or not, add 2 teaspoons of salt and pepper and the seasoning salt.

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Chili made easy

Roasted All-in-one meal

Serves 4

4 large red potatoes

3 large yukon gold potatoes

1 acorn squash

1 granny smith apple

1 red onion

4 garlic cloves (it is garlicky, less or more is up to you, I do not recommend minced bottled garlic for this)

4-5 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil

1/2 a packet of buttermilk ranch

1 teaspoon salt

2 teaspoons pepper

4 tablespoons melted butter (more the merrier)

1 cup shredded cheese (any )
2 cups cooked chicken breast

Wash and cut vegetables into bite size pieces. With the acorn squash cut in half with a very sharp knife, watch out they move around! After cutting in half cut off the ends to have a flat base and top, then go down the sides with your knife and peel it. Smash the garlic cloves with the side of your knife, releases the juices, take off the peel and chop finely. Once all it cut combine all ingredients, except for the cheese, in a large bowl and toss until well coated. Put into a roasting pan and cook at 400* for 30 minutes, time may vary depending on your stove, the one we have is a turd and needs the higher heat. If yours is well then 350 for 40 min. Or until a knife goes smoothly through the potatoes Be sure to watch it and if it is starting to brown up quickly then "fold" it lightly . Then top with the cheese and put bake in the oven until melted.

Can be served hot or cold with ketchup, plain, sour cream. Or even turned into a potato salad by adding mayo, mustard and tossing gently. You can also add more vegetables, anything that is in season and readily available.

"Special" mayo

1 cup of mayo
juice of half of a lemon, or a whole one if it doesnt give you a lot of juice
fresh chopped basil, oregano
onion powder
garlic powder
you can also substitute the above three for all purpose seasoning, about 1 tablespoon and 1 teaspoon, if you dont have any fresh basil, oregano, but you have dry spices it will work too

Mix all together and use on burgers, sandwiches and potato salad just double it up.

Moz inside out burgers

Cheesecake Fruit Salad

6 bananas
2 oranges
2 apples
2-3 cups worth of grapes ( i like them sliced in half)
1 fresh pineapple (or the pre-chopped from the produce section)
2 cups strawberries, cut into bite size pieces
1 cup blueberries
and any other fruit that you want, and more quantities of which ever fruit you enjoy the most.
1/2 pint of heavy whipping cream
1 12oz can of philadelphia whipped cream cheese
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
Cut all fruit into bite size pieces and peel the oranges by knife, by cutting the ends off so it has a flat surface. take the knife down the edges and peel closely. cut out the wedges.
Now for the homemade whipped cream. If you have a silver bowl chilling it and your utencils helps alot. Pour heavy whipping cream into your chilled bowl and beat until creamy, you dont want to turn it into whipped cream just yet.

Must have items for a kitchen

BUTTER
flour
eggs
sugar
milk
basic spices, salt, pepper, garlic and onion powder, cinnamon
mayo
baking soda
BUTTER, wait I already said that....much needed!
oil, i prefer olive oil for most things
random spice packets, taco, stew, ranch anything

When you are hard up you can make alot of ingredients out of these things with the scraps left over in your kitchen. Had to when we moved. had a 70$ budget to last 2 weeks! its amazing the things that you can come up with when you have nothing! I will share some of those hard up recipes later, its 230 am must sleep!

Very first post

I have gotten some exciting news that has prompted me to create a blog!!!! I may be featured in CookingClub magazine! I really hope that it all turns out! I will be using this blog for putting up pictures of my food and my recipes! it will also be a place where you can ask for some tips about food!!