This is to die for. It tastes just like a Reeces Peanut Butter Cup.
Ingredients:
Packaged Peanut Butter Cookie Mix
A Bag of Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips
9 x 13 inch pan
1. Take any packaged Peanut Butter Cookie mix and make it like you would cookies. Press into a 9 x 13 pan all across the bottom (the entire mix)
2. Cook at 375 for about 10-13 minutes.
3. Let cool for 5 minutes.
4. While it is cooling heat put the chocolate chips in a microwaveable bowl and heat in the microwave until melted.
5. Spread over the cookie cake and put in the refrigerator for 30 minutes or until the chocolate on the top hardens.
6. Cut into 2 inch squares and serve. Yum yum!
Saturday, November 29, 2008
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Asian Style Meatball Stir Fry
Okay so bear with me. I know it sounds weird, strange and utterly odd. But this is really good.
Ingredients:
rice, cooked
teriaki sauce
meatballs, frozen pre-made
bag of frozen asian vegetables
Here's how to put it together. Take the meatballs and toss them in a pan on medium heat. When they are about 2/3 cooked through, toss in the bag of frozen veggies. Cover with a lid for a few minutes to allow the veggies to thaw and give off some of its juices. Just when things are looking like they are hot and there is a bit of water on the bottom of the pan from the veggies, add about 1/2 cup of teriaki sauce and stir so that the meatballs and the veggies are covered. If the sauce looks too juicy then allow to reduce a few minutes before serving. You want some sauce for the rice. Then put a scoop of cooked rice on the plate and then scoop the meatballs and veggies on top and serve. Now, how easy is that.
My kids love meatballs and we have them quite often as they are quick and easy to make when they come frozen from the store. This recipe surprised even my pickiest of eaters. For some of the kids I didn't put the meatballs and veggies on the rice because they don't like their food to mingle with each other. They loved the sweet teriaki sauce on the meatballs!!
Ingredients:
rice, cooked
teriaki sauce
meatballs, frozen pre-made
bag of frozen asian vegetables
Here's how to put it together. Take the meatballs and toss them in a pan on medium heat. When they are about 2/3 cooked through, toss in the bag of frozen veggies. Cover with a lid for a few minutes to allow the veggies to thaw and give off some of its juices. Just when things are looking like they are hot and there is a bit of water on the bottom of the pan from the veggies, add about 1/2 cup of teriaki sauce and stir so that the meatballs and the veggies are covered. If the sauce looks too juicy then allow to reduce a few minutes before serving. You want some sauce for the rice. Then put a scoop of cooked rice on the plate and then scoop the meatballs and veggies on top and serve. Now, how easy is that.
My kids love meatballs and we have them quite often as they are quick and easy to make when they come frozen from the store. This recipe surprised even my pickiest of eaters. For some of the kids I didn't put the meatballs and veggies on the rice because they don't like their food to mingle with each other. They loved the sweet teriaki sauce on the meatballs!!
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Triple Layer Boston Creme Pie
Yes you read that right. Triple layer Boston Creme Pie:
This recipe is so super easy you will wonder why you hadn't thought of it before.
Ingredients:
1 box cake mix (and whatever you need to make the cake from the box recipe)
1 large box of vanilla pudding (and the amount of milk necessary to make the pudding according to the box)Allow to firm up in the refrigerator for 15 to 20 minutes.
1 container of milk chocolate icing.
Make the cake in two 8 or 9 inch rounds. Let cool on a rack. Slice each cake in half horizontally making 4 layers of cake.
Now, place one layer of the cake on a large plate, spread about 1/3 of the vanilla pudding on top of the layer. Then add another layer of cake. Spread another third of the vanilla pudding on top of that and add another layer. Last third of pudding on top and top that with the last layer of cake. Now here comes the yummy part. Heat the cocolate icing in the microwave for about 15-20 seconds or until slightly melted but not separated. Stir and then pour on top of the cake. The icing should only be slightly melted, enough to pour and have a slow drip not so fluid that it all runs down the edges of the cake. The icing will slowly drip down the sides. Put the cake in the refrigerater for 1 hour before serving.
YUM YUM!
This recipe is so super easy you will wonder why you hadn't thought of it before.
Ingredients:
1 box cake mix (and whatever you need to make the cake from the box recipe)
1 large box of vanilla pudding (and the amount of milk necessary to make the pudding according to the box)Allow to firm up in the refrigerator for 15 to 20 minutes.
1 container of milk chocolate icing.
Make the cake in two 8 or 9 inch rounds. Let cool on a rack. Slice each cake in half horizontally making 4 layers of cake.
Now, place one layer of the cake on a large plate, spread about 1/3 of the vanilla pudding on top of the layer. Then add another layer of cake. Spread another third of the vanilla pudding on top of that and add another layer. Last third of pudding on top and top that with the last layer of cake. Now here comes the yummy part. Heat the cocolate icing in the microwave for about 15-20 seconds or until slightly melted but not separated. Stir and then pour on top of the cake. The icing should only be slightly melted, enough to pour and have a slow drip not so fluid that it all runs down the edges of the cake. The icing will slowly drip down the sides. Put the cake in the refrigerater for 1 hour before serving.
YUM YUM!
Saturday, June 28, 2008
You asked for it...
and here it is!!! We figure we have about 50 lbs of zucchini harvested so far, yes, so far!!
Friday, June 27, 2008
Zucchini zucchini
coming out my ears. We have just had our first harvest of zucchini from our garden. This year I haven't been as motivated as I have in the past years. We didn't go strawberry picking at all this year. I didn't can any strawberry jam. We have our garden but it is really on auto pilot now.
But we just got our first harvest and I know I have a bushel of zucchini!! I need to pull out my cheese grater and make some zucchini bread and then make some for the neighbors, then freeze some that is grated for bread later. I also need to pull up that recipe for the squash pickles and make relish again.... now where did I post that thing???
But we just got our first harvest and I know I have a bushel of zucchini!! I need to pull out my cheese grater and make some zucchini bread and then make some for the neighbors, then freeze some that is grated for bread later. I also need to pull up that recipe for the squash pickles and make relish again.... now where did I post that thing???
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Sunday, March 16, 2008
Quick and Easy Donuts
These are so super easy! You will impress yourself and family at how yummy they are.
Ingredients:
1 tube of biscuits in the refridgerated aisle, buttermilk or regular (NOT flaky)
oil or shortening
In a deep fryer or large pot heat oil or shortening to about 350-360 degrees. Separate the biscuits and poke your finger in the middle and make a hole. Form the hole a bit so it stays open, stretching the biscuit some. Carefully drop into hot oil and fry on one side about 15 seconds and then flip it over. You will notice it puff up some. Flip again about 30 seconds later and then flip one more time about 15 seconds later. They take about a minute or minute and half to cook. Take them out when brown and sprinkle with cinnamon sugar, powdered sugar or drizzle with a royal icing (milk and powdered sugar). Serve warm.
Sunday, March 2, 2008
Broccoli Salad
We had this broccoli salad two months ago at a supper club dinner. I fell in love with it and asked for the recipe. Last night we had our very dear friends, Mark and Juli and their beautiful children over for dinner. I made the broccoli salad and it was a hit.
First before the recipe, I have to tell you of my mystery broccoli. Last fall I bought a few slips of cabbage for the fall garden. I planted them along with some peas and lettuce. We haven't eaten anything out of that piddly garden. The peas didn't produce as it got too cold and the lettuce looked funny when it matured. The cabbage only grew little leaves and did nothing. Late in January we had some warm days and my youngest came running in the house one day announcing that there was broccoli coming up in the garden. I went out and low and behold, the cabbage that I bought was really broccoli (come on, who can tell when they are so little)! There were nice little florets on it. I have been keeping an eye on it for the past month and it has been growing slowly. I thought for sure that we would lose it with some of our cold nights that dipped below freezing. But it has survived and yesterday I went out an harvested it. Boy did it taste great!
So here is the recipe:
Broccoli Salad
Ingredients:
2 bunches chopped broccoli
1/4 cup of red onion, finely diced
1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
10 slices cooked bacon, crumbled (or about 1/3 cup of read bacon bits)
¼ cup white sugar
½ cup mayonnaise
1 Tbs. white wine vinegar
Combine above ingredients and refrigerate. The longer it is refrigerated, the more the flavors all meld together.
I cut all the little florets off and only use them for the salad. I don't use the stems and I make the florets kind of small like in the picture.
First before the recipe, I have to tell you of my mystery broccoli. Last fall I bought a few slips of cabbage for the fall garden. I planted them along with some peas and lettuce. We haven't eaten anything out of that piddly garden. The peas didn't produce as it got too cold and the lettuce looked funny when it matured. The cabbage only grew little leaves and did nothing. Late in January we had some warm days and my youngest came running in the house one day announcing that there was broccoli coming up in the garden. I went out and low and behold, the cabbage that I bought was really broccoli (come on, who can tell when they are so little)! There were nice little florets on it. I have been keeping an eye on it for the past month and it has been growing slowly. I thought for sure that we would lose it with some of our cold nights that dipped below freezing. But it has survived and yesterday I went out an harvested it. Boy did it taste great!
So here is the recipe:
Broccoli Salad
Ingredients:
2 bunches chopped broccoli
1/4 cup of red onion, finely diced
1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
10 slices cooked bacon, crumbled (or about 1/3 cup of read bacon bits)
¼ cup white sugar
½ cup mayonnaise
1 Tbs. white wine vinegar
Combine above ingredients and refrigerate. The longer it is refrigerated, the more the flavors all meld together.
I cut all the little florets off and only use them for the salad. I don't use the stems and I make the florets kind of small like in the picture.
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Dinner-Impossible
Do you know that show with the guy who is given a mission at the beginning of the show and it is to cook for a group of people with specific complications or venues that make it hard to accomplish his job? Well, tonight my husband and I had a very similar experience.
We were asked to cook for a youth program at our church. We expected to have a given set of instructions, number of people, etc when we got there. We were presented with a half set up room with tables and chairs, a bunch of food on the counter in the kitchen and a basic set of instructions. The instructions went something like this:
Cook Pasta
Cook sauce, meat in refrigerator
Make salad and bread, use left over vegetables from last week.
Dessert in freezer, 42 Ice Cream cookies already made.
On the counter was 8 jars of spaghetti sauce, four loaves of french bagette bread, frozen butter in a ziploc bag, 2 large bags of spaghetti noodles and 5 small ziploc bags of broccoli and 2 small bags of baby carrots. In the fridge was 10 lbs of hamburger meat and two large bags of lettuce precut and a big container of grape tomatoes.
Okay, start the hamburger meat and put on a big pot to boil the spaghetti noodles. Oh we arrive at 4:15 and dinner is promptly at 6pm. We start with that. We look at the jars of sauce and noodles and figure that we will be feeding an army. We get the meat browned drained and in a pot and I put in four jars of spaghetti sauce. Water hasn't boiled yet and it is now 5:oo. We start getting the room put together, chairs set up, places set with plates, salad plates, cups, forks, knives, napkins. We then find someone who tells us to figure for 40 people and we serve family style and each of the six tables need serving bowls or platters with food. Great! Now we are working. Water still not boiling, we figure out how to work the convection oven, stir the sauce again, find six platters, six bowls. Start making the salads. Is the broccoli left over from last week? We decide yes since no one can help us and start to cut it up. Water boiling, add the pasta, it is 5:30. In the salad goes the broccoli, cut the carrots, add the tomatoes. New big kid comes in and asks to help. We pour the cheese into bowls and send him out to put them on the tables. In goes the bread. Salads are done, stir the pasta and sauce. Turn off sauce. Pasta almost done. Salad goes to the passthru. Bread comes out and onto serving plates. Kid puts bread on tables. Drain the pasta, and start to put the sauce on the pasta. Toss, put on serving dish, put more sauce on top and to the passthru six times!
Kids all pile in and a server comes from each table to get the food. In two minutes they are all eating and we sneak out the back door for a little quiet time. We decide to run down to the bookstore and veg out for a minute before picking our kids back up.
When we get back we found out that they all started banging on the tables and chanting "we want the cooks, we want the cooks". Then they all sang to us except we weren't there because we didn't know. Oh well, next time!!
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Fried Chicken (a new recipe)
We had fried chicken tonight, mashed potatoes and gravy, peas, and homemade rolls.
Yes, I have given up on the diet well not really given up but just taking a change of course. First, I am giving up the Atkins diet and I will now be eating more fruits and veggies and less fat and sugars, but not before tonight's ice cream binge. I haven't had ice cream in forever and am partaking in that sin tonight.
So on to fried chicken. I took a couple of boneless, skinless chicken breasts and dipped them in egg and water mixture and then dipped in seasoned bread crumbs, then into the cast iron skillet in about 1/4 inch of shortening. Fry for about 6-8 minutes on each side. Yum.
Yes, I have given up on the diet well not really given up but just taking a change of course. First, I am giving up the Atkins diet and I will now be eating more fruits and veggies and less fat and sugars, but not before tonight's ice cream binge. I haven't had ice cream in forever and am partaking in that sin tonight.
So on to fried chicken. I took a couple of boneless, skinless chicken breasts and dipped them in egg and water mixture and then dipped in seasoned bread crumbs, then into the cast iron skillet in about 1/4 inch of shortening. Fry for about 6-8 minutes on each side. Yum.
Monday, January 28, 2008
Whitney's Still Not Cooking...
Okay now for the update on the diet. For all who have been keeping in touch and for all the great comments of wisdom and support, I purposefully fell off the wagon this past weekend. I was two pounds away from my goal and just needed a plate of spaghetti. Then we went out of town and pizza was on the menu for Saturday night and then fast food for two more meals. I just figured that it was time to take a break.
I am still at a solid 10 lbs lost and now have 5 to go to goal!! I will get there. Then I will start cooking again.
I am still at a solid 10 lbs lost and now have 5 to go to goal!! I will get there. Then I will start cooking again.
Saturday, January 19, 2008
Diet Update
I have lost 10lbs as of this morning! I am 2/3 the way there to my first goal. I feel like dancing.
Mini Burgers
My kids love hamburgers. But they never eat the whole thing. So I tried something different.
MINI BURGERS!!
I bought some yummy potato dinner rolls which are half the size of the regular haburger buns and I made mini burgers, about half the size of a regular burger. The kids loved the small size and it was a perfect fit for their mouths. Two of the kids ate two burgers!! Dinner was a success without me fussing at them to eat more and they thought it was fun!
PS: Even my husband said, "hey, these mini-burgers are fun to eat."
Case closed!
MINI BURGERS!!
I bought some yummy potato dinner rolls which are half the size of the regular haburger buns and I made mini burgers, about half the size of a regular burger. The kids loved the small size and it was a perfect fit for their mouths. Two of the kids ate two burgers!! Dinner was a success without me fussing at them to eat more and they thought it was fun!
PS: Even my husband said, "hey, these mini-burgers are fun to eat."
Case closed!
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
More Diet Info
Four days into it and I have now lost 7 1/2 lbs. I am on a roll (not one you eat, ha). I am half way to my goal of 15 lbs. I can't wait to step on the scale tomorrow morning to see how much more I have lost. I know the beginning several pounds are easy to drop and it is the last half that takes the longest so I am prepared.
Off to make some sugar-free jello for some instant gratification later. Eggs have become my friends!! This morning I went through the drive-thru at the local Burger King. For $1.58 I bought two sausage patties and one scrambled egg and a piece of melted cheese on top! With such success today and ordering ease I will probably venture there more often.
Tomorrow night we will be eating at Chick-Fil-a for a fundraising event for my children's school. I hope they will have something good for me. I do get sick of salad.
Off to make some sugar-free jello for some instant gratification later. Eggs have become my friends!! This morning I went through the drive-thru at the local Burger King. For $1.58 I bought two sausage patties and one scrambled egg and a piece of melted cheese on top! With such success today and ordering ease I will probably venture there more often.
Tomorrow night we will be eating at Chick-Fil-a for a fundraising event for my children's school. I hope they will have something good for me. I do get sick of salad.
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Diet Progress and Pizza Burgers
I promised I would keep you up to date with the progress. During the first few days I am obsessed with the scale. Wait, I am obsessed with it all the time but I don't normally do anything to make the scale go down just watch it go up.
Anyway, as promised I hopped on this morning and I had lost a total of 5 lbs so far. My goal is 15 lbs, so I am 1/3 of the way there.
I am heading out to dinner with some friends tonight and have looked up the menu on line so I am prepared to order when I arrive. I will be having the side salad, 6 oz filet cooked medium rare and steamed broccoli instead of the standard baked potato. No dessert but I will have a cup of coffee with sweet-n-low(how I drink it normally)
Tonight the rest of the family is having pizzaburgers! They are very easy. Brown hamburger and diced onion and then add your favorite spaghetti sauce but make it thick not juicy like for spaghetti. Then place a dollup of the sauce and meat on a hamburger bun and top with mozzerella cheese and put under the broiler until the cheese melts. Serve.
Anyway, as promised I hopped on this morning and I had lost a total of 5 lbs so far. My goal is 15 lbs, so I am 1/3 of the way there.
I am heading out to dinner with some friends tonight and have looked up the menu on line so I am prepared to order when I arrive. I will be having the side salad, 6 oz filet cooked medium rare and steamed broccoli instead of the standard baked potato. No dessert but I will have a cup of coffee with sweet-n-low(how I drink it normally)
Tonight the rest of the family is having pizzaburgers! They are very easy. Brown hamburger and diced onion and then add your favorite spaghetti sauce but make it thick not juicy like for spaghetti. Then place a dollup of the sauce and meat on a hamburger bun and top with mozzerella cheese and put under the broiler until the cheese melts. Serve.
Diets Suck when you have to Cook
I am back on the wagon again. I have chosen the Atkins diet again and will keep you all (one of you, maybe...) posted on my progress.
What sucks is the fact that I still have to cook for the family, keeping in mind that I am the only one who is dieting. I am in the "induction" phase where you aren't supposed to eat more than 20g of Carbs a day. That is like NOTHING white!! No bread, sweets, fruits, rice, pasta, etc. Hey Lel, don't you have some great no carb options for me? Oh, I digress...
So two days on the diet and last night we had pork roast, broccoli, salad, and baked potato. I could eat everything except the potato AND I was very good. Tonight, we had cheeseburgers and I sauted some onions too. I ate it smothered with the onions and cheese without the bun!!! Yummy.
I hopped on the scale tonight after dinner and, ready for this, I had lost TWO pounds, AND knowing that it was night and not the morning and when I had weighed myself the initial weigh in, it was morning. So tomorrow morning I will hop on again and that will be the first official weigh in!!
I'm psyched!
What sucks is the fact that I still have to cook for the family, keeping in mind that I am the only one who is dieting. I am in the "induction" phase where you aren't supposed to eat more than 20g of Carbs a day. That is like NOTHING white!! No bread, sweets, fruits, rice, pasta, etc. Hey Lel, don't you have some great no carb options for me? Oh, I digress...
So two days on the diet and last night we had pork roast, broccoli, salad, and baked potato. I could eat everything except the potato AND I was very good. Tonight, we had cheeseburgers and I sauted some onions too. I ate it smothered with the onions and cheese without the bun!!! Yummy.
I hopped on the scale tonight after dinner and, ready for this, I had lost TWO pounds, AND knowing that it was night and not the morning and when I had weighed myself the initial weigh in, it was morning. So tomorrow morning I will hop on again and that will be the first official weigh in!!
I'm psyched!
Tuesday, January 1, 2008
Chocolate Muffins
Okay, so not your perfect "I want to lose weight and start the new year on the right foot" kind of recipe, but thought I should share.
My older daughter, was surfing the net this morning and she came across a recipe she wanted to try. It is from the Holly Hobbie website. So we tried it and they are delicious and thought you all might want to try it too.
Chocolate Muffins
1 3/4 cups all purpose flour
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 large eggs, lightly beaten
1 cup milk
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, melted
1/2 cup chocolate chips
1. Preheat oven to 375 F. Grease or line a cupcake pan.
2. Combine dry ingredients and stir. Add wet ingredients and blend until moistened. Stir in chocolate chips.
3. Pour into cupcake pan about 2/3 full. Bake 18-20 minutes. Allow to cool on a wire rack before topping or serving.
Top with icing, chololate chips, peanut butter, or not at all!
My older daughter, was surfing the net this morning and she came across a recipe she wanted to try. It is from the Holly Hobbie website. So we tried it and they are delicious and thought you all might want to try it too.
Chocolate Muffins
1 3/4 cups all purpose flour
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 large eggs, lightly beaten
1 cup milk
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, melted
1/2 cup chocolate chips
1. Preheat oven to 375 F. Grease or line a cupcake pan.
2. Combine dry ingredients and stir. Add wet ingredients and blend until moistened. Stir in chocolate chips.
3. Pour into cupcake pan about 2/3 full. Bake 18-20 minutes. Allow to cool on a wire rack before topping or serving.
Top with icing, chololate chips, peanut butter, or not at all!
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