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Archive for December, 2006

We wanted to carry on the family tradition of cooking egg rolls on New Years Eve. These turned out excellent! As seen in the picture, we served them with Pad Thai. Serve with sweet & sour sauce and/or hot mustard. We used tofu in this recipe– but if you prefer, you can use [...]

Ingredients:

1 (9″) prepared graham cracker pie crust
2 large bananas, sliced
2 c. cold milk
2 (3.2 oz) packages of instant vanilla pudding mix
1/2 tsp. cinnamon, ground
1 (16 oz) container frozen whipped topping, thawed
1/4 c. caramel ice cream topping

Directions:
Place half of the banana slices in the bm of thcrst.

In a large bowl, combine milk, vanilla pudding mixes and [...]

This recipe was inspired by my aunt, Nancy. I’ve added/changed just a couple small things. It is absolutely delicious! My kids gobbled it right up.

Ingredients:

4 boneless chicken breasts
2 cans milk
1 large red onion, finely chopped
5 cloves garlic, finely chopped
2 blocks mild cheddar, grated
2 cans Cream of Chicken soup
2 cans Green Chilies, chopped
18 [...]

We wanted to try something different for our Christmas meal this year so we found this outstanding recipe on Allrecipes.com. It turned out fabulous! As pictured, we served ours with salad and my dads WONDERFUL Au Gratin potatoes. Picture is a bit out of focus, we’ll upload a new one next time.

Ingredients:

4 [...]

Garlic Prime Rib

This was our Christmas Eve dinner this year. Absolutely fabulous (although we did overcook ours). We’ll get a better picture next time we make this (and we will be making it again)!! We served ours with fresh cut steamed green beans, snow peas and garlic mashed potatoes.

Ingredients:

1 (10 lb) prime rib [...]

Bastard Marinade

We marinaded our Fillet Mignon with this marinade, as featured in the picture, for at least an hour. We then grilled it on the barbecue until medium rare. We served our Fillet with Rosemary Potatoes and salad. It is also great with Chicken!! Em, em good!!!!

Ingredients:

6 green onions, chopped
1 red onion, chopped
1 [...]

Grilled Fajita Burritos

These are always a hit. Especially with the kids. This recipe is really flexible as far as what veggies and sides you serve and varies every time I make it. Here is how we did it as pictured here and it was excellent!

Ingredients

1 1/2 lbs. flank steak
2 bell peppers cut into strips
1 red onion cut [...]

Salsa is so easy to make and a thousand times better than the stuff in a jar. The only drawback is it doesn’t last as long as store bought stuff that is loaded with preservatives. Hey wait! Thats not a drawback.

Ingredients

3 medium tomatoes, chopped
16 oz canned whole tomatoes undrained, chopped
1/2 large white onion, diced
4 cloves [...]

Skewered Basil Shrimp

Ingredients:

3 pounds fresh shrimp, peeled and deveined
2 1/2 tablespoons olive oil
1/4 cup butter, melted
1 1/2 lemons, juiced
3 tablespoons grained prepared mustard (found in the condiment isle at your local grocery store)
1/2 cup minced fresh basil
3 cloves garlic, minced
tsp. salt
tsp. fresh ground pepper
skewers

Directions

In a 1 gallon freezer bag, mix together olive oil and melted [...]

Mojitos!!!

Ingredients:

1 bottle Malibu Rum
1 bottle Club Soda
Sugar
Fresh Mint Sprigs
Ice
Lime Juice

Directions:

For each serving: In a tall glass, start with 1 tsp. sugar and 1 sprig of mint leaves. Use a spoon to mush the mint leaves into the sugar. Add 1 tbsp. lime juice. Fill the glass 1/2 way with ice. [...]

Garlic Asparagus

You can see this side dish here
Ingredients:

1 stick of butter or margarine
1 bunch fresh asparagus (approximately 1.5 lbs)
1/2 c. white wine
3 cloves garlic, chopped

Directions:

Steam the asparagus until done yet still firm (you don’t want it mushy).
In a saucepan, combine the white whine, butter and garlic. Simmer for 10 minutes.
Transfer sauce/butter mixture to a bowl [...]

Deliciouso Risotto

This risotto is simmered in chicken broth very slowly and flavored with Parmesan cheese.  Very good!  It is VERY flavorful and yummy.

Ingredients:

4 cups chicken broth
3 tablespoons butter
1 small red onion, finely chopped
1 cup Arborio rice
1/4 cup white wine
1/4 cup fresh grated Parmesan cheese
salt to taste

Directions:

In a large saucepan bring the broth to a simmer, and [...]

Ingredients

2 Cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 Cup of unsalted butter
1 1/2 Cups white sugar
1/3 Cup peanut butter
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 Cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
About 2 Cups of leftover Halloween candy (M&Ms, Snickers, Milkyway, Reeses Peices, Peanut butter Cups, etc.)

Directions

Preheat your oven to 360° F
Mix together your flour, baking soda, and salt [...]

Parmesean Tilapia

This recipe was featured on AllRecipes.com and had really good feedback so we decided to try it. The fillets for this type of fish are tender and flaky and have a very mild sweet taste! Tilapia is a farm raised fresh water fish and should be readily available at your local supermarket in [...]

Fish Tacos

These fish tacos absolutely kick ass. I have converted a family full of fish haters who would never normally try these into huge fans.
Now before you look down to the ingredients and say to yourself fish sticks? .. note that these are no ordinary fish sticks and by the time you finish preparing the salsa [...]

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