Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Dinner Review - PF changs

K so I don't normally do a "review" on dinners.. and i'm not a big fan of frozen stir fry's or frozen dinners PERIOD. But you MUST try the new Pf Changs dinners for two (in a bag) Ive tried the General Changs, Orange Chicken, and the Shanghai beef.. and have LOVED them all!! They are supposed to feed two people, so if you have more eating make sure to buy two bags.. and they are a little pricey.. but soo easy and so worth it!

Snow Ice Cream


If you want to make an easy and yummy holiday treat, make SNOW ice cream!
There are only 3 simple ingredients.

1 can of evaporated milk
bowl of snow
and sugar!

I mixd in enough milk to make creamy and a spoonful of sugar. Add more to taste if you please!

Saturday, November 13, 2010

Crumb coated chicken and blackberry salsa

Ingredients:
1/2 cup fresh blackberries
1 jalapeno pepper, seeded and minced
2 tbl fresh cilantro
2 tbl chopped onion
2 tbl maple syrup
2 tbl balsamic vinegar
enough chicken breasts to feed your family
1/8 tsp salt
1/8 tsp pepper
1/4 cup flour
1 egg, beaten
1/2 cup bread crumbs
1 tbl olive oil

Directions:
In a small bowl , combine the first 6 ing. Cover and refridgerate until serving. Flatten chicken to about 1/4 inch thickness; sprinkle with salt and pepper. Place the flour, egg, and bread crumbs in seperate shallow bowls. Coat chicken in flour, dip in egg, and coat with crumbs. In a large skillet cook chicken in oil over med heat for 4-6 mins on each side or until no longer pink. Serve with salsa over top.

Monday, November 8, 2010

My stir fry


Ingredients:
1 - 2 chicken breasts, cut up and cubed
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup soy sauce
1 box sliced mushrooms
5 garlic cloves minced
1/4 tsp minced ginger root
pepper and salt
2 carrots chopped and sliced
3 green onions chopped
2 celery stalks chopped
1 can drained water chesnuts

Directions:
In a bowl combine sugar, soy sauce and garlic. Stir. Add chicken peices , let marinate about 15 mins. Take chicken out of bowl and put into hot skillet. Add veggies.. stir and cook about 15 mins. Add the sauce from the bowl. Sprinkle salt n pepper.. and cook until veggies are tender and chicken is done. Serve over rice.

Sunday, November 7, 2010

Mels easy no bake oreo cookies


Sorry for the camera phone quality image.. they do look much better in person..

Ingredients:
almost an entire package of oreo cookies - i grabbed the reduced fat kind.
1 8 oz pckg of cream cheese
1/4 cup chocolate chips
powdered sugar

Directions:
Soften cream cheese in microwave bowl. Meanwhile crush up oreos in a blender.. i used all but about 8. pour cookie crumbs and cheese into a large bowl and mix together. On a baking sheet roll balls of mixture. Put in fridge to cool about 5 mins, meanwhile melt your chips in microwave.. and than drizzle with a fork over the chilled balls. and sprinkle with powdered sugar. Let chill for 15 mins.. than eat!

Friday, November 5, 2010

Fried Catfish

Ingredients:
Enough large catfish fillets to feed your crew
1 tbl plus 1 tsp salt
1 cup cornmeal
2 tbl flour
1/4 tsp pepper
2 cups peanut oil

Directions:
Heat oil in a deep skillet. Mix cornmeal, flour, 1 tsp salt, and pepper in a bowl. stir and coat the fish. Fry in skillet till done.

Friday, October 22, 2010

Jenns Mom's Fried chicken

This chicken was easy to make, and delicious!

Ingredients:
whatever chicken peices you perfer. I used all drumsticks.
about 1 cup of flour ( add more if you have alot of chicken )
1 tsp garlic salt
1/2 tsp of paprika, salt, and pepper

Directions:
melt about a half cup of crisco in a bottom of a deep skillet. once HOT... add the chicken that you already battered, dunked into the flour season mixture. cook about 10 mins on each side.. But poke centers to ensure done. The legs took about 30 mins.. 15 on each side. Continuoulsy flip so you don't over brown one side.