Monday, September 3, 2012

Strawberry Icing

Category: Desserts
From the Kitchen of: Pinterest

Ingredients:

1 Cup Heavy Whipping Cream
1/3 Cup Sugar
4 tbsp. Fresh Strawberries (put in food processor)

Directions: 

1. Whip cream until it looks like Whipped Cream
2. Mix in Sugar
3. Mix in Strawberries

*Please Keep in Fridge
*If you want to make Peanut butter icing simply take out the strawberries and put in the peanut butter. I am still trying to get the exact amount of peanut butter I kind of just did it by taste. Start off with maybe 1 tsp. and go from there.

Sunday, September 2, 2012

Pepperoni Roll-Ups


Category: Main Dish/ Appetizer

From the Kitchen of: Pinterst


Ingredients
1 tube (8ounces) refrigerated crescent rolls
16 slices pepperoni, cut into quarters
2 pieces string cheese (1 ounce each), cut into quarters
3/4 tsp italian seasoning, divided
1/4 tsp garlic salt


Directions:
1. Unroll crescent dough, separate into eight triangles. Place eight pepperoni pieces on each. Place a piece of cheese on the short side of each triangle; sprinkle with 1/2 tsp Italian Seasoning.
2. Place 2 in. apart on greased baking sheet. Bake 375* for 10-12 minutes or until golden brown. Serve Warm.


Yields: 8 Appetizers

2 roll-ups equals 282 calories, 17g fat (5g saturated fat), 12 mg cholesterol, 766mg carbohydrate, trace fiber, 7g protein

Spicy BBQ Chicken


Category: Main Dish
From the Kitchen of: Biggest Loser


Yield: 4 Servings

Ingredients:
1/4 cup chili sauce
2 tablespoons low-sodium ketchup
1 tablespoon honey
1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
1 tsp ground ginger
1 tsp Dijion Mustard
3/4 tsp black pepper
1/4 tsp garlic powder
1/4 tsp cayenne
12 ounces chicken breast, boneless, skinless
Directions:
1. Coat a grill rack with non stick spray. Fire up the grill and heat for 20 to 30 minutes. Place the rack on the grill.
2. Meanwhile, in a small saucepan, mix the chilli sauce, ketchup, honey, vinegar, ginger, mustard, black pepper, garlic powder, and cayenne. Bring the mixture to a boil, then remove from the heat. Set the sauce aside. 
3. Place the chicken on the rack over the heat. Grill, uncovered, for 10 minutes. Turn the chicken over and brush with the sauce. Grill until the chicken is no longer pink, 5 to 10 minutes. Brush with the remaining sauce before serving. 

Meatloaf

Category: Main Dish
From the Kitchen of: Carol

Ingredients:
Lean Ground Chuck
1 egg
Chopped parsley (plain not italian)
Bread Crumbs
*Chopped Onions (finely)
1 Package of McMormick Meat Loaf Mix
2 Strips of Bacon

Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 365*
2. Mix together ground chuck, 1 egg, parsley, chopped onions, meat loaf mix (Don't over mix because it makes meatloaf tough).
3. Put in meat loaf pan, sprinkle bread crumbs. Add 2 strips of bacon on top.
4. Bake for 20 minutes to brown top then cover with foil and bake until 170* in center.
5. Halfway through baking pour off excess grease.


Pulled Chicken/ Pulled Pork

Category: Main Dish
From the Kitchen of: Carol


Pulled Chicken

Ingredients:
3/4 Chicken Broth
3-4 Chicken Breast
Fat Boy BBQ Sauce

Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 375*
2. Soak chicken breast in chicken broth until chicken is done cooking. 
3. Let chicken set and cool until you can shred it with a fork.  
4. Add “Fat Boy BBQ Sauce”

Pulled Pork

Ingredients:
Lean Roast
Garlic Salt
Fat Boy BBQ Sauce

Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 375*
2. Rub garlic salt all over the roast and soak roast in water until it is done cooking. 
3. Let roast set and cool until you can shred it with a fork.  
4. Add “Fat Boy BBQ Sauce”




Chicken & Cheese Lasagna Roll-Ups

Category: Main Dish
From the Kitchen of: Pinterest


Ingredients:
3 cups chopped cooked chicken
1 cup Ricotta Cheese
1/4 cup Cheddar or Colby Cheese
1/4 cup grated Parmesan Cheese
1/4 cup milk
1/8 teaspoon white pepper
8 lasagna noodles, cooked and drained
2 cups Prego Spaghetti Sauce

Directions:
1. Pre-Cook chicken and noodles
2. In a medium bowl, combine chicken, cheese, milk, and pepper
3. Spread 1/2 cup mixture on each lasagna noodle; roll jelly-roll fashion
4. In a 13x9-inch baking dish, spread 1 cup spaghetti sauce
5. Arrange lasagna rolls, seam-side down in sauce in baking dish
6. Top with remaining spaghetti sauce
7. Cover with aluminum foil
8. Bake at 375* for 30 minutes or until hot
9. Serve, if desired, with additional Parmesan cheese on top. 


Broccoli Cheddar Chicken Briad

Category: Main Dishes
From the kitchen of: Pinterest

Ingredients:
2 Cups Pillsbury Original Crescent Rolls
2 Cups Chicken Chunks, Cooked
2 Cups Cheddar Cheese
2 Cups Broccoli, Frozen, Steamed and Chopped
1/2 Cup Light Mayonnaise
1 Egg Yolk
Fresh Rosemary

Directions:
1. Pre-cook Chicken and Broccoli as directed!
2. Preheat oven to 375*
3. On a greased cookie sheet, spread both cans of crescents length wise to form a long rectangle.
4. In a large bowl, combine chicken, cheese, broccoli and mayonnaise.
5. Spread mixture over the center of the crescent dough evenly to create a log.
6. Using a sharp knife, cut horizontal strips 1 inch apart down each of the sides.
7. Fold the dough strips over the top of the chicken mixture, alternating left and right to create a braid. (not as hard as it sounds)
8. Brush the top of the braid with a beaten egg yolk and sprinkle rosemary on top.
9. Bake for 28-30 minutes until golden brown.