Saturday, September 3, 2011

Orange Dream

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cups of Orange juice

1 cup of vanilla ice cream

4 ice cubes

2 TBS of honey

Directions :

Blend Honey and ice cream in blender.

Then add orange juice and ice cubes.



Tip: Chocolate ice cream is good too!!!!















Friday, September 2, 2011

Apple Season!!!!!!

Its that time of year again!!!!!!!!!!!! Its apple season!!!!!!!!! time to go apple picking and spend some time with your family!!!!!!!! Got lots of apples???????? Go check out these recipes. They are my FAVORITE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


http://livsrockinrecipes.blogspot.com/2010/02/crunchy-apple-pie.html

AND



http://livsrockinrecipes.blogspot.com/2011/05/apple-sauce.html





















Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Lemon Meringue Pie

Ingredients
Lemon Filling:
4 egg yolks (reserve whites for meringue)
1/3 cup cornstarch
1 1/2 cups water
1 1/3 cups sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
3 tablespoons butter
1/2 cup lemon juice
1 tablespoon finely grated lemon zest

1 (9-inch) pre cooked pie crust
1 recipe Meringue, recipe follows
Directions
Adjust the oven rack to the middle position. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.


Whisk egg yolks in medium size mixing bowl and set aside.


In a medium saucepan, combine cornstarch, water, sugar, and salt. Whisk to combine. Turn heat on medium and, stirring frequently, bring mixture to a boil. Boil for 1 minute. Remove from heat and gradually, 1 whisk-full at a time, add hot mixture to egg yolks and stir until you have added at least half of the mixture.


Return egg mixture to saucepan, turn heat down to low and cook, stirring constantly, for 1 more minute. Remove from heat and gently stir in butter, lemon juice, and zest until well combined. Pour mixture into pie shell and top with meringue while filling is still hot. Make sure meringue completely covers filling and that it goes right up to the edge of the crust. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes or until meringue is golden. Remove from oven and cool on a wire rack. Make sure pie is cooled completely before slicing.

Meringue Topping:
4 egg whites
1 pinch cream of tartar
2 tablespoons sugar
Place egg whites in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment. Beat egg whites until soft peaks form and then gradually add sugar and cream of tartar continue beating until stiff peaks form, approximately 1 to 2 minutes. Use to top lemon filling.









Thursday, July 28, 2011

Garlic Bread Sticks

Ingredients:





1 ¼ cups flour





2 tsp sugar





1 ½ tsp baking powder





⅔ cup milk





½ tsp salt plus 1/2 tsp more





3 Tbsp butter or margarine, melted plus 4 tbs





1 tbs of garlic plus 2 tbs of garlic (pressed or chopped)!!!!!





2 tsp of basil (optional)



Directions:







1. Combine dry ingredients and gradually add milk to form a soft dough.
Knead gently 3 or 4 times on a floured surface.
Roll out into a rectangle about 10″ x 5″ about an 1/2 - 1 inch thick and cut into 12 sticks.








2. Put the 3 tbs of melted butter a into a large baking dish (I use a 13″ x 9″ rectangular glass dish) and turn the sticks to coat them with the butter.








3. Bake at 450°F for 8 to 12 minutes.













4. Stir garlic, basil, and 1 tbs butter in a sauce pan on medium for about 1 minute. Add the rest of the butter and stir till melted, then pour over sticks.













5. Sprinkle with rest of salt.









Serve warm.














Sunday, June 26, 2011

Broccoli Pasta

Yield: Serves four! But you can easily double or triple!




Ingredients:



2 tablespoons of olive oil

1/2 a stick of butter

2 cloves of garlic

1/4 of an onion chopped finely

1/2 teaspoon of oregano

1/2 teaspoon of parsley

1/2 teaspoon of basil

1/2 teaspoon of crushed red pepper

pinch of salt

pinch of black pepper

1 pound of pasta (any kind)

1/2 0f a head of Broccoli

Parmesan cheese

1 or 2 Chicken breasts


Directions:




1. Put a pot of water on the stove to boil.

2. Once the water boils add pasta and cook for how ever long it says on the pasta box. Then drain pasta.

3. Put the first 10 ingredients into a pan and saute until onions are brown.

4. Add the broccoli and cook till it is soft not mushy.

5. Full cook chicken in the oven or pan.

6. Add the broccoli mixture and chicken to the pasta and sprinkle with the cheese.





















Monday, May 16, 2011

Apple Sauce

Ingredients:



8 apples



5 cups water



1/2 cup white sugar



1/2 cup brown sugar



2 tsp cinnamon






Directions:




1. Peel skin off apples.





2. Cut apples into very small pieces. (Throw away core)






3. Combined everything into a pot or crock pot.





4. Cook on low all day.



5. Every 2 hours stir.




6. If it turns to apple sauce before the day is over that is fine.



7. Take off heat and store in plastic containers.

Sunday, February 6, 2011

Request's

Hello everyone! For the next two weeks I am going to take requests from you.

Here is how it works:


You can leave a comment on my blog for a recipe of something that I have not posted yet.



So if you want a cookie recipe or a peach cobbler recipe or any thing else just comment with what you want.



Then I will put all of the requests in a bag and pick 4 random requests.



Then I will experiment with a whole bunch of recipes and find out the best recipes and post them on my blog over the next two months.


To have your request entered you can do 1 or more of the following:



Post about my post and blog on your blog. = 4 entries


Facebook about it. = 3 entries


Or tweet about it. = 2 entries


Then comment with the link(s) so I can count your entries.














Friday, October 29, 2010

Chili Cheese tortias

Ingredients:

  • 2 tortillas

  • 2 Tablespoons of cilantro

  • 1 clove of garlic

  • chili (about 3 spoonfuls)

  • 3 tablespoons of minced onion

  • 1/4 cup of cheese

  • 3 tablespoons of butter


Directions:

In a small fry pan melt 1/2 tablespoon of butter.
Then mince the garlic and saute in the butter till light brown and set aside.
Place one tortilla on a plate and cover it with the chili.
Then put the cilantro on top of the chili.
Now the garlic.
Then the onions.
Then the cheese.
Now put the second tortilla on top.
Melt the rest of the butter in a medium fry pan.
Then put the loaded tortilla in the pan and cook each side till golden brown.




(I made this for my mom and dad and they LOVED it.)(I loved it too)