Tomorrow night we are having some friends for dinner. Wade just graduated from medical school and is now a full-blown doctor, heading to Washington for Residency. Here's what we are serving the new DR (& his awesome wife who still puts up with him, even after 10+ years of school)!!
Turkey Brine - if you haven't brined a turkey, you are missing out. It is so easy, and gives you the most moist turkey ever!
12-14 pound turkey, thawed
2 1/2 CUPS salt (I know that's a lot, but trust me!)
5 cups water
2 cans chicken broth
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup lemon juice
2 tsp. cayenne
1/4 cup TPC Rosemary Herb seasoning (or equal parts parsley, sage, rosemary & thyme... like the song!)
1/4 cup TPC Crushed Peppercorn & Garlic Rub (or whole peppercorns and chopped garlic cloves)
2 tsp onion powder
Put all ingredients, except the turkey, into large stockpot on the stove bring to a boil, stirring occassionally. Remove from heat, let cool completely. (The whole point in boiling is to dissolve the salt & sugar.) Rinse 12-14 pound thawed turkey, pat dry. Place turkey in a new, garbage bag. Poor cooled solution over turkey, careful not to spill! Put in the stock pot, tie side up, and store in your fridge. (If you don't have a stockpot big enough, we use a 5 gallon drink container & it works too, put about 3 cups ice cubes in with it to help keep the turkey cold while soaking.) Soak overnight. Remove turkey from bag 3 1/2 hours - 4 hours BEFORE cooking. Rinse turkey WELL. Place breast-side down in roastng pan. Bake on 325 for 3 1/2 hours. The seasonings get inside the meat and each piece tastes like you personally rubbed it! So GOOD!
Garlic Mashed Potatoes
6-8 large potatoes (can use red potatoes too) peeled & diced
3 tsp salt, divided
4 cloves garlic, minced
2 tsp fresh ground pepper
1/2 cup sour cream
1/4 cup butter
Boil potatoes, garlic & 1 tsp salt until tender. Drain. Mash with masher, fork or pastry blender until somewhat creamy. Add remaining ingredients. Mix with hand mixer until smooth. Serve!
Saturday, May 30, 2009
Saturday, May 23, 2009
Turkey Sloppy Joe's
I'm liking ground turkey breast!
1 lb ground turkey breast
2 cans tomato sauce
1 tbs. chili powder
1 tbs. season all
1/4 cup chopped onion
2 garlic cloves, pressed or chopped
2 tsp worchestershire sauce
hamburger buns or chips
Brown turkey breast with onions, garlic, seasonall & chili. Drain. Put back into pan, add tomato sause & worchestershire sauce. Serve on buns, or it's divine over chips (corn or tortilla!)
1 lb ground turkey breast
2 cans tomato sauce
1 tbs. chili powder
1 tbs. season all
1/4 cup chopped onion
2 garlic cloves, pressed or chopped
2 tsp worchestershire sauce
hamburger buns or chips
Brown turkey breast with onions, garlic, seasonall & chili. Drain. Put back into pan, add tomato sause & worchestershire sauce. Serve on buns, or it's divine over chips (corn or tortilla!)
Limeade - People lost their jobs to bring you this!
I sat for hours at a very popular restaurant to get this for you all. Some poor bartender lost his job because of it! My measurements aren't exact because he wouldn't tell me anything, and he actually started to hide the ingredients! So paranoid ;)
Brazilian Limeade
3 limes (washed, DON'T SQUEEZE THEM)
1/2 cup sweetened condensed milk
1/2 cup sugar
3 cups water
Cut limes into quarters. Put in blender, along with all other ingredients. Blend well. Strain into cup of ice. Serve chilled! Also good... add strawberries into the blender!
Brazilian Limeade
3 limes (washed, DON'T SQUEEZE THEM)
1/2 cup sweetened condensed milk
1/2 cup sugar
3 cups water
Cut limes into quarters. Put in blender, along with all other ingredients. Blend well. Strain into cup of ice. Serve chilled! Also good... add strawberries into the blender!
Sunday, May 17, 2009
Mini Turkey Meatloaf
This recipe is for all those Skywest employees who read this!
Mini-Turkey Meatloaf
1 lb. ground turkey breast
1 cup oatmeal
2 eggs
1 tsp. coriander
1 tbs. rosemary seasoning (or equal parts rosemary, sage, thyme, parsley)
1 tbs. season salt
1 tsp. black pepper
1 tsp. cayenne
8 oz. tomato sauce
Preheat oven to 375. Put all ingredients in mixing bowl. Mix until well blended. Spray muffin pan (ground turkey breast doesn't have enough fat in it. Your food will stick if you don't spray well). Bake for 20-25 minutes or until inside temperature is 165. Serve with baked potatoes. We loved this one!!
Mini-Turkey Meatloaf
1 lb. ground turkey breast
1 cup oatmeal
2 eggs
1 tsp. coriander
1 tbs. rosemary seasoning (or equal parts rosemary, sage, thyme, parsley)
1 tbs. season salt
1 tsp. black pepper
1 tsp. cayenne
8 oz. tomato sauce
Preheat oven to 375. Put all ingredients in mixing bowl. Mix until well blended. Spray muffin pan (ground turkey breast doesn't have enough fat in it. Your food will stick if you don't spray well). Bake for 20-25 minutes or until inside temperature is 165. Serve with baked potatoes. We loved this one!!
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Taco Casserole, AKA Enchilada Pie
This one is for Sherrie!
1 can refried beans
1 large can enchilada sauce ( or you can make your own, needs 4 cups-ish)
1 lb. ground beef
6 tortillas ( I use flour, you can use corn too)
2 cups cheese
1 can olives
green onions
sour cream
fresh limes (2)
Brown ground beef, season with chili powder, garlic, season-all & black pepper. Drain.
Cut 3 tortillas in half. Layer bottom of casserole dish with tortillas, top with half the beans, half the meat, then 1 cup sauce. Repeat once more. Top with remaining sauce, cheese & olives. Serve with green onions as garnish, sour cream and lime wedges!
1 can refried beans
1 large can enchilada sauce ( or you can make your own, needs 4 cups-ish)
1 lb. ground beef
6 tortillas ( I use flour, you can use corn too)
2 cups cheese
1 can olives
green onions
sour cream
fresh limes (2)
Brown ground beef, season with chili powder, garlic, season-all & black pepper. Drain.
Cut 3 tortillas in half. Layer bottom of casserole dish with tortillas, top with half the beans, half the meat, then 1 cup sauce. Repeat once more. Top with remaining sauce, cheese & olives. Serve with green onions as garnish, sour cream and lime wedges!
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Dessert Recipes
By popular demand here are some of our favorite desserts! Enjoy!
Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cake ( I haven't posted this one because you have to have the Pampered Chef Stoneware Fluted Pan to make it work according to directions. You can do it in a bundt pan in the oven, I just don't know how long it will take, sorry.)
1 Spice Cake Mix
2 cups Pumpkin
3 Eggs
1 8oz container of Cool-whip
2 cups Chocolate Chips
Mix cake mix, eggs, pumpkin and 1 cup of chocolate chips. Spray bottom and sides of fluted pan. Pour cake mixture into pan and microwave 11 minutes (unless your microwave doesn't have a turntable, then cook 12 minutes, rotating after each 4 minute interval). Remove from microwave and let rest 5 minutes. Turn out onto platter, cool completely. Melt remaining chocolate chips and 1/2 the cool-whip, about 1 1/2 minutes stirring after every 30 seconds. Pour over cooled cake. Serve with remaining cool-whip.
Microwave Caramels
In large glass bowl mix the following:
1/2 cup sweetened condensed milk
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup white sugar
1/2 cup corn syrup
Microwave 2 minutes, stir well. Microwave 2 more minutes, stir well. Microwave another 2 minutes, stir and pour in glass pan. Cool completely!
Mint Sandwiches
2 bags Milk Chocolate Chips
1 bag Mint Chocolate Chips
6 tbs. Shortening, seperated
Melt 1 bag milk chips with 2 tbs shortening. Pour into pan and let set up about 10 minutes (place your finger onto the chocolate to "Test" it. If your fingerprint shows up on the chips without making an indentation, it's ready. Melt the mint chips with 2 tbs. shortening. Pour over chocolate layer and let set. Melt the last bag of milk chips and pour over other 2 layers. Let set 10 minutes. Cut into squares. Refridgerate and let set completely.
Pumpkin Cake Roll
3/4 cup flour
3 eggs
1 tsp. baking powder
1 cup sugar
2 tsp. cinnamon
2/3 cup pumpkin
1 tsp. ginger
1 tsp. lemon juice
1/2 tsp. nutmeg
1 cup chopped walnuts or pecans
sprinkle of salt
1/4 cup powdered sugar
Sift together dry ingredients, set aside. Beat eggs 5 minutes or until thick. Gradually add sugar; pumpkin, lemon juice. Fold in dry ingredients. Spread in well greased and floured 15" x 10" baking pan or jelly roll pan (I use the stoneware bar pan layered with parchment paper instead of greasing and flouring.) Sprinkle top with nuts. Bake at 375 degrees for 15 minutes. Loosen edges, turn out onto dish towel sprinkled with powdered sugar. Starting at narrow end roll towel and cake together. Cool at least 1 hour. Unroll. Frost wth filling. Roll and chill before slicing to serve.
Filling:
1 cup powdered sugar
6 oz cream cheese
4 tbs butter
1/2 tsp vanilla
Mix cream cheese with butter, cream well. Add vanilla, then powdered sugar.
Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cake ( I haven't posted this one because you have to have the Pampered Chef Stoneware Fluted Pan to make it work according to directions. You can do it in a bundt pan in the oven, I just don't know how long it will take, sorry.)
1 Spice Cake Mix
2 cups Pumpkin
3 Eggs
1 8oz container of Cool-whip
2 cups Chocolate Chips
Mix cake mix, eggs, pumpkin and 1 cup of chocolate chips. Spray bottom and sides of fluted pan. Pour cake mixture into pan and microwave 11 minutes (unless your microwave doesn't have a turntable, then cook 12 minutes, rotating after each 4 minute interval). Remove from microwave and let rest 5 minutes. Turn out onto platter, cool completely. Melt remaining chocolate chips and 1/2 the cool-whip, about 1 1/2 minutes stirring after every 30 seconds. Pour over cooled cake. Serve with remaining cool-whip.
Microwave Caramels
In large glass bowl mix the following:
1/2 cup sweetened condensed milk
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup white sugar
1/2 cup corn syrup
Microwave 2 minutes, stir well. Microwave 2 more minutes, stir well. Microwave another 2 minutes, stir and pour in glass pan. Cool completely!
Mint Sandwiches
2 bags Milk Chocolate Chips
1 bag Mint Chocolate Chips
6 tbs. Shortening, seperated
Melt 1 bag milk chips with 2 tbs shortening. Pour into pan and let set up about 10 minutes (place your finger onto the chocolate to "Test" it. If your fingerprint shows up on the chips without making an indentation, it's ready. Melt the mint chips with 2 tbs. shortening. Pour over chocolate layer and let set. Melt the last bag of milk chips and pour over other 2 layers. Let set 10 minutes. Cut into squares. Refridgerate and let set completely.
Pumpkin Cake Roll
3/4 cup flour
3 eggs
1 tsp. baking powder
1 cup sugar
2 tsp. cinnamon
2/3 cup pumpkin
1 tsp. ginger
1 tsp. lemon juice
1/2 tsp. nutmeg
1 cup chopped walnuts or pecans
sprinkle of salt
1/4 cup powdered sugar
Sift together dry ingredients, set aside. Beat eggs 5 minutes or until thick. Gradually add sugar; pumpkin, lemon juice. Fold in dry ingredients. Spread in well greased and floured 15" x 10" baking pan or jelly roll pan (I use the stoneware bar pan layered with parchment paper instead of greasing and flouring.) Sprinkle top with nuts. Bake at 375 degrees for 15 minutes. Loosen edges, turn out onto dish towel sprinkled with powdered sugar. Starting at narrow end roll towel and cake together. Cool at least 1 hour. Unroll. Frost wth filling. Roll and chill before slicing to serve.
Filling:
1 cup powdered sugar
6 oz cream cheese
4 tbs butter
1/2 tsp vanilla
Mix cream cheese with butter, cream well. Add vanilla, then powdered sugar.
Monday, October 20, 2008
New Recipe
Dinner tonight was a last minute throw-together, and if I do say so myself, it was DIVINE!! I highly recommend this recipe. Sorry, I guessed at the measurements, I was playing with the spice cabinet for this one!
Lime Grilled Chicken (I'm still working on the name, any suggestions?)
4 limes, quartered
1 cup oil
1/2 cup vinegar
1/4 cup sugar
2 cups Sprite
Cayenne to taste
Dash Tumeric
Salt & Pepper to taste
Throw all ingredients into blender, even the lime rind. Blend until smooth. Pour over 4-6 chicken breasts and marinate no more than 2 hours. Grill. Serve with cilantro/lime rice. For the rice, I put 1 1/2 cups rice, 1/2 cup lime juice, 2 tbs. chopped cilantro 1 tsp. salt and 2 1/2 cups water in rice cooker. Next time, I am going to use coconut milk for 3/4 of the water!!
Let me know what ya'll think of this one. It was fun to play around tonight!
Lime Grilled Chicken (I'm still working on the name, any suggestions?)
4 limes, quartered
1 cup oil
1/2 cup vinegar
1/4 cup sugar
2 cups Sprite
Cayenne to taste
Dash Tumeric
Salt & Pepper to taste
Throw all ingredients into blender, even the lime rind. Blend until smooth. Pour over 4-6 chicken breasts and marinate no more than 2 hours. Grill. Serve with cilantro/lime rice. For the rice, I put 1 1/2 cups rice, 1/2 cup lime juice, 2 tbs. chopped cilantro 1 tsp. salt and 2 1/2 cups water in rice cooker. Next time, I am going to use coconut milk for 3/4 of the water!!
Let me know what ya'll think of this one. It was fun to play around tonight!
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