Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Easy and Perfect Roast every time

Roast

Lipton soup dry packet (I always get one with onion flavor like golden onion, ect)
1 cup water.

Dissolve packet of soup in water and pour over the roast in pan. Tent pan with tin foil then add lid.

Cook 250 for 6 hours, or 275 for 5-6 hours.

use the dripping to make really good gravy for mashed potatoes.

Roast Beef sauce

Roast

Mix the following and pour on top of Roast in pan. Then tent roast in tin foil to keep juices in and cover with lid.

8 oz ketchup
1 1/2 cup water
1/3 cup brown sugar
1 med onion (diced)
1 tsp celery salt
1 tsp tabasco
1/2 tsp garlic salt
1 tsp chili powder

Bake 250 for 6 hours, or 275 for 5-6 hours.

This makes it have a sweet flavor. Great with garlic mashed potatoes. This sauce doesn't make good gravy.

Mom's Jello Salad

Boil 2 cups water
1 1/2 cups cold water with ice
1 can crushed pineapple
2 large boxes jello (strawberry or you can switch to make the fruit you have)
Strawberries
sour cream

Dissolve jello in Hot water, then add cold water. Add pineapple and strawberries. Pour half the jello in pan- put in fridge- let the other half sit on the counter room temp. When firm (15-30 min) add layer of sour cream. If layer is too thin it will bring up jello so start with it thick and spread it out. Then pour the remaining jello. Put in Fridge and let sit until firm.

Brown Sugar Muffins

From: Aunt Kathy ward recipe book

1/2 c margarine or butter
1 c brown sugar
1 egg
2 c flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp vanilla
1 c milk
1 c nuts(optional)

Mis margarine, brown sugar, and egg. Cream together. Mix dry ingredients, and add to margarine, sugar, and egg using milk. Mix well, but don't over mix. Bake 375 for 15 min.

Poppy Seed Bread

From: Lesa

Mix:
3 c flour
2 c sugar
3 eggs
1/2 tsp Baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 1/2 Tbsp Poppyseeds
1 1/2 c milk
3/4 c vegetable oil
1 1/2 tsp vanilla
1 1/2 tsp almond extract
1 1/2 tsp butter

Bake 350 for 1 hour.

Chicken Oriental Salad

From: Chad and Lesa

This is a large recipe- can be halved.

Mix in large bowl:
4 Cups Cooked, Shredded Chicken (cook in salt water) (3-4 breasts)
3 cups green onions (optional)
1 head of cabbage chopped
6-8 packages Ramon Noodles (oriental/beef flavor)
1 cup slivered almonds (toasted- golden brown, stir, broil again)
4 Tbsp seasame seeds (toast- optional) can add up to 6 Tbsp depending on how many you want.

In another bowl make the sauce:
6 Tbsp Apple cider vinegar
4 Tbsp Sugar
2 tsp salt
1 cup olive oil
Couple good dashes of pepper
All the flavor packets from the Ramen Noodles

Mix sauce and add to other ingredients.

Banana Bread

Makes 2 small or 1 large loaf

1 3/4 cup sugar
1/2 c butter
4 eggs (separate egg whites and beat separately to soft peak)
4 ripe bananas
2 cups flour
1 tsp soda
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup nuts and or chocolate chips

combine ingredients excluding egg whites that you beat to soft peak and fold them in last. Bake 350 for 1 hour. (Falls slightly in center if not fully cooked)

***I like to add Streusel-Nut Topping from Better Homes and Garden Cook Book.

In a small bowl combine 1/4 cup packed brown sugar and 3 Tbsp all purpose flour. Using a pastry blender, cut in 2 Tbsp butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in 1/3 cup chopped walnuts.