Recipes please :)

mwhitson14

So we moved a crapton of stuff into the apartment today, but there is still a crapton to move, but it was really fun and is starting to get cute! I tried to upload pics to FB via my BB but FB would only do one, for some stupid reason.

What I'd like to start doing is collecting recipes to start a recipe binder with, or a recipe box (if I get the one I registered for). I'm really excited to start using all the Pampered Chef stuff I got from my shower, plus I have a couple showers coming up.

I need stuff that's easy to make (gas stove, plus pretty inexperienced cook!), and is fairly simple because FI is a total meat and potatoes kinda guy. I love almost anything, except not a big fan of veggies, unless they're finely diced/chopped/etc and mixed in well.

Desserts, apps, breakfast, main meals, lay it on me! A link is even more awesome, because I'm printing stuff off as I see it. Thank you

JessAndTrav

I'll get my cookbooks out in a few minutes and post my favorite (and easy) recipes.

crfische

Unwrap pop tart.

Put it in the toaster.

Serve with OJ.

Love,
Fishy

mwhitson14

Thanks Jess! I'm at work, so I'm skimming stuff on the internet. 5 hours to go. . .

Fishy, awesome recipe. I'll probably be daring and add butter to my poptart.

nda_roxybabe

Give me a couple minutes and I'll get you some good ones

lauralaur

http://www.bettycrocker.com/recipes.aspx/neapolitan-cake/1dbaadc6-7e3a-4404-84b6-b49a7ddb28bf

Try this ^ It's a little time-consuming but actually really easy to make. However, instead of flavoring the pink part almond and using food coloring, use strawberry syrup (the same amount that the chocolate part calls for) and instead of leaving the white part plain, flavor it with vanilla extract (the same amount that the almond part calls for), so that it's actually chocolate, strawberry, and vanilla. It's delicious!

Do you have a deep-fryer? Because H makes some killer fried bowtie-pasta.

I pretty much use bettycrocker.com for all my recipe needs.

shellydiane820

I'm making a pork loin now.  I don't have a recipe, I just throw it together.

Filet it down the middle, fill it with apple sauce and the cut up 2 apples to toss on top, sprinkle with lemon juice and put it in the oven for a couple hours.

JessAndTrav

Vodka Cream Pasta (It's a Rachael Ray recipe) 

• 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil, once around the pan in a slow stream
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 2 shallots, minced (I actually usually use green onions, because shallots are hard to find)
• 1 cup vodka
• 1 cup chicken stock
• 1 can crushed tomatoes
• Coarse salt and pepper
• 16 ounces pasta, such as penne rigata
• 1/2 cup heavy cream
• 20 leaves fresh basil, shredded or torn
• Crusty bread for passing

Directions

Heat a large skillet over moderate heat. Add oil, butter, garlic, and shallots. Gently saute shallots for 3 to 5 minutes to develop their sweetness. Add vodka to the pan, 3 turns around the pan in a steady stream will equal about 1 cup. Reduce vodka by half, this will take 2 or 3 minutes. Add chicken stock, tomatoes. Bring sauce to a bubble and reduce heat to simmer. Season with salt and pepper.

While sauce simmers, cook pasta in salted boiling water until cooked to al dente (with a bite to it). While pasta cooks, prepare your salad or other side dishes.

Stir cream into sauce. When sauce returns to a bubble, remove it from heat. Drain pasta. Toss hot pasta with sauce and basil leaves. Pass pasta with crusty bread.

This is quite easy to make, I've made it several times and it's one of DHs favorites. I usually buy some chicken breast tenderloins and season them and throw them on the George Foreman. Once they're ready, I shred the chicken and mix it in with the pasta and the sauce.

20 basil leaves sounds like a lot, but it really gives the flavor. I will say, however, that if you reheat it later with the basil in it, the basil flavor will be MUCH stronger than it was the first time. I usually just add basil once it's been served, so that it's not overpowering later.

aMrsin09

No using wedding gifts until after the wedding!  You know that ;-)

I like allrecipes.com.  You can enter which ingredients you have and which ingredients you want excluded.

stargazerlily82479

Parmesan chicken: mix milk with mustard (I like using zesty honey mustard best) and dip chicken breasts in it. Mix grated parmesan cheese with italian bread crumbs and bread chicken in that. Bake at 350 until fully cooked.

Mashed potato casserole - make mashed potato recipe of your choice (I usually add butter, milk, fresh basil, oregano, and parmesan cheese) and put in rectangular pan. Add a layer of sour cream, then a layer of monterey jack and cheddar shredded cheese. Bake until cheese is melted.

I also love this crockpot recipe - cube chicken breasts, cover bottom of crockpot. Add 2 cans of Campbell's condensed cream of chicken soup, 1 can of condensed cheddar cheese soup, and 1 teaspoon of garlic powder. Let cook all day. Serve over rice.

julezlee

You should get a three ring binder and some sheet protectors for all your new recipes.  That's how I keep all DH's organized and it works great.  Plus, if he get stuff on the sheet protectors while he's cooking, we can just wipe them off.  I always cut recipes out of Real Simple because they're usually pretty quick.  I'll try to post some after dinner.

JessAndTrav

It's lame, but I love the Campbell's recipe for Chicken and Rice.

1 can (10 3/4 ounces) Campbell's® Condensed Cream of Mushroom Soup  (Regular or 98% Fat Free)

1 cup water *

3/4 cup uncooked regular long-grain white rice

1/4 teaspoon paprika

1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper

4 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves  (about 1 pound)

• Stir the soup, water, rice, paprika and black pepper in a 2-quart shallow baking dish.  Top with the chicken.  Season with additional paprika and black pepper.  Cover the baking dish.
• Bake at 375°F. for 45 minutes or until the chicken is cooked through and the rice is tender.
• *For creamier rice, increase the water to 1 1/3 cups.
• Serving Suggestion: Serve with a steamed vegetable blend and crusty whole wheat rolls. For dessert serve fresh apple slices and store-bought caramel sauce for dipping.

JessAndTrav

BTW, if you're not much of a cooker, a great starter cookbook is the Better Homes & Garden's "The New Cookbook"

I bought last year's edition at TJ Maxx for about half the price of the new edition, and it's incredibly helpful, and so far, the recipes have been great. There's a glossary of words that the non-cook may not know, there's a section about what you may use different kitchen tools for, how to cut vegetables in different ways, and is always helpful about making things easier to cook. I highly recommend it.

http://www.bhg.com/bhg/store/product.jsp?psrc=origsource&prodid=prod590004

mwhitson14

Haha aMrs I know, I'm awful! I'm just so excited! I have only used the crockpot though.

Laura, that looks really yummy, and I wrote your tips down. We don't have a deep fryer, but we registered for one. And if we don't get it, FI will buy one. He fries fish and shrimp all the time.

Shelly, I love pork loin, but our local grocery store makes an amazing one with spices already on it. So if I do pork loin, it'll be that guy in a crock pot.

Jess, that sounds delicious! I copied that one down!

Stargazer, that potato one sounds really yummy, as does the crockpot one. I got an awesome crockpot, and hope to use it a lot.

mwhitson14

Julez, that's exactly my plan! I saw it on a blog earlier today, and just use dividers for the types of food. So that's why I like printing stuff off, it will look nicer in the binder.

Jess, I've seen that cookbook before, I'll look on Amazon for it. I have one cookbook, that is recipes to use with my Pampered Chef stuff.

nda_roxybabe

Jess and trav- I make the chicken and rice casserole all the time. It's so easy and delicious! I use cream of celery though as I hate mushrooms.

temerityjane

I've been making a lot of stuff from http://cheaphealthygood.blogspot.com and http://budgetbytes.blogspot.com because it's been so hard to find inexpensive recipes that are also healthy (not just "cut up some wieners and throw them in your mac and cheese!).

Cheap healthy Good has some really great stuff - chicken fried rice is one of my favorites from there. Budget Bytes also has a lot of great stuff (we like the mexican lentil soup, meatballs, stuffed chicken breasts), but for some reason the author of that blog likes to pan fry stuff before baking it. That's fine if that's your thing but I don't really care for that flavor, and it's easy to adjust the recipes for baking entirely.

I ALSO get a lot of stuff from http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking - they're not particularly HEALTHY, but definitely great for meat & potatoes types. Plus, as someone who is just learning to cook, the fact that she takes pictures of every step really helps. We like her roasted red pepper pasta, chicken spaghetti casserole, and PW's Favorite Sandwich is one we make CONSTANTLY.

JessAndTrav

It's sooooooooo yummy and so easy a caveman could do it.

rhodesign

I got a recipe box and a bunch of recipes for my shower. I also get tons from allrecipes.com

Here's a way simple chicken taco recipe--

take 4 chicken breasts and put them in a crockpot. pour one large jar of salsa over it (medium heat). let it cook for 6-8 hours on a low setting. Shred chicken with forks. serve in tortillas with toppings. bam.

This chicken is also good for enchiladas, but I have to dig that one out to get the recipe for the enchilada sauce

mwhitson14

Lovethebeach, those are awesome! I printed almost all of them off. Thank you!!

TJ, that sounds like a great website. I'm going to start browsing it now. I definitely need cheap stuff

JessAndTrav

Speaking of tacos, get ground turkey meat and brown it. Add a  pureed (sp?) sweet potato to the meat, and season with S&P. Serve it with wheat flour tortillas.

It's delicious!

nda_roxybabe

I'm addicted to allrecipes

These are T's favorite brownies(I always add choc. chips):
http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Chewy-Peanut-Butter-Brownies/Detail.aspx

Amazing new york style cheesecake:
http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/New-York-Cheesecake-III/Detail.aspx

The best cream cheese frosting ever, courtesy of Sprinkles Cupcakes:

8 oz. cold cream cheese
1 stick unsalted butter, firm but not cold
1/8 tsp. salt
3 3/4 cups confectioners' sugar, sifted
1/2 tsp. vanilla extract (don't use imitation...ever.)

With a flat beater, beath the cream cheese, butter and salt on medium low until smooth and creamy, 2 to 3 minutes. Reduce the speed to low, gradually add the confectioners' sugar and beat until incorporated. Do not over mix or the frosting will incorporate too much air; it should be cream and dense, like ice cream. Add milk 1 tsp if the frosting does not have a spreadable consistency (I've never had that problem).

Chile and Cheese Appetizer tart

1 (15 oz) pkg. pie crust
4 0z. (1 cup) shredded cheddar
4 oz. (1 cup) shredded monterrey jack
1 (4 oz) can green chiles, drained
1/4 tsp. Chili Powder

Heat oven to 450 degrees, unfold one crust onto ungreased cookie sheet: remove plastic sheets and press out the fold lines. Sprinkle cheeses over crust to within 1/2 in. of edge; sprinkle with green chiles. Unfold remaining crust, place over chiles. Seal edges with fork. Generously prick top crust with fork, sprinkle with chili powder. Bake for 10-15 minutes or until golden brown. Cut into wedges

banana468

My favorite marinara:
4-5 cloves garlic chopped
a pinch of red pepper flakes
a can of anchovies, chopped w/ their oil
1 28oz can of whole tomatoes
1/4 cup parsley, chopped

Heat some extra virgin oiive oil in a pan over medium heat (about 2-4 T).  Add the garlic and cook until fragrant, about 30 seconds.  Add the red pepper flakes, chopped anchovies and the anchovy oil and cook until the anchovies dissolve.  Add the tomatoes w/ their juices and using the can of tomatoes or a potato masher, cut the tomatoes in the pot. 

Reduce the heat to low and simmer for 15 minutes or so.

When ready to serve, toss with the parsley and fresh pasta!

mwhitson14

Mmm roxy, I want those brownies!! After the wedding Thanks banana! I love a good marinara, pasta is my weakness.

nda_roxybabe

Everyone raved about this at Thanksgiving, it is so yummy! (Grandma's recipe)

Broccoli & Cheese Casserole
1/4 cup chopped onions
6 Tblsp. Butter
2 Tblsp. Flour
1/2 cup Water
8 Oz. Velveeta Cheez Whiz
3 Eggs
1 pkg.(16 oz.) Frozen Chopped Broccoli

Saute onion in butter. Mix the flour with the water, stir into the onion. Add cheese whiz. Bea the eggs and mic in. Cook broccoli, drain. Throw into other, put in buttered 1 1/2 qt. casserole dish. Top with cracker crumbs and butter. Cover and bake at 325 for 30 minutes.

mscutieri

If you want, I have a girl who sent me Weight Watchers Crock Pot Recipes -- they seem yummy and it is seriously 191 pages of stuff.  If you want me to send it, just send me an email and I'll attach the document in my reply.

mscutieri @ gmail.com

sarabear23

This is probably my favorite soup in the entire world, and its super easy to make.
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/giada-de-laurentiis/lentil-soup-recipe/index.html