Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Curry Chicken Sandwich

curry-chicken-sandwich.JPGA southern style chicken sandwich Dave came up with. This recipe makes 2 sandwiches.

Ingredients

  • 1 tbsp vegetable oil

  • 1/4 cup diced onion

  • 1 boneless skinless chicken breast, sliced

  • curry

  • chili powder

  • 4 slices bread

  • Colby Jack cheese, sliced

  • ranch dressing

  • lettuce

  • tomato, sliced


Directions

  1. In frying pan sauté onion in oil until translucent.

  2. Add chicken and brown one side. Flip and season with curry and chili powder.

  3. Toast bread and assemble sandwich. (We assemble it bread, chicken, cheese, tomato, lettuce, bread with the ranch spread on the top piece of bread.)

Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Holiday Sugar Cookies

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This recipe came from Dave's Grandma Larson and is a Larson family Christmas tradition.

Ingredients




  • 3/4 cup shortening

  • 1/4 cup butter

  • 1 cup powdered sugar

  • 2 tsp vanilla

  • 1 1/4 cup flour

  • 1/2 tsp salt

  • 1 cup rolled oats

  • colored sugar


Directions

  1. Mix together shortening, butter, powdered sugar and vanilla.

  2. Add flour, salt and rolled oats.

  3. Shape into two rolls. Roll rolls in colored sugar. Chill for 2 hours.

  4. Slice 1/4 inch think and bake at 350 for 15 minutes or until they are done.

Oma's Soup

omas-soup.JPGThis is an old favorite from Dave's Grandma DeVries.

Ingredients

Directions




  1. Prepare noodle soup according to package. (Take out one of yellow salt mixes if you want to live.)

  2. Add dry vegetable soup and reduce heat to low.

  3. Combine crushed saltines, eggs, nutmeg, and ground beef and form into 3/4 inch meatballs.

  4. Add meatballs to soup and cook on low for about 30 minutes.

Souperior Meat Loaf



This one can be found on the back of a box of Lipton Recipe Secrets Onion Soup Mix

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

  2. In large bowl, combine all ingredients.

  3. Place in loaf pan.

  4. Bake for 1 hour or until done. Let stand for 10 minutes.

Fiesta Rice

quesadilla-with-fiesta-rice.JPGChanged slightly from the Campbells cheddar soup can recipe, this rice goes great with any Mexican food.

Ingredients

  • 1 cup salsa

  • 1 cup water

  • 1 chicken bouillon cube

  • 2 cups Minute Rice


Directions

  1. Bring salsa, water and bouillon to a boil

  2. Stir in rice, cover, remove from heat and let sit 5 minutes.

Fruit Pizza

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There isnt ever a slice of this delicious dessert left no matter how big the gathering. This tasty treat was found on All Recipes. We like to top it with fresh strawberries, grapes and kiwi.

Ingredients

  • 18 ounce package refrigerated sugar cookie dough

  • 7 oz jar marshmallow cream

  • 8 oz package cream cheese, softened

  • Sliced fruit


Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F

  2. On an ungreased medium baking sheet, smooth the refrigerated sugar cookie dough into a single layer approximately ¼ inch thick.

  3. Bake for 10 minutes, or until edges are lightly browned and center is no longer doughy.

  4. In a medium bowl, blend the marshmallow cream and cream cheese.

  5. Spread the mixture over the baked crust

  6. Cover with sliced fruit and chill in refrigerator.

Banana Bread

banana-bread.JPGThis recipe came from Dave's Grandma Larson.

Ingredients

  • 2 Eggs

  • ½ Cup Shortening

  • 2/3 Cup Sugar

  • 3 Bananas

  • ½ tsp Baking Soda

  • 2 tsp Baking Powder

  • ½ tsp Salt

  • 1 ¾ Cups Flour


Directions

  1. Mix all ingredients together and pour into greased loaf pans

  2. Bake 45 minutes to 1 hour at 350 degrees