Any good Recipes???

oceanists

oceanists

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Originally Posted by ruaround
Being a single parent (my children are with me 1/2 the time) I am in the kitchen alot...
I love to cook, and wantd to see some qwik easy recipes other than Mac n Cheese, hot dogs, cereal, all the easy out of the freezer stuff...
here is one of my kiddos favorites...
thaw 3 chicken breasts...
In a cassorle dish...Season with salt, pepper, Lawry's season salt, garlic powder, and brown sugar...
Cover with salsa (how ever spicy you like)...
grate cheddar cheese (I use Sharp) over the top...
Bake - 375 for 25 min...
Make some "Minute Rice" white rice...
Mix the rice (while in the pan) with salsa and cheese (once again I use sharp cheddar)
good stuff!!!


that sounds gooooooooooood
 
oceanists

oceanists

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Originally Posted by socal57che
I'm a voluntary stay at home dad (I cook, do laundry & dishes, sweep, etc.) and I love to cook. Spaghetti is fast and easy. Make 3 times too much for one meal. On day 2 mix the noodles, sauce and meat leftovers in a large bowl adding your favorite shredded cheese, feta and parmesan cheese, garlic powder, onion powder and salt to taste (feta is salty). Spread this into a large caserole dish and cover with cheddar jack shredded cheese and bake at 350 until cheese browns to your liking.


that sounds freakin good too
 
ruaround

ruaround

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Originally Posted by tnt
I've got a good quick kid-friendly recipe.
Chicken Pockets
Take a roll of refrigerated cresent rolls and separate into triangles
stuff each triangle with chunked cooked chicken
bake in the oven untile the cresents are nice and brown
mix 1 can of cream of chicken soup and 1 can cheddar cheese soup on stove
serve sauce over the pockets or let your kids dip the pockets in the sauce
You can stuff the cresents with whatever your kids like-turkey, ham, veggies
Make a baked potato or broccoli and put the sauce on that too. I usually use leftover chicken or turkey, but I've even used the canned chicken.
Very quick and easy dinner.
Thanks for starting this thread. I love recipes.
I make something like this too... got the recipe right of the Pilsbury package...
Make up some sloppy joe mix...
use cresent rolls or biscuits on a cookie sheet...
put some sloppy joe mix into each roll/biscuit...
add some cheese...
Bake until rolls/biscuits are done...
 
kuniva

kuniva

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Originally Posted by socal57che
Kuniva,
I am learning asian cooking and have trouble with my lo mein/fried noodles. When I fry it, it gets chewy before it is ready. Do I need to turn up the heat and reduce the fry time? and how do I keep the noodles from sticking together. After I boil them I put them in the fridge overnight and fry them the next day with chicken and cabbage, sesame and peanut oil, and a little teriyaki. They seem to stick together after sitting in the fridge. Should I fry them the same night I boil them?
Any help would be appreciated.
thanks
ok did you use like a dehydrated noodles or like a semi wet noodle? The semi wets noodles are the ones that are stored inside a fridge in the asian market while, the dehydrated noodle are the ones that they put on the shelves. I prefer the wet noodles, if it chewy, I would boil the noodles longer, but I would try to boil them the same day you are planning to cook them.
Make sure you put the noodle in after the water boils otherwise it will retain some water which make them taste bad. During the boiling process, take one noodle and taste them, if they are still chewy, boil them a little bit longer. Now, after you think it's good enough, take them out, put them in a basket or something with holes(sorry, my vocabulary isnt that good), wash them with cold water, and depends on how much noodles you are using, put about 2 to 3 spoons of vegetable or peanut oil, just be sure you mixed them well inside that basket and you can use your hands to make sure the oil get spread evenly. That method should help keep the noodles from sticking to one another, if they still stick, use more peanut oil, and believe me, the peanut oils will also get cooked during the stir fry process and it wont make your noodle so oilly.
 
kuniva

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Originally Posted by nflnutswif
everyone knows how to make smashed potatos the LUMPIA the better! JK lol I have no idea what lumpia is!
KUNIVA: Thanks a bunch, I will try that. I like to make won ton's w/ ground pork carrots onion celery and seasonings. Do you have a favorite?
Pam
Lumpia is some sort of deep fried spring/egg roll. Wonton, hmmmm... I like the deep fried wonton, and I will tell you how to make them if you want.
 
kuniva

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Originally Posted by petieaztec
I think they just used some type of pork or beef and a wrap. I don't know what else. But any type you reccomend? I think my friend is filipino?!?
Lumpia has a lot of varieties, esp. from South East Asia, where I originally came from.
They have vietnamese, indonesian, malaysian and filipinos.
I'll go into details tomorrow.
 
socal57che

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Originally Posted by kuniva
ok did you use like a dehydrated noodles or like a semi wet noodle? The semi wets noodles are the ones that are stored inside a fridge in the asian market while, the dehydrated noodle are the ones that they put on the shelves. I prefer the wet noodles, if it chewy, I would boil the noodles longer, but I would try to boil them the same day you are planning to cook them.
Make sure you put the noodle in after the water boils otherwise it will retain some water which make them taste bad. During the boiling process, take one noodle and taste them, if they are still chewy, boil them a little bit longer. Now, after you think it's good enough, take them out, put them in a basket or something with holes(sorry, my vocabulary isnt that good), wash them with cold water, and depends on how much noodles you are using, put about 2 to 3 spoons of vegetable or peanut oil, just be sure you mixed them well inside that basket and you can use your hands to make sure the oil get spread evenly. That method should help keep the noodles from sticking to one another, if they still stick, use more peanut oil, and believe me, the peanut oils will also get cooked during the stir fry process and it wont make your noodle so oilly.
I use dry noodles and boil until completely soft. They get chewy when I fry them.
 
nflnutswif

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Originally Posted by kuniva
Lumpia is some sort of deep fried spring/egg roll. Wonton, hmmmm... I like the deep fried wonton, and I will tell you how to make them if you want.
Please do explain how you make them. I separate the wonton wraps stuff them moisten the edges with egg whites and seal into triangles, then baby deep fry in peanut oil. What is your filling?
 
kuniva

kuniva

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Originally Posted by socal57che
I use dry noodles and boil until completely soft. They get chewy when I fry them.
hm.... I would suggest trying the semi-wet noodles, since IMHO, semi-wet noodles are better in taste and less additive, and they easily absord your spices or chicken broth as well.
Good luck
 
kuniva

kuniva

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Originally Posted by nflnutswif
Please do explain how you make them. I separate the wonton wraps stuff them moisten the edges with egg whites and seal into triangles, then baby deep fry in peanut oil. What is your filling?

My filling for the deep fried wonton ? I use minced pork, and buy some shrimps, and chop them fine. give some onions and garlic, and scallions to make it smell good. sometimes if im lazy, I stir fry my filling first so that i dont have to fry those wonton for long. You can also steam them if you want, or boil them with broth, they will make a very good appetizer.

Man!! I'm hungry as a hostage from all the food talking here.
 
nflnutswif

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Thank you, I also like to use the won tons as dumplings in my chicken and dumplings. Not my favorite but it beats hand making the noodles. A quick trick for dumplings also is use fresh flour tortillas. Cut them into 1 inch strips and drop into the boiling chicken broth. Works well. MY favorite is the old time bisquick dough, light and fluffy went finished. YUM!
 
keleighr

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Totally printed out this thread!! Love getting new things to try. I didn't even get to read the whole thing, just clicked print....
My recipes unfortuantly aren't "Easy".
I too have three children, fulkl time job and will officially start school next week. So my long drawn out meals just aren't going to cut it!!
Any easy one is:"
Canned Chilli
Salsa (anyone you like
Cream cheese (one of the little boxes)
Melt the cream cheese in the chilli add salsa, serve with chips. 15 minutes cooking time.maybe a little less may be a little more but REAL easy.
I am also a fan of the Crock pot!!!! What a frickin life saver that is!!
TACOS man.
Home made TACOS are the best. Also goes along with the burrito suggestion (just get flour tortillas)
White corn Tortillas
Ground Turkey (can't use the ground beef, for some reason that is the only meat that smells "dead" to me)
sliced up lettuce
(PRE cut onions!! love Safeway!!)
Pica de Gayo (sp) already made as well (Safeway)
CHEESE CHEESE CHEESE~~
Ok did I say Cheese (can you tell I love me some cheese!)
basically anything that you would want in a frickin taco.
Cook and season the meat. ( i do seasoning salt, pepper, onion powder and chilli poweder ALL to the TASTE that I like!) Never have followed a recipe I always have to add to it!!
Heat up spme oil.
Take you r Tortillas (with the flour tortillas I just put them in the overn to warm while I am cooking the meat)
And all you do is put on half of the tortilla in until it is folds nicely into the familiar taco shape (I use tongs to do this) then flip it over cook the other side.
Also, Guac. has to be made at this time. MAsh Avacados, add garlic powder, add some of your Pica and add some Sour cream. Mix well. Enjoy. Again make it to taste!
 
nflnutswif

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Ok, made this last night: The apitomy of comfort dinner
3/4lbs (or so)ea. ground sirloin and ground pork
1 cup milk
1 cup uncooked quick oats
1/2 cup fresh parsley chopped
1/2 cup finely chopped onion
1 large garlic clove minced
1/4 cup grated carrots
1 egg
3 tbs ketchup
1 tbs horseradish
1/4 cup unsweetened applesauce
1/8 tea allspice
1 tea salt/pepper (I add a pinch more salt)
oven 375
Grab a large bowl. Take off your rings. Dump all the ingrediants together. Dig your hands into the meat mixture and combine well.
Pat the mixture into a loaf pan and cook about an hour. Take out and rest the meatloaf about 10-15 minutes. No need to top this meat loaf w/ ketchup or BBQ sauce, cause you're gonna make your favorite gravy out of the pan drippings. Serve w/ garlic smashed potatos and steamed baby carrots. But the most important part, pull out those TV trays turn on Sports Center ( OK we rented "Must Love Dogs") and eat in front of the tube! YUM!
Oh and go ahead and throw in some Pillsbury crescent rolls
 
jmick

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I make this dish from time to time and really enjoy it—it’s basically chicken vesuvio.
2 chicken breasts (I like to pound them out so they are nice and flat and more tender).
2 Potatoes, peel and cut into wedges or slices (personal preference)
2 Cloves of garlic diced very fine
1 tablespoon of crushed red pepper
1 Can chicken stock
2 Tablespoon of olive oil
1 teaspoon oregano
1 Teaspoon garlic salt
Salt and pepper to taste
Start by heating up oil in an oven proof skillet and when hot dump in all the potatoes. As they brown put in half the redpepper and garlic salt and oregano (remember, only half of each) and put inall the diced garlic. Once they have browned nicely take out and put on the side. Now, put in chicken and once one side has been cooked flip and add the rest of the rep pep, oregano and garlic salt. Once the second side is slightly browned add all the chicken stock and bring to a boil.
Once it come to a boil add all the potatoes and put in oven (375 degrees) for 20-25 minutes.
 
petieaztec

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One more thing, i am having trouble cooking steak. I love it to be medium rare in the center but cooked on the outside. any tips that will help me out? :help:
 
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