Steak Pizzaiola

Medium London broil

1 Onion

½ t + 1 t each Salt & pepper to taste

1 c Olive oil

1-2 c Red wine

5-8 oz. Cherry/grape tomatoes

2 Bell peppers

1 T Red pepper flakes

2 cloves Garlic

1 T chopped fresh parsley

Pound steak with a mallet until thin. Season the meat well with 1 t each salt and pepper. Heat oil in a heavy skillet, add finely chopped garlic and cook until brown. Brown meat well on both sides. Remove meat and keep warm. Add onion and sauté until tender. Add tomatoes, wine, ½ t salt and pepper, and red pepper flakes. Lower the heat and simmer for about 15 minutes, as needed, until the sauce thickens. Return the meat to the pan and cook an additional 10 minutes. Serve sprinkled with chopped parsley.

Banana Bread - Crock Pot

3 bananas
1 c sugar
1/2 c shortening
1 t baking soda
1 t vanilla
2 eggs
2 c flour
1/2 t salt
Nuts (optional)

In a medium mixing bowl, mix dry ingredients. Add bananas, eggs (one at a time), and vanilla. Pour into crock pot pan (either the bread pan insert that is made for the crock pot or a coffee can cut down to size). Bake in crock pot on low until done – about 6 hours.

Peanut Brittle (aka Christmas Crack)

½ c water
2 c sugar
1 c white corn syrup
2 t soda
½ t salt
2 T butter
1 t vanilla
1 bag Spanish peanuts


Mix together in heavy saucepan over medium heat. Bring to a boil sugar, corn syrup, salt and water. Stir until sugar is dissolved. Set candy thermometer in place. Stir in peanuts and continue cooking. Stir frequently until temp reaches 300F/150C or until a small amount of mixture dropped into very cold water separates into hard and brittle threads. Remove from heat and immediately stir in butter and baking soda. Pour at once onto greased cookie sheet. With two forks, lift and pull mixture into rectangle about 14x12. Cool. Break into pieces

Chicken Enchilada Pasta

Olive oil
4-5 chicken breasts (boil until cooked, then shredded and sliced)
red onion, bell pepper, green pepper (sliced into small pieces)
1 can chopped green chilies
1/2 can black beans
1/2 can corn

Sautee red onion, bell pepper, green pepper first, then add in the other above ingredients.
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Cheese Sauce (cook in separate pan)

1-2 tbl. sp. butter
2 tbl. sp. flour
1 cup chicken stock
1/4 cup cream
1/2 cup milk
1 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. cumin
1 tbl. sp. lime juice
2 cups shredded mexican cheese
1/2 can mild enchilada sauce
2 chopped roma tomatoes

Wisk the above ingredients in a pan until creamy.
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Feticinne noodles
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Add sour cream and tortialla chips on top of pasta.

Cook all three separate parts, then add together when all are cooked and warm. Enjoy!

Crossaint Chicken Salad

12 oz. chicken (canned or diced)
1/2 cup miracle whip
1/2 cup mayo
1/4 tsp. garlic powder
1/8 tsp. dry mustard
1/2 cup diced celery
1/4 cup diced green onions

Put chicken in a bowl and crumble. Add wet ingredients, then dry. Mix in celery and green onions last. Serve on crossaints.

Company Potatoes

2 bags of hash browns (Frozen one.  I like to get the shredded ones, I also like to have them thawed out.  It makes the cook time faster.)

2 cans Cream of Chicken Soup

1 - 32 oz. of Sour Cream

Cheese- I usually put in 2 Cups of Cheese

1 Cube of Butter ( I save about a1/4 to mix with your crushed corn flakes)

1/2 Onion (If desired-my family does not like onions so I either put them in my processor and make them like soup or just season with onion salt.)

Add a pinch of salt

Stir all together.  Cook at 350 for about 45 mins. or until top of potatoes is bubbling.  I also add more cheese to them top.  Cover with tinfoil to cook, last 10 mins, take tinfoil off and cover top with cornflakes, add butter to cornflakes so that they are crunchy.

Peppermint Cookies

White Cake Mix

1 egg

1/2 -1 teaspoon peppermint extract

1 stick of butter

Mix all together. You can either roll into balls or roll out dough and cut into shapes. Bake at 350 for 10-11 minutes.

Frosting

Powder Sugar

1/4 Cup Melted Butter

1 1/2 - 3 Tablespoons of milk

1/2 Teaspoon of Peppermint Extract

Mix all wet ingredients together.  Keep adding powder sugar until desired thickness.  Also good with lemon extract and orange extract.