Monday, June 29, 2009

Sweet and Sour Chicken


3-4 chicken breasts
1 cup cornstarch
salt/ pepper
2 beaten eggs
1/4 cup oil

Sauce:
3/4c brown sugar
1 tablespoon soy sauce.
4 tablespoon ketchup
1/4 cup vinegar
1 tablespoon garlic salt

1 can pineapple chunks, with juice, optional.


Cut chicken into cubes and season with salt and pepper and dip in cornstarch, then egg. Fry until brown, not cooked through. Place in single layer in baking dish. Mix sauce and pour over. Bake 1/2 hr. @ 325 degrees. Turn over every 15 minutes. Make another batch of sauce. Add 1 can pineapple- boil 6-8 minutes. To thicken dissolve 1 tbsp cornstarch in cold water and add to sauce. Bring to boil, boil another minute.
Optional: Thinly slice and lightly steam 4 carrots and 1 bell pepper. Add to sauce just before serving. As seen in picture.

Serve over rice.

Friday, June 26, 2009

Butternut Squash Soup

We saw a cooking show where they made a Butternut squash soup, this is my healthy version, sorry the measurements are not exact, but it also depends on the size of your squash.
4 Butternut Squash, peeled and cubed
2-4 cups chicken broth(maybe more)
1 onion
4-6 cloves minced garlic
1 teaspoon parsley
1 teaspoon basil
Spray large pot with cooking spray. Saute garlic and onion. Add Butternut Squash cubes and saute 6 more minutes. Add parsley and basil. Add chicken broth, enough just to cover cubes. Simmer 40 minutes. Blend with hand blender until smooth.

Cornbread

2 1/2 cups flour
1 1/2 cups cornmeal
1/2 cup sugar
1 Tablespoon Baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
2 cups milk
1/2 cup oil
2 eggs
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Combine dry ingredients. Add wet ingredients, mix just until wet, do not overmix. Pour batter into greased 9x13 pan and bake about 20 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.

Easy Chili Beans

I differ every time I make Chili Beans in my attempt to make them just like Grandpa's, but they are never just like his. This is one really easy version anyone can make.
2 pounds ground beef
2 onions
1 Tablespoon Garlic salt
1 Tablespoon Cumin
1 Tablespoon Chili powder
2 cans Rotel tomatoes and green chiles
2 cans green chile
2 cans tomato sauce
2 cans kidney beans
2 cans pinto beans
Brown Ground beef and onions together, add seasonings. Add rest of ingredients, bring to a boil and simmer 30 minutes.

WW Jello Cake

I did not make up this recipe, but I don't know who did :)

White cake mix
3 Tablespoons applesauce
1- 12 oz diet cream soda
1 package sugarfree Jello
Fat Free Reddi or Cool Whip

Mix Cake mix with Applesauce and soda. Bake according to package directions. Mix Jello according to package directions and pour hot Jello over cake. Refrigerate cake several hours to set Jello. After set, top cake with Fat free Reddi or Cool whip. 12 servings, 4 points each.

Mexican Chicken and Rice

4 chicken breasts
1 Tablespoon garlic salt, or to taste
1 Tablespoon cumin
1 Tablespoon chili powder
1 onion, chopped
1 can green chile
2 cups chicken broth

1 can cream of chicken soup
4 cups cooked rice

Spray large pot or Dutch oven. Brown chicken breasts in pot with onions and green chile. Add seasonings while browning. Add chicken broth, simmer one hour. Add cream of chicken soup and rice, heat through and serve.

Cornmeal Enchiladas

My mama's recipe. I will not take credit for something I did not invent :)
Batter: 2 cups milk
2 eggs
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup flour
1 cup cornmeal
Mix Batter and pour onto griddle to make pancake sized circles, cook on both sides and remove. Keep warm.

Sauce: 1 jar red chile paste
4-5 cups water
2 Tablespoons oil
2 Tablespoons flour
3 tsp powdered boullion
1 can cream of chicken soup to make milder, optional
Heat oil in pan. Add flour, then water, chile paste, and rest of ingredients. Simmer 15 minutes or while "pancakes" are cooking.

Top "pancakes" with sauce, then cheese and lettuce.