Welcome to my Kitchen!

As often as possible you will find new recipes, that I have found on the internet, from others and some that are family favorites. Most are easy and use common ingredients found in most kitchens. Not all pictures are taken by me, but I do add my own pictures as soon as I can after I have made the recipe and remember to take the picture. Pull up a chair, help yourself to some coffee and make yourself at home. Please leave a comment, I appreciate feedback. Thank you.

Friday, February 28, 2014

Oriental Beef and Broccoli

Beef and Broccoli 

1 Pound Boneless beef chuck roast; Sliced into thin strips
1 cup beef consume
1/2 cup soy sauce
1/3 cup brown sugar
1 tablespoon sesame oil
3 cloves minced garlic
2 tablespoons corn starch
2 tablespoons  Sauce from crockpot after being cooked
 broccoli Florets, as many as you want
Hot cooked rice


Instructions:
1. Place beef in a crock pot.
2. In a small bowl, combine consume, soy sauce, brown sugar, oil, and garlic. Pour over beef. Cook on low for 6-8 hours.
3. In a cup, stir cornstarch and sauce form the crock pot until smooth. Add to crock pot. Stir well to combine.
4. Add broccoli to the crock pot. Stir to combine.
5. Cover and cook an additional 30 minutes on high (the sauce has to boil for it to thicken).

6. Serve over hot cooked rice and enjoy! 

Sunday, February 23, 2014

No Bake Cake

No bake Cake
Ingredients:
1 Box of Vanilla Wafers
1 Can of Crushed Pineapples with Juice 
1/4 cup Lemon Juice 
1 can sweetened condensed milk
1 package of coconut
1 (8oz) Container Cool Whip
1 small jar of cherries
1 cup of pecans (optional)

Directions: 
Layer the bottom of dish with Vanilla Wafers. Mix in a bowl the lemon juice and condensed milk, then add the pineapples and mix all together. Pour this over the vanilla wafers in the dish. Add another layer of the Vanilla Wafers on top of the pineapple mix. Then top with cool whip, and ***coconut and cherries. Refrigerate overnight. Serve and Enjoy!

*** You can replace coconut with pecans if you'd like.

Saturday, February 22, 2014

Cheddar Biscuits

Garlic Cheddar Biscuits

Ingredients
(Makes one dozen biscuits)
2 ½ cups Bisquick baking mix
¾ cup cold whole milk
1/2 cup salted cold butter (1/2 stick)
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 heaping cup grated cheddar cheese

Brush on Top:
2 tablespoons salted butter, melted
½ teaspoon dried parsley flakes
½ teaspoon garlic powder

Directions:
Preheat your oven to 400 degrees.

Combine Bisquick with cold butter in a medium bowl using a pastry cutter or a large fork. You don’t want to mix too thoroughly. There should be small chunks of butter in there that are about the size of peas. Add cheddar cheese, milk, and 1 teaspoon garlic. Gently mix by hand until combined, but don’t over mix.

Drop approximately ¼-cup portions of the dough onto an parchment lined, greased cookie sheet I use an ice cream/cookie scoop.
Bake for 15 to 17 minutes or until the tops of the biscuits begin to turn light brown.  I find that baking them on the top rack helps prevent the bottoms from browning too quickly.

Just before you take the biscuits out of the oven, melt the 2 tablespoons butter in a small bowl in your microwave. Stir in ½ teaspoon garlic powder, salt and the dried parsley flakes. Use a brush to spread this garlic butter over the tops of all the biscuits. Use up all of the butter. While still warm, eat and enjoy!

Tuesday, February 4, 2014

Baked Sea Scallops

Ingredients
4 Tbsp  butter,
1 1/2 lb. fresh or frozen sea scallops
1 tsp onion powder
1 tsp paprika, sweet mild
1 tsp oregano, dried
2 clove garlic, minced
1/4 c parmesan cheese
1/4 c Panko bread crumbs


Directions
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C), and place the rack in the middle position.

 Melt the butter in a small butter warmer, small saucepan, or you could always nuke it in the microwave. Chef's Note: We all use the microwave for a variety of purposes; however, when you use it to melt butter, slow is the way to go... a low setting for about 3 minutes.

Pour the melted butter into a casserole dish; something around two quarts is perfect.  Note: Since you will be using this dish for presentation, if you have something nice... use it.

Place the scallops in the dish, and evenly distribute them in rows and columns over the butter.

Take the breadcrumbs, onion powder, paprika, oregano, minced garlic and parmesan cheese, and combine in a small mixing bowl. Your best tools for doing this are your hands... that way you can break up any lumps.

Sprinkle the mixture evenly over the scallops.
Bake until scallops are firm; or until an instant-read thermometer reads 146ยบ,  this will take about twenty minutes.