Wednesday, December 19, 2012

THE pizza

Dough:
1 cup warm water
1 pkg dry yeast
1/4 cup sugar
1 tsp salt
2 TB canola oil
2 1/2 cup flour - half white, half wheat

Sauce:
1/4 cup olive oil
1 tsp garlic powder
1 lb, 12 oz. crushed italian tomatoes
6 oz tomato paste
1 1/2 tsp oregano
1 1/2 tsp basil
3/4 tsp salt
1 TB sugar (add more to taste if needed)

Toppings:
Choice of meats and vegetables
Sliced provolone cheese
4 cups finely shredded mozzarella

Preheat oven to 425.
To begin crust, dissolve the dry yeast in the warm water.  Mix all ingredients together.  Let rise 5 minutes before rolling out.

Prepare sauce while dough rises.  In saucepan, mix oil and garlic powder.  Add tomatoes, tomato paste, and seasonings (including sugar).

Roll out dough and cook for about 15 minutes or until crust is slightly browned.  Cover with sauce (above recipe usually makes 2 pizzas).  Add sliced provolone, then shredded mozzarella.  Add all other additional toppings on top of mozzarella.  Cook for about another 10-15 minutes.  Let stand 5 minutes before slicing.

Lasanga

Lasanga Noodles
Spaghetti Sauce
One container Ricotta Cheese
Parmesan Cheese
6 cups shredded mozzarella
1 lb ground beef
1 package spaghetti sauce seasoning

Preheat oven to 350.  Cook lasanga noodles to al dente. Brown ground beef and drain of fat.  Add package of spaghetti sauce seasoning to beef and stir so it's covered.
Spray casserole dish with Pam. Make a thin layer of spaghetti sauce in bottom of dish (about 2.5 TB)
Begin the following layers:
lasagna noodles
spaghetti sauce
ricotta cheese
ground beef
parmesan cheese
mozzarella
Continue layers, proportionately dividing ingredients to last for three-four layers.  On top layer, add extra mozzarella to cover entire top.  Spray aluminum foil with Pam and cover.  Cook for 45 minutes.  Remove aluminum foil and cook for an additional ten minutes.  Let stand ten minutes before cutting.

Marcy's Oreo Delight

1/2 gallon vanilla ice cream
6 oz Milnot
4 oz German Chocolate squares
3/4 cup butter
1/8 tsp salt
2/3 cup sugar
1 tsp vanilla
36 oreos
1/2 container cool whip
A lot of patience

Crush oreos and mix with 1/4 cup butter. (Save a few crushed Oreos without butter to use as topping later).  Freeze in casserole dish for 30 minutes.
Pour softened (not melted) ice cream over Oreo crust.  Place back in freezer until finished with next step.
Melt German chocolate with 1/2 cup butter, then add Milnot, salt, and sugar. Boil for four minutes.  Pour over ice cream when cooled.
Freeze for 30 minutes.
Frost with Cool Whip and sprinkle with the remaining crushed Oreos.  Freeze until ready to serve.

Grandpa Jack's Goulash

1 pound ground beef
Macaroni shells
4 oz tomato sauce
12 oz diced tomatoes
garlic powder
celery salt
italian seasoning

Brown and drain ground beef.  Season with garlic powder, celery salt, and italian seasoning.  Cook and drain macaroni shells.  Combine shells, ground beef, tomato sauce and diced tomatoes.

2 2 2 Cake

Cake:
2 cups flour
2 cups sugar
2 eggs
2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
15-20 oz crushed pineapple with juice

Icing:
1 stick butter or margarine
8 oz cream cheese
1 tsp vanilla
1 box powdered sugar (1 lb)

Preheat oven to 425.  Combine all ingredients for cake and bake for 45 minutes.
For icing, soften butter and combine with cream cheese.  Add remaining ingredients.  Pour over cake while still warm.

Cheese skirt burgers

1 lb ground beef
sliced cheddar cheese
2 cups shredded cheddar
garlic powder
Lawry's seasoned salt

Preheat griddle.  Form ground beef into four hamburger patties.  Season both sides of each burger with garlic powder and Lawry's.  Over low heat, begin to cook patties.  Flip after a few minutes, then let cook on one side for almost 15 minutes.  Flip, and on cooked side, add two slices of cheddar cheese to each.  Pile shredded cheddar onto each patty (About 1/2 cup each).
As the patty cooks through, the cheese will melt, pouring out from the burger, and forming a "skirt" around the burger.

Hawaiian Chicken

4 chicken breasts
1/2 cup canola oil
2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper

Pineapple glaze:
1 cup crushed pineapple
1 cup brown sugar
2 TB lemon juice
2 TB mustard

Preheat grill.  Brush chicken well with oil and season with salt and pepper.  Place on grill and cook slowly, turning regularly.
When chicken is almost cooked completely through (about 10 minutes from finish), brush with pineapple glaze, pouring crushed pineapple on top.  Continue to grill.

Reynolds wraps

1 lb ground beef
1/4 cup Allegro marinade
4 potatoes, peeled and cubed
1 lb carrots, peeled and cut
garlic powder
Lawry's seasoned salt
salt and pepper
aluminum foil

Preheat oven to 400.  Combine ground beef with Allegro.  Stir well and divide into fourths.  Place one hamburger patty onto an aluminum foil square.  Sprinkle with garlic powder and Lawry's.  Add potatoes and carrots evenly between each serving.  Salt and peper each.  Cook in oven for 35 minutes.

Wendy's Soup

2 chicken breasts, cooked and shredded
1 can chicken broth
1 can minestrone soup
1 can black beans (drained and rinsed)
1 can Mexican beans (Ranch Style beans is all you'll find in SW MO)
1 can Rotel
1/4 tsp garlic powder
salt and pepper to taste.

Crock Pot directions:
Spray inside of crock pot or slow cooker with Pam.  Combine all ingredients, stir, and cook for four hours on low.

Stove top directions:
Combine all ingredients and cook on low.

Serves 6.  Good soup to freeze and thaw for later.

Kim's Baked Potato Soup

6 baked potatoes
6 cups milk
2/3 cup flour
1 cup sour cream
2 cups cheese
1/2 pound bacon (precooked bacon is best)
2/3 cup butter or margarine
1/2 tsp pepper
1 tsp salt

Peel and quarter potatoes.  Mash with a potato masher or fork.  Melt butter in large pot.  Add salt and pepper.  In a separate container, combine four and 2 cups milk.  Wisk together well and add to butter.  On low, heat through and add remaining milk.  Then heat through and add potatoes.  Crumble bacon, add and simmer, stirring constantly.  When soup begins to thicken (about 30 minutes), add cheese.  Stir to melting, then add sour cream.

Brocoli and Rice

1 cup rice
1 package frozen CHOPPED brocoli (cooked)
2 Tb butter or margarine
1/2 cup milk
1 can cream of chicken
1 small jar cheez whiz

Preheat oven at 350 degrees.  Spray casserole dish with Pam. Combine all ingredients and bake for 25 minutes.

Sweet and Sour Meatballs

Meatballs:
1/2 cup milk
2 lbs. ground beef
1 1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup rice
1 cup bread crumbs
1 egg
1/4 tsp pepper

Sauce:
1 1/2 cup ketchup
1 TB worcestershire sauce
2 TB mustard
1/2 cup vinegar
1/2 cup BBQ sauce
2/3 cup brown sugar

Preheat oven to 350. Mix all ingredients for meatballs together and form into small balls.  Spray a casserole dish with Pam and place meatballs in dish.  Bake in preheated oven for about 25 minutes.

Meanwhile, combine all ingredients for sauce.

Oven directions:
After 25 minutes, drain excess grease from casserole dish and pour sauce over meatballs.  Continue to cook at 350 for 45 minutes to an hour.

Slow cooker directions:
As meatballs finish, spray crock pot or slow cooker with Pam.  Place meatballs in the slow cooker and pour sauce over.  Cook on low for four hours.

Grandma's Punch

3 cups sugar
3 quarts + 3 cups water, separated
6 oz Jello (strawberry)
64 oz Pineapple Juice
2 liter 7 up

Combine 3 cups of sugar with 3 cups of water in a large pot.  Stir until all sugar is dissolved.  Bring to boiling and let boil for five minutes.
Add Jello and stir as it is added.  Slowly pour in 3 quarts water and stir well.  Stir in pineapple juice.
Freeze.
To serve, let the punch thaw until slushy.  Add 7up.