Been a little slow on the cooking front lately.  It’s sort of a good thing, shows I have been busy!  Going to try to make more of an effort to get a recipe out once a week, I even added it to my calendar!

Last night’s dinner was super good.  We miss the tri-tip back home and the best way I can duplicate it out here is using London Broil.  Cheap and affordable cut of meat.  Sometimes I get scared cooking it because if overcooked, it’s ruined.

Sprinkle the cut of meat on both sides with Chef Merito Carne Asada Seasoning.  Let sit overnight or an hour before cooking.  Grill on each side, 10 minutes.  Keep the heat on medium or will burn.  Let sit for 10 minutes before slicing against the grain and at an angle, thin slices.

Saute in a pan, onions, garlic, bell pepper, salt, pepper and cumin in a pan.  When translucent, toss in a can of rinsed black beans and stir together.

Add the above with any of your favorite burrito fillings, cilantro, cheese, sour cream, etc.  So good, having this for leftovers for lunch on Monday!

These peanut butter cookies are to die for!!  I just had to share it will all of you, I found it at elise.com, link is listed below.  Very easy to make.  Recipe said cook for 9-11 minutes at 375 degrees, I left them in for a couple minutes longer, until the tops of the cookies started to get a little color.  They are scrumptious, think I will eat another.

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup butter or margarine, melted
• 1 cup flour
• 1-1/4 cup flaked coconut
• 1/4 cup packed brown sugar
• 1 cup slivered almonds

In a bowl, mix the above ingredients together, press lightly into a greased 13 x 9 inch baking pan. Bake at 350 for 25-30 minutes or until golden brown, stirring every 10 minutes to form coarse crumbs. Cool. Divide crumb mixture in half; press half into the same baking pan.

Next…….combine

More Ingredients:

• 1 pkg. (3.4 oz) of instant vanilla pudding mix
• 1 pkg. (3.4 oz) of instant coconut pudding mix
• 2 2/3 cup cold milk

Fold in 2 cups whipped topping ( I use heavy cream, powdered sugar, and vanilla)

Spoon over crust. Top with remaining crumb mixture. Cover and refrigerate overnight. (It tastes better the longer it sits). And enjoy!!

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We got a new fryer in the house and my husband requested Chicken Fried Steak, so I gave it my best shot.  No recipes for the sides, I just popped some biscuits in the oven, and started water for a pack of powder instant gravy.  Later on I will post a recipe for the works from scratch.  This was easy and simple, my fryer heats up in 5-10 minutes!

Set your fryer or oil to 360-375 degrees.

Ingredients:

• 2 Cubed Beef Steaks

Flour Mixture Ingredients:

• 1 Cup Flour
• 1 Tablespoon Pepper
• 1 Tablespoon Seasoned Salt

Egg Mixture Ingredients:

• 1 Egg
• 1 Tablespoon Milk
• Salt & Pepper

Set the steaks out until room temperature, salt and pepper on each side.  Set up a dipping station, one bowl with your flour mixture, mix all ingredients well and the other with your egg mixture, beat lightly.

Dip your beef into the flour mixture, then the egg mixture, then the flour mixture again.  After coating, I set mine directly into the basket…………..

and right into the fryer……….

until golden brown, about 6 minutes.

Serve with your favorite sides.  This turned out real good, can’t wait to make this again with everything from scratch!

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Another cheesy, ooey gooey recipe from my kitchen to yours.  This is a favorite of ours once every couple weeks.  Real good with Yukon Gold Potatoes, but any kind works.  For this recipe because I was in a hurry, I microwaved the potatoes for a minute or so to cook half way so that the time in the oven isn’t as long.  Don’t overcook them if you do this, or you will have mush.  I also left the skins on this time, when I usually peel them.

Preheat oven to 375 degrees

Ingredients:

• Olive Oil
• 1/2 Onion, Diced
• 3-5 Garlic Cloves, Pressed or Diced Fine
• 2 Tablespoons Flour
• 1 Cup Milk
• 1 Can Chicken Stock
• 1 Cup Cheddar Cheese
• 3 Potatoes, Sliced Thin

Saute in some olive oil, the onion and garlic.

When the onions are opaque, add your flour and cook for a minute or so, then add your chicken broth and milk and cook until bubbly and thick.

Add your cheese.

Stir together until nicely mixed in.

Next prepare a section on your counter for an assembly station.  Grab your casserole dish, any size will do, salt and pepper, cheese and potatoes.

I sprayed my dish with Pam first.  Place one layer of potatoes on the bottom of the pan, add salt and pepper.

Next add a layer of cheese.

Repeat this step several times until you have run out of potatoes and cheese.

Pop in the oven for 20 minutes if you cooked the potatoes in the microwave first, or 45-50 minutes if they were raw. Enjoy!

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French Toast is a favorite in my house at any time of the day.  My usual sweet flavoring in it is Vanilla, and I was shocked when I was out of it, so I drummed up this recipe as an alternative.

Ingredients:

• 4 Eggs
• 2 Tablespoons Milk
• Dash of Nutmeg
• 2 dashes of Cinnamon
• Splash of Almond Extract
• 4 Pieces White Bread
• Butter for the pan
• Syrup
• Powdered Sugar

Preheat your griddle pan or similar on medium-high heat.  If you are making more than one batch, preheat your oven and a pan at 200 degrees.

In a bowl, whisk together the eggs, milk, nutmeg, cinnamon and almond extract.

I like to butter my pan with a stick of butter.  I enjoy the authentic buttery taste. You can use whatever you like, including cooking spray.

Dip each piece of bread into the batter, flip over and dip the other side, then place in the pan.  Warm up your syrup in the microwave, don’t forget to pop the lid open.

Cook until golden brown on each side, just a few minutes.

Place each batch in the oven as you are done and they will be kept nice and warm.

When you plate, add your syrup and powdered sugar.  Wala!  Jenny’s Nutty French Toast.

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For today’s recipe, I chose these country ribs, mostly because they were on sale.  You could use this recipe with any kind of pork rib, baby backs would be divine.  If you have a larger batch than what I am doing, you will need to increase your measurements on the rib rub and sauce.

Rib Rub Ingredients:

• 1/2 Cup Brown Sugar
• 1 Tablespoon Chili Powder
• 1/4 Teaspoon Chinese Five Spice
• 1 Tablespoon Onion Powder
• 1/4 Teaspoon Cayenne Pepper
• 1 Tablespoon Garlic Powder
• Olive Oil (Not pictured)

Preheat your oven to 250 degrees.  Get your ribs all washed up, dried
off and sit to the side.

Mix all your dry ingredients together, I use a sifter to help get the clumps
out.

Put a splash of Olive Oil on the ribs and get them all rubbed down with your spices. You can do this step the night before if you like, just make sure you let me rest before doing this next step.  While resting heat up your pan on medium high heat for about 5 minutes.

Brown the ribs on each side.

Place ribs in a baking dish.

Rib Sauce Ingredients:

• 2 Tablespoons Honey
• 1 Cup BBQ Sauce any kind, not sweet
• 1 Tablespoon Hoisin Sauce

Mix all your ingredients together real good.

Pour over top of ribs, reserving some for dipping later if you want.

Pop in the oven for approx. 4 hours.

Delicioso, I served mine with potatoes and corn.

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Here is another recipe from my friend Beth, I can’t wait to try it!

Ingredients:

Crust:

• 1 ½ cups flour
• ½ tsp salt
• 1 T sugar
• 1 stick butter (cut into cubes)
• 4 T ice water

Filling:

• 2-3 large apples
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1 tsp lemon juice
• ½ tsp cinnamon
• 1 T flour

For The Filling:

Dice up your apple into small bite-sized pieces. You can do this by hand or with an apple cutter. I chose to use this handy little apple cutting tool. It peels, slices and cores the apple.

Mix all ingredients and set aside.

For the Crust:

Combine all ingredients and blend with a pastry cutter to cut up the butter. Once the mixture gets to be pea-sized, start kneading with your hands until you get a nicely formed ball.

Using a rolling pin, flatten the ball out on a flat, floured surface until dough is approx ¼” thick. I used a round bowl to make my shape and cut around the bowl with a table knife. I made 2 - ½ moon dough shapes for mine. Spoon some mixture into the center of your formed dough shape. Try to keep a good ½” to ¾” of the sides clear. The sides will be pinches closed with either a fork or use your fingers.

Lastly, using a pastry brush, brush on a thin layer of milk. Poke a couple of breather holes in the top of each hand pie for steam to escape while cooking.

Cook at 425’ for 15 minutes on an ungreased cookie sheet.

Then cook at 350’ for an additional 25 minutes or until golden brown.

Immediately take your hand pies off the cookie sheet and let them cool on a wire rack.

Serve warm with ice cream or cold. YUM!

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Always wanted to make stuffed burgers. Never had them before and wasn’t sure how it was done, so I did what I thought might work. Here we go…

Ingredients:

• Ground Beef, Sirloin, whatever you like
• 1/2 Cup Onions, Chopped
• 3-8 Garlic Cloves, chopped fine or pressed
• 2 Tablespoons Italian Parsley
• Olive Oil
• Salt & Pepper

This recipe is for 2 people, 2 burgers. If you are having tater tots or fries, get the oven preheated.

Heat a pan with a little olive oil. Cut up the onions, garlic and parsley.

Add the onions and garlic to the pan, saute until translucent. Before removing from the pan, stir in the parsley then add salt and pepper to your liking. Put in a bowl and let cool.

Start your BBQ or grill pan then take your ground beef and make four patties, 2 patties per burger. Don’t make them too thick or you will have too giant of a burger. Mine were thin and they still came out humongous.

Lay the four patties out and then take the cooled mixture that we set aside previously and place a tablespoon two patties.

The picture shows the mixture close to the edges, try and keep it away from the edges, one of mine fell apart a little while cooking. Now take the other patties and place them on top of the other half and press the edges together nicely where you form one giant patty.

Season the patties as you like, I just used salt and pepper. Fry or grill on each side, I did a good 10 minutes on each and they still came out rare. Get your fries in the oven.

After they are done cooking, remove and let sit for 10 minutes. I let the cheese melt as it rests.

Because of the stuffing in the middle, I only have lettuce to put on. Not pictured, I also but a little butter on the buns and grilled then til crisp. They came out a little rare, but I like it like that.

Can you say yummers! The burst of garlic and onion when you take a bite is devine!

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Dave and I were craving pancakes this morning, didn’t have any Bisquick, so looked up a recipe on the net. They were delicious.

From this link at allrecipes.com

Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 3 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon white sugar
• 1 1/4 cups milk
• 1 egg
• 3 tablespoons butter, melted

Directions:

1.In a large bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, salt and sugar. Make a well in the center and pour in the milk, egg and melted butter; mix until smooth.

2.Heat a lightly oiled griddle or frying pan over medium high heat. Pour or scoop the batter onto the griddle, using approximately 1/4 cup for each pancake. Brown on both sides and serve hot.

I altered the recipe a little.  Adding a tablespoon more sugar and a tablespoon of vanilla extract.

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