Garlic Baked Potato Wedges

from allyou.com

Prep: 15 min.

Cook: 30 min.

Serves: 8

Cost per serving: 44 cents

6 baking potatoes (3 lb.)

1/4 cup olive oil

Salt and pepper

2 small cloves garlic, minced

2 tsp. dried rosemary

1/2 cup finely grated Parmesan

1. Preheat oven to 450°F. Scrub potatoes and pat dry. Carefully cut each into 16 thin wedges. Place wedges in a large bowl. Pour olive oil over potatoes. Add salt, pepper, garlic and rosemary and toss to coat. Place Parmesan in a large bowl; set aside.

2. Arrange potatoes in a flat layer on 2 large rimmed baking sheets. Bake, turning once or twice, until lightly browned and soft in center, about 30 minutes.

3. Remove potatoes from oven and immediately toss with Parmesan in a bowl until coated. Serve hot.

PER SERVING: 188 Cal., 7g Fat (1g Sat.), 0mg Chol., 2g Fiber, 3g Pro., 29g Carb., 18mg Sod.

Oven Caramel Corn

15 cups popcorn
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup butter
1/4 cup lite corn syrup
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp baking soda

Heat oven to 200 degrees

Place all popcorn on pans. pick up ALL seeds

Heat brown sugar, butter, corn syrup and salt over medium heat (stir occasionally) until bubble around edges. Continue cooking 5 min. without stirring, remove from heat. Stir in baking soda until foamy. Pour over popcorn, toss until evenly coated- spread on 2 cookie sheets (ungreased)

Bake 1 hour, stirring every 15 min. cool completely on foil or wax paper

Chicken & Pepper Casserole

this is from campbellskitchen.com

1 can cream of chicken soup
1/2 cup salsa
1/2 cup sour cream
2 tsp. chili powder
1 jar (7oz.) roasted sweet peppers, drained and cut into strips
4 green onions, sliced
3 cups cubed cooked chicken
1 can black beans
2 cups prepared rice
1 pkg refrigerated cornbread twists

Mix all (except cornbread) in 2-qt shallow baking dish.

Bake at 400 degrees for 15 min. Stri.

Seperate bread twist into 16 strips, arrange lattice-fashion over mixture.

Bake 15 min or until bread is golden.

******I couldn't find bread twist so i topped with cheese, it was also good leftover in a tortilla

Hawaiian Haystacks

2 cans cream of chicken soup
1 cup chicken broth
2 cups chicken
4 cups rice
1 can chow maein noodles
3 medium tomatoes, sliced
1 cup chopped celery
1/2 cup chopped green pepper
1/2 cup chopped green onion
1 -20oz can pineapple
1 cup grated cheese
1/2 cup slivered almonds
1/2 cup coconut

Combine soup & chicken broth in a medium saucepan to make gravy. Stir to blend. Add chicken . Simmer 8-10 minutes.

Layer all ingredients

Serves 8

Pizza Dough

This makes a 1lb. thin crust pizza dough in my bread maker

3/4 cup warm water
1 TBSP olive oil
2 1/4 cup all purpose flour
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. sugar
1 tsp. dry yeast

Add in order given

"Dough only" feature.

Oven -Roasted Potatoes

1 envelope Lipton Onion Soup Mix
4 medium all-purpose potatoes, cut into large chunks
1/3 olive oil

Combine all ingredients, (a large ziplock bag works great) and place in a large pan
Cook at 425 for 35 minutes, stirring occasionaly.

Ham & Cheese Pie

Mix together:
4 1/2 cups flour
1 TBSP baking powder
1 tsp salt

Mix together (in seperate bowl)
3/4 c hot water
3/4 c milk
2 TBSP oil

Mix together and knead till smooth texture. If hard add more water or milk.
Divide in 2. Put half in bottom of a pie pan.

Layer ham (lunch meat works great), 5-6 eggs, then cheese (sliced works best) top with other 1/2 of dough.

Brush top with 1 egg, 2 tsp sugar (mixed)

Cook 25 min. till golden

This is from Sylvia Gray, a family friend

Split Pea Soup

2 cups split peas
2 quarts water
1 large onion, diced
2 medium potatoes, cubed
2 carrots, diced or grated
3 celery stalks, thinly sliced
1 cup diced lean ham
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper
1/4 tsp dried marjoram
1/4 tsp dried thyme leaves

Place all ingredients in a large pan. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low, and simmer 1-2 hours.

*For creamier texture, blender all cooked ingredients prior to adding the ham.

Chicken Tortilla Soup

2-3 chicken breasts
8-10 cups chicken broth
2 (28oz.) can diced tomatoes
1 (10oz.) can diced tomatoes with green chilies
25 corn tortillas cut into small (1-2 in) long strips
2-3 TBS garlic pepper
1-2 tsp cumin,
garlic salt and pepper to taste

In a large pan boil chicken in broth until done, remove chicken from broth and set aside to cool. To the broth add all the tomatoes (do not drain) bring to a boil add tortilla strips and seasoning. Return to a boil on med-low heat until tortillas cook down (approx 15-20 min) stir often
Shred chicken breast and add back to pan. Return to boil and then simmer until ready to eat. Serve topped with cheese. Cut up avacado is good too.

Hearty Lasagna Soup

1 lb. ground beef
2 cans beef broth with onion
1 1/2 cups uncooked rotini
1/4 tsp. garlic powder
1 can (14 1/2 oz) diced tomato
1/4 tsp. dried italian seaoning crushed
1/4 cup grated parmesan cheese

Cook beef and garlic, drain fat. Add broth, tomatoes and seasoning. Bring to boil. Add pasta, cook over medium heat 10 minutes or until pasta is done. Stir in cheese.

Fried Rice

**This one is for you Genny!

4 T oil
2 eggs
1/4 c onion
3 cups rice
2T soy sauce
1/2 t. sugar
1/4t. salt
1/2 c diced meat

Heat oil in frying pan, beat eggs and lightly scramble in oil. Add onions, meat, salt and sugar, satee lightly, till soft. Combine with rice and add soy sause

Shipwreck Casserole

make several layers of:
sliced potato
sliced onion
uncooked ground beef (a leaner beef works good here)
pork n beans

then top with tomato sauce

cook at 1 1/2 hours at 350 degrees.

as strange as this sounds it's really good.

Lasagna

this is the way my grandpa always made it for us and it's really yummy

Mix one bottle of spaghetti sauce and 1/2 a carton of cottage cheese.

Layer with UNCOOKED lasagna noodles. Start and end with sauce.

Cook, covered for 30 minutes on 350 degrees, then uncover and cover with cheese and cook another 30 minutes.

Beef stroganoff

1 boneless sirloin, cut into strips (ground beef would work too, but not as good)
1/3 cup butter
2 medium size onions-sliced
1 can condensed beef broth
1 tsp salt
2 tbps flour
1 cup sour cream

Add 1 tbsp butter to skillet and pan fry steak about 1 min on each side or until cooked to your preference. Remove steak, add rest of butter, stir in onion and saute 5 min. Stir in mushrooms and saute 3 min add beef broth and salt, simmer 5 minutes. stir flour into sour cream in a small bowl, blend in about 1 cup of the hot mixture and then return the sour cream mixture to skillet and cook, stirring constantly until mixture thickens and just begins to bubble (do not boil) add steak - serve with egg noodles or rice.

*from my mom*

Ham and Bean Soup

4 cups water
2 cups mixed beans (previously soaked)
approx 1lb ham (ham bone works great too)
16 oz. can tomato sauce or stewed tomatoes
1/8 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. pepper
1/4 tsp onion salt
1/2 tsp. garlic powder or 1 clove minced garlic
1/2 tsp. chili powder.

Place beans and seasoning in crock pot. Place ham on top cover and cook on high for 10 hours.

Ranch Potato Crisps

from panpered chef

3-4 medium baking potatoes
1 TBSP veg oil
1 package dry ranch salad dressing mix

oven 400 degrees
slice potatoes 1/4' thick (leave skin on)
coat with veg. oil and toss with ranch mix
layer single level on stone and bake 40-45 min or until brown.

Chicken Stock

chicken bones
add to stock pot full of COLD water, just to cover bones.
Simmer 3-4 hours
throw in carrots, celery, onions in the last 1/2 hour.

Strain and let cool in ice bath.
Freeze in bags and/or ice cube trays
good for about 3 months.

Mushroom Risotto

Arborio Rice (3/1 ratio)
minced onion
garlic clove, minced
mushrooms
white wine
chicken stock- warm
olive oil
butter
parmesan cheese
parsley (to garnish)

add olive oil and butter to pan saute mushrooms to brown, add onion and garlic. Add rice and cook till transparent (don't brown). Pour in white wine, reduce until dry. Add stock 1/3 at a time and cook till absorbed. When done add a little butter, salt/ppepper and parm cheese. If too thin cook longer, if too thick add water.

Ratatoille

this is from my brother. so good!

zuccini,
egg plant
yellow squash
onion
yellow bell pepper
garlic, minced
whole canned tomatoes
EVOO
chopped parsley
bay leaf
chopped thyme

Dice all veggies to about the same size.

Saute onion, pepper, then garlic until you can smell garlic. Remove and dump mix on sheet pan with parchment paper. Saute zuccini, add to sheet pan. Continue cooking all veggies seperatly and add to sheet pan.

Cook tomatoes until dry add to sheet pan. Mix all on sheet pan, add herbs and mix. Put in oven 350 degrees for 10-15 minutes.

Potato Dauphinois

1 lb potato's (russets)
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 T thyme, leaves only, minced
6 oz. gruere cheese, grated
5 oz. milk
3 oz. cream
1 egg yolk

Slice potato's long wise.
Combine milk, 1/2 cream in sauce pan. Add garlic, thyme and simmer

In bowl beat egg yolk and rest of cream

Slowly whisk hot mix into cold mix. Mix in potatoes just to coat.

In casserold dish (buttered) layer:
potato's (removed from cream mix), salt, pepper
cheese
potato's, salt, pepeer
cheese
etc.

Push down to compress, dump cream mix on top and top with cheese.
350 degrees for 60 minutes.

My brother made this is Culinary Arts Class, sooooo good!