Thursday, May 6, 2010

Quiche


Kelli's Recipe

1 Lb. Bacon or Sausage
1 C. Swiss Cheese
Broccoli (Cooked)
1 Onion
1 Pkg. of Fresh Mushrooms
4 eggs
1 Tbs. Flour
1 1/2 C. of milk, whipping cream, or 1/2 and 1/2
Dash of salt and pepper
2 Tbs. Melted Butter

Directions:
1- Cook bacon and then cook chopped onions and mushrooms in the bacon grease
2- Mix: eggs, four, milk, S&P, butter
3- Add: Cheese and all veggies and pour into pie shell
4- Bake at 375 degrees for 35 minutes or more.

Strawberry Cheesecake Trifle


Lindsay's Recipe

2 (8 oz each) Pkgs. cream cheese
2 C. powdered Sugar
1 C. Sour cream
2 tsp. Vanilla
1 tsp. Almond Extract

2 Qt. Fresh Strawberries (I use all of the large costco container of strawberries)
1/2 Pt heavy cream
1 tsp. Vanilla
1 Tbs. sugar
3-4 Tbs. Sugar

Angle food cake, cut into 1-1.5 inch cubes

Directions:
1-Cream softened cream cheese and powdered sugar. Add sour cream and 2 tsp. vanilla almond extract.
2- Combine heavy cream, 1 tsp. vanilla, and 1 Tbs. sugar, beat until stiff.
3- Fold whipped cream into cream cheese mixture.
4- Add cake cubes to mixture and coat well.
5- Slice strawberries and add 3-4 Tbs. Sugar
6- Layer into trifle bowl starting with strawberries, then layer of cake, cream cheese mixture.
7- Continue layering and finish with layer of strawberries
8- Cover with plastic wrap and chill well.

Broccoli Roll Ups

Cook Broccoli until tender and cool. Lay Ham, put slice of swiss cheese, then some broccoli and roll up. Place in pan.
Make white sauce, add dry mustard and a little dry dill. Pour over rolls and heat through. Try not to boil, it makes it watery.

Pumpkin Soup


Courtney's Recipe

4 C. Chicken Broth
1 Small to Med. Onion Chopped
1/4 C. Butter
2 C. Cooked Mashed Pumpkin
1 Bay Leaf (Put the whole leaf in and when soup is completely finished remove)
1 Tsp. Sugar
1/2 Tsp. Curry Powder
1/4 Tsp Nutmeg
1 Tbs. Dry Parsley (Crumble it really fine)
2 C. Half and Half
2 Tsp. Salt
Fresh Ground pepper to taste

Directions:
Saute onion in butter until golden. Stir in pumpkin, chicken broth, bay leaf, sugar, curry, nutmeg and parsley. Bring to a simmer and simmer uncovered for 15 min. Stir occasionally. After 15 min. add half and half in a thin stream and stir while adding. Add salt and pepper. Simmer for another 5-10 min. When soup is finished take bay leaf out.

Grandma's White Chili


Kelli's Recipe

In a large pan:

Butter or oil
2 onions softened add 3-4 garlic cloves
Add 3 cans diced green chilies (4 oz)
2 Tsp. Cumin
6 Tbs. Lime juice
4 Cans great northern white beans
3 Pkgs. frozen corn (heated, White)
Add chicken (We use the cost-co rotisserie chicken)
Add Chicken broth until desired consistency

Directions:
1- Bring to full boil and turn down- boil 6 min
2- Remove from heat and (cover tightly) let stand for 20 min
* Serve with crushed tortilla chips, grated cheese, and chopped green onions.

Homemade Yogurt


Becky Nyman's Recipe

1 Gallon Milk
1 C. Sugar
1 Tsp. Vanilla
3-4 C. Instant Powdered Milk
1 Small Container of Yogurt (Dannon and I like Vanilla)

Directions:
Bring 1/2 Gallon milk and sugar to boil. Take off heat immediately. While milk is heating, mix the instant milk, yogurt and vanilla to the other 1/2 gallon of cold milk. Combine the hot milk and the cold milk and pour into quart jars. Wrap jars with blanket and place in a box or cool oven. Let sit for 6 hours or overnight.

Chocolate Zucchini Cake


Lindsay's Recipe

2 1/4 C. Sifted all Purpose Flour
1/2 C. Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
1 Tsp. Baking Soda
1 Tsp. Salt
1 3/4 C. Sugar
1/2 C. (1 stick) Unsalted Butter, Room temp.
1/2 C. Vegetable Oil
2 Large Eggs
1 Tsp. Vanilla Extract
1/2 C. Buttermilk
2 C. Grated Unpeeled Zucchini (about 2 1/2 medium)
1 6-Ounce Packaged (about 1 Cup) Semisweet Chocolate Chips
3/4 C. Chopped Walnuts

Directions:
Preheat Oven to 325 degrees. Butter and flour 13x9x2 inch baking pan. Sift Flour, cocoa powder, baking soda and salt into medium bowl. Beat sugar, butter and oil in large bowl until well blended. Add eggs 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla extract. Mix in dry ingredients alternating with buttermilk in 3 additions each. Mix in grated zucchini. Pour batter into prepared pan. Sprinkle chocolate chips and nuts over.

Bake cake until tested into center comes out clean, about 50 min. Cool cake completely in pan.