Saturday, January 14, 2012

GelFoam Recipe....Whipped Jello!

  1. Place 8 oz of ice in mixer bowl
  2. Microwave 8oz of water to boil in another bowl
  3. Mix in 1 small box of sugar free jello, stir and dissolve
  4. Pour contents over ice in mixer bowl and stir until dissolved
  5. Mix at highest speed until thoroughly foamed, about 5 minutes
  6. Ladle gelfoam into glasses or bowls; let stand in refrigerator until set, about 30 minutes
  7. Serve with phough
NOTE: if you use a large box of jello, double the quantities of ice and water

Saturday, December 4, 2010

Cranberry Sauce

                                 2 cups of fresh cranberries
                                 1/2 cup sugar
                                 1/2 cup brown sugar
                                 Juice of 2 oranges
                                 Zest (scraped orange rind) of 1 orange


 Combine all ingredients in a saucepan. Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring now and then to prevent sticking. Reduce heat and simmer uncovered for 20 minutes. Keep refrigerated. 

 . P.S. Can add a little ginger to cranberry sauce, cover chicken with sauce and bake to make an interesting dish.    

 

Thursday, August 26, 2010

Curried Chicken Salad

1 lb cooked chicken chopped 1 or 2 apples chopped & peeled


2 tsps. mild curry powder
2 or 3 tbls Salad dressing ( not mayonnaise )
1 or 2 tbls Chutney
½ cup chopped peanuts
½ cup raisins

Mix Salad dressing , curry powder and chutney. Mix with chicken, peanuts and raisins.

Note: I made up this recipe. In order to write what I did I had to approximate the amounts of ingredients I used. The proportions can be altered to suit your taste. You can also add other ingredients such as cucumbers or coconut.

Spanish Chicken

4 ½ -5lb. frying chicken cut up
1 C. chili sauce

2 T. brown sugar
½ cup water if needed

Brown chicken in oil and drain on paper towel. Place chicken in baking dish. Make sauce of chili sauce and sugar. Mix and pour over chicken. Bake at 325 degrees for 1@1/2 hours. Don’t cover.

Sherry Burgers

1 pound ground beef or ground Turkey/ Chicken

1 can condensed mushroom or golden mushroom soup
4 Tablespoons of Sherry

Make patties from ground beef/turkey/chicken. Brown patties in a little butter. Put in a baking dish. Mix soup and Sherry in skillet. Pour over patties. Bake at 375 degrees for 15 minutes.

American Chop Suey

1 lb. ground beef or ground Turkey/ Chicken
1/2 cup dried rice
1 oz canned tomatoes
1/2 cup dried macaroni
1 small can of tomato paste dried onion soup pkg. (to taste)

Cook dried rice and macaroni. Fry Hamburger till brown. Add canned tomatoes and tomato paste. Add cooked rice and macaroni. Add Onion soup mix to taste. Cook on low heat to desired consistency.

Thursday, August 19, 2010

Lemon Apricot Cake

1 pkg yellow cake mix
4 eggs
1 pkg lemon jello
5 ½ oz apricot nectar juice
½ oz water
6 oz oil
1 tbsp lemon extract flour
Confectioners sugar
Juice of 1 lemon

Put cake mix, jello, eggs, apricot nectar, lemon extract & water in bowl and mix well. Bake in greased & floured tube pan 1 hr at 325. Mix lemon juice & confectioners sugar and ice while warm.