cooking time

2010-03-07T07:18:00.000-08:00

Spaghetti with Artichoke (needs a catchy name still)

(from Audra Simpson)

6-7oz thin whole wheat spaghetti (or regular)

2 T and 1/2 T extra virgin olive oil, divided

2 T unsalted butter melted

1/2 med. onion finely chopped (I prefer yellow)

3 1/2-4 cloves of garlic minced

1 (12 oz) jar quartered marinated or just in water artichoke heart, drained and ruffly chopped

1 (14.5 oz) can Fire Roasted diced tomatoes, drained reserving 1/2 C. of the juice

2 fresh basil leaves chopped

2 stems fresh oregano, stemmed and chopped

Heat 1/2 T olive oil in large skillet over med-high heat. (start your water for your pasta). Add onions and saute for 5 min (till they start to caramelize), stirring often. Add garlic and saute' addition min. (oil should be almost completely absorbed in onions and garlic). Add artichoke hearts and cook additional min. Add remaining oil, butter, roasted tomatoes, basil and oregano saute' additional min.

Lower heat to med-low and let simmer, covered, 7-10 min.

While simmering, cook spaghetti according to al dante' direction on package.

Drain spaghetti and add to artichoke marinate.

Serve and enjoy :)

ITALIAN

2010-03-07T07:00:00.000-08:00

Hey ladies! We had another great potluck. This one was Italian Food. Here are some of the recipes for the meals we had there.

Monica's Bread sticks

1 1/2 cups warm water
1 Tbs of yeast
1 Tbs of Honey
1 tsp salt
4 1/2 cups Flour

Spread
1/4 cup butter, 1/4 cup light mayo, 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese

Dissolve yeast in water, add remaining ingredients. Kneed to soft consistency and press with fingers into greased cookie sheet. Top with spread and sprinkle with garlic salt. Cut into strips with pizza cutter and let rise 30 min. Cook 15-20 min at 350 degrees.

2009-10-05T16:36:00.001-07:00

Natalie Brown

Fruit & Sherbet Slush

1 pckg pineapple sherbet
1 pckg raspberry sherbet
1 pckg frozen raspberries
4-6 bananas, sliced
1 can crushed pineapples, with juice
Mix together in LARGE punch bowl (easier to do if you let sherbet sit out for an hour). Serve with spoons.

Quick and Cold!

2009-10-05T16:27:00.000-07:00

Hello friends!

We had another great potluck! It is so fun to see what you ladies come up with for our themes. Jen and I want to thank Natalie for getting the word out. Don't forget to get me your reciepes ASAP so I can post them. Thanks everyone for the yummy food!

Amy Foote

Chicken Picatta

5-10 chicken or turkey cutlets for whole chicken breasts...I slice them lengthwise in half
2 beaten eggs
1/2 c flour
2 C bread crumbs (I use Progresso)
cube of butter
2 C chicken broth
3 T lemon juice
fresh lemon slices if you have some
Dip raw chicken in flour then into beaten egg then into bread crumbs after all chicken has been breaded cook in a skillet in butter until both sides are golden brown. After all chicken has been browned add the chicken broth and lemon juice (add lemon slices on top) and turn burner to simmer for 20 minutes. Serve with rice.

"Meatless Meal Day!"

2009-04-27T10:08:00.000-07:00

Carol Howe
Zucchini Italiano

1 large zucchini
1/2 c flour
2 eggs - beaten
2 c spaghetti sauce
2 c grated mozzerella cheese
1/2 c parmesean cheese
Slice zucchini into 1/8" thick pieces. Dip into flour then eggs.
Fry until brown.
Layer in a 9 x 12 pan.
Pour sauce over slices and sprinkle with cheeses.
Bake at 350 for 30 min.

Carol Howe
BBQ Pasta

1 jar (26 oz) marinara sauce

1 1/2-2 1/2 c. BBQ sauce

2 cloves garlic, minced

1 lb penne pasta (cooked)

1/2 red and 1/2 green bell pepper, cut in strips

1/4 red onion

smoked gouda or provolone (she used parmesan in hers and it tasted great)

In olive oil, saute chicken, garlic, salt and pepper. Set aside. In butter, saute garlic, red and green pepper, and red onions. Combine ingredients and pour in marina and BBQ sauce. Let simmer for 5 minutes. Stir in penne pasta and top with cheese. Serves 4-6

the amount of BBQ sauce depends on potency of the BBQ sauce. Add to your liking.

Laurie Tift
Crawford's Quiche

Main ingredients:
2 eggs
1 cup milk
1/2 cup bisquick
salt and pepper

Beat well. Pour in greased pie plate (9-10"). Add 1 cup of toppings (mix and match 1/2 cups of 2 or use all 1 cup of 1).

Toppings:
grated cheese (this is what the one at the park was)
meat (whatever you like - I like ham)
zucchini
tomato
sauteed mushrooms
whatever you like!

Bake at 350 degrees for 45-60 minutes or until the eggs are done in the middle. Will be golden brown on top.

Jill Schmit

Spinach and feta pita bake

INGREDIENTS

6 (6 inch) whole wheat pita breads
1 (6 ounce) tub sun-dried tomato pesto
2 roma (plum) tomatoes, chopped
1 bunch spinach, rinsed and chopped
4 fresh mushrooms, sliced
1/2 cup crumbled feta cheese
2 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese
3 tablespoons olive oil
1 pinch ground black pepper to taste

DIRECTIONS

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

2. Spread tomato pesto onto one side of each pita bread, and place them pesto side up on a baking sheet. Top with tomatoes, spinach, mushrooms, feta cheese, and Parmesan cheese. Drizzle with olive oil and season with pepper.

3. Bake for 12 minutes in the preheated oven or until pita breads are crisp. Cut into quarters and serve.

2009-03-10T21:37:00.000-07:00

Robynn Slade

Fruit Salad Recipe:

1 - big pkg. of vanilla pudding (mix in powder form not as pudding)

2 – small strawberry/banana yogurt containers or whatever yogurt you like.

12 oz. of coolwhip

Mix together well:

Add: any fruit you like, strawberries, bananas, grapes, pineapple, etc.

2009-03-05T14:55:00.000-08:00

Brooke Haskett ( allrecipes.com)

Chinese Chicken Salad:

2 Chicken Breast cooked and shreaded

1 head of iceberg lettuce- shredded

2 green onions- chopped

2 slaks celery- choppped

10 oz chinese noodles

Dressing-

1/2 c rice vinegar

1/3 c sugar

3/4 c. peanut oil

1.Combine Salad ingredients in a large bowl-

2. Mix Dressing.( Disolve rice vinegar and sugar- then add the peanut oil).

3. Toss salad with dressing just before serving.

2009-02-28T15:15:00.000-08:00

Natalie Brown

Salsa-Rice Burritos

(serves 4-6)

1 1/2 Cups salsa, plus additional if desired

1 1/2 tsp Chili powder (or less if desired)

1 cup uncooked instant rice

1 can black beans (15 oz), rinsed and drained

1 can (11 oz) Mexi-corn (has red and green peppers), undrained

1 1/2 cups shredded Cheddar cheese (6 oz)

8 flour tortillas (8 inch diameter)

Heat salsa and chili powder to boiling in 10-inch skillet. Stir in rice; remove from heat. Cover and let stand 5 minutes. Stir in beans, corn and cheese.

Spoon about 1/2 cup rice mixture onto center of each tortilla. Fold into a burrito. Serve with additional salsa, sour cream, etc... as desired.

2009-02-28T15:13:00.000-08:00

Carol Howe

Chicken and Sauce Casserole

4 chicken breasts cooked and cut into pieces
1 can mushroom soup
1/2 c sour cream
1/2 c nippy cheese - grated
1/2 c mayonaise
2 c cooked rice

Spread cooked rice in bottom of 9 x 13 pan. In saucepan combine ingredients except for mayonaise and cook and stir on medium heat until cheese is melted. Stir in mayonaise and stir until smooth.

Place chicken on top of rice and pour sauce on top of all. Serve immediately. May be made ahead of time and refrigerated. Reheat in oven or microwave.

2009-02-27T07:55:00.000-08:00

Angelique Randall

BLT Chicken Salad

3 cups chopped cooked chicken breast
5 slices bacon
2 stalks celery, chopped
1 cup chopped fresh tomato
3/4 cup mayonnaise
1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley
2 tablespoons chopped green onion
1 teaspoon lemon juice
1 dash Worcestershire sauce
salt and pepper to taste
12 leaves romaine lettuce
1 avocado - peeled, seeded and sliced

Place bacon in a large, deep skillet. Cook over medium high heat until evenly brown. Drain, crumble and set aside to cool.
Prepare the dressing by mixing together the mayonnaise, parsley, green onions, lemon juice, Worcestershire sauce, salt and pepper.
In a medium bowl, stir together the chicken breast, tomatoes and bacon. Pour dressing over chicken mixture and toss well to coat. Refrigerate until chilled; serve over lettuce leaves and garnish with avocado slices.

Friday February, 27th Salad's and Casseroles

2009-02-26T12:43:00.000-08:00

Jessica Hayes

Yummy Salad-

Dressing
1 tsp. poppy seeds
3/4 c. apple cider vinegar

1/2 c. sugar
1 1/2 c. olive oil
1 sm. red onion
8 oz. fresh mushrooms, sliced
Combine all together, cover and refrigerate over night.

Salad
1 head red leaf
2 heads mixed lettuce
1 lb. bacon crumbled
24 oz. cottage cheese
grated swiss

Layer large platter with red leaf lettuce, add mixed greens on top, dollop spoonfuls of cottage cheese over lettuce, sprinkle with bacon and swiss, pour dressing over that.

Marin Halls

Strawberry Spinach Salad

1 lb. spinach

1 qt. strawberries

1/4 cup almonds

1 Tbsp. sugar

Brown almonds and sugar in a skillet until just toasted and sugar melts onto alonds. Place on wax paper to cool.

Poppy Seed Dressing

Mix together:

1/3 cup red wine vinegar

1/2 cup sugar

1 1/2 Tbsp. minced green onion

1/4-1/2 cup oil

1 tsp. salt

1/2 tsp. poppy seeds

Combine spinach, strawberries, and candied almonds. Drizzle dressing over salad just prior to serving.

Alma Lavis:

Alma's Salmon salad

2 6 oz. canned Salmon

1/2 meyer lemon

2 Tbsps of extra virgin olive oil (e. v. o. o.)

1/4 salt (or to taste)

1/4 pepper freshly ground (or to taste)

1/2 C. crainsens

1/2 C. chopped red and yellow pepper

Baby spinach

To make salad

In bowl whisk lemon, E. V. O. O., salt pepper.

Mix salmon, dressing, crainsins, and peppers, serve under bed of baby spinach,

Eat with crackers as appettizer or make sanwich, or just eat alone as salad.

Substitute salmon to tuna or chicken, you can put any crunchy, or sweet ingiedient,

play with your food see what you like best!!!

Getting started!

2009-02-03T17:42:00.001-08:00

Okay ladies, I finally got it all set up so start sending your recipes over! Thanks to everyone who has joined us; we have been having so much fun with this. For those of you who have not been to our potluck yet please come we look forward to meeting and eating with you! Just email your recipe to angiesmodbe@hotmail.com and I will post it to our blog for all to try. The best part is that we are making some amazing dishes while getting to know some great women and to top that the kids are getting out and having fun! Here are the recipes I have received so far! Thanks again and have fun cooking!

Monica's Banana Bread
2 cups flour
1 cup sugar
1 cube margarine or butter, softened
2 eggs
4 very ripe bananas
1 pinch of salt
1 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. baking soda
2 tbl. milk

Mix together. Batter will be lumpy. Pour into one large, greased loaf pan, or two smaller loaf pans (as shown). Sprinkle with a little bit of sugar. Bake at 350 for 1 hour. Remove from pans while bread is still a little bit warm. Enjoy!

Hamburger Soup (Natalie Brown's)

Brown 1 lb Ground Beef with 1/4 Cup dehydrated minced onion

Combine with:

3 Cups Tomato Juice

1 Cup water

2 Cups Raw, Shredded Carrots

2 Cups Celery Soup

¼ tsp. pepper

½ tsp. garlic salt

1 tsp. salt

¼ tsp. margarine or butter

1 tsp. sugar

1 bay leaf

Simmer until done (about 1 hour) or heat in crock-pot for a few hours

Carol Howe's Pumpkin Muffins and Ham and Potato Soup

Pumpkin Muffins

2 c sugar 1 tsp baking soda

1/4 c margarine 1 tsp nutmeg

3/4 c water 1 tsp ground cloves

1 can pumpkin (16 oz) 1 tsp cinnamon

3 1/4 c flour 1 tsp allspice

1 tsp baking powder

Mix dry ingredients. Mix wet ingredients. Combine both and spoon into greased muffin cups about 2/3 full. Bake 20 min. @350. Yield about 14-24 muffins

Ham and Potato Soup

3 1/2 peeled and diced potatoes

1/3 c diced celery

1/3 cup onion, chopped

3/4 c cooked ham, diced

3 1/4 c water

2 Tbls chicken bouillon

1/2 tsp salt

1 tsp pepper

5 Tbls butter

5 Tbls flour

2 c milk

Combine potatoes, celery, onion, ham and water in a stockpot. Boil over medium heat until potatoes are tender. Stir in bouillon, salt, and pepper. Melt butter in a saucepan over medium-low heat, whisk in flour, stir for 1 minute. Slowly stir in milk. Stir constantly until thick. Stir milk mixture into stockpot and cook soup until heated. Serve immediately.

Dawn Gooch's Orange Rolls

2 pkgs. Yeast

1/2 c melted butter

1 1/4 cup warm water

1 tsp salt

3 eggs

1/2 c sugar

4 1/2 c flour

Filling:

orange rind zest from 1 orange

1/2 cup sugar

1 cube butter

Soften yeast in warm water. Add butter, salt, sugar. Mix. Then add eggs and mix. Add flour slowly. This will be a soft dough. Cover and let rise 1 1/2 hours. Punch down and cover and refrigerate overnight. 3 1/2 to 4 hours before take dough out of fridge. Flour counter and dump dough onto it. Flatten into rectangle and cut into 3 equal pieces. Using 1 piece at a time roll into a 5 or 6x 12 piece. Brush filling mixture on and roll up. Cut in 12, 1' pieces. Place in greased muffin tins. Repeat with other 2 pieces. You should have 36 rolls let rise out of heat or cold. Bake at 400 6-8 min. Serve