Monday, December 31, 2012

Stuff Flank Steak

Ingredients:
1 flank steak
1 box of stuffing mix ( Stove Top)
1/2 stick salted butter
1 cup raw sliced mushrooms
1 cup grated mozzarella cheese
Steak seasoning
Lemon pepper
Garlic Salt
Water

How to:
Pre- heat oven 200 temp. Cook the stuffing mix by the direction on the box. Take steak and butter fly it. To make it thinner and twice the size. Once cut lay flat and season the meat top side. Now start layer. Stuff mix, cheese, mushroom & then slices of butter. Now start at the end and roll you meat into pin wheel. Stay your pan with no stick spray ( Pan Butter Flavor) Place in baking dish with open end face down. Now season the top side of your meat. Cover with foil and bake @ 200 for 4 hours. Once done put meat from oven and let it rest for 20 minutes before cutting.








Sunday, December 30, 2012

Tomato Burger



Ingredients:
2 beef steak tomatoes
1 Mozzarella Cheese ball
1 bunch Asparagus
3 chicken breast
Olive oil
Basil tomato ( seasoning MRS. DASH)
Garlic Salt

How to:
Grill you chicken breast. Season to taste as you like. Cut the end tips off the asparagus (1 inch). Steam the asparagus. Slice tomatoes & cheese. Season both sides of tomato. Now stack your burger. Make sure your chicken & asparagus are still warm. Drizzle with olive oil. Lite and healthy, good for your heart.


Saturday, December 29, 2012

Tortilla Soup



Ingredients:
1lb beef stew meat or chicken breast
15oz can sweet whole corn kernels, drained
15oz can diced tomatoes, drained
5C chicken broth
3/4C onion, chopped
1 serrano pepper, minced
2 cloves garlic, minced
1/4 tsp chili powder
1 1/2 tsp salt, divided
1 tsp ground pepper, divided
Monterey Jack cheese, shredded
Seasoned tortilla strips

How To:
You will need a Crock Pot. Cube up your meat of choice and add the the pot with the following. Chicken broth, onion, salt, black pepper & chili powder. Cook on high for 4 hours. Then add corn, tomatoes, Serrano pepper, garlic. Let it cook for 2 more hours. When done serve with cheese and chips on top.

Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Quiche

Quiche

Ingredients:

4 Large Eggs
1 Cup Cheddar Cheese grated
1 Cup Heavy Whipping Cream
4 Large Wonton Skins
1 Cup Queso Fresco Cheese crumbled
1/2 Cup Roasted Red Peppers
1/2 Cup Chopped Cilantro
1 Cup Meat of your choice. Bacon, Turkey, Chicken or Ham

Cooking Instruction:
Pre-heat oven to 350. Take your baking pan and spray with no stick cooking spray. Line your pan with the wonton skins. Cook your meat of choice and chop up in small pieces. Put your eggs in bowl and mix well. Put all left ingredients in bowl with eggs and meat. mix up and pour into making dish. Cook for 1:15 minutes. Or until top is firm.








Saturday, December 22, 2012

Triple Chocolate Cake

Triple Chocolate Cake
Box cake mix with extra love.


Ingredients:
1 Box of chocolate cake mix
3 Large Eggs
1/2 Cup Brown Sugar
1 Stick sweet salted butter soften
1 1/2 Cup Milk
8 oz Sour Cream
1 Small Box chocolate pudding
1/2 Cup Semi Sweet chocolate chunks or chips
Cooking no stick spray

How to:
Pre-heat oven to 350. Mix butter, eggs, brown sugar, sour cream & mix in bowl. Once mixed well add in cake mix & pudding. Blend till you have no lumps. When completely mix fold in chocolate chunks. Set aside and spray your bunt cake pan with no stick spray. Pour in cake mix and bake for 1 hour. Once cooked remove from oven and let cool for 30 minutes. Now you may plate it and add frosting if you like. But it is chocolate goodness and does not need much. Enjoy.












Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Cooking Tip # 101

You can add this to so many dishes for extra flavor. Add water and you have chicken broth. It also comes in beef flavor. I put this in my water when I cook rice & pasta. It takes your meal to the next level in good flavor. Enjoy and hopes this helps


Sunday, December 16, 2012

Salmon Burger

Salmon Burger
Ingredients:
2 tablespoons super mayo (we can get the recipe @ mealsbycarol)
1/4 cup chopped cilantro
1/8 cup chopped Roasted red bell peppers
1/8 cup chopped celery
3 salmon steaks
1/2 cup Panko bread crumbs
1 egg
1 teaspoon dry basil
1 teaspoon garlic salt
1 teaspoon lemon pepper

How To:
Let’s first chop your vegetables. Cilantro, roasted bell peppers, celery.  Take your salmon and cut each steak into 4 pieces. Add the pieces to a food processor and chop up your meat till you have the texture of ground beef.  Place in bowl and mix in all other items.  Once mixed well take and shape into patties and place on plate, cover and put in freezer for 1 hour to let you burger form.  Then you can you can cook in fry pan just like your regular burger’s.  Add a little olive oil to the pan to prevent sticking.  Garnish your burger any way you like. Mayo, cheese, lettuce, tomatoes or pickle.  Just enjoy. 


Breakfast Enchilada

Breakfast Enchilada
(By Halei T.)
Halei took this to work for Pot Luck last week and everyone loved it.  So I am stealing my Kids recipe. She is a good cook also.
Ingredients:
Eggs
Milk 1 tablespoon for every 5 eggs
Chopped Cilantro
Black Pepper (to taste)
Salt (to taste)
Garlic Powder (to taste)
Corn Taco Shells
Ground Sausage
Cheddar Cheese
Chopped Green Chilli’s  
¼ Cup corn oil
Garnish with Salsa
How to:
We will start with I know you don’t see any amount for each of the ingredients.  This is because this is make how you like.  You may add a little or a lot of each items it is all on how you want it to taste.  So make like you like it and enjoy. 
You will need a baking dish for this recipe.  You will layer the bottom of the dish with cooked taco shells.  And build layer from there adding some of each item.  Once
Chop and cook all items prior to adding them to the baking dish.  Fry your meat and scramble your eggs.  Give your taco shells a light fry on each side to make them soft.  Now you are ready to put it together for the oven. 

Thursday, December 13, 2012

Pork Sliders

Pork sliders

Ingredients:

Pork Tenderloin
Steak seasoning
4 tablespoons Olive oil
4 Buns
Sharpe Cheddar Cheese
1 Onion sliced
Lettuce
1 Tomatoes sliced
Pickles

Mayo sauce
3 tablespoon mayo
1 tablespoon course mustard
1 teaspoon Ranch dressing powder
1 teaspoon hot sauce
1 teaspoon lemon pepper

Season all side of the meat. Heat you frying pan on high heat. Heat oven @ 350. Add the once pan is hot. Sear meat on all sides till crispy hard. Place meat in shallow baking dish cover pan and put in heated oven.  Let cook for 35 minutes.  Once done pull out of oven and let it rest for 15 minutes prior to cutting meat.
Cut your veggies, toast your buns & cut you meat. Now you are ready to put you slider together.
As for the sauce mix all item in bowl and spread on you top bun. Put the cheese on button bum and melt. You may also put some sauce on the side for dipping. Enjoy.

Ahi Tuna Taco
Ingredients:
½ Pound sashimi grade Ahi Tuna diced
1 Cup Mango diced
½ Cup Jicama diced
¼ Cup Red Onion dices
½ Cup Cilantro chopped
1 Ounce Sweet Soy Sauce
10 Small Wanton skins
1 Cup Canola oil
Sauce:
1 Cup Mayo
2 Tablespoons Soy sauce
1 Teaspoon Wasabi Cream
1 Teaspoon Fish sauce

How to:
Dice or chop all ingredients mango, tuna, jicama, onion & cilantro.  Add to bowl with sweet soy sauce, lemon juice & salt.  Mix together and put in refrigerator to chill.  Mix your ingredient for your sauce in bowl, set aside.  Put oil in fry pan and turn to medium heat.  Once warm fry your wonton skin. Pull out before completely cooked to shape in half moon form.  
Full shells with tuna ingredients and top with sauce.  Ready to eat.

Wednesday, December 5, 2012

Peach Cobbler

This is so easy & great!!!!!!
Ingredients:
1 Package of (PILLSBURY) pre-made pie crust
2 ½ Cups white sugar
1 Cup brown sugar
1 ½ Stick of salted sweet butter
1 Teaspoon lemon juice
1 Tablespoon vanilla extract
1 Tablespoon cinnamon
3 Large cans of slice peaches
1 Egg
1 Tablespoon water

How to:
Take dough out of refrigerator and let it warm to room temp.  Put sugar, cinnamon, butter, lemon juice, vanilla & peaches in a large pot and boil on stove at medium heat for 20 minutes.  After cooking let it cool. Place dough (1 package only) in greased baking dish.   Add in filling and cover top with other package of dough.  You may cut it and make lace design or just add whole.  If you add the dough whole you must put slits in the dough in the top for heat to release when cooking.  Put the egg & water in bowl mix together well.  Then brush on the top of your cobbler. Add a lite sprinkle of white sugar over the top also.  Bake in oven @ 375. Let it cook for about 45 minutes or until golden brown.  Enjoy..

Monday, December 3, 2012


Stuff Potato’s
Ingredients:
5 Large Baking Potato’s
8 oz. Garden Vegetable Cream Cheese
1 Stick Butter
8 Oz Sour Cream
2 Cups Chopped Cooked Chicken or Turkey
1 Cup Chopped Cooked Shrimp
1 Cup Chopped Green Onions
Salt & Pepper
Garlic Salt
¼ Cup Bacon bits
2 cups Cheddar Cheese

How To:
Bake potato’s in 400 temp for 1 ½ hours. Cut the potato’s in half long ways.  Once cooled scoop the inside of potato out into large bowl.  Make sure to leave bit size pieces. Melt the butter & let the cream cheese warm to room Temp.  You can boil the chicken and shrimp in boiling water.  Once all parts are cooked add to the bowl with the potato scoops. (Shrimp, chicken, cream cheese, butter, green onion & seasoning.)  Mix well and add back into the potato halves. Put cheese & bacon bits on top.  Place on baking sheet and bake in the oven once again till the cheese on top has melted. 
With French bread and salad you now have meal.  Enjoy


Thursday, November 29, 2012


Double Cheese
Shrimp Taco

Ingredients:

10 Soft Corn Taco Shells
1 Pound Raw Shrimp
1 Cup dices tomatoes
2 Cups Chopped Lettuce
2 Cups Shredded Cheddar Cheese
5 Slices of American cheese
1/8 Cup Olive Oil
½ Cup Tomato sauce
¼ Stick Salted Butter
Dash of Chili Powder
Dash of Garlic Salt
Dash Lemon Pepper

How to:
Chop Lettuce and tomatoes and sent aside.  Peel and clean shrimp.  Put olive oil in pan and heat on medium heat, add shrimp.  Once shrimp start to turn pink add butter. Once butter is melted season shrimp toss them put in tomato sauce.  Turn fire off and add top to pan.  This will let the tomato sauce steam in the shrimp.  Cook taco shells in frying pan with oil.  Brown on one side once browned turned over add half slice of American cheese.  Close to melt cheese.  Now add shrimp and assemble taco and add additional shredded cheese on top to top it off.  Enjoy. 



Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Roasted Red Pepper
Most of like great salad’s and this is an accent to any salad or add in any pasta dish.

Ingredients:
4 Large Red Bell Peppers
¼ cup Olive Oil
1/8 cup water

How to:
Wash bell peppers. Pat dry and rub each one completely with olive oil.  Place in baking dish and put in the oven under the broiler.  You will cook them until they are covered in black skin all over.  Make sure to turn them so all side get cooked.  Pull out from oven once completely black and place in bowl with lid on.  Keep in bowl covered for 15 to 20 minutes.  This will make them sweat and the burnt skin will pull off easy.  Once all the skin is off cut to the size of your choice.  Place in your storage container.  Add the water and any extra juice that may be on your cutting plate.  Add in the seed and seasoning is optional.


Sunday, November 25, 2012


Fried Cabbage
Ingredients:
1 Large Head of Cabbage
6 Slice of smoked Bacon
1/8 Cup Soy Sauce
½ Stick Salted Butter
2 tablespoons Olive Oil
½ Onion cut in large pieces
1 teaspoonGarlic Salt
1 teaspoon Lemon Pepper
¼ Cup Chopped Cilantro

How To:
Cook your bacon as you would for breakfast.  Once done chop it into smaller pieces.   Cut your cabbage in 4 halves and then large chop each one. Melt your butter in pan with olive oil. Add onions. Let them cook down till they are clear.  Now you are ready to add cabbage, cilantro then all other ingredients.  Cook on medium high heat.  Toss the ingredients every minute.  It will only take about 10 minutes to cook. 

Saturday, November 24, 2012


Garlic Butter
Fried Turkey
Ingredients:
1 Whole Turkey
5 gallons Peanut Oil
Marinate:
½ Cup Hot sauce
1 Stick Salted Butter Melted
2 Tablespoons Garlic Powder
2 Cup Water
Skin Rub:
2 tablespoon Lemon Pepper
2 Tablespoon Seasoning Salt
2 Tablespoons Garlic Salt
¼ Tablespoon Chile Powder
1 Tablespoon Onion Powder
                                                                 ¼ Tablespoon Paprika

How to:
The day before: melt your butter and add hot sauce, water & garlic powder.  Mix well then with a meat injector add favoring in all the meaty parts of the turkey.  In a bowl mix all other seasoning together.  Rub this mixture all over the skin of the turkey.  Let set in the refrigerator, overnight. 
You will need a turkey fried to complete this.  Put oil in fryer and heat to 400 degrees.  This will take about 1 hour.   Take turkey out and let stand in open air for 1 hour for the skin to dry.  This help stop the oil from popping so much when the turkey goes in.  You will cook turkey 3 minutes for each pound of turkey then add 10 minutes.  Never fry larger than a 15 pound turkey. Most fryers will only hold 15 pounds and under.

Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Buffalo Wing’s
Ingredients:
1 Bag of Chicken wing parts
3 cups Flour
¼ Cup Margarine
2 cups Hot sauce
1/8 cup Lemon Juice
1/8 Soy sauce
2 Eggs
2 Tablespoons Lemon Pepper
2 Tablespoons Garlic Salt
Cooking Oil (for frying)

How to:
Per-heat your pan of cooking oil. (You may test it to see if it hot enough by dipping a wooden spoon in it.  If it bubbles around the spoon it is ready.)  In a large bowl place clean chicken.  Take the eggs and mix in different bowl.  Once mix pour over chicken and mix well.  Add lemon juice & soy sauce.  Mix again and then drain off extra juice.  Add lemon pepper & garlic salt.  Toss seasoned chicken in bag of flour.  Then you are ready to fry.  Cook chicken till golden brown, about 4 minutes.  Pull out of frying oil and put right into pot of hot sauce mix.  Keep in pot for 2 minutes.  Then set aside to drain off extra juice. 
Buffalo Sauce:
In a small sauce pan add hot sauce and margarine.  Turn heat on low and bring to a boil.  Add each wing in pot when fire is on a sauce is boiling.  (Advice you can make your sauce hotter or milder by making a small change. If you want it hotter add more hot sauce. For milder more margarine)  service with veggie’s and Ranch.  Enjoy.
Grilled Corn
Ingredients:
4 Ears Fresh corn
½ Cup Roasted Bell Pepper
½ Stick Salted butter
¼ Cup Parmesan Cheese
½ Cup crumbled Queso Cheese
3 Tablespoons of Chicken Bouillon Powder
Garlic Salt
¼ Cup chopped Cilantro
4 Quarts Water

How To:
Add water in large pot and bring to a boil. Once at boil lower high and add bouillon and corn.  Let cook for 40 minutes.  Remove corn from pot and place and foil for the completion of the cook process.  Season with garlic salt then chop butter small and add all over corn.  Then add the rest of ingredients.  Close foil and place in 400 (D) oven or put on grill for 15 to 20 minutes.  Ready to serve.  This is the best corn yet.

Saturday, November 17, 2012

Shrimp & Crab Cakes
Ingredients:
1 pound raw pilled clean shrimp
1 10oz can of lump Crab meat
½ cup chopped Roasted Red Pepper
½ cup chopped Onion
½ cup chopped Celery
¼ teaspoon Garlic Salt
¼ Lemon Pepper
3 Eggs
Cup Cooking Oil
1 cup Flour
3 cups Panko Bread crumbs
2 Tablespoons Kraft Real Mayo

Garnish with: Hollandaise Sauce & Whole Crab Leg.

How To:
Take you red bell peppers, onion & celery and sauté in small pan with cooking oil.  Take your shrimp add to your food processor and mince till it becomes the texture of chunky meat.  In bowl add shrimp, onion, celery, red peppers (1) beaten egg, Mayo, Garlic Salt & lemon pepper.  Once mixed will add the crab meat and mix soft. Set aside.  Get 3 shallow bowls.  Beat the 2 remaining eggs, next bowl put flour in. Next bow add Panko. Take your mixture and make balls the size of ice cream scoops.  Shape to the size you like and then cover with flour.  Next dip in the beaten eggs.  Now cover with the panko and place on plate.  After you are done with all your cakes place plate in your freezer for 35 minutes.  Then you are ready to fry.  Heat your oil in skillet.  Please note you only want the oil to cover have the cake when frying.  Once golden brown turn over to cook other side.
Corn Bread Stuffing
Corn Bread Ingredients:
1 cup Corn Meal
1 cup Flour
¼ cup Sugar
1 tablespoon Baking Powder
1 teaspoon Salt
1 cup Milk
1/3 cup Cooking Oil
1 Egg

How To: Pre-heat oven to 350.  Beat the egg in a bowl prior to adding to mixture and set aside.  Mix all items dry ingredients in bowl. Then add wet ingredients.  Once mixed well take your baking pan and cover with cooking spray so that it does not stick.  All mixture and place in oven.  Cook for 20 minutes.
Stuffing Ingredients:
1 pan of Corn Bread
Half loaf of wheat Bread
Half loaf of Sour Dough Bread
2 Eggs
2 cups Chicken Broth
2 cups diced Celery
1 Large Onion diced
1 Red Bell Pepper diced
4 Teaspoons Sage powder
4 Teaspoons Poultry Seasoning
4 Teaspoons Oregano
2 Teaspoons Sea Salt
2 Teaspoons Black Pepper
2 cloves Garlic minced
¼ cup Milk
1 cup Water
Clams (optional)

How To:
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.  Let the work began.  We are going to work each items before adding it to the cooking dish.  Take each slice of bread and brown in the toaster.  Once the corn bread is cool take it and break it up on small bits size pieces.  Do the same for the bread.  You can pull it all apart with your hands.  Once this is done place in large baking dish and saute  celery, onion &  red bell pepper in a pan with cooing oil.  add to bread mixture when done and add all spices.  Take eggs and beat together in small bowl.  Once mixed add to your bread mix and mix good. Now add the water, milk & chicken broth in bowl together.  Stir together and add to the bread mixture a little at a time.  You want to make sure it is not too wet or runny.  Keep in mind it is going in the oven and will dry out when cooking.  So keep checking when in the over to make sure is does not dry out.  Add cover to your pan and place in the oven to cook for 20 to 30 minutes.  Take out of oven and set aside to cool.  You can add it to the Turkey about 15 minutes before the Turkey is done.  Put it in the body of the Turkey and around the sides.  Let cook for 15 more minutes and then your ready.