Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Turkey Philly Stuffed Peppers

Ingredients
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1 pound ground turkey
  • 1 package mushrooms sliced
  • 1 teaspoon soy sauce
  • 1  purple onion, sliced thin
  • 2 cloves garlic, chopped
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • 3  green bell peppers
  • 12 slices provolone or swiss cheese
Directions
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Toss in ground turkey, sliced mushrooms, soy sauce, onion, and garlic. Cook until turkey is browned. Salt and pepper to taste.
  2. Slice bell peppers in half and clean out centers. Press a slice of provolone in the center of each pepper. Fill each pepper with turkey mixture. Top with a second slice of provolone.
  3. Place peppers in a large baking dish. Bake in hot oven for 20-30 minutes or until the cheese is melted and the peppers are tender.

Friday, August 3, 2012

Enchilada Casserole

Ingredients: 1/2 to 1 Tablespoon of butter
1/2 onion chopped
1 Pound of ground turkey meat
cumin to taste
1/2 Cup of light sour cream
  2 Cups of low fat cottage cheese
1 Teaspoon of salt pinch of black pepper
20 corn tortillas
 2 Cups of mozzarella cheese
1 (10 oz) Can of mild red enchilada sauce
1 Can of sliced black olives
Directions: Step One Meat Mixture: Heat butter in skillet on medium high. Cook onions until tender and then add the ground turkey meat. Cook until turkey meat is cooked through. Add cumin to meat mixture halfway through cooking the meat. Step Two Cheese Mixture: Mix sour cream with cottage cheese, salt, and pepper. Combine cheese mixture with meat mixture and mix well. Step Three In layers, cover the bottom of the crock with corn tortillas, overlapping each other. Step Four Spread half of the meat mixture evenly over the corn tortillas, then a layer of mozzarella cheese. Add another layer of tortillas, finish up the meat mixture, and then another layer of mozzarella cheese, leaving enough to top off the casserole. Step Five Pour the enchilada sauce over the casserole. Add the black olives and top with the remaining cheese. Step Six Cover, cook on LOW in a slow cooker for 3 hours.

Apple Dumplings

2-3 cans crescent rolls (or biscuits)
3-4 apples (peeled & cut into chunks)
1 1/2 sticks butter
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 t. cinnamon
1 can (12 oz.) Sprite

Flatten biscuits with hands, put apple chunks in pinch sides shut. Place in 9x13 baking dish. Bake at 350° for 10-15 min (until they aren't gooey). In small saucepan, melt butter, sugar & cinnamon. Pour over dumplings. Pour Mt. Dew over all. Bake 15-20 minutes, or until golden brown. Enjoy!

Friday, July 20, 2012

Skillet Lasagna

Found this recipe on Pinterest

Ingredients
1 1/2 tablespoons oil
1 large onion, chopped
2 garlic cloves, minced
2 (14.5 oz) cans Italian diced tomatoes, drained
1/4 cup tomato sauce
2 tsp basil
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup ricotta cheese
1/2 cup mozzarella cheese
3 tablespoons Parmesan cheese
About 6 ounces lasagna noodles, broken into pieces and cooked
2 tablespoons parsley (dried or fresh)

Directions:
Heat the oil and cook the onions until tender. Add garlic and cook for about 1 minute. Add diced tomatoes, sauce, basil, pepper and salt. Cook about 5 minutes, until thickened a bit. Stir in the cooked noodles. Spoon on ricotta, mozzarella, and Parmesan. Let cheese melt. Stir in parsley and serve. 

Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Crepes with Apple Filling

Ingredients:
1 C flour
2 eggs
1/2 C milk
1/2 C water
1/4 tsp salt
2 Tbs butter, melted

Filling:
1 Tbs butter
1 apple, chopped
pinch of cinnamon
1 Tbsp powdered sugar

Directions:
Whisk together the eggs, milk, water, and melted butter. Stir in the flour and salt. Poor 1/4 cup of batter on a small frying pan over medium high heat. Tilt the pan so the batter evenly coats the bottom in the thin layer. Cook for about two minutes and then flip. Cook until desired brown-ness. Serve with apple filling. Makes about 8 crepes.
 Filling: Mix together all ingredients in a small frying pan. Cook until apple is soft.

I also love crepes with a bit of lemon juice and powdered sugar.

Monday, June 18, 2012

Texas Sheet Cake

Texas Sheet Cake

2 cups flour
2 cups white sugar
2 cubes margarine or butter
1 cup water
4 tbsp cocoa powder
2 eggs, beaten
1 tsp soda
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 cup sour milk (1 tsp white vinegar and then the rest regular milk)

Mix flour and sugar in a large mixing bowl. In a sauce pan bring margarine, water and cocoa to a boil. Pour boiling mixture into flour mixture and mix thoroughly. Add eggs, milk soda and vanilla and mix until very smooth. Batter will be runny. Cook in a large baking sheet (I call it a cookie sheet.) Grease and flour the pan, but don’t use flour use cocoa powder. It works great on chocolate cake or brownies. Bake at 350° for 30-40 minutes. My oven only needs 28-30 minutes so watch it close. (It really depends on the pan you use.) A toothpick will come out clean when it is ready. Let cool and frost with following frosting recipe…

Fudgey Chocolate Frosting

1 cube butter
4 tbsp cocoa powder
5 tbsp milk
3 cups powdered sugar

Bring first three ingredients to a boil. Put powdered sugar in a mixing bowl. Pour boiling mixture into the mixing bowl with the powdered sugar. Mix thoroughly until smooth. Put on cake while still warm so it will spread easily.

Monday, June 11, 2012

Noodles and Company Penne Rosa

1 lb. box Penne pasta
2 Tbsp. extra virgin olive oil
1 tsp. red pepper flakes (cut down if you're sensitive to spicy things)

½ tsp. garlic salt
5 roma tomatoes, diced
¼ cup sliced mushrooms
½ cup chicken broth
¼ cup half and half
½ cup marinara or spaghetti sauce
Baby spinach, as much or as little as you want
Freshly grated Parmesan cheese (for garnish)

Boil pasta according to package directions; set aside. In a large skillet, saute mushrooms and tomatoes in oil, garlic salt, and red pepper, until soft. Add chicken broth and simmer for a few minutes, then stir in marinara.

Add pasta, mixing well. Add half and half, continue stirring. Add spinach last, stirring until wilted.

Serve with fresh grated Parmesan cheese.