BB Recipe Collection #1

Me too Kate! I also noticed there are a lot of women on here from the UK. would really enjoy trying some traditional dishes from them. Just please no Haggis. tee-hee!

Sherrie

 

BANANA CHOCOLATE PARFAITS
(This sounds very easy and cheap to make and would make any occasion special)

1 Box of chocolate flavor instant pudding
2 medium bananas, thinly sliced
1 small tub of whipped topping, thawed

Make the pudding following the directions on the pudding package. Spoon 1/2 of the pudding evenly into 4 dessert glasses. Spoon 2 TBLS of whipped topping onto pudding. Layer with banana slices, 2 TBLS of whipped topping and the remaining pudding. Top with 1 TBL of whipped topping.

Refrigerate 1 hour before severing.

Makes 4 servings, enjoy!

Blessings,
Sue

 

Here is another EASY recipe I found and it sounds REALLY good! I haven't tried it yet because I have no Chinese veggies or noodles, but I plan to next week. I will let you know how it turned out...

CHINESE HAMBURGER

1 # hamburger
2 tsps oil
2 medium onions (chopped)
1 cup diced celery
1 cup uncooked rice
1/4 cup Soy Sauce
1 4-oz can of mushrooms
1 1/2 cups water
1 28-oz can Chinese vegetables
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1 can cream of chicken soup
Chinese noodles, to taste.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Brown beef and onions in oil in a large skillet.
Drain off grease.
Add rest of ingredients except Chinese noodles.
Mix well and put in a casserole dish.
Bake covered for 30 minutes.
Top with Chinese Noodles.
Bake another 30 minutes.

Happy Eating!
Sue

 

Ladies,
What is all purpose flour ??? We have Self Raising flour and Plain flour, apart from specials like wholemeal, stoneground etc...never heard of all purpose flour.
Gwyneth

 

As far as I know, all-purpose flour means you can use it for anything and you don't have to sift it.

 

all purpose flour...has no leavening in it...such as baking powder or anything that can cause any kind of rising. It would be plain flour for you. I like it better.

Sherrie

 

Thanks Ladies,
Plain flour is what I`ll use.
Gwyneth

 

Ok Gwyneth...what are you making? I want some if its sweet! I am having a sweet tooth attack.

Sherrie

 

I fixed the CHINESE HAMBURGER and it is delicious. One word of caution however, it makes TWO csseroles full..........LOL.

 

I would like to share with you this easy recipe for candy

Almond Bark Candy
1 pkg. almond bark
2 cups peanut butter
2 cups rice crispies
3 cups miniature marshmallows

Melt bark in microwave 3 1/2 or 4 minutes in large bowl
Add peanut butter, rice crispies,and marshmallows....combine well and drop by spoonfuls onto wax paper...(ready in 15 minutes)===GOOD.

 

Ok, we make weird stuff, but a few things are really simple. Most of you meat-loaf and mashed potatos and green beans people will probably think EWWW GROSS but here's a few things that are just so simple and quick as sides or mains or whatever, and no recipes written because they're so simple but yummy.

Ham and Green onions
Slice ham into strips
Slice Green onions the same way
Sprinkle with a little salt, add a dash of msg, and fry in preheated hot sesame oil QUICKLY and only until hot. When you use sesame oil only use a tiny bit.
BTW, that kind of oil, just a drop or two, makes those cheap noodle soups (Top Ramen or whatever is in your area) taste better.

Interesting way to cook raw spinach...stir fry it. Just heat up a little oil in a soup pot until hot and throw the spinach in, sprinkle a little salt and if you find you like it stir in a bit of soy sauce right before you take it out. Spinach cooks down to a little bit when it's cooked, so don't be afraid to fill up the whole pot with it, just make sure you start stirring right away!

White fish...just buy a whole one, steam it, and then pour heated soy sauce/oil mixture on it.

Salt shell shrimp: buy the kind of shrimp with the light pink thin shells, if you do you can eat the shells too and not peel them. If not buy whatever but then you'll have to peel them after cooking and it kinda ruins it, but they're still good.
Cut down the backs of the shrimps and remove the vein, rinse them, dip them in flour you've seasoned with salt, pepper, garlic powder, coating them well. Slice up a bunch of green onions. Heat up oil in a frying pan, medium flame or medium high electric, put the shrimp in, throw in green onion all over it, you only have to turn the shrimp once when it's all crispy on one side, the total time is only a few minutes. Right before you take it out sprinkle soy sauce over it and stir, just stand back when you put the soy sauce in. Great way to impress company or kids who are watching you cook. LOL Then throw more green onions on top to serve, it makes it look pretty.

You can dice up squash into kinda big chunks and use it in soup kinda like you would potatos. Know your squash or you'll soup will be squashed. LOL Turnips instead of potatos are good too, or mixing them with potatos. Experiment with it a little and come up with your own thing, there's no rules.

Use baby eggplants and tofu in your veggie stir frys, it makes it much more interesting.

We cook white rice, top it with sliced avocados and sun dried tomatos, add pepper and a bit of salt, then squeeze lemon slices over it and throw the lemons on too. Simple, colorful, and tasty.

If you insist on deep frying fish, you can cut it into smaller pieces than you normally would and coat it in raw sesame seeds before you fry it.

Chicken leg quarters are on sale a lot, and very good if you bake them very slowly with just salt, pepper, and diced garlic at 275 or 300, covered, and then take the top off to brown it. It pretty much just falls apart.

Make split pea soup without the ham and puree it in the blender and serve it cold in summer.

You can do the same with carrots, cook them and add salt and pepper and cream and puree it and serve cold.

Can you tell I don't like to spend a whole lot of time in the kitchen? That's why I like a lot of this stuff, it's so simple and easy but colorful and looks like you've spent forever on it when it only takes a few minutes.

Gina

 

I do that a lot Gina; only I use garlic powder. I have ruined food before by putting too much real garlic in it...I can guess at powder better!

Still unpacking boxes so tonight we are having another 'no brainer' supper. Macaroni & Cheese, fish sticks, peas, and jello.


Sue

 

We just went shopping, and the day we go we usually don't have any specific meals, it's just a kinda munch day. Popsicles, carrot sticks, sun chips, peanut butter sammiches, whatever.
Now, I want to know HOW a person can use too much GARLIC?? You'd never make it through a meal here! Just plain roasted garlic makes a good snack ya know!
Gina

 

Well Sherrie,
I am notorious for my SAD scones, so I am going to have a bash at YOUR scone recipies ......when I have a minute to call my own
will let you know
ps. I make a mean apple pie, and my dumplings are to die for but scones I can`t do
Gwyneth

 

Lemon Pork

I use boneless pork chops but you can get the bone in ones too.

Cut the meat into cubes and put in a bowl with milk, salt and pepper. Let sit in refer. for a few hours.
When ready to cook mix flour with salt and pepper. Dredge pork in flour and add to pan with melted butter or margerine. Cook on medium high heat until pork is done. Add a fresh squeezed lemon or two, depending on how much meat you have and how lemony you like it. Cook with lemon until thickened, aprox. 2 min.

I serve it on a bed of rice. It's quick, easy and delicious...
PS... you can also do this with chicken.