Crepes

Crepes:

1 cup flour
1 egg
1 cup milk
¼ cup sugar
pinch of salt
2 tablespoons oil
½ teaspoon vanilla

Combine dry ingredients and add milk slowly while stirring to avoid lumps. Add egg, oil, and vanilla. (Or put all ingredients in blender and blend.) Cook about 1 minute each side in hot crepe pan or skillet. Use Pam or other food release spray often.

Lemon Chicken (crockpot)

8 chicken breasts

3 T dried oregano

1 T salt

2 t pepper

1 stick butter

1 C water

3/4 C lemon juice

4 cloves of garlic (optional)

2 chicken bouillon

4 t dried parsley

Mix oregano, salt, and pepper together in saucepan. Rub chicken in mixture. Set chicken aside. Add butter to remaining mixture; melt. Brown chicken in butter. Put chicken in crockpot. Leave butter in skillet. Add water, lemon juice, garlic, bouillon, and parsley to butter. Mix and pour over chicken in crockpot. Serve with rice.

Spicy Roast Beef Sandwiches

• 2 tsp olive oil
• 1/2 cup diced onions
• 2 to 3 cloves garlic, minced
• 12 ounces sliced roast beef, sliced into strips
• 1 (14-ounce) can diced tomatoes
• 1 (4-ounce) can minced green chiles
• 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
• 1 teaspoon ground cumin
• 2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro leaves
• Salt and ground black pepper
• 4 sandwich rolls, sliced in 1/2

I doubled this for dinner-group portions.

Heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add onion and garlic and saute 3 minutes, until soft. Add roast beef slices and saute 3 to 5 minutes, until browned on all sides, stirring frequently. Add tomatoes, jalapenos, lime juice, and cumin and stir to combine. Bring to a simmer and cook 5 minutes, to heat through and reduce slightly.

Remove from heat and stir in cilantro. Season, to taste, with salt and black pepper. Spoon onto sliced rolls with plenty of sauce and serve.

Caramel Corn

1 C margarine

1 can sweet and condensed milk

1 1/2 C Karo syrup

2 C white sugar

1 t vanilla

Combine. Cook over medium heat until soft ball stage. Enough for 1 1/2 to 2 cups of uncooked popcorn, depending on how covered you like your popcorn to be.

French Hot Chocolate

3 (1 oz) squares Baker's semi-sweet chocolate
1/2 cup water
1/2 tsp salt
3/4 cup sugar

Cook chocolate and water over low heat until smooth and thick, stirring constantly. Add salt and sugar; cook for 5 minutes more. Cool completely.

1 cup heavy cream, whipped
1 teaspoon vanilla

Whip heavy cream and add vanilla. Fold into chocolate mixture. Store in refrigerator. To serve, add a heaping tablespoon (or two) to a cup of hot milk. Stir and enjoy!

Cinnamon Rolls

Double to yield 24

1 package yeast (2.5 tsp)
1/2 c up warm water
1/4 cup butter, heated
1 cup milk, heated
1/4 cup sugar
1 tsp salt
1 egg
4 cups flour

Add yeast to water and sugar. Melt butter and milk. Add to yeast mix. Add other ingredients. Roll out to make cinnamon rolls, spread butter, white sugar and brown sugar, roll up and cut roll into 12. Spread on cookie sheet. Raise to double. Bake 375 degrees for 15-20 minutes.

Frosting: 3/4 cup butter
1.5 tsp vanilla
3.5 cups powdered sugar
3-4 Tbsp milk

or Caramel Frosting (Put down on cookie sheet, then rolls on top, then let raise then bake, flip over when done baking)
1 and 1/3 cups brown sugar
2 Tbsp light corn syrup
1/2 cup butter
2/3 cups chopped pecans

Potato Egg Breakfast Casserole

Pour 1/2 cup butter over one bag frozen hash browns in 9x13 pan. Bake 350 degrees for 20 minutes.

Next sprinkle over potatoes after baking:
1 cup chopped ham
1 cup cheese (pepper jack and cheddar)
Mix together and whip:
8 eggs
2 cups cream or half and half
1 tsp salt
basil

Pour over ham and cheese. Bake 350 degrees for 30 minutes. Add more cheese over top.

Buttermilk Cornbread (very, very yummy)

1/2 C butter, melted

2/3 C sugar

2 eggs

1 C buttermilk

1/2 t baking soda

1 C cornmeal

1 C flour

1/2 t salt

Preheat oven to 375. Grease an 8" square or 9x13 pan. Put melted butter in a bowl. Stir in sugar. Quickly add eggs. Beat until well blended. Combine buttermilk with baking soda. Add to mixture. Stir in cornmeal, flour, and salt until well blended and few lumps remain. Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake for 25-35 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

Sweet Chili

2 lbs. ground beef

8 slices of bacon, cut up

medium onion, chopped

1 (28 oz) can Bush's Baked Beans

2 (15 oz) cans kidney beans

1/2 C packed brown sugar

1 C ketchup

2 T vinegar

2 t mustard

Brown ground beef in a large pot. Add onion and bacon. Cook until tender; drain. Add remaining ingredients. Mix well. Let simmer and warm for 15 minutes.

chicken pitas

Diced chicken (10 breasts)

Romaine lettuce (1 large bunch)

Bacon (1 ½ pound)

Celery (2-3 stalks)

Petite peas

Green onion (1 bunch)

Mayonnaise

Salt and pepper

This serves 25. Mix together, add romaine and bacon last. You can make ahead if the bacon and lettuce is left out until just before serving.

Serve in pita pockets. I also add a little low fat ranch dressing in place of some mayonnaise to eliminate some fat and make a little less thick.