Homemade pancakes

I'm sure you all know how to make these! But just in case you don't, here's the recipe.  I craved pancakes every day when I was pregnant.

2 eggs well beaten

1/2 cup milk

2 tbs oil

3/4 cup flour

2tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 tsp sugar

mix wet ingredients in a bowl, mix dry ingredients in another bowl, combine and make on a hot skillet.  YUM pancakes!

Lettuce Cups

Feel like going carb-less tonight?  These lettuce cups are low fat, delicious, filling, and take only about 20 minutes to make!

1/2 lb ground turkey 

3 green onion sliced

1 package broccoli slaw

1/4 cup low sodium soy sauce

1/2 cup hoisin sauce

2 tbs oyster sauce

1/2 cup water

1 heaping tbs sugar

1 can water chestnuts drained

iceberg lettuce or green cabbage (I prefer the cabbage)

cook meat in skillet.  Chop green onions and add with meat.  When meat is cooked, add broccoli slaw and cook for about 3 minutes.  Add sauces and sugar in bowl and stir.  put in pan and simmer on low for about 15 minutes.  Serve in pieces of iceberg lettuce or cabbage

Beef, watercress, and peach salad with lime vinaigrette

I love recipes from "Real Simple".  Here's one I tried last week. It's definitely a keeper!

 Hands on time:25 min total time:25 min serves 4-6

2 bunches watercress, thick stems removed

2 kirby cucumbers roughly chopped

4 ripe peaches cut into wedges

1 1 pound piece roast beef, cubed

1/4 cup fresh lime juice

1 1/2 teaspoons sugar

Kosher salt and pepper

1 small clove garlic finely chopped

2 teaasoons finely grated ginger

1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil

2 large shallots thinly sliced

In a large bowl, combine the watercress, cucumbers, peaches, and beef.  Pour the lime juice into a small bowl and whisk in the sugar and 1/2 teaspoon salt until dissolved.  Add the garlic, ginger, and 1/4 teaspoon pepper. Slowly add the oil in a steady stream whisking constantly until emulsified.  Stir in the shallots.  Transfer the salad into a serving bowl or platter and drizzle the vinaigrette over the top.

Tip: for cooked roast beef, look no further than the deli counter.  Ask the server to forgo the slicer and cut a 1 pound slab by hand

Whole Wheat Brown Sugar Muffins

I LOVE this recipe. It's one of favorite things to make for breakfast, it's always a big hit with my family, friends, and young women.

Cream together-
1 stick of butter
1 Cup of brown sugar
1 egg
1 tsp. vanilla

In a separate bowl combine and mix well,
2 cups whole wheat flour
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. baking powder

Alternately add flour mixture and 1 cup of milk to creamed mixture. Mix well.
Pour into greased muffin tins and sprinkle brown sugar on top. Bake on 375 for 10-13 minutes

delicious homemade pancakes...

Ingredients
1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup quick-cooking oatmeal
3 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoons salt
2 tablespoons sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 cup milk
1 egg
1/4 teaspoon almond extract (optional)

Directions
Spray a skillet with nonstick spray and place on the stove over medium heat. Set a plate in the oven set to warm.

Combine
the dry ingredients, then slowly add the wet ingredients. Stir the
batter just enough to mix everything well -- don't mix it too much.

Easy Cinnamon Roll Muffins

1 1/2 cups all purpose flour

1/3 cup sugar

1/4 tsp salt

4 tsp active dry or rapid rise yeast

2/3 cup warm milk (100-110F; low fat is fine)

3 tbsp vegetable oil

1/2 tsp vanilla extract

1 large egg

Filling/Topping
2 tbsp butter, room temperature

2/3 cup brown sugar

3/4 tsp ground cinnamon

pinch ground cardamom

Icing

1 cup powdered sugar

1-2 tbsp milk or cream

In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar and salt. Dissolve the yeast in a measuring cup filled with the warmed milk, then stir milk mixture, vegetable oil, vanilla extract and egg into the flour mixture. Mix well, until very smooth. Pour into prepared pan and let rest for 15 minutes.

While the dough rests, mix together butter, brown sugar, cinnamon and cardamom in a small bowl using a fork until all the butter has been incorporated into the sugar and mixture is crumbly.

Divide the batter between 12 greased muffin cups. Sprinkle evenly on top of rested dough and press the mixture down into the dough with your fingertips (or swirl in with a spatula.)

Place pan into a cold oven, then set the oven temperature to 350F.

Bake for about 20 minutes, until bread is lightly browned at the edges and the center of the bread springs back when lightly pressed.

Some of the sugar mixture on top may still be bubbling.Cool for at least 30 minutes before whisking the powdered sugar and milk together to form an icing and drizzling it onto the bread.Serve warm.

Leftovers can be reheated in the microwave.

I love cinnamon rolls I just hate all the time it takes to make em! this speeds up the process and they taste SOO good!

Iron Workers Casserole

1 lb ground beef with 1/4 teas garlic, 2 c canned tomatoes,in seperate pan melt 2 teas butter in a sauce pan and add 4 teas flour, stir in 1 can drained corn. add flour / butter/corn mixture to the meat and tomatoe mixture, then add 1/2 teas brown sugar, 1/4 teas curry, 1/4 teas paprika, 1 teas salt. put mixture in a 12x13 pan, then follow the directions for dumplings on the bisquick mix, and drop spoonfuls of the mixture on top of the casserole dish and bake @425 for 20 minutes.

Chinese Casserole

1 lb ground beef cooked with celery and onion, then drained
put in 1 can cream of chicken soup, 1 and 1/2 cups warm water,
1/2 c. uncooked rice, 1/4 c. soy sauce and 1/4 teaspoon black pepper.

Bake in a covered casserole dish @ 350 for 30 minutes, remove cover and bake for 30 more minutes, put chow mein noodles on top for the last ten minutes of baking.

Creamed Tacos

fry 1 and 1/2 pounds ground beef with onion and green pepper to taste. drain fat. add one 10oz can tomatoes and green chiles diced. 1 10 oz can enchilada sauce, one small can of evaporated milk, and 1/2 cup grated cheese. Stir until cheese melts, then fry one package of corn tortillas (not deep fryed but just a little bit of oil in the bottom of pan and fry until they are a little bit crispy) Then layer totillas, then meat sauce , then repeat layers, and end with the meat on top and top with 1/2 cup grated cheese. Bake @ 350 for 20 minutes

Oven Fried Chicken

six to eight chicken drumsticks with skin removed

Melt 1/2 stick of butter and leave in it's own bowl (make sure it is large enough to dip a drumstick into), in another bowl mix one package of green onion, regular onion, italian, or ranch dry dressing mixes, add 1/2 tsp paprika, salt and pepper to taste, and 1/2 cup potato flakes. dip each drumstick in butter then dip into coating and bake at 350 for 1 hour turning halfway through. Line bottom of pan with foil or waxed paper.

Lemon Blossoms

18 1/2 oz. pkg of yellow cake mix
3 1/2 oz. pkg instant lemon pudding mix
4 large eggs
3/4 c. vegetable oil

glaze:

4 c. confectioners sugar
1/3 c. lemon juice
1 lemon zested
3T. vegetable oil
3T. water

preheat oven to 350, spray mini mufifn tin with cooking spray, combine first four ingredients with mixer until smooth, fill each muffin tin about halfway with batter, bake for 12 minutes, let cool on cooling rack. Glaze- sift sugar into a mixing bowl, add lemon juice, zest, vegetable oil, and water and mix with a spoon until smooth, use fork and and dip entire lemon blossom into the glaze, then let set on wax paper. let glaze set for 1 hour, Store in a container with a tight fitting lid.

Fresh Peach Dessert

Layer a 9x13 pan with Lorna Doone square cookies

Filling
1 can eagle sweetened condensed milk
1/4 c. Lemon juice
8oz. Coolwhip
mix together and put on top of cookies

topping-
one small pkg peach jello
3tsp cornstarch
1 c. sugar
1 pinch salt
2 c. water
boil until clear, then add four or five fresh peaches sliced, pour over filling and let set in fridge overnight.

Cookie Salad

1 c. buttermilk
1 small pkg vanilla pudding (instant)
1 large container coolwhip
1 can mandarin oranges drained
1 small can pineapple chunks drained
1 pkg fudge striped cookies crumbled into pieces

mix and refridgerate for six hours before serving, add cookies just before serving so they don't get soggy.