Tender Chicken Breast (stovetop)

Directions
Flatten chicken breast and make sure they are even throughout. Coat with flour (optional) and salt and pepper. Heat sauté pan to medium high heat. Add a couple teaspoons of olive oil. Turn down pan to medium and immediately add chicken breast. Cook 1 minute without moving chicken (not quite a sear/browning). Flip chicken breast. Turn heat down to low and cover pan tightly. Cook for 10 minutes without lifting lid. Remove pan from heat and let sit for 10 more minutes, without ever lifting lid (peeking will ruin it!). Your chicken should be done. You can cut them in half or take their temperature to be sure. This has worked really well for me and is relatively easy, time-wise.

Artichoke Dip

Ingredients

8oz cream cheese

1 cup grated parmesan cheese

1 can chopped artichokes, drained

1/2 cup mayonnaise

1 tsp lemon juice

smidge minced garlic

1 shake dried dill

Blend all ingredients together with an electric mixer.  Bake at 350 degrees for about 30 minutes or until the top is brown and bubbly.

This recipe is great with sliced baguette bread or Fritos chips.

Deviled Eggs

Deviled eggs with vinegar
6 eggs
1/4 cup mayonnaise
1 teaspoon white vinegar
1 teaspoon yellow mustard
1/8 teaspoon salt
Freshly ground black pepper
Smoked Spanish paprika, for garnish

Deviled eggs with relish

6 large eggs 

2 tablespoons mayonnaise 

1 1/2 tablespoons sweet pickle relish 

1 teaspoon prepared mustard 

1/8 teaspoon salt 

Dash of pepper 

Garnish: paprika 


Boil water in pot. Add 1 tsp baking soda. Add eggs gently (I use a spoon to add them). Put lid on pot and boil on a low boil for 1 minute then turn off stove and sit for 15 minutes. Transfer eggs, gently, into a bowl of cold water and let them sit for several minutes to cool off. Cut eggs in half and transfer egg yolks to a bowl and egg whites to a plate. Smash down egg whites with a fork. Put other ingredients into a quart size ziplock bag and mix up. Add smashed egg yolk. Mix again. Cut a small hole in corner of ziplock bag and squeeze mixture into egg whites. Enjoy! 

You can also boil water, add eggs, and cook without a lid for 11 minutes (florida update).

Little Smokies

Ingredients:
13.5 oz. bbq sauce (about 1.5 cups)
3/4 cup brown sugar, packed
1/3 c + 2 tsp  ketchup
3/4 TBSP worcestershire sauce
1/4 cup onions, chopped
24 oz package /1.5 lb. of little wieners (a package from costco)

Directions:
Mix ingredients together in a crock pot and cook on low for at least two hours.

Broccoli Cheese Soup (From Pioneer Woman)

Pizza Crust

From my Friend Stephanie Hadfield

the secret to a great crust is a pizza stone pre-heated in a 500 degree overn for at least 30 minutes.

4 cups all purpose flour
1 1/2 t kosher salt
2 1/4 t instant yeast
2 T olive oil.

Mix in food processor or stand mixer or by hand.

Pulse flour and salt a few times to combine, set aside.

Sprinkle yeast over 1/2 cup warm water, stir gently and let sit about 5 minutes then add 1 cup additional water.

Pulse food processor while pouring water/oil/yea

Honey Buttermilk Bread

1 envelope yeast or 1 tablespoon
1 teaspoon sugar
1/4 cup warm water
pinch of ginger (helps activate the yeast)
2 cups warm buttermilk
1/3 cup honey
1/4 cup butter, melted and cooled so that it is warm to the touch but not hot
1 teaspoon salt
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
6 cups white bread flour

Mix the ginger, sugar, yeast, and water and set aside for five minutes.
Mix the buttermilk, honey, salt, baking soda in with the yeast mixture. Add three cups of flour and mix until smooth. On an electric mixes it is about 5 minutes on low speed. Mix in butter until it is totally incorporated into batter. Now, begin to add the rest of the flour, one cup at a time, keeping the mixture on low speed. When dough pulls from the sides of the bowl remove it from the mixer to a floured surface and knead until elastic and smooth. Place in greased bowl, turn to greas the top, cover and allow to rise for 1 1/2 hours.

Punch down and form into two loaves. Place in greased loaf pans and grease tops. Cover, and allow to rise for 45 minutes. Preheat oven to 400F. Bake for 30 minutes, covering tops with foil if they brown too fast.
Remove loaves from oven and brush with melted butter. Allow to cool in pans for 10 minutes. Turn out and cool completely on a rack. Cover the loaves if you want a soft crust.

Sally's Wheat Bread

Aunt Sally’s Wheat Bread

Prepare yeast:

½ c warm tap water

1 T sugar

2T yeast

Mix and allow to activate for 10 minutes

In bread mixer add:

5 c hot tap water (not hotter than a baby can handle)

7 c freshly ground whole wheat flour (key to taste is freshly ground)

Turn mixer on medium speed and add:

3-31/2 c whole wheat flour -just until the dough pulls away from sides of bowl

Mix for 10 minutes, then turn off mixer and let dough rest for 10 minutes.

Grease 4 medium loaf pans with shortening. Divide dough into fourths.

Generously grease hands with shortening, Take one fourth at a time, slapping

the dough for 30+ seconds to remove air. Then, shape into loaves and place in greased pans.

Let loaves rise until double in size or until dough reaches the edges of the pan.

Warmth of room/air will either hasten or slow growth….cover with towel or paper/greased

Preheat oven to 350

Bake  for 25 minutes…ovens vary…so check one before you take them all out.

Remember dough will seem done and still need time…loaf should sound hollow with thumped.

Remove loaves from pans and cool on rack

Dole Whip (disneyland recipe)

16 oz frozen pineapple chunks
4 cups vanilla ice cream
1 tsp lemon juice
1 tsp lime juice
6 oz pineapple juice + 6 more oz

Blend pineapple chunks, ice cream, lemon juice, lime juice and 6 oz pineapple juice together. Let set in freezer for a couple hours (not necessary, but makes texture better). Serve, pouring remaining 6 oz of juice over each serving.

Buttermilk Syrup (from Angie)

3/4 cup buttermilk
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup butter (1 stick)
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp vanilla

In medium saucepan, combine butter, sugar and buttermilk and bring to a poil. Once it's at a complete boil, let it boil for 1 minute. Take off heat and whisk in baking soda and vanilla. It will foam up during the boiling, and especially when other ingredients are added.

(Double or triple and freeze in something like the plastic freezer jam jars.)