Pizza Sauce

Just made this tonight and it was good.  I didn't have the red wine so I haven't tried it with it yet.  But it was great without.  

6 Tablespoons Tomato Paste


2 Tablespoons Extra Virgin Olive Oil

1 teaspoon Garlic Powder

1 teaspoon Onion Powder

2 teaspoons Dried Oregano

½ teaspoons Sea Salt

1-½ teaspoon Pure Maple Syrup

2 Tablespoons Red Cooking Wine (optional But Very Good)

¼ cups Water

Jambalaya in the slow cooker

Ingredients

• 2 pounds boneless, skinless chicken thighs
• 1 pound smoked sausage, cut into 2-inch slices
• 1 large onion, chopped
• 1 large green bell pepper, seeded and chopped
• 3 stalks celery, chopped
• 1 (28 oz.) can diced tomatoes with juice
• 3 cloves garlic, chopped
• 2 cups chicken broth
• 1 tablespoon Cajun or Creole spice mix
• 1 teaspoon dried thyme
• 1 teaspoon dried oregano
• 1 pound extralarge shrimp, peeled and deveined
• 1 3/4 cups long-grain rice
• Parsley, optional

Directions:  Combine chicken, sausage, onion, green pepper, celery, tomatoes, garlic, chicken broth, spice mix, thyme and oregano in a large (5-quart) slow cooker. Cook on low for 5 hours.


Add shrimp and rice; raise heat to high and cook for 30 minutes more. Sprinkle with chopped parsley, if desired.

Zuppa Toscana

4 slices bacon, diced
1 lb ground hot Italian sausage
1 large yellow onion, diced
4 cloves garlic, minced
4 cups (32 oz) chicken stock
3 cups russet potatoes, cubed
3/4 tsp sea salt
1/4 tsp freshly ground black pepper
2 cups kale, in bite size pieces
1 cup heavy whipping cream
parmesan cheese, grated

In a large pot, cook the bacon until crispy. Drain the grease. Add the sausage, breaking it apart as it cooks. Once sausage is browned and crumbled, drain off grease leaving a tbsp to saute the onion.

Push the sausage and bacon to the edge of the pot and add the onion to the center; saute until translucent; add garlic; saute until fragrant.

Stir in the stock and potatoes, season with salt and pepper, and simmer for about 20 minutes or until potatoes are tender.

Add kale and heavy whipping cream. Bring to a simmer. Top with parmesan cheese, when serving.

Mushrooms with a soy sauce glaze

Nicely enjoyed on steak

Ingredients:

2 tablespoons butter

1 (8 ounce) package sliced white mushrooms
2 cloves garlic, minced
2 teaspoons soy sauce
ground black pepper to taste

Directions:

Melt the butter in skillet over medium heat; add the mushrooms; cook and stir until the mushrooms have softened and released their liquid, about 5 minutes. Stir in the garlic; continue to cook and stir for 1 minute. Pour in the soy sauce; cook the mushrooms in the soy sauce until the liquid has evaporated, about 4 minutes.

Jello Popcorn Balls

So easy . . .  and a kid favorite!

Instructions:
9 cups popped popcorn

1/4 cup butter or margarine

1 (10 ounce) package marshmallows

6 tablespoons fruit flavored gelatin mix, any flavor

Directions:

Place popcorn in a large bowl; set aside. In a saucepan, melt butter, stir in gelatin and cook until dissolved.  Add marshmallows over low heat until melted. 

Pour over popcorn and toss to coat. When cool enough to handle, lightly butter hands and quickly shape mixture into balls.

White Chicken Chilli

Easy, delicious and tastes great with "everything" french bread



Saute:

1 lb Chicken in 1/2" cubes

1 Medium Onion

1 1/2 tsp Garlic Powder

1 Tbsp Vegi Oil

Crockpot for 4 hours:

2 can White Northern Beans

1 can Chicken Broth

2 -4oz cans chopped green chillies

1 tsp Salt

1 tsp Ground Cumin

1 tsp Dried Oregano

1/2 tsp Pepper

dash cayenne pepper

Final add in:

1 cup Sour Cream

1/2 cup Whipping Cream

After you saute the chicken ingredients add them to the crockpot with the rest of the ingredients besides the creams and cook for 4 hours.  Then near the end add in the creams.  So yummy!

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I cook my beans from scratch in the crockpot before hand.  So easy to throw in the crockpot with lots of water and let cook for hours.  Either early in the morning or the night before on low.  They will be cooked by morning.  If you let the beans cook too long you will have mashed beans. 

Homemade Granola

This is a great and Healthy Granola Recipe

8 Cups Rolled oats

1 1/2 cups Wheat Germ

1 1/2 cups Oat Bran

3/4 cup Sunflower Seeds

1 cup chopped Almonds

1 cup chopped Pecans

1 cup chopped Walnuts

1 1/2 tsp Salt

1/4 cup Brown Sugar (or sucanut)

1/2 cup Real Maple Syrup

3/4 cup Honey

1 cup Oil (I use coconut oil)

1 Tbsp Ground Cinnamon

1 Tbsp Vanilla Extract

2 Cups Raisens or Craisens 

Preheat oven to 325 degrees and line two baking sheets with foil.  

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Combine the oats, wheat germ, oat bran, sunflower seeds, almonds, pecans, and walnuts in a large bowl. 

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Stir together the salt, brown sugar, maple syrup, honey, oil, cinnamon, and vanilla in a saucepan.  Bring to boil over medium heat, then pour over the dry ingredients, and stir to coat.  Spread the mixture out evenly on the baking sheets. 

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Bake in the preheated oven until cripsy and toasted, about 20 minutes, stirring once about halfway through.  Cool, then stir in the raisens or craisens before storing in an airtight container.