Crispy Baked Chicken

6 pieces chicken
4 cups cereal ( i used crispex)
2 tsp. season salt
1 tsp. pepper

Put cereal into blender and grind till very fine, ( i used cripex as it was a cereal no one wanted to eat in our house) add salt & pepper, roll your chicken pieces in mixture and place on baking sheet and bake @ 350 for 40 min. till juices come out clear & chicken is golden. As good as shake n' bake

Beef with Ramen Noodles

Beef with Ramen Noodles

• 1 tablespoon cornstarch
• 1 cup beef broth, divided
• 1 package (3 ounces) beef ramen noodles
• 1/2 pound boneless beef sirloin steak, cut into thin strips
• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 1 tablespoon soy sauce
• 1 can (14 oz) whole baby corn, rinsed and drained
• 1 cup fresh broccoli florets
• 1/2 cup diced sweet red pepper
• 1/2 cup grated carrot
• 2 green onions, cut into 1 inch pieces
• 1/4 cup peanuts

In a small bowl, combine cornstarch and 2 tablespoons broth until smooth; set aside. Set aside seasoning packet from noodles. Cook noodles according to package directions.

In a skillet, stir-fry beef in oil. Add soy sauce; cook for 3-4 minutes or until liquid has evaporated. Drain noodles; add to beef. Stir in the corn, broccoli, red pepper, carrot, onions and remaining broth. Sprinkle contents of seasoning packet over all.

Cook for 4-6 minutes or until vegetables are crisp-tender. Stir reserved cornstarch mixture and add to skillet. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Sprinkle with peanuts. Yield: 2 servings

* I've only made this once but I think the next time I do I will only use half of the seasoning packet as I found it a bit salty. Darren didn't, but I did so who knows, maybe its just me! I also didn't add the peanuts, I could only imagine what Darren would think of peanuts in this kind of dish :)

Fergasa Bread Loaf

this is what we used to make in the bakery when i worked there, and it is so simple and tasty especially with any pasta dishes or even pizza, fresh hot out of the oven, spread with butter, hm...
Fergasa Loaf
1 portion of your home made bread dough or you can buy the frozen bread doughs and thaw
1 egg
1 cup marble or mild cheese
2 tsp. garlic powder
1 cup onion chives or onion greens

Chop up your raw bread dough into bite type size chunks, add one egg,

onion chives, ( it may look like a lot but once it comes out of the oven it doesn't seem that way) garlic powder and cheese and chop up together a bit more till nicely blended,

dump everything (it is quite messy) into a well greased bread pan and let rise for 50 min t0 an hr.

Bake 350 for 20 - 25 min. till nicely golden.

Dog Ears

This is a family favorite of ours. Dog ears are like an empty perogie and they go by various other names as well. As a newlywed I made this for my new husband and brought them out to the field for him to enjoy. He took one look at the dog ears and started laughing. I couldn't understand what was so funny. He said I had made them waaaaay thicker than they were supposed to be. I'd never made them before, nor had I even eaten them. Thankfully they still tasted pretty good and I didn't let his laughing stop me from making them again...just a little thinner next time. ;)



Dog Ears

• 5 cups of flour


• 1 tsp salt


• 1 tsp baking powder


• 4 tbsp margarine


• 2 eggs, slightly beaten


• 1 3/4 cups milk

Combine the flour, salt and baking powder. Cut in margarine as for pastry. Add eggs and milk, forming a stiff ball of dough. Roll out 1/4 of dough at a time, on floured surface. Cut into 2 1/2 inch triangles.

Drop into boiling water; cook for 5-7 minutes in batches, according to the size of pot.

Scoop one batch out of boiling water with slotted spoon; drain in colander.

Add margarine to keep dog ears from sticking together. I keep them warm by putting them in the oven in a roaster.

We like them best with gravy made from ham drippings and cream. Fried onions and ketchup are the perfect finishing touch. Mmmm...

*This is an extremly large recipe. For our family of 3 I do half a recipe and still have lots of left overs - which of course are welcome!

Brocoli/Cauliflower Salad

1/2 head brocoli (flowerettes cut into tiny pieces)
1/2 head cauliflower- (flowerettes cut into tiny pieces)
1/2 red onion chopped fine
1/2 cup sunflower seeds
6 pieces bacon - fried crisp
1/2 cup miracle whip
1/4 cup sugar
2 tsp. apple cider vinegar

Cut your brocoli and cauliflower into tiny pieces and put into large bowl, chop up red onion fine, toss in sunflower seed ( if you like more of a nutty taste - put them into a hot fry pan for a few min to toast up) Fry up bacon slices and when cool crumble them and save for last min. addition. Mix together miracle whip, sugar & cider vinegar, pour over veggies mix together then sprinkle with crisp bacon pieces.

Pizza

Pizza Dough
3 3/4 cups white flour
2 Tbsp. margarine
1 tsp. salt
1 Tbsp. sugar
1 Tbsp. fast rising yeast
1 cup warm water

Mix flour & margarine, salt & sugar till crumbly, made a well in centre of bowl and put in the yeast and warm water and mix until you have nice and soft dough to work with. Let rise about 30 min. then roll out to size of pizza pan ( i have a large pizza pan) or cookie sheet. Make sure to spray pam or greese sheet. Let rise for another 10 - 15 min.

4 cups marble cheese or your fav. cheese
1 jar catelli pizza sauce or your fav. sauce
1 stick of peperoni sliced thin
1/2 cup parmasan cheese

spread on your favorite pizza sauce, i used Catelli and add your fav. toppings, i used peperoni & sprinkle generously with your fav. cheese, i used marble & parmasan cheese. Bake in hot oven 400 degrees for 10 -15 min. till golden brown

Best Cole Slaw Ever

1 small head cabbage finely shredded
1 medium size carrot, shredded or cut into thin strips
1/8th. of a red cabbage (optional)
1 cup miracle whip
2 tsp. celery seeds
1 tsp. black pepper
1 tsp. salt
3 Tbsp white sugar
2 Tbsp white vinegar


shred up cabbages & carrot either with a sharp knife or by using a food chopper/shredder, place in large bowl, whip together miracle whip dressing, celery seeds, pepper, salt, sugar, vinegar, pour over mixed veggies and stir till coated, is great with fish or any other meat meals. Sometimes if cole slaw mixes are on sale i'll just pick those up instead of choppin' my own, esp. if your lookin' for a quick salad, that's the way to go.