Batter Coatings/Sauces

Batter for Shrimp, Chicken or Veggies

1 cup flour
1 Tablespoons sugar
1 1/2 teas baking powder
1/2 teas season salt
1/2 teas chili powder
2 eggs beaten
1/3 cup milk
1 tablespoon oil or melted butter

Mix dry ingredients then add wet. Dip whatever you want then deep fry. Or us it for a fondue.

Batter for Fish

Dip in flour  -  dip in egg or milk  -  then in bread crumbs OR
Dip in flour  - dip in egg or milk   - then dip back in flour

Dipping Sauce

1 15oz can tomato sauce
1 teas sugar
1 teas oregano
1/2 teas basil
1/2 marjoram
1/2 garlic powder
1/4 salt

Heat all till boil then simmer 30 minutes stirring occasionally.

Barbecue Sauce from GB Christian School Cookbook

1 cup chili sauce - I didn't have the chili sauce so I used a can of tomato sauce and added chili powder.
2 cups ketchup
1 T soy sauce
Juice of 1 lime
2 T brown sugar
Seasoned salt
salt and pepper
2 T Worcestershire sauce
2 T lemon juice
1/4 cup vinegar
2 T honey
2 cloves garlic, minced

When I use to make this I used a can of tomato sauce and I added chili powder to it instead of the chili sauce. I never used the lime because I didn't have it on hand.

Quick & Easy Barbecue Sauce 

Makes: 1 cup

Ingredients:

2 teaspoons olive oil
1/2 cup onion, finely diced
1 clove garlic, minced
1/2 cup cider vinegar
1/2 cup water
1/2 cup ketchup
1/2 cup brown sugar
2 Tablespoons molasses
2 Tablespoons spicy mustard 
1 Tablespoon Worcestershire Sauce
2 teaspoons chili powder 

Instructions:
1. Heat oil in a saucepan over medium-high heat and sauté onion & garlic for 2 minutes until golden brown.
2. Add everything else and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and cook uncovered, stirring occasionally, for about
25 minutes. Sauce with thicken as it cools.

Fresh Pasta Sauce

In saucepan, saute 1 pint cherry tomatoes in oil for 5 minutes., or until skins begin to split. Add 2 cloves garlic, minced, and a pinch of oregano. Add salt and pepper to taste; stir until fragrant. Toss with cooked angel hair pasta. Top with grated Parmesan and baby arugula. Drizzle with oil.

Homemade Ice Creams & Sauces

Ice milk in my machine

4 cups of milk

 1 Cup sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla

Simple vanilla ice cream

1 & 1/2 cups milk

1 & 1/8 sugar - I used just under a cup

3 cups heavy cream

1 & 1/2 tablespoons vanilla extract 

Mix - pour in - 20-25 minutes

Half recipe for simple vanilla ice cream 

3/4 cups milk — just under 1/2 sugar 

1 & 1/2 cups heavy cream - 3/4 tablespoons vanilla extract 

Mason Jar Ice Cream - Good

1 cup heavy whip cream

2 Tablespoons sugar

1 Tablespoon cocoa powder

1 teaspoon vanilla

Shake - Freeze - Enjoy

I shake it then put in a small container to freeze. Depending on how big your mason jar is you need to be able to get the ice cream out of the jar.

Simple chocolate ice cream 

1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder

2/3 cup sugar 

1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar 

1 & 1/2 cups milk

3 & 1/4 cups heavy cream

1 Tablespoon vanilla extract 

 Combine cocoa powder and sugars. Stir. Add whole milk and use a hand mixer on low to combine. Stir in cream and vanilla. 25-30 minutes. 

Easy Homemade Butterscotch Sauce-Good  

Ingredients
⅔ cup cream
4 tablespoons  butter
½ cup dark brown sugar
½ teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla extract (optional)

Instructions

Combine all ingredients (except the vanilla and salt) in a heavy bottomed pot.
Over low heat cook until the sugar has dissolved, do not boil.
Bring the sauce to a simmer for 3-4 minutes
Take off the heat and whisk in the salt and vanilla extract.
Serve warm or store in the fridge for up to 8 weeks.

Homemade Chocolate Syrup-Good

1/2 cup cocoa powder
1 cup water
2 cups sugar
1/8 teas salt
1/4 teas vanilla

Mix the cocoa powder and the water in a saucepan. Heat and stir to dissolve the cocoa. Add the sugar, and stir to dissolve. Boil for 3 minutes over medium heat. Be careful not to let it get too hot and boil over! Add the salt and the vanilla. Let cool. Pour into a clean glass jar, and store in refrigerator. Keeps for months, but trust me it will be gone before then. Yields 2 cups.

Chili/Hamburger & Spaghetti/Spaghetti Sauce/Rice Stuff

Spaghetti Sauce

1 lb hamburger

2 teaspoons oil

Onion powder

Garlic powder

1 - 28 ounce can peeled diced tomatoes - I use tomato sauce

4 teaspoons basil

4 teaspoons oregano

1 teaspoon sugar

Instead of the oregano and basil you can use Italian seasoning. 

Ann's Chili 

I make simple Chili and we love it. It's all about the spices.

1 lb ground beef browned: while browning add: Himalaya salt, Italian seasoning, garlic powder, onion powder and I add turmeric and moringa. Moringa is a vitamin.

When beef is browned add 2 cans of cream of tomato soup and 2 teaspoons chili powder along with all the spices from above. Add 1/2 cup of water or so. I use organic soup so its a bit thicker. I also have been buying the 32 ounce jugs of tomato soup. It is cheaper then the cans and both are organic. 

Cook spaghetti. We like the long spaghetti.

I do beans for Butch on the side. Like I said simple but it's good.

Hamburger & Spaghetti

I don't make this that often anymore. But since it was a dish I made when the kids were growing up I will add the recipe.

1 lb ground beef
1 or 2 cans of tomato soup. This time no water added. Add the Himalaya salt, Italian seasoning, garlic powder, onion powder. Serve over spaghetti.

Rice Stuff

One day I got bored with cooking the same old stuff. So I made this:

Brown 1 lb of hamburger - Add 1 or 2 cans of cream of chicken or mushroom soup (I used chicken but mushroom is okay but will change the flavor) - add season salt.

Serve over rice

This use to be my girls favorites. 

Hot Chocolate

Hot Chocolate

There is no need to buy the packet's of hot chocolate anymore. Homemade is to easy. The only good thing about the packets is you use water. I use milk. Its whole milk so I use half  milk and half water. 

Mug of Milk/Water
1 Tablespoon of cocoa
1 teaspoon of honey

Heat milk in your mug for a minute and a half. Add the cocoa and put back in the microwave 30 seconds more. Add the honey and enjoy.

Some other options:

To the hot milk you could add:

Andes Mints (either the square candies or the chips)

Add a Seroogy's caramel bar or any candy bar to the hot milk. You only need 1/4 of the bar

Do you like peppermint? Add some peppermint chips to the milk.

When using candy no need for the honey.

The list can go on and on. What do you like?

Ruhbarb Crunch/Broken Glass Torte

Rhubarb Crunch

2 cups flour
2 cups brown sugar
2 Tablespoons cinnamon
1 1/2 cups uncooked oatmeal
1 cup melted butter

Mix all together until crumbly and press into pan. Add rhubarb.

Sauce: 2 cups sugar
2 cups water
2 Tablespoons Corn Starch
2 teaspoons vanilla.

Bring sauce to a boil, it should be white and pour on rhubarb. Bake at 350 for 1 hour. Hard for me to make this anymore being their is so much sugar. 

Broken Glass Torte

 

1 1/2 packages graham crackers and 7 tablespoons melted butter to make the crust. 

2 - 3 oz jello's two different flavors

Dissolve the jello in 3/4 cup each jello in boiling water and add 3/4 cup cold water each jello. Put in a pie plate and chill. When chilled cut in squares. Take 1/2 pint dairy whip cream and beat until fluffy and add some sugar with it just a T maybe. In measuring cup put 1/4 cup hot water in it and add one envelope Knox and then fill the cup to 1/2 with cold water. Add to the whip cream and stir and then add jello. Mix and pour into the crust. Chill. 

I don’t use box jello so a 3 ounce box is equal to 6 tablespoons. So two three ounce boxes is 6 tablespoons each. 

Melt in your Mouth Chicken Breast

My Chicken Breasts

My husband loves my chicken and it's so simple. We live by Maple wood Meats and we are truly spoiled. I buy there bone in chicken breast. When I am ready to prepare them I just put them in a pan drizzle some avocado oil on them, sprinkle with my homemade season salt. Then bake at 375 for at least 45 minutes or till done. For a white meat they are so tender and not dry.

Season Salt 

6 Tablespoons sea salt (I always use Himalaya salt)
3 Tablespoons garlic powder
2 Tablespoons Onion powder
1 Tablespoon Turmeric
1 Tablespoon coconut sugar or sugar
Hint of black pepper unless you like it add more.

This is absolutely the best season salt. I won't ever try to make the Lawerys or the Curts. It is nice to know the ingredients though.

Sloppy Joes/Lasagna

Sloppy Joes

1 lb ground beef
1/4 cup chopped onion
1/4 cup chopped green bell pepper
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon yellow mustard
3/4 cup ketchup
1/4 cup barbecue sauce optional
3 teas brown sugar
salt to taste
ground pepper to taste

Sloppy Joes Again

1 pound ground beef

1/2 cup chopped onion

1 8 ounce tomato Sauce

1/3 cup ketchup 

2 Tablespoons brown sugar

1 Tablespoon apple cider vinegar

Very good too. If you want them less sloppy don't add all the ketchup. 

Lasagna

1 1/2 pounds of hamburger

1 clove garlic

1- 6 ounce tomatoe paste

1 teaspoon salt

1/2 cup onion

2-8ounce can tomatoe sauce

2 teaspoons basil

8 oz laz noodles 

oven 375 till done

Baked Tenderloin

Whole tenderloin brushed with oil and garlic pd. In oven at 375 for 1 to 1/2 hours or till done.