Sugar Cookies

This recipe makes the best thick soft sugar cookies. They are so yummy! It will be the best recipe, guaranteed! It makes a ton, you may want to half it.
3 cups sugar
1 pint sour cream
1/2 butter softened
4 well beaten eggs
8 - 12 cups flour (I usually have to add more)
1 tsp soda
1 tsp baking powder
2 tsp vanilla

Mix sugar, sour cream, butter and vanilla until smooth. Add eggs. Mix in dry ingredients. If the dough is too sticky, add a little more flour. I usually have to add more than 12 cups.
Roll out and cut into shapes. Leave the dough thick when cutting.
Bake at 400 for 8-10 minutes. Dont over cook.

Taco Seasoning

Tacos are always a fast meal. I found this recipe for taco seasoning mix. I try to stay away from pre packaged stuff, because it usually has mysterious ingredients in it.

I triple this and leave it in a shaker in my spice cupboard.

Taco Seasoning Mix

1 tablespoon chili powder
2 teaspoons onion powder
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1 teaspoon paprika
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon oregano
1 teaspoon sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
cayenne pepper, to taste (optional)


To make tacos, you'll need:

1 lb. ground beef (or other ground meat of your choice)
1/3 c - 1/2 c water
taco seasoning mix
hot sauce of your choice, to taste
tortillas or hard shells

Toppings:
cheese, onions, lettuce, sour cream, salsa, tomatoes, avocado or whatever floats your boat!

It's really easy...
1. Brown the meat in a pan.
2. Drain off the fat.
3. Add taco seasoning and water.
4. Stir to combine and heat thru
5. Serve in tortillas or shells and top how ever you would like.

Pear Jello

This is my sister Liz's recipe. It is the greatest jello ever! We MAKE her bring it to every family event.

1 large pkg lime jello
1 8 oz pkg cream cheese
1 qrt pears or 2-3 cans from store
2 c whipping cream

Pour off juice from pears (about 2 cups and heat) add water if necessary. Meanwhile, whip pears and cream cheese in blender. Dissolve jello in heated juice. Add 2 c. cold water. Add cream cheese and pears. Let it soft set, (45 min or so) then fold in whipping cream, chill and set.

Another Turkey Meatloaf

Well, Raygon beat me to the turkey meatloaf, this one is a little different. It's very easy to make and you could add spinach or other veggies to make it even better. Even Cade licked his plate clean and asked if I was saving the leftovers so he could eat eat it again the next day!

2 lbs. ground turkey
1 cup milk
1 cup Italian seasoned bread crumbs
2 eggs
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
3/4 lb Colby cheese, cut into 1/2 inch cubes
1/2 cup ketchup (optional)

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
In a bowl, mix the turkey, milk, bread crumbs, and eggs by hand. (this was way too cold for me, so I used a spoon because it was very soft.) Season with salt and pepper. Fold the cheese cubes into the mixture. Transfer to a loaf pan, and top with ketchup.
Bake 1 hour in the preheated oven, to an interal temperature of 180 degrees.

Fudge Tangelo Delight

HERE IS A POST ON THE RECIPE BLOG FROM JESS!!! YEA JESS!!! THANKS TO YOU AND BECCA!! THIS STUFF IS DELICIOUS!

This is Becca's recipe, but I am posting it cause it is good and I can make it all by myself.

Ingredients:
1 big package of Vanilla Jello
1 small carton of Cool Whip
2 cups of buttermilk
1 can of pinapple tidbits
2 small cans of mandarin oranges
1 bag of small marshmellows
1 package of E.L. Fudge striped cookies


Directions:
Mix vanilla Jello with buttermilk until smooth. Add the entire carton of cool whip. Drain and add all cans of fruit. Add about half the bag of marshmellows. Break up the cookies into pieces and mix it all together. Can be served immediately or can be refridgerated before served.

Hawaiian Chicken

This recipe is soooo easy and tastes yum!

6 boneless chicken breasts or thighs
1/2 cup ketchup
1/2 tsp worcestershire sauce
1 tsp mustard
1/2 cup crushed pineapple with juice
1/2 cup brown sugar

mix everything together and cook in crock pot for about 5 hours. Serve with white rice and stir fry veggies.

Oven BBQ Chicken

This is so good hot and even better the next day served cold. I usually place the leftovers individually in ziplock bags. They make a quick pick me up and you can eat it with your fingers if it is cold! It is great to put in packed lunches.
This is one of the best chicken recipes I have made (in my opinion) A co worker shared her lunch with me years ago and this was in it. I begged the recipe off her and it is a favorite of mine now.

3 Tbs. ketchup
3 Tbs. white vinegar
1 Tbs. lemon juice
1 Tbs. worchestershire sauce
1/4 cup water
1 tsp dry mustard
2 tsp salt
2 tsp chili powder
1 tsp paprika
1 tsp pepper
6-8 chicken breasts

Mix all ingredients for sauce and dip each piece of chicken in it. Place chicken in foil lined pan (make foil large enough to cover over top of chicken too) Pour left over sauce over the chicken in the pan. Enclose chicken in foil, sealing it tightly to juices wont run out. Bake at 500 for 15 minutes then reduce to 375 and cook for an additional 1 1/2 hours.

This is a great alternative for chicken. I usually have all the spices in my cupboard.

Cajun Chicken

This is a spicy chicken dinner. It is yummy. We toss it on the BBQ in the summer and cook it in a skillet in the winter time. You can put less seasoning in it if you dont want it to have a kick. I have had a hard time finding Cajun seasoning so I have been using Creole seasoning lately. Tastes just as good.

Picture found here
4 chicken breast
2 Tbs. Cajun seasoning (I have also used Creole seasoning)
Oil skillet and warm on stove. Coat chicken breasts with seasoning and cook in skillet.
Serve with following
1 pkg. rigatoni noodles (cook while chicken is cooking)
drain rigatoni then add 1 cup skim milk 1 bag spinach leaves 8 oz fresh mushrooms, 1 chopped tomato. Toss together and warm thru. Serve chicken on top of noodles.

Turkey Meatloaf

Since you all know I am a slacker when it comes to pictures of food...

I googled meatloaf to steal a picture from their catalog of images.

The result?

This:

Does he gross any one out besides me?


If you still have an appetite, here is the recipe and picture I intended to share.

Home style Turkey Meatloaf

1 lb. lean ground turkey
1 onion, chopped (or you can use dehydrated, onion salt)
3 egg whites
1 cup salsa
3/4 cup old fashioned oats
1 pkg. vegetable soup mix
1/2 cup ketchup

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine ingredients (minus ketchup)and press into a 9 x 5 pan. Spread ketchup on top. Bake about 1 hour. Let sit 5 minutes before serving.

Meatball Subs

(we keep scarfing our food down before I get pictures, I stole this one from a google image search)
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
1 cup water
1 6 oz can tomato paste
1 large sweet onion (purple) cut in half then sliced
36 frozen meatballs
6 hoagie buns
1 cup cheese

mix water, brown sugar, and tomato paste in a 3-4 quart crock pot. Stir in onions and frozen meatballs. Cook on low for 6 hours. Toast buns by broiling them a few minutes in the oven. Sprinkle with cheese and enjoy!

These are yum!