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Pre heat oven to 350 degrees
1 Golden Delicious Apple (Peeled, Cored and Diced)
2 Russet Potatoes (Peeled and diced)
*2 Carrots (Peeled and diced)
*1 red bell pepper (Diced)
*2 Celery (diced)
*2 chicken breasts cooked and diced
Dash of –
Salt, Pepper, Paprika and Italian Seasoning
Toss together until well blended. Put into Casserole dish. Sprinkle with Crushed Red Pepper (optional). Cover with tin foil and bake at 350 until potatoes are soft (about 20 minutes)
* – Optional
Ok, so this was SUPER yummy and I got to test out a new product!
4 salmon fillets
1/2 cup Hickory Grapeseed oil (From Wildtree.com)
3 glove of garlic
1/4 cup butter
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Melt the butter in a skillet with the garlic and oil on a low heat. Once melted increase to medium and add the salmon fillets. Cook about 4 min on each side, only flip once (if possible). When on the last side, increase heat to high and cook 1 min. This will add a nice crunchy side. Remove from skillet and serve.
So, I have found the easiest way to make a store bought cake taste special and home made. Jello! Yes, any flavor gelatin can make a difference. Just add one small box to a yellow, white or butter recipe cake mix and you have, yum! You can also do this to add flavor to store bought frosting. For instance you can take 1 tub of vanilla frosting and 1 small package orange gelatin and you have orange cream frosting. So yum!
This can also be done with pancakes and waffles! Want a special flavor pancake for someone’s birthday or wanna do red, white and blue pancakes? Adding gelatin to the finished batter can make a difference. The flavors are amazing and the color will make your kids “Ooo” and “Ahh”.
4c flour
1 tsp salt
2 tsp baking powder
2 tblspn Butter or Lard (I like with butter)
1 1/2 c Water ( I use cold tap)
Mix Flour, Salt. Baking powder and butter together until well blended (Best by hand but a pastry cutter works too) then add water. Kneed a little to make sure fully incorporated and then take balls of dough and turn roll them out on a lightly floured surface.
Cook in skillet on Med heat until lightly browned on each side. (Shouldn’t need any oil and works best on an electric griddle)
I would recommend using as little flour as possible and rolling as thin as possible (just about paper thin). Golf ball sized chunks of dough will make the “big” tortillas.
So, for my son’s birthday I am cheating. I bought 2 boxed cakes (one yellow and one chocolate) to make his birthday cake. I made cupcakes as directed with half the batter (substituting flat bottom ice cream cones for cup cake wrappers). Then I took a wilton ball cake pan and make one half of the ball chocolate and one half vanilla. I froze them for a few hours before icing them together (with store bought frosting). However, they are now in the freezer again because I am going to roll the ball in the oreo crumbs (which I made in my magic bullet). I also made 2 regular cupcakes so that we can use them for ears and roll them in oreo crumbs too. The plan is for it to look like the mickey mouse outline. We’ll see how this goes. I’ll be sure to post a picture when done.
We do have a heck of a spread planned for Josh’s party, including Hot Dogs, chips, dips and salads. I went to allrecipes.com and found a yummy recipe for Caribbean Sweet Potato Salad, which I am going to altar a little. (Below is my version of the recipe.)
Cynthia’s Sweet Potato Salad
*Feel free to play with this recipe. I went ahead and omitted the cucumber this time and substituted 1 tablespoon of oil with 1 tablespoon grapeseed oil with mesquite flavoring. You can also just add 1 tsp liquid smoke for the same flavor.*
2 large russet potato’s cooked, peeled, quartered, and chopped
2 medium sweet potato’s (or yams) cooked, peeled, quartered, and chopped
1 cup corn
2 tsp crushed mustard seed
3 tablespoons orange juice
3 tablespoons Canola oil
1 clove garlic, pressed
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
1/4 cup Mayo
1 cucumber peeled, halved lengthwise and sliced (optional)
Blend and enjoy!