Chicken Fajitas

5 chicken breasts cut into strips
saute in garlic until all sides are lightly browned and completely cooked add one packet fajita mix and water simmer down.
warm tortilla shells
Cut up jalepenos to tasts
chop green onions to taste
cut up red peppers to taste
chop cilantro to taste
chop tomatoes to taste
serve with guacamole and sour cream

GIANT Hamburger

Sometimes my husband likes to cook new things also. He came across this on the internet and wanted to give it a try. It was interesting, maybe fun for a large group get together, lol.

6 to 8 pounds hamburger meat (It almost filled up a cookie sheet)
1 lb bacon
1 small carton sliced mushrooms
1/2 sliced onion (color of your choice)
1 large jalepeno sliced (seeds removed for a milder taste)
1 cup shredded cheddar cheese

Bake in oven at 350 degrees for 40 minutes aprox until meat is thoroughly cooked.
Slice into portions and serve on a prepared bun.

Candied Pretzels

I did this about a year ago with my activity days girls and again for one of my superbowl treats. Lay out pretzels on waxed paper lined cookie sheets. Place a rollo, chocolate kiss, or other favorite small chocolate candy onto pretzel. Place in oven heated at 200 degrees for long enough to soften your chocolate into the pretzel. Maybe 2 to 3 minutes tops. Remove from oven and top with small candy pieces. I used peanut butter pieces. When cooled remove from waxed paper and place on serving plate.

Stuffed Salmon

1 salmon steak cut into 3 to 4 inch segments

1 80z cream cheese
1 cup aprox seasoned bread crumbs
1 clove garlic minced
1 green onion finely chopped

lemon juice

Combine cream cheese, bread, garlic and onion and roll a salmon segment surrounding filling. Place in glass baking dish and pour lemon juice over salmon lightly. Bake at 350 degrees 25 to 30 min. Check to make sure you don't overcook the salmon and dry it out.

Paradise Bakery Sugar Cookies

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 1 dozen small cookies 461g

Recipe makes 3 dozen small cookies)
Calories 2364
Calories from Fat 1259 (53%)
Amount Per Serving %DV
Total Fat 139.9g 215%
Saturated Fat 34.9g 174%
Monounsaturated Fat 61.5g
Polyunsaturated Fat 36.6g
Trans Fat 0.0g
Cholesterol 70mg 23%
Sodium 626mg 26%
Potassium 233mg 6%
Total Carbohydrate 261.4g 87%
Dietary Fiber 3.4g 13%
Sugars 106.7g
Protein 18.3g 36%

By: Southern Polar Bear
Jan 2, 2006

This recipe was published in the Arizona Republic on July 31, 2001

3 dozen small cookies (change servings and units)

Ingredients

* 1 cup granulated sugar
* 1 cup powdered sugar
* 2 cups shortening
* 3/4 teaspoon vanilla
* 1 large egg, beaten
* 4 1/3 cups cake flour
* 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
* 3/4 teaspoon baking powder
* 1/4 teaspoon salt
* sugar, for decorating

Directions

1.

Preheat oven to 375°.
2.

In a medium bowl, cream together the sugars and shortening using an electric mixer.
3.

Mix on slow speed 30 seconds, then scrape down the bowl with a spatula.
4.

Increase speed to medium and mix for 3 minutes.
5.

Slowly add vanilla and beaten egg while mixing.
6.

In a separate bowl, combine the flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Gradually add the flour mixture to the mixing bowl, mixing on slow speed until just blended. Do not overmix.
7.

Scoop with an ice-cream scoop and roll in sugar.
8.

Place directly on cookie sheet. Flatten slightly with palm of hand.
9.

Bake at 375° for 9-10 minutes. Cookies are done when small cracks appear and are pale golden. Ideally, the edges do not brown.

Chocolate Cream Cheese Cake

FILLING

• 1/4 cup granulated sugar
• 1 pkg. (8 oz.) cream cheese, softened
• 1 large egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

CAKE

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
• 1 cup water
• 1/2 cup Baking Cocoa
• 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, softened
• 3 large eggs
• 1 1/4 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Spray bundt pan generously. Make cake batter beating on high for 2-3 minutes scraping down sides and pour 1/2 batter into bundt pan. Prepare cream filling beating on low until well mixed scraping down sides and spoon onto cake batter making sure to keep centered in the pan. Top with remaining cake batter. Bake at 350 degrees for 50 to 60 min aprox until cake tester comes out clean. Let cool in pan before removing.

Top with melted prepared frostings, or a ganache.

Recipe from www.allwomenstalk.com

Salmon with a citrus cream sauce

Sometimes I like to get creative so here's what I came up with. Yummy, family liked this dish.

1 cup Dole pine-orange-banana juice
1 tsp garlic
1 tbsp lemon or lime juice
1/2 to 1 cup heavy whipping cream
cornstarch to thicken slightly
Salmon steaks

Place salmon in lightly greased glass baking dish. Combine all other ingredients and pour over salmon coating evenly. Bake at 350 start checking after 35 min remove when cooked depending on size of salmon steaks.

Yoshida's Orange Teryaki Chicken

1 Cup Yoshida's Gourmet Sauce
1 Cup orange juice (or 3 fresh squeezed oranges)
1 Tbsp garlic (not on original recipe)
6 Tbsp honey
1 can drained mandarin oranges (not on original recipe)
(I may add 1 small can crushed pineapple next time)

Combine and reserve 1 cup sauce.
Marinate chicken 10 minutes. I cut mine into strips to marinate.
Spray skillet and fry chicken until white. Add some of the reserved sauce and thicken with cornstarch if desired.

Serve over warm rice.

Carmel Popcorn

2 cups brown sugar
1 cup (2 sticks butter)
1/2 cup light corn syrup
1 tsp salt
2 cups unpopped popcorn

Directions:
pop the popcorn and set aside

melt the remaining ingredients together in a large heavy gauge pan. Stir constantly and when it boils set the timer for 5 min. Add:

1 tsp vanilla
1/2 tsp baking soda

stir well and add the popped kernals stiring until well coated. Spread onto foil lined cookie sheets and bake at 250 degrees for 1 hour stiring every 15 minutes.

Chocolate Soufles

2 tbsp sugar sprinkle in the bottom of ramikins sprayed with cooking spray

Mix together until smooth set aside
1/2 cup baking cocoa
1/2 cup hot water

In a baking pan cook over very low heat stir constantly with a wire wisk
2 tbsp butter melt then add
3 tbsp flour

when mixed add and continue to stir until thickened slightly

2/3 cup evaporated milk
1/2 cup sugar
cocoa and water paste
continue to stir with wisk to blend completely and thicken
remove from heat after it thickens again to brownie consistency

separate 4 eggs and whip the whites when they start to stiffen add
1/4 cup sugar
continue to beat until stiff peaks form

fold egg whites gently into chocolate mixture until well mixed without deflating the eggs you want this as light as possiblescoop into your prepared ramikins and bake on a cookie sheet for ease at 375 degrees for 18 to 20 minutes. I hear to put some water in a baking dish in the oven while you are baking to help it so it doesn't fall once removed from the oven.

Serve warm as they deflate when cooled. Sift powdered sugar over the top and drizzle with a chocolate sauce and berries. I have had these ramakins for a few weeks and have been looking for a fun choice to break them in. This was definately worth the wait.

Southern Biscuits

Yummy

* 2 cups flour
* 4 teaspoons baking powder
* 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
* 3/4 teaspoon salt
* 2 tablespoons butter
* 2 tablespoons shortening
* 1 cup buttermilk, chilled

Directions

Preheat oven to 450 degrees.

In a large mixing bowl, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Using your fingertips, rub butter and shortening into dry ingredients until mixture looks like crumbs. (The faster the better, you don't want the fats to melt.) Make a well in the center and pour in the chilled buttermilk. Stir just until the dough comes together. The dough will be very sticky.

Turn dough onto floured surface, dust top with flour and gently fold dough over on itself 5 or 6 times. Press into a 1-inch thick round. Cut out biscuits with a 2-inch cutter, being sure to push straight down through the dough. Place biscuits on baking sheet so that they just touch. Reform scrap dough, working it as little as possible and continue cutting. (Biscuits from the second pass will not be quite as light as those from the first, but hey, that's life.)

Bake until biscuits are tall and light gold on top, 15 to 20 minutes

Portugese Sweet Bread

A good bread, not quite the sweetened flavor I am looking for, but it is good. The bread was sliced and eaten too quickly pictures didn't get taken this time.

* 1 cup milk
* 1 egg
* 2 tablespoons margarine
* 1/3 cup white sugar
* 3/4 teaspoon salt
* 3 cups bread flour
* 2 1/2 teaspoons active dry yeast


DIRECTIONS

1. Add ingredients in order suggested by your manufacturer of your bread machine.
2. Select "sweet bread" setting.

Ever since going to Hawaii and having sweet bread in a local bakery I fell in love with it. I haven't found a recipe that has turned out yet, but still looking.