1 3/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup butter
4 TBS cocoa powder
3/4 cup peanut butter
3 cups oats
1 tsp vanilla
Combine sugar, milk, butter and cocoa. Bring to a boil and cook 1 1/2 minutes. (Begin time when it reaches full boil. If you boil to long they will be dry and if you don't boil long enough they won't form up.) Remove from heat and stir in peanut butter, oats and then add the vanilla very last. Drop onto wax paper and let cool.
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Saturday, August 16, 2008
Granola
I found this recipe on a blog I visit. I am going to type it out here because I hate having to click on links to see things but if you want to see the photo's she has that go along with the recipe go here
I don't measure carefully...
3 heaping cups of Oats
1 heaping cup of Cheerios
3 TBSP brown sugar
cinnamon
2 TBSP butter
1/3 cup honey
1/2 cup applesauce
a handful of dried apples or raisins (I put the raisins in with my own because my kids really, REALLY hate raisins. Like instantly gag hate)
In a bowl mix your oats, cinnamon, Cheerios and brown sugar and set aside.
Melt 2 TBSP of butter in a saucepan on medium heat, then toss in the applesauce and honey. Bring to a good solid all over bubbling. Let bubble for 1 min, then remove from heat.
Pour it on your dry mixture and mix until it is all covered.
Spread it out on a baking sheet and cook for about an hour at 250 degrees.
Mix it around every 15-20 minutes until it is evenly dried.
Take tray out of oven and sprinkle on dried fruit. Let cool and transfer to an airtight container.
Verdict: I made this yesterday and more than half of it didn't make it to the airtight container. My kids were all over it. It made a great snack and Jeff and I had our fair share also. I had a bowl with milk last night as my snack after I put the kids to bed and it was really good. I am out of yogurt but I think it would be really good on that. I'm going to play around with adding different spices like maybe some vanilla. It would also be yummy to make this and mix it with peanuts and m&m's as a trail mix. Next time I will probably make two batches. One for us to eat that day and another to put in the container for cereal and snacks through the week. These are also great ingredients to have on hand in food storage and would be easy to use to make your own cereal.
I don't measure carefully...
3 heaping cups of Oats
1 heaping cup of Cheerios
3 TBSP brown sugar
cinnamon
2 TBSP butter
1/3 cup honey
1/2 cup applesauce
a handful of dried apples or raisins (I put the raisins in with my own because my kids really, REALLY hate raisins. Like instantly gag hate)
In a bowl mix your oats, cinnamon, Cheerios and brown sugar and set aside.
Melt 2 TBSP of butter in a saucepan on medium heat, then toss in the applesauce and honey. Bring to a good solid all over bubbling. Let bubble for 1 min, then remove from heat.
Pour it on your dry mixture and mix until it is all covered.
Spread it out on a baking sheet and cook for about an hour at 250 degrees.
Mix it around every 15-20 minutes until it is evenly dried.
Take tray out of oven and sprinkle on dried fruit. Let cool and transfer to an airtight container.
Verdict: I made this yesterday and more than half of it didn't make it to the airtight container. My kids were all over it. It made a great snack and Jeff and I had our fair share also. I had a bowl with milk last night as my snack after I put the kids to bed and it was really good. I am out of yogurt but I think it would be really good on that. I'm going to play around with adding different spices like maybe some vanilla. It would also be yummy to make this and mix it with peanuts and m&m's as a trail mix. Next time I will probably make two batches. One for us to eat that day and another to put in the container for cereal and snacks through the week. These are also great ingredients to have on hand in food storage and would be easy to use to make your own cereal.
Southwest Chicken Salad
I have been trying to come up with yummy things for Jeff to take in his cooler for lunch/dinner besides sandwiches. I found this recipe in my Food and Family Simple Shortcuts book. I just prepared everything for the salads and put them in their bowls in the fridge so each day before he leaves I put the things together in his container and off he goes. It's actually faster than making sandwiches and I think probably more filling and yummy for him.
Salad Greens
Southwest Chicken Breast Strips**
Canned Corn, Drained
Salsa
Ranch Dressing
~This would also be yummy as a wrap and Jeff and I both thought Frito's or corn chips would taste good with it.
I just put the chicken, salad and corn in a bowl and then send him with a little container of salsa and ranch.
** You can make your own chicken and store it in the fridge. The recipe is advertising Oscar Mayers Fully cooked, ready to eat chicken breast strips. We don't have the Oscar Mayer brand out here but I found a different brand that is the exact same. The flavor of the premade stuff is really good and the chicken is tender. I might try to find a seasoning to do my own chicken breasts but this is a great and easy mans meal that they don't have to cook anything.
~The one can of corn and the package of ready to go chicken is enough for about four salads with man size meat portions for a salad for dinner (so bigger than just a lunch salad)
~I have been buying heads of lettuce and chopping it up myself and adding in spinach. It stores better in the fridge than the bags of lettuce and if it's all ready to go in my fridge I eat more salads.
Verdict:
Jeff loved the salad and took another one today.
I made myself one (minus the salsa, I can't stand spicy) for lunch today because the kids wanted hot dogs and those are not my favorite things. Yeah well the kids ended up eating my salad and I ended up with their hot dogs. My kids are not salad eaters either so even they loved it. I think I hear G in the kitchen scavenging for more.
Salad Greens
Southwest Chicken Breast Strips**
Canned Corn, Drained
Salsa
Ranch Dressing
~This would also be yummy as a wrap and Jeff and I both thought Frito's or corn chips would taste good with it.
I just put the chicken, salad and corn in a bowl and then send him with a little container of salsa and ranch.
** You can make your own chicken and store it in the fridge. The recipe is advertising Oscar Mayers Fully cooked, ready to eat chicken breast strips. We don't have the Oscar Mayer brand out here but I found a different brand that is the exact same. The flavor of the premade stuff is really good and the chicken is tender. I might try to find a seasoning to do my own chicken breasts but this is a great and easy mans meal that they don't have to cook anything.
~The one can of corn and the package of ready to go chicken is enough for about four salads with man size meat portions for a salad for dinner (so bigger than just a lunch salad)
~I have been buying heads of lettuce and chopping it up myself and adding in spinach. It stores better in the fridge than the bags of lettuce and if it's all ready to go in my fridge I eat more salads.
Verdict:
Jeff loved the salad and took another one today.
I made myself one (minus the salsa, I can't stand spicy) for lunch today because the kids wanted hot dogs and those are not my favorite things. Yeah well the kids ended up eating my salad and I ended up with their hot dogs. My kids are not salad eaters either so even they loved it. I think I hear G in the kitchen scavenging for more.
Friday, August 1, 2008
Tortilla Chip Casserole
1 lb ground beef
onion chopped
1 can stewed tomatoes
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1/2-1 cup of Sour Cream (I usually go with the 1 cup)
1/2 cup water
tortilla chips
shredded cheese
olives (optional)
Brown the ground beef and then add the onion and cook until onion is softened. Add olives and can of stewed tomatoes. Set aside.
In another bowl mix soup, sour cream and water.
Layer twice in a casserole dish chips, meat mixture, soup mixture, cheese
Bake at 350 for 30 minutes.
This is a family favorite. I always have these ingredients and even without the onion it tastes great. It's really fast and easy to throw together and makes great leftovers. I never put the olives in because I really, really, really dislike olives. I usually break up the tortilla chips a little bit so they are smaller pieces and I don't know how much shredded cheese was called for in the original recipe. I usually just sprinkle how much my family likes. I also save more of the soup mixture for the top so all the chips get covered. My ratio for that is more like 1/4 and then 3/4 on the top.
onion chopped
1 can stewed tomatoes
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1/2-1 cup of Sour Cream (I usually go with the 1 cup)
1/2 cup water
tortilla chips
shredded cheese
olives (optional)
Brown the ground beef and then add the onion and cook until onion is softened. Add olives and can of stewed tomatoes. Set aside.
In another bowl mix soup, sour cream and water.
Layer twice in a casserole dish chips, meat mixture, soup mixture, cheese
Bake at 350 for 30 minutes.
This is a family favorite. I always have these ingredients and even without the onion it tastes great. It's really fast and easy to throw together and makes great leftovers. I never put the olives in because I really, really, really dislike olives. I usually break up the tortilla chips a little bit so they are smaller pieces and I don't know how much shredded cheese was called for in the original recipe. I usually just sprinkle how much my family likes. I also save more of the soup mixture for the top so all the chips get covered. My ratio for that is more like 1/4 and then 3/4 on the top.
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