I think we should all be impressed and extremely surprised I have cooked at all let alone twice in three days. So this first recipe is the harder then the second but if I did it then we all know its on the easy scale of cooking.
Prep time 15 minutes Cook time 30 min
Ingredients first: 2 C cooked rice, 6-8 slices of ham chopped, 3 C cooked chicken, 2 cans cream of chicken soup, 6 slices Swiss cheese, 10 saltines (or ritz), 1/4 tsp garlic salt, 1/2 C milk, 1/2 C sour cream, 1/2 tsp paprika, 1/2 tsp parsley.
Now for some directions: spray 9x13 pan with cooking spray. Put rice in the bottom of the pan. Then layer chicken, ham, and cheese. Crush the saltines and add spices together in a separate bowl. In another bowl combine soup, milk, and sour cream. Spread cream mix on the cheese then top with cracker/herb mix. Bake for 30 minutes
I hope I did this blog thing right on my first try and I hope you all enjoy
So Kaitlin inspired me to post the recipe for possibly THE best batch of chocolate chip cookies you will ever partake of.
3 Cups flour
1 tsp. Baking Soda
1/2 tsp. Salt
1 Cup Butter
3/4 Cup Sugar
3/4 Cup Brown Sugar
2 Eggs
2 tsp. Vanilla
2 Cups Chocolate Chips (I prefer the Guittard brand, they are in a silver package next to the Ghiradelli)
Cream: butter, sugar, eggs, and vanilla. In a separate bowl blend: four, soda, and salt. Mix with creamed mixture. Stir in choc. chips then form cookies on baking sheet. Bake at 375 for 8 minutes.
So there I was, helping make lunch for the lovely senior citizens of Escalante, Utah when BAM! I made this chocolate cake from the Pioneer Woman. I would need about 29 more fingers to show you how many compliments I got about this lovely, decadent, delicious, chocolaty cake. Please try it; it is so good!
P.S. I should probably put a disclaimer on here that the majority of my posts will probably be Pioneer Woman recipes, just for future reference... I love her, what can I say?
Here is the recipe, you can watch her step by step at this page here. She is a lot more witty than me too, so you might enjoy scrolling through her post more than mine. Anyways.. this cake is good, no lie.
The Best Chocolate Sheet Cake. Ever.
Prep Time:
Cook Time:
Difficulty: Easy
Servings: 24
Ingredients
FOR THE CAKE:
2 cups Flour
2 cups Sugar
1/4 teaspoon Salt
4 Tablespoons (heaping) Cocoa
2 sticks Butter
1 cup Boiling Water
1/2 cup Buttermilk
2 whole Beaten Eggs
1 teaspoon Baking Soda
1 teaspoon Vanilla
FOR FROSTING:
1/2 cup Finely Chopped Pecans *
1-3/4 stick Butter
4 Tablespoons (heaping) Cocoa
6 Tablespoons Milk
1 teaspoon Vanilla
1 pound (minus 1/2 Cup) Powdered Sugar
Preparation Instructions
Note: I use an 18x13 sheet cake pan.
In a mixing bowl, combine flour, sugar, and salt.
In a saucepan, melt butter. Add cocoa. Stir together.
Add boiling water, allow mixture to boil for 30 seconds, then turn off heat. Pour over flour mixture, and stir lightly to cool.
In a measuring cup, pour the buttermilk and add beaten eggs, baking
soda, and vanilla. Stir buttermilk mixture into butter/chocolate
mixture. Pour into sheet cake pan and bake at 350-degrees for 20
minutes.
While cake is baking, make the icing. Chop pecans finely. Melt
butter in a saucepan. Add cocoa, stir to combine, then turn off heat.
Add the milk, vanilla, and powdered sugar. Stir together. Add the
pecans, stir together, and pour over warm cake.
Cut into squares, eat, and totally wig out over the fact that you’ve just made the best chocolate sheet cake. Ever.
*Katy note: I toast my pecans, it makes them taste soooooooooo much better
WHAAA? Two Posts in one day? WHY (you may ask)? Perhaps it is because I am a crazed recipe/blog writer. But mostly because Devin is on a fire. Anyways, I made this the other day to go over some vanilla bean ice cream. I love this sauce because it's delicious fresh and even better after it sits in a jar in the fridge. Just ask Devins Dad, he ate it all.
First off, how the freak do you pronounce Sjoblom? Secondly I love this recipe. It's yummy, great leftovers (you can freeze the meat & au just mixture), and it's easy peasy lemon squeezy.
Sjobloms French Dips
1 (3 pound) cross rib,
rump or eye of round beef roast
1 (10 ¾- ounce) can
beef consommé
1 ½ cups water
1 Good Seasons Italian
dressing packet
1 au jus gravy packet
Sliced Swiss cheese
Hoagie buns
Place roast in
crock-pot. Whisk ingredients together and pour over roast. Cook on high in the
crock-pot for 6 to 8 hours, or until you can shred it easily with a fork.
Place shredded meat on
hoagie rolls and top with Swiss cheese. Broil sandwiches open face until cheese
is melted and rolls are browned. Serve with strained au jus mixture.
Turns out Katy actually pinned this recipe on pinterest but I liked it and decided to make it. Do we wish that maybe I would come up with my own ideas? Sorry about that.
Crockpot Corn Chowder
6-8 potatoes peeled & diced (I only had 4 potatoes with no time to peel them. don't judge)
1 can cream corn
1 can whole kernel corn (or normal corn as I like to call it)
2 cups chicken broth (Did I have this lying around my house? Sure didn't so I used water)
8 ounces diced ham
1 cup diced onions
1/4 cup butter
2 cups half & half
1. Put potatoes, both cans of corn, onion, chicken broth and ham in the crockpot on low for 7-8 hours. Yeah I definitely put it on high for 3-4 hours.
2. Mash the mixture to your desired consistency. Add half and half and butter.
3. Cook on high for additional 30 minutes.
I'm no professional photographer and even if I was the light in this apartment sucks and by light I mean lack of light. It's dark in here. Also don't even worry about how I took the lid of the crockpot at least 83 times while it was cooking. I know you aren't supposed to do that but it's a free country and I do what I want. :)
Another note is that I don't really like ham. However I liked it in this soup probably because it was cut into tiny pieces. I also will not eat tomatoes unless they are thinly sliced or cut up into tiny pieces. I'm totally normal. I'm just wondering what other things I might eat if they are cut up into tiny pieces. Should I maybe shut up now? Moral of the story is this was good stuff.
So first off I am loving this blog business! I'm thinking at the end of the year we print it off and each have a copy as a sort of cook book? Just a possibility. Anyways...with the end of summer near I thought I would put up on of my favorite grilled chicken/turkey recipes.
MANTI TURKEY
2 parts soy sauce
1 part 7up or Sprite
1/2 part cooking oil
And a little horseradish (a teaspoon to a tablespoon...depends on your taste)
Mix it all up and pour over turkey or chicken.
Marinate all day.
BBQ for 30-40 minutes
I usually make up a potato or pasta salad to go with it as a side, super tasty!
And because I don't have any beautiful food pictures, here is one of Alice right before she ran me over with her bike. We are still working on the whole "posing" concept. I guess she is an action shot kind of girl.
