Thursday, September 22, 2011

Flavorful Pork Chops and Apple Crisp

Flavorful Pork Chops:
  • 4 bone-in pork loins chops 8oz each
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/4 tsp pepper
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 1/4 cup sliced onion
  • 2 cloves garlic minced
  • 1/2 cup worcestershire sauce
  • 3 tbsp honey
  • 1 tbsp dijon mustard

  1. Sprinkle pork chops with salt and pepper. In a large skillet, brown chops in oil. Remove and keep warm.
  2. In the same skillet. saute onion until tender. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer. Add the worcestershire sauce, honey and mustard to the skillet; stirring to loosen browned bits from pan. Bring to a boil.
  3. Return chops to the pan, reduce heat and cover. Simmer for 15-20 minutes.



Apple Crisp:
  • 5 cups peeled and sliced green apples
  • 4 tbsp sugar
  • 1 cup rolled oats
  • 1 cup packed brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 tsp cinnamon
  • 1/2 cup melted butter


  1. Preheat oven to 375. Place apples in 2-qt square  baking dish and mix in sugar.
  2. For topping mix oats, brown sugar, flour, and cinnamon together then poor melted butter in and mix very well. Spread topping over apples evenly.
  3. Bake for 30-35 minutes until topping is golden. Cool slightly
  4. Serve with vanilla ice cream if desired!

Thursday, September 8, 2011

Chicken Pot Pie

This is such a quick and easy recipe, it is so delicious and fits right in for comfort food! With this one sometimes I put it in a pie crust and sometimes I do not. This time I did however I did not make it from scratch.




Ingredients:
  • 1 store bought pie crust
  • 2 cups frozen mixed vegetables
  • 2 cups cooked chicken diced up
  • 1 can cream of chicken soup
  • 1 cup Bisquick mix
  • 1/2 cup milk
  • 1 egg




  1. Prep pie crust according to package
  2. Mix vegetables, chicken, and soup together, fill pie crust.
  3. Stir together Bisquick, milk, and egg together until not lumpy and pour over pie filling. Make sure you get it all the way over and don't miss any spots.
  4. Bake at 400 for 30 minutes and enjoy!!

Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Meatloaf

Day two of having my new kitchen and oh is it amazing! I have so much counter space I can be working on 3-4 things at once!! So as a kid I never liked meatloaf, as a teenage I never liked meatloaf and as an adult I never liked meatloaf until I found this recipe.

I decided one day that I would make Ryan some meatloaf for dinner, even thought I didn't like it I also didn't hate it and I would tough it out since I knew he would love to have meatloaf for dinner! So I went to WinCo and found a meatloaf seasoning packet and read the recipe on the back. Followed it for the most part and doctored it up a bit and when it was all said and done I was a meatloaf lover as well!!

Meatloaf:
  • 2 pounds of ground beef
  • 2 packets meatloaf seasoning
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 can cream of mushroom soup
  • 1/2 cup oatmeal
  1. Mix all ingredients together very well. I recommend using a mixer but your hands will always work.
  2. Put in a loaf pan and pat down to get all the air bubbles out. This will keep your meatloaf from falling apart, so make sure to pat it down real well.
  3. Bake at 350 for 1 hour.



This is very simple and easy to make and oh so delicious!! Makes about 8 slices, and this is so good you might need seconds!

Strawberry Cake with White Chocolate-Cream Cheese Frosting!!

The other day in the store I picked up a cooking with Paula magazine! I love her show and I love her food. She is from Savannah Georgia where a lot of my family lives so I thought I would see what her magazine is all about. The very first thing that caught my eye in there was this recipe! However we were in the process of moving and I couldn't cook anything because my kitchen was all packed up. That is also the reason for not posting any blogs recently.

So by the time I got my kitchen all set up after the move this past Sunday I was itching to cook so bad. I found some chicken tenders in the freezer and marinaded them with lemon pepper and made some cease pasta salad to go with but that still didn't quite fix my itch to cook. So we went grocery shopping Monday morning to stock the house with food and I was ready to cook!!!

Picked up some steaks and marinaded them in mesquite for about 3 hours and in the mean time I whipped up some potato salad and broccoli salad and I just couldn't resist this cake anymore! It is so moist and oh so YUMMY!!! I just had to share with everyone!!



Strawberry Cake:
  • 1 cup fresh strawberries (frozen is alright if you cant get fresh must be thawed and well drained)
  • 1 cup butter softened
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 1 3oz package strawberry flavored gelatin
  • 4 large eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 3 cups cake flour
  • 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup whole milk
  1. Preheat oven to 350. Grease 2 8 inch round cake pans and flour.
  2. In a blender puree strawberries until smooth. You should have 1/2 cup when finished.
  3. In a mixer beat butter at medium speed with a mixer until creamy. Gradually add sugar and gelatin and beat for 5 minutes. Add eggs one at a time, mixing well between. Add strawberry puree and vanilla beating until blended.
  4. In a medium bowl sift together cake flour, baking powder, and salt. Gradually add to butter mixture alternately with milk.
  5. Divide batter evenly between the two pans. Bake for 30-35 minutes. Cool in pans for 10 minutes then remove to wire racks to cool completely. Wrap layers in plastic wrap and freeze until your ready to frost your cake.
White Chocolate-Cream Cheese Frosting:
  • 1 cup white chocolate morsels
  • 1 tablespoon oil
  • 11oz packages cream cheese
  • 1/2 cup butter softened
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 16oz package confectioners sugar
  1. Put white chocolate morsels and oil in a microwave safe bowl. Microwave on high for 30 seconds, stir and heat for another 15 seconds until it stirs smooth.
  2. In a large bowl, beat cream cheese and butter at medium speed until creamy. Beat in melted chocolate and vanilla. Gradually add confectioners sugar, beating until light and fluffy.
  3. Frost your cake, spread frosting between layers and on sides and top of the cake. Garnish with fresh strawberries if you desire.