Cook all together in a crock pot on high for 4 hours, shred meat and cook 1 additional hour.
If it's something good, I would love you to share it with me!! Here are a few of my favorite eats! Thanks to all my friends and family for sharing some of theirs!!
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Costa Vida Chicken
Cafe Rio Black Beans
Cafe Rio Tomatillo Dressing
Creamy Tomatillo Dressing
From Morgan...
Cafe Rio Rice
Cilantro Lime Rice
Cafe Rio Pork (Yummy)
Cafe Rio Sweet Barbacoa Pork
Easy Cafe Rio
From Tammy...
3 lbs pork or chicken-cook in crockpot with 1 cup of water in slow cooker for 6 hours. Shred meat then add:
1 tsp garlic salt
1/4 C Kraft Spicy Honey BBQ Sauce
3/4 C Ketchup
1/3 to 1/2 C white sugar
Mix and cook for an additional hour. Serve over romaine lettuce or in a taco shell. Top with your favorite toppings.
Friday, October 7, 2011
Shrimp and Spaghetti in Coconut Broth
From Audrey...
(makes 3 meals (each serves 4) Cook one meal now and freeze two meals for later)
Two 13.5-ounce cans coconut milk
One 14.5-ounce can chicken broth
1 tablespoon Asian fish sauce
1 tablespoon finely chopped garlic
2 teaspoons finely chopped ginger
2 teaspoons hot chili sauce
Two 2-pound bags frozen, raw shrimp (31 to 40 per pound), thawed and tails removed
1 bunch cilantro, coarsely chopped
1 1/2 pounds spaghetti
1. In a large, deep skillet, bring the coconut milk and chicken broth to a simmer over medium heat. Stir in the fish sauce, garlic, ginger, chili sauce and lime juice and cook for 2 minutes.
2. Stir in the shrimp and cook until just opaque, about 4 minutes. Stir in the cilantro and remove from the heat. Transfer two-thirds of the shrimp mixture to a bowl; let cool.
3. In a large pot of boiling, salted water, cook the spaghetti until al dente; drain. Using tongs, transfer one-third of the pasta to the skillet of shrimp.
4. Cook one meal now: Toss the pasta with the shrimp mixture and simmer until warmed through, 1 to 2 minutes.
Freeze two meals for later: Divide the remaining shrimp mixture between 2 resealable 1-gallon freezer bags; seal. Divide the remaining spaghetti between 2 more freezer bags; let cool, then seal. Label each and freeze. THAW 1 bag each of the shrimp mixture and pasta per meal in the refrigerator overnight. Cook as directed in Step 4. Serves 12
Saturday, October 1, 2011
Caramel Heavenlies
The Huntsman Family's Favorite Brownies
Mint Brownies
From Jenny...
1 c. black bean puree (or use ½ c. butter & ½ c. beans) (look under the cooking tips label)
½ c. cocoa
2 tsp. honey
4 eggs
2 c. sugar
1 3/4c. whole wheat flour
1/2tsp. baking powder
½ tsp. salt
Melt butter mix with cocoa and beans. Add honey, eggs, sugar, flour, baking powder, and salt. Mix well. Pour batter into a greased 9 x 13 inch pan. Bake at 350 for 25 min. let cool.
Mint Frosting:
1/2c. butter
2 tsp. vanilla
4 ½ c. powdered sugar
3 tbsp. milk
½ tsp. peppermint extract
Green food coloring
Spread on brownies, refrigerate for 1 hour. Then make chocolate glaze, pour, spread and store in the fridge.
Chocolate glaze: 6 oz. chocolate chips + 3 Tbsp. butter
Heat and stir until melted, work fast at spreading it on the brownies.
Vanilla Bunt Cake
From Jenny...
1 pkg. vanilla cake mix
1 (5.9 ounce) pkg. vanilla pudding
1 c. sour cream
2 c. chocolate chips
1/2 c. oil & ½ c. bean puree (white) (look under the cooking tips label)
4 eggs
½ c. warm water
Mix together the cake and pudding mixes, sour cream, oil/beans beaten eggs and water. Stir in the chocolate chips and pour batter into a well greased 12c. Bundt pan.
Bake for 50-55 min. or until top is springy to the touch and a wooden toothpick inserted comes out clean. Cool cake thoroughly in pan at least an hour and a half before inverting onto a plate if desired. Dust the cake with powder sugar.
Variations: use Devils food cake and Chocolate pudding
Rich Chocolate Chip Bar Cookies
From Jenny...
2 ¼ c. brown sugar
1/3 c. oil & 1/3 c. bean puree (look under the cooking tips label)
3 eggs
2 tsp. baking powder
¼ tsp. salt
2 ½ c. flour (can use half whole wheat flour)
1 tsp. vanilla
1-2 c. chocolate chips
Mix all ingredients together. Place in a greased 9 x 13 inch pan. Bake at 350 for 30 minutes. (You want these soft in the center)
Baking with Beans Tips
*Puree the beans in blender with a little water, you want it like a “smoothie” consistency.
*You can substitute bean puree for half of oil/butter/margarine in most recipes, and your family will never know the difference.
*Color coordinate; if your making brownies use black beans, cookies use white beans.
*Once you love it, use dried beans; plan ahead make large batches and freeze the extra. Dried beans are much cheaper .30 compared to 80 cents a can.
Neiman Marcus Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
3 c. white flour
1 c. white bean flour (or more white flour)
5 c. oats (quick or regular)--I use 3 c. oat flour that I have ground and 2 c. actual oats
2 c. brown sugar
2 c. white sugar
2 t. baking soda
1 t. salt
4 eggs
2 t. baking powder
2 t. vanilla
Cream together the butter, white beans, and sugar until smooth. Add the eggs and beat until smooth. Add the remaining ingredients (minus the chocolate chips) until combined. Dough should be a little sticky, but not too sticky that you can't roll into balls. Bake cookies at 350 for 7-8 minutes (depending on the size of your cookie balls). If you are using beans, don't over bake the cookies or they will be too dry.
Orange Carrot Cookies
Frosted Banana Bars
Mango Salad
Red Lobster's Cheddar Bay Biscuits
Clafoutis (kla-FOO-tee)
Sunrise Sausage Bake
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Pork Chile Verde
1 to 2 cans each of cream of chicken, cream of mushroom soup (same amount of water, using the cans)
1 can of stewed tomatoes(diced)
1 jar of chile verde sauce
Sunday, September 25, 2011
Christensen's Fresh Salsa
From Andrea...
(ok so I loooove this salsa!!! The tomatillos and lime make it)
1 white onion (big)
1 bunch of cilantro (leaves, not stems)
Juice of 1 lime
4 tomatillos (husk removed and sticky stuff washed off)
1-2 jalepeno peppers
4 cloves of garlic (garlic press makes this really easy)
4 tomatoes (I put more in; romas are best—but a combo is good too)
2-4 teaspoons salt
Peel garlic and onion. Use all parts of the jalepeno for warmer salsa, or remove the seeds and white inner flesh for mild salsa. (I use one with and one without) Somewhere between mince and chop (food processor may be too much, pocket knife is probably too little) the onion, garlic, cilantro, tomatillos, and jalepenos together. (I use a pampered chef chopper for all of this but the tomatoes.) Add the salt and lime juice and mix well. Again, somewhere between chop and puree the tomatoes. Mix in the rest and enjoy! I like mine chilled and lots of Tostitos hint of lime tortilla chips.
Yummy Bottled Salsa
From Andrea...
10 cups tomatoes
6 green jalapeños
2 cups onion (white is best)
2 and 1/3 T. salt (not iodized)
6 cloves garlic, minced
1 T. oregano
2 tsp. ground cumin
½ T. pepper
1-7 oz. can fire roasted chilies (you can roast your own Anaheim’s if you prefer)
You can get mild or hot in the can depending on how you like your salsa.
1 and 1/3 cups apple cider vinegar (must be 5% acidity)
First clean all tomatoes of dirt and stems. Scald tomatoes in a pan (just barely covering them with hot not boiling water) for a minute or so. Set on cookie sheet. Wear gloves and use a paring knife to remove/peel skins off—this should be really easy, but quite time consuming. Discard skins. Cut tomatoes into 1/4 –inch chunks. Squeeze tomatoes in two hands to get most of the liquid out. Make sure to do this handfuls at a time. Annie and I use a big clear pitcher to measure and see how many cups of tomatoes we get. We squeeze the tomatoes in two hands letting the liquid drip onto the cookie sheet. You don’t want to remove all the liquid, but most of it. This makes your salsa nice an chunky and thick sauce instead of too runny. And you are not demolishing your tomatoes, just firmly squeezing it enough to get the excess liquid out. Pour tomato juices into another pot (you can discard, or even better use it as a base for a soup!). Once you have the total amount of tomatoes you need put into a big stock pot.
Next take a food processor and chop your onions, jalapeños (keep seeds in if you want it really hot, or de-seed if you want mild) and garlic. We like ours kind of chunky but if you prefer you can finely puree them—just depends on how you like it. Dump this into the stock pot. Add the can of chilies (or cup of your own roasted and de-skinned Anaheim’s).
To roast your own peppers: put on cookie sheet under a broiler or on a grill at 425 degrees. Do this until the skin wrinkles and chars in spots. Turn peppers over and roast on opposite side. Remove from heat. Set peppers into a bowl of ice and water. Remove skins and stems with paring knife. Now you can chop these by hand or stick them into the food processor.
Add the seasoning, salt & pepper and apple cider vinegar into the stock pot. Stir all ingredients well. Cook on medium heat until mixture starts to boil. Once it boils turn it down to simmer (this could take 15-30 minutes total to get it to a point where it boils—This is cooking it down. Next make sure your jars are clean and ready. Ladle salsa into jars leaving ½ inch headspace. Heat lids up in water. Wipe down tops of jars and make sure there isn’t any gook on ‘em so they can seal properly. Put lids on jars, screw rings around jars to finger tight. Process in a water bath for 25 minutes for Utah counties altitude. Make sure that timer is set and the processing time doesn’t start until after the water in the canner is to a rolling boil. You can turn the heat down a little once you start processing; so your water doesn’t boil off. But you still want it to be boiling—just not crazy like. Also, make sure the water in the canner is at least 2 inches above the tops of your lids. (unless you are using a steam canner)
When you are done processing in the water bath take a jar lifter and pull all your jars out. Set an old towel down and transfer your jars to this. Caution: jars will be very hot! Let them set until totally cool and sealed. I love to hear the pop, pop, pop! From the lids sealing.
Label your salsa (hot/med/mild) and put the month and year on the lid. Enjoy!
***Use disposable rubber gloves and it really protects your hands from the acid in the tomatoes and the heat of the peppers! Make sure you have several pairs on hand. This recipe is so easily doubled or tripled. I usually make 4-5 batches at a time.
Peach Cake
Peach Ice Cream
Peach Cobbler
Lazy Day Cobbler
Cinnamon-Sugar Rhubarb Cake
Cream butter, brown sugar, and 1/2 cup of the sugar until light and fluffy. Add egg and vanilla; beat for two minutes. Combine flour, baking soda, and salt. Add to creamed mixture alternately with sour cream beating well after each addition. Stir in the rhubarb. Pour into greased 9x13. Combine cinnamon and remaining sugar; sprinkle over batter. Bake at 350 for 40-45 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean. Serve warm.
Monday, August 22, 2011
Brown Rice Bowl
2 oz. grilled chicken breast, diced (3 chicken breasts cooked in a little bit of olive oil and seasoned with Real Salt onion flavored)
1/3 cup corn niblets (16 oz. frozen corn heated)
1/3 cup cooked peas (16 oz. frozen peas heated)
Combine rice with chicken, corn, & peas. Then toss with sauce of choice. It is actually good without the sauce, but I love sundrenchers and it gives it an added asian twist. Sundrenchers is sweetened with agave and everything in it is organic. I have found it at Fresh Market and Good Earth. Add 90 calories for 1 1/2 TBS. to the calories below if you use it for your sauce.
Monday, August 15, 2011
Delicious Chocolate Zucchini Cake
From Kathy...
½ c. soft margarine
½ to 1 c. sugar
2 eggs
2 c. grated zucchini
2 ½ c. flour
1 tsp. vanilla
½ c. sour milk or buttermilk
4 to 5 Tbsp. cocoa
½ tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. soda
1 tsp. baking powder
Mix all together well. Place in a sprayed and floured 9x13 inch pan (or larger 10x14 inch pan) and sprinkle on topping and bake at 325* for 40 to 50 min.
Topping:
Use ½ to ¾ cup each of the following: Brown sugar, chopped nuts and chocolate chips