Simple Potato Salad

Ingredients

5 potatoes

3 eggs

3 Tbs or more of Mayo

1 Tbs Mustard

sugar/salt to taste

(Relish if desired)

Directions
Boil  your eggs.  Peel and cut potatoes into cubes then boil them.  Once your eggs are done peel off shell and chop up egg in a medium bowl.  When your potatoes are finished boiling (should be slightly soft) drain them WELL.  Mix with your eggs and add remaining ingredients.  Eat warm or refrigerate and eat chilled. 

Tip - You can easily up the ingredients for more servings or desired wetness.

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Breakfast Casserole

I made my Breakfast Cassarole this morning.  What I love about dishes like this is that they are so versatile.   You can easily swap ingredients to suit your taste without a big "boo boo" in the kitchen.

Ingredients

6 eggs

1 cup half and half

1 cup or more of shredded cheese ( I used provolone and some parmesan)

1 onion chopped  sauteed in butter

1 pack of bacon fried and crumbled

1 Roma tomato chopped

salt/pepper

Directions

Sramble up your eggs in mixing bowl and add the rest of your ingredients.  Mix well.  Meanwhile heat your oven to 350.  Spray a medium cassarole dish with cooking spray.  Pour in your egg mixture.  Cook uncovered for about 50 minutes to an hour.  When the egg is set and it's golden brown it should be about done.  After you pull it out let it stand about 10 minutes or so before serving. 

Serves about 6-8

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Baklava

Baklava is easy to make but is certainly tedious. I normally only make this around the holidays, but I had an extra pack of phyllo dough in the freezer and decided to make something sweet!  This particular Baklava with walnuts stems from Greece. There are many other variations out there originating from different countries. You can often find this desert at gourmet shops or specialty sandwich shops. Although it may sound complex it's not too expensive to make. Most of the ingredients you probably already have minus the walnuts and phyllo dough. I origionally found the phyllo dough on sale for $3.50 and the walnuts for $3.99. This Baklava recipe serves about 16 nice size pieces.

Ingredients:

16 oz frozen phyllo sheets

1 1/2 cup melted butter (bbq brush for spreading)

2 cups finely chopped walnuts

1 1/4 cup sugar

1/4 cup honey

1 cup water

1 tbsp lemon juice

Directions:
Phyllo comes with 2 sets of sheeets (2pks). Allow your phyllo sheets to thaw according to box directions. Wrap in a damp cloth (so they won't dry and break apart) Grease a big cassarole dish. One by one layer phyllo sheets in pan and brush each with melted butter. When you have finished with the first pack of phyllo sheets, mix nuts, 1/2 cup sugar, and cinnamon. Spread this mixture in your dish over your pastry sheets. Place remaining sheets on top buttering each.

Cut the baklava pastry into squares and then diamonds.

Bake 400 until golden brown and crisp 25 minutes


While that is cooking- in a sauce pan mix together remaining sugar, honey, water, and lemon juice. Bring to a boil and continue to boil for 15 minutes. Cool slightly then pour over baklava.

Serve warm or cold.

Don't worry about being exact with making this.  The hardest part is getting the phyllo sheets working for you.  That is the pain in the but part.

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Hubby Style Omlet

Okay, I am going to confess something to you guys.  My omelts never turn out the way I want them to!  For years I've failed at trying to make a grand omlet.  I truly don't even bother anymore.  I've welcomed that fact that there are other things I'm better at ;)  When ever my family goes out to eat, I ALWAYS order an omlet!  I  do love them.  Lucky for me, my husband cooks up a delicious omlet.  I tried paying attention but guess what?!  He whips em up like a pro - He doesn't even measure!  Wow.  This morning I'm going to share with you as best as I can his recipe for a delicious omlet.

Ingredients
3 eggs per omlet (scrambled in a bowl)
PAM cooking spray or equivialent
milk - (about 3 tbsp or so per omlet)
Salt/Pepper

Other ingredients vary by choice.  He used mozarella cheese, turkey (lunchmeat), and green onions for his.  For mine he used bacon, mozarella cheese, and green onions.  Again no measurements were taken but if I'd have to guess I'd say about 1/4 cup of each - except green onion, he just sprinkled them on.  (yes, the bacon is a bit burnt - oops)

Directions
Heat a skillet up on the stove at medium.  Let it get nice and hot then spray with your pam.  Meanwhile, scramble up your eggs in a bowl and add milk, salt and pepper.  Pour onto your hot skillet.  Once, the outer edge and the top of your omlet begin to not be so runny, add your Other ingredients.  Finally once your egg is to the consistency that you desire get your plate ready.  This is the tricky part.  Having used the Pam, your omlet should slide out of the pan.  When it is half way out assist with your skillet in having the second half cover the first. 

This is the "hubby style omlet".  Pictures really don't do it justice.  As for why only 2 omlets were made?  Well........"picky" kids opted for Lucky Charms cereal!
Omlets seem so simple yet, why on earth I haven't mastered them, beats me!?  Are there things that you  have trouble dishing out in the kitchen?  Feel free to share in the comments section ;)

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Broccoli Casserole

I don't know about you, but I'm a big fan of broccoli.  There are so many ways to cook it up!  Plus, it's a veggie that my (picky) entire family eats!  Here's a version of one of my broccoli casserole's that I baked up today - hope you all enjoy!

Ingredients

About 4 heads (or more) of fresh broccoli chopped

1 can condensed cream of chicken soup -- or you can use cream of mushroom or maybe even cream of celery

1/4 cup mayo

1/2 of a small onion chopped - sauteed in 1/2 stick butter or margarine

1 cup grated cheddar cheese

1 1/2 tsp lemon juice (optional)

a few dashes of garlic powder to taste

cracker crumbs to cover top -- you can even substitute with bread crumbs etc.

Directions
To get started wash and chop up your broccoli heads.   In a pot with a small amount of salted water cook your broccoli for about 15 minutes.  Then drain.  Spread your broccoli in a cassarole dish.  Meanwhile preheat your oven to 350.  In a bowl combine soup, mayo, sauteed onion, cheese, lemon juice, and garlic powder. Pour this mixture over your broccoli then top with crumbs (generosity adds a nice crunch).  I even added a little extra cheese to the top of mine.  Bake uncovered for about 35 minutes or until crumbs are golden brown.

This barely lasts at my house.  I think next time I'm going to up the ingredients ;)

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Freezing Green Onions

We've all been there - we buy these darn green onions for a specific dish and next thing ya know they've gone bad!!  They really don't last long once you get them home.  Today I'm going to share with you my method of freezing them.  It's totally easy and is very efficient.  (yes my pan is old and scratchy..lol) 

First I wash, and pull off any ugly green sprouts that may be going bad already.  (I have some in the picture, I know)  I trim the roots off.  Then using a pair of scissors I start trimming the green tips over a cookie sheet.  You can trim how big or how small you like.  This is much quicker than using a knife. 

These guys are now ready for the freezer.  Freezing them individually  allows you to be able to easily scoop out individual servings for recipes.  Whereas if you just throw them in a bag, they will tend to clump together and you'd either wait til they defrost or start banging them on the counter to get them separated.

Just leave them in there.  This is where I sometimes forget that I even put them in there!!  Covering them is not necessary.  By the way these won't turn black on you either.  They will stay green.  The only quality that will be missing is the crisp factor.  This personally doesn't bother me because I hardly eat onions plain or raw unless it's on a salad.  I use them up in recipes (ex. twice baked potatoes where you won't even notice).

Once they are frozen pull them out and ziploc baggie them up!  Make sure you don't leave too much air in your bag and you are good to go.  By the way, with the bottom part of the onion, I just freeze them separate but you can chop them too if you wish.  I sometimes use them whole when doing stews and such. 

I have found that this method works great with: bell peppers, jalapenos, bananna peppers.....You should remove the seeds though.  They will turn black and look ugly if you don't, but the rest turns out great.

As far as how long these will last in the freezer - The green onions I use quite often.  But, I have some bananna peppers and jalapenos that I bagged over the summer and they all are looking good still.  So, I guess it just depends on your freezer and how often you cook with them.

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Baked Italian Sausage Ziti

Ingredients:

1 pound Italian sausage

1 pound cooked ziti

1 onion chopped

1 jar of spaghetti sauce

8 oz provolone cheese

8 oz mozzarella cheese shredded

1 1/3 cup sour cream

Parmesan cheese to top it off

Directions:

Cook Pasta according to box directions

Preheat oven 350 degrees

Brown sausage with onion. (Drain grease if you wish)

When done add spaghetti sauce and simmer 5 minutes.

Spray a large baking dish with cooking spray.

Layer your dish (preferably a few inches deep dish) as follows:

1/2 of ziti

add all of the provolone on top of ziti

then add sour cream

then 1/2 of meat mixture

then the rest of the ziti

mozzarella cheese

then the rest of the meat sauce

Sprinkle top with Parmesan cheese

Bake 30 min or until cheese is melted

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Refreshing Taco Salad

I love anything taco.  Here's a version of one of my taco salad recipes!

Ingredients

1 can heated Refried Beans

1 Cup Salsa

1 chopped tomato

1 container Sour Cream

half a packet of Hidden Valley Ranch - Fiesta Ranch

chopped Lettuce

1 block grated Cheddar Cheese

Jared jalapeno slices - just a handfull depending on how hot you like it

2 or 3 cups of Tortilla Chips - use more if needed

Directions

In a bowl mix the salsa with your tomato. In another bowl mix the sour cream with your HVR fiesta ranch.  In a clear glass bowl layer as follows:

Refried Beans

Sour Cream mixture

Lettuce

Salsa mixture

Grated Cheese

Chips

Jalapeno slices

Your all set!  Grab a big spoon and scoop out a heaping helping onto your plate!

Serves about 8 - depending on what you call a serving.. ;)

 

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