Our Family Recipes
1/2 pound butter (softened)
3/4 cup cornstarch
1/3 cup powdered sugar
1 cup flour
ICING
3 oz cream cheese
1 Tablespoon vanilla
1 cup powdered sugar
Beat butter, cornstarch, powdered sugar, and flour until well blended. Drop teaspoon fulls onto ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 350 degrees 10-12 minutes.
Cool before icing.
3 Tablespoons cornstarch
3/4 cup brown sugar
1 20 ounce can pineapple tidbits, drained, but save the syrup
1/3 cup and 5 Tablespoons vinegar
1 1/2 Tablespoons soy sauce
1/2 to 3/4 cup chopped green pepper
Meatballs (I buy frozen and thaw in the microwave)
Mix cornstarch and sugar in saucepan with a fork. Stir in pineapple syrup reserved from the pineapple, vinegar, and soy sauce. Stir until smooth.
Cool over medium heat stirring constantly until thickens and boils. Boil and stir 1 minute.
Add meatballs, pineapple tidbits, and pepper.
Serve over rice.
1 to 1 1/2 cups bread crumbs
1 teaspoon basil
1 teaspoon oregano
1 teaspoon thyme
1 teaspoon garlic salt or powder
1/4 cup parmesan cheese
Mix all together and use to bread chicken.
Fry breaded chicken till golden brown.
Place in pan and drizzle with spaghetti sauce.
Bake at 350 till chicken is done. Add some mozzarella cheese to the top towards the end of the cooking time.
Also works great for eggplant.
SAUCE
4 cups water
1 /4 cup tomato paste
1 1/2 ounce butter or margarine (3 TBS)
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 Tablespoon chili powder
1/2 Tablespoon paprika
1 Tablespoon beef base
Dash cayenne
Add all ingredients in a pan and bring to a boil.
Mix 1/2 cup flour with 1 cup water. Add to boiling sauce till thick. You may need a little extra.
Lightly fry corn tortillas in oil. (about 15 tortillas)
Coat bottom of glass pan with sauce.
Pour some sauce on a plate. Put 1 tortilla in sauce. Flip. Add grated cheese. Roll. Place in 9X13 pan. Repeat. You may want another smaller pan too.
Pour remaining sauce over tortillas in pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes or until warm and bubbly.
We usually do 1 1/2 times recipe for our family and do more shells and use two pans. It just depends how saucy you like it.
When the chicken, pepper, and onions are all done add
1 clove garlic
1 Tablespoon cilantro
1 Tablespoon lime juice or the juice of a fresh lime or two to taste
Serve on flour tortilla with sour cream, cheese, and salsa.
1/4 teaspoon sugar
1/4 teaspoon cumin
1/4 teaspoon paprika
1/4 teaspoon chili powder
1/4 teaspoon oregano
Mix all together and add to meat and vegetables in pan. You may want to add a little water when you add it to the pan
1/2 cup mayonnaise
1/3 cup white vinegar
1 teaspoon vegetable oil
2 Tablespoons corn syrup
2 Tablespoons parmesan cheese
2 tablespoons romano cheese
1/4 teaspoon garlic salt or 1 garlic clove minced
1/2 teaspoon italian seasoning
1/2 teaspoon parsley flakes
1 Tablespoon lemon juice
sugar (optional)
Mix all ingredients in a blender until well mixed. If this is a little too tart for your own personal tastes please add a little sugar.
1 1/2 cups spicy sausage links — 12
2 medium potatoes, cut in half lengthwise, then cut into 1/4″ slices
3/4 cup onions, diced
6 slices bacon
1 1/2 teaspoon minced garlic
2 cups kale leaves, cut in half, then sliced
2 Tablespoons chicken base
1 quart water
1/3 cup heavy whipping cream
Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Place sausage links onto a sheet pan and bake for 25 minutes, or until done; cut in half lengthwise, then cut at an angle into 1/2 inch slices.
Place onions and bacon in a large saucepan and cook over medium heat until onions are almost clear. Remove bacon and crumble. Add garlic to the onions and cool an additional 1 minute. Add chicken base, water, and potatoes, simmer 15 minutes. Add crumbled bacon, sausage, kale, and cream. Simmer 4 minutes and serve.
Pizza dough (your favorite recipe)
1 pound sausage (mild or hot, cooked and crumbled)
1 pound mozzarella cheese, grated
1 green pepper
1 onion
pepperoni
olives, sliced
Divide pizza dough into 5-6 ounce pieces. Roll out round to about 6″ diameter. In center of dough place sausage, cheese, any other fillings you want from the above list or any others you like. Pull dough around filling and pinch ends together. Place on greased baking sheet.
Brush olive oil over the top of dough and sprinkle with grated parmesan cheese.
Bake in 350 degree oven for 15 minutes.
Serve with spaghetti sauce to dip.
2 eggs
1 cup sour cream
1 – 14 ounce can creamed corn
1 1/2 cups cooked corn
3 – 4 ounce cans green chillies
2 – 12 ounce cans chicken (do not drain) or 2 cups shredded chicken
1 cup chicken broth if using shredded chicken
1 box Jiffy cornbread mix