Dinner Rolls

These rolls can compete with Golden Corral's rolls! They are so scrumptious!

4 1/2 c flour
2 1/2 t yeast
1 c. milk
1/3 sugar
1/3 cup butter
1/2 t salt
2 eggs

Mix together half the flour and all the yeast. In a saucepan warm all other ingredients, except eggs, until butter almost melts. Add warm stuff and eggs to flour. Mix with beaters 3.5 min. Stir in rest of flour. Knead 6 min. Cover and let rise one hour. Punch down. Let rest ten min. Shape dough into 24 balls. Arrange in greased 9x13 in pan. Let rise 20 min. Bake at 375 for 14 min. Enjoy! (Brush with melted butter, if desired. Or soak up delicious white gravy, if desired. Or lather with stirup [honey butter, for any non-Dunkins.])

Chicken Enchiladas

I bought a can of enchilada sauce and followed their recipe. I thought everything was wonderful, except their sauce! It was gross! So I modified it for my lunch today and this is what I came up with:
2 chicken breasts, cooked and cubed
1c sour cream
2c mont jack cheese
1 small can green chiles
Mix together and put in 10 tortillas. Roll up, place in dish, smother in salsa (I get mine fresh from Costco and it's d-licious!), sprinkle 1 c cheddar cheese on top, cover with foil. Bake at 350 for 45 min.

What's your secret to enchiladas? I tried churros, but only had whole wheat flour and no piping stuff, so they were .... Although Isaac ate ALL of them. Do you have a good churro recipe? Or tortillas? My tortillas never turn out!

Smoothies and Salads

I have been having a smoothie for breakfast every morning and a salad for either lunch or dinner. I love smoothies! I love salad! And both are so good for you.
Usually for my smoothies I put in about a cup of yogurt, a glub of milk, a cup of fruit and several pieces of ice, unless the fruit is frozen. My favorite right now is probably strawberry banana, with pineapple coconut coming in a close second.
My salads are usually baby spinach leaves, tomato, cheese, hard boiled egg white, turkey or chicken breast and olive oil and lime juice for dressing.

So, what are your favorite smoothies and salads? Give me some new recipes!

Coffee Mug Chocolate Cake

1 coffee mug
4 T flour
4 T sugar
2 T cocoa
1 egg
3 T milk
3 T oil
3 T chocolate chips
Splash of vanilla

Mix dry ingredients. Add wet ingredients. Mix thoroughly. Cook in microwave for 3 minutes on high.
Easy. Delicious. Sinful!!!

Banana Pancakes

2 c flour
4 t baking powder
1/2 t salt
2 T sugar
1 3/4 c milk
2 eggs
2 T melted butter
1 c mashed butter

Mix together. Pour on hot skillet. Eat with syrup.

We enjoyed these for dinner the other night.

Potato Soup

With the wonderfully cooler weather, we have dug out our winter recipes. One of our all time favorites is potato soup.

Ingredients:
3 med potatoes, peeled and cubed
2 c water
1 small onion, diced
3 T butter
3 T flour
Pepper to taste
3 c milk
1/2 t sugar
1 c shredded Cheddar cheese
1 c cubed ham

Boil potatoes in water. Remove from pot and save taters and liquid. Melt butter in pot. Add onions and cook 'til translucent. Add flour and pepper. Cook a minute. Add all other ingredients and simmer til perfect temp to eat.

What are your favorite winter meals?

A Present from my Comments

A fairy Godmother left this in my comments and I thought I'd share:

Here are three easy family meals that have contributed to the development of three healthy teen boys over the years.... and one less meal-stressed mom... :o)

Coonan Beans -
Brown 1 pound hamburger. Drain.
Add
16 oz can of favorite baked beans with liquid
several squirts of ketchup to taste
Worcestershire sauce to taste
Simmer til cooked through
(great camping recipe - in one fry pan! Easily doubles with about 2 pounds h-burger and 28 oz can of baked beans. Experiment with proportions. Maybe add some molasses?)


Crock pot Cookery
(Love crock pots - it is not possible to "overcook" these meals - they just get better.)
Any meat, mostly thawed (chicken breasts, pork chops, or pot roast beef)
Place in crock pot in morning. No need to brown meat first.
Layer with 2 cans of cream of mushroom soup and favorite seasoning (we like ground black pepper; dry steak seasoning is good with pot roast beef, too)
Cook all day on low setting. Makes the house smell good!
The soup will turn into a nice gravy. Thicken if needed. Serve over white rice with parsley, wild rice, or mashed potatoes, with sauce over everything!

"Stringy Beef"
This is a crock pot pot roast - meat falls apart after cooking all day.
Pot roast beef (1 to 2 pounds)
1 can or two of crushed or diced tomatoes (more cans = more sauce)
If you like: half a medium onion, sliced; favorite spices - pepper or steak seasoning, Italian seasoning
When done... remove meat and skim off some of the surface oil on remaining liquid; puree/thicken liquid to make sauce.
Can also throw in a bunch of veggies in the morning - carrots, potatoes, etc, for a stew)
Serve with rice or potatoes with sauce over everything.