20
Aug
Author: Becca // Category:
Main Course,
Meat
It’s been a month, crazy! As I was making spaghetti the other night, I thought, “Why not put it on the cooking blog?”
Here’s some of the cast. I used whatever noodles are available, these were from my mom. Gray insisted on Prego sauce, but we use any sauce we like at the time. I also use 1lb of ground beef… it makes it taste yummy!
I start off by boiling the water, since that takes forever… and then I moved on to cooking the ground beef.
Once the ground beef is cooked, we drain it.
And put it back in the pan and pour the sauce over it. Turn the heat down to low for this and cover it with a lid until the noodles are ready.
Once the water is boiling, add your desired amount of noodles! My box said to cook the noodles for about 10 minutes.
I added some Oregano to the noodles… yummy.
Once the noodles are finished, drain them as well.
And that’s it! Viola, spaghetti!
01
Jul
Author: Becca // Category:
Desserts
This recipe is from Allrecipes
| PREP TIME |
15 Min |
| COOK TIME |
50 Min |
| READY IN |
1 Hr 5 Min
|
INGREDIENTS
- 1 individual package chocolate graham crackers, crushed
- 1/2 cup melted butter
- 2 tablespoons white sugar
- 2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 egg yolk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
DIRECTIONS
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C.) Mix cracker crumbs, melted butter and sugar. Press into the bottom and sides of a 9 inch pie plate. Refrigerate crust while making filling.
- In a large bowl, beat cream cheese and brown sugar until smooth. Beat in the eggs and egg yolk. Stir in vanilla. Fold in the chocolate chips. Pour filling into pie crust.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 50 minutes, or until filling is set.
- Let it cool off for a little while (1 hr is suggested) and then refrigerate, preferably overnight.
My husband is a huge fan of cheesecakes and I love chocolate chips.
1 Hr 5 Min |
25
Jun
Author: Becca // Category:
Chicken,
Main Course
This recipes hails from Allrecipe.com
INGREDIENTS
- 1/3 cup Dijon mustard
- 1/4 cup honey
- 2 tablespoons mayonnaise
- 1 teaspoon steak sauce
- 4 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves
*Note: I doubled the sauce ingredients to have some dip on the table. I’m not a huge fan of mayo so I cut that in half.
DIRECTIONS
- Preheat the grill for medium heat.
- In a shallow bowl, mix the mustard, honey, mayonnaise, and steak sauce. Set aside a small amount of the honey mustard sauce for basting, and dip the chicken into the remaining sauce to coat.
3. Lightly oil the grill grate. Grill chicken over indirect heat for 18 to 20 minutes, turning occasionally, or until juices run clear. Baste occasionally with the reserved sauce during the last 10 minutes. Watch carefully to prevent burning!
The results were pretty great. Because I made extra sauce for dipping, my husband completely devoured his chicken… until he got full. He could only manage to eat half… but we had HUGE chicken breasts.
I now have a very happy husband who has pretty much declared this as a staple of our household recipes.
So, try it and let me know how it goes!
13
Jun
Author: Becca // Category:
Chicken,
Main Course
Prep: 20 minutes
Cook: 20 minutes (or less)
Makes: 4 servings
4 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves
4 slices prosciutto or cooked ham
4 slices Swiss cheese (3 ounces)
1 tablespoon butter or margarine
1. Place a chicken breast half between 2 pieces of plastic wrap. Using the flat side of a meat mallet, pound meat lightly into a rectangle about 1/8 inch thick. Remove plastic wrap. Repeat with remaining chicken.
2. Place a slice of prosciutto/ham and a slice of cheese on each chicken piece. Fold in the bottom and sides; roll up and secure with a wooden toothpick.
3. In a 10-inch skillet, cook rolls in hot butter over medium-low heat for 20-25 minutes or until no longer pink (170 degrees F), turning to brown evenly. To serve, remove toothpicks.
When I did this, I found that after a while I could remove toothpicks and the chicken held together. This made it easier to cook.
13
Jun
Author: Becca // Category:
Daily
I’ve wanted a cooking blog for a while now. I’ve recently had the time to put one together. So expect to see many recipes and other tidbits to come!
