Blueberry Oatmeal Bread

Honestly, I haven't tried this yet...I found it on a website a few months ago and have been meaning to make it. Just haven't gotten around to it. Doesn't it sound yummy??

Blueberry Oatmeal Bread

- 2/3 cup packed brown sugar

- 3/4 cup milk

- 1/2 cup vegetable oil

- 2 eggs
- 2 1/4 cups flour
- 1 cup quick-cooking or old-fashioned oats
- 3 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup fresh or frozen blueberries (thawed and drained)

Heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease bottom only of 8- or 9-inch loaf pan. In large bowl, mix brown sugar, milk, oil and eggs with spoon. Stir in remaining ingredients except blueberries; beat 30 seconds. Fold in blueberries. Pour into pan. Sprinkle with additional oats if desired. Bake 45 to 55 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes. Loosen sides of loaf from pan; remove from pan to wire rack. Cool completely, about 2 hours, before slicing. Wrap tightly and store at room temperature up to 4 days, or refrigerate up to 10 days.

Edible Playdough

(I promise my kid doesn't always look like simon birch, just in this picture. and I don't dress her in sweaters in June (this was taken in December)


Ok, so this isn't exactly food.. and even though Wynter really likes to eat it- it tastes pretty bad. But, that being sad it is fun to make, fun to play with, and it lasts forever!!



Kool- Aid Play dough

1 cup flour

1 cup water

1/2 cup salt

3 teaspoons cream of tarter

1 package kool- aid

1 tablespoon cooking oil



mix dry ingredients together in a sauce pan. slowly add water mixed with oil and stir over medium heat until mixture thickens to dough. turn out onto heat proof bread board or counter and knead until cool enough for children to handle. dough will be the color of the kool-aid mix and smell like kool-aid. Store in air tight container for up to SIX months!!

Bubbly Treats

(named by Braden's little sister)

1 pkg. brownie mix

1/2 c. melted butter

1 can sweetened condensed milk

1 c. butterscotch chips

1 c. chocolate chips

1 c. coconut

Mix dry brownie mix and melted butter together and press into a 9x13 pan. Sprinkle the butterscotch chips, chocolate chips, & coconut evenly over the brownie mixture. Pour the sweetened condensed milk evenly over all the ingredients. Bake at 350 until the sweetened condensed milk is light brown and bubbly (20-30 minutes).

These are super rich and oh-so-yummy! I don't even like coconut, but I love these.

No idea why this picture keeps turning up the wrong way...but oh well - you get the idea.

Chicken Alfredo Pizza

I found a recipe and it turned out YUMMY!

Crust:
1 C Warm Water
1 1/2 tsp active dry yeast
2 tsp sugar
3 C Flour
1/2 tsp salt
3 Tbsp Vegetable oil

Dissolve yeast water. Using a mixer, blend in 2 cups of flour and remaining ingredients. Mix until well-blended. Stir in remaining flour. Knead on a floured surface 3-4 min. Cover and let rest for 30 min. Punch dough down and shape into a ball. Roll out ball or stretch by hand to fit a 12" greased pizza pan. ( for crisp crust, sprinkle a little cornmeal on pan.)

Alfredo sauce

1/2 cube butter
4 oz cream cheese
1/2 Tbsp. minced garlic
1 cup of milk
1 hand full of shredded parmesan
1/8 to 1/4 garlic salt ( to taste)
(Let butter and cream cheese melt first stir constantly using a whisk, then add the remaining ingredients string constantly with whisk until sauce is thickened)

Toppings ( you can be creative and do whatever)

2/3 cup cubed chicken
2-3 roma tomatoes ( thinly sliced)
2-3 crumbled strips of bacon
mozzarella cheese
sprinkle garlic salt and pepper over toppings

Bake @ 450 for 15-20 min. Let cool and enjoy!

Next time I make it I am going to mix the chicken in with the Alfredo sauce when I put in on the crust. The chicken was a little too dry for our liking. Other than that, we loved it. I even took pictures but too lazy to download them. =)

Bread Sticks

1 packet quick dry yeast or (1 TBSP yeast) dissolved in 1 ½ cups warm water

2 TBSP sugar

½ tsp salt

3 to 4 cups flour

1 stick butter

Garlic Salt

Or Garlic Powder & Parmesan Cheese

Mix together and knead for 3 minutes. Let raise 10 minutes. Melt whole stick of butter in a 9x13 pan. Roll dough out in shape of pan and cut into strips. Roll strips in butter and lay in pan. Sprinkle with garlic salt or garlic powder and parmesan cheese. Let it rise for 10 minutes. Bake at 375 degrees for 20 minutes.

Honey Sesame Pork and Rice Pilaf

Sorry I missed my day yesterday...I was super busy.
I found this recipe online somewhere and tried it for dinner tonight. It turned out really yummy!

Honey Sesame Pork and Rice Pilaf


- 1/2 cup soy sauce
- 2 cloves of garlic, minced
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1 Tablespoon sesame oil
- 1- 1 1/2 lb. pork tenderloin
- 1/4 cup honey
- 2 Tablespons brown sugar
- 1/4 cup sesame seeds

Combine soy sauce, garlic, ginger, and sesame oil in a large plastic bag. Add tenderloin. Marinate at least 2 hours. Combine honey and brown sugar in a shallow bowl. Remove tenderloin from marinade. Roll tenderloin in honey mixture and then roll in sesame seeds. Roast in shallow 9x13 baking dish, and cook at 375 degrees for 20- 30 minutes or until a meat thermometer registers 160.

Rice Pilaf

- 3/4 cup butter
- 1- 1/2 cups angel hair pasta broken into 3 inch strips
- 1 cup of uncooked white rice
- 3 cups chicken broth
- 1 Tablespoon finely chopped parsley

In a large heavy pan, brown noodles in butter. Sprinkle rice on top of noodles and add chicken broth. Cover and simmer on low heat for 15- 20 minutes or until liquid is absorbed. Stir occasionally. Remove from heat. Sprinkle with parsely.

Chicken Broccoli Casserole!!

Ingredients:

diced cooked chicken (probably 2 lb)
1/4 cup Butter
1/2 cup flour
1 small can chicken broth
1 can cream of chicken soup
1/2 cup mayo
broccoli flourets
Mozz Cheese
Minute rice (wheat or white)

Cook Broccoli (set aside)
cook chicken diced (set aside)

mix together butter, flour, soup, mayo

get a 9x13 pan and add broccoli to bottom (i'd probably spray with pam)
then added chicken on top, then top chicken and broccoli with sauce.

On the top sprinkle Mozz Cheese all over

Cook at 325 degrees fro about 30-35 minutes (everything will be starting to bubble)

serve over rice!

I know I suck at writing these out but this is what I have to work with. It's an extremely nummy casserole and I think having it for leftovers tastes even better.

p.s. I add a little extra soup and broth to make it cover everything!