Homemade Granola

Homemade Granola

4 1/2 Cups Oats
3/4 Cups Sunflower Seeds*
1 1/2 Cups of Sliced/Slivered Almonds*
2 Tablespoons of Ground Cinnamon
1 1/4 Cups Maple Syrup (the good stuff)
1/2 Cup Oil
1 Cup Raisins

Preheat oven to 325. Mix everything except for the raisins and bake for 25 minutes on a cookie sheet or jellyroll pan. Take out and stir - bake for another 15-20 minutes. Remove from oven and stir in the raisins.

*You can substitute any nuts, pecans, pumpkin seeds, cashews, flax seed...

Best Butter Chicken

2 T butter or margarine
1 C Chopped Onion
2 t minced garlic
1 T grated ginger
1 t chili powder
1/2 t ground tumeric
1/2 t ground cinnamon
1 can 19oz/540ml diced tomatoes not drained
2 T tomato paste
1 T brown sugar
1/2 t salt
1/4 t ground black pepper
1 whole cooked rotisserie chicken skin removed and cut up
1/3 C light cream
3/4 C sour cream or yogurt
1 T minced fresh cilantro

Melt butter in deep skillet over med heat. Add onions and garlic. Cook slowly, stirring often, until onions are tender about 5 minutes. Add ginger, chili powder, tumeric, cinnamon. Cook 1 min more, add undrained tomatoes, tomato paste, brown sugar, salt and pepper. Reduce heat to low cover and simmer for 10 min stirring occasionally. Add cut up chicken, cream and sour cream. Simmer uncovered for 5 more mins. Remove from heat and stir in cilantro.
Serve over rice.

(Served at our Super Saturday)

Sherbet Punch

Recipe from Jen Schow:

Take 1 container of lifesaver sherbet place it in a punch bowl then add 1 bottle of Sprite. Enjoy!

(At the February activity we served a similar punch but used Raspberry and Mango sherbet, you can use any flavor)

Peanut Butter Cookies

Recipe from Lisa Lacey:

1 Cup Peanut Butter
1/2 Cup Sugar
1 Egg

Mix ingredients together, roll into balls, flatten with a fork. Bake for 8-9 minutes.
Optional add chocolate chips to the top before cooking.

Carrots

Hiromi Hughes recipe:

Carrot & Honey Vinegar
2 carrots grated, add salt then drain water
Vinaigrette:
1/2 garlic (grated)
1T Lemon
3T Vinegar
1/2t Honey
1/3t Salt
Dash of pepper
1T Olive oil
Optional: Raisens
Mix ingredients well then add to carrots.

Carrots and Tuna:
2 carrots grated
2T Vinegar
1Cup Tuna
Lemon
Salt
Pepper
Mix Well

Bourbon Street Chicken

Bourbon Street Chicken

2 lb boneless skinless chicken breasts
2 Tbs. oil (for frying)
4 Tbs. cornstarch

Sauce
1 garlic clove (minced)
1/4 teaspoon ginger
1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes (optional)
1/4 cup apple juice
1/3 cup light brown sugar
2 tablespoon ketchup
1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
1/2 cup water
1/3 cup soy sauce

Cut chicken breasts into bite-sized pieces, and lightly dust with cornstarch. I used a gallon ziplock baggie. Just toss chicken and cornstarch together. Heat oil in your wok or frying pan and fry chicken until lightly browned. Drain on paper towels and set aside.

In a separate bowl combine all sauce ingredients (I chose to NOT add the red pepper flakes since my kids are anti-spice... Oh who am I kidding- I don't like spice either). Pour into wok or frying pan and bring to a boil. Add chicken back to the pan, reduce the heat and simmer for 10 minutes.

Serve over rice!
(Made for cooking group in Feb)

Chicken Noodle Soup- Hold the Soup

Trina Kroetsch's
"Chicken Noodle Soup- Hold the Soup"

 

Ingredients:

• Salt
• 1 rotisserie chicken
• 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil (EVOO)
• 1 medium onion, thinly sliced
• 2-3 carrots, cut into matchsticks
• 4-5 ribs celery from the heart, cut into matchsticks
• 2 small zucchini, cut into matchsticks
• Freshly ground black pepper
• 1 pound extra-wide egg noodles
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1/2 cup flat leaf parsley, chopped (about a handful)
• 1/2 bag frozen peas, defrosted (10 ounces)

Preparation

Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil over high heat for the egg noodles.

Discard the skin from the chicken and remove the meat from the bones. Shred the chicken meat with your fingers or two forks and reserve.

Place a large skillet over medium-high heat with the EVOO, about two turns of the pan. Add the onion, carrots and celery to the pan and cook until the veggies begin to get tender, about 3-4 minutes. Toss the zucchini into the pan along with some salt and freshly ground black pepper, then cook another 2-3 minutes until all the veggies are tender.

While the veggies are cooking, drop the noodles into the boiling water and cook to al dente, according to package directions. Drain the noodles and return them to the pot they were cooked in. Add the butter and parsley to pot and give everything a good toss to melt the butter and coat the noodles. 

Add the shredded chicken and peas to the pan with the veggies and cook until the chicken is heated through. 

To serve, spoon some noodles into bowls and top with the chicken and veggie mixture.