Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Jenifer & Daves noodle salad

I once had a friend named Jenifer that made me mad. That's another story, but she did make this noodle salad that I don't really care for so much to be honest. The reason that I am putting it on here is because it seems that everyone else loves it. She has 4 children & they ate it alot. She gave me the recipe & I took it to a potluck dinner once & everyone was complimenting it. Since then, I have taken it to many potlucks. This recipe makes alot. I have 2 sons that both love it as well. My youngest will eat the entire pot if I let him. Which I usually do. lol

2 or 3 chicken breast
1/2 cup radishes- diced
1 onion
1 1/2 cup sliced celery
2 small bags elbow noodles cooked & chilled
1 small can of peas

sauce
3 cups salad dressing (Miracle Whip)
2-3 tbls. mustard
4-5 tbls. dill pickle juice
salt and pepper to taste
seasonall.

Cook the noodles and chicken- let cool.
Dice the vegetables & add to chicken & noodles.
Make the sauce, add it to the salad and mix well.

Monday, July 20, 2009

pot roast

Turn heat high to brown the meat on all sides with a little salt & pepper in tbls oil. Add 1 can cream of mushroom soup, 1 packet lipton onion soup mix, stir it in with meat & cook on med. low until meat is tender. Add potatoes or carrots an hr. or so before the meat is ready. Add water as needed.
This recipe is simple but really good. Vegetables or salt and pepper added according to taste. If the roast is really big & you want more gravy, add 2 cans & 2 packets. Sometimes I make this in the crockpot instead of on the stove. They are both good.

Monday, July 13, 2009

Samosas

This is Indian & I love trying samosas in the restaurants. I found a recipe in a womans day magazine that was pretty close. My taste in the sauce is a little different, so I am not sure if other people would like it or not but I will put it on here. In the magazine article, they put to just buy chutney and there are different kinds that most people like more than the mint. I like the mint because I developed a taste for it but changed it around from the way restaurants make it.
Sauce:
3 tbls. mint chutney
2 tbls. coriander chutney
6 tbls. plain yogurt
1 tsp. sugar
stir together

Samosas
Dice up a potato & 1/2 cup onion. Saute together until almost tender. Add to potato & onion mixture 8 oz cooked ground beef.
Stir into mixture: a tbls garlic, 1 tbls, ginger, 2 tbls. curry powder. salt & pepper to taste. Cook for about a minute then stir in a small can of english peas drained & 1/2 cup chicken broth. Cook 2 minutes or until potatoes are tender.
Use pie crust that you cut into triangles, add the mixture on top and roll up into triangles. Put on baking sheet, brush lightly with beaten egg and bake 20 min. until golden.

The samosa mixture is really good and some might prefer the pie crust. I liked it, but thought it was pretty thick. Depending on taste, egg roll wrappers could be used for lighter crust.