Pot stickers

POT STICKERS

This is our new favorite recipe. I'll post a must more detailed version on my recipe blog tomorrow. Go check it out! *grins*

Pot Stickers

• 1 package wonton wrappers (about 50ct) either circle or square
• 1 bag coleslaw mix
• 1 lb ground chicken
• 2 t ginger
• 2 stalks green onions--finely chopped
• 1 tsp salt
• 2-3 tbsp soy sauce
• 1 tsp sesame oil

Mix all the ingredients together (except for the wrappers). Spoon a TINY bit(about a tbsp or less) into the middle of one wrapper (be careful, they stick together in sets of two). Seal the edges with water. The back of the wonton wrappers have a good description on how to fold these up.

To cook, heat about 2-3 Tbsp oil in a pan. After it's HOT, add the pot-stickers, but don't crowd the pan. Let them brown on the bottom for a minute, then put the lid on it. Leave a tiny opening so you can pour some water over them. Hot oil and water do NOT play well together. Remember that kids! :) You'll want to have enough water to cover the pot-stickers about 1/3 of the way. Cover them, and let the cook until the water's gone. You'll hear a difference in the sizzle. Flip them over and cook until the other side's crispy.

We're still trying to find a good sauce to dip these in. We had soy sauce tonight, but using ground chicken makes these a little dry inside. The soy sauce was good, but salty.

Chinese Chicken Sundaes

I've always hated Hawaiian Haystacks due to the fact that they remind of the nasty cafeteria food in my elementary school. I have'nt actually made these, but my friend Kelly made these for us and they were delicious and simple! None of the ingredients have amounts because you can make however much you want depending on how hungry you are and how many people you are feeding.

Chow Mein noodles
Cooked Rice
Cut up and cooked chicken
Cream of chicken soup made
Tomatoes
celery
crushed pineapple
Anyother delecious topping that you think would match

All you do is assemble the ingredients. Put chow mein noodles on your plate, with the rice then chicken on top. Pour the soup on top then add toppings. Very tasty, and I'm sure you can get creative.

Shrimp and Pasta

Ingredients:

1 to 1 1/2 lbs shrimp, cleaned and deveined

Seasoned bread crumbs

Extra virgin olive oil

5-6 cloves fresh minced garlic

Fresh grated parmesan chees

Directions:

Rinse shrimp and toss in bread crumbs. Boil pot of salted water for pasta, add pasta and cook until al dente. Heat olive oil in skillet, (just enough to cover the bottom of pan), add shrimp and heat over medium flame. Add minced garlic to shrimp. When bottom of shrimp turns pink, use tongs and turn to other side, mixing garlic in the skillet to flavor the shrimp and oil. Drain pasta and toss with parmesan. Add contents of skillet to pasta and toss. You mayadd more oil and parmesan cheese to taste.

Serve with garlic french bread

Number of servings: 4

Recipe by the Iron Chef...Bren McRae

Chicken Parmesan

Ingredients:

4 boneless, skinless chicken breast halves

2 eggs, beaten

1 cup Italian Bread crumbs

1/4 cup olive oil

1 jar spaghetti (15- 1/2 oz) Lucini Italia spaghetti sauce (Tuscan Marina with Roasted Garlic Sauce) Found at costco or target.

1/2 cup ( 4 oz) grated parmisian cheese

1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese

Directions:

Preheat oven to 400. Dip chicken into eggs and then into the bread crumbs. Heat olive oil at medium. Cook chicken in oil until well browned on both sides. Pour spaghetti sauce into 11x7" baking dish (Size isn't to important). Place chicken on sauce and top with cheeses. Bake 15 minutes or until cheese is melted and lightly browned.

Serve with French bread

Number of servings: 4

Recipe by the Iron Chef....Bren McRae

Best Banana Pudding

Banana Pudding

3 bananas
Vanilla wafers
1 cup sweetened condensed milk
1 pkg instant banana pudding
1 pkg cool whip

Line bowl with vanilla wafers (sides too if possible). Mix pudding as indicated on pkg, add sweetened condensed milk to that and ½ pkg of the cool whip/ Pour the mixture into the bowl slowly about ½ way up. Add 1.5 bananas sliced (just throw them in the half filled bowl then finish filling the bowl up with pudding stuff. Add the rest of the sliced bananas at the end. Spread Cool Whip over the top. Refrigerate.

Supper Yummy and Easy

Recipe by Glynneth Bockholt

Banana Nut Muffins

2 cups flour
1 cup sugar
1 cube margin (i use butter)
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 cup sour cream
1/2 cup nuts chopped (pecans are my fav) this is opptional
1 egg
1tsp vanilla
4 mashed bananas

Pre heat oven to 350. Cream better and sugar, stir in egg until smooth. Add flour and soda alternately with sour cream. Blend in vanilla, nuts, and bananan. Pour into muffin tins. Bake till they look done.

Recipe by Bertie Lou McRae

Chicken Picatta

This is one of my favorites!! As for healthy, cheap, and easy? you decide.

Combine in first bowl:
1/4 cp. milk
1 egg slightly beaten

Combine in second bowl:
1/3 cp. crushed corn flakes or chex
1/3 cp. flour
1/4 tsp. salt
1/8 tsp. pepper
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4 chicken breasts, pound to 1/4 inch thick
6 Tbs. butter
1 tsp. garlic powder (or heaping fresh)
2 Tbs. lemon juice
1/2 cp. green onion

Dip chicken in 1st bowl, then 2nd bowl. Melt 4 Tbs. butter in skillet, then add garlic. Add chicken and fry on med. heat until golden brown on each side. Then take chicken out, put rest of butter, lemon, and green onions in skillet and heat through. Pour mixture over chicken and enjoy!

Soy Chicken with Squash

So I made this last night, not great but not bad, could be improved upon but was super fast, cheep, and very easy.

2 boneless skinless chicken breast
soy sauce
rice
garlic
1 yellow summer squash
1 green squash
olive oil

Cooked rice while.....I coated a deep frying pan with olive oil, put the chicken on and drizzled soy sauce over the breasts. Then I mashed about 4 cloves of fresh garlic and added it. Then chopped the squash added it as well as some more soy sauce. Turned the chicken and decided to cut it up into smaller pieces since it wasnt cooking to fast. I mixed up the veggies, soy, and chicken and cooked it till it was done. Then served over the rice.
Now for my rating system: 5/5 stars for cheapness (5 being super cheap vegies garden grown), 3/5 for tastness 4/5 for easyness