Margarita Recipe

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Homemade Burgers and Orzo Salad

Homemade Burgers

Ingredients

• 2 packages of extra lean ground beef or meat of your choice
• 2 eggs
• 3 tablespoons parmesan cheese
• salt, pepper
• 6 dashes of tabasco
• 10 dashes of worchestershire sauce
• 1/2 teaspoon mustard
• 2 tablespoons of steak or grilling spice

To assemble mix all ingredients together in a large bowl and mix until well incorporated. With your hands take a handful of the burger mixture and create burger patties. You can make them as large or small as you want but try to keep them about 1 to 2 inches thick. When finished place on a baking try and take out to a BBQ when it is at medium to medium high heat. Cook for about 10 minutes or to your liking. Enjoy

Orzo Salad

Ingredients

• 1/2 bag or orzo
• 2 zucchini diced
• 2 red peppers diced
• 2 yellow peppers diced
• 1/2 red onion
• 1/2 cup Greek feta
• 1/4 fresh basil chopped
• 3 garlic cloves
• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 1 large lemon

Cook orzo to specific cooking directions on the back of the box. While the orzo is cooking take a large serving bowl and begin to chop and add all of your vegetables to the bowl. Chop the basil and add the feta cheese along with salt and pepper to serving dish. While vegetables are combining prepare your vinaigrette. Add the three cloves of garlic finely diced, 1/4 cup of olive oil and 1 large juice of a lemon. When orzo is finished add to the serving dish of vegetables and add the vinaigrette and mix together.
Serve hot or let chill in the fridge and serve as desired. Enjoy

Pasta, Chicken & Oatmeal Cookies Recipe

Baked Chicken with Sundried Tomato Sauce

Ingredients:

• skinless chicken breasts
• butter
• garlic
• sundried tomatoes
• chicken broth
• lemon
• cornstarch

Instructions:

In a cooking dish lightly season chicken breasts with salt, pepper, fresh lemon juice and 1 tablespoon of olive oil. Place into an oven at 350 degrees until cooked about 25 minutes. In the meantime over a sauce pan on medium low heat add 2 tablespoons of bueer, and 2 cloves of garlic chopped. Let simmer and next add 1 small can of chopped sundried tomatoes. Next add 1/2 cup of chicken broth and to thicken sauce 2 tablespoons of cornstarch. Let sauce come together and thicken about 2 minutes.
Once chicken is cooked plate and add sundried tomato sauce on the top. Enjoy.

Cherry Tomato and Brie Pasta

Ingredients

• 1 container of cherry tomatoes, cut in half
• 3 cloves of garlic
• 1/2 cup fresh basil
• 1/2 cup of brie cheese cubed
• olive oil to coat

Add 1 container of penne to boiling water and cook according to directions on the back of the box.
In the meantime take a large serving bowl to make the fresh tomato sauce.
First chop up garlic very fine and add to serving bowl along with olive oil. Coat serving bowl with olive oil about 3 to 4 tablespoons. Next add cheery tomatoes to mixture along with salt and pepper to taste. Add cubed brie cheese and chopped basil.
Let mixture sit and the flavour will combine while the pasta is cooking. When pasta is ready lightly strain pasta allowing pasta water to mix with the sauce. This thickens the sauce and add more if necessary. Serve and enjoy.

Oatmeal Cookies

Ingredients
• 3/4 cup butter softened
• 3/4 cup brown sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 3/4 whole wheat flour
• 3/4 all purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups quick cooking rolled oats
• 1 cup flaked coconut

Mix wet ingridents together and dry ingredients together. Slowly add dry ingridents to wet ingridents and add to a greased pan at 375 degrees for 10 to 12 minutes or until lightly brown. Enjoy.

Potato Gnocchi Recipe

Potato Gnocchi Recipe

• Medium size potatoes 1 potato per person
• white flour
• spoon or gnocchi maker

Instructions:

To begin figure out your serving size and put one medium sized potato per single serving into boiling water. Let potatoes cook on medium heat for about 25 minutes or until they are soft. Strain potatoes and add to sink to let cool. When potatoes are cooled carefully peel the skin off of the potatoes and add to a large bowl for mixing. The next step you need to measure 1 cup of white flour per potato. You might think when mixing that this is too much flour but it all comes together. Continue mixing with hands, than add to counter surface to continue mixing than being to roll out with a rolling pin. Roll out the dough to about a 1/2 inch thick and cut stripes in the dough to begin forming the gnocchi.
When cutting the stripes simply cut the gnocchi how large or small you want it than take a fork or an gnocchi tool and begin to shape the gnocchi.
*It doesn’t need to be perfect so don’t worry if they don’t look great they will all taste amazing and this step does take practice.
Transfer the gnocchi to a large area to let sit for about an hour before serving to harden up.
Boil water and add 1 tablespoon of oil in water so gnocchi does not stick. Cook for about 10 minutes or until gnocchi floats to the top.
Serve immediately with red pasta sauce, butter and herbs or pesto.
Enjoy.

Sangria Recipe – Salsa Recipe

Homemade Sangria Recipe

• 2 oranges
• 2 limes
• 1 lemon
• 3-4 peaches
• 1 container of fresh strawberries
• 1 bottle of red wine
• 2 cups orange juice
• 1 cup club soda
• 3 dashes of triple sec or any orange liquor
• 1/2 cup sprite

Instructions:

Lightly chop up all of the fruit and add to a pitcher, than add one bottle of red wine, any kind that you prefer. Next add 2 cups of orange juice and 1 cup of club soda. Three dashes of triple sec or any orange liquor of your choice and 1/2 cup of sprite to add some sweetness. Can serve immediately or let chill for about an hour to let all of the flavors combine.

Salsa Recipe

• 3 to 4 jalapeno peppers
• 3 cloves of garlic
• 5 plum tomatoes
• 1/4 white onion
• handful of fresh cilantro

Add peppers, garlic and tomatoes to a bbq on medium high heat. Let brown, make sure to turn and rotate the ingredients so all of the sides get browned. Brown for about 10 minutes.
Next let ingredients cool and add to a blender with the white onion, cilantro and salt and pepper. Lightly pulse ingredients together until mixed. Serve with tortilla chips and enjoy.

Nannies Lasagna Recipe

Nannies Lasagna Recipe

• 1/2 cup white onion chopped
• 1 hot pepper
• 3 cloves of garlic
• 1 stick of fresh thyme
• 1 can of tomato paste we use Unico
• 1 large can of tomato juice Heniz
• 1 package of lean ground beef
• 1 package of pork
• 1/2 cup Italian breadcrumbs
• lasagna noodles
• 2 cups of mozzerlla cheese
• fresh basil
• grated parmesan cheese

To start we begin with making the sauce. In your pan over medium heat coat the pan with olive oil. About 4 tablespoons. Next add the onion and hot pepper. Let lightly brown, than add the chopped garlic and thyme. Stir lightly and add 1 can of tomato paste than immediately 1 can of the Heinz tomato juice. Stir together and add salt and pepper. Let cook on medium low while you prepare the meat.

Next put your lean ground beef and pork into a dish. ( you can use any meat you want or omit this for vegetarian lasagna) Mix together with your hands and add the Italian breadcrumbs to mixture. If you cannot find flavoured bread crumbs add a pinch of garlic powder, salt, pepper and basil flakes to any breadcrumbs. Mix together and add to a large skillet on medium heat and lightly brown while breaking apart the meat with a spoon. Let cook for about 5- 7 minutes than add to the sauce mixture. Cook sauce on low heat for 45 minutes .

To assemble use a baking dish any size for this recipe 9×13 inch dish. Line the bottom of the dish with a layer of the meat sauce. Next add the lasagna noodles and arrange according to size of baking dish. After first layer of noodles are aliened add another layer of sauce than cover with mozzerlla cheese, and lightly coat with Parmesan grated cheese. Add chopped bail leaves and dab butter along the 4 corners of the dish. Next add sauce and continue this process until the top of the baking dish.

Add to a 375 degree oven and cook until golden brown about 45 minutes. Let stand before serving. Enjoy

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Chocolate Chip Cookies

Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup soft butter
• 1 egg
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 1 3/4 cup white flour
• 2 cups semi sweet chocolate chips
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt

Instructions:

Beat butter, add egg, vanilla, brown sugar and white sugar. Beat with beater until well mixed. Add flour, baking soda and salt and continue mixing on low. Change to a wooden spoon and continue mixing well adding chocolate chips. Use a teaspoon and add cooking dough to an ungreased tray. Bake at 350 degrees for 9 minutes and allow cookies to continue cooking for 2 minutes on tray to golden.