Thursday, March 24, 2011

What to do with those Easter Ham leftovers,..

Ham and Pea Pasta

Ingredients
1 (16 ounce) package uncooked farfalle (bow tie) pasta - I used shells, use whatever you have.
1 pound cooked ham, cut into bite-size pieces
frozen peas, drained (1/2 bag)
1/2 cup milk
ground black pepper to taste
garlic powder to taste
1/2 cup shredded Cheddar cheese
1/2 cup shredded mozzarella cheese - I just substituted a cup of Mexican shredded cheese

Directions
Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil over medium heat, and cook the pasta for about 8 minutes, until tender. Drain, and return to pot over low heat.
Lightly mix in the ham, peas, and milk, and sprinkle in the pepper and garlic powder. Stir in the Cheddar and mozzarella cheeses, and cook about 5 minutes, until the cheese melts and the mixture is bubbling.

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Great Blogs Opening the Door to Good Recipes

http://www.dailydeliciousness.com/2010/01/chipotle-style-bowls.htmlj

http://onceamonthmom.com/

http://outtatheboxintothekitchen.blogspot.com/

Men's Health to the Rescue!

Short Order Cook: http://www.menshealth.com/shortordercook/recipes/seeall.html

Chicken soft tacos fast!

Put in crockpot:

Chunky salsa, black beans, and chicken breasts. Let them cook all day. Then stir it up with a couple forks to shred the chicken (so tender it almost shreds itself). Add some cilantro, cook a bag of Birdseye steamfresh southwestern rice and you have yummy chicken soft tacos!

Sunday, March 20, 2011

Easy Donut HOles

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1 c. sugar
2 eggs, beaten
1 c. milk
1 tsp. vanilla
3 c. flour
1/4 tsp. salt
2 tsp. baking powdercinnamon sugar (to taste)

Mix together. Drop by teaspoon into hot oil. Fry until brown. Drain. Roll in sugar and cinnamon while still warm (it's easy to do this in a clean brown paper lunch bag). Alternately, donuts may be dusted with powdered sugar.
To make cinnamon sugar, combine 1/2 cup granulated white sugar with 1 tsp. cinnamon.