Martha Stewart Pineapple Salsa

I love this Salsa!!!

Everyday Food, March 2005
Prep Time 15 minutes
Total Time 15 minutes
Yield Makes 2 cups


Ingredients
1/2 small pineapple, cored for wedges, chopped, and juices reserved
1 small jalapeno chile (ribs and seeds removed for less heat, if desired), minced
2 teaspoons chopped cilantro
Salt and pepper
Directions
In a medium bowl, toss together all ingredients. Serve as a side dish.

Lisa's Chicken and Dumplings!!!

Chicken and Dumplings

1 can chicken broth
2 cups flour
4 heaping TBSP Crisco
1 tsp salt
2 cups cooked shredded chicken (I use a rotisserie chicken)

· In a large saucepan, pour chicken broth and 2 ½ cans of water. Heat on high…you want it boiling.

· Mix flour, Crisco, and salt together. I use 2 knifes to smooth the crisco out some…you can use a pastry cutter if you’re fancy and have one! Add small amounts of water and mix together until just doughy. You want it to stick together, but not be super sticky.

· I put wax paper on the counter and cover it in flour (because that’s what my MIL does), and roll out the dough. Roll it really thin.

· Use a pizza cutter to cut into about 1.5 inch squares/rectangles. It really doesn’t matter the size….

· Once you’ve got the dough all cut, this is my boys favorite part, put the dough into the boiling broth one dumpling at a time. They love to peel them off and put them in. Turn the heat down a little.

· After all the dumplings are it, stir in chicken.

· Turn heat to low and cover. At this point you can cook it as long as you need, or at least 20 min. Before serving I add some milk to make it more creamy. The longer you cook it the thicker it will get.

This is so easy, cheap, and ymmy!!!

Banana Bars

Lisa posted these on Pinterest last night and oh my goodness, they are delicious!!!!! Melissa at 320 Sycamore put them on her blog and they are easy as can be!!! Here is the recipe as she put it.

Copyright of Content and Pictures 2008-2011 by Melissa at 320 Sycamore. http://www.320sycamoreblog.com/2012/03/banana-bars-winner.html


Combine :
1 ½ cups sugar
1 cup sour cream or plain yogurt
½ cup butter or margarine, softened
2 eggs.
Add & stir until well mixed:
1 ½ cups mashed very ripe bananas (abt. 2 large)
2 tsp vanilla
Sift together and add to above mixture:
2 cups flour
1 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda
Spread batter in greased and floured 9X13 pan. Bake at 375° for 20-35 minutes or until light brown.
**I spread in a 10 X 15 X 1 sprayed pan, and cook at 375 degrees for 17-20 minutes or until light brown. This makes more for a big group.**
Cool, frost with glaze:
Melt ¼ cup butter or margarine in glass bowl or on stovetop in a pan.
Whisk in 2 cups powdered sugar
3 Tbs. milk
1 tsp vanilla

Fried Chicken...

I have tried many a fried chicken recipes and this honestly is THE BEST I have come across.

Chicken- I use either drumsticks or chicken breasts cut into big hunks (cooks easier without drying out the chicken)

1 cup buttermilk- put chicken in a ziplock bag and add butter milk. Let set at least an hour (really moistens up the chicken)

1 1/2 cups flour

1 TBSP salt

2 tsp pepper

2 tsp garlic powder

1 tsp baking soda

1 tsp cayenne pepper

1 tsp onion powder

mix all together and place in a shallow dish

Veggie oil- for frying

Take chicken out of bag and dredge in flour mixture. Coat it well, but allow access flour to shake off.

Heat oil in a large cast iron skillet, and bring to 350 to 375 degrees (use a thermometer, it's really the only way to get the oil just right!) and cook chicken until done, 6-8 mins. Yummy!!!

Noodles with Peanut Lime Sauce...

I loved this. Matt liked it, and the kids ate it... not saying it was one of their faves, but we will be making this again and for me it was something different to add to the dinner list!

3/4 lb. linguine

2 cups broccoli florets (about 1 small head)

2 cups sugar snap peas ( I used the little package at walmart)

1/2 cup creamy peanut butter

1/4 cup soy sauce

1/4 cup water

2 TBSP rice vinegar

2 TBSP fresh lime juice

3/4 inch fresh ginger finely grated

2 TBSP brown sugar

1/4 tsp red pepper flakes

1/2 cup peanuts, chopped (I left out just cuz I didn't have any)

Cook pasta according to package directions. Drain and rinse with cold water. While pasta cooks steam broccoli and peas ( I don't have a steamer, so I just put about an inch of alted water in a pot and dumped the broccoli in for 3 minutes, then added the peas and cooked for 2 minutes more. Drain water and put broccoli and peas aside ( I then while they were hot put a TBSP of butter on them and salted them.)

Make sauce by pureeing the peanut butter, soy sauce, water, vinegar, lime juice, ginger, sugar and red pepper flakes in a food processor or blender until smooth.

Right before serving, toss pasta with 1/2 to 3/4 of the sauce. Add broccoli and peas. Serve and enjoy! Oh, sprinkle the peanuts chopped on top at this point!

if you want the whole recipe (this is just what I did) it's at foodnetwork.com and it's called Aromatic Noodles with Lime Peanut Sauce by Ellie Krieger, 2005