Put in desired eggs into pan and add cold water to be 1 inch above eggs. Bring water to boil and once to a boil remove from heat. Cover and let sit for exactly 17 minutes. Once time is up, transfer eggs into bowl of ice water. Keep in there for two minutes, while the eggs are chilling bring water back to a boil. After two minutes, transfer back to boiling water for 10 seconds. Transfer back to ice water and let sit for 15-20 minutes.
Chilled eggs are much easier to peel, so make sure they are completely cooled.
The perfect hard boiled egg has a tender white, and a yolk properly set. there is not the faintest darkening of yolk where the white encircles it (a chemical reaction caused by too much heat in the cooking process). Eggs cooked this way can also be peeled neatly.
This is why we AREN’T chefs! I’m not even sure of the recipe, but needless to say it didn’t work out. Enjoy the pics below. : )
They didn’t turn out great, edible though.
Pizza Crust
Pizza Sauce I or II
Mozzarella cheese
Parmesan cheese
Onion, diced
Green bell pepper, diced
Mushrooms, sliced
Jalapenos, sliced
Minced garlic
Chopped olives
1 Italian sausage link
Pepperoni
First you want to prep the pizza dough. I tend to have several pizza doughs stored in my freezer for that just in case time. Prep whichever pizza sauce you want to use as well. I find that making one batch of the pizza sauce makes about three pizzas worth. So don’t hesitate to store it in the fridge and use at a later time.
While making the sauce, do that multi-tasking thing people talk about, and take the sausage and poke fork holes in it. Place it in water on the stove, heat can be medium-high. This will just help cook the sausage and drain the grease out of it. You can put the raw sausage directly on the pizza and it will cook, however it creates a grease that runs off and can make the crust soggy, so I suggest pre-cooking it. The sausage does not need to be all the way cooked through, once you remove it from heat, remove the casing and using your hands break up the sausage into pieces.
Turn your over on to 425 degrees and have the pizza stone in the oven while it’s warming up. Roll your pizza dough out, once you are done pull out the pizza stone and rub some oil on it. Place the crust on the stone and spread out pizza sauce. Add minced garlic and then the cheese. Put the rest on in this order: Pepperoni, Mushroom, Italian Sausage, Onion and Green pepper, Jalapenos and then the Olives. Sprinkle some Italian Seasoning and slide into the oven for about 15 minutes or until cheese is bubbly.
These are super yummy …
4 slices of cooked bacon cut into small pieces
1 large can of Bush’s Baked Beans
1 regular size can of black beans
1/2 green bell pepper chopped
1/2 onion chopped
1/3 c packed brown sugar
3 garlic cloves minced
Hot peppers of your choice (I do a mixture of cayenne, jalapeno, and red hot cherry peppers)
Ketchup
Spicy mustard
Salt & Pepper
1/2 cup BBQ Sauce
Mix together in iron skillet and place on grill on INDIRECT heat for about an hour. After thickened and bubbly, remove and let sit 10-15 minutes. Mix together and yummy! This is perfectly fine to store for leftovers … tastes just as good reheated.
Bacon Burger Patties
Sauted onions and Jalapenos
Onion rings
BBQ sauce
Pepper jack cheese
**Start heating up oil for onion rings**
Grill bacon burgers on grill. If you don’t precook the ground bacon at all, the burgers cannot be medium rare because the bacon needs to cook all the way through.
Cut up onions and peppers and place into a piece of tinfoil. Sprinkle some virgin olive oil over the top, close up and place onto grill next to burgers. The grill will slowly cook the veggies and they are so good.
Put in the onion rings to the fryer, they take about three minutes. Melt cheese on burgers and I also prefer a toasted bun. Place burger on bun once cheese is melted, add sauted onions and jalapenos, onion rings, and top with BBQ sauce. That’s it, no ketchup, mustard or relish. It’s wonderful.
Serve with baked beans for a complimentary side dish.
Happy Fourth of July!
This is a quick, simple way to spice up burgers and make something a little different.
1 lb. ground beef
6 slices of bacon ground up (See Meat Grinder post)
Mix together, I use my hands to make sure the ground bacon is thoroughly in the meat without any large clumps. Make patties and then grill! If you do not wish to grill them, then cut them into individual squares and put in ZIploc Bag. You can either refrigerate them if you plan to use them in the next day or so, otherwise store them in the freezer. It’s a quick thaw and when separated with wax paper, the burgers come right off.
You can use different toppings on these burgers to make them extra tasty! Add pineapple – goes great with Hawaiian themed parties, or you can my favorite Western Bacon Burgers – which I’ll post that recipe next week!
1 12 oz. can tomato paste
1 1/2 c. water
1 tsp. ground oregano
1/2 tsp. basil
1/4 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. black pepper
1/4 tsp. sugar
1/8 tsp. onion powder
2 garlic cloves, minced
Mix dry ingredients and set aside.
Mix together paste with water over heat, when it bubbles add dry mix.
Simmer uncovered, 35-40 minutes.
This recipes makes A LOT of salsa, I mean a lot. So use this as a base and cut it down for what you need, or heck double it and jar up the salsa.
14 large jalapenos
8 tomatoes
3 large garlic cloves
1 bunch of cilantro
1 large onion
Salt & Pepper
Crushed red pepper
Bring water to boil and put first five ingredients in pot and boil for 40 minutes. Drain, put all ingredients into a blender. Add salt, pepper and red pepper to taste.
3 c. semi sweet chocolate chips
1 14 oz. can sweetened condensed milk
Dash of salt
1 1/2 tsp. vanilla
1 c. chopped nuts (optional)
In saucepan over low heat melt chips, milk and salt. Remove from heat and stir in nuts and vanilla. Spread evenly throughout pan.
Chill for two hours.
1 package cream cheese, softened
1 1/2 tbsp. dry bbq rub
3 garlic cloves, minced
Mix cream cheese and spices well until cheese is smooth.
Cut jalapeno tops off and gut out middles. Rinse any extra seeds out.
Fill jalapeno with cream cheese mixture.
Fold a half piece of bacon over the top and put a toothpick through it to hold in place.
Put on tinfoil and let grill 10 minutes on each side or until bacon is done.
5.5 oz can coconut milk
1 tbsp. curry paste
1 boneless chicken breast
1 tbsp. fish oil
1 tbsp. brown sugar
1/4 c. bamboo shoot
1/4 c. peas
1/4 c. chicken stock
Curry sauce or red pepper sauce for spice
Cook coconut milk and curry paste over medium heat for five minutes. Add chicken, fish oil, brown sugar, bamboo shoots, peas and stock. Stir well and then add in desired spice. Simmer for ten minutes.
Soy sauce
Brown sugar
Molasses
Garlic
Olive oil
Ginger
Combine ingredients and mix well with whisk.
1 cup flat beer
2 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons sugar
1 teaspoon salt
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
2 1/4 teaspoons yeast
Put ingredients starting with dry and then wet, putting yeast in last. Make a little hole in the flour to hold the yeast.
Put bread machine on pizza dough.
Once done, let cool and roll in flour. Place in Ziploc bag and put in fridge until needed.
2 packages of yeast
2 c. warm milk
4 eggs separated
1 tsp. vanilla
2 1/2 c. sifted flour
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tbsp. sugar
1/2 c. melted butter
Sprinkle yeast over warm milk and stir until dissolved. Bet in egg yolks and add to mixture with vanilla. Sift together flour, sugar and salt. Add to liquid ingredients. Stir in butter and combine thoroughly. Beat egg whites until stiff, carefully fold into a batter. Let mixture stand in a warm place for 45 minutes or double in size.
Use 1/2 c. mix per waffle, makes 8-9 waffles.
Simple and delicious!
1 package of cream cheese
1 can (14 oz) sweetened condensed milk
1/3 c. lemon juice
1 tsp. vanilla
Let cream cheese reach room temperature and soften.
Add all ingredients and beat until smooth.
Pour into crust (pre-made works as does homemade) and refrigerate for three hours. Top with various fruit topping.
I use to buy it out of a can until one day I ran out and didn’t want to go to the store. I saw how easy it was to make and hit myself on the head for not making it sooner.
2 c. chicken broth
4 tbsp. chili powder
1 tsp. ground cumin
2 heaping tsp. garlic powder
Salt & Pepper
Dash of cayenne pepper
Pinch of cinnamon
1/3 tsp. sugar
5 tbsp. cold water
5 tbsp. white flour
Spoonful of sour cream
In a sauce pan add the chicken broth, chili powder, garlic powder, cumin, salt, cinnamon and sugar, mix well. Using a whisk works well. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low and let cook for three minutes. Whisk frequently to ensure all the spices dissolve.
While the sauce is cooking, add five tablespoons of cold water in a small bowl. With another whisk mix one tablespoon of flour at a time. Whisk vigorously to avoid lumps. If you have lumps here, you will definitely have lumps in your sauce.
After 3 minutes of cooking sauce, turn the heat up to high. Very slowly, pour the flour mixture into the boiling sauce. Here you must whisk the sauce vigorously while adding the flour to avoid lumps.
After all the flour is added, continue to whisk for one minute. You can turn the heat down to medium during this time, just make sure the sauce is boiling.
Add in spoonful of sour cream and whisk together. Then you are done!
The sauce may develop a “skin” (like pudding) … all you have to do is take that off the top and throw it away.
This is a great alternative to cheese slices if you are entertaining friends …and great for watching the game with the family.
1 package cream cheese
1 c. cheddar cheese
Lemon
Diced onion
Worcestershire sauce
Garlic powder
Salt & Pepper
Soften cream cheese to room temperature. In mixer, add cream cheese, onion, lemon juice and sauce. Mix well, add salt and pepper, garlic and cheese. Mix together well.
When done put into ball on wax paper and roll up. Let chill for 30 minutes.
Serve with crackers.
Some nights we will make a mixture of dry and wet ribs. This recipe is great and be careful, add too much spice on this one and you have a hot mouth!
2 tbsp. sea salt
3 tbsp. whole black peppercorns
2 tbsp. sugar
1 1/2 tbsp. whole mustard seed
1 1/2 tbsp. paprika
2 tsp. dried oregano
1 1/2 tsp. whole cumin seeds
1 1/2 tsp. celery seed
2 tsp. dried red pepper
1 tsp. dried thyme
1 tsp. garlic powder
I use this sauce for lasagna, shells, spaghetti, manicotti, and heck, I’ll even use it for pizza sauce if needed. It’s wonderful.
1 lb. ground beef
1 lb. hot Italian sausage
1 onion, chopped
1/4 c. chopped green bell pepper
1/4 c. chopped red bell pepper
1/4 c. chopped yellow bell pepper
Mixture of fresh hot peppers
3-5 cloves of garlic
2 large can (29 oz) whole tomatoes, chopped
48 oz. tomato sauce (usually one large can and one medium sized can)
2 cans (12 oz total) tomato paste
3 tsp. basil
3 tsp. oregano
1 tsp. thyme
1 tsp. crushed red pepper
1 1/2 tsp. parsley
1/2 tsp. pepper
1 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. garlic powder
3 tsp. sugar (I use raw sugar)
1 tsp. vinegar
1 c. water
Tabasco Sauce
Cook ground beef, sausage, onion, bell peppers, and garlic in large pot (crock pot works well too). Cook until peppers and onions are tender and then add all remaining ingredients. Bring to bubbly plop noise level and then turn on low to simmer for two to three hours.
This is a veggie sauce I made for a friend. After tasting it, I realized that I do prefer mine with meat and the flavors the meat provides. Good nonetheless and definitely usable for Chicken Parmesan!
Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
1 loaf of dough, cut into 32 pieces
1/3 c. unsalted melted butter
2 tbsp. parsley
2 tbsp. finely chopped onion
1 tsp. minced fresh garlic
1/4 tsp. salt
In large bowl place dough pieces.
In small bowl combine all ingredients and pour over bread dough. Toss and coat well, take pieces and place into a 1 1/2 qt. casserole dish. Cover and let rise until double in size (about 1-1.5 hours)
Bake at 375 for 30-35 minutes.
