Monday, June 30, 2014

Zucchini Chips


Cut a zucchini into thin slices and toss in 1 Tbsp olive oil, sea salt, and pepper. 
Sprinkle with paprika and bake at 450°F for 25 to 30 minutes.

Sunday, June 29, 2014

Greek Salad



Toss the following together:

Cucumber, cut in chunks
Red pepper, cut in chunks
Yellow pepper, cut in chunks
Orange pepper, cut in chunks
Grape or cherry tomatoes, cut in half or quarters
Feta cheese, crumbled
Purple onion, sliced, optional
Olives, optional
Kraft Greek Feta and Oregano salad dressing


Saturday, June 28, 2014

Mom's Singapore Chicken

Temp: 325 deg F (160 deg C)  

3 lb chicken, cut up 
Flour, salt and pepper

Sauce: 
1/4 cup brown sugar 
1/4 cup bottled chili sauce (such as Heinz) 
1/4 cup vinegar 
1/4 cup water 
1/4 cup Ketchup 
1 small clove garlic, minced or pressed (or good pinch garlic powder) 
1/2 tsp salt 
1 tsp liquid red pepper seasoning (such as Tabasco or Louisiana hot sauce) 

Trim and remove extra skin and fat from chicken. If using legs, cut at the joint in two pieces.

In a pie plate, combine 1/2 cup flour with salt and pepper, and other seasonings, if you wish. Coat chicken pieces with seasoned flour. Arrange in shallow 9 x 13 pan and bake for 45 minutes.

Combine sauce ingredients and set aside. Drain fat from cooked chicken pieces, pour sauce over chicken in baking dish. Return to oven and bake for another 45 minutes, basting 2-3 times with sauce.

NOTE: If you like a lot of sauce, double the ingredients but cook the extras in a separate dish so the baked chicken can develop a golden crusty coating.

Saturday, June 7, 2014

Mom's Fruit Crisp

Temp: 350 deg F   Time: 30-35 minutes

TOPPING
1 cup quick oats, uncooked
1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1/3 cup oil (or melted butter)
2 Tbsp flour

FILLING
A mixture of fruit, fresh or frozen or one kind if you prefer, enough to fill an 8 x 8 pan 3/4 of the way full. Add sugar and/or cinnamon to taste, if you prefer.

In a medium bowl, combine topping ingredients. Add fruit to 8 x 8 baking dish. Sprinkle topping evenly over fruit. Bake until fruit is tender. If using frozen fruit, it may take longer in the oven.


Friday, June 6, 2014

Raisin Bread for the Bread Machine

1 cup + 1 Tbsp water
2-1/2 cups all purpose flour
2 Tbsp dry milk
1-1/2 Tbsp sugar
1-1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp cinnamon
2 Tbsp butter or margarine, cut into 4 pieces
1-1/2 tsp bread machine yeast
3/4 cup raisins

Add water to bread pan.

Add flour, dry milk, sugar, salt, cinnamon to pan. Place a piece of butter into each corner of pan on top of dry ingredients.

Make a slight well in centre of dry ingredients and add the yeast.

Place bread pan into chamber and select the sweet bread setting to start.

Add the raisins when the bread machine beeps.

Makes a 1-1/2 pound loaf.