Saturday, May 16, 2009

Poppy Seed Dressing

My friend made this for me. So good!

1/4 c. oil - - - 1/2 c. sugar
1/4 c. red vinegar
1/4 c. white vinegar
1 tsp paprika
1/2 onion - minced
1 T. poppy seed

12 Servings
1/4 cup oil
1/2 c. vinegar white
1/2 c. onion minced
1 1/2 T. poppy seeds
1 c. raspberries (Frozen/Fresh)
1/2 c. sugar

Applebee's Oriental Chicken Salad

Serves 1 as entree (large) (can be doubled)

Use Albertsons brand . . . Oriental Seasame Salad Dressing

2-4 C. oil for frying
1 egg
1/2 c. milk
1/2 c. flour
1/2 c. Cornflake crumbs
1t. salt
1/4 t. pepper
1 boneless skinless chicken breast half. I use 3-4 chicken tenders.
3 c. chopped romaine lettuce
1 c. chopped napa cabbage
1 c. chopped red cabbage
1/2 c. carrot shredded
1 green onion, sliced
1 T. sliced almonds
1/3 c. chow mein noodles. I got a pkg. of egg roll wraps and cut some in strips and fried them, after I fried my chicken and then broke them up . . .good!

Heat oil. In small bowl beat the egg, add the milk, and mix well. In another bowl, combine the flour with the cornflake crumbs, salt and pepper. Dip the chicken in to the egg mix. And then the flour mix. And put into the hot oil, fry till done and crispy, 15 min?

Prepare salad by tossing altogether lettuce, cabbages, onion, carrot. Sprinkle with almonds, add chicken cut into bite size peices and noodles and top with dressing.

Really yummy! got from "Top Secret Restaurant Recipes" Book

Salmon or Talapia Salad

2-3 Fillets of Talapia or Salmon: Fry with EVO and add a salt, pepper or a yummy fish seasoning
A Bed of yummy greens, Cut up(Romaine, Mediterranean Mix is good)
Tomatoes
Feta Cheese
Catalina Dressing

Put the greens on the plate, add the fish in the center of the greens, top with feta cheese and tomatoes than drizzle Catalina dressing (Andrew likes Thousand Island) on top.

Light, Fresh, Great for Summertime.

Grandma Eastman's Taco Salad

Someone else probably came up with this recipe, it is quite popular in the Mormon recipe world, but this is what we always called it.

Ingredients:
A bag of cheesy Doritos
A lb of hamburger meat (you can use turkey burger, healthy and still tastes good)
1 can of Red Kidney Beans
White Rice (optional)
Fresh Greens (Lettuce)
Fresh Tomatoes
Shredded Cheddar Cheese
Fry Sauce (This is the Secret Ingredient) For those of you who don't know what this is and shame on you if you don't, it is a mix of salad dressing, ketchup, a little worchestshire (sp?) sauce, a little mustard.

Fry the hamburger meat, add the kidney beans, make the rice, cut up veggies.

On the plate: Add your meat mixture, rice, top with veggies, cheese and than take a handful of Chips crunch them in your hands over the top, and add the YUMMY Fry Sauce

You can add Guacamole, Salsa or anything else you love.

Berry Berry Smoothie

Yummy I love Smoothies! I just made this one this morning, super easy and good.

I went to the store and picked up fresh mangos, blueberries, strawberries, banannas and yoplait light raspberry yougurt. I but up everything and put it in the freezer, except the yogurt. You can actually freeze banannas, I didn't know that, you might have . . . they last longer, don't peel them when you freeze them. Why freeze because your smoothies are ice cold and you don't have to add ice!

In A Blender Add:

A handful of frozen blueberries
A handful of frozen strawberries
One frozen bananna
One cup of yoplait light raspberry yogurt
1/2 1% milk

Enjoy, Thick, Creamy, Cold, Healthy Smoothie

Thursday, May 14, 2009

Chicken Noodle Soup

This is something that is really easy to make and quite tasty, even when you're not sick! You can add different vegetables if you like or take them out completely.

2 chicken legs
2 chicken thighs
2 small potatoes, diced
4 carrots, chopped
1/2 pkg. Fideo pasta (I use the "La Moderna" brand that can be found in the Mexican food aisle)
salt to taste
lime (optional)

Place chicken with bone and skin in about 2 quarts of water. Add 1 Tbsp salt. Bring to a boil and cook thoroughly. Remove chicken and let cool. Add potatoes to broth. After about 3 minutes, add carrots. After about 5 minutes, add pasta. Cook for about 10 minutes or until pasta is done. Remove skin and bone from chicken and cut into small pieces. Add the chicken back into the soup. Taste the broth and add salt to taste. Voila...homemade chicken soup. Serve with lime to squeeze into broth (optional).

Note: This soup freezes well. So, I usually make a double batch and freeze some for later. Then, I've got a quick dinner for another night.