Nonna’s holiday potato’s

Boil 12 potatoes til cooked

Let potatoes cool then peel with a knife and cube.

Mix potatoes with 4 tbsp or more olive oil. 

Add 2 tbsp parsley and 4 minced garlic cloves.  Serve cool. 

Crockpot Lambchops

12 frozen lambchops

2 tbsp garlic

1 1/3 cup balsamic vinegar

1/2 tsp cayenne

1 tbsp parsley 

Cook in the crockpot on low for 6 hours

Cinnamon bun cake

White cake:

2/3 cups margarine or shortening 

2 cups sugar

2 eggs

2 tsp vanilla

3 cups flour

4 tsp baking powder

3/4 tsp salt

2 cups milk

Mix together and pour in a 9 by 13 pan then melt the following ingredients in a bowl in the microwave:

1/3 cup butter melted mixed with

1/3 cup brown sugar 

1 tbsp cinnamon

Pour and gently stir into the cake

Bake at 350 50 min- 1 hour

Banana Zucchini Bread

1 1/2 cups sugar

1 cup canola oil 

2 mashed bananas

2 cups shredded zucchini 

2 eggs 

4 tsp vanilla 

3 cups flour

2 tsp cinnamon

1 tsp baking powder

1 tsp baking soda

2 tsp salt

1 cup chocolate chips (opp)

Bake at 350 for 45 min makes 3 small pans

Apple sauce

First I put jars in my oven at 200 degrees to sterilize them and get the lids boiling in a small pot.  I set up my steamer or juicer on one of my front burners and get some apples chopped up and steaming.  Once they are soft we run them through a hand held food mill. After they are sauced I put:

12 cups sauced apples

3 cups sugar

2 tsp cinnamon (opp)

1 tsp ground cloves (opp)

All in a pot on medium heat stirring the whole time.  

Then I put the mixture in canning jars and boil them in a hot water bath for 10 minutes. 

The juice in my juicer I put in cleaned out 2 liter pop bottles and freeze without adding sugar.  It can be served without sugar or with sugar.  Another good combo is mixing the juice with some ginger ale. 

Breadsticks

Bread dough: 

Allow 1 tbsp yeast and 2 tbsp sugar to rise in 1 1/4 cups hot water.  After 10 min add: 2 tbsp oil and 3 cups flour and mix.  Roll dough onto greased cookie sheet and slice.  Allow to rise for up to 1 hour then spread topping on and bake at 350 for 30 min.

Topping:

1/4 cup melted butter

1/4 cup Parmesan cheese

1/4 cup mayonnaise

1/4 tsp parsley 

1/4 tsp garlic powder
 

Lasagna

400 grams mozzarella grated

Ricotta mixture

500 grams ricotta

12 boiled lasagna noodles

1/2 cup Parmesan cheese

1 tbsp parsley 

1 egg

Sauce:

2 500ml cans tomato sauce

1 tbsp basil

1 tbsp oregano

1 tbsp onion powder

1 tsp garlic powder

2 tbsp sugar 

1-2 lbs ground meat

OR MAKE YOUR FAVORITE RED SAUCE

Cook sauce and boil noodles.

Mix ricotta with parsley and Parmesan.

Layer in a 9 by 13 pan:

Sauce

4 noodles

Ricotta

Mozzarella 

And repeat

On the last set of noodles pour sauce (the more the better to prevent it from being dry)

Top with mozzarella 

Cover with tinfoil and bake at 400 for 45min-1 hour

Vietnamese Meatballs

 

Meatballs:

1 lb ground meat

2 tbsp onion powder or 1/2 cup chopped onion

1 tbsp cilantro

1 tbsp garlic powder or 4 cloves garlic chopped

1 tbsp ginger

1 1/2 tbsp fish sauce

1/2 tbsp honey

1 tbsp chili paste ( Thai if possible) optional

1 egg

Cook meat balls in hot canola oil on a frying pan.

Dipping sauce:

This sauce has a strong taste

1/3 cup hoisin sauce

2 tbsp fish sauce

4 tbsp soy sauce

4 tbsp water

1 tbsp chili paste

Mix well.

Serve meatballs on white rice with sauce on top or with the sauce as a dip.  

Black Bean Quesadilla

Mix:

2 cups cooked rice (brown)

1 cup feta 

I can (500ml) black beans

1 tsp cumin

1 tsp garlic powder

Hot sauce to taste

-8 tortillas

-1 cup grated cheese (any kind)

I cook the quesadillas on my pancake griddle.  Sprinkle some cheese on each side with the filling in the middle and cook 2 min per side.  

 

Oriental chicken

Defrost chicken and cut it cubes or slices.  Bread the chicken in flour salt and pepper add some paprika if you desire.   I really enjoy breading it in the honey garlic chicken breading recipe.  

Make sauce:

6 tbsp soy sauce

6 tbsp water

2 cups sugar or 1 1/2 cups sugar 1/2 cup honey

1cup vinegar

1 tsp garlic powder

1/4 tsp ginger 

2 tbsp corn starch

Mix and pour over chicken in 8x8 pan

Bake at 350 for 40 min.  Serve over rice

Original recipe card found below:

Bench Press Bell Peppers

 6 large peppers

1 lb cooked ground meat

1 tsp mint leaves 

3-4 cups cooked brown rice

3 large eggs

1 tsp garlic salt 

100 grams crumbled feta

Cook rice and ground meat.  I make this when I have left over rice.  Cut the stems out of the peppers and Slice them in half from top to bottom.  Place peppers in a pan.  Mix remaining ingredients together then put filling in the peppers. Bake at 375 for 25 minutes. 

Honey Sauced Chicken

  I like making this in the crockpot.  I added peas this time but my family prefers it just Chicken.  I cooked it on low for 4 hours. 

Chicken Curry Salad

  

Chili

I use a can of chickpeas as well and sometimes 1-2 sausages and sometimes some frozen corn.