Chicken & Rice Corn "Chowder" In 15min.

1 can cream of chicken soup
1 chx breast, shredded  (mine was already cooked and in the freezer so it just needed to be thawed)
1 can corn
2c instant rice
4c water
garlic salt
onion powder
basil flakes
black pepper

1. Bring the water to boil. Add the rice. (This is where I added the chicken so it thawed and heated thru)
2. Cook for 5min, then drain off maybe a cup of water, I just drained it until the water level was a little under the rice.
3. Add the corn and soup.
4. Add the spices.
5. Cook until heated thru.
6. I served this with my homemade bread!

TADA!

Lemon Cream Cake

This is also from the same website as the bread post. Lemon Cream Cake
I borrowed Yammie's picture to further entice you to make it!

The only thing different that I did was one half of my 9x13" pan was a raspberry curd instead.

1 1/2 handfuls of frozen (but then thawed a little) raspberries, pureed then strained thru a sieve type thing. If it doesn't equal 2/3c add a little water. I added a little lemon zest too and then just make it the exact way you do the lemon curd only without the lemon juice.

I used 1qt of heavy whipping cream and whipped it all up in the mixer and added 1/2c sugar and a little lemon zest.

The cake gave me a little trouble since I did it in a 9x13. I probably cooked it 30-40min but PLEASE test it before you let it go that long. My main issue was that the bottom was still a little goopy. Trust me, it really wasn't a big deal to have it goopy, don't worry about it.

Everyone really liked it. :)

Think of a lemon meringue pie minus the meringue and crust and put it with cake instead. It's delicious.

I borrowed Yammie's picture to further entice you to make it!

60 Minute Fluffy White Sandwich Bread

Firstly, THIS BREAD IS AMAZING.

In MY notes, I corrected the 2T yeast to 1 Pkg (which is 2T) of Active Dry Yeast.
I will definitely be making this again and again.
It is now my go to bread recipe.

1 cup warm water (probably somewhere between 105º and 115º. I just get it hot from the tap. Don't get it too hot or it will kill the yeast.)

2 tablespoons yeast (1pkg active dry yeast)

2 tablespoons sugar

1/4 cup olive oil

3 cups bread flour (all-purpose works too)

2 teaspoons salt

Mix together the yeast, sugar, water, and oil. Let it sit for about five minutes.

Add the flour a little and a time, mixing in your stand mixer with a dough hook.

Add the salt.

Knead for 10 minutes, in the stand mixer or by hand.

Let the dough rise in a greased bowl (I used the same bowl).

Spray or brush it with oil and let it rise 30 minutes or until doubled.

Punch it down and form it into a log.

Put it in a well-greased loaf pan and grease the top with spray.

 Preheat oven to 425ºF.

 Let the dough rise for about ten more minutes until it's pretty much doubled.

 Slice the top with a sharp bread knife or any serrated knife.

Bake at 425º for about 10 minutes and then lower the heat to 350º and bake for 5-15 minutes more.

You'll want the top to be very brown. When it's done it should slide easily out of your greased pan and it should sound hollow if you tap it. Allow to cool before cutting... if you can wait.

Easier than Hamburger Helper Turkey Helper

1lb ground turkey
1 can cream of chicken soup (Plus a can and a half of water)
1c macaroni noodles
seasoning salt
pepper

1. Cook turkey, make sure to season it!
2. Add the cream of chx soup, water, and noodles.
3. Cook for 15min on low until noodles cooked.

See. Easier than hamburger helper. It's not even really worth a recipe but I figured I'd put it up anyway.
I served this with green beans and canned pears.
Actually a good pearing get it? see what I did there?
hehe.

Anyway, you could use chicken in this too. :) Or hamburger of course.

Bread Pudding with Rum Sauce

I made a few changes. I just did it in a 9x13" pan and tore up probably 10 slices of bread and a few leftover pancakes that needed to be used. I tore the bread up a day before and let it sit out over night instead of toasting it in the oven, kind of over kill.  Besides running the milk and sugar mixture for the rum all over the hot stove and burning it to it, I didn't do the veg oil and flour, I just used butter and melted it. Then I just added all the paste to the simmering milk and whisked it in and let it cook for awhile to thicken and added rum extract. But you can do it however you like, it still tastes good. :)

BREAD PUDDING:

6 slices day old bread

1t cinnamon

1/2c raisins

2T melted butter

4 eggs

1/2c + 2T sugar

2c milk

1t vanilla

1. Break bread into small pieces into 1 1/2qt baking dish.
2. Sprinkle cinnamon & raisins over bread.
3. Drizzle butter over all.
4. Toast in 350F oven.
5. Combine eggs, sugar, milk, & vanilla.
6. Add to toasted bread mix.
7. Bake at 350F for 30 min or until firm.

RUM SAUCE:

2c milk

1/2c butter

1/2c sugar

1T vegetable oil

2T flour

1T nutmeg

1T vanilla

Rum to taste

1. Place milk, butter, & sugar in saucepan & bring to boil.
2. Heat oil in small skillet & stir in flour to make smooth paste.
3. Add some milk mix to flour mix and blend well.
4. Return flour mix to milk mix in pan.
5. Cook & stir until thickened and smooth.
6. Add nutmeg, vanilla, & rum.
7. Serve over pudding!

Good & Easy Hot Dish!

1# hamburger

Onion

Brown and season with lawrey's and pepper.

Then add (all chopped)

1/2c green pepper, celery, whole kernal corn.

1 1/2c carrots

Then 1c uncooked minute rice

16oz stewed or diced tomatoes

1c water (just use the water that you rinse the can out with)

Use a big stock pot. Bake 1 hour at 350F or until rice fully cooked.

We serve ours with cottage cheese and peas!

PLUM SYRUP!

Ok, so this started out as a way to use up 2 plums that I had.
It turned it to amazingness.
I will end up putting the full bottle into the freezer to save for later.

This recipe makes 2 cups.

2 plums
1/4c pineapple
1/4c strawberries
1 1/2c sugar
1 1/2c water
1t lime zest
2T cornstarch
Just a little bit of water to thin cornstarch


1. Combine all ingredients and bring to a boil.
2. Pour syrup thru strainer and mash the fruit. (I used a potato ricer and the pineapple wouldn't mash but still got flavor out).
3. Put back on stove and bring to boil.
4. Whisk in cornstarch to thicken syrup.