Pecan Pie

Pecan pie is wonderfully sweet pie and everyone loves it.


Pecan Pie

Mix 3 eggs and 2/3 cup of sugar.

  Add 1/2 tsp salt, 1/3 cup butter, and 1cup light or dark Karol  syrup.

Mix together than add 2cups pecan halves.

Put in unbaked pie crust.

Bake the pecan pie at 360º for 40-50 minutes or until done in the middle.
One way to test if the pecan pie is done is to insert a toothpick and if it comes out clean the pie is done.

Enjoy

Peanut Butter French Toast

This is a wonderful weekend breakfast even the pickiest eaters will love.  This french toast recipe will be a favorite forever.




History of French Toast

Start by Pre heat the oven to 350 . Put butter, peanut butter, and cinnamon between two slices of bread. You can add jelly and bananas or omit the cinnamon if you like. Once the sandwiches are made you set them aside. Wisk together 2-4 eggs (depending on amount number of french toast) with 1/4 cup of milk.

Take the sandwiches and dunk them in the egg mixture until both sides are coated.  Let excess drip off and put on well greased sheet to put in the over. 

Put in the oven for about 30 minutes depending on oven.  Flip them after 15 minutes have gone by and return to the oven for another 15 minutes.  Serve with butter and syrup.  This french toast will make you want to have it every morning or night.



French Toast Recipe



Enjoy

3 Dollar meals

This is a $3 meal plus there is extra for a few lunches.  Hope you enjoy and all recipes can be altered to include your favorite foods.



I started with boiling some water to cook some pasta. I picked penne pasta and cooked it until done. I added some broccoli, a can of $1 Broccoli Alfredo soup and seasoning.  When it was war through I added some cheddar cheese but any kind will work.  There was plenty to offer us lunch possibilites for the week.

I made the second with macaroni noodles. Cook them until they were done and added a $1 can of streak and vegetable soup. I added seasoning and heated it through. When I was ready to serve I added some parmesan cheese on top.  This recipe can be doubled if you are feeding lots of people or use just one can because we had let overs for a few lunches for the week.
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Now the one that you can decide on you own. 

1.  Pasta or rice of you choice.  A few cups will be fine.
2.  Soup or sause of you choice.
3.  Veggies or extra meat of you choice.
4.  Seasoning and cheest on top when it is done.

Now you can made a $3 meal anytime.

Enjoy



Other pasta dishes

Gyro Sandwich

Gyro Sandwich

I usually start with a box dinner for making Gyro which is so against who I am but I start with the basics and add lots of ingredients to make them spectacular.

The kit I have has the Gyro meat, pita breads, and cucumber sauce.  I get cucumbers, tomatoes, onions, and feta cheese to top them off.

  I start by sautéing onions, peppers and the Gyro meat. 

I dice up cucumbers and take out the feta cheese. 

I put the pitas in the oven and warm them up. 

When building put the warm pita on the plate, pile on the gyro meat with some onions.  On top of that I put the cucumber, feta cheese and cucumber sauce. 

Enjoy

Gyro sandwich varieties

Lasagna

This lasagna is a very easy recipe and there will leftovers for all week. The history of lasagna is a confusing and much debated one. There are a few theories as to its origins. Some believe that the word ‘lasagna’ comes from the Greek word ‘lasagnum’ which is the word for the dish that is pasta based.


More history on Lasagna



Lasagna

 

 

I put ground beef in my lasagna but you use any kind of meat.  Cook ground beef with onions, I cut up fresh spinach but you can skip that if you don't like spinach, and green peppers

Put sauce in the bottom of a pan. Cover bottom with uncooked Lasagna noodles. I know but you don't have to cook the noodles which makes it an easy recipe.

Next layer of the lasagna ground beef mixture, cottage cheese, and ricotta cheese.

The lasagna next layer is mozzarella cheese and more noodles.

Sauce and more ground beef, cottage cheese and ricotta cheese.

Mozzarella and more sauce.

Noodles and sauce on top. Put about 1 cup of water around the outside of the lasagna next to the pan so the noodles can cook.

Cheese on the top and cover. Bake the lasagna 350º for 45 minutes covered and 15 minutes uncovered.

Enjoy




Neelys Lasagna Recipe

Pineapple Upside Down Cake

Pineapple upside down cake is a wonderful tropiclal dessert great for the holidays.  This is an very easy recipe and the cake was so moist and sweet because of the pineapple.  The history of the cake started with the idea of the pineapple soon after 1911 when one of James Dole's engineer had invented a machine to cut his pineapples into nice rings. Soon the convenient and pretty rings were used in this age old technique of the skillet cake. The invention of the maraschino cherry added the necessary color needed to make this cake stunning. The first mention in print of such a cake was in 1930, and was so listed in the 1936 Sears Roebuck catalog.

History of the Pineapple Upside Down Cake


Pineapple Upside Down Cake

Melt together 1/2 stick butter and 1/3 cup of brown sugar.  Spray a cake pan with nonstick spray and pour butter brown sugar mixture in bottom of pan.  Arrange pineapple slices in the bottom of the pan.  Put a cherry in the middle of each pineapple ring.   Mix up a white or yellowcake mix using the box instructions.  Pour cake mix over pineapple and cherries.




Bake the pineapple upside down cake at 350º for 40 minutes or until a toothpick come out of the cake clean.   When it has cooled you put a plate on top of the pan and flip it over so the pineapple it on top.

Enjoy




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Chicken Fried Rice

Great recipe that is easy to make and everyone will love it.  Great to have left overs because it taste better the next day.

Chicken Fried Rice

In a large frying pan cook on medium heat onion and celery with the boneless, skinless chicken of your choice.  I use chicken thighs or you could use chicken breast or tenders.  Use any amount of onion and celery that you like or omit if you don’t like them.

Make rice (minute or long grain) according to package directions.  When it is finished you put it into a large frying pan and start to recook the rice. 

Add the chicken and veggies to the pan of the fried rice and flip or stir until hot.  Add chicken stock so it doesn’t get too dry before it cooks through. 

Sever with Chow mein recipe here on the blog.

Chow mein recipe in blog

You should add a bag of frozen or a can of mix vegetables, mushrooms and seasoning.

Some seasons you could add are ginger, parsley, tai, and soy or chili sauce.

Taste every 5 minutes to make sure it is seasoned to your liking.

Enjoy