Honey Lime Enchiladas

This is from my cousin Julie Ward's recipes. She is an awesome cook and has some pretty amazing recipes. This one is really worth trying.

4 T. honey
2 T. lime juice
1 T. oil (I used olive oil)
2 tsp. chili powder
1/4 tsp. garlic powder
Mexican blend shredded cheese
Flour tortillas, soft taco size
1 can green enchilada sauce

Cook and shred 4 chicken breasts. Mix above sauce with shredded chicken. Roll chicken mixture and grated cheese into flour tortillas. Top with green enchilada sauce and a little grated cheese. Bake at 350º for 30-40 minutes.

Chicken Spaghetti

These ingredients sound funny and it looks funny when you make it, but Eric will eat a whole pan by himself if there is no one else home to eat it.

2 cups chopped cooked chicken breast
2 cups uncooked spaghetti noodles, broken into 2-inch pieces (about 7 ounces)
1 cup (1/4-inch-thick) slices celery
1 cup chopped red bell pepper
1 cup chopped onion
1 cup chicken broth
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
2 cans condensed cream of mushroom soup, undiluted
Cooking spray
1 cup (4 ounces) shredded cheddar cheese, divided

Combine first 5 ingredients in a large bowl. Combine broth, salt, pepper, and soup in a medium bowl, stirring with a whisk. Add soup mixture to chicken mixture; toss. Divide mixture evenly between 2 (8-inch) square or (2-quart) baking dishes coated with cooking spray. Sprinkle 1/2 cup cheese over each casserole. Cover with foil coated with cooking spray. Bake at 350° for 35 minutes. Uncover and bake an additional 10 minutes.

Thai Chicken

1 Tbsp sesame oil
1 lb chicken, cut into strips
1 red bell pepper cut into ¼ inch strips
3-4 cloves garlic, minced
1 serrano hot pepper seeded and minced (I usually only use half because we don't like it super spicy)
4 Tbsp hoison sauce
1 Tbsp Soy sauce
1 tsp sugar
¼ cup water
1 cup fresh basil leaves (you can use dried but it is better with fresh - with the dried I add about a TBSP when I am cooking the chicken)

Heat the oil, stir fry the chicken, until almost done. Add pepper, garlic and Serrano, Cook 2-3 minutes. Add hoison sauce, soy sauce, sugar, and water. Throw in basil leaves and toss until wilts. Serve over rice!! Wow it is good!

Holiday Cranberry Salad

So I really liked this but Eric didn't. So maybe it is a woman thing. But I thoroughly enjoyed it.

1 12oz. bag of cranberries (fresh or frozen), coarsley chopped

1 can crushed pineapple with juice

2 c. sugar

1/2 pt. whipping cream

1 c. chopped walnuts

2 c. mini marshmellows

chop up cranberries and put in bowl. Mix in pineapple with juice and add sugar. Mix carefully and let stand for 1 hour. Pour mixture into strainer over a bowl to save juice and refrigerate that way overnight.

Before serving, whip cream (sweeten if desired). Mix fruit with whipped cream, walnuts, and marshmellows.

If you want they recipe says to reserve the juice and mix with sprite or something like that for a tangy punch. We haven't tried that part yet but it is in our freezer.

By popular demand...

Apparently we aren't the only ones who look back on the BYU chocolate mint brownies with many a fond memory. The demand became great enough that they have posted the recipe in the alumni area of the BYU website, which I have reproduced here for your convenience.














Sugar-n-Spice, Cougareat Food Court

MAKES ONE 9-BY-13 PAN OF BROWNIES.
PREP AND COOK: 90 min. COOL: 1 hr.

1 c. margarine
1/2 c. cocoa
2 Tbsp. honey
4 eggs
2 c. sugar
1 3/4 c. flour
1/2 Tbsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1 c. chopped walnuts
12 oz. chocolate icing (Use your own icing recipe or purchase some chocolate frosting. You can also search the Internet for chocolate icing recipes.)

MINT ICING

5 Tbsp. margarine
dash of salt
3 Tbsp. milk
1 Tbsp. light corn syrup
2 1/3 c. powdered sugar
1/2 tsp. mint extract
1-2 drops green food coloring

1. Melt margarine and mix in cocoa. Allow to cool. Add honey, eggs, sugar, flour, baking powder, and salt. Mix well. Add nuts. Pour batter into a greased 9-by-13 baking pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes. Cool.

2. Prepare mint icing: Soften margarine. Add salt, corn syrup, and powdered sugar. Beat until smooth and fluffy. Add mint extract and food coloring. Mix. Add milk gradually until the consistency is a little thinner than cake frosting.

3. Spread mint icing over brownies. Place brownies in the freezer for a short time to stiffen the icing. Remove from the freezer and carefully add a layer of chocolate icing.

Enjoy!

Banana Cream Cheescake

I made this for Todd's farewell. It was in the Kraft Foods magazine, which I love, love, love.

1 pkg. (2-layer size) white cake mix, divided
4 eggs, divided
3 Tbsp. oil
2/3 cup packed brown sugar, divided
2 bananas, sliced
2 pkg. (8 oz. each) PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened
2 Tbsp. lemon juice
1-1/2 cups milk
1-1/2 cups thawed COOL WHIP Whipped Topping

Heat oven to 300ºF. Reserve 1 cup dry cake mix. Mix remaining cake mix with 1 egg, oil and 1/3 cup sugar with mixer. (Mixture will be crumbly.) Press onto bottom and 1 inch up sides of greased 13x9-inch baking pan; top with bananas.

Beat cream cheese and remaining sugar with mixer. Add reserved cake mix, remaining eggs and lemon juice; beat 1 min. Blend in milk. (Batter will be very thin.) Pour into crust.

Bake 45 to 50 to min. or until center is almost set. Cool. Refrigerate 4 hours. Top with Cool Whip. Refrigerate leftovers.

Maple Pork Chops

So I got this recipe off of the food network channel that I watched while doing that stupid glucose test with pregnancy. I know that the ingredients sound like they don't go together, but we just made it tonight and it was soooo good.

Ingredients:
Pork chops (obviously. I used 4)
salt and pepper
1 c. maple syrup
2 tbsp. mustard
2 cloves garlic
1/4 tsp ground ginger

Thaw pork chops completely. Salt and pepper both sides. Brown the meat in oil in a frying pan. Mix remaining ingredients and pour over meat. Continue to cook until pork is done and sauce has thickened.

The show cooked it with brusselsprouts, but many people don't like those so we cooked them with carrots and the sauce even tasted good on the cooked carrots. But do what ever you like.