Grilled Asian Chicken

Ingredients:
1/4 cup soy sauce
4 teaspoons sesame oil
2 Tablespoons honey
3 slices fresh ginger root (I usually don't add this and we like it)
2 cloves garlic, crushed
4 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves

Directions:
In a small microwave safe bowl, combine soy sauce, oil, honey ginger root and garlic. Heat in microwave on medium for 1 minute then stir. Heat again for 20 seconds, watching closely to prevent boiling.
Place chicken breasts in a shallow dish (I put them in a ziploc bag) and pour mixture over and let marinate for at least 15 minutes.
Preheat a grill for medium-high heat. Drain marinade into a small saucepan. Bring to a boil and simmer over medium heat for 5 minutes and set aside for basting.
Lightly oil the gril grate. Cook chicken for 6-8 minutes per side, or until juices run clear. Baste frequently with remaining marinade.

Pan Roasted Brussel Sprouts with Bacon

So I've discovered the foot network channel, and I watch it when I breastfeed, and the other day I was watching a show and she was doing something with brussel sprouts that sounded pretty good, and the next time we got the Bountiful baskets it had brussel sprouts! So I tried this recipe.

Ingredients:
4 strips thick-cut bacon
2 tablespoons butter
1 pound brussels sprouts, halved
1/2 large onion, chopped
Salt and freshly ground black pepper

Directions:
Cook bacon in a large skillet over medium-high heat until crispy. Remove to a paper towel-lined plate, then roughtly chop. In same pan with bacon fat, melt butter over high heat. Add onions and Brussels Sprouts and cook, stirring occassionally, until sprouts are golden brown, 8 to 10 minutes. Season with salt and pepper to taste, and toss bacon back into pan. Serve immediately.

Just a note, I put the brussel sprouts into a bowl with a little water and microwaved them for a couple minutes and in the pan they only needed to cook for about 6 minutes for me.

Homemade Hot Chocolate Mix

This makes about 5 quarts of dry mix - and it costs about $12 to make.

8 qt box pwd milk (9 cups)
1 lb box pwd sugar (4 cups)
1 lb box pwd chocolate milk - like Nesquick (5 cups) *this makes pretty sweet hot chocolate mix - if you don't want it to be so sweet just put 4 cups of of the chocolate milk mix and then 1 cup of coco powder
10 oz jar pwd creamer (3 cups)

Mix all together in a large bowl. Store in a 5 quart container with a tight lid. 3 heaping spoonfulls for an 8 oz mug of hot water. (Don't use milk because of the powdered milk)

Egg Casserole

Egg Casserole

1pkg Pillsbury crescent roll dough

1 lb sausage browned

9 eggs

3/4 c milk

1 T dried onion or 1/2 of a fresh onion

1/4 c green pepper (opt)

1 t salt

1/4 t pepper

1/4 t oregano

1 to 1 1/2 cups grated cheese

Grease 9X13 pan. Heat oven to 350. Spread roll dough in the bottom and up the sides just a bit. Sprinkle crumbled sausage over crust. Mix eggs with milk with fork or wire wisk. Add onion, green pepper, salt, pepper, and oregano. Add cheese. Pour egg mixture over crust. Cook 35-45 minutes until eggs are lightly browned but center is cooked. Serve with sour cream and salsa (if desired).

C is for Cookie

So I found this recipe on a friend's friend's blog... I haven't tried them yet but I want to, so here it is!

1/2 cup confectioner's sugar
1 2/3 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
8 tbs (1 stick) unsalted butter at room temperature
1 1/4 cups sugar
1/2 tsp vanilla extract

preheat oven to 350. grease baking sheets with butter.

mix flour, cocoa, baking powder, and salt.

in a large bowl, using an electric mixer, beat the butter and sugar on medium speed until creamy, about 3 minutes. turn off the mixer and scrape down the bowl with a spatula. add 1 egg and beat on medium speed until blended. add the other egg and vanilla and beat until blended. turn off the mixer and add the flour mixture. beat on low speed just until blended.

using a tablespoon, scoop up a rounded spoonful of dough and roll it into a ball. roll the ball in the confectioner's sugar until covered. place balls on prepared baking sheet.

bake the cookies until the crackled and puffed (about 10 to 12 minutes). transfer to wire rack.

Crock Pot Lasagna

My friend Emily posted a recipe for crock pot lasagna... I thought it sounded good although I haven't tried it yet. It looks pretty easy too. Click here to view it.

Just layer lasagna noodles, browned meat, cheese, cottage cheese and sauce. Repeat, and top off with some more cheese! She said she cooks it on low for about 2 hours.

Christmas Cookies

Go to this link and you can get a free ebook with 50 cookie recipes.

http://www.recipelion.com/index.php/hct/Free-eCookbooks