Sunday, August 31, 2008

Sloppy Johns

1 1/2 cups of rice
2 cups of water
1 chicken bullion cube
Taco seasoning
Tomatoes - fresh is best
Part of a Bell pepper
Can of shredded chicken (We have the Costco kind)
Black beans

Hamburger buns

  • Start cooking rice - rice, water, chicken bullion cube.
  • When the rice starts to boil, or at least get going, start cutting up tomatoes into cubes and toss them in.
  • When you have some tomatoes in there, add the taco seasoning.
  • Keep adding tomatoes until you think you have enough, chop up the pepper and toss it in.
  • Important: At this step, if you have the rice nearly done, and the Stake President calls and says he is pulling up to the house, take the pan off the heat so the rice on the bottom doesn't burn...
  • When the rice is cooked, remove the pot from heat, add the chicken and beans, stir until well mixed.
  • Serve inside hamburger buns

Friday, August 15, 2008

Fried Pot Roast

First step - have a pot roast dinner - meat, potatoes, carrots, whatever you like in your dinner. Make enough for leftovers.
Second step - Save the leftovers in the fridge.
Third step - Heat up a frying pan, add some butter
Forth step - slice up your leftovers, fry them up in your pan. Add a little salt and a little pepper.

Reviews were pretty favorable...

Monday, August 4, 2008

Crispy chicken tacos

flour tortillas (we used the 'cook it yourself' tortillas from Costco)
breaded chicken strips - I was going to make a crushed tortilla breading, but the chicken strips we have from Maceys already had a breading on it, so I went with it
cole slaw
cucumber - cut into little spears

Fry breaded chicken strips until golden brown. Slice chicken rstrips into smaller pieces, long and skinny is ok. Holding tortilla in taco shape add chicken, then cucumbers, then coleslaw, and a little more chicken on top. This of course assumes that your flour tortilla is big enough to hold all that stuff.

Cole Slaw

Cabbage - green cabbage and possibly a little red cabbage, if you want.
Chopped green onion
Shredded carrot (optional)

Sauce
Mayo or Miracle Whip - use a little less than you think you will need, or your slaw will be very wet
Salt
Pepper
Celery seed
small spoon of sugar - add more or less to taste. more makes it sweeter, less gives it more kick
vinegar - enough to mix in to the stuff

Mix sauce in small bowl by adding everything but the vinegar, getting it well mixed, then add the vinegar and mix together. The mixture will change color slightly as the vinegar is added.

In a separate larger bowl, add cabbage and whatever else you have to stick in. Then add the sauce and mix well. You will get it after one or two tries.