Lettuce Wraps

1lb ground chicken breast
1/2 medium onion, minced
salt & pepper, a dash of each
2 large cloves garlic, minced
1 inch nob fresh ginger, peeled & minced
1 tbsp sesame oil
2 & 1/2 tbsp soy sauce - reduced sodium!
1/2 tbsp water
1 tbsp natural peanut butter
1/2 tbsp honey
1 tbsp & 1 tsp rice vinegar
2 tsp chili garlic sauce (more if you like it hot)
dash of fresh pepper
3 green onions, chopped
1/2 of 8oz can sliced water chestnuts, drained & chopped
1/4 cup peanuts, chopped
10-12 large outer lettuce leaves, rinsed and patted dry

1.  Heat large, non-stick skillet on high.  Add chicken, onion, salt & pepper and cook until chicken is nearly done, stirring often to break up the meat.  Add in minced garlic and ginger and continue cooking until chicken is no longer pink.
2.  In a microwave safe bowl, combine sesame oil, soy sauce, water, peanut butter, honey, rice vinegar, chili garlic sauce and pepper.  Microwave for 20 seconds then stir until smooth.  Add into the skillet and stir to combine.
3.  Add green onion and water chestnuts into the skillet then cook for 1-2 minutes until the onions are soft and the water chestnuts are heated through.
4.  Sprinkle with chopped peanuts and serve with cold lettuce leaves.

Apple Dumplings

Cinnamon
Vanilla ice cream
Sugar
Vanilla
2 sticks butter
2 granny smith apples
2 tubes crescent rolls
12oz mountain dew or sprite

1.  Peel and slice your two apples and wrap a slice in a triangle of crescent dough.  Place in a sprayed pan.
2.  Melt 2 sticks of butter and add 1 & 1/2 cups sugar and 1 tsp vanilla.  Stir.
3.  Pour your butter/vanilla/sugar mixture all over the wrapped apples.  Then pour about 12oz of mountain dew all around.  Sprinkle with cinnamon.
4.  Place in 350 degree oven for 30-40 minutes.  Serve hot with ice cream.

German Chocolate Bars

1 (14oz) package individually wrapped caramels, unwrapped
1/3 cup sweetened condensed milk
1 (18.25oz) package german chocolate cake mix
3/4 cup butter, melted
1/2 cup sweetened condensed milk
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
1 cup chopped pecans

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Grease and flour 13x9 inch pan.
2. Melt caramels with 1/3 cup condensed milk
3. In a seperate bowl, combine cake mix with melted butter and 1/2 cup of condensed milk.  Stir well.
4. Spread 1/2 of the cake mixture in pan and bake 6-8 minutes
5. Remove from oven and cover with caramel, chips and nuts.  Put remaining cake mix on top.  Bake for another 10 minutes.

YUM!

Catching Up....

So I totally slacked on my assignment - at least about posting the new recipes.  Probably didn't stick to 1 new thing per week either, but I have a whole bunch of new things we've tried and loved.  Going to try and add as many recipes as I can to catch up.  Enjoy!

I've assigned myself a challenge.

So, since I haven't been keeping up with trying new recipes or even adding any old one's into this blog, this is what I'm going to do...
Try *at least* 1 new recipe per week!  Hopefully more than that - I wanted to say 1 per day, but I know that won't happen, so we'll start with 1 per week.
Since getting pregnant with #2, I have majorly been slacking on cooking and trying new recipes.  And without new recipes I get bored, and then I just want to eat out....not good for our health or our bank account ;)

Today I think I'm trying blueberry pound cake. Yum!

Crepes

1 & 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1 tbsp sugar
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
2 cups milk
2 eggs
2 tbsp butter, melted
1/2 tsp vanilla

1. Mix all ingredients together
2. Place in refrigerator for 30 minutes
3. Spoon onto hot pan/griddle

Baked Potato Soup

8 slices bacon
1 cup Diced yellow onions
2/3 cup Flour
6 cups Hot chicken stock
4 cups Diced -- peeled baked Potatoes
2 cups Heavy cream
1/4 cup Chopped parsley
1 1/2 teaspoon Granulated garlic
1 1/2 teaspoon Dried basil
1 1/2 teaspoon Salt
1 1/2 teaspoon Red pepper sauce
1 1/2 teaspoon Coarse black pepper
1 cup Grated Cheddar cheese
1/4 cup Diced green onions -- white Part only
Additional chopped bacon --
Grated cheese and Chopped parsley for Garnish


1. Fry bacon until crisp. Chop bacon and reserve drippings. 
2.  Cook onions in remaining drippings over medium-high heat until transparent, about 3 minutes. 
3. Add flour, stirring to prevent lumps. Cook 3 - 5 minutes until mix just begins to run golden.
4. Add chicken stock gradually, whisking to prevent lumps, until liquid thickens. 
5. Reduce heat to simmer and add potatoes, cream, chopped bacon, parsley, garlic, basil, salt, pepper sauce and black pepper. 
Simmer 10 minutes; DO NOT ALLOW TO BOIL. 
Add grated cheese and green onions. 

Heat until cheese melts smoothly. Garnish each serving as desired with chopped bacon, grated cheese and chopped parsley.