coconut curry

This was good and very easy to make! The kids loved how the veg. are blended so it was like there were no veg. in it!

2 chilies- we used mild chilies so it wouldn't be too hot for the kids
3 carrots
1 onion
fresh ginger- I used 1 1/2 tsp powder since that's what I had.
Blend in the blender till it looks like mush


Cook chicken or shrimp. Add the blended veg. to the chicken and cook another 5 minutes. Add 1 can lite coconut milk and 1 1/2 tsp curry powder and some salt.
Serve on rice.

original posted by Magi

Oven Carmel Corn

This recipe was from one of our friend made , it's was so good. and i wanted to share with everyone . Have fun.

1. Preheat oven to 250 degree
2. Airpop 16 to 18 cups of popcorn ( take out any unpoped kernals )
3. Then put popcorn in a large pot

In a medium sized pot combine :

1. 2 stick margerine
2. 2 cups brown sugar
3. 1/2 cup corn syrup
4. 1/2 tsp salt

Boil 5 minutes then add

1. 1/2 tsp baking soda
2. 1 tsp vanilla , mix well then pour over the popcorn and stir well till popcorn is evenly coated

Bake 1 hour stir every 15 minutes

Fish Recipe

We love fish, i'm tired of my fish recipe, i wonder if anyone have fish recipes would like to share any kind or bake kind yummy. thanks

Cooking 101

I am poor, but that is no excuse not to learn how to cook. Here is an inventory of cooking ingredients I currently own. Please someone tell me what I can make with them (other than a tin foil dinner, I've been doing that)

salt and pepper

Pam cooking spray

bag of califlower

lean ground beef

carrots

pita bread (leftovers from an Institute thing)

bag of lentils

rice

eggs

milk

bread

4 corn tortillas

2 cans cream of mushroom soup

top ramen

can of milk

mustard

Miracle Whip

butter

applesauce

cranberry juice
That's about it. Can I make something like mashed potatos, but with carrots? Carrots are a root thing like potatos, right?

Anyway, I've been making tin foil dinners with the ground beef and carrots and stealing some of my roommate's onion salt. It hasn't been too bad, other than I've messed up de-frosting the meat sometimes so it turns out really tough (but still edible). One of my new year's resolutions was to spend more time learning to cook, but then I went to the store and realized how expensive spices are- I didn't even want to know how expensive all the OTHER little things were! Seems like all recipes call for "a little of this" or "a little of that", but when you have to buy "this" and "that", even a little bit of it ends up costing tons of money!! So, all you who are/ were poor married couples, please help out your single sister with some how-to's. Thanks!! Love you tons!

Sour Cream Gravy

Time: 10 min
Serves: 4

1 can cream of chicken
1/2 c sour cream
1/3 c green onions chopped
1/2 tsp paprika
Mix all ingredients in a small bowl. Pour over cooked chicken in pan and simmer for 8 min. Serve.

Feista Chicken Soup

Mom wanted me to post this for her. She says that it is really really good. So easy too.

1 can corn
1 can chicken broth
1 can refried beans
1 cup salsa
1 can black beans, rinsed and drained
1 cup cooked diced chicken breast
1/2 cup shredded cheese

Simmer about 10 minutes. 1 cup=2 pts weight watchers

Cheesy Chicken and Broccoli Calzones

Serves: 4
Time: 30 min
"This is so Blog-worthy" "I could eat this everyday!" "We should make these to impress our friends." "Everytime you make this meal it is good for 3 free footrubs." These are just a few of the things that Dave said about this meal. And it is so quick and easy to do!

2 (13 oz) pakages of pizza dough
2 cups cooked and cubed chicken
1 cup chopped broccoli
1 cup shreded cheddar cheese
1 can cream of chicken
2 garlic cloves minced
Cornmeal

Preheat oven to 425*. Cook and cube chicken (I cooked mine in the microwave for 10 min from frozen.) In a bowl mix all ingredents (not dough). Separate pizza dough into 4 eaqual parts. Roll out to make 4, 8" circles. On a cookie sheet lined with tin foil (for easy clean up) and sprinkle cormeal around sheet. Fold each circle in half and transfer to sheet. Open each and fill with 1/4 of mixture in center and away from edges of dough. Fold each in half again and pinch around edges to seal. Bake in oven for 15 min or until crust is a nice golden brown. Serve hot.

Spinich Meatball Sandwiches

Prep: 15 min

Bake: 35 min

Serves: 4 per pound

Meatballs:

1 lb ground beef

1 egg

2/3 c bread crumbs

1 garlic clove minced

2/3 c finley chopped fresh spinich

2/3 c finley chopped onion1 tsp salt

1/2 tsp pepper

1 T BBQ sauce

Sauce:

1 lb Prego Meat Spaghetti sauce

1/3 c BBQ sauce

2 T white vinigar

4 Sub rolls 6 in

Preheat oven to 400*. Mix all ingredients in a large bowl with your hands until evenly mixed. Roll into 1 1/2 in balls and drop onto tin foil covered 9 x 9 in pan. Bake for 25 min or until thouroughly cooked. Drain fat out of pan. Mix sauce ingredients in a med bowl an pour over meatballs in pan. Bake for another 10 min. I like to toast the sub rolls. Put meatballs in sandwich and serve. Its also good with some swiss or munster or mozzerella cheese.

Blueberry and Blackberry Muffins

makes: 15 muffins
Prep: 15 min
Cook: 20 min

3/4 c butter
1/2 c sugar
1/2 c applesauce
1/3 c milk
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla
1 3/4 c flour
2 1/2 c baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
3/4 c blueberries
1/2 c blackberries chopped
1 T flour

Preheat oven to 400*. Cream butter and sugar together. Add applesauce, milk, vanilla and egg and beat until smooth. Sift together flour, baking powder, and salt. Add to creamed mixture. (only mix till blended or youll get coned and tough muffins). Toss blueberries and blackberries in T flour and fold into batter. Spoon into well greased muffin pan 2/3 full or use muffin cups. Bake at 400* for 20 min.

Shepards Pie

Time: 45 min
Serves: 4-6
1 T Butter
1/2 c chopped carrots
1 med onion chopped
salt and pepper
2 garlic cloves minced
1 lb ground beef
2 T Worcestershire sauce
1/2 c spaghetti sauce
1 pkg gravy mix
1/3 c worcestershire sauce
1 c water
1 c frozen peas
4 c mashed potatos
2 c cheddar cheese grated
preheat oven to 400*

Add butter to skillet and saute onions and carrots till soft (4 min). Season to taste with salt and pepper. add garlic, 2 T warcestershire sauce and ground beef, and brown. add spagetti sauce, water, gravy mix, and 1/2 c worcestshire sauce and mix. simmer for 10 min. Add peas. in a separate bowl Make mashed potatos (I use instant) and mix in 1 cup cheese. In a 9 in round 3 in high pan pour in meat mixture to bottom of pan. Sprinkle 1/2 c cheese on top of that then layer with mashed potatoes, spreading evenly. Rake through potatoes with fork to make peaks that will brown. Sprinkle on rest of cheese. Bake in oven for 20 min. Spoon out Shepards pie and serve.