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Bran Muffins

Tasty, warm bran muffins!

Ingredients:

2 c Bran Buds or All-Bran
1½ c milk
½ c molasses
1 c flour
1 TBLS baking soda
½ TBLS salt
1 c raisins, dates or figs

Directions:

• Mix bran, milk and molasses; soak for 15 minutes.
• Sift dry ingredients and add to bran mixture.
• Add fruit and bake at 400° for ~15 minutes.

Top warm bran muffins with butter, serve with gourmet coffee and you have a breakfast to talk about!

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Cranberry Pork Chops

No more boring pork chops with this recipe. Add to the meat with side dishes and a salad and you’ll have a meal that’s sure to become a family favorite. Serves 4.

Ingredients:

4 boneless pork chops
1 TBLS olive oil
1 can whole berry cranberry sauce
1 c French salad dressing
4 tsp dry onion soup mix (= 1 packet Lipton Soup Secrets)

Directions:

• Brown pork chops in olive oil; place in oven dish.
• Mix ingredients and pour over meat; cover.
• Bake at 350° for 50-60 minutes.

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Amy’s Chili

Another hearty meal from my sister’s kitchen!

Ingredients:

2 lb ground beef
1 green pepper, diced
2-4 small onions, diced
4 garlic cloves, diced
4 stalks celery, diced
2 cans chili beans (OR 2 cans red kidney beans + 2 packets chili/taco seasoning)
1 can dried tomatoes
1 can tomato sauce
1 can water

Directions:

• Brown ground beef.
• Mix pepper, onions, garlic and celery; sauté.
• Add beef and remaining ingredients to sautéed vegetables and simmer ’til done, ~1 hour.

*Hint: Can also simmer in crockpot on LOW for 2-3 hours.

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Cranberry Pork Roast

This is an extremely easy crockpot recipe. The cranberry “gravy” makes for a sweet addition to pork roast.

Ingredients:

2½-lb boneless pork shoulder roast
1 c sweetened dried cranberries
½ c chicken broth
½ c cranberry juice cocktail
2 TBLS corn starch

Directions:

• Place roast in crockpot.
• Combine cranberries, broth and ¼ c cranberry juice in small bowl; pour over roast.
• Cover and cook on LOW 7-9 hours.
• When done, place roast on platter and cover.
• Pour juices from slow cooker into saucepan, add remaining cranberry juice and corn starch; mix.
• Cook until thickened and bubbly (~3 minutes); serve with roast.

 No roast is complete without mashed potatoes and a salad!

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Tin Foil Chicken

This is a quick and easy chicken recipe that’s sure to become a summer-grillin’ favorite.

Ingredients:

Boneless chicken breasts
Large onion, cut into rings
Bell pepper - color of choice
Pineapple, sliced into “rings” or canned/drained
Teriyaki marinade (Lowry’s is good)
Brown sugar
Ginger (fresh or ground)

Directions:

• Place a circular slice of onion on a tin foil square.
• Place 1 chicken breast on top of onion, and top with:
  • 3-4 slices of bell pepper
  • 3-5 chunks drained pineapple OR 1 ring
  • 1½ TBLS teriyaki sauce
  • 1 TBLS brown sugar
  • 1 tsp ground ginger (OR 2 tsp fresh)
• Close tin foil into “packets” and grill over medium heat 15-20 minutes.
• Do not flip over or open.

*Hint: these little tin foil packets are wonderful served over rice.

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Pork Chop Recipe

Ingredients:

1 lb pork chops
1 can cream of celery soup
¼ c water
1 c onions, chopped
butter
salt
pepper

Directions:

• Brown pork chops in butter that has turned brown. Take out of pan, salt and pepper to taste.
• Mix soup and water, pour into pan and boil.
• Return pork chops to pan, add sliced onions.
• Cover and cook at 350° for 1 hour.

This meat is complemented well by green bean bundles or a crisp, green salad.

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Crockpot Italian Chicken & Potatoes

This recipe feeds 3-4 and is an easy recipe for those days when you just want to get home from work and have dinner waiting.

Ingredients:

1 lb boneless chicken breasts
4 potatoes, diced
½ c extra spicy Italian salad dressing
½ tsp pepper

Directions:

• Place potatoes in bottom of slow cooker, then drizzle with half of the salad dressing.
• Top with chicken, drizzle remainder of Italian dressing over the top.
• Sprinkle pepper over the top.
• Cover crockpot and cook for 6-8 hours on LOW.

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Steak Marinade

After you marinate your steak in this tasty recipe, cook steaks as you normally would. Add a salad and some twice baked potatoes and you have an incredible meal.

Ingredients:

½ tsp ginger
sliced onions
1 garlic clove, minced
¾ c olive oil
¼ c soy sauce
3 TBLS honey
2 TBLS lemon juice

Directions:

• Mix ingredients together until well blended.
• Put steaks into large Ziploc bag and add mixture.
• Make sure steaks are well-covered by mixture. Let sit for several hours (can throw into the fridge)

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Castilian Chicken

This is one of the timeless classics from my mom’s repertoire. This chicken dish is excellent served over rice.

Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 45 minutes
Total Time: ~1 hour
Serves: 4

Ingredients:

2 lbs chicken
1 can (8 oz) chicken
2 TBLS olive oil
½ c cooked ham, finely chopped (sandwich meat works well)
1 c sliced onion
2 large cloves minced garlic
1 can tomato bisque soup
¼ tsp pepper
¼ c dry sherry
1 large green pepper, cut into strips
¼ sliced ripe black olives

Directions:

• Drain tomatoes, saving juice. Cut up tomatoes.
• In skillet, brown chicken in olive oil. Add ham, onion, garlic and pepper; cook until onion is tender.
• Blend in soup, sherry and saved tomato juice.
• Cover, cook over low heat 30 minutes.
• Add green pepper, tomatoes and olives; cook 15 minutes more, stirring occasionally.

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Amy’s Stew

This recipe comes from the kitchen of my sister…this is a wonderful, warm dish to serve on those chilly days.

Ingredients:

2 lb stew meat (or diced steak)
1 medium bag (cut) carrots
3 celery stalks
1 large onion, chopped
6-7 red potatoes, cut to bite size
3 TBLS tapioca
3 TBLS sugar
1 tsp salt
4 little cans (~3 cups) V8 juice
water
red wine

Directions:

• Mix all dry ingredients together and sprinkle over meat/veggies in baking dish.
• Add juices, cover and cook at 250° for at least 4 hours.
• Add more V8/water to thicken gravy.

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