Thursday, April 22, 2010

Dutch Oven Peach Cobbler

2 large cans sliced peaces (lite syrup), drained
1 smallish can crushed pineapple
1 cake mix (yellow or white)
Butter
Brown sugar

Line Dutch Oven with tin oil. Pour peaches and pineapple into dutch oven. Sprinkle cake mix on top. Cut squares of butter and dot on top of cake mix. Sprinkle some brown sugar over top.

Cook with 5-6 coals on bottom and cover top with coals. Rotate every 15 minutes.

Monday, April 19, 2010

Best Ever! Peanut Butter Bars

I love any excuse to make these... (I need an excuse b/c they make such a large pan we can't eat them all. Well, we shouldn't. Well, I shouldn't...)

3/4 cup margarine
3/4 cup peanut butter
3/4 cup brown sugar
3/4 cup white sugar
2 eggs
3/4 tsp soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 1/2 tsp vanilla
1 1/2 cup flour
1 1/2 cup oatmeal

Cream wet ingredients, then mix in dry ingredients. Spread into an 11 x 17 rimmed baking sheet. Bake at 375 or 12-15 minutes. While still hot, spread with about 1 cup peanut butter (I don't measure this). Frost when cool.

Frosting:
1/4 cup margarine
1/3 cup cocoa
1/4 tsp salt
1/3 cup milk
1 1/2 tsp vanilla
Powdered sugar to desired consistancy

Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Slow-Simmered Curried Chicken

1 1/2 cups chopped onion
1 med green pepper, chopped
1 lb boneless/skinless chicken breasts or thighs
1 cup medium salsa
2 tsp grated fresh ginger (or less powder)
1/2 tsp garlic powder
1/2 tsp red pepper flakes (opt.)
1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro
1 tsp sugar
1 tsp curry powder
3/4 tsp salt

Place onions and green pepper in bottom of crockpot. Top with chicken. Combine salsa, ginger, garlic powder, and pepper flakes in a small bowl; spoon over the chicken. Cook on LOW 5-6 hours or high 2-3 until chicken is done. Shred chicken. Combine cilantro, sugar, curry powder, and salt and stir into crockpot. Cook on HIGH 15 minutes or until hot. Serve with rice.

Monday, April 5, 2010

Easter Ham

1 ham (I like the texture of bone-in the best)
1 can crushed pineapple
1 cup water
2 cups brown sugar
1/4 tsp cloves, opt.

Bake ham according to package instructions. Towards end of baking time, combine remaining ingredients in a saucepan and bring to a boil for 2 minutes. When ham has about 30 minutes cooking time remaining, remove from oven. Discard most of the drippings and trim any fat/skin (if you didn't before cooking). Pour pineapple glaze over ham. Return to oven and finish baking, basting every 5 minutes or so (whatever you have patience for! The more times you do it, the prettier the ham). Serve with the sauce.

We love this ham!

(You could also start the basting process an hour before it's done, and baste less often)

Taco Seasoning



Mix and store in an airtight container.

Originally from Recipezaar #76616