Spaghetti Sauce

Saute:
6 cloves garlic
2 vidalia onions,diced
1 tsp. sage
1 tsp. rosemary
1 tsp. oregano
salt and pepper
 1 bunch Italian parsley, diced
1 pkg. oregano, fresh, diced
1 pkg. basil, fresh, diced
4 bay leaves
Add and saute:
1 pkg. fresh ground chuck
1 pkg. mild Italian sausage
Put in the crock pot:
2 large cans petite tomatoes (28 oz.)
1 jar spaghetti sauce
2 cans Italian stewed tomatoes
1 can stewed tomatoes
10 freshly diced roma tomatoes
2 carrots grated
Add meat and herbs to crock pot. Simmer 24 hours!

Pecan Pie

1 cup pecan halves
1/2 bag brown sugar
1/4 cup flour
1 tsp salt
1/2 cup milk
3 tsp vanilla
3 eggs
1/2 cup melted butter
1/2 cup light Karo syrup

Mix the ingredients.  Place the pecans in concentric circles on the pie crust.  Pour the mixture over the pecans and bake for 1 hour.  Turn the oven off and let pie continue to bake for 15-20 minutes longer.  Too good to be true!!!!!!

Flaky Crust

2 cups sifted flour
1 tsp salt
1/3 cup Crisco shortening
1/4 cup butter
1/2 cup ice water

Cut in the butter and shortening.  Add the cold water and roll into a ball.  Roll out on wax paper and make the crust!  Yummy!

Spring Rolls

Ingredients:
1 red onion diced
2 cloves of garlic diced
Fry in two pans I melted butter.
In frying pan, sauté two pork chops until browned on both sides. Slice very thin and sauté in the onions and garlic.


In the other pan, add:
Carrots, sliced thinly and julienned
Bean sprouts
Celery diced
3 orange peppers diced
Pea pods sliced thinly
Cabbage sliced thinly
Salt and pepper
1 tsp. ginger
Teriyaki low sodium
Add the pork chop mixture and mix well.
Put spoonful of mixture on an egg roll wrapper and roll up.  Fry on both sides until brown.
Serve with Asian noodles.  Gung Hay Fat Choy!

Blueberry Muffins

Modified from Internet
Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups flour
3/4 cups sugar
1/2 tsp. salt
2 tsp. baking powder
1/3 cup oil
1 egg
1/3 cup milk
1 tblsp. Vanilla
Small plate of blueberries smashed
1 cup blueberries, folded in batter
1/4 cup melted butter

Mix all the ingredients together and put loaded spoonful in muffin cups.  Bake at 350 for 20 minutes.

Jambalaya

Ingredients:

1 diced white onion
5 cloves of garlic, diced
1 kielbasa, cut in small pieces

Saute in a pan until browned

Add to the pot:
2 bay leaves
1 tsp. cumin
1 tsp. italian seasoning
sprinkle of creole seasoning
salt and pepper
2 tblsp. salsa casera
6 new potatoes, cut in small pieces
peppers diced
can of corn, drained
tomato sauce
2 tomatoes diced
6 filets of tilapia, cut in small pieces
shrimp
Chicken shredded

Simmer for 2 hours and serve over rice.

Basic Homemade Bread Recipe

Modified from Taste of Home
Ingredients:
1 package of dry yeast

2 cups warm water

3 eggs
3 tablespoons sugar
1 tablespoon salt
2 tablespoons oil
6 - 6 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1 stick melted butter

Mix the ingredients in a mixer, very slowly using the dough hook.  Add melted butter last, coating the ball of dough.  Set aside to warm and rise.  Then, punch down and divide into two bread loaves.