Recipes

[Prudence]

Apple Cider

Dump jug of apple juice into pan.

Add spices. Whole spices. No namby pamby ground up stuff. I usually add: 1 nutmeg, 8 or so cloves, cinnamon stick (1/2 stick if using the real thing, 2 sticks if using the crap from the grocery store), half-a-dozen or so allspice berries, and some orange peel.

Heat.

To serve, pour through tea strainer into mugs.

[Prudence]

When in college, I created a number of starving student dishes. Here are two of them:

"Who has time for lasagne?"

1 box of your favorite shaped pasta
1 jar of your favorite bottled red sauce
1 brick mozzerella (whatever's on sale)
Ground meat product (optional)

Boil pasta until mostly done. Brown ground meat bits (if using). Grate cheese. Spread the bottom of a casserole dish (didn't your mother buy you one because who can live without a casserole dish?) with a small amount of red sauce. Add half the pasta. Top with half the remaining sauce and half the meat (if using). Sprinkle on half the cheese. Repeat layers. Bake, uncovered, at a convenient temperature (I suggest 300-ish F) until cheese starts to brown.

"What the heck am I having for dinner?"

Chicken.
Rice.
Kraft Italian salad dressing. (Yes, it has to be Kraft. The others don't taste the same.)
Mix-ins of your choosing.

This is a good way to use cheap chicken bits you bought on sale. Cook them somehow. I take big ol' on sale hindquarters and boil 'em. Shred into pieces as soon as you can do so without burning yourself.

Meanwhile, make rice. Some rice. However much you want to eat.

When rice is done and chicken shredded, stir chicken into rice. Add Kraft Italian salad dressing to taste.

If you have company, you can stir in some chopped up green onions or frozen peas or something.

[Morrigoon]

I was searching for a chicken soup crock pot recipe, actually, but I came across this, which, when you replace the freshly cooked beans with the canned variety, would be SUPER easy:

Bean Soup with Ham

This bean soup recipe contains Great Northern beans, tomato sauce, potatoes, carrots, onions, and diced ham.
INGREDIENTS:
8 ounces Great Northern beans, soaked overnight, drained
4 cups water
2 (8 oz.) cans tomato sauce
Seasoned salt and pepper to taste
2 med. potatoes, diced
2 carrots, shredded
2 small onions, chopped
1/2 to 1 cup diced ham
PREPARATION:
In a kettle, cover beans with fresh water; bring to a boil, reduce heat, then simmer for 30 minutes. Drain beans. Combine beans and remaining ingredients in Crock Pot. Stir. Cook on low 8 to 10 hours.

[Gemini Cricket]

Does anyone have the recipe for energy bars?
Here's what I remember was in it:

Rice Krispies
Oatmeal
Marshmallows
Peanut Butter
Raisins
Peanuts
Butter
Sesame Seeds?

I tried looking it up on Google but there's toooo many to look at.

[Kevy Baby]

Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

Does anyone have the recipe for energy bars?

Yes: go to the store and buy them.

[Gemini Cricket]

Originally Posted by Kevy Baby

Yes: go to the store and buy them.

I have yet to find its equal at the store.


More info...
You don't have to bake it, you melt all the ingredients (peanut butter and butter and marshmallows) together and then press it into a pan.

I get the general idea of the recipe, I just need to know the amounts.

[Snowflake]

Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

I have yet to find its equal at the store.


More info...
You don't have to bake it, you melt all the ingredients (peanut butter and butter and marshmallows) together and then press it into a pan.

I get the general idea of the recipe, I just need to know the amounts.

Well, with this ingredient list, I'd say you can simply wing it or eyeball it.

[Kevy Baby]

It was weird to go to the beginning of this thread (from 2005) to see three posters who do not post any more.

[Disneyphile]

I miss UvaGirl and Baileykat!

[Gemini Cricket]

Originally Posted by Kevy Baby

It was weird to go to the beginning of this thread (from 2005) to see three posters who do not post any more.

Maybe you scared them away, Mr. Axe-in-the-Head.