"Green" Salad Dressing

This yummy Vinaigrette dressing is from Maylin's recipe box.

Directions:

1 cup	Olive oil
¾ cup	Rice vinegar
½ cup	Sugar
1 tsp	Pepper
1 tsp	Salt
8	Green onions

1. Mix together in blender (it will turn green).

2. We enjoy this served over a “bag of salad” with chopped up chicken, Mandarin oranges, and wonton pieces that have been fried and cut into strips.

Chicken, Ham and Swiss Wraps

The original recipe is a pampered chef recipe. But I have altered it for my family tastes and what we had on hand.

Makes 6 wraps

Ingredients:
4 chicken breasts (cooked and cubed)
½ cup mayonnaise
1 tbsp Mustard
1 Tbsp Garlic powder
2 Tbsp Parmesan-Garlic Oil Dipping Seasoning (If you don't have this use 2 T Parmesan cheese and 1/2 T Italian Seasoning)
1 or 2 medium dill pickles, chopped (optional)
6 slices of Swiss cheese
12 thin slices deli ham (or chopped up left over ham)
6 flour tortillas

Directions:
1. Mix mayo, mustard, garlic, Parmesan seasoning. Add Chicken (and chopped ham if using leftovers).
2. To assemble wraps, layer two slices of the ham down the center of one tortilla,
overlapping as necessary; top with a slice of swiss cheese and some of the chicken mixture, sprinkle with chopped pickles (if desired). Fold in sides of tortilla and roll up like a burrito. Repeat for a total of six wraps.
3. Broil for 3-5 minutes or until tortilla shells become browned. Serve warm
4. For leftovers, wrap in a paper towel and microwave for 45 seconds.

Black Bean and Avocado Salad

Made this tonight ended up being pretty yummy. Caleb Loved it.

1 (15 oz.) can black beans drained and rinsed, or 2 cups cooked black beans
2 medium carrots, diced
2 medium tomatoes, diced
1/2 medium red onion diced  ( I actually didn't have any so I put green onions in instead.)
1 avocado, diced
1 Tbsp olive oil ( I used garlic infused olive oil)
   Salt and pepper to taste.

Toss it all together. Serve chilled.   I also added juice of one lime! Delish!

Artisan Bread (no-knead)

3 cups all-purpose or bread flour, more for dusting

¼ teaspoon instant yeast

1 ½ teaspoon salt

1 ½ cups tap water

1. In a large bowl combine flour, yeast and salt. Add 1 ½ cups water, and stir until blended; dough will be shaggy and sticky. Cover bowl with plastic wrap. Let dough rest at least 12 hours, preferably about 18, at room temperature.

2. Dough is ready when its surface is dotted with bubbles. Liberally flour a Pastry Mat using the Flour/Sugar Shaker, and place dough on it; sprinkle it with a little more flour and fold it over on itself 3 or 4 times. Fold the 2 sides of the Pastry Mat over the bread and let it stand on the counter for 2 hours to rise.

3. 1 ½ hours into the 2 hour rising time, preheat oven to 450 degrees and place the empty Covered Baker with lid on in oven for 30 minutes. You want the Covered Baker blazing hot. Dump the dough into the Covered Baker, put the lid on and put back in the oven. Bake for 30 minutes then take the lid off. Bake for another 8 to 15 minutes until the bread is golden brown on top. Cool on a rack. OK, go ahead and eat it. We don’t have the patience to let it cool in our house either.

If you buy the 50 lb bag of bread flour and the yeast in bulk at Costco

( Keep most of the yeast frozen until needed), this bread costs

about 30 cents a loaf and takes about 4 minutes of your actual time!

Jello Flavor Cookies

We love these cookies at our house. You can use cookie cutters or a cookie press. Frost if you like but with the jello flavor it is not needed.

1/2 C margarine
1/2 C butter
1 C sugar
1- 3 oz package of jello (any flavor)
3 eggs
3 C flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1. Cream butter, margarine, sugar and Jello until light and fluffy.
2. Add eggs, one at a time and beat thoroughly.
3. Add dry ingredients and mix well.
4. Chill for several hours
5. Use cookie press or roll 1/3 of the dough to ¼ inch thickness. Cut and bake at 375° for 8 minutes on ungreased cookie sheet. Cool and frost if desired.

Microwave Peanut Brittle

I love this recipe because it is so easy for one of my favorite holiday treats.

1 1/2 C unsalted peanuts
1 C. sugar
1/2 C light corn syrup
1/8 tsp. Salt
1 TBSP butter or marg.
1 tsp. vanilla
1 tsp. baking soda

In a large glass bowl combine: peanuts, sugar, corn syrup and salt. Cook on high for 7 minutes (mixture will bubbly and peanuts are browned). Quickly stir in butter and vanilla, Cook on high for 2 minutes. Add baking soda, stir quickly just until mixture is foamy. Pour on a greased baking sheet. Cool until firm. Break into pieces. Store in an airtight container.
*You can use salted peanuts just omit the 1/8 tsp of salt.

Rob's Family Sloppy Joe's

1 1/2 Lbs ground beef (cooked and drained)
1/2 onion (or however much you want)
1 cup Ketchup
2Tb mustard
3Tb Brown sugar
1t vinegar ( we used apple cider)
2Tb Worcestershire sauce
* salt and pepper to taste

Brown hamburger with onion. Mix remianing ingredients in a bowl, add to beef & onions. Let simmer on low heat for 3-5 minutes or until desired consistance is reached.