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Caribbean Chicken #plfrecipe

Recipes, Recipes - Kingman KS 10/31/2011 Leave a comment

Caribbean Chicken

Recipe Submitted by Crystal M. – Kingman KS

Ingredients:

3 lbs chicken pieces (mixture of dark and white meat)
1 TLB Oil
4 potatoes, cubed
3 tomatoes, chopped
1 Onion, chopped
1 Green Pepper, chopped
1 clove Garlic, minced
1 TLB. Brown Sugar
1 tsp Ground Ginger
1 tsp Pepper
¼ tsp Cayenne
¼ tsp dried Thyme
¼ tsp Salt
½ cup Chicken Broth
1 ½ cups Coconut Milk

Directions:
01 - To reduce the fat, remove the skin from the dark meat.
02 - In a skillet, brown the chicken in oil over medium-high heat.
03 - Using a slotted spoon, transfer the chicken to the slow cooker.
04 - Add the potatoes and tomatoes to the slow cooker.
05- Add the onion, green pepper, garlic, brown sugar, ginger, pepper,
cayenne, thyme and salt to the skillet and cook over medium-high
heat for 3 minutes.
06 - Stir the broth into the skillet.
07 - transfer the mixture to the slow cooker.
08 - Cook on low for 6 to 8 hours, or on high for 3 to 4 hours.
09 - Stir in the coconut milk and cook for an additional 
30 minutes on low. 

Note: Serves 4
Tip: This is a relatively mild version of Caribbean Chicken, 
so if you'd like to spice it up, double or triple the cayenne.

Enjoy!

Eileen's Note: In case you (the reader) are not currently a 
Prairieland Food participant; Participants receive fresh chicken 
almost every month in the Prairie Pak, so a lot of chicken
recipes will be appearing here!  
See Prairieland Food Derby for archived Prairie Pak contents!

:)

The Many Uses of Celery

Articles - Cooking Food At Home 10/25/2011 Comments: 2

What to do with all that celery…

Celery

Celery from 2011 Prairieland Food Prairie Pak

At our house we almost always buy two Prairie Paks,
( yes, PLF says "Pak" instead of "Pack" so we do too! )
and sometimes three full packs.  Can you dig how much
fresh celery that amounts to when celery is on the menu?

Celery, with all it's wonderful flavor is a staple in many
homes where Mom's truly like to cook. The reason is clear:
versatility. A few reasons why...

First, you can dip it - when fresh it's crunchy texture makes
it a flash to upload a wad of your favorite dip. The bigger
the wad, the better, eh?

Second, you can stuff it - with velveeta, pimento cheese, cream
cheese, peanut butter and uh, what else can we think of folks?
The only reason we do not "stuff" more often at our house is I
am not crazy about de-stringing the celery. If I'm going to take
the time to stuff it, I feel like de-stringing is a also a must.  
We "stuff" when company is coming, mostly.

Third, cooking it in your favorite recipes - celery, without a
doubt is the best accompaniment flavor when cooking chicken
for casseroles and soups. And some of the very best flavor is to
be had in the leaves.  Yep, that's right.  Chop and put some
celery tops in your pot of chicken when pre-cooking to prepare
a dish from a recipe.

Fourth, add to fresh salads. Celery adds a bit of crunch to 
chicken and tuna salads as well as any vegatable salad you 
prepare for your family or friends.

Fifth, chop celery to freeze for later use in your own recipes.
Celery is basically water. When freezing it you are going to cause
the water in the cells to expand and turn it quite soft upon thawing.
Use frozen celery for soups, casseroles, sauces and stock only.  
If your celery has become limp, chop it and freeze it!  It will 
still be good to cook with.
A pile of celery is only 200 calories.

Eat it raw with a little salt, chop it and freeze it too!

You may think I found all this on the web.  Well, you'd be wrong
on that score.  My Mom (R.I.P.) taught me more about cooking,
just off-handedly in her kitchen or mine, that I can hardly imagine
what kind of cook I'd be without all those comments, thrown out
with no more thought than if she was talking to herself.

Thanks to my Mom, I can make the best southern cornbread from scratch,
dumplings from scratch, and banana pudding, (and more) you ever wrapped
your lips around.  Did you know there is a certain type of potato for 
creamed and another type for mashed that tastes best?  And do you know 
how to pick the best onions for sweet or hot flavor?  My Mom taught 
me all that, and so much more.  (back to celery...)

Celery, in all it's different ways of pleasing us should be a summer
and winter staple in kitchens everywhere. Oops! Almost forgot this! 

Sixth, you can dehydrate celery. The flavor intensifies and in this 
form is very handy, as it may take less to garner more flavor. 
I have a dehydrator I bought about 15 years ago, when making jerky 
was a fad around here.  I have found that it really comes in handy 
for more than just jerky tho'.
Celery with Chicken and Celery chopped to freeze.

Chicken drums cooking with celery and chopped celery to freeze.

Celery is low in Saturated Fat, and very low in Cholesterol.
It is also a good source of Riboflavin, Vitamin B6, Pantothenic Acid,
Calcium, Magnesium and Phosphorus, and a very good source of Dietary
Fiber, Vitamin A, Vitamin C, Vitamin K, Folate, Potassium and Manganese.
Celery - nutritional facts.

Celery - Good for ya' too, eh?

Celery and chicken drumsticks pictured are both from Prairieland 
Food Discount Food Packages Program. Whew, that can be a mouthful.

:)

Eileen’s Fried Cabbage #plfrecipe

Recipes, Recipes - Derby KS 10/25/2011 1 Comment

Eileen’s Fried Cabbage

Eileen B. – Derby KS

Ingredients:
1 Head Cabbage
5 slices bacon
Salt and Pepper to taste.

Directions:
• Fry the five pieces of bacon in a deep frying pan or dutch
	oven on top of the stove. You need a deep pan, with a lid.
• Core and chop the head of cabbage.
• Your bacon may be crispy by now - remove from pan
	and drain.
• Turn the heat down to simmer or just above.
• Put all the cabbage in the pot and toss to spread the
	bacon fat around a bit.
• Put the lid on for 10 minutes.
• About every 10 to 15 minutes Toss the cabbage again, but
	put the lid back on between tossing sessions.
• It takes about 45 minutes to cook cabbage to fork tender.
• Now break up the bacon over the top, put the lid back on
	and cook another 5 to 10 minutes.
• Your cabbage at this point will have cooked down about
	1/4 to 1/3 in volume.  This is OK.
• Some of your cabbage may be a little browned, this is OK too.

For all the steps above this is a very easy and simple way to
cook cabbage as a lovely side dish.  All the vitamins stay in
where as with boiling or steaming, they flush into the water.
Eileen's Fried Cabbage - A Visual Aid.

Eileen’s Fried Cabbage – A Visual Aid.

We served our cabbage with grilled Pork Chops - simply perfect!

Fork tender pork chops and fried cabbage - YUM!

:)

Eileen Sig - Fall

Food Buddy Ks

Articles - Cooking Food At Home 10/20/2011 Comments: 2

As a “Food Enthusiast,” as many of us are, the world is just too big to know, and be able to mix ingredients for all of everywhere.  But if you like quick AND delicious, take some tips from cooks who do cook at home.  Sometimes the very best is made from natural, whole ingredients and sometimes mixes are thrown in to make a long task shorter and more pleasant all the way around.

Most of the time, we love cooking and hope to share some of the best, old fashioned and new, recipes for new cooks to learn, improve upon and share themselves.

Lip Smackin’ B-B-Q Chicken #plfrecipe

Recipes, Recipes - Conway Springs KS 10/19/2011 Leave a comment

Lip Smackin’ Bar-B-Q Chicken Bake

Recipe Submitted by Margie S. – Conway Springs KS

Ingredients: 
⅔ cup Original Bisquick® mix
2 tablespoons water
1 egg
1½ cups shredded Cheddar cheese (6 ounces)
2 teaspoons vegetable oil
¾-cup barbecue sauce
3 boneless skinless chicken breast cut into ½ inch pieces           

Directions: 
01 - Heat oven to 400°F. Spray 9-inch pie pan or 9-inch
square baking dish with cooking spray.
02 - In small bowl, stir together Bisquick® mix, water and egg.
03 - Spread in bottom and ½ inch up side of pan; sprinkle with
1 ¼ cups of the cheese.
04 -  In 10-inch skillet, heat oil over medium-high heat.
Cook chicken in oil, stirring occasionally, until white on outside;
drain.
05 - Stir in barbecue sauce; heat just until hot.
06 - Spoon over batter in pan to within ½ inch of edge.
07 - Bake 22 to 25 minutes or until edge is dark golden brown.
08 - Sprinkle with remaining ¼ cup cheese.
09 - Bake 1 to  3 minutes longer or until cheese melts;
loosen from side of pan.
10 - Remove from oven - Lip Smackin' Eatin'!    

Notes:
Keep the ingredients for this recipe on hand so you'll 
be ready to wing it for dinner any night.

(A Recipe From the Prairieland Food Recipes Archives 
courtesy Derby KS host site.)

🙂

Strawberry Salsa #plfrecipe

Recipes, Recipes - Derby KS 10/19/2011 1 Comment

Strawberry Salsa

Recipe submitted by Mary Lee M. – Derby KS

Ingredients:
2 1/2 cups finely chopped fresh strawberries.
1 cup chopped green pepper.
2 Tablespoons chopped green onions.
2 tablespoons minced fresh parsley.
1/3 cup prepared Catalina salad dressing.
Dash hot pepper sauce.
Pepper to taste.
Tortilla chips.

Directions:
01 - In a large bowl, combine the strawberries, green pepper, 
onions and parsley.
02 - Stir in the salad dressing, hot pepper sauce and pepper.
03 - Cover and refrigerate for 2 hours.
04 - Serve with tortilla chips: Yeild 3 cups

Notes:
No one guesses the secret ingredient as no one ever thinks of 
strawberries!

(A Recipe From the Prairieland Food Recipes Archives 
courtesy Derby KS host site.)

🙂

Eileen’s Apple Salad #plfrecipe

Recipes, Recipes - Derby KS 10/19/2011 Comments: 2

Eileen’s Apple Salad

Recipe Submitted by Eileen B. – Derby, KS

3 to 6 Apples, washed, quartered, cored and chopped.
2 cups Mini Marshmallows
1/2 to 1 cup Walnuts, chopped.
1/2 to 1 cup Real Mayonnaise
(Do NOT use Miracle Whip as this will dramatically change the taste!)

01 - Dump all together in a large bowl and toss-coat dry ingredients well.
02 - Variation: add 1/2 to 1 cup chopped celery for a little extra crunch.
03 - Tastes best if refrigerated overnight to allow flavors to mingle. 

Notes:
Tart and crisp apples are best for this recipe.
If you use more apples, you will need to increase other ingredients.

We receive apples almost every month in our Prairie Pak and Fruit and
Veggie Discount Food Packages.  This recipe helps use those apples for
more than just dipping in caramel (which we do here, a LOT!)

 🙂

Twisted Burrito #plfrecipe

Recipes, Recipes - Wichita KS 10/18/2011 Leave a comment

 Twisted Burrito

Recipe Submitted by Becky A. – Wichita, Ks.

Ingredients:
1 pack tortilla's
1 large can refried beans
1 package taco seasoning
shredded cheese
lettuce
tomato
sour cream
6 boneless pork chops
Your choice of hot sauce

Directions:
01 - Cut pork chops into thin strips, fry in olive oil until done.
02 - Add taco seasoning and follow directions on back of package.
03 - When water has reduced to about 1/4 you are ready to build
your twisted burrito!

Notes:
You can also make a twisted burrito with chicken, turkey, roast
or any meat besides hamburger - that's what makes it...
TWISTED! 

Enjoy!
(A Recipe From the Prairieland Food Recipes Archives courtesy Derby KS host site.)
:)

Strawberries and Cream #foodbuddyks

Fruit, Recipes, Recipes - Derby KS 10/18/2011 1 Comment

Strawberries and Cream

Eileen Brown – Derby KS

It is said that children are responsible for naming the strawberry. 
After picking the fruit, children strung them on tall grass straws 
and sold them "by the straw" or as "straws of berries."

Ingredients:

1 can Sweetened Condensed Milk (Eagle Brand)
1 1/2 cups Cold Water
1 pkg. Instant Vanilla Pudding Mix (4 serving size).
2 cups Whipping Cream
1 pkg. Frozen Pound Cake, thawed (Sara Lee)
1 cup Strawberry Jam
4 cups Strawberries (fresh is best but frozen will do)

Directions: 

01 - In a large bowl, combine sweetened condensed milk and water. 
Mix with spoon. Add pudding mix; Beat well with mixer.  
Chill until set.

02 - Whip whipping cream until stiff. Chill.

03 - Clean and slice strawberries. Refrigerate.

04 - Cube pound cake into 1/2 inch squares. Refrigerate.

05 - Fold together: the pudding mixture and the whipped 
whipping cream.

06 - Layer in a 4 quart clear bowl reserving enough strawberries 
and cake to make a pretty design on top:

~~~ 1  cup of the combined mixture.
~~~ Top that with 1/3 of the pound cake cubes.
~~~ Teaspoon on and spread 1/3 of the strawberry jam.
~~~ Repeat layering, end with pudding on top.
~~~ Arrange reserved strawberries and cake in a pretty pattern.

07 - Chill at least 4 hours or overnight (overnight for best flavor)

Notes:  This is a beautiful dish when served in a clear fancy deep bowl.
Serves a bunch of people.  Contains about a gazillion calories, 
but well worth it!  Simply Yummy.

Bon Appetite!

:)
Eileen Sig - Fall

Dr. Pepper Ribs #foodbuddyks

Recipes, Ribs 10/18/2011 1 Comment

Dr. Pepper Ribs

Recipe Submitted by Kimberly H. – Kingfisher, OK.

 
Two racks of St Louis ribs
1/4 cup of Dr Pepper

The rub:
1/4 cup of salt
1/4 cup of black pepper
1/4 cup of brown sugar
4 teaspoons of mustard powder
1/2 teaspoon of cayenne pepper
2 teaspoons of chipotle powder
1/2 teaspoon of allspice

The glaze:
2 cups of Dr Pepper
1 cup of ketchup
1/2 cup of mustard
1/4 cup of apple cider vinegar
2 tablespoons of molasses
2-4 teaspoons of chipotle powder

01 - Coat the ribs with the rub, wrap in plastic and place in the 
refrigerator for at least four hours.
02 - Heat the oven to 300 degrees and bring the ribs to room temperature.
03 - In a foil-lined large baking or roasting pan, arrange the ribs with 
the meat side up, pour in 1/4 cup of Dr Pepper, cover pan tightly with 
foil and place in the oven.
04 - Meanwhile, place all the glaze ingredients in a pan, bring to a 
boil and then simmer for 20 minutes until thick and syrupy.
05 - After an hour and a half, take the ribs out of the oven and spread 
some of the glaze on each side of the racks.
06 - Place back in the oven, meat side up and cook uncovered for 30 
minutes.
07 - After 30 minutes, take out the ribs and spread more glaze over 
them and cook for 30 more minutes or until ribs are desired tenderness.
08 - At this point, take the ribs out of the oven, spread more glaze 
on them and then cook each side under the broiler for four minutes.

Bon Appetite!

:)
(A Recipe From the Prairieland Food Recipes Archives courtesy Derby KS host site.)










	
	

	




	


	




		

	




	

		

	

	
	


	
	
								
		
		








	
	

		

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