Sunday, March 29, 2009

Yummy Yummy Belgian Waffles!




Slightly sweet and creamy on the inside and crispy on the outside make these perfect for a Sunday morning breakfast. I mix this up the night before to let the yeast do its magic and cook them in the morning making it an easy breakfast for any day of the week. You can also freeze and rewarm them in your waffle iron or toaster for a quick breakfast when you are trying to get the kids off to school.
1 1/2 cups milk
6 tablespoons melted butter
1/4 cup sugar or maple syrup
3/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon Vanilla
2 large eggs beaten
2 cups flour (see tip)
1 package active dry yeast
a mixing bowl big enough for the mixture to double


Warm Milk, add butter, sugar, salt and vanilla. Mix in eggs and stir in yeast (make sure it is lukewarm, you should be able to hold your finger in there comfortably like a warm bath). It may look a little lumpy don't worry it is ok just don't over mix or you will get a tough waffle.
Cover with plastic wrap, and let rest at room temperature for 1 hour; the mixture will begin to bubble. cook them up now or store in fridge overnight. When you are ready to cook preheat the Waffle Iron (make sure it is hot) and spray with nonstick cooking spray. pour about 3/4 cup onto waffle iron and cook till brown (mine takes 4-5 minutes)

If I make these with my Belgian waffle maker I need 3/4 to 1 cup mix per waffle but in my regular waffle iron it only takes 1/2 cup. I sometimes make these in the smaller iron so I can freeze them and toast them in my toaster for a quick breakfast. makes about 5 large belgian waffles or 10-12 regular waffles depending on size of waffle iron

Friday, March 27, 2009

homemade multipurpose cleaner

4 quarts hot water
1/4 cup vinegar
2 tablespoons baking soda
2 tablespoons dish soap



mix all ingreident in a large bucket, cool and store in a covered conatiner put what you nee into a spray bottle and use as an all purpose cleaner.
if you want a sent to this you can add 2-3 drops of essiential oil to each spray bottle as you fill it up.

strawberry limeaide

this is an old pampered chief recipe that you cant find anywhere and it is not in any of there recipe books. I have only seen it on the info sheet that comes with one of their products. I am not sure if this is the exact recipe but it looks pretty close thanks Darlynn from cafe mom
1 1/2 cups pineapple juice
1/2 cup orange juice
2 tablespoons lime juice
1/2 cup sugar
1 (10 ounce) package frozen strawberries, sliced and thawed
4 1/2 cups carbonated lemon-lime beverage
Directions
1Mix juices together until sugar is dissolved.
2Add strawberries.
3Slowly add lemon-lime soda to pitcher.
4Garnish glasses with fresh fruit slices

Dump cake

this cake can be cooked while camping in a dutch oven or in your oven at home very easy to make and tastes oh so good.

1 can pie filling
1 box yellow cake mix
1 stick of butter

dump pie filling into bottom of pan
dump cake mix (unmixed) on top
slice butter into pieces and place over top of cake
bake in oven at 350 for 40 minutes or over a campfire in a covered dutch oven with coals on top of lid for same amount of time.
You do not mix this it will mix while it is cooking you just dump the ingredients in and enjoy the ease of this recipe!

Cabbage Lasagna

1 lb ground Italian sausage
1 cup onion chopped
1/2 cup chopped green pepper
1 medium heads of cabbage
1/2 tsp salt
1/8 tsp pepper
1/2 tsp oregano
1 tablespoon basil
1 small can tomato paste
2 cups mozzarella cheese
brown sausage onion and pepper together, boil cabbage till tender and set aside and reserve 2 cups of the water from the cabbage
combine 2 cups of the cabbage water, tomato paste oregano, basil, salt and pepper and simmer for 5 minutes stirring often. add meat mixture and simmer for 2 more minutes

in a buttered pan 1/2 layer cabbage, 1/2 tomato mixture and 1/2 cheese repeat layer
bake covered at 400 for 30 minutes

Granny's Best Ever Red Velvet Cake

1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup oil
2 eggs
4 oz red food coloring
2 Tbsp coca
2 1/4 cup sifted flour
1 tsp salt
1 cup buttermilk
1 tsp vanilla
1 tsp butter flavoring
1 Tbs vinegar
1 tsp soda

cream sugar, oil and eggs, make paste with food coloring (tip warm food coloring so it will mix but do not burn 20 seconds in the microwave should be fine) and coco and add to mixture. add flour and salt buttermilk and flavorings add vinegar and baking soda and bake at 350 till done.

cream cheese frosting
8 oz cream cheese
2 tsp vanilla
1 stick margarine
1 box powered sugar
1 cup walnuts or pecans
mix cream cheese, butter sugar and flavoring ice cake and top with nuts add nuts between layers

Zucchini Parmesan

1 lb ground Italian sausage cooked
26 oz can spaghetti sauce
1 teaspoon sweet basil
4 medium zucchini sliced thin
1 cup Parmesan cheese
3 cups mozzarella cheese
preheat oven to 350
mix sausage, sauce and basil
in a 9x 13 casserole dish layer 1/2 the meat 1/2 the zucchini and 1/2 Parmesan cheese 1/2 the mozzarella cheese and repeat the layers
cover and cook for 45 minutes till zucchini is tender