Recipe: Penne Vodka
Ingredients: 2 cans Tuttorosso plum, peeled tomatoes (blended), 1 whole bulb of garlic (minced), 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper (more or less per taste), 2 teaspoons salt, 1/2 teaspoon black pepper, 1 quart heavy cream, 3/4 cup vodka, 3/4 cup Parmesan cheese, 3 boxes penne. Directions: saute garlic in EVOO for one minute or so, add tomato puree, salt, black and red pepper and vodka. Cook on medium heat for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add heavy cream and cheese. Remove from heat...
Read MoreRecipe: Treat bites
Ingredients: 1/2 cup honey, 1/4 cup coconut oil, 1 & 1/4 cup natural peanut putter, 1 & 1/2 cups dry powdered milk, 3 cups rolled oats, 2 TS wheat germ, 2 TS flax seed, 1/2 mini chocolate chips. Mix together all ingredients and form balls. If the mixture is too dry add more honey or a little bit of water. Freeze on wax paper until firm. Store in sealed container.
Read MoreRecipe: Chili
Ingredients: 1 pound of ground turkey (or beef), 2 cans kidney beans, 2 cans pork and beans, 1 can of crushed tomatoes, 1 can of tomato soup, 2 teaspoons chili powder, 1 teaspoon salt, 1 onion, 2 cloves of garlic. Brown the meat with chopped onion and minced garlic. Add all ingredients to a crock pot. Simmer on low all day.
Read MoreRecipe: Granola bars
Ingredients: 1 cup rolled oat, 1/2 cup wheat flour, 1/2 cup brown sugar, 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda and baking powder, 1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon, salt and vanilla, 1/4 cup coconut oil, 1/4 cup honey. Combine the dry ingredients. Add in the wet. You can also add at this time: chocolate chips, coconut, nuts or dried fruit. Press all ingredients into a 8×8 greased pan. Cook at 325 degrees for about 20 minutes.
Read MoreRecipe: Dinner rolls
Mix 1 cup warm water, 2 tsp yeast and 1/4 cup sugar. Let them mix for 5 minutes. Add 1 egg, 1 tsp salt, 2 TB oil and 3 and 1/4 cups flour (I use 2 cups whole wheat and 1 and 1/4 white flour). Kneed and let rise for one hour. Coat a cookie sheet with olive oil and your hands as well. Form rolls and let the rolls rise in a warn area for up to an hour. Bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes.
Read MoreRecipe: Chicken Marsala
Cut chicken breast in half to make them thin (this stretches the chicken further). Prepare flour coating: 1/2 cup flour, 1 tsp salt, 1/2 tsp pepper, 1 tsp oregano, 1 tsp parsley. Coat chicken. Melt 2 TB of butter and 4 TB of olive oil in pan and brown chicken. Add 2 packages of cut, washed mushrooms. Add 1 and 1/2 cups Marsala wine. Cover and simmer 10 minutes. Turn once half way through. Simmer on low until sauce thickens. Serve over brown rice.
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