Fajita Marinade {Similar to Chili’s}

Posted by Magnolia Mom On December 3, 2009ADD COMMENTS

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Servings: 4
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cooking Time: 20 minutes

Ingredients:
1/4 cup lime juice
1/3 cup water
2 tablespoons olive oil
4 garlic cloves, crushed
2 teaspoons soy sauce
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon liquid smoke
1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
1 lb top sirloin steak or boneless skinless chicken breast

Directions:
Marinade for 24 hours.
Grill until cooked thoroughly.
Serve on flour tortillas with cheese, guacamole, sour cream, tomatoes, and lettuce.

Popularity: 9% [?]

Bacon Cheeseburger Roll-Up

Posted by Magnolia Mom On April 12, 2009ADD COMMENTS

Cheeseburger Roll-ups

Servings: 6
Prep Time: 25 minutes
Cooking Time: 50 minutes

Ingredients:
1 lb. lean ground beef
4 pieces of chopped bacon
1 small chopped onion
1/2 lb. (8 oz.) Velveeta Cheese, cut into 1/2-inch cubes
1 pkg. (13.8 oz.) refrigerated pizza crust (I used my homemade dough)

Directions:
Preheat oven to 400°F.
Brown ground beef with bacon and onions in large skillet on medium-high heat; drain.
Return meat mixture to skillet.
Add Velveeta; cook until melted, stirring frequently. Cool 10 min.
Roll out dough

Cheeseburger Roll-ups

Top with meat mixture.
Cheeseburger Roll-ups

Roll up and place them seam-side down.
Bacon Cheeseburger Roll-ups

Bake 20 to 25 min. or until golden brown.
Cheeseburger Roll-ups

~Adapted from Kraft

Nutritional Information
Calories: 420
Total fat: 18 g
Saturated fat: 8 g
Cholesterol: 80 mg
Sodium: 1050 mg
Carbohydrate: 35 g
Dietary fiber: 1 g
Sugars: 6 g
Protein: 28 g
Vitamin A: 8 %DV
Vitamin C: 0 %DV
Calcium: 30 %DV
Iron: 20 %DV


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Popularity: 7% [?]

Cajun Chicken Pasta

Posted by Magnolia Mom On January 30, 2009ADD COMMENTS

Servings: 4
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cooking Time: 20 minutes

Ingredients:
4 boneless skinless chicken breast halves cut into bite size pieces
4 teaspoons Cajun seasoning (I used Slap Ya Momma)
4 tablespoons Olive Oil
2 cups heavy cream (more if needed)
1/2 teaspoon dried basil
1/2 teaspoon lemon pepper seasoning
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon freshly-ground black pepper
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
8 ounces Penne pasta
Grated Parmesan cheese

Directions:
1. Cook pasta as directed.
2. While the pasta is cooking, place chicken and Cajun seasoning in a bowl and coat evenly
2. In a large skillet over medium heat, saute chicken in olive oil until almost tender, about 5 to 7 minutes.
3. Reduce heat.
4. Add cream and seasoning; heat through.
5. Add pasta and toss; heat through.
6. Sprinkle Parmesan cheese

~Adapted from CD Kitchen

Popularity: 5% [?]

Hawaiian Chicken Marinade

Posted by Magnolia Mom On January 19, 2009ADD COMMENTS

Hawaiian Chicken with Rice Pilaf

Servings: 4 cups
Prep Time: 2-3 days to marinade
Cooking Time: 25 minutes

Ingredients:
1/2 cup soy sauce
2/3 cup sherry (not cooking sherry)
2 cups pineapple juice
1/4 cup cider vinegar
1/3 cup sugar
2/3 teaspoon garlic powder

Directions:
Combine all ingredients; Marinate chicken for for 36 to 72 hours.

Hawaiian Chicken with Rice Pilaf

~Adapted from CD Kitchen

Popularity: 4% [?]

Chicken Pizza-ola Sandwich

Posted by Magnolia Mom On December 24, 2008ADD COMMENTS

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Servings: 4
Prep Time: minutes
Cooking Time:

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Ingredients:
2 tbsp Olive oil
4 hoagies split
2 small chicken breasts
10-14 pieces of pepperoni
pizza sauce
1 1/2 cup of shredded mozzarella

Optional:
black olives
Banana peppers

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350.
Pour oil into pan and warm on medium.
Cut chicken into long strips and place in hot oil.
Cook until cooked through and brown.
While chicken is cooking, put about 2 tbsp of pizza sauce on each piece of bread.
Put enough pepperoni on bread to cover one side of bread.
On the other side cover with cheese.
When chicken is cooked place on sandwich.
Put other optional ingredients.
Heat in oven for about 15 minutes. Cover with foil to make sure bread doesn’t get too brown.

~Adapted from Subway

Popularity: 6% [?]

Stuffed Green Peppers

Posted by Magnolia Mom On December 24, 2008ADD COMMENTS

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Servings: 4
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cooking Time: 30 minutes

Ingredients:
1 pound lean ground beef
1 medium onion, finely chopped
1 garlic clove, minced
1 can of rotel tomatoes, undrained
1 cup water
1/2 cup rice (uncooked)
2 1/2 tsp paprika
1 tsp red pepper flake
2 tbsp worcestershire sauce
1/2 teaspoon salt
4 green bell peppers
1 can tomato sauce
4 pieces of provolone cheese

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Directions:
Cut the tops off the green peppers and clean out the seeds and ribs.
Boil peppers for 5 minutes. Drain peppers. Let cool. Salt inside of each pepper.
Chop top of peppers into small pieces (except for stem).
Brown beef with garlic and red pepper flake. Drain off excess fat.
Add rotel and 1 cup water, bring to a boil.
Add rice, reduce heat, cover and simmer for 15 minutes.
Add paprika, tomato sauce, salt, and pepper. Then stir.
Stuff peppers with this mixture.
Place filled peppers in lightly greased baking dish.
Place cheese on top of each pepper.
Bake covered at 350F for 25-30 minutes.

Stuffed Bell Pepper


~Adapted from Better Home and Gardens Recipes

Popularity: 4% [?]

Chicken Pitas

Posted by Magnolia Mom On December 19, 2008ADD COMMENTS

Servings: 4
Prep Time: 5 minutes + time to marinate
Cooking Time: 15 minutes

Ingredients:
Marinade
4 Pitas
2 large chicken breasts
shredded lettuce
shredded mexican cheese

Directions:
Cut chicken into bite size pieces
Heat circle of olive oil in pan
Coat pan
Once olive oil is hot, put chicken in pan
Cook until brown and cooked through

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Cut pitas in half if they’re not already
Place chicken, cheese, and lettuce in pitas,

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Popularity: 4% [?]

Easy Chili

Posted by Magnolia Mom On December 7, 2008ADD COMMENTS

Chili & cornbread

Servings: 4
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cooking Time: 35 minutes

Ingredients:
2 pounds ground chuck
1 onions finely chopped
2 tbsp chili powder
1 tsp of ground red pepper
1 tsp of garlic powder
1 cup of corn starch
1 envelope taco seasoning or 1/4 cup taco seasoning
1 can of kidney beans/chili beans (drained)
2-3 cups of Mexican shredded cheese.

Directions:
Brown the meat.
Put the onion in the food processor to ensure there are no large chunks.
When meat is brown, drain off grease and put in the food processor. Do a quick chop.
Pour back into the pan.
Add about a cup of water to the food processor container to get out the remnants of onion and meat.
Add all other ingredients except corn starch.
Make sure all spices are spread evenly and then add 1 1/2 cups of water.
Simmer for about 15 minutes.
Add corn starch to help in the thickening process.
Simmer for about 20 more minutes and stir occasionally.
Scoop into bowls and add cheese.

Popularity: 3% [?]

Carne Asada Marinade

Posted by Magnolia Mom On December 6, 2008ADD COMMENTS

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Servings: 4
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cooking Time: 20 minutes

Ingredients:
1 – 1 1/2 lbs of flank steak
1/3 cup vinegar
1/2 cup soy sauce
1/2 cup olive oil
1 tsp cumin
1-2 tsp black pepper
1 tsp garlic powder
1 tsp paprika
1 tsp onion powder
1 1/2 tsp oregano
1 lime, juiced
1/4 cup brown sugar, packed
1 tbsp of minced garlic
1 1/2 tsp. chile powder
1 jalapeno, seeded, and minced
3/4 tsp. sea salt

Directions:
In a gallon size Ziploc bag, combine all ingredients with flank steak and mix really well. Let marinade for about 6 hours. Cook on grill.

Here’s some steak that was marinated in this marinade and was cut for fajitas and I added in some caramelized onions.
Fajita Meat



Carne Asada Marinade

Excellent marinade. I've used it with steak and chicken!

See Carne Asada Marinade on Key Ingredient.

Popularity: 3% [?]

Homemade Pizza

Posted by Magnolia Mom On December 4, 2008ADD COMMENTS

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Servings: 4
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cooking Time: 30 minutes

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Ingredients:
Fresh dough
1 jar of pizza sauce
3 cups of mozzarella cheese
2 cups of italian sausage

Directions:
Preheat oven to 400.
Roll out dough.
Brown sausage. I usually send the cooked sausage through the food processor.
Place on pizza pan after spraying with non-stick spray.
Pour sauce on pizza and spread evenly with spoon.
Spread about a cup of cheese over sauce.
Spread about the sausage over the pizza.
Spread the rest of the cheese evenly.
Bake for about 30 minutes.

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Popularity: 4% [?]


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