Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Mothers Day Recipes

Time to impress our mom with Great Mothers Day Recipes

Egg and bacon soufflé
Ingredients:

3 to 4 slices slightly buttered bread
4 to 6 slices bacon, diced
3 to 4 eggs, slightly beaten
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon dry mustard
1 cup milk
1/4 teaspoon ground paprika

Method: Fry the bacons till they are browned. Cut bread into smaller pieces. Lightly butter a deep casserole (1-quart size). Make layers of bread pieces and bacon. Whip together the eggs, milk, salt, mustard, and paprika. Pour the mixture over bread and bacon and place it in the casserole. Bake at 350° for about 40 minutes.


Cheese Sticks

Ingredients:

1 cup flour
1/8 teaspoon ground cayenne pepper
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 to 2 teaspoons baking powder
4 tablespoons butter or margarine
1/2 cup shredded Cheddar cheese
3 tablespoons sour cream

Method: Firstly chill the cheese for one and a half hour. Remove the chilled cheese and cut into 1" thick strips just before cooking. Mix the dry ingredients; add corn meal and flour, salt, egg and add buttermilk. Dip cheese sticks into the prepared batter. Place the sticks in a pan of hot oil. When the sticks are browned evenly remove and immediately roll in grated cheese.


Cold Pasta and Chicken Salad

Ingredients:

8 oz. vermicelli pasta noodles
10 fresh sliced mushrooms
1 c. French dressing
Ripe olives (sliced)
1 c. fresh broccoli florets, blanched
10 slices cherry tomatoes
1/3 c. fresh basil (or 1 1/2 teaspoon dried)
1 can sliced artichoke hearts
2 c. cooked cubed chicken
1/3 c. toasted pine nuts, optional

Method: Firstly cook the pasta and then transfer to mixing bowl. Put 1/3 of the French dressing to the bowl and toss well. Put the bowl in freezer for 3 hours. In another bowl, place mushrooms, broccoli, tomatoes, olives, artichokes with remaining dressing. Chill the mixture. Add chicken, basil, , nuts. Mix with pasta.

Chocolate Muffin Recipe

Ingredients:

2 to 3 large eggs
1/2 cup of sugar.
2/3 cup of baking cocoa.
2 cups of flour.
1 teaspoon of vanilla
1 cup of chocolate chips.
2 teaspoons of baking soda.
1 to 1 ½ cups of milk.
1/3 cup of vegetable oil.
1/2 teaspoon of salt.

Method: Preheat your oven to 400°F. Then use non-stick cooking spray to coat muffin tins. In a large bowl, mix the flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda, salt and vanilla. Stir in half a cup of chocolate chips. Take another bowl and whip the eggs in it. Then pour some milk into the beaten eggs. Pour the egg/milk mixture to the other ingredients until moistened. Scoop the batter evenly into the coated muffin tins. You can sprinkle the remaining chocolate chips. Bake for about twenty minutes. Cool on a wire rack before removing from the pan.

Chicken Spaghetti recipe

Ingredients:

1 lb of chicken breast.
1 lb of Velveeta cheese.
1 lb of spaghetti pasta.
1 can of cream of chicken soup.
1 can of tomatoes.
Salt according to taste.

Method: Firstly boil the chicken breast in water. When cooked, remove the chicken. Cook the pasta in the water, when cooked drain it. Cut the chicken into smaller pieces. Cut the cheese into small pieces and melt it in a pan with the cream of chicken soup. Mix everything in a large pan. Heat for about 3 minutes. And then serve.

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