We went to a surprise 50th birthday party the other day & one of the snacks served were these tasty spicy pretzels. I asked the hostess about them (because Trent couldn't quit eating them, so I knew I'd need the recipe)! She was sweet to send me the recipe and with holidays not far off, I think I'll be making these again...
Ingredients:
1 pkg ranch dressing mix
1 TBS lemon pepper
1 Tsp cayenne pepper or red pepper (adjust according to your heat preference)
1 TBS garlic pwd
3/4 C veg oil
1 15oz bag pretzels
Directions:
1. Mix first five ingredients in a bowl--mix well
2. Pour onto pretzels in a bag--shake a lot to soak pretzels.
3. Soak overnight & pour pretzels into a new bag before serving or storing.
Side note: I have not attempted this recipe myself yet, but I know I will! If I change or tweak it at all once I do make it, I will come back & note it here.
Wednesday, October 9, 2013
Chicken Pot Pie - Easiest On The Planet
I got this recipe from the Ko Jo Kai cookbook that Kristen helped publish! :)
I thought I had already posted this one on here because I've had it a long time, but I was searching for it the other day & realized I'd never posted it on Menu Mamas. It's so easy, doesn't take much of a recipe to follow, but I'm the girl who looks to a recipe for boiling an egg, so I need this easily accessible! ;)
Ingredients:
1 pkg frozen pie crusts
2 cans white chicken
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1 can mixed veggies, drained
s&p
butter spray (optional)
Directions:
1. Get the pie crusts out of the freezer before you start working. Preheat oven to 350.
2. In a large bowl, mix chicken, soup & veggies. Season to your liking (I use s&p, garlic salt, etc.)
3. Put one of the pie crusts (aluminum and all) in an oven safe dish & heat for 8-10 minutes.
4. Pour the chicken mixture into the baked crust.
5. By this time, the "top" pie crust will just slide out of the aluminum pie pan. Place it on top of the mixture.
6. Spray the top of this pie crust with butter spray (or brush on an egg white if you prefer) to give it a nice color during cooking.
7. Bake for 30-40 minutes or so.
I thought I had already posted this one on here because I've had it a long time, but I was searching for it the other day & realized I'd never posted it on Menu Mamas. It's so easy, doesn't take much of a recipe to follow, but I'm the girl who looks to a recipe for boiling an egg, so I need this easily accessible! ;)
Ingredients:
1 pkg frozen pie crusts
2 cans white chicken
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1 can mixed veggies, drained
s&p
butter spray (optional)
Directions:
1. Get the pie crusts out of the freezer before you start working. Preheat oven to 350.
2. In a large bowl, mix chicken, soup & veggies. Season to your liking (I use s&p, garlic salt, etc.)
3. Put one of the pie crusts (aluminum and all) in an oven safe dish & heat for 8-10 minutes.
4. Pour the chicken mixture into the baked crust.
5. By this time, the "top" pie crust will just slide out of the aluminum pie pan. Place it on top of the mixture.
6. Spray the top of this pie crust with butter spray (or brush on an egg white if you prefer) to give it a nice color during cooking.
7. Bake for 30-40 minutes or so.
Chocolate Covered Cherry Cake
My friend Amanda gave me this recipe, it truly is one of the easiest, best chocolate cakes I have ever tasted! Don't let the "cherry" part throw you, you can only subtly tell it's there--but something about the cherries make this cake super moist and give it a richer flavor.
It is amazing, hope you'll try it! Amanda, thank you for sharing this!!
Cake:
1 box devil food's cake mix
1 can cherry pie filling
2 large eggs
1 tsp almond extract
Glaze:
1 C sugar
1/2 C butter
1/3 C whole milk
6 oz semi-sweet chocolate chips
Directions:
1. For cake: preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease 13x9" pan with cooking spray. In a large mixing bowl, combine all cake ingredients. Mix on low with electric mixer for 1 minute, scrape sides of bowl & continue mixing on medium speed for another 2 minutes. Pour into prepared cake pan & bake for 30-35 minutes or until cake springs back.
2. For glaze: combine first 3 ingredients in a small saucepan over medium-low heat, stirring constantly to a boil. Remove from heat & stir in chocolate chips. Stir glaze until smooth & pour over warm cake.
Cool cake for 20 minutes before serving to allow the glaze to firm up.
It is amazing, hope you'll try it! Amanda, thank you for sharing this!!
Cake:
1 box devil food's cake mix
1 can cherry pie filling
2 large eggs
1 tsp almond extract
Glaze:
1 C sugar
1/2 C butter
1/3 C whole milk
6 oz semi-sweet chocolate chips
Directions:
1. For cake: preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease 13x9" pan with cooking spray. In a large mixing bowl, combine all cake ingredients. Mix on low with electric mixer for 1 minute, scrape sides of bowl & continue mixing on medium speed for another 2 minutes. Pour into prepared cake pan & bake for 30-35 minutes or until cake springs back.
2. For glaze: combine first 3 ingredients in a small saucepan over medium-low heat, stirring constantly to a boil. Remove from heat & stir in chocolate chips. Stir glaze until smooth & pour over warm cake.
Cool cake for 20 minutes before serving to allow the glaze to firm up.
New Layout!
Hey friends--I hope you don't mind, I changed the layout of the blog because I thought the sidebar would work better on the left with our recipes on the right! Every time I print off a recipe from Menu Mamas, I punch holes in it to place it in my recipe binder...inevitably the hole punch will fall right in the middle of the quantity needed for some cooking ingredient! So I thought recipes being on the right would alleviate this issue! :)
I hope you will all still be uploading your favorite tried & true recipes! I know we all use Pinterest these days, but I try and put all my keepers on here & love using Pinterest for things I want to try!
Hoping you will post your favorite soups & stews as we enter into the Fall weather!
Happy Cooking!
;) VBS
I hope you will all still be uploading your favorite tried & true recipes! I know we all use Pinterest these days, but I try and put all my keepers on here & love using Pinterest for things I want to try!
Hoping you will post your favorite soups & stews as we enter into the Fall weather!
Happy Cooking!
;) VBS
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