Garlic Naan Bread.

I have a few recipes for flatbread, this one does not require yeast.  Whatever is left over from  dinner, my kids will steal out of the oven and have for breakfast.


Ingredients:
2 Cups Flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon Salt
1 teaspoon Garlic (minced)
3 Tablespoons Sour Cream ( or yogurt)
2 Tablespoons Ghee ( softened butter also works)
3/4 cup Water
oil for frying
extra flour for rolling

Directions:
Mix first 6 ingredients in a bowl, slowly incorporate water so it won't get too sticky, until it  forms a ball.  Cut the ball into  6 -8 pieces , forming into smaller dough balls. On a floured surface, roll each dough ball until it is about 1/4" thick. In a large skillet (preferably cast iron) put in enough oil to have it about 1/4" deep, put on medium heat to the frying point, you can test this buy putting a very small sprinkle of flour in the pan ( you can just rub your fingers together when you're rolling the dough)  place Naan in one at a time, and turn when the bubbles have browned, set aside on a pan, and keep in a warmed oven.

Cheese Dip

Okay so this isn't even close to healthy, but you can  make it healthier with fresh ingredients if you so choose.

It's delicious,  easy, and cheesy.

Ingredients: 
1 lb Great Value Easy Melt Cheese
1  Can Hormel Chilli with beans
1  Can kidney  beans, drained
1 cup of your favorite salsa
1 packet of taco seasoning.

You can microwave this, or  cook on the stove top.

Either way, you melt the cheese first, and proceed to  add remaining ingredients. Serve with chips.

Tomato Basil Chicken

                                                             Tomato Basil Chicken

Ingredients:
1 Large chicken breast, or two normal sized chicken breasts, sliced thin.
Fistful of grape tomatoes, quartered.
6 Cloves garlic, chopped.
1 - 2 Tablespoon basil.
2 Tablespoons oil.
1 Tsp Italian seasoning
1 Cup spinach.
1 Jar pasta sauce.
1/4 brick cream cheese.
Dash of sugar
Linguine, cooked and drained.


Directions:
In a pan heat oil on medium ,once it's heated, cook the chicken, then add spices, add tomatoes and spinach and cook until hot, add sauce, and add cream cheese until well incorporated in the sauce, stir in sugar. Add the noodles to the sauce and toss until everything is well incorporated. 

Serves  6

I moved!

 Sorry for the 3+ month hiatus!   

 My family, and I moved to Oklahoma, and I am trying to make the best of it.



- Katie

Strawberry Margarita Jello Shots

I've never made jello shots until now, but since it was new years I decided it was time haha.. and these were DELICIOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mix:

2 boxes of strawberry jello
1 small bottle of clear tequila
Limes
Sugar

Add 1 c. boiling water to jello mix
Stir until dissolved, 1-2 min
Add 1 c. cold tequila
Add to small cups and/or hollowed out strawberries
Chill in fridge until set

Strawberries:

Hollow out strawberries VERY carefully with a tsp or a melon baller.. and then cut tip off bottom of berry, just enough so they will stand up. Trust me this take awhile.. and make sure you buy the biggest strawberries you can find because there is no way I could have done this with small berries haha.

Sprinkle sugar on top of cups & add lime slice















Dip tops of strawberries in water & then dip in sugar
Add slice of lime

HAPPY 2014!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Blueberry Oatmeal

1/2 cup oats
1 c. water
1/4 c. frozen blueberries
1-2 tsp sugar or brown sugar
2 tbsp sliced almonds
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp nutmeg

Bring water to boil
Add blueberries to water
Once boiling, add oats & spices
Cook 5-10 min until water absorbed 
Top with sugar and almonds

:)
It comes out SO BLUE/PURPLE. 

Wild West Chicken with Avocado Ranch Dip

This recipe is a combo of a few different recipes put together and inspired from Longhorn Steak House. :) My mom works at Longhorn so any chance I can get I ask her to bring home the famous Wild West Shrimp they have. They serve this with ranch dip. Another appetizer they have there is the firecracker chicken wraps, which they serve with avocado ranch dip. So that's where I got the dip idea from. 

Soooo one night Kt gave me the idea of wild west chicken instead of the shrimp. I looked up a few different recipes and then put this together :) I wanted to bake the chicken instead of frying it, and I wanted to do almond crust instead of regular breadcrumb crust. I decided to make baked almond chicken bites... with side of avocado ranch dip. I used the spices from the Longhorn recipe, and the only other thing I changed was I used yogurt ranch recipe instead of using pre-made ranch :D

Chicken:

1lb+ chicken

1 c. almond meal

1/2 c. breadcrumbs

1 tbsp paprika

1/2 tsp garlic powder

1/2 tsp onion powder

1 tsp cumin

1 tsp cayenne pepper

1 tbsp seasoned salt 

1 tsp pepper

Preheat oven to 375

Mix all dry ingredients from above in a bowl

Put 1 egg, beaten in a separate bowl

Cut chicken into small bite size pieces

Dip chicken in egg, then into dry mix

Place chicken on baking sheet or oiled dish

Bake 20-25min

Meanwhile, simmer the sauce on stovetop

Sauce: 

1/2 c. peppercinis

1/4 c. cherry peppers

2 tbsp butter

1 tsp garlic powder

1 tsp seasoned salt (instead of longhorn's "prairie dust")

Once chicken in done, remove from oven and top with the sauce

Avocado Ranch Dip:

3/4 c. yogurt

2 tsp hidden valley ranch mix

1 avocado

3/4 tsp tabasco sauce

3/4 tsp cumin

S+P

Blend in food processor 

(Prepare dip ahead of time, before cooking chicken & refrigerate)

And enjoy! :)

Servings: about 4