Friday, May 22, 2009

Camping Time!

This is the camping weekend of all time. For some it is the first camping trip of the summer and others have been out already, but either way you need some fun easy camping recipes. These are so great you could just stay home and pretend to camping just to makes these recipes.
Chicken Foil Dinners Recipe
Ingredients
For each foil dinner:
1 boneless skinless chicken breast
1 potato, washed & sliced
sliced onion
3-4 fresh mushrooms, washed & sliced
6-8 stalks fresh asparagus, tough ends snapped off
salt, pepper, etc. as desired

Instructions
Place the chicken breast on a large square of foil. Season chicken and add layers of sliced potato, mushrooms, onions and top with asparagus stalks. Wrap dinner 'butcher-style' and place chicken-side-down on hot coals, turning after about 20 minutes. After another 10 minutes or so, unwrap one dinner and slice chicken to test for doneness. If chicken is fully cooked - dig in!

No-Bake Cookies Recipe
2 cups white sugar
1 1/2 t. vanilla
1/2 cup milk
1/4 cup cocoa
2 T. butter
3 cups rolled oats
1/2 cup peanut butter, creamy or crunchy
OPTIONAL:
one or two 1 cup mini marshmallows
1/2 cup butterscotch chips
Equipment
Pan for fire, or #10 silver can with opened on one end(you can puncture two holes at top and insert a cut hanger to use as a hanger)
Mixing Spoon
Measuring cup
teaspoon
waxed paper
Instructions
Mix 1st 5 ingredients thoroughly. Boil 1 minute.Remove from heat. Stir in remaining ingredients.Drop on waxed paper and allow to cool. Enjoy!

Camp fire Cobbler Recipe
Ingredients
One can crushed pineapple
One can pie filling (apple, cherry etc.)
One box yellow cake mix
One stick butter/margrine
Equipment
Small dutch oven Camp fire
Instructions
Pour crushed pineapple and juice into dutch oven,then add pie filling. Next empty cake mix evenly on top but do not mix ingrendents. Cut butter into small pats and distribute over top of cake mix. Put lid on dutch oven and bake in camp fire with coals on top and bottom for about 45 minutes. This is so good!

Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Chicken Salad

I wanted to make something fast but oh so yummy for lunch and this was the recipe I used. This is so good it is one of my favorites!

HOT CHICKEN SALAD
2 cups chopped cooked chicken
2 cups chopped celery
1 cup mayonnaise
1/2 cup sharp Cheddar cheese, grated
2 teaspoons lemon juice
1/2 cup slivered almonds
Salt & freshly ground black pepper
1 cup crushed potato chips

Stir all together EXCEPT potato chips. Top with chips.
Bake in 2 quart casserole @ 450 degrees for 20 minutes or until hot and bubbly.
Serves 4
Enjoy!
Debbie

Friday, May 1, 2009

Sooo Yummy!

This is so yummy! I had to share. Cupcakes are so popular so I have been doing alot of different recipes, just trying as many as I can. And my family isn't complaining either. You should stop by my other blog to get an idea for a dish towel if you want to give these away as a gift. What a great gift, a dish towel you made and cupcakes! So stop by: http://www.doodlydee.com/

Peanut Butter Chocolate Brownie Cupcakes

2/3 cup Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips
1/4 cup Butter
3/4 cup Granulated Sugar
2 large Eggs
1 teaspoon Vanilla
1/2 cup All-Purpose FlourPeanut Butter

1. Preheat oven to 350 F.
2. In medium bowl, melt semisweet chocolate and butter in microwave, stirring once.
3. Stir sugar, eggs and vanilla into chocolate mixture.
4. Stir in all-purpose flour.
5. Line muffin tin with 9 paper cupcake liners.
6. Divide batter between the 9 liners.
7. Put a teaspoon of peanut butter in the center of each.
8. Bake 20 minutes. Remove muffin tin to wire rack.

Makes 9 cupcakes.
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