Post by benshelpmeet on Sept 12, 2006 23:19:58 GMT -5
Jeff's Salsa Recipe
6 ripe tomates
1 medium onion
4 medium garlic cloves
1 tsp. cilantro (or more to taste)
2 medium jalepeno peppers
juice from one lemon
juice from one lime (optional)
salt and pepper to taste
tomato juice according to how thin or thick you like your salsa, adjust accordingly
Chop all ingredients fine or whatever consistency you like.
Add all together and stir well, taste.
Add more onion, garlic or jalapenos according to how hot you like it.
Let set out for 1/2 hour to mellow and then put in a canning jar and refrigerate. (Don't put in plastic as the smell does not come out)
Here is a recipe my 17 year old son made up just yesterday! This is so good spread on warm toast in the morning or for a snack.
Lemon Butter
1 stick butter (salted) (room temp)
1/8 cup sugar
3 or 4 Tb (I USE 4) lemon juice ( I use the bottled kind)
Warm toast
Take soft butter add sugar and lemon juice, mix well, spread on warm toast. Yummy!
Apple Butter
This can be made in a crockpot or oven at 325 degrees for 3-4 hours.
4 qts. unsweetened applesauce
7 C. granulated sugar
1-1/3 C. brown sugar
5-1/3 T. cider vinegar
5-1/3 T. lemon juice
2 teaspoon. cinnamon
2 teaspoon. allspice
1 teaspoon. ground cloves
Combine all ingredients in a crockpot or roasting pan. Cover and cook 3 hours, stirring occasionally. Remove lid and continue cooking until excess liquid cooks away (turn to low as necessary) Crockpot 5-8 hours, oven 3-5 hours Seal mixture in hot jars and process in a hot water bath for 10 minutes. Makes approximately 8-10 pints.
Spinach Ball Hors de oeurves
Here's a recipe for Spinach Ball Hors de oeurves that a devoted spinach detester will eat. It's a handy snack to have when you have a vegetarian amongst you. I have discovered that they may be made a day ahead of time and baked just as your company arrives. Actually they are so friendly that you may be able to bake and freeze them and just microwave them.
2 10oz. pkgs chopped spinach, thawed and thoroughly drained. (I squeeze it to get it as dry as possible.)
2 C. Pepperidge Farm herb seasoned stuffing. (I put it in a plastic bag and smash it some with a rolling pin.)
1 small onion, minced finely (I just use the shredder to avoid lumps that make the balls not want to stay cohesive.)
4 eggs, beaten
1/2 C. melted butter
1/2 C. fresh grated Parmesan cheese
salt and pepper to taste
You may, as I said, make these ahead of time. Roll into balls about the size of a small walnut. It says to grease the pan, but I line a cooky sheet with tin foil and give it a spritz of Pam spray and bake them on there to save dish washing.
375 degrees for 20 min.
Top Secret Recipes version of Arby's Horsey Sauce
Even though Arby's has diversified its menu with wraps and deli sandwiches on sliced whole wheat bread, it's the thinly-sliced roast beef piled high on hamburger buns that made this chain famous. Since roast beef and horseradish go beautifully together, Arby's created a delicious mayo-based horseradish sauce, which happens to be great on most homemade sandwiches, too. So, with the help of this secret formula, you can clone as much Horsey sauce as you want. Get out the blender, since you'll need it to puree the horseradish in the mix so that the sauce is smooth like the real sauce!
1 tablespoon white vinegar
4 teaspoons granulated sugar
1/8 teaspoon salt
1 cup mayonnaise
2 tablespoons plus 2 teaspoons prepared horseradish
1. In a small dish, dissolve the sugar and salt in the vinegar.
2. Measure mayonnaise and horseradish into a blender. Add the vinegar solution, then turn blender on medium speed for about 10 seconds.
3. Pour sauce into a covered container and chill it for at least a couple hours to let the flavors mingle.
Makes 1 cup. Mmmmm!
Top Secret Recipes version of Taco Bell® Chicken Fajita! Seasoning Mix
A couple years ago Taco Bell and Kraft Foods got together to produce a line of products - everything from taco kits to salsas and spice mixes - all stamped with the familiar Taco Bell logo and available in supermarkets across the country. The idea was a winner, and now the Taco Bell line of products is among Kraft's top sellers. The clone of this mix, made with a combination of common spices and cornstarch, can be kept indefinitely. When you're ready to cook, you'll just need some chicken, a bell pepper, and an onion, and then you simply follow the same instructions that you find on the package of the real thing.
1 tablespoon cornstarch
2 teaspoons chili powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon paprika
1 teaspoon sugar
3/4 teaspoon crushed chicken bouillon cube
1/2 teaspoon onion powder
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1/4 teaspoon cumin
1. Combine all of the ingredients in a small bowl.
2. Prepare fajitas using the following ingredients:
4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts (1 to 1 1/4 lb.), cut into thin strips
2 tablespoons oil
1/3 cup water
1 green bell pepper, cut into strips
1 medium onion, sliced
Prepare the fajitas using the same directions found on the package of the original seasoning mix:
1. COOK and stir chicken in hot oil in a large nonstick skillet 5 minutes on medium-high heat. Add TACO BELL Fajita Seasoning Mix, water, green pepper, and onion; cook and stir on medium heat 5 minutes or until chicken is cooked through and the vegetables are tender.
2. PLACE tortillas on microwavable plate. Cover with plastic wrap. Microwave on high 1 minute.
3. Spoon chicken mixture onto each tortilla. Top as desired with TACO BELL salsa. Roll up tortillas.
Makes 5 servings.
Top Secret Recipes version of Taco Bell® Taco
Seasoning Mix
This is a simple recipe to clone the contents of the seasoning packet that bears the Taco Bell logo found in practically all the grocery stores these days. You probably expect the seasoning mix to make meat that tastes exactly like the stuff you get at the big chain. Well, uh, nope. It's more like the popular Lawry's seasoning mix, which still makes good spiced ground meat, and works great for a tasty bunch of tacos.
2 tablespoons flour
2 teaspoons chili powder
1 1/2 teaspoons dried minced onion
1 1/4 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon paprika
3/4 teaspoon crushed beef bouillon cube
1/4 teaspoon sugar
1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
dash onion powder
1. Combine all of the ingredients in a small bowl.
2. Prepare taco meat using 1 pound of ground beef and following the same spunky directions as on the original package:
1. BROWN ground beef; drain. Add seasoning mix and 3/4 cup of water. Bring to a boil; reduce heat. Simmer uncovered, 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
2. HEAT taco shells or tortillas as directed on package.
3. SERVE bowls of seasoned ground beef, lettuce, tomato and cheese. Pass the taco shells or tortillas and let everyone PILE ON THE FUN!
Makes 12 tacos.
Top Secret Recipes version of Arby's® Sauce
Although the beef sandwiches from Arby's would be very hard to duplicate since they are made from specially processed beef hunks, thinly sliced, this fast food chain's barbecue sauce can be cloned easily. Now you can whip up this slightly tangy sauce to put on your own homemade sandwich creations, even barbecued ribs or chicken.
1 cup ketchup
2 teaspoons water
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
1/4 teaspoon onion powder
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon Tabasco pepper sauce
1. Combine all the ingredients in a small saucepan and cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until the sauce begins to boil, 5 to 10 minutes.
2. Remove the sauce from the heat. Cover and allow to cool.
3. Pour into a covered container for storage in your refrigerator. Keeps for a month or two.
Makes 1 cup.
6 ripe tomates
1 medium onion
4 medium garlic cloves
1 tsp. cilantro (or more to taste)
2 medium jalepeno peppers
juice from one lemon
juice from one lime (optional)
salt and pepper to taste
tomato juice according to how thin or thick you like your salsa, adjust accordingly
Chop all ingredients fine or whatever consistency you like.
Add all together and stir well, taste.
Add more onion, garlic or jalapenos according to how hot you like it.
Let set out for 1/2 hour to mellow and then put in a canning jar and refrigerate. (Don't put in plastic as the smell does not come out)
Here is a recipe my 17 year old son made up just yesterday! This is so good spread on warm toast in the morning or for a snack.
Lemon Butter
1 stick butter (salted) (room temp)
1/8 cup sugar
3 or 4 Tb (I USE 4) lemon juice ( I use the bottled kind)
Warm toast
Take soft butter add sugar and lemon juice, mix well, spread on warm toast. Yummy!
Apple Butter
This can be made in a crockpot or oven at 325 degrees for 3-4 hours.
4 qts. unsweetened applesauce
7 C. granulated sugar
1-1/3 C. brown sugar
5-1/3 T. cider vinegar
5-1/3 T. lemon juice
2 teaspoon. cinnamon
2 teaspoon. allspice
1 teaspoon. ground cloves
Combine all ingredients in a crockpot or roasting pan. Cover and cook 3 hours, stirring occasionally. Remove lid and continue cooking until excess liquid cooks away (turn to low as necessary) Crockpot 5-8 hours, oven 3-5 hours Seal mixture in hot jars and process in a hot water bath for 10 minutes. Makes approximately 8-10 pints.
Spinach Ball Hors de oeurves
Here's a recipe for Spinach Ball Hors de oeurves that a devoted spinach detester will eat. It's a handy snack to have when you have a vegetarian amongst you. I have discovered that they may be made a day ahead of time and baked just as your company arrives. Actually they are so friendly that you may be able to bake and freeze them and just microwave them.
2 10oz. pkgs chopped spinach, thawed and thoroughly drained. (I squeeze it to get it as dry as possible.)
2 C. Pepperidge Farm herb seasoned stuffing. (I put it in a plastic bag and smash it some with a rolling pin.)
1 small onion, minced finely (I just use the shredder to avoid lumps that make the balls not want to stay cohesive.)
4 eggs, beaten
1/2 C. melted butter
1/2 C. fresh grated Parmesan cheese
salt and pepper to taste
You may, as I said, make these ahead of time. Roll into balls about the size of a small walnut. It says to grease the pan, but I line a cooky sheet with tin foil and give it a spritz of Pam spray and bake them on there to save dish washing.
375 degrees for 20 min.
Top Secret Recipes version of Arby's Horsey Sauce
Even though Arby's has diversified its menu with wraps and deli sandwiches on sliced whole wheat bread, it's the thinly-sliced roast beef piled high on hamburger buns that made this chain famous. Since roast beef and horseradish go beautifully together, Arby's created a delicious mayo-based horseradish sauce, which happens to be great on most homemade sandwiches, too. So, with the help of this secret formula, you can clone as much Horsey sauce as you want. Get out the blender, since you'll need it to puree the horseradish in the mix so that the sauce is smooth like the real sauce!
1 tablespoon white vinegar
4 teaspoons granulated sugar
1/8 teaspoon salt
1 cup mayonnaise
2 tablespoons plus 2 teaspoons prepared horseradish
1. In a small dish, dissolve the sugar and salt in the vinegar.
2. Measure mayonnaise and horseradish into a blender. Add the vinegar solution, then turn blender on medium speed for about 10 seconds.
3. Pour sauce into a covered container and chill it for at least a couple hours to let the flavors mingle.
Makes 1 cup. Mmmmm!
Top Secret Recipes version of Taco Bell® Chicken Fajita! Seasoning Mix
A couple years ago Taco Bell and Kraft Foods got together to produce a line of products - everything from taco kits to salsas and spice mixes - all stamped with the familiar Taco Bell logo and available in supermarkets across the country. The idea was a winner, and now the Taco Bell line of products is among Kraft's top sellers. The clone of this mix, made with a combination of common spices and cornstarch, can be kept indefinitely. When you're ready to cook, you'll just need some chicken, a bell pepper, and an onion, and then you simply follow the same instructions that you find on the package of the real thing.
1 tablespoon cornstarch
2 teaspoons chili powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon paprika
1 teaspoon sugar
3/4 teaspoon crushed chicken bouillon cube
1/2 teaspoon onion powder
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1/4 teaspoon cumin
1. Combine all of the ingredients in a small bowl.
2. Prepare fajitas using the following ingredients:
4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts (1 to 1 1/4 lb.), cut into thin strips
2 tablespoons oil
1/3 cup water
1 green bell pepper, cut into strips
1 medium onion, sliced
Prepare the fajitas using the same directions found on the package of the original seasoning mix:
1. COOK and stir chicken in hot oil in a large nonstick skillet 5 minutes on medium-high heat. Add TACO BELL Fajita Seasoning Mix, water, green pepper, and onion; cook and stir on medium heat 5 minutes or until chicken is cooked through and the vegetables are tender.
2. PLACE tortillas on microwavable plate. Cover with plastic wrap. Microwave on high 1 minute.
3. Spoon chicken mixture onto each tortilla. Top as desired with TACO BELL salsa. Roll up tortillas.
Makes 5 servings.
Top Secret Recipes version of Taco Bell® Taco
Seasoning Mix
This is a simple recipe to clone the contents of the seasoning packet that bears the Taco Bell logo found in practically all the grocery stores these days. You probably expect the seasoning mix to make meat that tastes exactly like the stuff you get at the big chain. Well, uh, nope. It's more like the popular Lawry's seasoning mix, which still makes good spiced ground meat, and works great for a tasty bunch of tacos.
2 tablespoons flour
2 teaspoons chili powder
1 1/2 teaspoons dried minced onion
1 1/4 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon paprika
3/4 teaspoon crushed beef bouillon cube
1/4 teaspoon sugar
1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
dash onion powder
1. Combine all of the ingredients in a small bowl.
2. Prepare taco meat using 1 pound of ground beef and following the same spunky directions as on the original package:
1. BROWN ground beef; drain. Add seasoning mix and 3/4 cup of water. Bring to a boil; reduce heat. Simmer uncovered, 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
2. HEAT taco shells or tortillas as directed on package.
3. SERVE bowls of seasoned ground beef, lettuce, tomato and cheese. Pass the taco shells or tortillas and let everyone PILE ON THE FUN!
Makes 12 tacos.
Top Secret Recipes version of Arby's® Sauce
Although the beef sandwiches from Arby's would be very hard to duplicate since they are made from specially processed beef hunks, thinly sliced, this fast food chain's barbecue sauce can be cloned easily. Now you can whip up this slightly tangy sauce to put on your own homemade sandwich creations, even barbecued ribs or chicken.
1 cup ketchup
2 teaspoons water
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
1/4 teaspoon onion powder
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon Tabasco pepper sauce
1. Combine all the ingredients in a small saucepan and cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until the sauce begins to boil, 5 to 10 minutes.
2. Remove the sauce from the heat. Cover and allow to cool.
3. Pour into a covered container for storage in your refrigerator. Keeps for a month or two.
Makes 1 cup.