Saturday, December 30, 2023

Chicken Stew

1/4 cup butter 🧈 

5 cloves garlic 🧄 minced 

1 onion 🧅 chopped 

5 oz. white mushrooms 🍄

3 carrots 🥕diced 

3 celery stalks sliced 

1 Jalapeño 🌶️ chopped 

3 Tbsp. flour 

1/2 tsp. salt🧂 

1/2 tsp. pepper

2 Tbsp. sage

5 cups broth

2 potatoes 🥔 cut into 1 inch cubes

1/2 cup frozen peas 🫛 

Marinated uncooked velveteen chicken: https://ykcirzeravla.blogspot.com/2018/09/velveteen-chicken-for-stir-fry.html

1/2 cup heavy cream


Sauté garlic, onions, mushrooms, carrots, celery  and jalapeño in butter until tender

Sprinkle flour on top and stir until absorbed 

Stir in salt, pepper, sage, broth, potatoes and peas

Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer 30 minutes

Bring back to a boil and gradually add in velveteen chicken 

Bring back to a boil, remove from heat and stir in cream


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Saturday, November 18, 2023

Pigs in a Sticky Bun Blanket

2 tubes pillsbury crescent rolls 

1 package Li'l Smokies

½ cup butter

6 Tbsp brown sugar

6 Tbsp honey

½ tsp cinnamon

1 cup chopped pecans


Preheat oven to 75ºF. 

Butter (grease) 9×13 pan

Cut each crescent roll triangle into 3 narrower triangles

Roll each weenie in a triangle and place on pan

Bake 10 minutes

While the above is baking, combine butter, brown sugar, honey, cinnamon and cook until butter melts and sugar dissolves

Stir in pecans then pour over pigs in a blanket

Bake 10 minutes more


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