Oat, Flax, Craisin cookies

1 egg
3/4 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup regular sugar
1 cup flour
1/2 cup ground flax seed
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 stick room temperature
3 cup oatmeal
1 cup Crasins
1 teaspoon cinnimon

Cream the sugar and butter together with a mixer, add egg, and vanilla. Mix till combined add the rest slowly. Cook for 8-10 minutes on an un-greased pan.

Pasta Salad

Pasta salad, one of my favorite things to eat. There is no trick to it. The secret is the dressing. It is also a good way to use some veggies that are just hanging around.

Dressing:
1/4 cup olive oil
2 tablespoon red wine vinegar with garlic
salt and pepper to taste

For something extra add 2 tablespoons mayonnaise and 3 garlic gloves, pressed. Let sit for an hour in the fridge and dress!!

Chicken roasting tricks

My first video... but if you are not putting butter under the skin of chicken please try it, you can use unsalted butter as well. It is a way to give the chicken a boost of not only flavor but tenderness

Bacon and fruit slaw

Bacon and fruit slaw (everything is good with bacon)

1/2 head cabbage, chopped
4 slices of bacon, cooked
1 small package of craisins
3 tablespoons mayonnaise
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 tablespoons sugar
1 teaspoon lemon juice
salt and pepper to taste
1-2 hot sauce (Sriracha), if desired

Mix all these ingredients together and just be blown away with the flavor, put this on top of burgers, hot dogs, pulled pork, ANYTHING

Chicken Burger and sweet potato fries

Chicken
2 cups flour
1 tablespoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon salt and pepper
2 tablespoons Italian blend

wet
2 eggs
1/4 cup water
beaten

Fries

2 sweet potato, par boiled
2 teaspoon Italian seasoning
1/4 cup flour

After par boiling the sweet potato, let it cool for 15 minutes. Shred potatoes with a cheese grater. Squeeze out moisture with cheese cloth, potato ricer, or paper towels. Put in a bowl and add flour and seasoning, roll into tater tot shapes and fry in 300 degree oil for 7 minutes turning often to not burn. Put in the oven at 200 degrees while the chicken cooks.

Chicken

Add wet and dry ingredients to separate bowls or plates, dredge in the dry, then wet, then dry. Using the same oil from the fries, pan fry for 15 minutes, spiting time on each side. You want a golden crust. Drain on a rack or towel to release excess grease

So good Spaghetti Sauce!

2 cans tomato sauce
1 can of chopped tomatoes, if you have fresh just make sure you seed them.
1 pound of your favorite ground meat
half an onion, diced
4 cloves garlic, diced
1 tablespoon thyme, oregano, basil, parsley
2 glugs of red wine (this is a technical term)
1 bay leaf
salt and pepper to taste
1 teaspoon red chili flakes

In a pot mix all ingredients together, there is no science to this, just combine, brown your meat, cooking thoroughly. Bring to a boil then let simmer for an hour, the longer it simmers the more the flavors will develop, if it gets to thick, add some beef or chicken stock to thin it out. I make this a head on the weekend and freeze it, for use throughout the month

Left over magic!

We have talked about kitchen fails, but what about kitchen victories. I have been down most of the weekend and am now finally starting to feel better. I put some vegetables in the oven, roasted them off, and put them in homemade chicken stock.

Vegetables:
Butternut squash(1)
Sweet potato(1)
onion(1)
garlic (2 cloves)
Carrots (3)
Left over chicken, beef, or lamb

1 teaspoon cumin, white pepper, and peri peri (Indian spice)
1 tablespoon salt
1 bay leaf
1 sprig Rosemary whole
2 boxes of chicken sock
1 bag of spinach
1/4 cup white wine

Roast all vegetables till tender, add to chicken stock already warming on the oven, add all spices, bring to boil, add the wine and let simmer for an hour. Use immersion blender to make smooth after removing bay leaf and rosemary. Add spinach let wilt, add meat let warm serve over rice or Quinoa