Fried Mac-n-cheese-n-hot Dog Balls

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 1 cup cold prepared macaroni and cheese, preferably left over
• 1 hot dog, cut into 8 bite sized pieces
• 1/2 cup panko breadcrumbs
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon black pepper

Recipe

• 1 mix together bread crumbs, salt, and pepper. set aside in a shallow dish.
• 2 shape macaroni and cheese into 8 balls with a piece of hot dog in the center. roll in the bread crumb mixture coating well.
• 3 fry in a pan with 350 degree oil until golden brown. drain on a paper towel to remove excess oil.
• 4 serve with every kids best friend -- ketchup!
• 5 note: i've also made this before with a piece of broccoli in the middle, to sneak in something healthy.

Homemade Semolina Pasta - My Base Recipe

Total Time: 48 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 3 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2 cups semolina flour
• 2 cups unbleached flour
• 6 whole eggs
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 teaspoon salt

Recipe

• 1 mix flours and salt in a bowl.
• 2 dump mixture on a smooth surface.
• 3 create a large well in the middle of the flour. essentially, they'll be a huge ring of flour -- like a large doughnut.
• 4 crack eggs into center of well and add olive oil.
• 5 using a fork, break up the eggs and mix the eggs together. slowly incorporate the flour while mixing -- a little bit at a time. this will take a little time to do. the slower the better as it ensures a good homogeneous mixture.
• 6 once all the flour is incorporated, place the dough in the mixer with the dough hook.
• 7 kneed using the dough hook for 5 minutes or so until the dough "springs" back slightly when you push on it and looks smooth and elastic.
• 8 remove from dough hook. if it is still a bit sticky, add some more flour and kneed in manually or with the mixer.
• 9 form the dough in a mound and wrap with plastic wrap.
• 10 let it rest for 30 minutes.
• 11 cut the dough in half before using the pasta maker.
• 12 kneed the dough by folding in thirds and running it through your pasta maker at its thickest setting three times.
• 13 dust with flour if it starts to stick.
• 14 you can now run it through the pasta maker, once on each thickness until you reach your desired thickness.
• 15 cut in half if the pieces get too long.
• 16 boil in salted water 2-3 minutes in salted water. the time will vary depending on the thickness of your pasta.

Grandma's Rice And Pigeon Peas (rice Cooker)

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 (15 ounce) can pigeon peas, drained
• 3 cups long grain rice
• 4 1/2 cups water
• 1 -1 1/2 lb lamb, cut into little cubes
• 1 small green bell pepper, finely minced
• 1 medium onion, finely minced
• 6 garlic cloves (through a garlic press)
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1 sazon goya
• 1/4 cup olive oil or 1/4 cup lard or 1/4 cup bacon grease

Recipe

• 1 wash rice really well until water runs clear, strain well, put in rice cooker and add water, set aside.
• 2 heat pan on medium high heat, add olive oil or lard, let it heat up a bit like 5 minutes more or less. be sure the oil is hot enough, you can test it by dipping a wooden spoon if it sizzles it's ready.
• 3 add season port to hot oil, let it fry in one layer underdisturbed until browned. about 5 minutes more or less. add minced onion and bell pepper and cook down together with lamb for about 5-7 minutes, add minced garlic afterwards and cook for 2 minutes or so until fragrant.
• 4 turn off heat and dump this sautee into the rice cooker with the rice and water, mix well. add drained can of pigeon peas, 2 teaspoon salt, 1 sazon goya, and 1/4 teaspoon cumin. mix well. taste the water in there, it should be salty like ocean water, if not add more salt carefully. increasing by 1/2 teaspoons and so on but don't use more than 3 teaspoons.
• 5 cover and turn on rice cooker and set to cook, when it beeps the rice is done. fluff it and it's ready.

Grandma's Spaghetti And Meatballs

Total Time: 2 hrs 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 small onion, chopped
• 1/2 teaspoon anise seed
• 1 tablespoon parsley
• 1 tablespoon oregano
• 1 tablespoon basil
• salt
• fresh ground pepper
• 1 -2 garlic clove, chopped
• 1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste
• 1 (20 ounce) can italian tomatoes, cut up
• 2 tablespoons grated cheese
• 1 1/2 lbs ground sirloin
• 1 garlic clove, chopped
• 1 teaspoon dried parsley
• 2 tablespoons grated cheese
• 2 eggs
• salt and pepper
• 2 slices stale bread, crumbled

Recipe

• 1 mix ingredients for sauce and simmer one hour.
• 2 mix ingredients for meatballs and form into 1.5" balls. drop in simmering sauce and let cook another hour.

Healthy Dog Food

Total Time: 13 mins Preparation Time: 3 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 2 lbs ground turkey
• 1 lb frozen mixed vegetables
• 1 1/2 cups plain yogurt
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup uncooked rice

Recipe

• 1 brown the ground turkey and drain thoroughly.
• 2 cook the rice according to the directions on the box and drain thoroughly.
• 3 thaw the frozen veggies.
• 4 mix all the ingredients together in a large bowl.
• 5 serve on top of dry dog food.
• 6 store any unused portion in the refrigerator.
• 7 number of servings depends on the size of the dog.

Fettuccine With Sambuca & Cranberries

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1/4 cup butter
• 2 whole boneless skinless chicken breasts, cubed
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 3 cups whipping cream
• 1/4 cup sambuca liqueur
• 1/4 cup orange juice concentrate
• 1/2 cup parmesan cheese, freshly grated
• 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
• salt & pepper
• 1 (14 ounce) can artichokes, drained & chopped (10-12 count)
• 3 ounces dried cranberries
• 1 lb fettuccine pasta
• fresh parsley, chopped for garnish
• orange zest (to garnish)

Recipe

• 1 in a large frying pan, heat butter & saute cubed chicken & garlic until barely cooked (do not over cook!).
• 2 remove chicken from pan & set aside.
• 3 add whipping cream, sambuca & orange juice to pan & stir well.
• 4 add parmesan, nutmeg, salt & pepper, stirring until smooth.
• 5 simmer for 5 minutes.
• 6 add chopped artichokes, cranberries & chicken; simmer & stir for 10 minutes.
• 7 cook fettucine according to package directions.
• 8 carefully fold sauce into pasta & garnish with parsley & orange zest.

Fettuccine Carbonara (healthy Version)

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1/2 lb fettuccine, uncooked
• 1 cup frozen peas
• 1/4 cup philadelphia light cream cheese spread
• 1/4 cup reduced-fat caesar salad dressing, kraft light classic
• 1 tablespoon flour
• 1 cup nonfat milk
• 1 (6 ounce) package oscar mayer smoked ham, cut into short strips
• 1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley
• 3 tablespoons kraft 100% grated parmesan cheese

Recipe

• 1 cook pasta as directed on package, adding peas to the cooking water for the last 3 minute of the pasta cooking time.
• 2 meanwhile, beat cream cheese spread, dressing and flour in small saucepan with wire whisk until well blended. gradually add milk, stirring constantly until mixture is well blended. add ham; cook on medium-low heat 5 minute or until heated through, stirring occasionally.
• 3 drain fettuccine mixture; return to saucepan. add sauce mixture; mix lightly. cook an additional 2 to 3 minute or until heated through, stirring occasionally.
• 4 top with parsley; sprinkle with parmesan cheese.