1/2 cup olive oil
Tuck wings underneath bird. Place lemon halves inside cavity of bird. Tie with cheesecloth and cook as per package. I would recommend 15 min a pound on a 325 degee oven. Basting every 15 min, after the first hour.
I am an Italian-American gal, living in Texas and loving to cook! I write recipes that I found, that I made up, or recipes that have been passed down for generations. They have all been cooked, eaten and taste tested!
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Pumpkin Pie
1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin
1 (14 ounce) can EAGLE BRAND® Sweetened Condensed Milk (NOT evaporated milk)
2 eggs
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 (9 inch) unbaked pie crust or if you want to make your crust... trust me it is worth the time!! (Pie Crust recipe below)
DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 425 degrees F. Whisk pumpkin, EAGLE BRAND®, eggs, spices and salt in medium bowl until smooth. Pour into crust. Bake 15 minutes.
Reduce oven temperature to 350 degrees F and continue baking 35 to 40 minutes or until knife inserted 1 inch from crust comes out clean. Cool. Garnish as desired. Store leftovers covered in refrigerator.
*Pie Crust
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup shortening
1/2 cup water
DIRECTIONS
In a large bowl, combine flour and salt. Cut in shortening until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in water until mixture forms a ball. Divide dough in half, and shape into balls. Wrap in plastic, and refrigerate for 4 hours or overnight. Roll out dough on a floured counter. Don't over work it. Use as directed in pie recipe
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Labels: Deceptively Delicious, Soup
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So I bought this book a while back and I finally got around to making a recipe. I have been craving chocolate so I thought this was a great one to try. You see my hubs is like a child and only eats about 3 vegitables out of the 100, so I figured I would give it a go.
Recipe by Jessica Seinfeild - Decepetively Delicious
Chocolate Chip Cookies
Nonstick cooking spray
1 cup firmly packed light or dark brown sugar
3/4 cup trans-fat free soft tub margarine spread
2 large egg whites
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
1 (15 - ounce) can chickpeas, drained and rinsed. *She does non suggest pureing these, but after making them I would!*
2 Cups (12 ounces) semisweet chocolate chips
3/4 cup chopped walnuts (optional)
3/4 cups raisins (optional)
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
Preheat oven to 350 degrees, F. Coat a baking sheet with cooking spray.
In a large mixing bowl or the bowl of an electric mixer, beat the sugar and margarine with a wooden spoon or on medium speed until smooth. Beat in the egg whites and vanilla, then the chickpeas and chocolate chips. Add the flour, oats, baking soda, and salt, walnuts and raisins (if wanted,) and mix on a low speed until a thing dough forms.
Drop the dough by the tablespoonful onto the baking sheet, spacing the cookies about 2 inches apart. Press gently with a fork to flatten. Bake until the cookies are golden brown and just set, 11 to 13 mintues; do not overbake. Transfer to a rack to cool.
Store in an airtight container for up to 3 days.
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Labels: Deceptively Delicious, Desert
Since it is getting cold here in Texas I thought a soup recipe would be fitting. This soup is great for kids, colds, or husbands that you just want to shut up ;-) My mom makes it for me everytime I get sick!
Momma's Chicken Soup
Serving Size 2
1 Bone In Chicken Breast
2 Boxes Organic Chicken Broth
2 tblspn Butter
2 cloves Garlic
1 Onion (chopped)
3 Carrots (chopped)
3 Celery Stalks (chopped)
2 Eggs
1 Package of Pastinas (small round pasta)
Pepper and Salt to taste
Salt and Pepper chicken and place in Dutch oven. Brown Chicken in dutch oven or large pan over medium-high heat. That should take abotu 10 minutes on each side. The inside will not be cooked. Remove chicken from pot.
Add Butter, garlic, onion, celery, and carrots to pot. Let cook for 10 minutes being careful not to let the garlic or onions brown, make sure to stir every so often. Once the onions, carrots and celery have become tender add chicken broth and chicken. Let simmer on low for 30-45 minutes making sure to stir every so often.
After 30 min remove onions, carrots and celery (optional) and take chicken from broth. In a seperate pan cook the pastinas as per package. Once onion, carrots and celery have been removed, take chicken off the bone and into shredded pieces and place back in broth.
Once the pastina is cooked add it to the chicken and broth. Crack 2 eggs directly into the pot. It will give the effect of a Chinese Egg Drop soup. It will rise to the top and automatically scramble. Stir the soup and Serve Hot!
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I have no inspiration for recipes lately. All I have been craving are these crappy things :(
I would love to hear your recipes, something that has been in your family or something that you've created. Just something to inspire me again!!
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I am an avid Oprah watcher, and I know that most people have time to eat breakfast but don't. Oprah says breakfast kick starts your day and increases your metabolism, so you can start burning calories early in the day. Since I am pregnant, I am really trying to watch my weight, or at least what I eat.
I also love apples and cinnamon and there is just something about oatmeal on a cold day.
So this morning as I was cookin apples and I thought of this awesome dish.
1 cup oatmeal (preferrably the fast cook kind)
1 Fiji apple cubed (try and make them the same size so they all take the same time to cook)
1 Tbsp brown sugar
1/2 tbsp butter
1 tsp cinnamon
Cook Oatmeal as per directions. Also, if it says to add milk, try using plain organic soy milk. It really makes a world of difference. It is better for you and has a great taste.
To cook the apples. Mix apples, cinnamon and brown sugar in a bowl with hands. Add butter to a saucepan on medium-low heat. Stir until the brown sugar starts to form a syrup, about 10 mintues.
Remove apples from heat and stir in oatmeal or cream of wheat. This is a delicious breakfast that anyone can make to head out the door and start their day with a bang!!
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