Recipes

I am no award winning baker; however a girl has to eat. I hope this page helps to spark your imagination and give you ideas for something good for dinner. Although, perhaps a sweet tooth might suit you better, or my personal favorite breads. If I have a recipe I like, I will link it below. However, for many of them you may be better off finding recipes on your own. I hope this sparks your curiosity.

Happy Cooking!

Meal Ideas

Korean Beef and Rice

This is an incredibly simple recipe that tastes delicious. It is very easy to make with common ingredients that people who cook Asian cuisines likely already have in their kitchen. If you are looking for fancy Asian cuisine you may be disappointed. However for those with limited time to cook and those who  just want something that tastes good, I would strongly recommend. Also if your looking for a base to experiment with, this may be something to work with, but it is flavorful on its own, so dilute as necessary with extra rice.


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Chicken Tetrazzini

If you ever find you have too much spaghetti in your pantry, and don't know what to do with it all. Try making Chicken Tetrazzini. This cheesy casserole is a sure winner.

Hamburger Soup

Hamburger soup is a nice warm dish for the cold winter months. I hope to try it out in the next few weeks. It tends to take a little longer, but also seems to make quite a lot of food for your effort. It is easily scalable based on your pot or pressure cooker.

Beef Stroganoff

Beef stroganoff was one of my favorite dinners growing up. This is a good meal to start in the crock pot in the morning and come home to dinner in the evening. However, I have since discovered it can also be made in a frying pan or even with different red meats.

This dish requires noodles, a creamy soup like cream of mushroom, stew beef or your choice of red meat, and carrots and mushrooms as desired.

Breads and Baked Things

Scones

This is my favorite recipe right now. It is so easy to make and typically takes me about half an hour to an hour. Scones don't even require yeast! These pastries are slightly sweet and perfect to go with tea or just for a get together with your friends. Although I have been known to eat them all myself on occasion.

I usually follow a recipe from stuck on sweet which makes about 8 scones per batch. I wouldn't recommend shrinking the recipe, but you can make as many batches as you wish. The scones are fine with or without the frosting. However, if you do make the frosting it does harden if you try to keep it. It is still usable, just has a very different texture and heating it up in the microwave for 10 seconds may be helpful.

Sweet Treats

Oreo Truffles

This rich dessert is delicious for the holiday season. It is made primarily with Oreos and cream cheese with melting chocolate covering it. It has been a few years since I last made these, but they are delicious. If peppermint is your thing I did notice a few recipes for Peppermint Oreo Truffles as well.

Chocolate Chip Cookies

Perhaps this is a bit redundant, but chocolate chip cookies are a great cookie that should be included in every chef's cook book.

If you are having trouble with your cookies laying too flat when you make them, try reducing the amount of chocolate chips you put in them. I have run into quite a few recipes that require twice as many chocolate chips as are actually necessary.

Pecan Pie

Pecan pie is often a staple of Thanksgiving or Christmas. Modern pecan pie recipes use corn syrup. However, I hear you can use maple syrup instead of corn syrup if you want to give that a try.

Cinnamon Rolls

This dish usually requires yeast. However, I only have self rising flour on hand today so I found a different recipe.


www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/cinnamon_rolls_38056