White Dove Bird Nests

White Dove Bird Nests (inspired by Cara McNeany):

*2 12oz bags of white chocolate chips

*La Choy Chow Mein Noodles – 2 1/2 cups

*Mixed nuts (approx. 1 lb.)

Melt white chocolate chips in a double burner. When melted, add noodles and nuts. Mix thoroughly and scoop with a spoon onto a cookie sheet. Cool in the fridge. ENJOY!

Peanut Butter Cookies

Ingredients:

1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup peanut butter
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1 egg
1/2 tsp vanilla
1 1/4 cups all purpose lour

And to make the cookies really delicious add 1 cup peanut butter chips and 1 cup semi sweet chocolate morsels.

Mix pb and butter on high speed w/ and electric mixer. Add sugars, baking soda and powder and beat until well mixed. Add egg and vanilla till combined and then beat in flour. Bake at 375 degrees for exactly 7 minutes on an ungreased cookie sheet.

The cookies can also be rolled and put into mini muffin pans (no muffin cup needed), bake for 7-9 minutes. As soon as they come out press mini reesces pb cups into the "muffin" and allow to cool before you remove. Another variation is to cook the pb cookie on a cookie sheet and then press a hershey kiss into the center upon removal from the oven.

ENJOY!! (Adapted from Better Homes and Gardens cook book)

Chicken Pot Pie

1/3 cup butter
1/3 cup flour
1 chopped onion
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper
1 can chx. broth (undiluted)
2/3 cup milk
2 cups cooked chicken cut into cubes
1 10 oz package of frozen mixed vegetables
Jiffy box pie crust

Melt butter and cook onions until glossy. Add flour, salt and pepper and mix well. Stir in broth & milk; heat until boiling, stirring constantly. Stir in chicken and thawed frozen vegetables.

Line 11" square casserole dish with 1/2 pie crust. Pour mixture into crust & cover with the second layer of crust. Cut slits in top to allow steam to escape. Cook uncovered at 425 degrees until crust is brown and interior is bubbling, (approximately 35 minutes).

Spanish Rice

1 lb hamburg
2 gloves garlic, chopped
1 medium onion, chopped
1 green pepper (can substitute zucchini), chopped
1 1/2 cup rice, uncooked
1 tsp sea salt (can substitute regular salt)
1/4 tsp. pepper
1/2 tsp. crushed red pepper
1 can stewed tomatoes w/ juice
1 3/4 cup chicken broth

Brown hamburg and add garlic and vegetables. Cook until vegetables are tender. Stir in rice and seasonings. Stir in tomatoes and broth. Heat to a boiling; cover and reduce heat. Simmer 20 minutes, (until rice is tender and the flavors have run together). Adjust seasoning to taste.

Note: this is a meal that the entire family actually eats happily :)

Baking Powder Biscuits

These are Easy & Delicious. They are good with beef stew or for breakfast and I like them most w/ butter and jelly or a sausage patty and eggs :)

2 cups flour, sifted
1 tblsp. sugar
4 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 cup shortening
1 egg, beaten
2/3 cup milk

Sift together flour, sugar, baking powder and salt into a bowl. Cut in shortening. Combine milk and eggs and mix into flour mixture. Turn dough on a lightly floured surface and knead gently. Roll dough to a 3/4 inch thickness. I usually form the shape with a cookie cutter or a glass... Place on an ungreased cookie sheet and bake approximately 12 minutes or until golden brown. Enjoy :)

Beef Stew

From Volume II: Cooking with Mickey

2lbs stew meat cubed
4 tblsp. oil
4 tblsp flour
1 onion, diced
1/2 cup of carrots, chopped
1/2 cup celery, chopped
3 tblsp. tomato paste
4 beef bullion cubes
2 cups water
3 cups brown gravy
1 tsp. paprika
1 bay leaf
1 tsp. garlic, granulated
Salt & Pepper to taste
1 cup of frozen peas

Dust stew meat in flour. Heat oil in a stew pot and sear the meat on high heat until meat is browned. Add vegetables and water and simmer 15 minutes. Add remaining ingredients, (except peas). Mix well and simmer on low until meat is tender and vegetables are cooked. Remove bay leaf and adjust seasoning if necessary. 20 minutes before serving, add the peas.

The meal is delicious served with Baking Powder Biscuits, (see recipe on above). This can also be done in a crock pot; in which case I skip the searing part and just throw the meat in raw and add all the ingedients, (except the peas), immediately. Then I let it slow cook for 6 or 7 hours before serving. An good addition is a can of stewed tomatoes... but you may want to adjust the amount of water for the addition.

Enjoy :)

Crepes

This is another Lamothe breakfast favorite:

1 1/2 cups flour
1 tblsp. sugar
1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
2 cups milk
2 eggs
2 tblsp. butter, (melted)
1/2 tsp. vanilla

Mix all ingredients together with a spoon. Heat a fry pan and spray well with cooking spray. Put ladle of batter into the pan and roll the pan so that the batter spreads throughout the pan. The crepe will cook quickly. Lift the edges with a spatula and flip. Let the second side cook briefly.

Repeat until the batter is gone :)

Of course you can fill a crepe with many different things. However, we enjoy a tablespoon of brown sugar spread over the crepe and then roll the crepe and enjoy :)

Corn Bread

Buttery Corn Bread from "Allrecipes.com" posted by Nicole Callen
Hannah's new favorite!

2/3 cup softened butter
1 cup sugar
3 eggs
1 2/3 cups milk
2 1/3 cups all purpose flour
1 cup cornmeal
4 1/2 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp salt

In a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar. Combine the eggs and milk. Combine flour, cornmeal, baking powder and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with egg mixture, (or if your like me, just toss it all in and mix it up good!!).

Pour into a greased 13*9inch baking pan. Bake at 400 degrees for 22-27 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Enjoy!

This recipe is great with Chili or Mexican rice or just as a snack!