Stir Fry Sauce

• 2 teaspoons cornstarch
• 1/2 cup cold water
• 3 tablespoons soy sauce
• 1/8 t ground ginger
  

mix together!

Spicy Beef Quesadillas

From: Pillsbury, September 2002


1 lb. lean ground beef
1 cup green giant frozen corn
1/2 cup chopped green onions
2 t. chili powder
1/2 t. salt
1/2 t. cumin
4 (8-10 inch) flour tortillas
5 oz shredded hot pepper Monterrey jack cheese
1/4 cup salsa
1/4 cup sour cream

In medium skillet, cook ground beef, corn and onions over medium-high heat until beef is thoroughly cooked, stirring frequently. Drain. Stir in chili powder, salt and cumin. Cook 1 min.

Spray large skillet with nonstick cooking spray. Heat over medium heat until hot. Place 1 tortilla in skillet. Layer tortilla with 1/3 cup cheese and 1/4 cup of beef mixture Fold tortilla over. Cook over medium heat for 2 min. Carefully turn Quesadilla; cook an additional 2 min.

Repeat with remaining tortillas and filling. Cut each Quesadilla into wedges. Serve Quesadillas with salsa and sour cream.

This is a fast, yummy dinner. Serve with a green salad and you'll be eating in under 30 min.

Cilantro Lime Chicken

This recipe looks DIVINE!!!!

http://www.pipandebby.com/pip-ebby/2011/11/18/slow-cooker-cilantro-lime-chicken.html

Pumpkin Bread

My sister-in-law made this last year for Thanksgiving and it was TO DIE FOR! YUM

Pumpkin Bread

Mix thoroughly the following dry ingredients in a medium bowl:

3 cups sugar

½ tsp. baking powder

2 tsp. baking soda

3-1/3 cups flour

1 tsp. salt

1 tsp. cinnamon

1 tsp. nutmeg

½ tsp. ground cloves

½ tsp. ground ginger

In mixer,

4 large eggs – beat until foamy

Add slowly: 1 cup Wesson oil (only use Wesson for no oily aftertaste)

Beat in: 2 cups freshly cooked and pureed pumpkin (or canned pumpkin)

Add the dry ingredients gradually to the pumpkin mixture. Spoon

Batter into two greased or sprayed glass loaf pans. Bake at 350 for

one hour. Cool in pans on a raised rack. Makes two loaves.

Pumpkin Pancakes

Pumpkin Buttermilk Pancakes
1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 egg
1 1/4 cups buttermilk
1/4 cup white sugar
1 t baking powder
1 t baking soda
1 t cinnamon
2 T vegetable oil
1/2 C canned pumpkin

You know the rest. Makes about 16 5”-pancakes.

Magleby’s Syrup
(everyone has a different version of this syrup. This one is my fave. It’s obviously fat- and calorie-free)
1 C butter
1 C sugar
1 C heavy whipping cream
1/2 t vanilla

Bring to a boil, add vanilla last.

Nacho Bake

What You Need

1 pkg. (12 oz.) VELVEETA Shells & Cheese Dinner

1 lb. ground beef

1 pkg. (1-1/4 oz.) Taco Seasoning Mix

3/4 cup Sour Cream

3/4 cup Shredded Cheddar Cheese, divided

3/4 cup Salsa

1/2 cup coarsely crushed tortilla chips

Make It!

Heat oven to 400°F. Prepare Dinner as directed on package. While Macaroni is cooking, cook meat with taco seasoning as directed on package.

Stir sour cream into prepared Dinner. Spoon 1/2 of Dinner mixture into 8-inch square baking dish; top with layers of meat mixture, 1/2 of Cheddar and remaining Dinner mixture. Cover.

Bake 15 min.; top with salsa, remaining Cheddar and crushed chips. Bake, uncovered, 5 min.

Christine's Brownies

My para-educator made these brownies and I thought they were SUPER yummy and the recipe was a must.

1 cup marg.
2 cups sugar
1/3 cup cocoa
2 cups flour

1/2 tsp. salt

1 tsp vanilla

4 eggs
1/2 to 1 cup nuts (optional)

Pre-heat oven to 375

Melt margarine, remove from heat. Add sugar and cocoa. Add eggs, beating well after each.

Add flour, salt, vanilla, and nuts. Bake in well greased 9x13 pan, 25 to 30 min. Enjoy :)

*If you like your brownies REALLY rich or prefer a dark chocolate flavor, try making the recipe I have posted titled "Best Brownies Ever"...but I must warn you, you must eat with ice cream to help wash it down, it is just that rich! This recipe is perfect for your step above a betty crocker box.