personal bread loaves

1 packet dry active yeast
1 cup warm water
1 tbsp sugar

3 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1 tbsp oil
1/2 tsp salt
cheese!

in a small bowl, put in sugar. heat water up to about 100 degrees (very warm to the touch, but not hot), and stir into the sugar using your finger.
pour in active yeast, stir with finger. set aside in a non-drafty place for ten minutes while yeast activates. you can tell it's activating because you will hear it start churning and smell a strong yeast smell after about 30 seconds. you'll then see it roiling and bubbling up.

in a mixer, pour in 1 1/2 cups flour, salt, and oil. mix until flour is all mixed in. add yeast mixture, and then 1/2 cup flour and cheese. slowly put in the rest of the flour (1/2 cup at a time) until it's a solid dough ball. spill out onto a lightly floured surface and knead for about five minutes until elastic-y (it will spring back when you touch it). if the dough is sticky, add more flour.

oil up a large bowl, put dough ball in it, turning it to cover it with oil. cover with a damp cloth and put in a warm place where it won't be disturbed for about 40 minutes. once it's doubled in size, punch it down, then make 4 individual loaves. put the loaves on a sprayed cookie sheet and let double again in a draft-free area (about 30 minutes). preheat oven to 375. bake for about 15 minutes.

optional: you can add an egg white coating (1 part egg white, one part water) if you want it to be shiny on top. doesn't make a difference for taste or texture.

Slow Cooker Turkey Chili

Olive oil for browning
2 cloves garlic
1.3 lb ground turkey
1 tablespoon onion powder
2 15 oz cans kidney beans, both drained, one mashed
1 14 oz can crushed tomatoes
1 6 oz can tomato paste
1 4.25 oz can green chilies
2 Tbsp chili powder
1 Tbsp dried oregano
½ Tbsp Ground cumin
1 tsp table salt
½ tsp black pepper
½ tsp paprika
1 Tbsp Worcestershire sauce
6 oz hard cider or beer

Optional for spicier chili:
1 cup canned jalapeño peppers
½ tsp cayenne pepper

Mince garlic and heat briefly in olive oil. Add ground turkey and onion powder and brown.

Drain meat. Add all ingredients (except cayenne pepper) to crock pot and cook for 6 - 8 hours on low.

If using, add cayenne pepper 30 minutes before done cooking. I read something about it burning if you add it in the beginning and dammit, I believe it!

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Orange Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ingredients:

1 c.butter, softened
1 c. brown sugar, packed
1/2 c. white sugar
2 eggs
orange juice from one orange (scant)

2 1/4 c. flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt

zest of 2 oranges
chocolate chips

Cream together butter, sugars, eggs and orange juice until well mixed (about 2 minutes)

In a separate bowl, mix together flour, baking soda, and salt. Slowly add dry mix to butter/sugar just until mixed. Fold in chocolate chips and zest. Cover with saran wrap and refrigerate for an hour. 

Preheat oven to 350.

Bake cookies for about 10 minutes. Let cookies cool on sheet for a few minutes before switching to cooling rack.

END OF RECIPE

Stuffed Chicken Breasts Smothered in Bacon

makes 3 breasts

1/2 cup mushrooms cooked and lightly seasoned

mix in 1/2 cup feta

two cloves garlic

onion powder, garlic powder, pepper

1 tbl sp sour cream

a little parm and a little mozzarella

stuff the breasts

bake for 35 at 375

low broil for 1 min

Crock pot beef and lentil stew

Gather together:

1-2 lbs of stew (cubed) beef
1 tbsp flour
Salt, pepper, paprika, onion powder to taste
2-3 cups lentils
4-5 carrots
1 medium onion, chopped
3-4 starchy potatoes (like Idaho or Russet)
2 cans (or four cups) beef broth
1-1.5 cups red wine
1-2 bay leaves
3 cloves garlic


Put your beef in the crock pot. Add flour and seasonings to kind of coat the beef pieces.

Add everything else, stirring to make sure all of the veggies and such are covered in liquid.
Turn on low and let cook for 12 hours (or high for 4 hours)
Yeah! We did it!

Sorry, no picture of the food as it is already gone. Here is one of a baby elephant instead:

Lasagna

Ingredients

1/2 lb ground turkey or beef
Some spices and junk like onion powder, oregano, garlic powder, salt, and pepper (about 1/2 tsp of each)
Half a package of lasagna noodles
1 1/2 c. grated mozzarella
1 c. grated parmesan
1 jar marinara sauce (I like the kind with garlic, yeah!)


Boil a pick pot of water with about 1 tbs salt in it.

Meanwhile, brown the meat with the spices. Add the marinara sauce and stir it up.

Once the water is boiling, cook the noodles for about five to ten minutes (five for traditional, ten for whole grain). Drain and rinse noodles with cold water and then lay them out flat so they don't stick together.

Oh yeah, preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

Spread a little bit of marinara sauce on the bottom of a baking dish. (For this recipe, smaller than the 13X9 pan. ) Layer some noodles, then marinara, then cheese. End with a layer of noodles then cheese on top. Cover and bake for 40 minutes, uncover then bake for an additional 10 minutes. Let it cool a little so you don't burn your mouth. End of story. Bam.

Salami Pizza

Crust
2 c. flour
1 c. plain yogurt
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp baking powder


Toppings

whatever you want! i used tomato sauce, grated cheese and salami


mix together with a spoon until you can't mix anymore. knead it with your hands for about five minutes until dough is elasticky. put aside, covered in a bowl for up to an hour.

after an hour, preheat the oven to 450 degrees. divide dough into two balls. roll out each separately, and fry lightly on each side for about one minute.  slap the toppings on and bake in the oven for 5-8 minutes.

Twice baked potatoes

2 Potatoes
1/4 c Cheese
4 Tbsps Butter
2 Chicken breasts
You know, some amount of Broccoli
1/2 c Flour
1/3 c Oil
Salt, pepper, paprika, onion powder, garlic powder, whatevs

preheat oven to 425, wash potatoes, poke holes all over, and put in the oven to bake for ~45 minutes

Mix ~1/2 cup flour with tsp salt, tsp pepper, some paprika (to taste), 1/2 tsp onion powder, tsp garlic powder or garlic salt. dip chicken pieces in flour mixture to coat.

In a skillet (with lid), mix 1/3 cup olive oil and two tbsps butter at high heat. Turn down to medium high and place chicken in skillet. Cook 1 minute on each side, just to sear. Cover, turn heat down to low and let cook for ten minutes. Turn heat off and let sit with lid on for ten more minutes.

Meanwhile....

Saute broccoli. Mix it together with cheese. Once potatoes are done, cut in half, scoop out the middles and add to cheese/broccoli, mashing it up good. Cut up chicken, and mix it in as well.  Put back in shells and in the oven at 350 for ~5-10 minutes.

I also added turkey pepperoni. It was good.

Enjoy?