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Easy Lemon Tarts

Posted in Desserts, Easy Recipes, Fast Recipes, tagged , , on August 21, 2009| 1 Comment »

lemon-tartsA really easy and tasty dessert that can be thrown together in a jiffy for last minute entertaining is this recipe for lemon tarts. Great anytime, they are  especially tasty on these hot summer days.

Easy Lemon Tarts

1 small box lemon pudding

whipping cream, whipped

2 packages frozen mini phyllo shells

Make the pudding according to package directions. I prefer the flavor and texture of cooked pudding, but if you are really in a hurry, use instant. Once the pudding is made, chill. The phyllo shells I purchase have 15 in a box and two boxes comes out proportionately to the pudding. You can let the shells thaw  and then fill or you can put them into the oven for a few minutes to make them crispy. Fill the shells with the chilled pudding. Put on a dollop of whipped cream (if you are in a big hurry, use Reddi-Whip or frozen dairy topping) then finish off with a fresh raspberry.

Although very simple and easy to make, these little tarts look like you invested a lot of time in them.

Enjoy!

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Crock Pot Barbecue Pork to the Rescue

Posted in Easy Recipes, entertain, tagged , , on August 14, 2009| 1 Comment »

So what are the odds that the night before you have company coming for dinner that both the oven and the barbecue would go out of commission?

I had just taken a cake out of the oven when the stove started beeping annoyingly and the broiler went on and wouldn’t turn off. Hubby finally got it to be quiet and stop broiling. Evidently the temp sensor went haywire and of course they have to be ordered and no one in the area keeps them in stock.

Knowing I had seven hungry people I would need to feed the next evening and no oven, I started pulling out ideas for meals that could be grilled on the barbecue.  It was then that Hubby chimed in that the barbecue was not an option.

Pacing the floor the morning of our impending disaster, er dinner, I finally remembered I own a crockpot. Taking it out of the box and removing the packing materials, I quickly got it ready to roll. The result of our make-do dinner was spectacularly tasty.  Here is the recipe!

Barbecue Pork

3-5 pounds of pork tenderloin

2 cans of chicken broth

1 cup barbecue sauce

Dash of Salt and Pepper

Put all ingredients in crock pot and cook on low for eight hours. You can then shred the meat and serve on rolls or slice it. We sliced it and served with a side of additional barbecue sauce for those who like things a little spicier.

Since I’m new to crock-pot cooking, if you have any great recipes you’d like to share, I’d love for you to post them here or send them on!

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Jessica’s Biscuits

Posted in Easy Recipes, entertain on August 7, 2009| Leave a Comment »

biscuitsMy 11-year-old niece Jessica is visiting this weekend and among the shopping and playing, we are also doing some baking.

Jessica recently earned Grand Champion at her county fair with her home-made biscuits. These delicious biscuits are wonderful alone or smothered with fresh strawberry jam. Enjoy!

Jessica’s Biscuits

2 cups flour

1 tbsp. baking powder

1/2 tsp. cream of tartar

1/4 tsp. salt

2 1/2 tsp. sugar

1/2 cup margerine

2/3 cup milk

Heat oven to 450 degrees. Mix dry ingredients well in a bowl. Cut in margerine until mixture looks like coarse crumbs. Add milk. Knead 10-12 strokes. Roll out and cut into circles. Bake for 10-12 minutes.

If you have a grand champion recipe to share, please feel free to post it here.

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The Best Chocolate Ice Cream

Posted in Easy Recipes, entertain, tagged , on July 31, 2009| 3 Comments »

Since July is National Ice Cream Month and today is the last day of the month, it seemed appropriate to share an ice cream recipe today.

My Aunt Karen makes the best chocolate ice cream. At a recent family reunion, there were several of us cousins (the known chocoholics) who would have willingly passed up the meal to have a bowl of her ice cream first. Unfortunately, there were too many little ones watching for us to abandon all reason and dive directly into the ice cream. You know, setting a good example, and all that.

So with limited restraint, we anxiously awaited the appropriate time to forsake our hamburgers and get in line for a bowl of this smooth, creamy confection. It isn’t too sweet or too rich. It is frozen perfection with a light chocolate flavor. She has graciously shared her recipe with me, so here it is:

Aunt Karen’s Chocolate Ice Cream

3 cups sugar
Rounded 1/2 cup measure of cocoa powder
3 eggs, beaten
2 cups half-and-half
2 tablespoons vanilla
1 quart heavy whipping cream
Approximately 2 quarts of whole milk

Blend sugar and cocoa powder together then add 1 quart of milk in large kettle (saucepan). Bring to a simmer, add a small amount of the hot mixture to the eggs to temper. Beat well and add back to the kettle.  Bring this to a boil and then remove from heat. After it cools a few minutes add vanilla, half-and-half and the heavy cream.  Refrigerate until cold, stir occasionally.  Overnight is good. Add cold mixture to your ice cream freezer can and fill up to the one gallon mark with whole milk. Freeze as your ice cream freezer directs. Makes one gallon.

If you have a great ice cream recipe you’d like to share or want info on a great ice cream scoop, leave a post here.

Enjoy!

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