Reesie's Roasted Vegetable & Chicken Soup

1 can garbanzo beans, rinsed & drained
Spinach, 2-3 handfuls, saute until wilted
Leftover rotisserie chicken, skinless & boneless
Roasted vegetables (brussels sprouts, 1/3 chopped onion, 3 medium carrots - cut in sticks, 1/2 zucchini - cut in sticks)
2 small stalks celery, diced 
2 T. frozen peas
2 C. Prepared quinoa 
2 tsp. minced garlic
2 T. better than bouillon roasted chicken paste
3 C. chicken stock
4 C. water
1 tsp. Penzey's Sunny Paris spice blend
1 tsp. Natures Seasoning spice blend
Dash of chili powder - give it a slight kick

Add all the ingredients to a large stock pot. Simmer on medium low on the stove for at least an hour. 

Serving Suggestions
1. Serve with a slice of toasted marble rye.
2. Serve with a grilled cheese.
3. Serve with oyster crackers. 
4. Or sprinkle with a little bit of cheese before serving. 

grammaB's Fudge

1/2c coacoa
2 c sugar
1cream
cook until mixure makes a soft ball drop
into bowl of cold water
take off burner and add:1 pk 10oz Marshmellows
2c crushed graham crackers
1tes vanilla
1T butter
chopped nuts

Gramma Sullivan's sugar cookies

1c butter
1c crisco
1c powdered sugar
1c white sugar
2 Eggs
4c flour
1tso cream of tartar
1tsp soda
1tsp salt
1tsp vanilla

1Cream together butter crisco sugars in large bowl
2add eggs and vanilla
3.On paper plkate mix flour,cream of tartar and soda salt
4 add to butter mixture mix well
5.chill
6.roll in balls flatten with glass dipped in sugar and red sprinkles or sprinkle just before baking
7.Bake 350 for 12-15 minutes or until light brown

Reesie's snickerdoodles

Snickerdoodles

1c butter .
1 1/2c sugar or splenda
2 eggs
1tsp vanilla
2 3/4c flour
2tsp cream of tartar
1tsp soda
1/4 tsp salt

1. cream together butter {room temp} splenda 2 eggs vanilla
2 sift together flour,cream fo taetar soda and salt
3 add to egg mixture
4roll in balls dip into cinnomon sugar mix slihtly press down
5 bake at 400 for 8-10 minutes

Gramma Sullivans Kiss cookies

3 1/2 cflour sift together set a side
2tsp salt

in large bowl cream together:
1cwhite suger
1c brown sugar
1c crisco or butter
1 penut buttert
add:4T milk
2eggs
2tsp vanilla mix all add flour
mixure mix well

1. form ioto small balls
2. roll into sugar
3. bake 10 minutes at 350
4. remove from oven press each one with a star or hershey kiss return to oven for 1minute

Gramma B's pink salad

GrammaB's pink salad
12oz can crushed pineapple
2-3zo pk of wild strawberry jello
1-16 small curd cottage cheese
1-8oz cool whip
1/2 chopped nuts

1drain pineapple juice into pan use colrnder
2take the juice that you drained and bring to a boil on stove
3add jello to hot juice stir well pour and
4let cool in a bowl on the counter for 5 minutes
5add pineapple stir the and cottage cheese and nuts
6fold in cool whip
7put in 9*13 pan or baking dish or serving bowl refridge for several hours
can use raspberry or cranberry jello and add fresh strawberries

Reesie's pigs in a blanket

Pigs in a Blanket
1 pk cocktail smokies
1 tube of biscuits or cresent rolls
1 wrap each smokie with part of the cresent roll dough pinch to seal
2.place in a baking dish or cookie sheet bake at 350 until biscuit are brown
12-15 minutes serve with BBQ sauce or honey mustard

Reesie's Bleu chees walnut spread

1 8zo cream cheese
bleu cheese crumbles 4zo
red oinon minced
garlic powder
worcestersgire 1tsp
1/4c walnuts chopped and roasted
parsley craisens bacon bits optional

1. spread walnut on cookie sheet roast in oven for 8-10 minutes at 350 let cool then chop
2.put oion in food processor chop to a mince parsley craisens bacon add walnuts and process.
3.Add cream cheese to processor
4.add bleu cheese to processor and add worcestershire
5.put in a mold or shape ina ball roll in chopped nuts or parsley put in fridge
6.put in piping bag and pipe on bread,bagel or chips filo cups ect.
7.put in decorative serving bowl spread on crackers. put letuce leaf under ball orshape to serve.

Kitchen Talk with Reesie

What is your favorite thing to make?

Now that it is holiday time, there are certain holiday memories that I have for this time of year. The next holiday is Thanksgiving and of course we all probably have certain things that we all like to doing this time of year. Certain things we always have, like turkey. One time I actually got to the make the turkey. It was kind of a lot of work and took awhile. It wasn't something I had done before, like a ham where you can put it in and have it dealt with - hams are already pre-cooked which are easier to deal with. It was edible, it turned out ok. The night before, my mom prepped him - Tommy the Turkey - she got all the insides out and stuff.

Is there anything that scares you about cooking? That makes you nervous?

Recently, we started cooking in someone else's kitchen where I'm not familiar with the stove. One thing you can do is to try not to touch it in the wrong ways. All the buttons are different, especially older stoves. They are going to have new ones soon that think for themselves. I kind of had to play with it, tinker around without getting your eyebrows burned off. As long as you are safe, it is ok to try it out. Just as long as you don't burn down someone else's kitchen.

What's the funniest thing that happened to you this week?

So far the week hasn't ended yet. Yesterday we almost set off the smoke alarm at hy-vee. That was kind of funny. We had a pan that we weren't paying attention to it. We kind of had a problem.

Beef and green chilies enchillada

2 lbs hamburger
1/4c chopped onion
1/4c chopped green pepper
3-4 T cream cheese
1 package taco seasoning
1package burrito size tortilla shells
1can sliced black olives
2packages shredded mexican cheese
1can green chilies
1small can green chilies enchillada sauce
1small can red enchillada sauce
1can beef gravy campblls)
1can diced tomatoes

1. brown hamburger onion,green pepper small can green chilies
2. cream cheese to beef
3. add taco seasoning +water cook on low
4. in sauce pan add all sauces wrm up on medium heat
5. put beef mixtuer in shell roll up
6. put small amount sauce in baking dish
7. put enchilladas down seam side down
8. put sauce on top
9. put chees on top bake covered with tin foil 1/2 hour at 350
10. serve with shredded lettce,black olives diced tomatoes sala and sour cream on top

Reesie's Tater Tot casserole

1.LB hamburger
1/4c chopped onion
1/4 c chopped celery
1can cream of mushroom soup
1 can cream of celery soup
1small bag frozen tater tots
1 small bag mixed vegetables frozen


1 Brown hamburger drain grease
2.defrost frozen vegetables in microwave
3.chop onions celery saute with hamburger
4.put everthing together except tater tots mix well
5.put in sprayed 2qt casserole dish
6.top with tater tots
Bake at 370 for 45 minutes

Layered Taco dip

8oz cream cheese
1/4c sour cream
1pk taco seasoning
Salsa3T
lettuce shredded
4oz shredded taco cheese
1medium tomato chopped
1 small can black olives
could use refied beans

1. mix togerther softened cream cheese sour cream salsa taco seasoning

2.useing a spatula spread on plate

3. on top of cream cheese laryer put salsa and chopped tomatoes

4. next sprinkle chopped lettuce

5. Next Sprinkle chesse

6. Next Sprinkle Black olives

This good for partys and good for time you like it.

Gin's Apple Walnut cake

3 eggs beaten
2c Sugar
1/2c vegetable oil
2tsp vanilla
2c flour
2tsp soda
2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1/4 tsp salt
4c peeled diced apples

preheat oven to 325
1.In large bowl beat together eggs sugar oil and vanilla

2.on paper plate combine flour soda cinnamon nutmeg and salt mix together

3.take the core out of apples probably 3 large or 4 medium apples peel apples and dice apples

4.chop walnuts

5.pour flour mixture into egg batter mix well

6.fold in apples and nuts mix well

7.spread into 9-13 pan bake at 325 for 50-60 min.

joann's Olive Tapenade dip

1/2 jar green olives 6oz jar
1/2 can black olives bigger can
1/2 fresh parsley chopped
1/2 roasted walnuts chopped
splash of lemon juice
8oz cream cheese
1 tsp onion minced
in the processor first put walnuts that have been roasted and cooled pluse then onions plus then olives parsiey pluse then cream cheese and lemon juice pepper.

Reesie's cheese Quesadillas

1 tortilla shell
1/2 Mexican cheese Blend
1. butter a fry pan with pan spray
2. put tortilla shell in pan
3.put cheese on top of shell
4. when cheese melts fold shell in half.
5.remove from pan cut in 4 parts
6. serve warm with salsa or sour cream
add: chicken cooked
add peppers
onions
mushroom
or hambubrger cooked
before adding fry up all ingredients

Reesie's pasta penne

1c pasta multi grain penne/cooked
1 lb hamburger
1 handful of pepperoni
onion chopped
red peppers chopped
black olives
mushrooms
mozzarella
1qt tomatoes canned
8oz hunts tomatoes sauce with basil oregano
Boil pasta brown hamburger add pepperoni add peppers and onions mushrooms olives saute.
add wine reduce for 1 minute add tomato sauce and tomatoes cook put mozzarella cheese on top

Reesie's summer pasta salad

Here is an easy to make summer pasta salad. Your first step will be to wash your hands.

You will need:
1 large bowl
1 spoon
cutting board
knife
saucepan
vegetable peeler
strainer
cereal bowl

Ingredients
mayonnaise - you will not use an entire jarGreen Goddess Dressing
1/2 box pasta - medium shell or elbow macaroni work well, but you could use almost any kind that you have on hand
1/2 green pepper
1/2 red onion
2 medium tomatoes
1 cucumber
1 stalk of celery
1/2 package of dell sliced ham
1 package of monteray jack (or colby jack) cheese
1 small package of frozen peas
Steps:
1. Boil pasta for about 20 minutes. Put finished pasta into strainer. Run cold water over the cooked pasta until it is cold to the touch.
2. While you are waiting for your pasta to cook, you can start chopping the rest of your ingrediants and mixing your dressing.
3. To make your dressing, start off with 2 spoonfuls of mayonnaise and mix in a small amount of the Green Goddess dressing in a cereal bowl. You can add more later if needed. Sometimes the salad will become dry when in the fridge for a day or so.
4. Cube your ham, cheese, green pepper, tomatoes and onions. Slice your celery. Dice your cucumber.
5. Cook your peas by microwaving them until they are defrosted.
6. Put all of your ingrediants into the large bowl, then put your dressing on top of everything. Then stir it until coated with the dressing.
This tastes better after refridgerated overnight.

Reesie's Cornflake Clusters

Equipment Needed:

1. 1/2 cup dry measuring cup


2. 1/3 cup dry measuring cup


3. 1 cup dry measuring cup


4. 1/4 cup dry measuring cup


5. rubber spatula


6. microwave safe bowl


7. 1 wooden spoon


8. cookie sheet


9. wax paper


10. measuring spoons

Ingredients

1. 1/4c Chocolate chips


2. 1/4c Butterscotch Chips


3. 1/3c peanut butter


4. 2c cornflakes or special k cereal


5. 1/2 c salted peanuts


6. 1/4c miniature marshmallows

Directions:

1. Place chips and peanut butter in the microsave safe bowl.
2. Microwave for 1 minute and 30 seconds at 80% power.
3. Stir with wooden spopn to blend.
4. Add the cereal and peanuts.
5. Stir with wooden spon until coated.
6. Add marshmallows.
7. Drop by wooden spoon onto waxed paper.
8. Refridgerate.

Reesie's zucchini Muffins

2c Sugar
1c oil
3 eggs
2C Flour
1tsp cinnamon
1 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp baking powder
1 tsp vanilla
2c shredded unpeeled Zucchini
1 small carrot shredded
3/4c oatmeal
1c chopped walnuts
1 coconut

Beat together sugar oil eggs in large bowl
beat in flour cinnnamon salt baking soda
baking powder and vanilla
mix well then fold in zucchini
carrot oats and nuts mix well spray muffin tins pour batter about 3/4
full bake at 350 for 20-22 minutes

Black bean corn salsa

Small can green chilies mild drained
1 can black beans you will to rinsed and drained
1can corn drained]
1can petite diced tomatoes [pdraoned]
2T green onions chopped
1/4c chopped fresh cilantro
1T lime juice
1T olive oil

Reesie's wrap

1. tortilla Shell
1.T cream cheese to seal edges deli meat 2-4 slices
Lettuce
2 .put deli meat, cheese, tomatoes, lettuce on bottom half of shell leaving of edge
1-2 slices of cheese or 1/4c shredded any other toppings

3.Roll up wrap seal edges cut in half on the bias

Ideas for other toppings: 1cucumberrs ,black olives red peppers and green peppersand ham

Reesie's Risotto

Risotto

Arborio rice 1c. dry
2C. chicken broth
3T butter
1/4c onion diced and 1-2 cloves garlic chopped
1/4cRed and green pepper chopped
1/4c sun-dried tomatoes chopped
1/3 to 1/2 c white wine
1/2c parmesan cheese

In miccowave warm up chicken broth in a sauce pan melt butter when melted add onions pepprs garlic sun-dried tomatoes saute then add rice completely coat rice then add wine when wine is absorded add chicken broth just to coat and cover the rice let cook stirring continually when broth is absorbed add more continue to cook in this manner adding broth a bit ata time when rice is tender add parmesan remove from heat seve at once.