A Couple of Recipes...

Next week, I've decided I'm going to work on (finally) writing a little bit about the "stories" of my life. But for now, I thought I would just share with you some recipes that my daughter and I have been working on for her Girl Scout Silver Award.

Chicken Tetrazzini 

Ingredients:

16 oz linguini, cooked

1/2 cup butter, softened

4 chicken breasts, cooked, diced

2 cans cream of chicken soup

2 cups sour cream

1 tsp salt

1/2 tsp ground pepper

1/2 cup chicken broth

2 TB parmesan cheese

2 cup shredded mozzarella

DIRECTIONS:

1. Cook noodles according to box instructions. Set aside.

2. In a medium bowl, combine 1/2 cup butter, cooked chicken, soup, sour cream,

salt, pepper and chicken broth. Mix well and then add in cooked noodles.

3. Spray a 9×13 pan and pour in noodle mixture. Sprinkle cheeses on top. Bake

covered with foil for 45 minutes at 300. Remove foil and bake for an additional 15 minutes

.The Great (Gluten Free )Pumpkin Pancakes

Prep Time: Less than 30 mins

Ingredients                            Serves: 5

         2 1/2 Cup gluten free dry oatmeal cereal

         1/4 Cup enriched yellow masa corn flour

         2 Tbl.light brown sugar

         2 1/2 Tsp.baking powder

         1 Tsp.ground cinnamon

         1/2 Tsp.ground Allspice

         1/2 Tsp.ground cloves

         1/2 Tsp.ground ginger

         2 Cup skim milk

         1 Tsp.vanilla flavoring

         1 Ea.egg

         3 Tbl.applesauce in juice

         1 Cup canned pumpkin

         1/2 Oz.apple butter

         1/2 Ea.fresh banana

Cooking Directions

·         Grind oatmeal in food processor until fine and flour-like.

·         Combine all dry ingredients in bowl.

·         Combine milk, vanilla flavoring, egg and applesauce.

·         Combine all ingredients to create batter. Fold pumpkin into batter. Let sit 5 minutes. Heat griddle.

·         Using a spoon, scoop batter onto griddle. Cook on medium heat until edges start to dry and air bubbles appear. Flip pancake.

·         Serve 3 pancakes with apple butter, 1/2 of a fresh banana, and a glass of water.

·         Chef Note: Batter makes 16 pancakes total.

Cuban Sandwich Spring Rolls

Ingredients

1/2 oz. marinated boneless pork loin
1/2 oz. ham
1/2 oz. genoa salami
1/2 oz. swiss cheese
1/2 oz. provolone cheese
1/2 oz. dill pickles
1 ea. spring roll wrapper
1/2 tsp garlic, roasted, puréed
pickled carrots (for serving)
cilantro (for serving)
mustard dipping sauce (for serving)

Directions

1. Spread out spring roll wrapper, place meats, cheese, and pickles on the bottom half.
2. Smear spring roll wrapper with roasted garlic purée and roll to seal.
3. Deep fry until golden.
4. Serve with pickled carrots, cilantro, and mustard sauce.