Homemade Mac and Cheese

Nothing says home cooking like Mac and Cheese!  This is one of my families favorite comfort food!  Eat it with some veggies and you are good to go.

Ingredients:
2 cups uncooked elbow macaroni (8ounces)
1/4 cup butter
1/4 all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
1/4 tsp dry mustard
1/4 tsp Worcestershire sauce
2 cups milk
2 cups shredded cheddar cheese (8 ounces)

Directions:
Cook macaroni according to package.
Heat oven at 350 degrees
Heat butter in a 3qt saucepan over med-low heat.  Stir in flour, salt, pepper, mustard and Worcestershire sauce.  Cook over med low heat, stirring constantly, until mixture is smooth and bubbly.  Add Milk and cheese.  Cook over med low heat stirring constantly until cheese is melted and it starts to thicken..
Stir cheese sauce over macaroni and put in a 2 qt. casserole dish.
Bake uncovered 20-25 min or until bubbly.
Let cool for 5 min.
Serve

6 servings

Chocolate Chia Pudding

This is super easy, healthy and Delicious!!!  It's a healthy way to get that Chocolate Craving in...

8 oz Dark Chocolate Almond Milk

2-3 Tbl chia seeds

Add to together in glass dish

Chill for at least 2 hours or overnight

Enjoy your healthy chocolate fix!

Quick Pizza Crust

Ingredients

1 pkg active dry yeast (2 1/4 tsp)
1 tsp. white sugar
1 cup warm water (110 degrees)
2 1/2 cup all purpose flour
2 Tbl. olive oil
1 tsp. salt
cornmeal

Directions

Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
In medium bowl, dissolve yeast and sugar in warm water...(10 min)
Stir in flour, salt and oil. Beat until smooth. Let rest 5 min.
Turn dough onto a lightly floured surface and roll into a round.
Transfer to a lightly greased pizza pan, sprinkled with cornmeal.
Add favorite toppings
Bake 15-20 min or until golden brown.
Let sit for 5 min. before serving.

Thai Red Curry

Ingredients

1 jar of curry paste
2 bags of frozen stirfry vegetables
1 can of chicken broth
1 can of coconut milk
1 Tbl. Fish Sauce
1 lb. of chicken cut into 1-2 inch pieces(can add favorite protein)
1 lrg onion chopped
1 sm. sweet potato pealed and chopped
2 garlic cloves minced
1 Tbl. minced ginger (in jar)
olive oil
salt and pepper
siracha sauce to taste

1 cup dry Jasmine Rice

Directions

Start rice according to directions on package

In a skillet place 1 Tbl or olive oil, add onion, and sweet potato, saute until almost soft on med-high heat and set aside in a bowl.

Add another Tbl. of oil to pan and add chicken, season with salt and pepper.
Add garlic and ginger to chicken when its about half cooked.
Cook on Med-high until chicken is no longer pink.

Add back onion and sweet potato.
Add bags of frozen vegetables
Add Chicken Broth
Simmer until vegetables are cooked

Mix in fish sauce and curry paste and siracha sauce to taste (this is spicy)

Add Coconut Milk

Simmer about 5 more minutes

Serve over Jasmine Rice

Spicy Good!

Spinach Pie

Ingredients

1 lb Feta cheese
1 chopped onion
2 eggs
2 bags of spinach
1 pkg. Filo dough
1 stick of butter
9x13 baking dish

Directions

Melt butter in a microwave safe bowl for 1 min.
In a large bowl mix cheese, egg, onion...then add spinach and coat
Unroll Filo dough, place a piece in baking dish and brush with butter (4x)
Then add 1/4 of mixture
Repeat with butter and filo dough and then mixture
Top layer should be Filo dough (sprinkle with some water)
bake at 350 for 1 hour or until golden brown
Let cool
Serve warm or cold

Inside-Out Cheeseburger

Makes 4 Burgers

Ingredients

1/2 Cup of your favorite blend of cheese (chedder, swiss, american, etc)
1 lb. lean ground beef
1 Tbl. Worcestershire sauce
2 tsp Montreal Steak Seasoning

Directions

Mix ground beef and seasonings together, shape into 8 small patty.
Add Tbl. of cheese to one patty and cover with another patty
Seal the patties together.
Grill 4 min on each side ( or on George Foreman)
Let sit after grilling for 3 min.
Serve

I also like to add onion in the middle too!
The options to these are endless...
Create to your hearts desires.

Rosemary Ranch Chicken Kabob

Ingredients

1/2 cup olive oil
1/2 cup ranch dressing
3 Tbl. Worcestershire sauce
1 Tbl. minced rosemary
2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. lemon juice
1 tsp. white vinegar
1/4 tsp. ground blk. pepper or to taste
1 Tbl. sugar
1 lb. of chicken tenders or breast

Directions

In a medium bowl, stir together olive oil, ranch dressing, Worcestershire sauce, rosemary, salt, lemon juice, white vinegar, pepper and sugar. Place into a large plastic storage bag.

Cut up chicken in to 2 inch pieces and put into bag with marinade.

Chill for 2 hours or overnight.

Thread chicken onto skewers.

Grill chicken for 8-12 minutes or until chicken is no longer pink.

Serve with fresh grilled veggies