Sunday, March 17, 2024

Raspberry Oatmeal Bars


 


Ingredients:

1 (18.5 ounce) package yellow cake mix *

2 1/2 cups quick cooking oats

3/4 cup margarine or butter, melted

1 cup raspberry jam

1 tablespoon water

Directions:

Preheat over to 375 degrees

Grease 9 x 13 pan

In a large bowl combine cake mix, melted butter and oats. Mix so there is no dry ingredients left in the bowl and it makes a nice clumps.

Press 1/2 of the mixture evenly into the prepared pan.

In a separate bowl mix jam with water and spread over the bottom crust.

Sprinkle remaining oat mixture evenly over the top

Bake in the preheated oven for 18 to 23 minutes or until top is lightly brown.

Cool before cutting into bars.

* You need an upsizer for the cake mix-FOR BETTY CROCKER AND PILLSBURY CAKE MIXES AND ANY OTHER BRANDS THAT WEIGH 15.25 OUNCES.: Use 3 ounces of mix weighed on a kitchen scale OR  8 level Tablespoons plus 1 level measuring teaspoon of cake mix upsizer.


FOR DUNCAN HINES CAKE MIXES AND ANY OTHER BRANDS THAT WEIGH 16.5 OUNCES.: Use 1.75 ounces weighed on a kitchen scale OR 5 level Tablespoons of cake mix upsizer.  

This is another retro recipe- made around 2002

Tuesday, March 5, 2024

Kale Crunch Salad- Chick-Fil-A Copycat Recipe

 I never had Chick Fil A salad. We do have one in town but Gabe and I don't eat fast food. I have LOTS of kale and wanted to give this a try. It's a make again!

Ingredients:

2 tablespoons olive oil

2 tablespoons cider vinegar

2 tablespoons maple syrup

2 teaspoons dijon mustard

1/4 teaspoons salt

4 cups finely chopped kale

1 cup finely chopped cabbage

1/4  chopped salted almonds

Directions:

In a bowl mix the first five ingredients

Add kale

With clean hands massage the kale with the combined five ingredients for about 2 to 3 minutes until wilted.

Add cabbage - toss to combine

Sprinkle with almonds

* Salted Almonds- preheat oven to 350. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.

Toss almonds with 1 teaspoon vegetable oil and 1/4 tsp. salt

Spread the almonds on the prepared baking pan. Bake until golden brown and fragrant- or be a cheated like me and just buy a small package and toss them in. As you can see I sort of dumped them in the salad. 



Friday, March 1, 2024

Sunshine Lemon Jello Whips

 




Ingredients:

1 (9 g) box sugar free lemon jello or 1 (85 g) box regular jello

1/4 tsp. lemon zest

1 cup boiling water

1 cup cold water

3/4 cup plain Greek yogurt

Directions:

In a bowl mix the lemon jello powder with the boiling and cold water, making sure to mix well until the jello dissolves.

Then pour the jello into a blender.


Add the Greek yogurt to the blender and blend until smooth.

Pour the mixture into about 4 – 5 small cups to set.

Cover the cups and put them in the fridge to set for at least 2 hours. They can sit overnight.

I frozen a bunch of juice from the lemons from my Meyer lemon tree. I zested the lemons before juicing.


Saturday, February 17, 2024

Southern Baked Mac and Cheese

 Maribel invited us to her Valentine painting party. She wanted me to bring Mac and Cheese - always excited to try a new recipe.




Ingredients:


4 cups uncooked pasta

6 Tablespoons butter

6 Tablespoons flour

1 1/2 cups milk

1/2 cup heavy whipping cream

4 cups shredded cheese (I used a blend of two cheeses)

2 teaspoons salt

1/2 teaspoon white pepper

1/2 teaspoon paprika

Directions:

Preheat oven to 325ºF.

Grease a 9” x 13” casserole dish. Set aside.

In a large stockpot, melt the butter over medium heat.

Meanwhile, in a separate pot, prepare the macaroni according to package directions, but cook just under your preferred level of doneness to ensure the mac and cheese doesn't end up overcooked and mushy.

Once the butter is melted, whisk in flour to form a roux (paste). Add the seasoning, to taste.

Whisk in the milk and cream and set heat to medium-high.

Whisk in 3 cups of the cheese and continue whisking as the mixture cooks and thickens.

Drain the pasta but do not rinse.

When the cheese has completely melted into the sauce, pour the sauce over the cooked macaroni.

Fold the macaroni and cheese into the prepared casserole dish.

Top with remaining 1 cup of cheese.

Bake for 25 minutes, or until the cheese on top is browned and completely melted.

Allow the mac and cheese to sit for about 5-10 minutes before serving, so the cheese sauce has time to set up.


Friday, February 2, 2024

Chicken Rice Casserole

 Ae-Yuns father passed and she asked me to make Chicken and Rice to serve after the funeral service. 

I've made A LOT of recipes but never chicken and rice. I don't care for rice. Gabe would rather have potatoes so it was never a big deal in our house.

I wanted a good southern recipe and texted my neighbor Laurie. This was her grandmothers recipe.


I was pleasantly surprised that this came out good. People who it was served to seem to like it. 

Thursday, February 1, 2024

Aunt Weezie's Lemon Supreme Cake







Ingredients:

1 pkg. Duncan Hines Lemon Supreme Cake Mix

½ c. Wesson oil ( HAS TO BE VEG OIL)

½ c. water

1 pkg. lemon jello ( Not sugar free)

4 eggs

Directions:

Beat eggs ⁠— add rest + beat till smooth with mixer. Cook in tube pan 350° for 45 minutes.




Remove hot cake from tube pan and drizzle icing all over it. Cake must be hot when you put the icing on.


Let cool + serve.


ICING

1½ c. confectioners sugar

2 T soft butter or marg.

4 T Real Lemon (bottled) 


Blend together. Should be watery.


NOTE FROM ORGINAL POSTER:

Oh my gosh this is the BEST cake! I can’t remember any family event without Aunt Weezie’s lemon supreme cake on the dessert board. She’s gone now and I have taken on that responsibility. Notes: It must be Duncan Hines cake mix. Wesson is a brand, but any brand of vegetable oil is fine, just don’t substitute for olive, canola, or corn. It must be vegetable oil. Don’t substitute with diet jello. Confectioners sugar, 10X, or any powdered sugar is fine, just not granulated. Lemon juice in the bottle or squirter works better than a “real” lemon for a strong and consistent flavor. You can cook this in a prepared tube pan or a Bundt pan.  

Ae-Yuns father died and made this to bring to the family along with Chicken and Rice. He father loved anything with lemon.

Friday, January 5, 2024

Forever in our Hearts


I have so many photos of him but this one touched my heart today. He looks like he's looking for us to catch up with him. He would of been 11 and 1/2 on Sunday