Recipes - Norwood,MA

Hi K., here's a great recipe for Applenana Bread that was provided by a local apple orchard. It is a HUGE hit with my 8y/o daughter, she prefers it to regular banana bread.

Applenana Bread:
Ingredients: 2 c. flour, 1 tsp baking powder, 1 tsp baking soda, 1 tsp salt, 1/2 c. shortening, 2 eggs, 1 1/2 C sugar, 2 bananas peeled and mashed, 1 tsp vanilla, 2 c. finely chopped apples (we use MacIntosh or Cortland apples).
Directions: Cream shortening, add salt and sugar, add eggs (unbeaten), mix lightly. In separate bowl, add unsifted flour, baking powder and soda together. Mix with creamed ingredients. Combine bananas, apples, and vanilla to mix. Lightly turn ingredients together. Grease 1 lg, 2 med. or 4 mini loaf pans. Pour in batter. Bake for 1 hour @ 350 degrees.

Blueberry muffins: Very important, lightly flour the berries, before adding them to the batter, so they don't sink to the bottom of the muffins!
Ingredients: 2 c. sifted flour, 1 T. baking powder, 1/2 tsp salt, 3 T sugar, 1 egg (beaten), 1 c. milk, 3 T. oil or melted shortening. 1-2 c. blueberries (fresh or frozen, but not canned). {And yes that's 1 to 2 cups of berries, I like lots, so I use close to 2 cups}[also I prefer to use a native, (wild) blueberries vs. the larger cultivated ones]

Directions: Sift together flour, baking powder, salt and sugar. Combine in separate bowl, egg, milk and oil, and pour into dry ingredients all at once. Stir, ONLY, until dry ingredients are moist. DO NOT over mix. Dust berries with 2-3 T. of flour, then add to batter. Spoon batter into greased muffin pans (or use cupcake liners), filling about two-thirds full. Bake for 20-25 min in 450 degree oven.

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Go to allrecipes.com it is a wonderful website. I have found great crockpot recipes, banana bread and muffin recipes too. just type in what you want and tons of recipes come up and they are all rated by users plus give ways that other users tweaked the recipes.

OK here is my recipe:

I call it Yummy Chicken!

ingred:
4 boneless chicken breasts
4 tbsp Worchestershire sauce
1 tbsp crushed garlic
1 stick butter (unslated)
1 sleve Ritz crackers
1/3 cup parmesean cheese
4 tbsp any white wine (optional)
1/2 cup chicken broth

Melt butter in small saucepan. Add garlic & Worchestershire sauce - heat through real quick - take off heat to start cooling

In a shallow bowl or dish crush up Ritz crackers into small bits like crumbs. Add Parmesean cheese

In a rectangular pyrex type dish pour wine & chicken broth. set aside

Wash chicken and cut each piece the thin way in 2 - horizontally to get a thinner piece of chicken. Dip chicken into butter mixture coating both sides.
Now dip into cracker /cheese mix to also coat both sides. Fold chicken over so it is doubled and some mixture in sinside and place in pyrex dish. reapeat with all chicken pieces.
Pour any leftfover butter mixture over top of chicken pieces

Bake in oven at 350 degrees for 30 minutes. It truly is yummy! Serve with egg noodles.

My mom made this when we were kids and we hounded her until it was done. I make it now and it is one of my husbands favoites also now almost all of my friends make it, my boss, etc. One whole chicken (as is or cut into pieces) 1/3 cup soy sauce, 2/3 cup water, 2 tbs grated ginger (you can use powdered but I'd go with less and fresh is much better) 3 scallions cut up. 1 tbs white wine (optional if you don't have it) 1 tbs sugar. 1 tbs veg/canola oil. 1 bag egg noodles.

In a pot on the stove heat oil and sear the chicken then pour in soy, water, ginger and scallions. put a lid on pot and simmer for 45 minutes and then add wine and sugar cook another 45 minutes or even longer. (Honestly the longer the better so this may be good in a crock pot but have never thought to do it that way) then cook noodles pour everything over the noodles and your done. Tastes even better as leftovers.

Easy Chicken Pot Pie.

Purchase Betty Crocker pie crust for the crust.

3-4 chicken breast- boil until cooked
package of frozen peas and carrots
1 can cream of chicken soup
1 can cream of potato soup
1 can chicken broth

After chicken is cooked cut it in cubes and throw into a mixing bowl. Cook veggies 3/4 of the way in microwave and then add to bowl. Mix in both cream soups and then add broth until desired thickness. I usually use about 3/4 of a can. Salt/pepper to taste, mix and dump in pie crust. top with the second crust and cut slits for venting. Cook at 350 for about a half hour.

If you want to add potatoes with out the fuss they sell canned cubed potatoes you can add to it. This is something that I usually have the ingredients in my pantry and it is quick and easy, requires no attention on your part and my 1 year old and hubby love it.

K.,

These are some crockpot recipes I received when my daughter was first born.

Honey Mustard Chicken

4-6 boneless skinless chicken breast (or any kind of chicken)
3/4 cup dijon mustard
1/4 cup honey

Put chicken in pot. Mix mustard and honey and pour over chicken. Cook on high for 3 hours or on low for 6-8 hours. Adjust time for bone-in chicken.

Turkey in the Slow Cooker

3 or 4 boneless turkey breast tenders (or chicken tenders)
4 medium potatoes, sliced
4 carrots, sliced
1 can french onion soup, undiluted

Put vegetables in bottom of slow cooker/Crook pot. Add turkey breast. Pour in onion soup. Cook on low for 6-8 hours.

Crock Pot Beef

2 pounds stewing beef cubes
1 box (2 envelopes) Lipton Onion Soup
1 Stick (1/2 c.) Margarine
6 carrots cut in chunks

Place all ingredients in the slow cooker/Crock pot - cook on LOW all day long or on HIGH for 4-5 hours. There are NO other ingredients. You don't need to stir it at all, it will melt in your mouth!! serve over noodles.

Vegetarian Stew

1/2 cup lentils, rinsed
1/2 cup navy beans, rinsed
2 cups onions, chopped
2 cups celery, sliced
5 carrots, scrubbed, sliced
1/4 cup brown sugar
1 cup barley
1/2 tsp thyme
1/2 tsp garlic powder
2 bay leaves
1 tsp black pepper
1/2 cup red wine
1 quart V-8 vegetable juice
2 cups water

Combine all ingredients in slow cooker. Cook for 4 to 6 hours on high heat or for 8 to 10 hours on low heat. Remove bay leaves before serving.

Fish Stew

3 Large red snapper or flounder (1 1/4 to 1 1/2 lbs.) cut into 2 inch pieces
2 tbsp live oil or melted butter
1 clove garlic, sliced
1 green pepper, seeded and cut in 1 inch pieces
1 to 2 zucchini squash (unpeeled), sliced
1 can (15 oz.) whole tomatoes
1/2 tsp leaf basil
1/2 tsp leaf oregano
1 tsp salt
1/8 tsp pepper
1/4 cup dry white wine
1/2 cup fresh mushrooms

combine all ingredients in crockpot. Stir gently, but thooughly. Cover and cook on HIGH setting for 4 to 6 hours.

Enjoy.

Here's a super easy chicken recipe...

Place skinless bone-in chicken thighs enough for your family into the crockpot. Cover with Teriaki Sauce. Cook on low for 8 hours. Serve with rice.

I use the crockpot liners. It's great for clean up.

i always go www.allrecipes.com
there are ratings on all the recipes so you can read if there good or not.

Hi

There is a really cook website for thinks like that to cook/bake. www.northpole.com/kitchen/cookbook. Try it out.

My favorite web site is www.allrecipes.com - you can search for recipes by ingredients, by cooking method (slow cooker). All the recipes have ratings and reviews by people that have tried them.

Hi K.,

I have a few good chicken recipes. If you don't mind giving me your email I can email them to you.

Chicken Divan
3 cups cooked chicken - cut up
** 1 cup mayonnaise
** 2 cans cream of chicken soup
** 2/3 tsp. Curry powder
** 1 tsp. Lemon juice
++ 1/2 cup bread crumbs
++ 1 tbsp. Butter
++ 1/2 cup shredded cheese
Frozen broccoli

Put broccoli in bottom of pan, cover with chicken. Mix ** and pour over chicken. Mix ++ and put on the
Top. Bake for 1 hour at 350, uncovered.

Peanut Butter Cookies

1 cup peanut butter
1 cup butter
1 cup brown sugar
3/4 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
2 1/2 cups flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. baking soda
1/4 tsp. salt

Cream peanut butter, butter & sugar. Blend in eggs & vanilla, add flour, baking powder, baking soda & salt, mix well. Shape dough into balls, place on ungreased baking sheet, flatten with fork. Bake 350 for 12 to 15 minutes or until lightly brown.
Variations: add peanuts or crushed walnuts to dough.

NEIMAN-MARCUS COOKIES (Recipe may be halved)

2 cups butter
24 oz. chocolate chips
4 cups flour
2 cups brown sugar
2 tsp. soda
1 tsp. salt
2 cups sugar
1 8 oz. Hershey Bar (grated)
5 cups blended oatmeal
4 eggs
2 tsp. baking powder
2 tsp. vanilla
3 cups chopped nuts (your choice)

Measure oatmeal, and blend in a blender to a fine powder.
Cream the butter and both sugars.
Add eggs and vanilla, mix together with flour, oatmeal, salt, baking powder, and soda.
Add chocolate chips, Hershey Bar, and nuts.
Roll into balls, and place two inches apart on a cookie sheet.

Bake for 10 minutes at 375 degrees. Makes 112 cookies.

Enjoy

K.,
I know of the Jordan Marsh blueberry muffins too. I have made it in bread pans too. (like banana bread). I hope you get it. It's are GREAT!!
S.

I don't know of any recipes off the top of my head, but you should check out myrecipes.com and allrecipes.com. Good luck, and happy cooking!

I use allrecipes.com a lot. It's easy to search, you can save what you like and it lets you change the recipe yield (say you're cooking for four instead of the eight the recipe gives you) and it recalculates what you need to put into it. It also allows people to comment on their experiences - lots of helpful hints there to perfect what's already pretty good. Okay - now I'm hungry - time for breakfast! Good luck!

You've gotten a lot of good referrals to websites. I'd just like to add a couple of things. You can make great alternatives to things kids love but aren't so healthy. For example, I make chicken nuggets or fingers using a mixture of ground flax seeds, wheat germ, ground almonds and whole wheat bread crumbs - whatever you have - as the breading. Fry up in olive oil just to crisp up the outside, then finish in the oven. The kids will think it's awesome nuggets, and you'll know you're giving them a healthy alternative! I also save the water that's left over from steaming vegetables or even from draining frozen spinach. I use it instead of plain water for making rice or couscous - anything that absorbs all the cooking water. I hate to pour those great vitamins down the drain! You can also puree spinach and squash, and mix them into other things like spaghetti sauce, mac & cheese (the orange squash blends right in), or mix half mashed cauliflower with mashed potatoes.

Happy cooking!

Hi K. -
I have the BEST Blueberry Muffin Recipe, the recipe is from the old Jordan Marsh (in Framingham). they ROCK! if you want to email me, I can send you the attachement!!
L.

Banana Bread from Fannie Farmer:

Mix three mushed bananas, two eggs, two cups of flour, 3/4 cup of sugar, 1 TB baking soda, 1 ts vanilla extract, 1/2 ts salt together. Bake in 350 degree oven for about an hour.
Can add nuts, chocolate chips, etc.

Easy Pulled Pork Recipe
Put boneless country style ribs in crock pot with favorite barbecue sauce. Cook on low for 4-8 hours.
Take a fork and break up pork.
Turn crock pot up to high for last half hour.
Serve on bulky rolls as sandwiches or with cole slaw

Hope these help,
S.