Sunday, December 14, 2025

Chocolate Chip Recipe with Tips from Taste of Home

 https://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/the-ultimate-chocolate-chip-cookie/

This link takes you to the article about how different ingredients impact on chocolate chip cookies.

I like more brown sugar and less baking soda so that the cookies are not cakey and thick but not totally flat either.  

Friday, December 12, 2025

Mexican Casserole

 

MEXICAN CASSEROLE
Ingredients:
1 pound lean ground beef
1 can Ranch Style beans
1 10-12 ounce bag tortilla chips, crushed (I didn't use the whole bag)
1 can Ro-tel tomatoes
1 small onion, chopped
2 cups shredded cheddar cheese, divided
1 package taco seasoning
1 can cream of chicken soup
1/2 cup water
sour cream and salsa for serving
Directions:
Preheat oven to 325 degrees. In a large skillet, brown meat and drain off fat. Stir in beans, tomatoes, onion, taco seasoning, soup and water. Simmer over medium-low heat until everything is well combined and heated through.
Grease a 9×13 casserole dish. Put down a layer of crushed tortilla chips, followed by a layer of the meat/bean mixture, then half of the cheddar cheese. Repeat layers. Cover with foil and bake for 20-30 minutes, or until bubbly.
Let sit for 5-10 minutes before serving. Top with sour cream and salsa.

Wednesday, January 1, 2025

How to Make Chicken Broccoli Skillet Dish

 

Broccoli Chicken Skillet Dish

The main ingredients are:             

2 chicken breasts cut in bite sized pieces

Heat 2 TBS olive oil in frying pan.

Mix together in bowl:

1 TBS soy sauce

1 TBS honey

½ tsp salt

½ tsp pepper

1 TBS cornstarch

Now put the chicken pieces in and stir until coated.

Fry coated chicken in a skillet with olive oil until chicken is done.

Save this mixture.

Heat a little more olive oil in another skillet.

Saute some onion (around ½ cup) and add the broccoli. Put the lid on and let it cook until broccoli is desired doneness. I like mine kind of crunchy.

Combine in small bowl:

1 TBS cornstarch

2/3 cup water

Pour the cornstarch/water mixture over the broccoli mixture and stir.

Add chicken mixture and stir all together evenly.

Serve over rice.