Bran Muffin Mix

Yeah. Bran muffins. Sounds gross (at least, it did to me) but they're good! And the cool thing about this recipe is that it makes a ton and you store it in the fridge for up to six weeks. So you just make a few muffins whenever you want.

5 C. flour
5 C. All Bran cereal
1 C. oil
4 beaten eggs
2 C. sugar
1 Tbs. salt
5 tsp. baking soda dissolved in 2 C. boiling water
1 qt. buttermilk

Mix all ingredients in a large bowl. Place in closed container and can store up to 6 weeks. Bake at 400* for 15-20 minutes.

Danette's secret soup

Don't share this recipe. :) J/k. I got it from someone else and changed a thing or two, so now its mine.

1 1/2 lb shredded chicken
1 bunch cilantro, chopped
1 onion chopped
1 14 oz stewed tomatos, i usually blend it up or use tomato sauce
1 14oz green enchilada sauce
1 4oz green chilies
2 c water
14 oz chicken broth, I usually use the broth from the chicken
1 teasp cumin
1 teasp chili powder
1 teasp salt
1/2 teasp pepper
1 bay leaf
1 can corn
1 minced garlic

throw it all in the crockpot and cook

Pumpkin bread

3 C. Sugar
4 eggs
1 C. oil
2/3 C. water
3 1/2 C. flour
1 tsp nutmeg
1 tsp cinnamon
2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1 1/2 tsp salt
2 C. pumpkin
1 4-serving pkg pudding (just put the powder in dry) I used pumpkin spice pudding
1 pkg chocolate chips

Cream eggs and sugar, add oil, water an dmix well. Mix all dry ingredients together (except pudding) and add to liquid mixture. Add pumpkin and pudding and mix batter well. Bake at 325 for 1 hour and 15 minutes.

Link and Spaghetti Sauce for wimps!

Danette the link to that coupon site is http://www.manufacturerscoupons.net/
She has great prices and she is here in Washington so it makes it super cheap.
My Spaghetti Sauce last week was just two cans of Hunts Spaghetti Sauce and a can of chunky tomatoes. I think the two I mixed were Garlic and Herb and Roasted Garlic and Onion. Sorry if you all didn't have enough noodles I ran out. I used to make Spaghetti Sauce from Scratch but it is time consuming and Hunts taste pretty good! One day I will make it from Scratch for everyone!

Meeeeeee again......

Here's another recipe for my adoring fans:

Zesty Italian Chicken

1 can cream of chicken soup
1 pkg dry italian dressing powder
1 pkg .of cream cheese
3-4 C. chicken breast, diced

You can dump everything into the crocpot -even leaving the chicken raw- and let it sit on high for about 3 hours. OR you could cook up the chicken and throw everything together and let it warm and mix together. That's what I did. Because I sorta forgot I was making dinner that night.

On Rice:
I'm sure you can figure the rice part out. I am a rice failure. There's a reason I was born on this continent. It's because I STINK at making rice. Now, a good carmel apple pie on the other hand.....

And Brooke, your spaghetti was good. What did you do for the sauce? Yumm

Spaghetti sauce from tomatoes

Since I have TONS of tomatoes growing in the garden this year and I boycotted canning when I was about 8... I've been making and freezing yummy spaghetti sauce. This can actually be used for tons of other foods I'm sure. Anything that calls for tomato sauce.

I probably use about 15 tomatoes per batch. Dip them in boiling water for 1-2 minutes then immediately move them to cold water. While they're cooling down, sautee an onion and about 4 cloves of garlic in butter. Once they turn golden-y, put them in the croc pot. When the tomatoes are cool, peel the skins off, take out the core and cut them in quarters. Add them to the onions and garlic in the crocpot and cook on low for 12-24 hours. Let it cool down in the fridge, then throw them in freezer bags.

I've been looking for a good spaghetti sauce for a long time and this is finally one I like. When I'm ready to serve it over noodles I usually add a little italian seasoning. Voila!!

Homemade Granola bars

So if it says homemade it must be mega-healthy. That's my motto. It even applies to chocolate mousse, ice cream and alfredo. No matter what, if it's made at home it's full of health. Mmm.

Granola Bars:
4 C. quick cooking oats
1 C. brown sugar
1/2 C. honey (or corn syrup)
1 tsp. salt
1 1/2 C. melted butter
1 tsp. vanilla
chocolate chips, raising, white chocolate chips (this is supposed to be "optional" but who are we kidding. Why else do we really eat granola bars?!)sesame seeds, sunflower seeds etc. to add flavor. Mix all together, press into greased 9.13 pan. Bake 10-12 minutes in 400 degree oven (I always have to cook more like 20 minutes)
Cool and cut into bars