Old Fashion Ice Cream

1 cup sugar
4 eggs
2 cans sweetened condensed milk
1 tablespoon vanilla
1 pint (2 cups) heavy whipping cream
1.5 quarts (6 cups) milk

You just mix everything together and put it in your ice cream maker. Make SURE you whisk the eggs VERY well first or you will get hunks of frozen egg.

Homemade Applesauce

Ingredients

• 6 pounds Apples, Peeled, Cored, And Cut Into 8 Slices
• 1 cup Apple Juice Or Apple Cider
•  Juice Of 1 Lemon
• 1/2 cup Brown Sugar, Packed
• 1 teaspoon Cinnamon, More Or Less To Taste
•  Optional Ingredients: Nutmeg, Maple Syrup, Allspice, Butter

Preparation Instructions

Combine all ingredients in a large pot and cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, for 25 minutes.

Carefully puree in a food processor or blender (don't fill too full; split into two portions if needed) until smooth.

Store in the fridge and serve by itself, over pork chops, over ice cream, over pancakes...or any place where applesauce is needed!

I found this a few weeks back and LOVE IT!
So easy and oh so good.

4 fish filets – any white fish is fine. I use tilapia
1 cup panko
1 cup finely crushed corn tortilla chips
½ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon cumin
2 egg whites
Cooking spray
8 corn tortillas
Shredded lettuce or cabbage
1 avocado, diced into medium chunks
Chipotle sauce (recipe follows)

Chipotle Dressing:
1/3 cup light mayo
1/3 cup light sour cream
1 clove garlic
1 tablespoon lime juice
1 tablespoon yellow onion
½ teaspoon fresh oregano
1 teaspoon smoked paprika

Heat your oven to 375F and spray a baking dish with non-stick spray.

All found off of 

http://www.evilshenanigans.com/2009/06/baked-fish-tacos-with-chipotle-dressing/

Cookies for Two!

Or one... It doesn't matter really!

If you know me I have the sweet tooth of all sweet teeth. I LOVE chocolate chip cookies.
I love anything sweet but cookies are my favorite.

Since i got married.. Well since I moved away to Ecuador/college I have wanted cookies so bad but hated that my recipe made 80 bazillion. So I have truly been on a quest to find the perfect recipe that will only make about 1 dozen cookies.

For the last 5 years I have cut, halved, forthed and searched for the perfect cookie, and have found not one stinkin one! So Tonight, I decided to make my own. Literally make up my own recipe!

I was so excited that it worked,
 I even took a picture!
















Like I said.. i'm pretty proud of this.

Here is my version of Cookies for Two!

4 T Shortening
4 T Salted Butter (softened...of course)
1/2 C Brown Sugar
 3 T White granulated sugar
1 Egg
2 teaspoons of vanilla extract.
1 1/4 C flour
1/2 t Baking Powder
1/2 t Baking Soda
1/4 t cornstarch
pinch of salt
1 C chocolate chips

Set oven to 375
Cut butter and either leave our or place in microwave on defrost for 10 seconds
Mix Shortening, butter, sugars, eggs, and vanilla together.
Add 1 cup of flour and mix. Add the rest of flour until it gets to the right consistency. ( I don't think I used the full 1/4 cup)
Add BP, BS, Cornstarch and salt.
Then add chocolate chips. ( I say a cup but I have NO IDEA how much I used. If your like my sister you will put more chocolate than cookie, if you're like my mom you will only add 2 chips. Its all preference people!)
The put them in the fridge for a few minutes.

Then you do the whole spoon on sheet and bake type thing.
I baked it for ~10 minutes. I like mine to be ever so slightly brown but still gooey on the inside. The fridge step helps this happen

12 cookies... perfect!

Healthy shrimp alfredo!

Ever Heard on Underdressed Skeleton?

Its a blog all about healthy food! Not anything about the funny diets just about good ol fashioned healthy alternatives. It's great!

We use spaghetti squash as pasta substitute quite a bit. Here is a new recipe that I LOVE...and Shaun HATES.. so eat at your own risk.


Copied straight from her website.

Here is the recipe…

Ingredients:

-Four Cups Cooked Spaghetti Squash (1 Large Squash)
-1/2 Cup Newman’s Own All Natural Alfredo Sauce
-1/2 Cup Plain Non- Fat Greek Yogurt
-1/4 Cup No Salt Added Corn
-1/4 Cup Diced No Salt Added Tomatoes
-1/2 Cup Uncooked Shrimp (Tails Off)

Directions:

1. Bake spaghetti squash for 60 minutes at 350 degrees.
2. In a non-stick sauce pan, heat shrimp until half cooked.
3. Turn heat to low, add: corn, tomato, Greek yogurt and Alfredo sauce. 4. Stir together until creamy.
5. Mix in cooked spaghetti squash! 

Makes Two Servings : 2.5 Cups Per Serving! 

215 Calories, 5.5 g Fat, 24 g Carbs, 5 g Fiber, 18 g Protein, 8 g Sugar 

Texas Brownies

Texas Sheet Cake... Brownies.... Yummies

My family called it cake, Shauns called it brownies... Either way its perfect!!

2 cups flour

2 cups sugar

½ cups (1 cube) of butter

¼ cup cocoa

½ cup shortening

1 cup water

¼ cup cocoa

½ cup buttermilk

2 eggs

1 tsp of baking soda

1 tsp vanilla

Frosting:

¾ cup of butter (1 ½  cube)

2 tsp cocoa

¼-3/4 cup milk

3 ½ cups powder sugar

1 tsp vanilla

•        put dry ingredients together
•        melt butter, shortening and water in sauce pan.
•        Add buttermilk to hot liquids
•        add liquid to  dry ingredients
•         spray cookie sheet with cooking spray
•        pour cake mixture in
•        bake at 350 for 20 minutes
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•        Make frosting while cake is baking
•        Melt butter
•        Add milk
•        Mix into powder sugar and cocoa mixture.
•        Add vanilla
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•        You want this to be extremely thin. More like a syrup than a frosting. If its too thick add more milk.
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•        When cake is still hot poke holes all over with toothpick or fork.
•        Poor frosting on top and spread around so that it can soak into the cake/ brownies
•        This will look like way to much frosting but its not! Just let it  soak in.
•        Pull edges away from baking sheet so that it has more places to go and soak up.
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•        EAT IT
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Blender Jello

I'm not really a fan of pinterest recipes  I love it for craft ideas, home decor, and home design ideas. But other than that... its just Meh. 

BUT  I did come across  this gem a few months ago and it has been a hit with this Allred couple.  

Healthy, Low-cal, and Sweet Tooth Satisfaction! 

Blender Jello

• 2/3 c. boiling water
• 1 (3 oz) package Jell-o
• 8-10 ice cubes
• 1  (8 oz) container of Cool-whip

1. Place the boiling water in the blender and add the package of Jell-o.  Place the lid loosely on your blender.  Since you are using boiling water, if you put the lid on tight you could end up with an explosion.  Blend for 1 to 2 minutes until the jello is dissolved.
2. Add the ice cubes to the blender ONE at a time.  Blend after each addition until the ice is well blended.
3. Add half of the container and cool whip.  Blend until combined.  Pour Jell-o into desired dish/dishes.  then chill until set.  the original recipe said 5 minutes but I like it for at least an hour!

This is also good between two graham crackers and then frozen to resemble an ice cream sandwich.