Crawfish Fettuccine

 Crawfish Fettuccine

2 lbs crawfish tails                

                   1 lb jalapeño velveeta cheese (only use half)

1 onion                                         2 Tbsp flour
1 green bell pepper.                   1 cup half &half
3 cloves garlic chopped             Fresh grated Parmesan cheese
3 stalks celery                             Egg noodles                                                
Salt, pepper, garlic powder, red pepper
2 Tbsp cream sherry 
Chopped parsley for garnishing

Saute chopped vegetables in butter for 15 minutes covered.  Add flour and cook for 10 minutes.  Add crawfish and cook 15 minutes.  Add half and half slowly and half of the jalapeño velveeta cubed.  Cook until cheese is melted and add the seasonings and cook on low for about 15 minutes.  

Boil egg noodles, drain, rinse.  Add to crawfish mixture and grated Parmesan cheese to your taste/preference.   Put into casserole pan sprayed with Pam.  Sprinkle chopped parsley and grated parmesan cheese.  Bake @ 350 uncovered 20-30 minutes.  

Baked Potato Soup

Baked Potato Soup - a cold weather favorite!

Six large potatoes
1/2 stick butter
1/2 cup flour
 Six cups milk
1 bunch green onions chopped
1/2 package bacon, cooked and crumbled
1 1/2 cups grated cheese
1 cup sour cream
Salt and pepper to taste

Bake the potatoes, cool and cut into cubes. Melt butter and add flour. Add 1 cup of milk to the flour and butter mixture. Whisk well.  In a large pot over medium heat, add the rest of the milk. As the milk warms, add the milk and flour mixture, then add the potatoes, green onions and bacon. Heat to almost a simmer and then reduce heat to low. Add cheese and sour cream. Season with salt and pepper. Stir and serve when cheese has melted. Serves 10!

When I made this last I used  5 cups of 2% milk, 4 potatoes and four strips of thick bacon, cooked and crumbled. For the friends I made it for I left out the green onions. The ingredients for the recipe can be adjusted as needed for the amount you want to make and the ingredients you want to include. The soup was delicious!

Original recipe from the Austin American-Statesman.

Diane’s Baked Lasagna

Diane’s Baked Lasagna

-1lb. Ground beef

- 1 Onion and garlic chopped

- 1  15 oz. can tomato sauce

- 1  6 oz. can tomato paste

-     Salt and pepper

-      Basil and oregano

-  1/2  16 oz. package lasagna noodles

-   1 egg (beaten)

-   1 1/2 cups cottage cheese

-  1  8 oz.  package sliced mozzarella cheese

-     1/3 cup Parmesan cheese

Preheat oven 375 degrees

-Brown ground beef, onion and garlic

-Add tomato sauce, paste, salt, pepper, basil and oregano

-Simmer 1 hour

-Cook noodles boiling salt water until tender then drain

-Combine egg, cottage cheese, 1tsp. salt (mixed well)

-Arrange alternate layers in greased pan

-Repeat layers

-Bake covered for 30 minutes then uncovered the

 last 10 minutes.

- let stand for 10-15 minutes then ENJOY

Sugar Free Bundt Cake - with thanks to my niece Jennifer!

The recipe is one from my niece Jennifer but I use a sugar free mix and stevia. It's very good!!

I use Pillsbury Sugar Free cake mix. If you do not have to go sugar free use Duncan Hines Butter Golden Cake Mix. 

8 oz cream cheese softened
1/2 cup sugar (stevia for us)
1/2 cup oil
1/2 cup water
1 tablespoon vanilla 
4 eggs
Spray pan with Pam 
Bake at 350 for 50 minutes







 I saw this bundt cake pan on Pioneer Woman and had to have one!

Basil Pesto

Blend:
1 cup of fresh basil leaves
1 garlic clove
1/4 cup pine nuts
1/3 cup olive oil
1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese

Serve!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

from Susan's Kitchen!

Pangi's Fried Rice

Ingredients:

Canola, peanut or vegetable oil
Two diced carrots
One lb medium shrimp - deveined - drained on paper towel
Pinch of salt
One teaspoon white sugar
Two teaspoons chili pepper sauce
One lb of bean sprouts - remove brown tail - wash - dry on paper towel
One cup frozen green peas
1/2 lb honey ham - diced
One very large onion - diced - white, yellow or red
Two large raw eggs
1 1/2 cups of uncooked rice - cook day ahead if possible - if not, make sure it's cool
Medium sweet soy sauce - enough to color rice
One tsp Jasun style sesame oil

Instructions:

Select LARGE pot or wok to cook the ingredients. Add just enough oil to the bottom. Pangs used about 1/4 cup. Heat the oil and get it HOT. Be careful not to burn it. Put diced carrots in pot and cook five minutes, stirring constantly.

Add shrimp, salt, sugar, chili pepper sauce. Cook about three minutes. Remove all ingredients from pot and put in a large bowl.

Pour a little oil in pot and heat it. Add bean sprouts, stirring constantly. Cook two minutes. Add green peas. Continue to stir and cook two minutes. Add ham. Stir and cook two more minutes. Remove all ingredients from pot and layer on top of carrot, shrimp, and sprout mixture in huge large bowl.

Add two tablespoons of oil. Heat up and cook onions for three minutes, stirring constantly. Whip up eggs in a small bowl. Add to onions and stir for thirty seconds. LOWER FIRE.

Add cooked rice to onions/eggs and mix it up well. Add soy sauce to rice mixture, enough to give the rice a Carmel color. Add sesame oil. Stir well.

Fold ingredients in large bowl into the rice mixture. Stir thoroughly.

Absolutely the most delicious fried rice in the South!