Egg Free Oatmeal Rolls

This has got to be my favorite roll recipe. Its easy! Its also great if you have an egg allergy in your household.

Oatmeal Rolls


2 cups water
1 cup oats (quick cooking kind or the regular kind – not the instant packet kind)
3 tablespoons margarine or butter
1 tablespoon active dry yeast
1/3 cup warm water
1/3 cup brown sugar, packed
1 tablespoon sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
4 cups flour (depending on the humidity, you can add up to an additional 3/4 cup)

Directions:

In a saucepan, bring water to a boil. Add oats and butter. Cook and stir. Cool to lukewarm. In mixing bowl, dissolve yeast and white sugar in warm water. Add the oat mixture,( about a minute)
sugar, salt and 4 cups of flour. Beat until smooth. Add enough remaining flour to form a soft dough. Knead 6-8 minutes. (This can also be done in an electric mixer.) Place in a greased bowl, turning once to grease the top. (I simply use PAM as the grease.) Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubles, about 1 hour. Punch down. Allow to rest for 10 minutes. Shape into 18 balls. (Instead of using more flour to handle the dough, I spray the counter with PAM. It works like a charm and keeps the dough softer.) Place in 2 greased 9″ round pans or 2 9*9 pans. Cover and let rise until double, about 45 minutes. Bake at 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes.

Cream Cheese Chicken Enchiladas

• 5 ounces cream cheese, softened
• 1/4 cup light sour cream
• 10 ounces enchilada sauce (canned is just fine)
• 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese, divided
• 1 cup shredded monterey jack cheese, divided
• 2 cups cooked shredded chicken
• 1 cup frozen corn kernels, thawed (canned corn works just fine, but drain it first) Next time I make these I will add 2 cups of corn. I think they needed a bit more crunch.
• 4 oz. diced green chiles
• 1/2 teaspoon chili powder
• 1/4 teaspoon cumin
• Salt and pepper
  instead of the spices I just used a packet of taco seasoning.
• 4 scallions, thinly sliced- I didn't use these because I didn't have any on hand.
• 8 8-inch flour tortillas

Preheat the oven to 325 degrees. Spray a 9×13 dish with cooking spray.
In the bowl of your mixer cream together the cream cheese, sour cream, and 1/2 of the enchilada sauce. Stir in 1/2 cup of each type of cheese.
In a second bowl toss together the chicken, corn, cumin, chili powder, salt and pepper, green chiles, and half of the scallions. Add the chicken mixture to the cheese mixture and combine well.
Spread about half of the remaining enchilada sauce in the bottom of the baking dish.
Spoon the filling into each tortilla, roll the tortilla up, and place in the baking dish with the seam down. Pour the remaining enchilada sauce over the top of the filled tortillas and sprinkle with the remaining cheese. Bake for 20-25 minutes or until hot and bubbly. Sprinkle with the remaining scallions and serve.

Review: Everyone except Madi loved and devoured these. They were so so yummy! I served them with some Spanish rice and a salad on the side. 

Greek Burgers

We tried these for dinner tonight and they were so good!

8 ct pkg hamburger buns
¼ c mayo, 1 t curry powder, - Mixed
1-2 lbs ground beef
*For each lb of ground beef add:
2 tsp, Mayo/Curry mixture
¼ t salt
2 oz crumbled feta cheese
Small red onion, sliced thin
Lettuce leaves
Remaining feta cheese crumbles

Fire up grill. Stir together mayo, and curry; set aside. Combine
beef, 2 t mayo/curry mixture, feta cheese and ¼ t salt. Shape
into ½-inch thick patties; cook on grill. Spread remaining
mayo/curry mixture on buns; layer patties, onion, lettuce and feta
to serve!

I served them with fresh pineapple and coleslaw.

Easy Bread Sticks

I've been married for almost 10 years(wow that seems long) and have had these bread sticks at more family dinners then I can count. My children have even made these with there Grandma. So since I finally made these, I thought I would share the recipe because WOW was it easy! I copied this right from my sister in laws email. I tried them both ways today and they were great. 

Easy Breadsticks

3 cups flour
1/2 tsp salt
1 tbsp sugar
1 tbsp yeast
1 1/2 cups warm water
1 cube margarine/butter

Dissolve yeast and sugar in warm water. Let sit for a few minutes to bubble
up. Add remaining ingredients. Knead lightly. Dough will be sticky - add
more flour if needed. Allow to rest on floured surface for 10 minutes.

Meanwhile, melt the cube of butter in a 9x13 pan in the oven (I do this
while the oven is preheating). Divide the dough into 16-18 breadsticks. Roll
into 9" "snakes" and roll in the warm butter and put side by side in the
9x13 pan.

Raise for 20 minutes. Sprinkle with parmesan cheese, garlic powder, etc. if
you want. Bake for 20 minutes at 375.

We really like to do a cinnamon sugar version - roll the breadsticks in the
melted butter, then roll them in a cinnamon sugar mixture, and then put back
in the pan. We sometimes frost them with vanilla frosting, or a glaze, etc
when they are out of the oven. Yummy!

Shredded Chicken Taco's

2lbs Chicken
2 cans black beans
1 can of corn
About 2-3 cups Salsa

Place all in crockpot and cook on low 4-6 hours or on high 2-4 hours


Once chicken is cooked take out and shred. Add back to beans and corn. At this point you can stir in a pkg. of Taco seasoning or leave as is. We like it kicked up a bit so I add the taco seasoning. My boys eat this in tortillas, David and I eat this on top of lettuce, more like a taco salad. If I am being healthy I eat it as is, if not then a spoonful of sour cream and some cheese makes it all the better.

Apple and Onion Stuffed salmon/Kokenee

 

These fish turn into this for dinner in our house.

 3-4 kokenee, gutted,scaled and heads cut off

1/2 Cup Mayo

1/2 cup chopped granny smith apple

1/2 cup chopped yellow onion

1 tsp dill

Mix all together and stuff in the middle of fish. This mixture fills about 3-4 small kokenee or one small salmon. Wrap in foil and BBQ for about 15 minutes. The skin just falls right off and the bones lift right out. You may still have some small bones so be careful if feeding to small children. You can also use this mixture on a fillet Works just as well. I usually server this with a long grain and wild rice side dish and Ceaser Salad.

Banana Maple Bread

• 3 whole Ripe Bananas, Well Mashed
• 1 whole Egg Well Beaten
• 1-½ cup All-purpose Flour
• 1 cup Sugar
• 1 pinch Salt
• 1 teaspoon Baking Soda
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon Mapleline flavoring or pure maple syrup ( I would use more if your using syrup)
• ½ cups Chocolate Chips (or Nuts Or Other Morsels) optional. I didn't add these.

Preheat oven to 350F.

Grease or spray loaf pan.

Mix bananas,egg, and maple syrup together in a large bowl. Stir in flour, sugar, salt,cinnamon and baking soda. Add chips and mix by hand.
Pour into pan and bake for 1 hour. Remove from pan and cool on rack.

Serve warm. Enjoy!

*While it was good warm the maple flavor mellowed out to non existent once completely cooled. I think next time I will be adding a teaspoon or more of the flavoring or at least a tablespoon if I use syrup.