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Monday, July 7, 2008






Pork:
3 lbs pork
16 oz. bottle of chunky salsa (blended in blender so chunks are gone)
1 can coke
2 cups brown sugar

Place pork in crock pot and fill it 1/2 way up the pork with water. Cook on High for 5 hours. Drain off water. Cut pork in thirds. Mix together sauce ingredients and put on top of pork. Cook an additional 3 hours on high. Shred pork with forks. Leave it on low until ready to serve.

Rice:
3 c water
4 t chicken bouillon
4 t garlic –minced
½ bunch cilantro
1 can green chiles—or equivalent fresh
¾ t salt
1 T butter
½ onion
3 c rice (see note)

Blend cilantro, green chiles and onion together in food processor. Bring water to a boil and add all ingredients, simmer covered 30 minutes.

And for those of you who want to get brave and make the tortillas and dressing here you go:

Tortillas:
3 C. flour
1/2 C. veggie or olive oil
1 1/8 C. luke warm water
1 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. baking powder

Mix all ingredients and knead. If too hard to knead, add a little water but if too sticky add a little more flour. Let stand for about 10 minutes. Makes about 12 small balls. Flatten each by rolling them out and then cook them in a frying pan.

Dressing:
1 package Hidden Valley Ranch
1 cup mayo
1 cup cilantro, chopped
2 cloves garlic, chopped
3 tomatillos - peel off paper, chop
1/3 - 1/2 cups buttermilk, to consistency you want
1/4 tsp. cayenne pepper (optional)

Put in blender and mix.

Tuesday, July 1, 2008

Pizza Dough

3/4 C warm water
1 tb yeast
1 1/2 tsp sugar

Mix together and set aside

1 1/2 c scalded milk (3 min. in microwave)
1 tb salt
2 tb sugar

put in mixer
add 1 cup flour and then yeast combination then add 4 more cups of flour
mix for 10 min

put 1 tb olive oil in bowl, put in dough and let raise for 30 min punch down and let raise for 10 more minutes. spread flat on pizza pan

bake at 400 for 20 minutes

Pasta Factory Alfredo sauce

Pam
1 1/4 C butter
8 oz cream cheese
5 tb flour
3/4 C + 2 Tb heavy cream
2 1/2 C whole milk
6 tb grated parmesan cheese

* 1. Spray pam in saucepan
2. combine over medium heat butter and cream cheese. heat and mix
3. add flour, heavy cream, and 1 1/2 C + 2 tb whole milk. stir until smooth.
4. add grated parmesan cheese and 3/4 C + 2 tb whole milk
5. mix until desired consistency

Make sure to use whole milk and real butter other wise sauce will seperate