Wjkn@aol.com's profile page
Recipes
Slow Cooker Crack Chicken
By wjkn@aol.com
Instructions In a slow cooker combine place chicken, cream cheese, and Ranch seasoning
- 2-3 lbs boneless chicken breasts
- 2 (8 oz) blocks cream cheese
- 2 (1 oz) packets dry Ranch seasoning
- 8 oz bacon, cooked crisply and crumbled
Cheesy Garlic Biscuit Bites
By wjkn@aol.com
Preheat oven to 450 degrees
- 2 cans buttermilk biscuits (not the flaky kind)
- 20 balls mozzarella fresca ciliegine (cherry size) or mozzarella cut into cubes
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 6 cloves garlic, minced
- pinch crushed red pepper flakes
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1/4 cup white wine
- 1/4 tsp. salt
- 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
- 1/2 cup shredded parmesan cheese
- salt and basil to taste
Cock-A-Leekie Soup
By wjkn@aol.com
Heat all ingredients except leeks to boiling in large stockpot or Dutch oven
- INGREDIENTS
- 2 1⁄2 lbs frying chickens, cut up
- 4 cups water
- 1 medium carrot, sliced
- 1 stalk celery, sliced
- 1⁄2 cup barley
- 2 teaspoons chicken bouillon
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 1⁄4 teaspoon pepper
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 1⁄2 cups leeks, with tops (sliced and cleaned very well)
Coconut Macaroons
By wjkn@aol.com
Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F
- 14 ounces sweetened shredded coconut
- 14 ounces sweetened condensed milk
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 2 extra-large egg whites, at room
- temperature
- 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
Chocolate Chip Banana Bread
By wjkn@aol.com
Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- 3/4 cup butter at room temperature
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 1/3 tbs milk
- 3 ripened bananas
- 2 cups flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 cup of chocolate chips (I used mini chips.)
One Pan Garlic Herb Chicken and Asparagus
By wjkn@aol.com
Season chicken with salt and pepper on both sides
- Ingredients
- 3-6 chicken thighs or boneless skinless chicken breasts (breasts pounded to even 1/2 inch thickness)
- salt and pepper, to taste
- 1 pound asparagus, ends trimmed
- 3 tablespoons butter, divided
- 1 tablespoon minced garlic
- 1/2 teaspoon dried basil (see note)
- 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
- 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
- salt and pepper, to taste
- fresh herbs for garnish (optional)
How to make slow cooker root beer BBQ pork ribs (video)
By wjkn@aol.com
Remove silver skin from the back of the ribs
- 3 pounds pork side ribs (about 2 racks of ribs)
- 2 12-ounce (355 ml) cans root beer
- 2 cups (500 ml) prepared BBQ sauce
- 1 teaspoon (5 ml) salt
- 1 teaspoon (5 ml) pepper
Scallop Scampi
By wjkn@aol.com
Heat the butter in a sauté pan, preferably cast iron
- 1 tbs unsalted butter
- 1 lb scallops
- 1/4 c olive oil
- 1/4 c freshly squeezed juice
- 4 garlic cloves, finely chopped
- 1/2 tbs finely chopped chives
- 1/4 tsp each of salt and pepper
Mushroom Rice
By wjkn@aol.com
Mushroom Rice Recipe Prep 10 mins Cook 20 mins Total 30 mins Recipe VIDEO below
- Mushroom Rice Recipe
- Prep
- 10 mins
- Cook
- 20 mins
- Total
- 30 mins
- Recipe VIDEO below.
- 2 - 3 tbsp olive oil , separated
- 30 g / 2 tbsp butter
- 750 g / 1.5 lb mushrooms , sliced 3 - 5 mm / 1/8 - 1/5" thick (Note 1)
- 2 garlic cloves , minced
- 1 small onion , finely diced
- 1 1/2 cups long grain rice, uncooked (Note 2)
- 2 1/4 cups / 565 ml vegetable stock / broth (or chicken) (Note 3)
- 1 1/2 - 2 cups sliced green onion / scallions
- Optional: More butter to stir through
Healthy Shrimp and Asparagus
By wjkn@aol.com
Preheat your oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit
- 1 1/2 lbs raw shelled shrimp
- 1 bundle asparagus, ends trimmed
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 2 tbsp minced garlic, divided
- 1/2 tsp chili flakes
- 1/4 tsp paprika
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp pepper
- 1/4 cup freshly chopped parsley
- 1/2 lemon, thinly sliced
- 1/2 lemon, squeezed for juice
- Cooked basmati rice (for serving over)