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Individual deep dish chocolate chip cookie
By GrammaGribble
For you and only you!!!!
- Refrigerated chocolate chip cookie dough, or homemade
Italian Braised Beef with Root Vegetables
By GrammaGribble
Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F
- 3 pounds rump roast
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 carrot, cut into 1-inch chunks
- 1 small celery root, peeled and cut into 1-inch chunks
- 1 onion, coarsely chopped
- 2 cloves garlic, smashed
- 1 cup red wine
- 2 cups Yia Yia's Sunday Sauce, recipe follows
- 2 bay leaves, preferably fresh
- 1 1/2 pounds dried rigatoni, for serving
Chicken fried rice
By GrammaGribble
I love fried rice, but none's better when you make it yourself
- 3 C. cooked white rice
- 2 chicken breasts, in strips then in half
- 2 8oz. pkgs. sliced white mushrooms
- 15 About 15 baby carrots, sliced thin
- 7-8 scallions, chopped
- 2 cooked egg whites (optional)
- 2 cloves garlic, chopped
- Olive oil
- Low sodium soy sauce
- Sesame oil
Balsamic glaze
By GrammaGribble
Use this on chicken (with skin or skinless), ribs, your favorite cut of steak or pork chops
- For glaze
- 1/3 C. packed brown sugar
- 1/3 C. balsamic vinegar
- 1 t. finely chopped garlic
- 1 t. chopped fresh rosemary leaves (I don't like too much rosemary on my chicken so I use 1t. of McCormick Italian herb grinder instead. Use any herb you like.)
- For meat
- 1/2 t. salt
- 1/4 t. pepper
Halloween cake
By GrammaGribble
Fun cake to make for a special Halloween party! You can do the same process to make Halloween Party Cupcakes, by l...
- 1 box Betty Crocker® SuperMoist® white cake mix
- Water, vegetable oil and eggs called for on cake mix box
- 1 box Betty Crocker® SuperMoist® Dark Chocolate cake mix
- Water, vegetable oil and eggs called for on cake mix box
- Black food coloring
- Purple food coloring
- Orange food coloring
- 1 (12 ounce) can Betty Crocker® whipped fluffy white frosting
My version of Paula Deen's rice pilaf
By GrammaGribble
I love Paula Deen's rice pilaf recipe, but I wanted something different, so I added my own spin and tried this
- My addition to the recipe:
- Paula Deen's rice pilaf
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 1 1/2 cups long grain American basmati rice (for testing purposes, we used Texmati)
- 2 (14.5-ounce) cans chicken broth
- 1 tablespoon chopped flat leaf parsley
- Wild rice, cooked
- Chopped sauteed mushrooms, in butter & EVOO
Slow-Cooker Chunky Chicken Chili
By GrammaGribble
COMBINE beans, salsa, tomato sauce and chili powder in slow cooker
- 1 can (15 oz.) dark red kidney beans, rinsed
- 1 can (15 oz.) light red kidney beans, rinsed
- 1-1/2 cups TACO BELL® HOME ORIGINALS® Thick 'N Chunky Mild Salsa
- 1 can (16 oz.) no-salt-added tomato sauce
- 2 Tbsp. chili powder
- 1-1/2 lb. boneless skinless chicken thighs, cut into bite-size pieces
- 1 onion, chopped
- 1 cup frozen corn
- 1 cup KRAFT Mexican Style Finely Shredded Four Cheese
Chicken Florentine Pasta
By GrammaGribble
Cook the pasta according to package directions in lightly salted water
- 1 pound penne
- Salt
- 4 whole boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cut into bite-size chunks
- Ground pepper
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- 3/4 cup low-sodium broth, more if needed
- 3/4 cup dry white wine
- 1 bag baby spinach
- 2 cups grape tomatoes, halved lengthwise
- 4 ounces Parmesan, shaved with a vegetable peeler, plus more for serving
Easy Pasta e Fagioli
By GrammaGribble
Quick, filling and delicious
- 1 15.5 oz. can GOYA dark red kidney beans (or other brand), NOT drained
- 4 heaping soup spoons of your favorite marinara sauce (I used Ragu, but use whatever smooth tomato sauce you like)
- 1/2 to 3/4 can of water
- 1 t. Italian seasoning (or 1/2 t. dried basil & 1/2 t. oregano) I use McCormick Italian grinder mix
- Small pasta (small shells, ditalini, pipette, elbows, etc.) cooked
- Grated parmesan cheese (optional)