Saturday, October 24, 2009

Greek Pitas

Greek Pitas

grilled chicken
feta cheese
cucumber sauce
pitas

Fill pitas with above ingredients. Yummy! Serve with tomato/cucumber salad.

Tomato & Cucumber Salad
Dice tomatoes and cucumbers. Pour in a drained can of whole black olives. Add feta cheese. You can pour some Italian dressing over the top if you like. Enjoy on the side with greek pitas!

Cucumber Sauce for Pitas
1 c plain yogurt
Juice & rind of 1/2 small lemon
1 garlic clove, sliced paper thin like the onion; I use kind from a jar
1 sm cucumber, peeled & seeded, then grated

Combine and pour over chicken in pitas

Fish Tacos

I'm not a fish lover and I loved these!

Brush frozen tilapia fillets with butter and then sprinkle with Santa Maria Style seasoning or seasoning of your choice. Cook fillets for 32 minutes at 350. Shred fish with a fork and put in a bowl.

Fill tortilla shell with the following:
fish, shredded cabbage, ranch dressing, avocado, tomatoes. Serve rice and beans on the side.

Saturday, October 3, 2009

Chocolate Peanut Butter Chip Cookies

Chocolate Peanut Butter Chip Cookies

1 cup butter
1 1/2 cups white sugar
2 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
2/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 cups peanut butter chips

DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease cookie sheets.
In a medium bowl, cream together the butter and sugar. Stir in the eggs and vanilla. Combine the flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt, stir into the creamed mixture. Finally, fold in the peanut butter chips. Drop cookies by heaping teaspoonfuls onto the prepared cookie sheets.
Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven, until set. Cool on wire racks.

Day 32 - Cinnamon Chip Cookies

Ian's Favorite Cookies

1 cup (2 sticks) butter, at room temperature
1 cup granulated sugar
1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
2 eggs
3 cups flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
1 1/2 c. cinnamon chips (you can use chocolate chips or any other chips instead)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a large bowl of an electric mixer, beat the butter, sugar, and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Add the vanilla and eggs. Beat about 1 minute. Sift the flour, soda and salt in a bowl. Add to the butter mixture and mix until all ingredients are well-combined. Stir in the cinnamon chips. Drop tablespoons of dough onto ungreased cookie sheets and flatten slightly with the palm of your hand. Bake 8-10 minutes. Remove to a cooling rack.