Teriyaki Chicken & Pineapple shish kabobs

Yay for warm weather! Husband wanted to grill up some BBQ Chicken, but that didn't sound very appetizing to me so while he grilled up a chicken breast I threw together these yummy skewers with pretty much the only thing we had left in our fridge..pineapple. If we would of had teriyaki sauce on hand I would of just used that for the marinade BUT we didn't so I mixed together soy sauce, Panda Express Orange Sauce, some minced garlic and some pineapple juice in a zip lock bag, tossed in cut up chicken breast pieces and let marinade for about 30 min. Then just stuck the pineapple and chicken on the skewer and put them on the grill. Super yummy and easy!

*Sorry for no measurements of the ingredients, but that's because I just mixed up a marinade, didn't measure anything and hoped it would taste good :)*

Deep Dish Chocolate Chunk Cookies

So I finally bought myself a muffin top pan which I have been wanting FOREVER, and now I can make delicious deep dish cookies like these A LOT more than I should!

So to start you'll need one of these amazing little pans (I found mine at Smith's)

Ingredients:

1 cup butter ( 2 sticks) room temperature

1 cup brown sugar

1/2 cup sugar

2 eggs

2 tsp. vanilla

1 tsp. baking soda

1 1/2 tsp. salt

2 1/2 cups flour

1 bag semi sweet chocolate chunks (about 2 cups)

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cream butter and sugars together. Add in eggs and vanilla, mix well. Then add in baking soda, salt, and flour. Mix until well combined. Fold in chocolate chunks. Spoon about 1/4 cup batter into each muffin top. Bake for about 9 minutes or until edges are golden brown and middle is set. Remove from oven and let cool for about 5 minutes. Loosen edges with a knife. If after the cookies are cooled and you can't get them out loosen with knife and flip onto a wire cooling rack.

BBQ Chicken Pizza

Ingredients:

Pizza Dough - Makes 2-12 inch pizzas

1 cup warm water

1 small packet instant dry yeast

1 Tbsp. honey (or sugar if you prefer)

2 tsp. salt

2 Tbsp. olive oil

3 cups flour

Directions:
In a large mixing bowl, stir yeast and honey into warm water. Sit for 5-10 minutes or until bubbles form and mixture starts to foam. Pour in salt, oil and half the flour and mix. Once the flour is mixed in start adding the rest of the flour little by little. If you have a mixer you can knead the dough that way if not knead the dough by hand. When it's done lightly grease the ball of dough so it doesn't dry out while rising. Place dough back in bowl and cover with plastic wrap. Let rise until it doubles in size.

Roll out dough. Top with BBQ sauce, grilled chicken, cheese, green onions, diced tomato, and cilantro. Bake at 500 degrees until golden brown.

Homemade Oreos

EASIEST COOKIES EVER AND SO YUMMY!

1 box devils food cake mix

1/2 cup butter softened

1 egg

1 can cream cheese frosting

Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Mix all ingredients together in large bowl. Roll dough into 1 inch balls. Place dough onto cookie sheet lined with parchment paper. Bake for 9 minutes. Let cool then frost with choice of frosting.

AUNT KIERSTENS POTATO SOUP

This recipe is delicious! There is no way you won't like it. We put it in bread bowls which is more fun!







Cheesy Potato Soup

6-8 potatoes, peeled and diced
3 bouillon cubes
1 can evaporated milk
2 cans Campbell’s cheddar cheese soup
Minced onion to taste (or use about ½ fresh onion diced if you want)
2 heads of broccoli florets, steamed (optional, but highly recommended)

Put potatoes in large pot. Cover the potatoes with water, just enough to barely cover the potatoes. Addbouillon and onions. Boil the potatoes until fork tender (still a little firm). DO NOT DRAIN WATER!! Addevaporated milk and cheddar cheese soup. If you want broccoli, chop broccoli, steam and add to soup atthe end. Top soup with cheddar cheese and bacon. Perfect for soup in a bread bowl.

Sushi-California Rolls

Husband taught me how to make his favorite thing tonight..Sushi! He loves it I hate it, but it was still fun to learn how to make!

Ingredients:

1 package seaweed sheets (got mine at Smiths in the Asian Food Aisle)

1 package imitation crab legs

1 cucumber peeled and cut into long strips

2 cups cooked Calrose Rice-great for making sushi because of it's sticky texture

1 avocado also sliced into strips

1 Tbsp. rice vinegar

sugar

bowl of water

**bamboo sushi roller**

Directions:

Add rice vinegar to rice. Sprinkle with sugar. Stir and sprinkle with more sugar. Repeat one more time. If rice is still warm put in freezer until cooled off.

Lay sushi roller out flat. Top with one sheet of seaweed (rough side facing up) Dip fingers in bowl of water. Take rice and spread a thin layer across the whole sheet of seaweed. Lay a row of crab, avocado, and cucumber (all thin strips) across bottom of seaweed. Roll tightly with firm pressure. Remove from sushi mat and place seam side down. Wet knife and cut roll into about eight slices, wetting knife before each slice.

Beef & Broccoli Stir Fry

Ingredients:

1 lb flank steak or sirloin sliced thin

1 tbsp. oil

3-4 cloves garlic, crushed

3/4 cup soy sauce

2 cup beef broth ( I actually used chicken broth because I didn't have beef and it tasted great)

1 to 2 tbsp. sugar

2 1/2 cups broccoli florets

3 Tbsp. cornstarch & 1 cup water

Rice

Directions:

Heat oil and garlic in wok until garlic turns light brown around the edges. Then put in beef immediately and stir until brown. Then add soy sauce, beef broth, and sugar. Stir and simmer 15 to 20 minutes.

Add cut up broccoli. Stir into beef mixture. Cover and simmer 5 minutes. Stir once or twice. Take 1 cup cold water and stir into cornstarch. Then add to stir fry to thicken. Serve over rice.