Teriyaki Ramen Stir-fry

1 chicken breast, sliced or diced

carrots, broccoli, red pepper

2.5 cups chicken broth

2 T. brown sugar

1/4 cup soy sauce

1 tsp. garlic powder

1/4 tsp. ginger

2 pkgs ramen noodles (100 g each)

Brown the chicken, add the veggies and stir-fry until done. Mix the chicken broth with the sugar, soy sauce and spices and add along with the broken up ramen. Cook 3-4 minutes until ramen is done and most of the liquid is absorbed.

Shortcuts:

- sometimes I completely eliminate the chicken

- I like using frozen veggies so that very little stir-frying time is required

- you can even omit both the chicken and the veggies so that you end up with just flavoured ramen noodles

Creamy Garlic Chicken

2-3 chicken breasts, sliced

salt & pepper

1/2 cup chicken broth

3/4 cup heavy cream

1-2 tsp. cornstarch

1 tsp. garlic powder

1/2 tsp. parsley

sprinkle of pepper

Brown chicken in oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Mix the rest and pour overtop. Simmer until chicken is done and sauce is thickened. Serve over pasta.

Greek Salad Dressing

3 T. olive oil

1.5 T. lemon juice

1/2 tsp. garlic powder

1/2 tsp. oregano

1/4 tsp. salt

1/4 tsp. pepper

Baked Rice

Long-grain white rice or Calrose rice

water

salt

1 tsp. oil

Follow the directions on the bag of rice as to how much water and rice to use. Put water and rice in a casserole dish, sprinkle with salt, and add the oil. Bake covered for 40 minutes at 375 degrees, then fluff it with a fork before serving.

Homemade Croutons

4 old buns or slices of bread

Oil

Garlic powder

Italian seasoning

Salt

Cut up the buns into crouton-sized pieces, toss with oil and spices. Sprinkle generously with garlic powder, and use about 2 pinches each of Italian seasoning and salt. Spread in a pan and bake for 10 minutes at 400 degrees. If the pan is very full, stir once while baking. Works well in the toaster oven.

Carol Cookies

2 cups peanut butter

2 cups icing sugar

4 cups Rice Krispies

1 T. melted butter

1.5 cups chocolate chips

a little more peanut butter to melt with the chocolate

Combine peanut butter, icing sugar, Rice Krispies and melted butter in a large bowl. Use a cookie scoop or drop by spoonful on parchment paper-lined pan. Chill for 1 hour.

After an hour, roll the cookies by hand into nicer balls. Chill for another hour.

Melt chocolate chips and peanut butter until smooth and coat cookies in chocolate. Place back on parchment-lined pan and chill until hard.

*I melted my chocolate and peanut butter together in a glass bowl placed on top of a small pot of simmering water. Then I dropped the cookies in one at a time and used a fork to roll them around and lift them out.

Oreo Cheesecake

40 Oreo cookies (439 g package)

1/2 cup melted butter

3 packages cream cheese

1.5 cups icing sugar

1 tub Cool Whip

Crush 25 cookies and mix it with the melted butter. Press into an 8x11 pan. Crush the remaining 15 cookies. Beat the cream cheese and icing sugar, add the crushed cookies, and fold in the Cool Whip. Spread on top of the crust, and refrigerate overnight.