Baja fish tacos

3lbs talapia 1 tsp salt 1/2 tsp garlic powder 1/2 tsp black pepper 1/4 tsp paprika (I use chili powder too)   Slaw 1lb shredded cabbage 1/2 c sour cream 1 1/2 TBS vinegar   corn tortillas fresh cilantro fresh limes salsa Cook fish in Pan with a little olive oil. Use all the spices on the fish. Cook til it flakes, only about 3 mins on each side. Make the slaw in a bowl, chop up cabbage and add sour cream and vinegar mix very well, stick in fridge while u cook fish. I also usually cook black beans to stick in the tacos. And cook mexi rice for the side.    These r are family favorite! My recipe is from my mom ;) By gorski family

Super juicy Burgers

What U will need:

1-2 pounds lean ground beef

1-2 pounds ground sausage

for seasoning you will need:

worstchester sauce

ground onion powder

garlic powder

montreal steak seasoning

A1 thick in hardy

combine the sausage and ground beef really well

then use the following seasoning as you like.

once everything is well combined cook your burgers.

since u are using sauage you need to make sure the burgers are cooked all the way threw. 

Enjoy!

they are our favorites!!

~the Gorski family

BBQ MeatLoaf

A family favorite!

2-2 1/2 ground beef or turkey

2 eggs

1 cup water

1 pkg of dried chicken stuffing mix

1/2 - 1 cup bbq sauce (I use sweet baby rays)

**dont forget to put some sauce on the top of the loaf!

Bake at 375degrees

1 hr 10 mins!

let cool before serving.

The Best Guacamole

Things u will need:
8-10 Avocados depending on the group u are cooking for
1 Serrano chili pepper
1 can fire roasted tomatoes
1 diced onion
pepper
lime juice
season salt
chilli powder

To Make:
1. Take all the avocados and remove all the yummy-ness and put in a medium bowl
2. mash up all of the avocados
3. dice up onion & Serrano & add to bowl
4. add in the can of fire roasted tomatoes
5. add 1TBSP of pepper, season salt & chilli powder & 2TBSP of lime Juice
6. Combine it all really well & enjoy with chips or Taquitos

* trick..to keep the Guacamole from going brown as quick put a few of the avocado pits in the guacamole after it has all been mixed

~the gorski family

Deo's Chicken Taquito's

Things u will need:
1 large boneless skinless chicken breast for ever 4 taquito's u want to produce
2 bags of Mexican grated cheese
Corn tortillas
Olive Oil to cook corn tortillas
toothpicks to hold together


To Make:
1.Boil your chicken breasts until the chicken is very tender
2.shred chicken up by HAND
3.cook corn tortillas in Olive oil for a few 10 seconds on medium heat on each side to make them easier to work with
4. stuff the tortillas with some cheese & shredded chicken, wrap up and secure with toothpicks
5. make single layers of taquito's in a baking dish or dishes depending on how many u make
6.BAKE for 350 for 20-25 Minutes uncovered
Time to Eat!!
Try them with our yummy Guacamole

~ the gorski family

Skillet Lasanga

1 pound ground beef
1 small onion
1 clove garlic
1 1/2 cups diced tomatoes ( undrained)
1 1/4 cups water
1 8oz can tomatoe sauce
1 Tbsp dried parsley flakes
1 Tbsp basil leaves
1 tsp dried oregano
1 tsp salt
2 1/2 cups bow tie pasta ( uncooked)
1 cup cottage cheese
1/4 cup grated parmesan cheese
dash basil, pepper

In large skillet, Brown beef with onion & garlic(drain) Add diced tomatoes, water, tomatoe sauce, parsely, basil, oregano, salt. Mix well. Stir in Uncooked pasta, bring to a boil, stiring occassionally. Recuce heat. Cover, simmer for 20 mins or until tender. Stir in cottage cheese. cover with parmesan cheese, basil and pepper and cover for 5 mintues. then serve!

Tara

Credits
*www.sistersstuff.blogspot.com*

Freezer Jam

you'll need:
.four 1-lb containers of fresh straberries or six 6-oz containers of blackberries or raspberries
. 1.5 cups of sugar
. 1 package ball frezzer jam pectin
. frezzer safe canning jars or small tubber ware containers

Wash, stem and slice berries, then place in a shallow baking pan

use a masher to crush berries ( consistency will depend on how chuncky you like your jam)

in a seprate bowl, mix together pectin and sugar
add mashed berries into mixture and stir for 3 mins
scoop jam into small freezer safe jars( 4-6 oz size)
let jam set for 30 mins, then store in your freezer

can store in freezer for up to one year or in refrigerator for 1 month

Tara

Banana Cream Pie

3/4 cup white sugar
1/3 cup all purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 cups milk
3 egg yolks
2 tablespoon butter'
1 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 (9inch) pie crust
4 bananas sliced


1. in a saucepan, combine the sugar, flour and salt. add milk gradually while stirring gently.
cook over a medium heat, stirring constantly, until the mixture is bubbly. keep stirring and cook for 2 more minutes and then remove from burner.
2. stir a small quantity of the hot mixture into teh beaten egg yolks and immediately add egg yolk mixture into the rest of the hot mixture. cook for 2 more minutes. remember to keep stirring. remove the mixture from the stove and add butter and vanialla. stir until the whole thing has a smooth consistency
3.slice bananas into the cooled baked pastry shell and top with pudding mixture
4. bake at 350 for 12-15 mintues and let cool for one hour!

peanut butter cups

1 cup gramcraker crumbs
1 1/2 cups peanut butter
1 1/2 cup chocolate chips
1 1/2 stick butter(melted)
2 cup powdersuger

combine all ingredients(except chocolate chips) and press into a 9*13 inch pan. melt the chocolate chips and spread on top. refrigerate until chocolate is almost set, abut 10 mins cut into small squares.

( when I made mine it didnt set right so it didnt look pretty but still tasted yummy!)

tara

Fudge

3 cups semisweet chocolate chips
1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
1/4 cup butter
1 cup chopped nuts ( optional)


1. place chocolate chips, sweetened milk & butter in a large microwave bowl. Zap in microwave on medium until chips are melted, about 3-5 mins. stirring once or twice during cooking, stir in nuts if wanted.
pour into a well greased 8*8 inch glass baking dish and refrigerate until set. :)

Tara

Blackberry Pie

1 box of pillsbury uncooked pie crust ( or make your own- I have doen it both ways)
4 cups fresh blackberries
3 tablespoons all purpose flour
1 cup white sugar
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 tablespoon butter

*preheat oven @ 450
*line a 9 inch pie pan with 1 on the pie dough crust. save other for top. let chill while preparing the blackberries
*combine blackberries, flour, sugar, and lemon juice. spoon mixture into pie shell and dot with the butter. cover with top pie crust and slash in several places
*bake for 15 mins, then reduce heat to 350 and continue baking for 35 mins or until browned.
Enjoy!!

Tara

Great Bread recipe

3 cups warm water
1 & 1/2 tablespoons yeast
1/4 cup sugar or honey
6-8 cups flour ( i do about 4 cups wheat and 4 cups white, find a mix that works for your family)
1 teaspoon salt
1/8 cup oil



Put water in your Kitchen-aide mixer
sprinkle yeast over top
then sugar over top
then salt & oil over that
turn on mixer and start adding the flour...I usually add 6 cups of flour and then continue to add the flour until the dough becomes not as sticky. The dough is ready when it forms a ball without sagging and quickly springs back when poked.
- Can also kneed it by hand if you don't have a mixer


Let raise in a bowl bigger then your dough, cover with some saran wrap sprayed with some oil to help the dough not stick. It usually takes 35-55 mins to raise, it needs to double in size. and then punch down , reform and place in bread pans and let raise again. then Bake. 

Bake at 350 for 30 minutes
after cooked remove from oven and let cool 5 mins then remove from pans and place on a cooling rack.
and enjoy! 

Cinnamon-Raisin Bread
1/2 cup raisins
filling:
1/4 cup sugar
3/4 cup cinnamon
1 egg beaten with 2 table spoons water
 
 I started doing one regular bread loaf and one cinnamon raisin loaf, it only takes a few extra steps
after the dough has raised the first time, divide the dough in half. use the one dough half for regular bread loaf...so just follow the above recipe steps. for the other half: 
put ur extra dough back into the mixer and kneed in the raisins. take out and place in a bowl and let dough raise. after it raise. roll out on the counter .
(combine cinnamon and sugar into a bowl & beat the egg water in a second bowl.)
brush the entire surface of the dough with egg wash. then  sprinkle with cinniamon sugar mixture. then roll up the dough to form a loaf and place in bread pan.
Let the dough raise
then bake
 350 for 30 mins


You can freeze loaves for up to 3 months.


if you wanted to do 2 loaves of the cinnamon raisin the filling measurements would be:
1/2 sugar
1 1/2 cinnamon
1 large egg with 2 teaspoons water



We love this bread, It is so great that I stopped buying bread.
You can freeze half the dough, It makes 2 loafs. You can also use the dough for pizza. :)



Tara

Chocolate Popcorn

1 lb brick of white chocolate
2-3 bags of popcorn ( depends on how much chocolate you like)
(you can add M&Ms- crushed mints- anything you like or sprinkles for the hoolidays)

Pop popcorn and get kernels out in a large bowl

Put chocolate in ziplock bag, hammer to break up

Put chocolate in glass bowl to melt. Microwave 1 minute at a time and stir, becareful not to burn. Then once it starts melting only do 30 sec at a time especially if your microwave cooks hot.

Pour chocolate over popcorn and stir- add anything else you would like at this time.

Pour chocolate popcorn on cookie sheet to cool and set up. Use Wax paper to save on washing pans.


Tara

Super soft sugar cookies!!

2 cups margarine
3 cups sugar
5 eggs
2 tsp vanilla
1/2 cup milk
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda
5 tsp baking powder
7-8 cups flour
1/2-1 tsp almond extract

Mix all together. Bake @ 350 for 9-12 minutes. Underdone is better then overdone. Frost with any kind of frosting.

~Britt

Pizza Dough

1 c. and 2 T. Hot tap water
2 T. Olive oil or vegetable oil
3 c. flour (enough so dough is not sticky, but can be rolled out and handled easily)
1 t. sugar
3 t. salt
2 ½ t. yeast
Make sure you add the Hot tap water, yeast and sugar together. Allow to grow 5 minutes. Then slowly add the flour one cup at a time until each cup as been incorporated, and add the salt after the first cup of flour. Touch dough to make sure it is soft and bouncy to the touch. Mix and let rise until it doubles in size. For more Italian flavor add basil and garlic powder to the dough. Roll out like regular pizza dough. Shape into any shape desired. Best to bake on cooking stones.

Top with pizza sauce, cheese, and what ever you want to put on it.

~Britt

Yummy Cornbread

This goes great as a side to a soup, stew or mexican dish.

2 C Bisquick
3/4 C Sugar
1 t baking powder
1 square butter
1 C milk
2 T yellow corn meal
2 beaten eggs

Melt butter and cool. Mix other ingredients then add butter and mix well.
Bake in 8x8 or 9 inch round pan 30 minutes @ 350.  If you make them in a muffin pan, reduce time to 10-13 minutes. ~Alyssa

Best Fruit Salad Ever

You are supposed to use 6 cups of fruit, this is what I use...

1 can mandarin oranges
1 can pineapple tidbits
1 can sliced peaches (cut into small pieces)
1 pound of strawberries (I have used raspberries.)

2 Large boxes vanilla pudding
1 quart buttermilk
12 ounce tub cool whip

Mix together vanilla pudding and buttermilk. Mix in the coolwhip. Add the fruit.
This is always a request at every get together!~Alyssa

Baked Ziti

1 pound sausage
3/4 pepperoni
1 onion chopped
1 clove garlic minced
1/4 cup chopped green pepper
14 ounces prego sauce
1 cup mozzarella cheese

Brown the sausage and pepperoni together and drain the grease. Cook onion and green pepper and garlic, put with meat. Add 1/2 cup grated Parmesan and prego sauce. Cook 2 cups of noodles. Mix everything together, put Pam in 9x13 pan and top with grated mozzarella. Bake for 25 minutes at 375.

Serve with salad and garlic bread and enjoy! ~Alyssa

Bread Dip

Bread Dip

1 Cup real mayonnaise
3/4 Cup sour cream
1 bundle of green onions (diced)
2 pkgs. wafer ham (diced)
Salad Supreme seasoning (no specific amount...sprinkle to your own
taste)  I typically use at least 1-2 Tbs, sometimes more.

Loaf of French Bread


Tara

mini pumpkin muffins

 Mini Pumpkin Muffins

4 eggs
2 cups sugar
1 1/2 cups vegetable oil
1 (15 oz) can pumpkin
3 cups flour *
2 tsp. baking soda
2 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/4 tsp. nutmeg
1 tsp. salt
2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips (the mini ones are fun to use)
Preheat oven to 400. Lightly grease mini muffin tin. In a large bowl beat
eggs, then mix in sugar, oil and pumpkin. In a medium bowl mix together all
dry ingredients, add to pumpkin mixture, mix well. Fold in chocolate chips.
Spoon into mini muffin tin. Bake for 10 minutes. ENJOY!!
*I like to use 1/2 whole wheat flour and 1/2 white flour

Tara