German Pancakes

This is a dish that Scott had growing up and I had never heard of until we were married. It's easy and really good. It works for breakfast or dinner and Scott and I can eat a whole pan in one sitting. It is just that good. Also it goes great along with some buttermilk syrup, found here.

German Pancakes
6 eggs
1 cup milk
1 cup flour
1/2 tsp. salt
2 TBS butter or margarine

Heat oven to 400 and place butter in 9x13 pan. Put pan in the oven and let the butter melt. Once melted take out of the oven and tilt pan to coat the entire bottom of the pan with the melted butter. Mix eggs, flour, milk, and salt in a bowl with an electric mixer or mix ingredients in a blender until smooth. Place egg mixture in pan over melted butter and cook for 20 minutes. It will come out nice and puffed up but will relax within a couple minutes.

A Favorite Meal

This is not really a recipe but an idea. We love grilled chicken and in the form of chicken tenders is the best. They are a lot healthier than legs, thighs and wings and if you marinate them right, they are oh so good. And they take less time to cook than a chicken breast.  We love the Lawry's Balsamic Herb marinade. We have tried all flavors and that is our favorite, with sun dried tomato being a close runner-up. We will usually marinate the chicken all day.

One of our favorite meals is grilled chicken tenders, some pasta-roni and grilled asparagus , It is simple and so good. We usually have this a couple times a month.

Sticky chinese chicken

I'm a blogging failure. But I have a good excuse. First trimester= no cooking and very little eating. I'm feeling much better and am so glad to be eating homeade food again. Here is a recipe I found here. I made this 2 weeks in a row, which is big deal at our house. We usually don't eat the same meal twice in the same month, but this was that good, and that easy!

Ingredients:
1 1/2 pound frozen popcorn chicken
6 TBS honey
4 TBS ketchup
4 TBS sugar
2 TBS white vinegar
2 TBS soy sauce
Salt and pepper to taste
Sesame seeds 

Cook the popcorcon chicken according to directions. Combine honey, ketchup, sugar, vinegar, soy sauce, salt and pepper in a sauce pan and bring to a boil. Stir and let simmer until sauce thickens. Coat chicken with sauce and serve over white rice. You can add some sesame seeds to the sauce or sprinkle afterwards. It's even good without the sesame seeds. And it's just as good as leftovers. 

Hawaiian Haystacks

A great meal to make when you're in a hurry. I always have the ingredients on hand just in case I don't have a dinner plan. It's cheap and tasty.

Hawaiian Haystacks
4-5 cups cooked rice
2 cans cream of chicken soup + 3/4 can water

Possible Toppings
Shredded cheddar cheese
Green onions
Sliced olives
Pineapple chunks
Sliced almonds
Crunchy chow mein noodles

Mix soup and water and warm over low heat. Add spices for flavor. We add celery seed, savory, marjoram, garlic salt, onion salt, dill weed, & rosemary. Layer rice, sauce and toppings of your choice and chow down.