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Despite popular belief, I really enjoy cooking. 
So, I decided to post some of my favorite recipes and would love to get some of your favorite recipes and tips.
 

 

Domestic tricks

 
How to get gum out How to get permanent ink out  
How to rid yourself of roaches In a hurry, need to iron fast?  
Crock pots are GREAT!!! Secret to GREAT pork chops  
Secret to a great roast Best beef seasoning  
     
  Friends Favorites
  Mares Punky
  Choco Bar
     
     
My own favorites  
Easy beef stroganoff
Great for leftover roast
No Bake Cheesecake  
Ham fried rice 
Great for leftover ham 
and veggies
Enchiladas  
Chicken cordon bleu    
Domestic tricks
  How to get gum out  
Lighter fluid gets gum out with very little work. 
If the gum is in the hair, then dab a little on the gum, and gently work 
the gum out with your fingers, and small comb, or a cloth.

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  How to get permanent ink out  
HAIRSPRAY!!! 
Have a tissue, paper towel, or cloth handy, spray the ink spot 
and watch the ink run. Quickly wipe the ink off as it runs. continue 
until you have gotten out as much as you can, any left  SHOULD
wash out in the washer. This works for ink pens and permanent markers.

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  Getting rid of roaches permanently  
Boric acid. You sprinkle it in the corners of your drawers, cabinets, 
the corner where the cabinets and floor come together and this kills them, slowly enough 
for them to return to their nest and leave a taste for all their buddies. 
Two to three days you wont see another roach.
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  In a hurry, need to iron fast?  
In case you don't know this about me, i am eternally lazy *sighs* 
This cool little trick i learned from a bud of mine. If you are in a hurry 
and don't have time to iron your clothes. Take a clean washcloth, wet it, 
wring it out well and place it in your dryer with the item(s) that need ironed 
and VOILLA!!! 
No more wrinkles 
*grins*

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  Crock pots are GREAT!!!  
Again, I am lazy. You can cook a whole meal in the time it takes to cut the veggies and
potatoes, season the meat, pour in the water, and come back hours later you have 
a meal people will think you worked on all day!
*grins*
Don't forget, in the crock pot or not, when it comes to cooking meat
the trick to GREAT meat is LOTSA water!

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  Secret to GREAT pork chops  
Cooking bags!!! 
Here in the states the spice company Shilling sells pork chop bags, it includes a cooking bag and 
the seasoning. If those are not available in your area then you should be able to find
plain cooking bags and you will have to spice them yourself. Remember lots of water. The Shilling 
bags call for very little water, i use between 1/2 and 3/4 cups water with those.

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  Secret to a great roast  
Are you not listening
*grins* 
Again, it's water!! For spice i highly recommend Au Jus mix! yes i said au jus. 
In addition i always put two or three beef bullion cubes in. It makes for 
excellent gravy from you drippings.

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  Best beef seasoning  
I am quite fond of sandwiches. I love roast beef so i love french dips. I came upon a bottle of 
Au Jus mix (instead of the packets), so i bought it. I was experimenting one day 
while cooking steaks, and tried a little as spice. It was great. Now i use it anytime i cook beef (except for tacos) and it adds just the right touch. I use it for everything from 
stroganoff, to lasagna, steaks, and  roast.

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  Easy beef stroganoff

What do yo call a field of masturbating cows? 
*grins* 
Beef strokin-off

 
Will serve 4-6 people
1 lb. ground beef, steak chunks, or leftover roast. If you use roast, save 1 cup of the juice from cooking it. If you use steak you will have to use butter to make your sauce.





2 Tbl Au jus mix (more if needed to taste)

Two beef bullion cubes

1 bag of egg noodles

3-4 Tbls flour

1 cup milk

salt and pepper to taste

1 Onion, 1 small piece of fresh garlic,  mushrooms chopped fine (if desired)

First boil the water for your egg noodles. 

Cook your hamburger (or heat in a pan your leftover meat, with 1/2 c of drippings) add au jus mix, onion, mushrooms and garlic to meat cook until meat is done. DO NOT DRAIN HAMBURGER!

Place 1 cup milk and two bullion cubes in a microwave safe dish and bring to a boil (or remaining roast drippings).

Mix flour with hamburger meat, until all meat is lightly coated in flour (same with leftover roast).

Put on a medium flame and gradually add either your milk or your drippings, stirring constantly until very thick (when it wont thicken anymore you can take it off the stove and it will thicken some as it cools).

Stir this into your cooked egg noodles. Some people like to stir in 2 -3 Tbls of sour cream.

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No Bake Cheesecake

 
1  24 oz tub cool whip thawed

1 16 oz pkg. cream cheese softened  (neufchatel if you like lower fat)

3 Tbls sour cream

2 Tbls lemon juice

Fruit pie filling  (blueberry, peach, cherry)

2 graham cracker crusts (i usually buy these they turn out better for me)

3 tsp. vanilla extract (if you use REAL vanilla i would only use 2 tsp.)

Lots of powdered sugar ( i would guess at least 2-3 cups)

This works the best with a hand mixer, i have done it by hand and its almost impossible to get the creamy texture without the use of a mixer.

Mix with mixer the cream cheese and whipped cream. Once that is nice and smooth...

mix in the lemon juice, vanilla,  and sour cream

Add powdered sugar until its about as thick as frosting, pour into pie shells and chill for 3 -4 hours before serving. 

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  Ham fried rice  
This recipe is flexible so i am not giving specific amounts. You can 
make it for one, or for twenty depending on what you like, how much 
you have and how many you plan to serve.
Rice cooked for as many as you plan to serve

Veggies- onions, mushrooms, water chestnuts, bamboo, celery carrot shavings
peas, anything you like or have leftover.

Eggs - again depending on how many you will serve, I generally use 4 large eggs for serving 5 people.

Worcestershire sauce (or soy if you don't have that)

Prepare rice according to package for as many as you plan to serve.

In a frying pan or wok, put diced ham, and any veggies you will use when its starts to get warm add in Worcestershire sauce to taste.

In a larger pot, pour the ham/veggie mixture in, add your eggs, and begin to fry the eggs into the meat/veggies. 

When the eggs begin to set, stir in rice, and continue to stir and cook until the eggs are firm.

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  Enchiladas  
24-36 corn tortillas (some people like home style flour tortillas but i prefer corn)

1 cup cooking oil

2 cups cheese ( i like to blend cheeses, usually half mozzarella half sharp cheddar) shredded

2 small cans sliced olives

Meat I prefer to use leftover steak, roast, chicken, or taco meat (if you use meat you will need an additional  small can of  enchilada sauce, which you will mix with the meat in a frying pan till warm)

large can of enchilada sauce

If you use flour tortillas skip this first step, but i think they taste more authentic the long way.

Take and heat a little of your cooking oil in a small frying pan. One at a time fry the corn tortillas in the oil for only a few seconds, to soften them, drain them on paper towels or you will end up with enchiladas floating in grease. I usually even pat them before putting them on a different plate.

Poor a small amt. of enchilada sauce either into a sandwich plate, or a shallow bowl large enough for the tortillas to lay flat.

Lay your fillings out in an assembly line, take one at a time and dip the tortillas both sides in the enchilada sauce fill, and roll. make sure you poor a little sauce on top before cooking and i usually save enough cheese to sprinkle with after cooking.

If you would like to cut your cooking time, after assembly instead of placing in a baking pan to cook for 45 + minutes you can assemble them onto a plate (i usually do 4-6 per plate) and heat for 2 1/2 to 3 min in microwave. It will not affect the quality of the dinner at all.

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  Chicken cordon bleu  
This recipe takes a lot of work, its also one you will want to experiment with a couple times as i season everything to taste and the spices may not be an accurate measure. Always remember you can add more but once its added you cant take it out.
One boneless, skinless chicken breast per person to be served.

For each breast you will need:

One paper thin slice of ham, large enough to cover entire breast

1/4 c grated swill cheese per 2 breasts

Small amt. of milk (less than half cup)

Cereal bowl full of bread crumbs per 5 chicken breasts

Poultry seasoning to taste

Seasoned salt to taste

Saran wrap or  plastic storage bags large enough to hold one breast with lots of room left

Tooth picks

take a cutting board, and cover it with saran wrap,  place breast on top and cover that with saran wrap (or if using storage bags, place breast in middle of bag on cutting board) 

Pound with the flat side of a meat tenderizer (rolling pin will work if all else fails). Flatten breasts as much as possible, this takes a lot of muscle and a little bit of time, be patient i promise its worth it.

Lay out each chicken breast, cover with slice of ham, sprinkle with grated swiss cheese and roll
fixing them with the toothpicks, one on each end, and if you used large pieces of chicken one in the middles too.

Take bread crumbs and add poultry seasoning and season salt to taste.

Roll chicken in milk, and then in bread crumbs, make sure you get plenty of bread crumbs on each chicken breast. 

Arrange chicken in a cooking pan,  poor leftover bread crumbs on top., and cook for about 45 min, longer if you used larger chicken breasts. 
 

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