Yummy Tuna Casserole

I'm not sure those three words have ever been linked together in my vocabulary in the past---yummy tuna casserole. That has all changed when tonight I made a super yummy tuna casserole. Here is a link to the recipe: http://www.ourbestbites.com/2012/02/tuna-noodle-casserole/

Gyoza (Pot Stickers)

1 lb. ground pork or beef
4 cloves garlic minced (we always add more)
1/2 cabbage finely chopped (I use my mini chopper and do it in batches...or a food processor would work great)
4-6 green onions chopped
2 tsp. soy sauce
1 tsp minced ginger

Package round pot sticker wrappers

Soy sauce and rice vinegar to dip (the proportions are about 1:1, with a little more vinegar)

Mix together well. Fill skins with about 1 spoonful of mixture. Fry in oil until bottom is golden brown. Then add 1/4 cup water to pan and cover until water is boiled away, about 4 minutes.

The package of wrappers should show you how to fold them. :)

Serve with rice. Dip pot stickers in soy sauce/rice vinegar mixture and eat. Eat with edamame recipe I posted earlier. YUMMY!!

Another request...

Amy will you post your recipe for pot stickers?!

Stuffed Bell Peppers

Anyone have a good recipe for stuffed bell peppers? We have some ground hamburger we need to use and I thought that would be tasty.

Banana Nut Muffins

If you can't tell, I have been doing a lot of baking this winter. I have been making all sorts of bread (naan, pitas, English muffins...). I checked out a sweet cookbook from the library called Artisan Bread in Five Minutes A Day. You should all check it out. It is nice because the baking warms up our apartment. :) It got really cold here this weekend.

Anyway, I love this muffin recipe. I have been making it for a long time. Jenny and I used to make it instead of going on jogs when we lived in Provo. I thought the rest of you might want to try it too. I like to make it in my mini muffin tin and it makes a perfect snack for the kids.

1 1/2 cups flour (I used 1 c. whole wheat 1/2 c. white)

1 cup chopped walnuts

1/2 cup toasted wheat germ

1/2 cup brown sugar

1 T. baking powder

1 tsp. cinnamon

1/2 tsp. salt

1/4 tsp. ground nutmeg

2 ripe bananas, mashed

3/4 cup milk

5 Tbsp. melted butter (I usually use oil)

1 egg

cinnamon sugar (optional)

1. Preheat oven to 400 F. Fit 12 muffin cups with paper liners. Coat each with cooking spray.

2. Mix flour, walnuts, wheat germ, brown sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, salt, and nutmeg in large bowl. Stir in bananas, milk, butter, and egg. Mix until just blended.

3. Fill muffin cups evenly with batter. Sprinkle with cinnamon sugar, if desired.

4. Bake muffins for about 20-22 minutes (shorter for small muffin tin). Cool 1 minute, then remove from the muffin pan and cool on a wire rack.

Veggie and Noodles With Thai Coconut Curry Sauce

http://www.ourbestbites.com/2010/07/veggies-and-noodles-with-thai-coconut-curry-sauce/

This is sooooo good! I think you will all love it!

Oven Rice

Per Becky's request....

2 1/4 C. Water
3 T. butter
3 chicken bouillon cubes
1/4 tsp celery salt

Microwave ingredients until boiling

Put 1 C. white rice in a square casserole dish. Sprinkle with 2 tsp. parsley flakes and 1 T. dried onion.

Pour boiling mixture over rice. Cover with foil. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.