Overnight Oatmeal

I forgot who I was telling about this recipe. So hopefully someone finds this useful:

Ingredients:
2 cups oats (regular or quick-cooking, but not steel-cut or instant)
2 cups milk (I use and calculated the nutrition with 1%, but you can use whatever milk you like, including things like unsweetened almond or coconut milk)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon almond extract
2 tablespoons brown sugar (or your favorite sweetener)
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Pinch of salt (optional)
1 6-ounce package raspberries
2 tablespoons sliced almonds
Instructions:
In a medium bowl, combine the oats, milk, extracts, brown sugar, ground cinnamon, and the salt (if using). Gently add the raspberries, then divide evenly among 4 8-ounce jars or containers. Refrigerate overnight. In the morning, top with sliced almonds and serve cold. Makes 4 servings.

Turkey Chili

I know it's not soup season but since I'm posting I'm going to post all my favs.

Ingredients

• ¼ Cup Olive Oil
• ¼ Cup Butter (unsalted preferred)
• 1 Anaheim Chile seeded and chopped or one can chopped green chills
• ½ red onion chopped
• 2 stalks celery finely chopped
• 1 red pepper chopped
• 1 leek white part only chopped (optional)
• 2 tsp. crushed garlic or 2 garlic cloves chopped
• 2 tsp. dried oregano
• ¼ cup corn flour (optional)
• 1 tsp. red pepper crushed (cayenne)
• 2 Tbs. Ground Cumin
• 2 Tbs. Ground Coriander
• 1 tsp. salt
• ⅛ cup sugar (optional)
• 6 cups chicken broth
• 1 bag frozen corn
• 4 cans of beans (your choice)--we love cannelini, kidney, pinto, and black (you can drain and rinse these or not--whatever you'd like)
• 2 lbs. ground turkey or 4 cups diced turkey (your choice)
• Toppings:
• Tortilla Chips
• Sour Cream
• Grated cheese
• Cilantro
• Avocado sliced or diced

Instructions

1. Brown turkey in a sauté pan and set aside.
2. In a separate sauté pan, add olive oil and butter, heat through until butter is melted. Add chopped chilis, onions, celery, red pepper, leek, and garlic. Sauté 10 minutes, or until vegetables are transparent. Add spices, sugar and corn flour.
3. In a large soup pot, pour in chicken broth, begin heating and add turkey, sautéed vegetable mixture, beans and frozen corn. Heat through. Keep warm on stovetop until ready to serve. Add toppings of your choice--grated cheese, sliced avocado, sour cream and cilantro are favorites.
4. Refrigerate leftovers up to three days; reheats well in microwave or on stovetop.

Vegetable Minestrone Soup

I know you have all been missing my recipes. This one is a good one. I'm not going to lie I haven't gotten Dan or Tyce to eat it but Jada and I sure love it. Plus, I make a batch and eat it for lunch all week.

Ingredients

• 2-3 Tbs. olive oil or butter
• 1C diced celery
• 1C diced onion
• 1-2 C diced carrots
• 28-30 oz. diced tomatos or tomato sauce or a combination
• 32 oz. chicken broth
• 1 can garbanzo beans drained
• 1 can white kidney beans drained
• 1-2 cups chopped cabbage
• 1 medium zucchini cut in one inch pieces
• 1 cup frozen green beans or frozen peas
• 1 cup ditalini or other small pasta
• ½ tsp.oregano
• ½ tsp. basil
• ½ tsp. coriander
• ½ tsp. thyme
• ½ tsp. garlic salt

Instructions

1. In the soup pot melt butter or oil and add celery, carrots, and onions. sauté on medium for 10 minutes until onions are transparent.
2. Add tomatoes and sauce, chicken broth, beans, zucchini, pasta, and cabbage.
3. Add spices, Simmer for 20 minutes until zucchini is cooked.
4. Serve with croutons, parmesan cheese and italian parsley.

Sweet Baby Ray's Copycat BBQ Sauce

I love BBQ sauce and when we were in Michigan I discovered Sweet Baby Ray's BBQ sauce. It is really good. I found this copycat recipe and it is great. It is awesome on a BBQ chicken pizza or anywhere else you use BBQ sauce. :)

Ingredients:
1 1/4 cup Ketchup (Last time I used tomato sauce and it worked well)
1 cup dark brown sugar (I am trying to cut back on our refined sugar intake so I cut this way back and just added more pineapple juice, it was still good. I am going to try part honey next time.)
2 T molasses
1/4 cup pineapple juice
1/4 cup water
1 tsp Apple cider vinegar
2 tsp Worcestershire sauce
2 tsp Smoked paprika (or normal paprika)
2 T. mustard powder
1/2 tsp garlic powder
1/2 tsp chili powder
1/2 tsp pepper

Whole Wheat 30 Minute Cinnamon Buns

I was a little skeptical when I first found this recipe. I found it on halfbakedharvest.com. I changed a few things she did, but I think they turned out really good. Without my kitchenaide I get tired of kneading dough...I was excited this recipe required no kneading. It seriously was 30 minutes from start to finish. :)

Ingredients:

Dough:
3 cups flour (2 cups whole wheat 1 cup white)
2 Tbsp. brown sugar
2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1 1/2 cups buttermilk

Filling:
melted butter (you choose how much)
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 Tbsp. cinnamon

Cream Cheese frosting

Instructions:
Preheat oven to 375 F. Spring muffin tin with cooking spray. (You could probably make them on a jelly roll pan or something else, but I followed her suggestion)

To make the dough place the flour, brown sugar, baking powder, and salt in a medium sized mixing bowl. Stir in the buttermilk until a dough ball forms. Turn out onto a heavily floured surface (make sure there is plenty of flour, the dough is very wet). Roll out into a rectangle and proceed like normal cinnamon rolls. Bake for 12-14 minutes or until browned. Spread icing on top and enjoy! :)

Tortillas

I LOVE this recipe. I have tried a few different recipes for tortillas and they never turn out right. I got this recipe from a friend in Ann Arbor. They turn out perfect if you put the dough in the refrigerator for a while before cooking them. Lately I have been making a lot of dough and putting it in the fridge. Whenever we need tortillas I just use some of the dough and put the rest in back in the fridge. Here is the recipe.

Servings: 32

5 cups flour (1/2 whole wheat if you want)
1/3 cup shortening
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. baking powder
2 cups water

Combine everything except the water. Knead together with hands or beaters until well mixed. Add about 2 cups warm water until dough sticks together and will not stick to hands. Divide into egg size balls, roll out, throw to stretch. Cook in cast iron or heavy aluminum dry pan, hot and quick. Do not over cook.

For (15) tortillas use:
3 cups flour
3 Tbsp. shortening
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1 cup water

Chocolate Lover's Brownies

I love this brownie recipe. I am tired for looking it up so I thought I would share it here. :) They are extra yummy with the cocoa powder I buy here. It is from the Netherlands and it is really rich and delicious. I am sending some cocoa powder back with Nate next week so you guys can try it. I seriously LOVE it.

Ingredients:
1/2 c. butter, melted
1 c. sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
2 eggs
1/2 c. all-purpose flour
1/3 c. cocoa
1/4 tsp. baking powder
1/2 c. semi-sweet chocolate chips

Directions: Blend butter, sugar & vanilla in a large bowl. Add eggs; using a

wooden spoon beat well. Combine flour, cocoa, baking powder

and salt; gradually blend into egg mixture. Stir in chocolate

chips. Spread into greased 9" square pan. Bake at 350º for 20-

25 minutes or until brownies begin to pull away from edges of

pan.