Chocolate Chip Zucchini Cake

Submitted By Jessie Pond

* Jessie strongly recommends the Guittard Milk Chocolate Chips (use the whole bag) as the "small bag of chocolate" Just pour them on right before you bake it and they barely sink.

 

Arroz Con Pollo

Submitted By Shelly Nielsen

Easy Arroz Con Pollo

1-3/4 C. uncooked instant rice (I like brown)
6 boneless chicken breast halves
Garlic salt & pepper to taste
1 Can (14-1/2 oz.) chicken broth
1 Cup picante sauce
1 can (8 oz.) tomato sauce
1/2 Cup chopped onion
1/2 Cup chopped green pepper
1/2 Cup shredded Montery Jack cheese
1/2 Cup shredded cheddar cheese

Spread the rice in a greased 9x13 pan. Sprinkle both sides of the chicken with garlic salt and pepper; place over rice.
In a bowl, combine the broth, picante sauce, tomato sauce, onion and green pepper; pour over the chicken.

Cover and bake @ 350 for 55 minutes or untill the rice is tender and the chicken juices run clear.  Sprinkle with cheeses.
Bake uncovered 5 minutes longer or until cheese is melted.

6 servings, 351 calories, 9 g fat, 30 g carbohydrate.

Jalapeno Jelly

Submitted by Sandee Hinman

Blend in blender until fine:

3 ½ oz. can jalapenos

1 lg. green pepper

¼ cup vinegar

Combine in large saucepan:

6 cups sugar

1 cup vinegar

Mixture from blender

Cook on medium heat until sugar dissolves.  Add:

6 oz. Certo (pectin)

Boil 1 minute.  Add 5-6 drops green food coloring if desired.  Seal in jars.

Makes six ½ pint jars.

If not sealed, store in refrigerator.

Gingerbread Waffles

Submitted By Amanda Hancock

Gingerbread Waffles

1/4 c. oil

1/4 c. honey

1/2 c. molasses

2 eggs

1 c. milk

2 c. whole wheat flour

1 1/2 tsp. baking powder

1 tsp. cinnamon

1 tsp. ginger

1/4 tsp. ground cloves

1/4 tsp. salt

Use a 1-cup glass measuring cup and measure the oil first, then add the honey and molasses. The oil will help the sticky stuff slide out nicely. Add eggs and milk, and beat with mixer. Sift dry ingredients together and mix into batter. Bake in a pre-heated waffle iron. 

Extra yummy with fresh sliced peaches and frozen yogurt.

P.S. Most kids don't like these, so you can have them all to yourself (unless you have a husband, in which case you may or may not have to share, depending on the maturity of his taste buds.)

October 2011 Newsletter