teri's desserts and other items of interest...: 2019

Breakfast

Steel Cut Oats -1:2ratio of oats to water 4HI NPR

1:4ratio if you like them a bit runnier

Can add non-dairy milk, but regular milk will burn??

add apples, craisins, nuts, cinnamon

When done, add more extras, milk, brown sugar
Keep in fridge in containers for several days.

Egg Casserole - Saute meat, onion

Put in well sprayed pan and top with cheese

Mix eggs & spices and pour over

10eggs 2/3c milk 8” pan - 12HI NPR 10 minutes

(I did 10eggs+2/3c water in a 7” pyrex)

soak up water on top w/paper towel

Potatoes - Dice up potatoes (add onions and peppers)

Sautein neutral flavored oil –stir frequently to avoid sticking

Add spices halfway through sauteing

Add water (3/4c to 2 lbs. potatoes) (don’t mix) –came out with liquid

1HI QPR if eating now 1LOW QPR if prepping ahead (1 week in fridge)

Use the eggs and potatoes to make breakfast burritos - add hot sauce to spice it up. Could make them all up and freeze them or make and eat throughout the week.

French Toast Casserole –Spray pan-mix 3 eggs, 1/4 to 1/2 c. milk (adjust depending on how much bread you have) 1/4c. sugar, cinnamon, add in old cubed bread of any kind.

separately-mix 2-3Tbsp. brown sugar into 2-3Tbs. cream cheese(microwave it so you can spread it) (or use a mix of almond butter, maple syrup, & cinn)

In pan-1/2 bread, 1/2 cream cheese, rest bread, rest cream cheese

Top each pan with

Dot with butter pats, nuts

25HI 5NPR minutes –can fit 2 6” square cake pans covered w/foil - delish!

Great leftover with pancake syrup

Miscellaneous

Hard Boiled Eggs –6HI 5-10NPR then rinse under cold water
If they're too done for you, try 5HI or 4HI

White (not quick cook) Rice - 1:1 rice to water - 4HI 10NPR
hint - add 1tsp. oil and a dash of salt

minimum 1c. rice, or use pot in pot

Brown Rice - 1:1 rice to water - 22HI 10NPR
https://greenhealthycooking.com/instant-pot-rice/

Corn–2HI NPR - ok to sit in closed pot til ready to serve

Baked Potatoes –8HI NPR (more if bigger)

Chicken

Chicken Caesar Salad Wraps

Cube 2lbs. Chicken breasts-season & saute 5 min. in olive oil

½c. broth 4oz. Cream chs ¼ c. fresh parm 2/3c.caesardressing

DO NOT STIR –15HI QPR

Serve as wraps with bacon & lettuce or on top of rice

Crack Chicken

Cook chicken, shred, add cream cheese, ranch powder, cooked bacon, cheddar cheese - good as a pasta too

Chicken Taco Bowls (think Qdoba)

Spray instant pot

1/2c. Broth, 2 chicken breasts, cover with taco spice

Cover with black beans, 1 c. frozen corn, 1 1/2c. salsa,

1 1/4c. uncooked white rice

Add additional 1c. Broth

8HI (10if using frozen chicken) 12NPR

fluff rice gently, remove chicken to shred (put lid back on)
If rice is too done, next time cut chicken smaller and try 6HI

Serve as nachos, wraps, salads with all the toppings

Ground Beef/Pasta

Meat Loaf –1lb. Ground beef 1/4c. each(Bread crumbs, oats, catsup, milk) 1 egg

Add spice, onion, etc. to taste 25HI QPR (not a must)

Make an extra to freeze.

Put the frozen loaf on a trivet on top of diced potatoes + 1c. water 10HI QPR

Remove meat loaf and make mashed potatoes
*secret sauce is equal amounts catsup & brown sugar + a bit of yellow mustard

Hamburger Helper-Brown 1 lb. meat

Pour in 16oz. Pasta, 4c. water 4c. sauce (jar or homemade)
5HI QPR add 8oz. Ricotta or cottage or cream cheese mixed w/1 egg (4oz. is plenty - save the calories)

Add 4oz. shredded mozzarella and stir

Opt–pour into pan, add 4oz. Shredded mozzarella, broil 2-3 minutes

Spaghetti Sauce

Brown 1 lb. ground beef with onion

Drain fat if necessary

Add 6 small cans tomato sauce 2 cans paste 1 can tomatoes

Plus water to rinse all ½ c. spice mix + ½ c. sugar (or substitute)

10HI 10NPR - burn message?
To make quick spaghetti, break spaghetti and place in pot in different directions, cover with water (dash of oil optional)
dump sauce on water or put in a separate bowl on trivet
Quick lasagna - layer sauce, raviolis (meat or cheese-can be frozen)
In lieu of ricotta or cottage cheese, try 8oz. cream cheese mixed with 2 eggs

Mac n Cheese - Pour in 16oz. Pasta, 4c. Chicken broth

2Tbsp. Butter Optional 1Tbsp. Dijon & 3-4 dashes Hot sauce s&p garlic powder

4HI QPR Add shredded cheese, any kind (3cups)
plus 1/2-to 1 c. milk stir to melt

Beef

Basic Roast-2.5 lb. chuck roast seasoned/saute in olive oil 5 min

deglaze well with ½ c. beef broth - don't skip this!

Add braising vegis - garlic onion celery carrots + packet of onion soup mix 2 Tbsp. worcestshire tomatoes and/or tomato sauce

(1 1/2c. Liquid total) 45HI 10NPR

When done, add potatoes carrots onion 6HI 10NPR

Remove meat and vegisto make gravy on saute

Mississippi Pot Roast

2.5-3 lb. chuck roast –cut in to 2” slabs –pat dry w paper towel

saute in olive oil 5 min per side without moving

Remove meat and deglaze with 1 c. beef broth

add 5-10 pepperoncinis 1oz. Ranch mix packet and

1oz. au jus or brown gravy mix + 6Tbsp. butter

Add meat back 60HI 15NPR

Remove meat, make gravy, shred meat and add back in

Make ahead and chill –fat will rise to the top
Turn the leftover juice into soup

Pork

Pork Tenderloin –sit out 15 minutes, coat with oil and rub,

pepper medley

Saute to brown/cancel & remove /deglaze

1/2Tbsp. Worcestershire & 1tsp. liquid smoke

3HI 12-15NPR

Let set 5 minutes before slicing

Make gravy

Baby back RIBS (3.5lbs) –let sit out 15 minutes,remove membrane, oil, rub, 1c. Water 1/2c. Apple cider vinegar 1/4tsp. Liquid smoke

Place ribs on trivet –meat side facing out

25HI (35for 7lbs-make sure they fit) 10NPR (add 5 min for spare ribs)

Add bbq sauce and broil 5 min
Or cover with sauce and foil and put in oven at 300 for an hour
Make a couple racks the day before and heat them in the oven

Soup

Chicken Noodle Soup–add spice at each ‘layer’

Dice chicken, season, saute with carrots, garlic, onion, celery in olive oil or butter

Or start with vegis and add whole chicken pieces 8HI QPR

Remove chicken and shred –return to pot with more broth and noodles, 3HI QPR

If using egg noodles, just cook them on saute

Minestrone –don’t forget the spice

Brown ground beef on high saute, add garlic, onions, carrots, celery

Season and Deglaze pot with broth

Add broth, potatoes (diced small) pasta 2HI QPR

canned tomatoes, beans, corn, green beans at end

0HI QPR
or slow cook til dinner time

Make Ahead

Cajun Rice and Sausage/cajun pasta/red beans and rice soup

Cajun sausage (and/or chicken) onion carrots celery

–freeze flat in a ziplocfor up to 3 months

Thaw overnite - add 1 can rinsed beans 1 can tomatoes
want more soup? add more cans and water

1c. rice (not quick cook) 1c.broth & Cajun seasoning

3HI 15NPR fluff rice

To make soup, add extra liquid

For cajun chicken pasta, saute diced chicken peppers onions in pot til cooked through - Save at this point if meal prepping

Cook pasta –4HI QPR dump some liquid if there’s a lot left

Add chicken peppers onions ½ stick of butter ½ block of cream cheese ¼ c. parmesan 1 c. milk and more spice
(My sauce is usually twice the butter, cream cheese, etc. so using the liquid saves some calories)
Tony Chachere's creole seasoning

Saute on low and stir til combined or until it's not too runny

Red Beans –Saute cajun sausage onion garlic celery

Add cajun spice, hot sauce, rinsed beans & canned tomatoes

0HI QPR serve over rice

Dessert - (tuna cans are the perfect size)
Please do your own research regarding BPA in cans

Lava Cake –

1/2c. butter 1c. Choc. Chips –melt in microwave

Add in 1c. Powdered sugar

3 eggs 1 yolk 1Tbsp. Vanilla 6Tbs. Flour

Spray containers –cover with foil

9HI QPR

Peanut butter version –put some halfway while filling containers