Next Recipe Exchange

July 31 8:00 pm at Jen Pratt's house

Bring your favorite dessert (and recipe) to share

Hope to see you there!!

Simple Baked Pasta

1 jar spaghetti sauce, flavor of your choice
1 jar water
1 lb pasta, your choice of type
shredded cheese
1/2 lb cooked ground beef

Put pasta into a 9x13 inch (or in our case, 7x11) baking dish. Pour sauce over the top. Fill jar with water and pour over the pasta. Put in meat and stir together. Bake at 350 degrees for approximately 45 minutes, until the noodles are tender. Top with cheese, and return to oven to melt.

I found this recipe on some0ne else's blog, and I added the meat to the recipe. It is a GREAT quick recipe!

J. Pratt

Simple Baked Pasta

1 jar spaghetti sauce, flavor of your choice
1 jar water
1 lb pasta, your choice of type
shredded cheese
1/2 lb cooked ground beef

Put pasta into a 9x13 inch (or in our case, 7x11) baking dish. Pour sauce over the top. Fill jar with water and pour over the pasta. Put in meat and stir together. Bake at 350 degrees for approximately 45 minutes, until the noodles are tender. Top with cheese, and return to oven to melt.

I found this recipe on some0ne else's blog, and I added the meat to the recipe. It is a GREAT quick recipe!

J. Pratt

Sesame Chicken Wraps

1 Tbsp. Soy Sauce

4 Tbsp. brown sugar

1 Tbsp. cornstarch

2 cups chicken breast strips

1Tbsp. butter

4 Tbsp. Sesame seeds

2 Tbsp. Sesame oil

6 Butter Lettuce leaves

Combine soy sauce, brown sugar, and cornstarch in a small bowl; pour over chicken strips and stir to coat. Set aside for 15 minutes. In a frying pan, melt butter over low heat. Add sesame seeds and cook until lightly browned. Set aside to cool. In a separate skillet, heat sesame oil over medium heat. Quickly stir -fry the chicken in the heated oil just until cooked through. Combine sesame seeds with chicken. Spoon one - sixth of the mixture atop the center of each lettuce leaf. Fold lettuce into a wrap to be eaten by hand (like a taco). Place on a platter. Makes 6 sesame chicken bundles.

*optional:can add grated, fresh ginger, chopped water chestnuts and green onion while cooking chicken.

S. Swenson

Cafe Rio Deliciousness

Cafe Rio Chicken

1 small bottle Kraft Zesty Italian Dressing
1 T chili powder
1 T cumin
3 cloves garlic—minced
5 lbs chicken breast

Cook all together in a crock pot for 4 hours, shred meat and cook 1 additional hour. Makes a TON!

Café Rio Rice
3 c water
4 t chicken bouillon
4 t garlic –minced
½ bunch cilantro
1 can green chiles—or equivalent fresh
¾ t salt
1 T butter
½ onion
3 c rice

Blend cilantro, green chiles and onion together in food processor. Bring water to a boil and add all ingredients, simmer covered 30 minutes.

Tomatillo Dressing

1 package Hidden Valley Ranch dressing mix
1 C. Mayonnaise
1 C. chopped Cilantro
2 cloves Garlic
3 Tomatillos (fresh or canned- found on ethnic foods aisle, roast in oven if using dressing that day)
1/3 cup Buttermilk
1/4 tsp. Cayenne Pepper

Put all the ingredients into a blender. Blend until smooth. I think this dressing is better on the second day.

Enjoy some Provo goodness!!