Cheddar apple muffins

Cheddar Apple Muffins
3 cups all-purpose flour
2/3 cup sugar
4 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1 tsp cinnamon
1 1/2 cup shredded cheddar (sharp is best)
2 large eggs
1 cup apple juice
1/2 cup unsalted butter, melted
2 cups finely chopped apple (a tart one like Granny Smith is best)

Combine four, sugar, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon. Add cheese. Beat eggs with apple juice. Stir in butter and apple. Add all at once to flour mix. Stir until moistened. Bake for 25-30 mins @ 375F. 

Makes 12 large muffins.

Thai chicken-crock pot

Ingredients:

8 chicken thighs (about 2 lbs.) w/o skin
1/2 cup chick broth
1/4 cup peanut butter
1/4 cup soy sauce
2 tbsp. chopped fresh cilantro
2 tbsp lime juice
1 hot chili pepper or 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper, seeded and finely chopped
2 tsp minced fresh ginger root (or 1 tsp ground ginger)
1/4 cup peanuts

1. place chicken thighs in slow cooker. 
2. in bowl, combine everything but peanuts. Mix well and then pour over chicken
3. cover and cook on low for 6-8 hours
4. serve with chopped peanuts on top

Sour cream pancakes

Sour Cream Pancakes
Preparation time 15 min
Cooking time 4 min per batch
Makes 14 to 16 medium pancakes

2tbsp(30 mL) butter
2cups(500 mL) all-purpose flour
1/4cup(50 mL) granulated sugar
1tbsp(15 mL) baking powder
1/2tsp(2 mL) salt
2eggs
1 1/2cups(375 mL) milk
1cup(250 mL) regular or light sour cream
1tsp(5 mL) vanilla
Butter for cooking pancakes
Fresh blueberries & raspberries (optional)
1. Microwave 2 tbsp (30 mL) butter in a small bowl until melted. In a large bowl, using a fork, stir flour with sugar, baking powder and salt. Make a well in centre. In a medium bowl, whisk eggs with milk, sour cream, melted butter and vanilla. Pour into flour mixture and stir just until mixed.
2. Immediately melt about 1 tsp (5 mL) butter in a large frying pan set over medium heat. (Or save time by cooking on a large griddle or simultaneously in 2 pans.) Use a 1/4-cup (50-mL) measure to pour batter into hot pan. Depending on size of pan, add 1 to 3 more pancakes. Cook until surfaces are covered with bubbles and edges are lightly browned, from 2 to 3 min. Turn and continue to cook until pancakes are golden, from 2 to 3 min.

Udon soup

2 packages fresh udon noodles

1 box chicken stalk

1/4 soy sauce

Whatever meat and veggies you have on hand

Dried Shitake mushrooms (soak in cold water for 1/2 hour) 

Brown chicken

Add carrots, celery

Add chicken stalk and soy sauce and mushroom

simmer 15 minutes

Add broccoli and udon noodles till steamed/heated through

Brie and Apple Appetizer

French baguette

Apples

Brie

Butter 

Chopped walnuts

Brown sugar

Olive oil

Slice bread, brush with OO, crisp in oven for a few minutes at 350

Top with thin slice of apple, thick slice of Brie and walnut mixture

Bake 5 minutes, or until cheese melts

Walnut mixture: mix butter, brown sugar, and walnuts in sauce pan till hot

Jambalaya

5 hot italian sausages (peel the skin off)

1 large red pepper

2 celery stalks

4 scallion

1/2 chopped parsley

3 clove garlic

2 tbsp fresh thyme

1 1/2 pound chicken (breast or thigh)

1 28 ounce diced tomatoes

3 bay leaves

s & p

cayenne

1 lb frozen shrimp

1 tbsp fresh lemon

Chop and brown sausage, set aside

Saute veggies and herbs (except parsley)

Add chopped raw chicken, mix well (I hate cutting raw chicken so I added chicken cutlets)

Add tomatoes, simmer 20 minutes, add sausage

Add shrimp, parsley and lemon, simmer 5 minutes

Serve over rice