Aguadito de Pollo

Traditional Peruvian Chicken Soup
4-5 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves - cut in half
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 medium onion, chopped
1/4 teaspoon minced garlic
1 cup chopped cilantro
1 cup frozen mixed veggies
2 cubes chicken bullion
1 cup uncooked white rice
10 cups water

Instructions

1. Season the chicken with salt and pepper. Heat the olive oil in a large, heavy pot over medium-high heat. Stir in the onion, garlic, and smashed up chicken bullion cubes, cook until the onion has softened, about 1 minute. Add the chicken, and continue to cook for 5 minutes.

2. Stir in the cilantro, and mixed veggies; cook for 1 minute. Pour in the rice and 10 cups of water. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to medium-low, and simmer until the chicken is opaque, about 40 minutes
This is a Davis family favorite of ours since living in Chile. I hope you enjoy!

Peanut Butter Bars

3/4 cup butter (softened)

3/4 cup brown sugar

3/4 cup sugar

2 eggs

3/4 cup peanut butter

1/2 tsp. salt

1/2 tsp. vanilla

1 1/2 cup flour

1 1/2 cup oats

1 cup peanut butter

Directions:

Mix all together EXCEPT the 1 cup peanut butter.

Press into a greased cookie sheet, bake at 350 degrees F for 12-15 mins

(it doesn't really look all that different once it's been baked, but it does bake)

Spread the 1 cup peanut butter on the top of the hot bars.

FROSTING:

3 Cups powdered sugar

1/3 cup milk

1/4 cup margarine, softened

4TBSP cocoa

1/4 tsp salt

Directions:

Mix until smooth.

Spread on partially cooled bars.

Can eat immediately,

but I think they are better and a lot less messy if you

refrigerate them.

I got this recipe from my good friend

Ticia Stahlecker

when she lived in Chile!

Trufas de Coco y Leche

(Coconut and Condensed Milk Truffles)

We made this at home with our 4, 5 and 6 year old daughters, easy and fun!


Ingredients:

2 packets "vino" biscuits (or other sweet biscuits)
1 can sweetened condensed milk
1 cup of dessicated coconut.

Method:

1. Crush biscuits in a large bowl. Can be done by hand or with a mixer/stick blender on a low setting. Crush until the biscuits have formed a medium to fine crumble.

2. Add the can of condensed milk and mix thoroughly.

3. Take tablespoon-sized portions and roll into balls. Roll in the coconut.

4. Refrigerate (or eat them, whatever!)

Note: This is 2 Chilean sized packets of biscuits. If making this somewhere else, use 1 packet and then add more if necessary (you want a playdough texture).

Alternatives: Add raisins, choc chips, or nuts for additional flavour.

Enjoy!

Pizza Crust from Kim Ponczoch

Pizza Crust

1 C sour milk (add 1 tsp. lemon juice)
1 T sugar
2 T butter
1 T yeast
2 1/2 C flour
1 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. baking soda
Warm milk in microwave (about 30 seconds). Melt butter in pan. Take off heat. Pour milk into butter. Sprinkle on yeast and sugar. Let yeast develop. Stir in flour, salt & soda. Knead well. Let rise 10 min. Spread on greased pizza pan (instead of using cooking spray I just sprinkle corn meal on the pan). Add pizza toppings. Bake for 20-25 minutes at 400 degrees.

Mini Pavlova Recipe

Mini Pavlova Recipe

Preparation Time 20 minutes

Cooking Time 25 minutes

Ingredients
2 egg whites
1/2 cup (110g) caster sugar
300ml thickened cream, whipped
2 bananas, sliced
1/2 (125g) fresh strawberries, hulled
2 passionfruit, pulped
Directions:
Preheat oven to 150°C. (238 degrees F.)
Line 2 baking trays with baking paper.
Place egg whites into a clean bowl.
Beat with electric beaters until soft peaks form.
Gradually add caster sugar, beating well between each addition.
Beat until mixture is thick and glossy - this will take at least 5 minutes.
Spoon heaped teaspoonfuls of the mixture onto baking trays.
Flatten meringue into a disc.
Bake for 20-25 minutes or until crisp.
Cool completely in the oven with the door ajar.
Top meringue with cream, and decorate with fruit.
Serve immediately.


This is the website that Stephanie got the recipe from.
http://www.taste.com.au/recipes/13961/mini+pavlova

Playdough Cookies

Play Dough Cookies

3/4 C butter
3 ounces cream cheese
1 cup white sugar
1 egg
1 t vanilla extract
2 and 3/4 C flour
1 t baking powder
1/4 t salt
assorted food coloring
...

1. In a bowl cream butter, cream cheese and sugar until fluffy.
Add egg and vanilla. Beat until smooth.

2. In a bowl combine flour, baking powder, and salt. Add dry ingredients to the creamed mixture. Stir until soft dough forms. Divide dough into Fourths. Tint each with a different food coloring. Wrap in plastic and chill for two hours. (I stuck it in the freezer for 15 minutes because I hate to wait!)

3. Preheat oven to 350. Shape colors into 3/4 inch balls. For each cookie place one pink, one orange, one green, and one blue ball together and roll to make one giant ball. Roll into a 12 inch long snake, and then starting at one end coil roll to make a cookie. Place cookies 2 to 3 inches apart on greased cookie sheet to allow for spreading.

4. Bake for 8 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool and store in an airtight container.Enjoy!
I got the recipe from: Little Momma and Company

Southwestern Egg Rolls

Southwestern Egg Rolls

1 chicken breast fillet, diced *
½ red bell pepper, minced *
2 T. green onion, minced
¼ c. white onion, minced
1 can corn (or frozen about 1 c.) *
1 can black beans, rinsed and drained *
2 T. spinach, sliced very thinly (optional)
1 small can green chilies *
½ T. parsley *
½ t. cumin *
½ t. chili powder *
¼ t. salt *
dash cayenne pepper *
1 c. Ceddar Cheese, shredded*
Flour Tortillas *

Avocado-ranch dipping sauce:
1 c. ranch (any style) *
1 whole avocado, mashed (Or more if you like it!)
1 tsp. minced onion *
Salt & Pepper *
Blend together with blender.

Cook chicken and dice. In large bowl mix all ingredients together.
Sauté all ingredients (including chicken) until warm. Remove from heat and add shredded cheese. Mix well. Warm tortillas. Place ½ c. or so of mixture inside a tortilla. Fold completely together so mixture can not escape. Place inside a panni grill or George Forman to grill and melt cheese. You can also make like a grilled cheese sandwich, just put something heavy on top of burrito to grill. Serve with dipping sauce.

Julie got this recipe from
http://myfoodstoragedeals.blogspot.com/2008/06/cookbook-for-sale.html


Thank you Julie for finding this amazing recipe.
This is a keeper in my house!