April 6, 2009 at 4:08 pm (7 ingredients or less, Aldi ingredients, Appetizers, celery, cream cheese, no-cook, peanut butter, raisins, snack foods)
This used to be a favorite children’s snack before processed snack foods became a major food industry.
Celery
Cream cheese OR peanut butter
Raisins
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1. Trim off the leaves and broad white end on crisp celery
2. Fill the celery with cream cheese or peanut butter.
3. Stud with raisins.
April 3, 2009 at 5:06 pm (carrots, chicken broth, cilantro, fresh ginger, garlic, ground pork, linguine, Main Dish, peanut butter, red pepper flakes, scallions, stovetop)
Work: 10 minutes
Total: 30 minutes
Serves: 4
12 oz linguine
1 cup chicken broth or water
2 T lite soy sauce
12 oz ground pork
1/4 t red pepper flakes
6 scallions, cut in 1 1/2″ pieces
1 large carrot, shredded
1 T minced garlic
1 T minced ginger
3 T creamy peanut butter
Chopped cilantro for garnish
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1. Bring a large pot of water to boil. Cook linguine as package directs. Stir together broth and soy sauce in a measuring cup.
2. Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add ground pork and red pepper flakes. Cook 5 minutes, breaking up, until browned and no longer pink. Add scallions, carrot, garlic and ginger; cook 3 minutes.
3. Stir broth mixture and peanut butter into pork. Cook until peanut butter is melted and blended.
4. Reserve 1 cup pasta water. Drain linguine, add to skillet and toss to evenly coat with sauce. (Stir in some pasta water if needed to keep mixture creamy.) Sprinkle with cilantro.
March 16, 2008 at 4:51 pm (Aldi ingredients, butter, candy, cocoa, granulated sugar, milk, peanut butter, salt, stovetop, vanilla, walnuts)
Title: Fudge
Description:
Fudge by Jim Lenz (my dad). The way we made it when we were kids.
Ingredients:
3 Cups sugar (Heaped if you want more)
3 Heaping tablespoons of Cocoa (Regular Tablespoon. Not measuring spoon). 2/3 cup.
Pinch of salt
1 1/2 cups of milk (Maybe a little more if you heap the sugar) We always used canned milk (half milk half water).
4 Tablespoons of margarine (!/2 tablespoon if you put peanut butter in.)
1 teaspoon of vanilla
Optional- Two big heaping tablespoons of peanut butter (Same as for the cocoa) or about 3/4 cup of chopped walnuts.
Directions:
(1)Combine cocoa, sugar and salt. Use a good sized pan because it will boil over (one with a handle so you can hold on to it while beating) .
(2)Stir in milk.
(3)Bring to a boil as quick as possible stirring frequently. (the quicker you melt the sugar the less likely the fudge will be sugary)
(4)Cook without stirring until it gets to 232 degrees or until a small amount forms a firm soft ball in cold water. We always used the soft ball method. You can tell when it is getting done it will cook down or you can run and ask your Mother like we did..
(5)Remove from heat; drop in butter and peanut butter if you are using it. Cool to lukewarm without stirring. You can set the pan in cold water to speed this up.
(6)Add vanilla and nuts if you are using them and beat until mixture thickens and starts to lose its gloss and then quickly pour it into a buttered pan and cut into squares.
(7)If you get in a hurry and it doesn’t harden you can put it back in the pan and cook it some more. If you have cooked it too much you might not be able to pour it out and it will be hard.
(8)If that doesn’t work you just throw it out and start over. Have fun.
(9)You will know when it is just right. You will need two glasses of water with every piece.
Number Of Servings:One
Preparation Time:Too long
