King Ranch Dinner

Ingredients:1 large onion, chopped
1 large green bell pepper, chopped
Vegetable cooking spray
2 cups chopped cooked chicken breasts
1 (10-ounce) can fat-free cream of chicken soup, undiluted
1 (10-ounce) can fat-free cream of mushroom soup, undiluted
1 (10-ounce) can diced tomato and green chiles
1 teaspoon chili powder
1/2 teaspoon pepper
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
12 (6-inch) corn tortillas
1 (8-ounce) block reduced-fat Cheddar cheese, shredded

1. Sauté onion and bell pepper in a large skillet coated with cooking spray over medium-high heat 5 minutes or until tender.
2. Stir in chicken and next 6 ingredients; remove from heat.
3. Tear tortillas into 1-inch pieces; layer one-third tortilla pieces in bottom of a 13- x 9-inch baking dish coated with cooking spray. Top with one-third chicken mixture and one-third cheese. Repeat layers twice.
4. Bake at 350° for 30 to 35 minutes or until bubbly.

Allow plenty of time to cool off 'cause nothing is worse than getting burned by scalding cheese. So while it's cooling mix up that cool crisp salad. Here's what I like to use:
romaine lettuce
chopped tomatoes
sliced red onions
sliced cucumber
1 cup of canned corn
1 cup of drained & rinsed black beans
avocado (if you've got one)
Spicy Ranch Dressing (add a few splashes of tasbasco sauce or mix salsa inNote: Freeze casserole up to 1 month, if desired. Thaw in refrigerator overnight, and bake as directed.

Winter week of Rotisserie Chicken MENU

Sat - 1/31 - Quiches, bread
Sun - 2/1 - Zuppa Osso Buco, bread Mon - 2/2 - Roast 3 big chickens for the rest of week....
Mon-Roast Greek Chicken dinner + orzo with parmesan + frozen vegs
Tues - 2/3 - Moroccan Stew + Couscous - use the chicken
Wed - 2/4 - White Chili, Cornbread + Salad - use the chicken (freeze/take to Hope on Fri am)
Thurs - 2/5 - Sausage Festival + pasta - use the chicken (take to Hope on Fri am)
Fri - 2/6 - King Ranch casserole + salad - use the chicken (take to Hope on Sat am)
Sat - 2/9 - Amish Chicken Noodle Casserole - use the chicken

Grilling Seaside MENU

Grilled Lime-Marinated meat
Grilled eggplant or Eggplant dip - grilled with salt, evoo, then mashed with lime juice or wine vinegar + evoo + garlic or onion + parsley +salt
Grilled cabbage (evoo, salt vinegar)
Grilled pumpkin (3/4" slices, evoo, salt)
Corn salad (with pepper, scallions, lemon or lime juice, 2t sugar, 1 c sour cream, 4T veg oil, salt)
Grilled pineapples (brush lices with melted butter, coat with brown sugar, set aside 15 mins then grill 2-3 mins)

Summer Mediterranean MENU

Raw vegs
Tomato Salad with Feta and Olives
Grilled chicken with mustard vinaigrette (2t dried rosemary+4Tdijon+3T lemon juice+2T sherry, madiera or vermouth+2T soy sauce+4T evoo)
Roasted summer vegs
Peaches

Summer grilled chicken MENU

Grilled ginger chicken or Spice Roasted Chicken
Green bean and tomato salad
Rice and pea salad

N African Meatballs + Couscous + Carrots MENU

Fricassed Chicken + Mushroom soup sauce + Noodles MENU

Crockpot Sweet Sour Chicken + noodles tofu veg stir fry

Crockpot Chicken Ciacciatore + pasta + salad + french bread MENU

Corn Potato Soup + Bread + Grilled Chicken + Salad MENU

Teryaki Tenderloin + Peapods/Mushrooms + Barley + Fast Peach Cobbler MENU

Meals in a Flash

Dumplings - pan fry with:
1 bag of frozen broccoli
1 bag of shelled edamame.  Season with splash of soy.
Fruit broiled with brown sugar on the side.

Tortellini Stoup
Tortellini
1 jar tomato sauce
frozen spinach
beans
water
side of garlic bread

Menu: Christmas Office Party

Grape juice soda
Cranberry Juice/Champagne/Gran Marnier. I also use fresh cranberries and orange slices in the glasses. I can mix the juice and liquor and just add champagne at the last minute to keep the bubbles.

TJ's potato pancakes + applesauce

Tostito's Lime Chips + black bean dip
TJ's pita + hummus (chickpeas + lemon + tahini)

Shrimp + cocktail sauce (catsup + brown sugar + lemon + horseradish)

Mac N Cheese
Ribs + BBQ Sauce + chafing dish
Curried Chicken Salad

Flourless Chocolate Cake

Ina Garten's Cranberry Apple cake with frozen cool whip


Egg Nog

Curried Chicken Salad with Grapes, Spiced Chickpeas, Raita

http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Curried-Chicken-Salad-with-Spiced-Chickpeas-and-Raita-243206

curry

Easy Cranberry and Apple Cake (Ina Garten)

Ingredients

• 12 ounces fresh cranberries, rinsed and picked over for stems
• 1 Granny Smith apple, peeled, cored, and diced
• 1/2 cup light brown sugar, lightly packed
• 1 tablespoon grated orange zest (2 oranges)
• 1/4 cup freshly squeezed orange juice
• 1 1/8 teaspoons ground cinnamon, divided
• 2 extra-large eggs, at room temperature
• 1 cup plus 1 tablespoon granulated sugar
• 1/4 pound (1 stick) unsalted butter, melted and slightly cooled
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 1/4 cup sour cream
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt

Directions

Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F.
Combine the cranberries, apple, brown sugar, orange zest, orange juice, and 1 teaspoon of the cinnamon in a medium bowl. Set aside.
In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the eggs on medium-high speed for 2 minutes. With the mixer on medium, add 1 cup of the granulated sugar, the butter, vanilla, and sour cream and beat just until combined. On low speed, slowly add the flour and salt.
Pour the fruit mixture evenly into a 10-inch glass pie plate. Pour the batter over the fruit, covering it completely. Combine the remaining 1 tablespoon of granulated sugar and 1/8 teaspoon of cinnamon and sprinkle it over the batter. Bake for 55 to 60 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the middle of the cake comes out clean and the fruit is bubbling around the edges. Serve warm or at room temperature.

Sweet Chili the kids love

3 cloves garlic
2 T oil
1# ground turkey or chicken
1 red/green pepper chopped
2 x 15 oz cans of beans (e.g. pinto and kidney)
1/2 onion chopped 
1 large can chopped tomatoes
1 can tomato paste
1/3 c brown sugar
1.5 T Wildtree Taco Seasoning Blend (or... 1 t chili pepper + 1 t oregano + 1 t cumin + 1 t salt + 1/2 t pepper)
1 t Better N Buillon Chicken
2 c water

sizzle garlic in oil in dutch oven.  cook ground meat.  add chopped onions and peppers.  saute until meat is done.  add beans, tomatoes, tomato paste, brown sugar, taco seasoning, BNB, 2 c water.  bring to boil, reduce to simmer 30+ mins.

Japanese Eggplant or Zucchini

seasoning:

• 2 tablespoons soy sauce
• 4 teaspoons lemon juice
• 2 teaspoons olive oil
• 4 Japanese eggplants (about 1 pound)
• 1/4 cup katsuobushi, dried, shaved bonito flakes (a type of tuna), optional

Read More http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Whole-Grilled-Japanese-Eggplant-with-Lemon-and-Soy-Sauce-365629#ixzz2E8ysYLwr

WILDTREE SITES

http://wildtreecooking.blogspot.com/

Fast Asian Noodles

Thai Rice Noodles (12 oz)
1/4c rice or white vinegar
2 T hot sauce (we omit, replace with some chinese seasoning)
2 T sugar
2 T grapeseed oil
12 med shrimp
3 stalks scallions
2 eggs, scrambled
1/2 c tofu cubed and soaked in soy (or just some soy sauce)
2 c mung bean sprouts
1/4 c peanuts (we omit, replace with sesame oil)

Boil noodles to half done (4 mins), rinse in cold water immediately and toss with oil
Make sauce from vinegar, hot sauce/chinese seasoning, sugar, oil - nuke until sugar dissolves
Heat oil in wok and quickly cook scrambled eggs.  Add scallions, then shrimp til cooked, then tofu (or just soy sauce).
Add noodles to hot pan and pour sauce over.  Stir fry 4-5 mins.
Heat off.  Add hot sesame oil, sprouts, lemon slices.

Coleslaw 10 ways from Rachel Ray

http://www.rachaelraymag.com/food-how-to/cooking-tips/coleslaw/