We Love Food!

This blog is my family's online cook-book, where we can share our favorite recipes with each other. There's not a ton on recipes on here just yet - but I can guarantee, they are all 100% delicious!

Mar 22, 2010

Peanut Butter Soup


This recipe doesn't actually come from me. Kristi taught it to me, but I'm afraid that she won't put it on here anytime soon, so I'm doing it for her! She learned this recipe in Ghana. It's not really a soup, it's just a thick sauce that you pour over rice. (In Ghana they make the rice into "rice balls" but Kristi and I have not figured out how to successfully create a "rice ball." Once we do I'll add it here.)
This dish is absolutely wonderful & it's fairly simple to make.

(Kristi- please make any corrections or add to it if I miss something!)

Ingredients:
3 Tomatoes- peeled & chopped (Roma Tomatoes)
1 Onion- chopped
1 or 2 Chicken Breasts- boiled & chopped
1 Cup Water
3/4 Cup Peanut Butter (Adam's All Natural Creamy Peanut Butter)
1/4 Tsp Cayenne Pepper
1 Tbs Valentina Hot Sauce (I used mild, but Kristi uses the hotter stuff)

Cooked Rice (to pour the sauce over!)

Directions:
Pour a little oil into a large pan.
add chopped tomatoes & onions to pan.
Cook at medium heat. Let them simmer for 10 minutes or until mushy.
Add peanut butter, and 1 cup water to pan.
Let mixture simmer for another 10 minutes.
*once you add the peanut butter, you'll want to stir pretty frequently, to keep the peanut butter  from sticking to the pan.

Pour entire mixture into blender.
If you have a glass blender like we do, stick the mixture in the fridge for a few minutes to cool down (so the heat won't break the glass, It's probably a safe idea if you have a plastic one too.)
Blend until mixture is completely smooth.
Return mixture to pan.
Add chicken, cayenne pepper, Valentina sauce, and salt & pepper to mixture.
Once the flavor is to your liking (spice-wise) it's ready to go on top of rice.

*Pour over cooked rice & there's dinner!

Mar 18, 2010

The Best Snickerdoodle Recipe Ever


Ingredients:
1/2 cup butter, softened
1 cup plus 2 tablespoons sugar, divided
1 egg
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
3/8 (1/4 +1/8) teaspoon cream of tartar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Directions:
1. In a large mixing bowl, cream butter and 1 cup sugar until light & fluffy. Beat in egg and vanilla. Combine the flour, baking soda, and cream of tartar; gradually add to the creamed mixture. In a small bowl, combine cinnamon and remaining sugar.

2. Shape dough into 1-in. balls; roll in cinnamon-sugar. Place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheet. Bake at 375 for 8-10 minutes (I usually stick to 8 minutes.. because they harden as they cool).