Chicken B-B-Q!!!!!!!

This is THE best!!!!! I remember my Uncle coming down to help, well, basically cook the chicken for our church chicken b-b-q's! My mouth is watering just thinking about it and I just ate it last nite for dinner!!! :)


Here is my Uncle cooking the chicken behind the church!

Now, I can't make this as good as my Uncle did, or when my parents took over the last few years, but I must say, it turned out pretty good! :)

My Uncle would take a spray bottle and spray the chicken. I didn't have a spray bottle, so I took the sauce by the spoonfulls and dumped it over the chicken as it cooked. It still turned out, but I am going to be getting me a spray bottle for next time! :)



Melt the butter...


Add the worchestershire sauce with all the other ingredients...


Here it all is mixed up!


Slap the chicken on the grill (you can use any kind of chicken, I just used chicken legs with the skin on)


Chicken half way done!!! I SOOOO wish I had a scratch and sniff going on here! Oh my goodness, does it ever smell SUPER good, and did I mention it is SUPER easy to make!






Look at this piece of chicken! Oh my, can we say YUMMY?!?!?!?


On the plate ready to go in and ready to eat!!!




My dad and Uncle Eli would've been proud of this chicken! Not to be bragging, but it was pretty good! Now when I asked my Aunt if she cared if I posted this, I told her that it wasn't as good as theirs, but ya know what, it's ok! It was still finger-lickin' good!

My kids are SUPER thrilled whenever we eat "dead-chicken"! I fixed a whole chicken on time a few months back and my little guy asked what kind of chicken it was, so I said it was dead chicken. So, every time we have any type of chicken other than the typical boneless, skinless kind, it's dead chicken! Gotta love the things my kids say! :)







Even my littlest LOVED it and was REACHING for more!!! :) That boy loves his meat! :)


CHICKEN BARBECUE SAUCE

1/2 cup water
1 cup vinegar
1 stick butter
1/8 cup Worcestershire sauce
1/2 tablespoon sugar
1 tablespoon salt (I think I put in about 1 to 2 teaspoons)
Dash of pepper

Mix all these ingredients up and keep warm while chicken is cooking. Keep spraying the chicken as it cooks!

*This is actually 1/4 of the recipe they used for the b-b-q's. So if you are cooking more, just double it.
I also added a bit of hot sauce, not enough to make it super hot, but just add a bit of extra flavor.
ENJOY!!!

Tuna Roll-Ups

Our Wednesdays can be kinda crazy! Because we have Karate and need to head over to church RIGHT after Karate. I also need to make a "picnic" supper for us as well.. Not just the normal pb and j either, something that is good and will fill my little guy up after Karate. Would like it to be somewhat healthy too! Don't really have time to stop and grab something from a restaurant, or go home and grab something either...

Tonite I grabbed a can of tuna and added a few other things to it as well.

The kids really liked this and gobbled it down! Now those of you that know me, know I am NOT a fish fan, but I can do this type of thing every now and then. Not too often though!




Tuna and shredded cheese in bowl...


A bit of ranch salad dressing...


A bit of dill relish (you can use any kind of relish or cut up pickles, but we like dill relish here and didn't have time to cut up little pickles!)


Chopped up black olives (I've been buying cans of whole olives instead of the chopped. It is sooo much cheaper that way...)


Add a bit of mayo...


Stir it all up...


Add a spoonful to a flour tortilla (you can use wheat if you want...)




All rolled up and ready to eat!!!


The recipe that I made, I made 5 tortillas. Add more tuna if you want more. I didn't fill it to full either for the kiddos. I could just see it squirting it out the end, not fun!!! :) These would be easy to make for your kids lunch... Make them up the nite before and wrap them in saran wrap. All you have to do it throw it in the lunch box with an apple and you're good to go!



Tuna Roll Ups

1 can tuna, drained
Handful of shredded cheddar cheese
Ranch dressing
Mayo
Black Olives
Dill relish

Drain the can of tuna and place in bowl, add the cheese, a bit of ranch dressing, a tad of the mayo, as many black olives as you want, just a bit of relish, mix it all together. Add more dressing or mayo if it is a bit dry. But only add a little bit at a time, you don't want it to be to "wet".
Place a spoonful on a tortilla, roll up and enjoy!
You can either wrap them in plastic wrap and put in frig and will be ready to eat when ready! You can also pop it in the microwave for about 30 seconds so it will be a warm tuna roll up! Either way is good!

Grilling!!!

So today I remembered I had some meat in my frig that either needed to be frozen or fixed! So since it was SUPER nice out today, I decided to marinate in some Italian dressing for a few hours and then put it on the grill. I went to the store after the kiddos woke up to grab a few veggies. I am COMPLETELY out of EVERYTHING, so I HAD to have SOMETHING that went with the mini steaks. I know if my cuz is reading this, he would be like, that's not a steak, that's a BITE of a steak! HAHAHA!!!!!!! :)


I grabbed some asparagus, broccoli, cauliflower and carrots at the store. I would've put in some peppers, but the kiddos aren't big on peppers, so I opted to leave them out. Well, this time anyways.. ;)


I grabbed 2 big pieces of foil, and made it into a x shape. Put the cut up veggies on the foil, sprinkled just a bit of garlic salt over the top and then folded up the top part of the foil, then put a little bit of water in the bottom just so it wouldn't stick. Then folded up the ends and put it on the grill. I put it on high heat just because I wanted to make sure the veggies were nice and soft for my littlest to be able to eat. And eat did he! That boy loves his veggies, and meat! :)


I had it on the grill for about 20 minutes before I put the meat on. I put the meat on for about 10 minutes. It didn't take very long for my small pieces, well, um, BITES of steak to cook! :)


It was a very good "summer" meal! Can't wait to grill out more! Gonna play around with some spices to "rub" my meat down and sit for a few hours before grilling!!! :)


This is a SUPER easy meal, and you can add or opt out for different veggies! Or do a complete veggie meal and not add the steaks.


I don't have a "real" recipe for this, but this is what I did:


Whatever kind of steaks you want. You can also use chicken, any kind you want too!

A bottle of Italian dressing

Take the steaks or chicken and put it in a baggie. Dump some Italian dressing all over the top til it's pretty much covered.

Place the baggie in a bowl and put in frig until ready to use.

Heat up grill, and place steaks or chicken on until ready!

ENJOY!!!!!








For the veggies:

2 pieces of foil, place on counter into a x shape

1 stalk of broccoli

A bunch of cauliflower

A bunch of baby carrots

1 bunch of asparagus

Garlic salt

Water

Chop up into bite size pieces and place all veggies on foil. Put on as much as you want, or as little. Sprinkle with a bit of garlic salt and add just enough water so it won't stick to the bottom or burn as you grill it. You can either put this on for a long time so your veggie will be soft, or as little so it will still be crunchy. I put mine on high heat for right about 30 minutes total. It was nice and soft, but like I said, that's how I wanted it! Once my little guy gets more teeth, I won't put it on as long.

ENJOY!!!!


The veggies all cut up ready to be grilled....


Checked it on the grill, so they are nice and soft and steamy, rady to eat! YUMMY!!!


YUMMY!!!!!


Our complete meal!!!

Popover Doughnuts

Since tomorrow is Saturday, another week went by and this is the first that I am posting! Opps.... I am gonna stop apologizing! :) But I will mention that my house IS getting cleaner and I'm getting FATTER by trying all kinda of new things! ;)




Doughnuts, LOVE them! I really, and I mean REALLY like these! These little doughnuts are SUPER easy to make! Even fun! :) I like to make them on a Saturday morning. I don't make them often though! :) The nice thing about this batter, you can make half a batch Saturday morning, and if you are brave enough, make the other half before church! I made these once when I helped make food for the breakfast bar at our church. So good and such a hit! :)

Put some vegetable oil in a pan and put burner on medium/high heat. While that is getting warm, combine your ingredients for the doughnuts.

Place 2 eggs in a bowl

Beat them


Add milk, if you have buttermilk, you can use that, but I usually use regular 2%


Add some vanilla

Mix those ingredients all together!

Add the flour


Add the heaping tablespoon of baking powder


Stir it all together...


Make sure it's mixed thoroughly


Drop a round tablespoon of batter into your hot oil. I like to test it first by dropping a little tiny amount, if it's ready, it will pop up to the top pretty quick!


These are sooo fun to make because they turn themselves! Well, as long as they are round enough they turn themselves! Sometimes you have to help turn it! But still so fun to make! While these doughnuts are frying, take a few seconds to combine your cinnamon and sugar to roll the doughnuts in!


Take some sugar and cinnamon and mix it together




Nice and golden brown!


Ready to be dumped in cinnamon and sugar! I don't have a pic, but make sure after you've taken the doughnut out of the oil, place it on a paper toweled covered plate. That way if there is any excess oil, it can drip off and gives it a few seconds to cool off as well!


Roll it around in that cinnamon and sugar goodness! Be careful, they may be a tad hot yet!



The finished product! You may want to make the whole batch, they go SUPER fast!!! :)


The inside of the doughnut, YUMMY!!!!!!!!!!!!



These are the little extras that you may need to take out after a few minutes of frying your doughnuts!


Popover Doughnuts

2 eggs, beaten
1 cup sugar
1 cup milk (remember, if you have buttermilk, you can use that too, either one works the same!)
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons butter or margarine, melted
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
3 cups flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
Combine all ingredients in order given. Drop batter by tablespoonfuls into hot oil. When browned, remove from oil and roll in cinnamon and sugar mixture.





*You can fry up the amount you need, and save the rest for later.
You can also use powdered sugar.
You can also add chocolate baking powder to the mix and make chocolate doughnuts! Those are SUPER good!!!! Just roll those in regular sugar or powdered sugar! YUM!!!


A little video for ya'll to watch them popover by themselves! :)

I Know, I Know...

I know I've said this before, but I REALLY do have good intentions of getting a recipe up here everyday! I've been so busy this week with cleaning and moving furniture, that I haven't taken the time to blog my recipes! I REALLY do have some and I know I need to get them in here! But between cleaning, school work, playing, picking up, laundry, I just don't have the time right now! I will TRY my BEST to get some up here this week!!! :)
Hope everyone is having a good week! Keeping checking back, I really do have some to get up here! I PROMISE!!!!!!!!! :)