Watermelon Granitas

Taste like a watermelon snowcone!

Ingredients

• 4 cups seedless watermelon chunks
• 1/2 cup sugar
• Juice of 1 lemon

Directions

Combine all ingredients in a food processor. Puree until smooth. Pour into a shallow, wide pan and freeze for 1 hour. Rake mixture with fork and freeze for another hour. Rake and freeze for one more hour. Rake and serve in cups.

Watermelon Salsa

Amazing salsa!  Very refreshing.....just make sure to remove the seeds before mixing with everything.

Ingredients

• 2 cups finely chopped watermelon (do not puree)
• 1 cup crushed pineapple, drained well
• 1 cup sweet onion, minced
• 1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro
• 1/4 cup orange juice
• 1/4 teaspoon hot sauce, such as Tabasco, or to taste

Directions

1. Stir the watermelon, pineapple, and onion together with the cilantro, orange juice, and hot sauce in a bowl. Cover, and refrigerate at least 30 minutes before serving.

Amazing Cinnamon Toast :-)

Adding Vanilla makes a world of difference in Cinnamon Toast!

 

Ingredients

• 8 slices Bread (whole Wheat Is Great!)
• 1 sticks Salted Butter, Softened
• 1/2 cup Sugar (more To Taste)
• 1 1/2 teaspoons Ground Cinnamon
• 1 teaspoons Vanilla Extract (more To Taste)
• Small dash of Ground Nutmeg (optional)

Preparation Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Smush softened butter with a fork. Dump in sugar, cinnamon, vanilla and nutmeg, if using. Stir to completely combine.
Spread on slices of bread, completely covering the surface all the way to the edges.
Place toast on a cookie sheet. Place cookies sheet into the oven and bake for 10 minutes. Turn on the broiler and broil until golden brown and bubbling. Watch so it won’t burn!
Remove from oven and cut slices into halves diagonally.

Lipton Onion Soup Mix Onion-Roasted Potatoes

The most amazing potatoes ever!

Ingredients

• 1 envelope Lipton Recipe Secrets Onion Soup Mix
• 5 red potatoes, cut into large chunks
• 1/3 cup olive oil

Directions

Preheat oven to 425.  Put cut up potatoes into a ziplock, add olive oil and onion soup mix.  Shake well.  Pour onto medium sized greased baking sheet.  Bake, stirring occasionally, 35 minutes or until potatoes are tender golden brown.

Pasta Sausage Supper

I used a frozen blend of red, green and yellow peppers and onions. 

Ingredients

• 1 (16 ounce) package penne or medium tube pasta
• 1 pound fully cooked kielbasa or Polish sausage, cut into 1/4-inch slices
• 1 medium green pepper, julienned
• 1 medium sweet red pepper, julienned
• 1 medium onion, halved and sliced
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 (26 ounce) jar seasoned meatless spaghetti sauce, warmed

Directions

Cook pasta according to package directions. Meanwhile, in large skillet, saute the sausage, peppers and onion in oil until vegetables are crisp-tender. Drain pasta and set aside.  Serve pasta as the base, add spaghetti sauce and then top with sausage mixture.               

Santa Fe Grilled Chicken Soft Tacos

Amazing chicken tacos!

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons chili powder
• 2 tablespoons cumin
• 1 tablespoon paprika
• 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/8 teaspoon pepper
• 1 tablespoon packed dark brown sugar
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 1/2 pounds boneless, skinless chicken breasts, trimmed and pounded thin (about 4 large breasts)
• 16 taco-size soft flour tortillas

Preparation

• 1. In a small bowl, combine chili powder, cumin, paprika, red pepper, salt, pepper and brown sugar. Stir in oil; mixture will be moistened but crumbly.
• 2. Generously rub chicken on all sides with chili mixture. Let stand at room temperature for 30 minutes to marinate (or cover and refrigerate for up to 1 day).
• 3. Preheat gas grill to medium, or preheat broiler to high and set rack 6 to 8 inches from source of heat. Grill or broil chicken until firm, about 5 minutes per side. Let cool for 5 minutes, then cut into thin strips.
• 4. Serve chicken with tortillas.