Mongolian Beef (or you can add some broccoli and call it "Beef and Broccoli")

1 lb of flank steak, thinly sliced crosswise (I used pre-sliced stir fry beef)
1/4 cup of cornstarch
3 teaspoons of canola oil
1/2 teaspoon of grated ginger (about 1/2 inch piece)-- (I used ground ginger)
1 tablespoon of chopped garlic (about 2 -3 large cloves)
1/2 cup of water
1/2 cup of soy sauce (I use low sodium)
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon of red pepper flakes (I omitted these so as to not scare off the kiddies)
3 large green onions, sliced crosswise into thirds

Prepare the meat:
First, make sure the steak slices are dry (pat them dry) and mix them with the corn starch. Using your hands or a spoon, move them around to make sure all pieces are coated. Place beef slices in a strainer and shake off excess corn starch.

Make the sauce:
Heat half of the oil in a large wok at medium-high and add the garlic and ginger. Immediately add the soy sauce, water, brown sugar and pepper flakes. Cook the sauce for about 2 minutes and transfer to a bowl. Don't worry if the sauce doesn't look thick enough at this point. The corn starch in the beef will thicken it up later.

Cook the meat and assemble dish:
Turn the heat up and add the remaining oil to the wok. Add the beef and cook, stirring until it is all browned (this is a quick thing). Pour the sauce back into the wok and let it cook along with the meat. Now you can choose to cook it down and reduce the sauce or leave it thinner. Add the green onions on the last minute so the green parts will stay green and the white parts crunchy.

Serve it hot with rice.

Lemon chicken

Melt 2 Tbsp butter in fry pan. 

Layer on 4 Chicken Breasts, or Chicken Tenders. ( I did 10-12 tenders)

Sprinkle with 1 pkg. Italian Seasonings Salad Dressing Mix

Add juice of 2 lemons. (4-6 Tbsp lemon juice)

Cook until tender. Put the lid on at first, then take off at the end in order to brown and absorb seasonings.

Don't let all the sauce cook down!  You want some sauce to pour over the chicken and rice when you serve it!

Buttermilk Syrup

This recipe is from Magleby's restaurant.  Serve it over pumpkin pancakes for a truly decadent meal.

½ c. butter                     

1 c. sugar

½ c. buttermilk

Boil together for 1 minute

Add:

1 tsp. baking soda         

1 tsp. vanilla

Pumpkin Pancakes

This is from Magleby's restaurant.  I triple the recipe for my family.

Whisk:  

1 ¼ c. flour      

2 tsp. baking powder

½ tsp. each: cinnamon, ginger, salt

2 Tbsp. sugar

1/8 tsp. nutmeg 

pinch of cloves

In separate bowl mix together:

1 c. milk                  

6 Tbsp. canned pumpkin puree

2 Tbsp. melted butter        

1 egg

*for fluffier pancakes, add ½ c. milk*

Fold into dry ingredients.

Cook pancakes 3 minutes per side.

Serve with Buttermilk Syrup.

Potato Soup

This is a low-fat recipe I got from Renae Layton at a Relief Society dinner.

6 c. diced potatoes
1 carrot diced
1 medium onion, diced
(4 cups) 1 32oz. can chicken broth (reserve 1 cup for gravy)
1 pkg. country gravy mix

Put potatoes, carrot, onion and chicken broth (reserving 1 cup in glass measuring cup for next step) into a large pot and bring to a boil for about 5 minutes, turn to simmer.

In a separate container whisk in packet of country gravy mix with remaining cup of chicken broth (while broth is still cold).

Add broth and gravy mixture to pot and simmer for about 1 hour.

Eat as is, or try these mix-ins: cheese, green onion, bacon or ham.

Sweet and Sticky Chex Mix

I first tried this addictive snack mix at Hilary Tolman's 30th birthday party.  It was an outdoor dance party, and Danielle Thompson had brought this as her snack contribution.  

Note: This makes A LOT!  You may want to halve the recipe.

In large bowl mix:
9 c. golden grahams cereal (1- 12oz box)
8 c. corn chex cereal
1 c. coconut
1 c. sliced almonds

In saucepan, heat:
1 c. sugar
1 c. corn syrup
3/4 c. butter (6 Tbsp if halved )

Brig to a boil.  Boil for two minutes.  Pour over cereal mixture and mix well.

Parmesan Chicken

This is my favorite recipe for baked chicken.  SO flavorful!

Combine the following:
1 c. parmesan cheese
3/4 c. bread crumbs
2 t. parsley
2 t. oregano
1/2 t. salt, pepper, paprika

10 chicken breasts, halved
Dip in 1 cube melted butter, then crumbs.

Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.