Chicken in Aromatic Sauce - Kadai Murg

This Chicken dish is complimented byt the Basmati Rice I made yesterday.  This is a very flavorful dish.  I lost this recipe and couldn't find it for the longest time.  I am SO glad it is back!

Basmati Rice - Chawal Khuska

This is one of my favorite recipes.  If you have not had Basmati rice, here is a great recipe that will get you hooked on it.  All those little specks you see on the white rice are actually spices you add to it right from the get go.......cinnamon, cloves, cardamon, and cumin......THE 4C's!  LOL!  I usually top this with Dadai Murg (Chicken in Aromatic Sauce!)  I will post that recipe tomorrow. 

Blueberry Sour Cream Pancakes

Who is ready for some really yummy antioxidants?  LOL, especially when they are disguised as blueberry pancakes!! I had this at my sister Karen's house a long time ago.  She doesn't know I am putting it in the book, but I think you will be glad that I did.  This pancake trully needs no butter or other syrup.  Everything is made from scratch ......even the blueberry syrup.  Blueberries are in abundance right now, so this is the perfect time to take 5 cups of blueberries and whip this up!  (Don't worry, you don't have to use fresh blueberries.  Frozen blueberries can also be used!)

Heath Bar Treats

I had to follow up yesterday's treat with it's cousin the Heath Bar Treat.  We have all made them and fallen in love with them.  They are kind of like Lay's potato chips......you can't eat just one.  The pan is lined with Saltine crackers, then a mixture of brown sugar and butter (No calories there), baked and then topped with chocolate chips and walnuts.  These freeze very nicely!! (They taste good frozen too, just in case you can't wait for them to defrost!)

Club Cracker Treat

Here is a great way to end your Friday night!!  These little babies are loaded with calories and UNBELIEVABLE flavor.  You would not believe how easy this is.  They freeze very nicely and are a quick dessert for unexpected company.  The bottom layer is a club cracker with some butter and sugar.  Then you top it off with coconut and walnuts.  These are very similar to the heath bar cookies that everyone makes out of the saltine crackers!

Homemade Spaghetti Sauce and Crockpot Ribs

This recipe calls for simmering on the stove for 3 to 4 hours.  I didn't have time to sit and watch it simmer, so I decided to put it in the crockpot and let it stew all night.  (10 hours on low.)

The sauce tastes better if you put some kind of meat in it, so I decided to use ribs.  I bought a big pack of ribs, cut one in half and put that half in the spaghetti sauce.  You can see it on the plate above from when the sauce was done.  The meat just falls off the bone when it is done.  (I put the rest of the ribs in another crock pot with a bottle of barbeque sauce and let that simmer for the same amount of time, 10 hours on low.

I then put the meat back in the sauce.  It was perfect just the way it was.

However, if you are missing that oregano flavor you could add some of Penzey's Pasta Sprinkle.  Delicious as well!

Sweet and Sour Meatballs

This is so easy and quick.  I wasn't sure the sauce would form, but after about an hour of simmering on the stove.....WALLAH....you have sweet and sour meatballs.  I had this at my sister's house about a year ago and asked her for the recipe.  I just love simple and quick, don't you?