Asian Salad

Fried Wontons:

I simply bought wonton wrappers from the grocery store (produce department) and cut them into the size I wanted (mine were cut in half then in thirds). Next I heated a small amount of oil (I used grapeseed oil because it has a high smoke point and very little flavor) and fried them. They cook quickly and will continue to brown a bit after being removed from the oil so be careful.

This idea was from ourbestbites.com with their Asian Wonton Salad.

Salad Dressing:

1/4 cup olive oil
1/4 cup sugar
2 TBS white or rice vinegar
3/4 TBS soy sauce

Mix dressing and keep cool. Add to the salad just before serving.

This recipe was from Raenie, one of the original GNO girls.

Your choice of salad toppings.
I used strawberries, grilled chicken, mandarin oranges and almonds.
Oh, and of course lettuce :)

Crunchy Poppyseed Chicken Salad

4 cups broccoli slaw

2 large red peppers, thinly sliced (about 2 cups)

4 carrots, shredded (about 2 cups)

1 can (8oz) pineapple tidbits, drained

1 pkg. (60z) Oscar Mayer Deli Fresh Oven Roasted Chicken Breast Cuts

1/2 cup Kraft Creamy Poppyseed Dressing

1/4 cup cashews

Combine all ingredients except dressing and cashews in large bowl

Add dressing: toss to coat

Sprinkle with cashews just before serving

Rhodes Cinnamon Rolls

1/2 cup margarine

1/2 cup brown sugar

melt together in microwave for 30-45 sec

1 36 count frozen Rhodes rolls

1 tsp. cinnamon

1/2 box cook and serve butterscotch pudding

Spray bundt pan with Pam. Put 24 frozen rolls in the pan. Sprinkle cinnamon and pudding mix on top of the rolls. Pour melted butter/sugar mixture over top. Loosely place plastic wrap (sprayed with Pam) over top of pan. Place on counter around 9-10pm. Next morning around 7-8am preheat oven to 325 degrees. Bake for 30 min. Flip out onto plate.

Katie's Banana Bread!

Okay ladies here it is!
Preheat oven: 350 degrees
Bake for 30-40 minutes

Cream 1/2 cup Butter
2 cups Sugar
Add 3 Eggs
4-5 ripe Bananas
1 1/4 cups Buttermilk ( 1 tbsp vinegar in the milk)
The batter will be really runny so mix it carefully.
Sift 3 cups Flour
1 1/2 tsp Baking Powder
1 1/2 tsp Baking Soda
(I also like to add about two tbsp of ground flaxseed)
while mixing slowly add flour mixture

This will make a large batch.
Enjoy!

Chocolate Chip Coffee Cake

1 cup butter
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 cup sour cream
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. baking powder
2 tsp. vanilla
2 cups flour

In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until smooth. Add remaining ingredients, except flour. Gradually stir in flour and mix well. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

Topping
1/4 cup sugar
1/3 cup brown sugar
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 cup chopped pecans or walnuts
1 cup chocolate chips (I use milk c.c. but you can use semi-sweet if you prefer)

Mix topping ingredients together. Sprinkle a greased bunt pan with 1/3 of the topping. Alternate layers of topping and batter, ending with topping. Bake for 45-60 minutes.

FYI-
I usually make a little extra of the topping mixture and mine always takes 60 minutes, sometimes a little longer.

Bruchetta

½ c red wine vinegar

½ tsp. fresh basil

½ tsp Italian seasoning

3 cloves minced garlic

½ tsp oregano

½ tsp salt

¼ tsp pepper

1 tbs sugar

1 tbs parsley or chives

mix well, add:

½ c olive oil

5-6 diced roma tomatoes

½ red onion sliced thinly (I only used 1/4 of an onion and I diced it)

let marinate over night.

Mix ¾ cup mayonnaise and ¾ c fresh parmesan.

Spread this mixture onto sliced baguettes, then top with spoonful of tomato mixture. Sprinkle top with parm. Cheese.

Broil for 5 minutes, until crusted.

Amanda's Shower

For Amanda's shower we made personalized onesies, it was pretty easy and we had lots of fun doing it. Everyone was so creative and came up with some pretty cute ideas. We are so excited for you Amanda, congrats!


My photography skills have never been good, but they must have gotten worse...I can't believe I didn't get a picture of Amanda and Emily...sorry ladies.