18331 great easy variations Recipes

marinara sauce or your favorite spaghetti sauce, garbanzo beans, drained, rinsed, more of cooked chicken , beef, turkey or any leftover meat you have available in the fridge. *you can add 2 cups of frozen meatballs after the soup comes up to a boil., chopped celery cut into large chunks (1 inch), onion cut into large chunks, dry pasta of your choice. (macaroni noodles , broken pieces of spaghetti, small round noodles, flat noodles, etc.), oregano, tb chopped, dried or dehydrated garlic, boiled water, i like to add whole leaf spinach to the soup. i use 1/2 cup of frozen spinach or a big handful of fresh spinach right before serving., this soup is great served with hot crusty rolls or breadsticks. you can sprinkle the top with either freshly shredded or dried parmesan cheese. you can also top with croutons. you can take any leftover pizza, heat it up and cut small pieces of this to add to the top of the soup before serving. its a good way to use up leftovers

chicken breasts, instant minced garlic, olive oil, spinach (frozen works great ), feta cheese, seasoned bread crumbs, butter (melted )

corn tortillas (assuming they re the small ones that have about a 6-inch diameter), olive oil (corn oil works great, so does canola oil. this is an estimate, i think i had a little left over last), kosher salt, for sprinkling (table salt works too but coarse kosher works far better. sea salt is fab as well)

vegetable oil, garlic (minced ), onion (coarsely chopped ), ground turkey, chili seasoning mix (generic/store brand worked great for us), tomato sauce, black beans, diced tomatoes (we used with green chillies), chili powder , to taste, cayenne pepper , to taste

black beans (drained ), great northern beans (drained ), diced tomatoes with green chilies, cream of chicken soup, chicken broth, taco seasoning mix, boneless skinless chicken breasts (frozen ), cream cheese

mashed potatoes, neufchatel cheese or 6 oz cream cheese, cheddar cheese, shredded (divided ), garlic cloves, minced, ground beef, onion, chopped, ground mace, mixed vegetables, cooked (leftovers work great ), light sour cream, paprika, deep dish pie shells

a dozen delicious waffle variations, this is a great recipe for a special breakfast or brunch! lots of variations, all-purpose flour (or part whole wheat flour), baking powder, sugar (optional), salt, egg yolks, beaten, egg whites beaten until stiff, sweet milk or buttermilk, melted butter, sift dry ingredients together. beat egg yolks until light and add the milk and melted butter. combine wet and dry ingredients. fold in beaten egg whites. bake in a hot waffle iron. makes about a dozen waffles., put the waffle batter into a pitcher. it is much easer to pour the batter, overfill waffle compartments or the batter runs out on the sides of the waffle iron., waffles are done when there is no more steam rising from the iron ., after cooling , freeze extra waffles in a plastic freezer bag. separate with wax paper before freezing., variations, apple waffles - add a tsp of cinnamon to the dry ingredients. add a cup of chopped, peeled apple to batter. serve with warm applesauce & sour cream., bacon waffles - crumble a few slices of cooked, drained & crumbled bacon into the batter., banana waffles - add a chopped banana to the batter., blueberry waffles - add 1-cup fresh or frozen blueberries (thawed & drained)., chocolate waffles - increase sugar to 1/3 cup and add 1 square melted unsweetened chocolate or add 1/2-cup cocoa and a 1/3-cup sugar to dry ingredients. serve with whipped cream and chopped pecans., cinnamon raisin waffles - add a tsp cinnamon and a couple spoonfuls of plumped raisins to the batter., ham waffles - add a couple of spoonfuls of diced ham to the batter. saute it first for better flavor., molasses spice waffles - add a tsp of cinnamon and a 1/2-teaspoon of nutmeg to dry ingredients. add 3 tbsp of molasses to liquid ingredients., nutty waffles - add 1/4 cup chopped peanuts , pecans, walnuts or filberts. toast the nuts for better flavor, orange zest waffles - add a tbsp orange zest to batter. substitute 1/2 cup orange juice for 1/2-cup milk., pineapple waffles - add a cup of well-drained crushed pineapple to the batter., sausage waffles - add a couple of spoonfuls of cooked, crumbled and drained sausage to the batter.

ground beef, pork and beans, great northern beans, red kidney beans, onion, chopped, bacon, barbecue sauce (i use kraft s original), spicy brown mustard (may substitute standard prepared mustard), brown sugar

chicken thigh pieces, chunked and marinade overnight in a, hot smokey barbecue sauce, links skinless breakfast sausage, in 1 inch pieces (optional), pinto beans, garbanzo beans (optional), black beans, great northern beans, yellow onions, mild chili powder, cumin, chipotle pepper (mashed or chopped up fine (from the can), celery seed, liquid smoke or 1 tsp mesquite powder, crushed black peppercorns, salt, tomato paste, brown sugar (heaping), cider vinegar, water, fine grits (optional) or 1 tsp cornmeal (optional) or 1 tsp masa harina flour, if you ve got it (optional)

cream of mushroom soup or 1 (10 oz) can cream of chicken soup, onion, chopped, mushroom, sliced, curry powder (or to taste), shrimp (great way to use leftovers) or 1 cup chicken (great way to use leftovers) or 1 cup tuna (great way to use leftovers), cooked rice

beef (i used pepper steak, you can use any stewing type ), onion, chopped, portabella mushroom caps, sliced (or, 1/2 lb of mushrooms, sliced), mushroom soup (i used a small box of the portobello mush. soup made by imagine soups), white wine, tamari (to taste), water, salt

french or italian bread, variation 1, butter, melted, garlic powder or garlic spread or garlic salt, parsley, chopped (only if using either garlic powder or garlic salt. garlic spread has herbs in it.), shredded mozzarella (optional), butter, melted, garlic cloves, crushed and chopped, parsley, chopped ., shredded mozzarella (optional)

mixed fruit, boiled chickpeas, dates,pitted, chaat masala, sugar ,to taste, variations, apricot sauce, orange juice, yogurt,whisked

elbow macaroni cooked, redskinned potatoes, unpeeled, cubed and cooked, carrot coarsely shredded, minced red onion, stalk celery fine diced, mayonasise or enough to bind, salt and pepper to taste, variations, tuna/seafood, add 2 cans albacore tuna/seafood drained, turkey/chicken, add 2 cups diced cooked poultry, other options, cooked green peas, fresh chopped parsley or herbs to taste, chopped dried cranberries esp with the chicken

all-purpose bleached flour (she notes: this flour is softer than unbleached flour and helps to make tender pancakes), sugar, salt, baking powder, baking soda, buttermilk, milk, egg, unsalted butter, melted, vanilla extract, vegetable oil for griddle, variations, lemon poppy seed pancakes : follow pancake recipe, whisking 1 tsp. of finely grated lemon zest and 1 tsp. of poppy seeds into the dry ingredients., orange cardamom pancakes : follow pancake recipe, whisking 1tsp. of finely grated orange zest and 1/4 tsp. ground cardamom into the dry ingredients., gingerbread pancakes : follow pancake recipe, substituting 4 tsps. of molasses for the sugar and adding it to the wet ingredients, then whisking 1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon, 1 1/2 tsps. ground ginger and 1/8 tsp. ground cloves into the dry ingredients., chocolate chip pancakes : follow pancake recipe, sprinkling 1 tbsp. of miniature chocolate chips over the uncooked side of each pancake as it cooks., banana nutmeg : follow pancake recipe, whisking 1/2 tsp. nutmeg into the dry ingredients and dropping 5 or 6 thin slices of banana (you ll need 2 small bananas total) over the uncooked side of each pancake as it cooks., ginger pancakes : follow pancake recipe, whisking 1 tsp. ginger into the dry ingredients and sprinkling 1 tbsp. of finely chopped crystallized ginger (about 1/2 cup total) over the uncooked side of each pancake as it cooks., lemon blueberry : follow pancake recipe, whisking 1 tsp. finely grated lemon zest into the dry ingredients and sprinkling about 2 tbsp. frozen blueberries (you ll need about 1 cup total) over the uncooked side of each pancake as it cooks., almond pancakes : follow pancake recipe, substituting 1 tsp. of almond extract for the vanilla extract., corn pancakes : flowwow pancake recipe, reducing flour to 3/4 cup and whisking 1/2 cup fine yellow corn meal into dry ingredients, and sprinkling 2 tbsp. of frozen corn (about 1 cup total) over the uncooked side of each pancake as it cooks.

flour, milk, egg, season salt, garlic powder, cayenne (more or less to taste), minced onion, variations, zucchini shredded or, carrot shredded or, any vegetable minced/shredded

heavy cream, very cold, powdered ( confectionary ) sugar to taste, vanilla , or almond or flavor extract of choice( orange, lemon, anise etc etc ), variations, chocolate : 1/2 cup baking cocoa, sifted in with in the icing sugar, mocha/expresso : 1 tbsp instant coffee, mixed in the cream, alcoholic : 1 - 2 tbsp rum, sherry, kaluha etc etc, pudding flavor : 2 tbsp instant vanilla pudding powder

boneless skinless chicken thighs, carrots , cut into 1/2 inch pieces, sweet red peppers or 1 medium green sweet pepper, cut into 1/2 inch pieces, chopped onion, garlic cloves, minced, white kidney beans or 30 oz great northern beans, rinsed and drained, italian-style stewed tomatoes, fully cooked smoked turkey sausage , halved lengthwise and cut into 1/2 inch slices, chicken broth, dry white wine or 1/2 cup chicken broth, snipped fresh parsley, dried thyme, crushed, ground red pepper, bay leaf