Rosemary Salt

 This is our favorite recipe for steak. It's great on lots of things. 

• 7 sprigs rosemary
• 4 sprigs sage
• 1/2 c + 2T kosher salt
• 2 cloves garlic
• 1/2 lemon of zest

Blend in a processor and done!

Monster Cookies

- 1 c white sugar

- 1 c brown sugar

- 3 eggs

- 1.5 t vanilla

- 1.5 t karo

- 1/2 c butter

- 1.5 c peanut butter

- 2 t baking soda

- 1/4 lb small choc chips

- 1/4 lb small m&m candies

- 4.5 c oatmeal

Cream sugar, butter, and peanut butter well. Add eggs one at a time and mix well. Add vanilla, karo, mix well. Add oatmeal, choc chips, m&m candies. 

Drop by lg Tablespoon on ungreased cookie sheet

Bake at 350 for 10-12 min. 

Easy Fish Tacos

Frozen fish sticks can be cooked in the oven for a quick fish taco night. Here are some favorite sauces and slaws: 

Overall ingredients: 

- corn tortillas (spray and fry in a hot pan)

- breaded fish sticks (1 per taco) or fish fillet (1 fish fillet will create 2 tacos)

- avocado, cilantro, chopped tomatoes

- sauces (green and fish taco recipes below)

- slaw (recipe below) 

- cheese maybe? but we don't use any

Green sauce

I make up a batch of this with chicken and rice, and then we use it all week long as a dip, on fish tacos, anything. 

-1/2 c sour cream

-1/2 jalapeno

-1 garlic clove

-1 c chopped cilantro

-1/4 t salt

-1 T lime juice

Mix up in blender. Chill for at least 2 hours before serving. 

Fish taco sauce

1/2 c sour cream

1/3 c mayonnaise

2 T lime juice

1.5 t garlic powder

2 t sriracha

1/4 t cumin

1/2 t salt

Whisk together all ingredients. Chill for at least 2 hours before using. 

Red Cabbage Slaw

1/4 c lime juice

1/4 c olive oil

1-2 T maple syrup

1/2 t salt

6 ish cups thinly sliced purple cabbage

1/2 c roughly chopped cilantro

Mix and chill. 

Blueberry Banana Bran Muffins

Prep time: 10 minutes

Cook time: 20 minutes

Yield: 12 muffins

Ingredients

1 egg

2/3 c packed brown sugar

1/3 c canola oil

1 c + 2T buttermilk

2 ripe large bananas, mashed

1/2 t vanilla extract

3/4 c whole wheat flour

1.5 c wheat bran  (cereal All Bran original)

1/2 c oat bran (you can use 1/2 c rolled oats or blend my own oats into flour)

2 T flaxseed meal

1 t baking soda

1 t baking powder

1/2 t cinnamon

1 c fresh or frozen blueberries

* carrots or other dried fruit

1. Preheat oven to 400 and either grease 12 muffin cups or line with liners (they're even more moist if you use muffin liners).

2. Mix buttermilk and wheat bran and set aside to soak. In another medium bowl, mix together all the remaining dry ingredients. 

3. In a large bowl add egg, sugar, oil, banana and vanilla and mix until well combined. Gently stir the dry mixture and buttermilk mixture into the egg mixture and mix until just combined and a few lumps remain. Fold in the blueberries being careful not to overmix. 

4. Pour into prepared muffin cups and bake for 20 minutes or until a toothpick comes out a crumbs clinging to it. Cool 5 minutes in tins and then turn out onto rack to cool completely. 

Chocolate Chip Bundt Cake

1 box yellow cake mix

1 small (3.9 oz) package instant chocolate pudding

1/2 c sugar

3/4 c vegetable oil

3/4 c water

3 eggs

1 c sour cream

1 c semi sweet chocolate chips

Directions

Combine first 3 ingredients. Remove all large lumps. Add next 4 ingredients and stir until smooth. 

Pour into greased bundt pan (really greased). Sprinkle chocolate chips across the top. 

Bake at 350 for 50 minutes. Cool 10 minutes in pan, remove onto wire rack, cool and sprinkle with powdered sugar. 

Mini Meatloaves

1 lb ground beef

1 c cheese grated (I like feta, but cheddar works great too)

3/4 c oatmeal

1 pkg onion soup mix

1 egg

1/2 chopped onion

(for topping):

1 c ketchup

1/2 c brown sugar

2 T dry mustard

Directions

Mix together ground beef, cheese, oatmeal, onion soup mix, egg, onion, and some salt. 

Form into mini loaves and place in a 9x13 pan (8 smaller loaves or 6 larger ones).

Mix ketchup, brown sugar, and mustard in a small bowl. Spoon sauce over each loaf. 

Bake at 350 for 45 minutes. 

Cauliflower Tacos

Prep: 10 minutes or less

Cook: 15 minutes

Serves: 6

So easy and great leftovers!

Ingredients

- 1 bag cauliflower (Costco-size) (or 1 large head cauliflower cut into florets)

- 2 T olive oil

- 1 T chili powder

- 2 t cumin

- 1/2 t salt

- 1/2 t pepper

- 1-2 garlic cloves or sub garlic powder

Creamy Cilantro Sauce

- 1/4 c greek yogurt

- 1/4 c sour cream

- 1/4 c fresh cilantro

- 1 clove garlic minced

- juice of 1 lime

- salt and pepper to taste

Assembly

- 8 small flour tortillas

- 1 avocado dices

- 1 cup red cabbage

- 1/4 c cilantro

- optional 1 jalapeno

- creamy cilantro sauce

Instructions

- Preheat oven to 425. Combine all ingredients for the caulflower on a sheet and roast for 20 minutes until lightly charred and cooked through. 

- Whisk the creamy sauce ingredients. 

- Warm tortillas and assemble.