Jen’s Shortbread

1 1/2 cup soft butter 1 cup icing sugar 1 cup corn starch 2 cups all purpose flour pinch of salt   Mix ingredients well with your hands. Roll out, cut, and bake at 300°F until slightly brown.   –Recipe by Jennifer S.

Wheat Tortillas

Ingredients: 4  cups all purpose flour 1/2 cup shortening 1 tsp salt 1 1/4 cups hot water note: to make “whole wheat” add 1 tbsp wheat germ and 1 tbsp bran per cup of white flour) Method: Mix dry ingredients and blend with the shortening. Add the water and stir until dough forms. Add a…

Stromboli

Ingredients: 1 lb extra lean ground beef 1 onion, chopped finely 1 red pepper chopped fine 2 cups medium salsa 1 large can of kidney beans, drained & rinsed – one half reserved and mashed 2 packages of pillsbury pizza dough 2 cups shredded Monterey jack cheese.   Method: Brown ground beef, add other ingredients….

Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins

Ingredients: 4 ripe bananas 3/4 cup wh. sugar 1 egg 1/3 cup margarine Beat the bananas until smooth. Add in sugar, egg, and margarine together in a bowl. 1 ½ cups flour ½ tsp salt 1 tsp baking soda 1 tsp baking powder Mix together, and add the banana mixture. Stir in 1 cup chocolate…

Salsa Rolls

Ingredients: 1 pkg cream cheese (room temperature) 2 tbsp salsa 2 tbsp ranch dressing 2 tbsp mayonnaise 1 dill pickle, finely chopped 1/4 green/red pepper, finely chopped 1 pkg small tortilla wraps Method Beat cream cheese until smooth.  Combine the rest of the ingredients with the cream cheese and spread on wraps. Roll up wraps, and…

Chai Tea a la Jen

Ingredients: 10 whole green cardamom pods, lightly crushed 5 whole cloves 2 cinnamon sticks 1 piece fresh ginger (about 2 inches), peeled and quartered 1 vanilla bean, split lengthwise and scraped 1/3 cup honey, plus more for serving 4 bags black tea 1 1/2 cups  1% milk Add: Cardamom, cloves, cinnamon, ginger and vanilla bean…