sticky chicken (sweet and sour chicken)

Chicken breading:
3-5 chicken breasts
salt and pepper
1 cup corn starch
2 eggs beaten
canola oil(for frying)

Rinse and cut up chicken in to cubes. mix salt and pepper with cornstarch in a bowl. crack and mix eggs in another bowl. dip chicken in egg and then cornstarch and fry til golden brown. place on a cookie sheet covered in foil.

Sauce:
3/4 cup sugar (I usually do just under a half)
4 Tablespoons ketchup
1/2 c white vinegar
1 T. soy sauce
1 t. garlic

wisk until smooth and pour evenly over chicken.
Bake at 375 for 15 min.  turn chicken and cook for another 15 min.

crockpot meatballs

Meatballs:
1 1/2 lbs ground beef
3/4 cup bread crumbs
1 cup milk
3 tablespoons grated onion
1 1/2 t. salt
ground pepper

Sauce:
1 cup ketchup
4-6 Tablespoons minced onion
3 T. white vinegar
1-2 T sugar (taste after 1)
2 T. worcestershire sauce
dash of franks hot sauce

combine meatball ingredients and form into balls. sear in a hot fry pan with oil and transfer to a crock pot. pour sauce over and cook on low for 6 hours.

Glazed lemon muffins

2 c. flour
1 1/2 t. baking powder
1/4 t. baking soda
1 c. sugar
1 t. salt
1 c. buttermilk (or sourmilk)
1 t. vanilla
1/4 c. oil (canola or coconut)
1 egg
2 t. lemon zest

Glaze:
1 c. powdered sugar
2-3 t. lemon juice

bake at 375 for about 20 min.  but check at 15.
glaze when cooled

Eliza's whole wheat bread

grind own white wheat

Step 1: mix in bosch:
8 cups flour
3 1/2 c. water (pretty hot. more then you would think)

Step 2: mix in a measuring bowl
1 C. canola oil
1 cup honey
- mix and add to step 1 along with 1/4 cup dough enhancer
*don't clean this bowl. set aside for later use.

*mix and then allow to sit for 2 hours

Step 3: in the honey/oil bowl,
1 cup very warm almost hot water
4 Tablespoons yeast
-gently mix and dissolve and allow to poof. double or triple in size.

Step 4: add to bosch
2 eggs
4 t. salt
-mix

Step  5 : add to bosch
yeast mix
4 cups flour
-mix

see texture as you go.
 i usually add 3 more cups at this point.
The dough should be sticky only enough to stick a little bit to finger
if you get it too dry, you can add a little more oil/honey.

Step:6: once you have the texture you want, mix for 8 min.

Step 7: remove from bosch and put in oiled bowl.
let sit for 40 min.
punch down
let sit for another 40 min.

Step 8: break into 5 balls.
roll out each ball into a long narrow strip and roll up tightly and place in medium size bread pans. Allow to sit for 45 min to 1 hour.
Bake at 350 for 30 min.

peanut butter fudge bars

Bars:
1/2 cup butter
1/2 brown sugar
1 egg
1/2 cup white sugar
1 t. vanilla
1/2 t. salt
1 cup flour
1 cup oats
1 bag chocolate chips

Frosting:
1/4 cup peanut butter
1 cup powdered sugar
milk to get to frosting consistency

1.   Pre heat oven to 350
2. mix all ingredients for bars except chocolate chips
3. press into cookies sheet
4. bake 12 -15 min
5. after out of the oven, put chocolate chips over hot bars, let melt and spread around evenly.
6. once chocolate is completely cooled, pour peanut butter frosting over the top.

Blender Wheat Pancakes

1 Cup milk
1 C. wheat kernels (whole and uncooked)

2 eggs
2 t. baking powder
1 1/2 t. salt (i like 1 t. )
2 T. oil
2-4 T. honey or sugar

put milk and wheat in blender and blend together.  then add rest of ingredients.

sausage potato soup

4-6 c chicken broth
boil 6-8 red potatoes in broth

saute together:
one onion
1 lb sausage
1/2 bunch kale chopped

in a bowl, mix:
8 oz cream cheese
3-4 T. flour
1 Cup chicken broth from potato pot

gradually add back into potato and broth mix
then dump in onion and sausage mix

salt pepper to taste