Showing posts with label Karen's recipes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Karen's recipes. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 3, 2007

Bow Tie Pasta

My Sis sent me this recipe, she says it is yummy.
1 Tbs. Lemon Juice
¼ cup finely diced sweet onion
1 tsp dried dill or 1 Tbs. fresh dill
I Tbs. dried chives or ¼ cup diced fresh chives
1 tsp lemon pepper
¼ tsp salt
1/8 tsp garlic powder
1 cup light mayo

2 cups cooked bow tie pasta

2 cooked chicken breasts (1 ½ -2 cups) diced or shredded (cooked shrimp works too)
1 tomato seeded and diced
1 14oz. can of quartered artichoke hearts, drained

Combine first 8 ingredients. Add cooled pasta. Gently add chicken, tomato and artichoke and mix in. Refrigerate 1 hour before serving. Top with chopped chives if desired.
Recipe makes 8 cup.

Wednesday, June 13, 2007

Sisters Jam

After bugging my sister for the last few years to give me her strawberry/peach jam, she finally found the time to make me happy. I have never made this but plan to. It is so yummy. I guess I can't say it is hers(sorry sis) but she got it out of a book. Not sure which one, maybe she can enlighten us...although it might be next year until she lets us know.:)
Easy Strawberry Peach Jam

2 cups crushed strawberries (about 1 quart)
2 cups peeled, pitted crushed peaches (about 1 ½ lbs. peaches)
¼ cup water
2TBL lemon juice
1 box (1¾ or 2 oz) dry pectin
6 cups sugar

In a heavy- bottomed 8-10 quart pan, mix fruit water, lemon juice and pectin. Bring to a full rolling boil over high heat, stirring constantly. Quickly add sugar, still stirring. Return to a full rolling boil; then boil, stirring, for 1 minute (if using a 2oz box of pectin, boil for 2 minutes) Remove from heat and skim off foam.
Ladle hot jam into hot, sterilized half-pint or pint jars leaving ¼ inch headspace. Wipe rims and threads clean; top with hot lids, then firmly screw on bands. Process in boiling water canner for 5 minutes. (8 minutes for pint jars.)
Let stand for 12-24 hours at room temperature.