APPLE PIE SPICE

 

APPLE PIE SPICE

 

1 Tablespoons cinnamon

1  teaspoons nutmeg

1  teaspoons allspice 

 

Makes five teaspoons.  If you need more, make more.  Just keep your ratios intact. 

Store in an airtight jar. 

Pot Roast Seasoning

 

Pot Roast Seasoning

This is a dry rub. 

Equal parts salt, pepper, granulated garlic (or garlic powder), granulated onion (or onion powder).   

1 teaspoon each is good for one roast. 

Cherry Limeade

 The Search for Cherry Limeade

Many moons ago, longer than I care to remember, Minute Maid made a sugar free Cherry Limeade that was really good.  But they discontinued it, and I tried some other brands, but nothing was very tasty.

When all else fails, make it yourself.

 

4 ounces lime juice (1/2 cup, 118ml)  One of those little squeeze limes (4.5 oz) will work.

2/3 Cup granulated Splenda (4g) or 16 packets if you're lazy and buy it at Sam's Club like I do.

Water  to make 2 quarts.

Cherry syrup  (I like DaVinci sugar free best) 
Torani is good, and I've used sno-cone syrup.

  

You can use 2/3 cup sugar in place of Splenda if you're a purist. And fresh lime juice. I wouldn't, but you could.

Keep in the refrigerator (duh).  Pour over ice and add cherry syrup to taste.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Steak 'n Shake Seasoning

Steak 'n Shake Seasoning - Copy Cat 

 

 

Fits in a 4 ounce spice jar

4 Tablespoons salt
1 Tablespoon pepper
1 teaspoon onion powder
1 teaspoon garlic powder
2 teaspoons sugar
¼ teaspoon paprika
¼ teaspoon turmeric

Idaho Fry Sauce

 IDAHO FRY SAUCE

 

 The sauce waiting patiently for the fries to be done.

 

1 Cup + 2 Tablespoons mayonnaise (234g)
½ Cup Ketchup (136g)
¼ Cup sugar (50g)
2 Tablespoons red wine vinegar
1½  teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
½ teaspoon salt
½ tsp onion powder
¼ tsp dry mustard
⅛ teaspoon paprika
 

Mix it up, keep it in the fridge, covered. It fits great in a pint canning jar.  It tastes better if you let it sit for 30 minutes before use and stir it again.

If you want it more spicy, use more paprika.

It's OK to use light mayo, tastes just as good, and we're trying to save calories while eating french fries.  😅

Speaking of fries, Lamb Weston "Grown in Idaho" Hand Cut fries are really good.  I air fry for 10 minutes at 350 for one serving.  Your mileage may vary.

 

Almost forgot the fry seasoning!  Steak n Shake Copy Cat Seasoning
 

Waffle of Insane Greatness

 Waffle of Insane Greatness

From  Aretha Frankensteins in Knoxville or Chattanooga, TN via The Food Network

¾ cup flour (90g)    
¼ cup corn starch (40g)    
1½ tsp sugar
¼ tsp baking soda    
½ tsp baking powder    
½ tsp salt    

1 cup buttermilk
⅓ cup vegetable oil
¼ tsp baking soda    
1 egg
¾ tsp vanilla

Combine dry ingredients, mix well.  

Combine milk, oil, egg, and vanilla, whisk it up.

Add wet to dry, mix until smooth.

Let sit covered for 30 minutes at room temperature.

Use ½ cup per thin waffle, cook on medium setting until no longer steaming. I get 4 waffles from one batch.

This can make Belgian style waffles, too, the restaurant does.  I don't know how many you'd get from one batch.  It's about 2 cups of batter, so judge from that.

I've never been to this restaurant, but I think I need to go there!

 

Island Fried Rice

 

 

Island Fried Rice

3 Cups cooked rice (1 cup uncooked)
6-8 ounces ham or Spam, cubed
2 tsp oil
2 eggs
2 Tbls water
2 Tbls oil
2 tsp minced garlic (2 cloves)
1/4 cup sliced green onions
1 small can pineapple tidbits, drained, reserve juice
1/4 cup teriyaki sauce & pineapple juice, mixed

Heat the 2 tsp oil in a large skillet or a wok. Sauteed the ham, then remove it from the skillet. Beat the eggs and water together with a fork, add to skillet and scramble, breaking into small pieces. Remove from skillet.

Heat the 2 Tbls oil, and saute the garlic and green onions. This is where you can add an other vegetables you might want. DON'T BURN THE GARLIC! It gets bitter and yucky! Add the pineapple, then the ham and eggs. Stir well.

Stir in the rice, mix well. You can cook until the rice begins to brown if you like it that way. Stir constantly!

Stir in the sauce. Cook and stir until the rice coated.

This is good topped with more sliced green onions. 

Optional: Add a cup of peas and carrots, from a bag of frozen that cooks in the microwave.

Makes four servings as a side dish, or two big servings for pigs.

 

You need a BIG skillet for this!  Five quart size.  Like a fryer.  Doesn't have to have a lid, though.

 

 

 

I've never been comfortable with recipes that you can change around, but this is something that always turns out, no matter what things I throw into it. Tonight I had no green onions, but I tossed in a cup of frozen peas and carrots (cooked in the microwave first). The only time it wasn't good was the time I burned the garlic. In the Islands they love Spam. The first time I made it I used leftover Christmas ham.