Rosemary Red Potatoes

I got this recipe out of my Harry Potter Cookbook. I improvised a little bit because my Idahoan heritage told me to.
Ingredients:
6 red potatoes, washed and cut into bite sized cubes
1/4 cup of olive oil
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon dried rosemary leaves
2 cloves of garlic, minced
Freshly ground black pepper

I didn't use nearly that much salt because, well, ew. And I used garlic powder instead of garlic cloves. And I added cheese because cheese is good.

Set the oven to 400. Combine all the ingredients and coat the potatoes really well. Spread into a shallow baking pan. Pro tip: line it with tin foil because it will make cleaning up so much easier. Roast for about 20 minutes. Take them out of the oven and turn them and shake them around. Cook for another 20 minutes. Add some cheese. Cook for about 5 more minutes or until the potatoes are slightly crisp on the edges, but soft enough to push a fork through without resistance.

They are delicious! I think they'd taste good with some bacon bits in them.

Banana Bread Muffins

Ingredients

3 mashed, ripened bananas

1 stick butter

3/4 cup sugar

2 eggs

A splash of vanilla

1/2 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

2 cups flour (golden stars given if you use wheat flour)

1 teaspoon cinnamon

Pinch of salt

Cream the butter, sugar, eggs and vanilla. Blend in the mashed bananas. Add the rest of the ingredients. Spray the cup cake pan liners really well. Bake at 350 for 30 minutes or until the tops are golden brown! I added some chocolate chips to these because everything is better with chocolate. 

They taste especially good right out of the oven, smothered in nutella. I may have eaten four or five or six in ten minutes. Meh. 

Spinach Salad

INGREDIENTS
Spinach leaves
Green leaf lettuce
Mushrooms, fresh and sliced
Bacon, crisp and broken into bite size pieces
Red onion, sliced
Mozzarella cheese, shredded
DRESSING
1/3 cup sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon garlic salt
1/4 cup cider vinegar
1 egg
1 cup oil

Blend well. Slowly drizzle in 1 c. oil while blending. ENJOY!

Chicken Alfredo

INGREDIENTS
3-4 chicken breasts
1-2 cubes chicken bouillon
1 cube butter
1 package Good Seasons Dry Italian Dressing Mix
1 can cream of chicken soup
1 8-ounce package cream cheese
1 cup water
3/4-1 16-ounce box fettuccine pasta, cooked

DIRECTIONS
1. Cut chicken into bite pieces and cook in a frying pan with 1 c water and 1-2 chicken bouillon cubes
2. Put all the other ingredients together in a ot, bring to a boil and mix well
3. Add chicken plus the juice it was cooked in
4. serve over noodles OR add noodles to mixture and serve

Italian Herb Bread

INGREDIENTS
4 1/2 cups hot tap water
1/4 cup sugar
4 teaspoons yeast
1/2 cup butter-melted
2 tablespoons wheat gluten
11 cups flour
1/4 cup dry milk powder
2 tablespoons salt
1/2 cup Parmesan cheese
3 tablespoons Italian seasoning

DIRECTIONS
1. Pour warm water and yeast into mixing bowl
2. Add sugar and butter.
3. Add 6 c. flour, powdered milk, salt and gluten. Mix well
4. Add Parmesan cheese and Italian seasoning
5. Add the rest of the flour. Mix for five minutes
6. Oil or grease hands and counter
7. Dvide dough into equal portions and shape into loaves
8. Put into well greased pans
9. Let rise until double in size
10. Bake at 350 for 25-30 minutes or until golden brown on top
11. Remove from pans and cool on wire rack
12. Brush top of loaves with butter

Red Wine Vinaigrette

I hope there's not actual alcohol in red wine vinegar. If there is, too late.


This is from Giada De Laurentiis. That's how you know it's legit. It's actually really yummy too.



1/2 cup red wine vinegar
3 tablespoons lemon juice
2 teaspoons honey
2 teaspoons salt
Freshly ground black pepper
1 cup olive oil

Mix the vinegar, lemon juice, honey, salt, and pepper in a blender. With the machine running, gradually blend in the oil.