The Best Homemade Alfredo Sauce Ever

INGREDIENTS
½ cup butter
1 pint heavy whipping cream (2 cups)
4 ounces cream cheese
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon italian seasoning
¼ teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon pepper
1 cup grated parmesan cheese

INSTRUCTIONS

In a medium saucepan add butter, heavy whipping cream, and cream cheese. 

Cook over medium heat and whisk until melted. 

Add the garlic powder, italian seasoning, salt and pepper. 

Continue to whisk until smooth. 

Add the grated parmesan cheese.

Bring to a simmer and continue to cook for about 3-5 minutes or until it starts to thicken. 

Serve with a pasta.

Pasties

Makes 8

Ingredients

Remade Pie Crust. (2 boxes if you are using half a crust, 4 if using a full crust)
5 potatoes, peeled and thinly sliced
1/4 cup melted butter
1 teaspoon of minced garlic in water
2 packages of beef cubes
Sliced carrots
Dried onion - optional
Salt
Pepper
Water

Prepare your ingredients - Peel and slice potatoes before pouring the melted butter and garlic over them and mixing. Sprinkle the beef cubes in salt and pepper.

Preheat oven to 400

Roll out the crusts, cut in half if making half pasties

Make a layer of potatoes in the center of the crust

Make a layer of beef over the potatoes

Add a small handful of the carrots on top of the beef

Sprinkle the dried onion on top if using it

Fold the pie crust over and pinch/twist it to create a twist effect

Cut slits in the top, 3-4

Cook for 45 minutes

Pull out of the oven and decrease temperature to 350

Spoon a tablespoon of water into each slit

Cook for 15 more minutes

Serve

Quinoa Salad

Ingredients

2 cups quinoa
4 cups water
1 tablespoon better than bullion (chicken or beef)
1 Orange or lemon
(Pair the lemon with the beef bullion and the chicken bullion with the orange)
3 bell peppers
2 cucumbers
1/2 packet mushrooms - if we have them in the house
Shredded Carrots
Fresco Queso
1/2 packet sliced ham
Creamy Italian Dressing
Garlic Salt
Salt
Pepper

Directions

Prepare the quinoa - Rinse it off using a sieve, then toast the rinsed off quinoa in an un-greased pan

Add the quinoa, water, citrus, and bullion into a rice maker. You want to do this at least an hour before you want to start getting dinner prepared.

Chop the veggies being used, peeling if you have to.

Chop the cheese and ham

Mix everything in a large bowl. Use a bowl bigger than you think you need so you can mix without risking spilling

Pour dressing over the top and add spices. Continue to add spices and dressing until you like the taste. You might have to use a spice I did not list, depending on how the salad tastes.

Coconut Crust

2 cups shredded coconut
2-3 Tbs coconut oil

Preheat oven to 350 degrees

Add one cup of coconut to a food processor

Add the oil on top of the coconut

Add the other cup of coconut

Pulse until the mixture is small enough to cover the bottom of a pan.

Put in the pan and bake for 10-15 minutes or until golden brown, be careful it can burn.

English Muffin Bread

Ingredients

5 1/2 cups flour 
2 tablespoons dry yeast
1 tablespoon honey
1/4 cup warm water
2 teaspoons kosher salt
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
2 1/4 cups warm milk
Butter and cornmeal for greasing and dusting the pans


Instructions

Place the yeast, honey, and water. Set aside.

Stir the salt, baking powder, and flour together in a separate bowl.

Add the milk and one cup of the flour to the yeast mixture once the yeast has proofed.

Blend well.

Add the remaining flour, and beat. You might have to use your hands to mix in all of the flour
You should have a very soft, goopy dough.

Spoon the dough into 2 loaf pans that have been greased and dusted with the cornmeal.

Set aside in a warm place until the batter has doubled and is at the top of the pans, or a little above the lip.

Preheat the oven to 425F

Dust the tops of the loaves with cornmeal and bake for 19 minutes or so. 

Cool, slice, and enjoy

Mary's Bread

Preheat oven to 200º F.

4 ½ c. flour
500 mg crushed vitamin C
1 Tbsp. yeast

Mix flour, vitamin C, and yeast together.

3 c. warm water

Mix - sponge 10 minutes

¼ . oil
¼ c. honey
¾ Tbsp. salt

Mix, add 3-5 c. flour until mixer sides are clean.  Knead 7-10 minutes

Put bread in 3 pans.

Turn off oven & put pans inside warm oven.

Rise for 20 minutes.

Turn oven on to 350º F.  Leave pans in the oven.

Bake for 30-35 minutes or 15-20 if divided into rolls.

Carolina Pork Sandwiches

4 c. shredded roasted pork
1 medium onion, minced
1 garlic clove, minced

Saute onion and garlic and then add shredded cooked pork.  Add 1.5-2 cups of water and cook until half of the water is gone.  Add BBQ sauce.  Cook on low heat until mixture has gone and sauce is thick.  Serve with buns and slaw.