Category Archives: Miscellaneous
Chicken Quesadillas
2 large whole wheat tortillas
1 boneless chicken breast
chopped onion
chopped green pepper
chopped garlic
Taco seasoning
Can if cream of chicken condensed soup
1 small tomato
1/2 ripe avocado
1/2 – 1 cup sour cream
Mix some seasoning with flour and coat chicken pieces
Saute in olive oil and remove from pan
Toss chopped veggies in remaining flour and saute till tender
Add a bit of white wine to deglaze the pan
Add chicken back to pan
Put in about 1/3 of can of soup and add water to thin out
Stir well.
Place tortilla in cast iron pan and top with chicken, etc.
Sprinkle with more taco seasoning
Cover with another tortilla and press down.
Coat top of tortilla with a bit of olive oil to help it crisp
Bake in the oven at 350 degrees until tortilla is crisp
Remove from oven and top with chopped tomato and avocado mixed with sour cream
Patty
www.snowcolabradors.com
Stuffed Meat Loaf
This is a great recipe I made up.
Start with your own basic meat loaf. If you usually only use one egg, add another
Ingred:
1 box frozen creamed spinach
1 package dry ranch dressing mix
Parmesan cheese
Swiss cheese
Mix your meat loaf and lay it out on tinfoil. Flatten it out quite thin
Sprinkle with ranch dressing mix
Spread cold defrosted creamed spinach
Sprinkle with parm cheese
Top with thin slices of swiss cheese
Roll up using the tinfoil as a guide.
Pinch in ends and length of loaf seam to seal well
Brush with egg white, especially the seams
Bake at 325 degrees for 35-45 min. Bake low and slow to prevent leakage.
Patty
www.snowcolabradors.com
Homemade Short Bread
This was something I made for my Dad for every holiday. God love him and God rest is soul.
1 cup butter softened
3/4 cups sifted confectioners sugar
1/2 tspn vanilla extract (you can use maple instead)
2 cups flour
1 cup hazelnuts ground
1 1/2 tspn grated orange peal
I have done this recipe without the orange peal and hazlenut and it is still great.
Cream softened butter and add sugar, slowly add flour, add other ingredients until a good workable dough forms.
Spread out on greased cookie sheet evenly.
This is the hard part. I use a greased rubber or plastic spatula. Use spray pam to help.
Bake at 325 degrees for 25-30 min or until slightly brown.
Remove from oven and when cool cut in squares and serve.
You will love, love this.
Stores well for a long time in tuperware or cookie tin.
Patty
www.snowcolabradors.com
Why Should I Cerf My Entire Litter Of Pups?
The reason for cerfing your litter is to determine if there are any issues you need to know about for the pups you have produced that are going to their new homes; and for your future breeding program.
I had a litter cerfed by a board certified (ACVO) canine ophthalmologist (which I do with every litter) where one pup was diagnosed with Incipient Posterior Cortical Cataracts.
This is a condition seen often in King Charles Spaniels and I was advised by my canine Ophthalmologist that it usually goes away in 4 weeks and the dog will never have any eye issues for life.
However this vet/Optho advised me not to breed a pup from this litter or to ever repeat the breeding, which I have not and will not.
The pup was checked 4 weeks later and passed the cerf. Otherwise I would have paid for the surgery if needed.
That is the right thing to do as a reputable breeder.
There are dogs out there with issues that some breeders feel are a “non issue” and, therefore, keep breeding those lines.
I choose not to do that.
My reputation as a breeder is only as good as the pups I produce. And, therefore, I choose to spend the extra money to cerf my litters before they go to their forever homes.
Pups should not be cerfed prior to 8 weeks of age. If you check with your local Optho vets they often offer certain days of the week that are a “clinic” price.
Take the time and money to do this please. It is for the sake of your pups first and foremost, not to mention your reputation as a reputable breeder.
Patty
www.snowcolabradors.com
How To Deal With A Stroke
My mother had a severe stroke in June of 2011 and it was devastating to her and my entire family. Especially my father.
The initial shock of seeing your loved one in the hospital is awful. But you need to try and stay calm for the stroke victim and re-assure them that they will be okay.
My mom went into a rehab and started to regain her speech shortly after. She started rehab and I was there every day to watch, learn and work with the physical therapists in her therapy. I am a personal trainer so this came easier to me than most.
Her right side was affected but her right leg has come along. The first day I saw her stand and walk, with much help, I was in tears.
Unfortunately her right arm is not coming along as hoped and its been 2 years.
I truly believe in prayer and had a huge prayer chain going for mom from day one. I believe the progress she has made is my encouraging her, along with her physical therapists and the prayers for her.
Never give up on a stroke victim. It can take time but they can make progress.
I had mom home to my house for mothers day this year and she stood from her wheel chair, using a cane, and walked up the 2 steps into my house, with someone on either side of her for support if needed. It was wonderful!
Don’t give up, keep working, keep praying and progress can be made.
Encouraging the stroke victim to work hard in PT is important, especially if their brain as not been effected, as in my mom’s case.
I pray for anyone going thru this ordeal. Stay strong and persevere.
Patty
www.snowcolabradors.com
Chicken Liver Pate
1 lb cleaned chicken livers
2 cloves garlic
3-4 scallions
3 oz cream cheese
4 strips bacon cooked crisp and chopped
1/4 cup good scotch
Saute chicken liver in olive oil until done and set aside.
Puree in a food processor:
garlic and scallions
Add warm cooked livers
Add cream cheese and blend all well
Add crisp bacon
Slowly add in the scotch (this is a key ingredient)
Put in serving dish and chill in fridge.
Serve on crackers or toast points.
Patty
www.snowcolabradors.com
Molasses Cake
This recipee comes from the early 1800s and was found in a great book called The Kitchen House.
1/2 cup butter
1/3 cup packed dark brown sugar
1 egg
1/2 cup milk
1 cup molasses
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon ground ginger
1 teaspoon cinnamon
2 dashes ground cloves
1/4 teaspoon salt
Oven 350 degrees (grease 8″ square pan or use a loaf pan)
Cream butter and sugar. Beat in egg. In a separate bowl combine milk and molasses. In another bowl combine flour and the rest of the dry ingredients.
Add each of these alternately to the butter mixture beating well between additions.
Spoon into prepared pan and bake 45 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.
Enjoy
Patty
www.snowcolabradors.com
Bodybuilding Fitness Tips
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Curried Shrimp Over Coos Coos
Wow is this a great dish!
Flour with curry powder added – quite a bit.
Flour shrimp and saute in olive oil and butter. Set aside (substitute cut up boneless chicken or use both)
Cut up parsnips and coat in the left over flour/curry powder and saute quickly, don’t over cook. Set aside.
In the same pan add more oil or butter as needed and saute diced onion and garlic. Turn off pan and leave on the stove.
In the mean time cook a box of basic olive oil and garlic coos coos.
When the coos coos is done:
Put the shrimp and parsnips back in the pan with the onions and garlic and reheat.
Add a can of chopped pineapple and chicken broth.
Bring to a boil and thicken with corn starch and water.
Corn starch mixed with cold water and wisked into the dish thickens quickly.
Spoon over coos coos to serve.
On the side serve a cooked veggi like brocolli or asparagus.
Enjoy.
Patty
www.snowcolabradors.com
Pasta With Avacado Sauce
Cook and prepare any type of past you want and set aside.
I like Penne for this dish.
1 perfectly ripe avacado (push into it with your finger and it should be semi soft but bounce right back the skin should be black)
Put into a food processor with the juice of 1/2 of a lemon
Add parmasian cheese to your taste
As it spins add olive oil to the right consistancy, almost like quacamolie, but not too thin.
In the mean time flour and brown shrimp or boneless chicken pieces in olive oil and set aside
In the same pan as the shrimp or chicken you have removed (once browned) add peas, fresh asparagus in pieces and saute with onions and garlic.
Reheat your pasta under hot running water, put your shrimp or chicken on top and top off with the avacado sauce.
Serve with warm bread and salad.
Enjoy
Patty
www.snowcolabradors.com
I only blog recipees I have made for myself (I am a big time cook) and when I go “wow” that was great! Than I blog them.
I hope some of you try my recipees and enjoy them.
