Dinner rolls from scratch

my attempt to dinner rolls

I used:
3 1/2 cups of all purpose white flour
1/4 c sugar
1/4 butter - softened
1 tsp salt
1 package of yeast
1/2 c very warm water
1/2c very warm milk
1 egg

(the recipe is from the Red Betty Crocker cookbook)
After kneading the dough I sprayed the pans and made them into balls. Let them rise and them bake on 375 degrees for 12 plus minutes

SO THIS WAS AN EXPERIMENT because I Haven't made yeast rolls in ALONG time! I didn't like them. They weren't soft, they weren't fluffy, and only one pan rose and the other pan didn't. They were too dense. I will have to try again.

Chicken noodle & veggie soup

Great for a perfect cold and rainy day today!!

I used:
3 Cans of Swansons chicken broth
2-3 cans of water
salt & pepper
garlic salt
bay leaves
2lbs of chicken
macaroni pasta (you can use what ever pasta you feel like, its what I had)
chopped up zuchinni
chopped up potatoes (I used red ones)

This is my first attempt, I havent tasted it yet. It has been cooking in the crockpot and it smells pretty good)

Chicken Enchiladas

My mom taught me this recipe for chicken enchiladas. I used fresh chicken and left it in the crockpot so I could shred it off of the bone. In the past I have used canned chicken. I thought this tasted better.

First off you need:

3-4lbs of shredded Monterrey jack cheese
2lbs of shredded chicken
1 diced up onion
1can of mild Enchilada sauce (or depending how spicy you want it)
1 little can of diced green chilies
Packages of corn tortillas

I soak my tortillas in the bowl of half of the enchilada sauce then I fill them with the mixture (chicken, onion, cheese, chilies)

I rolled them all up as tight as I can get them. I cover the top with the leftover enchilada sauce and the leftover cheese to try to cover the entire top. I usually add a little can of sliced black olives on top of the cheese.

Cook at 350 degrees for 45 minutes. Add sour cream for extra flavor and to cool down the spiciness.

Roasted Pumpkin Seeds

After carving our pumpkin we saved all the pumpkin seeds and put them into a strainer to rinse them off.
I put them in water in a saucepan with salt (depending how salty you want add more). I had to bring to a boil and them drain out the water.
Put them onto a pan with sides over the bottom with olive oil and lay the seeds on top of that in one layer. Bake on 350 degrees for 15-20 minutes or longer. Watch to see how brown they get.

Teriyaki Beef with veggies

I first had about 2lbs of beef (steak chunks) and cooked that with garlic and a chopped up onion.

On the Side in another pot I was steaming the raw broccoli so it would not be so hard once I add it to the beef mixture.

Once all beef and onions are brown I added the broccoli

While I was cooking the meat I had the sauce starting to cook. It has garlic, brown sugar, soy sauce, and corn starch. I added more brown sugar to make it a little sweeter. I needed to also add crushed ginger, but didn't have any at the time.

After it is complete eat with steamed rice. YUM!