Blondies - Murphy style

Ingredients:

Dry mix: 2 c flour, 2 c oats (quick oats), 2 tsp baking powder, 1 tsp salt

Cream together: 2 c sugar, 1 1/3 c butter, 2 eggs, 3 tbs milk, 2 tsp vanilla

12 oz choc chips


Directions:
To creamed ingredients add dry mix 1/4 at a time. Mix in choc chips. spread over a greased pan. Spread should be around 1/4 inch deep in pan. Bake at 350 deg. for 25-35 min. Cool, cut and munch.

You can use steel cut oats or old fashioned oats in lieu of quick oats for added nutritional value, but they may take longer to cook and will be more chewy.

Kelaguen - Murphy Style

Good Guamanian dish served as appetizer or as main course. Could use hot chile pepper or jalapeño.

Ingredients

• 1 (2-3 lb) roasted whole chicken, diced in small cubes
• 3 green onions, diced
• 2 lemons, juiced
• 4-6 limes, juiced (don't make dish soupy)
• 1 grated fresh coconut (~1 cup) (chop in food processor)
• 1 roasted habanero pepper, minced
• Salt, to taste (less if store roasted chicken)

20-30, small flour tortillas (whole wheat) OR whole grain crackers

Directions

1. In a bowl combine the chicken, green onions, lemon & lime juice, coconut, and hot pepper(s). Chill for at least one hour.
2. Serve wrapped open-burrito style in tortillas or on crackers.

How to easily chop an onion

It is very important to chop any ingredients to a uniform size for even cooking. If you don't then bits will start to brown or burn while larger pieces aren't yet tender. Here is a short 1 minute video on how to chop an onion easily and maintain uniformity.

Parisian Eggs

I found this is the newspaper. I googled to find other recipes for "Parisian Eggs" and honestly I couldn't find that recipe name out there. However, I've eaten this many times and it is excellent. As a bonus it is quick to make.

Parisian Eggs
Serves 1

Ingredients:
2 eggs
1 or 2 strips of bacon
shredded swiss cheese

Directions:
NOTE: You need a skillet that can be put in the oven on broil - no plastic handles!

1. Pre-heat oven broiler (I use low broil.)
2. Cook bacon in skillets on medium to medium-high until it becomes opaque but not fully cooked.
3. Crack 2 eggs over the bacon and cook until whites are just opaque. (no clear parts)
4. Sprinkle swiss on top of eggs. Be as generous as you like.
5. Move skillet to oven on broil. Take out in 1-1 1/2 minutes promptly. Cheese should be just lightly browned. If you wait much longer the yellows will get too hard.
6. Enjoy!

Buttermilk Waffles

You can't beat buttermilk waffles for breakfast covered in blueberry or strawberry syrup. (Actually you can but we'll ignore that point for now.) You can use maple syrup if you want but I can't live without fruit syrup. So what's different about these waffles from all the rest... Well the corn meal gives it a very uniform yellow/gold appearance, it is crisp on the outside and moist on the inside like any good waffle should be. I tried them with semi-sweet chocolate chips to humor the kids and it worked. I just don't like cleaning the melted chocolate remnants from the waffle iron afterward. Enjoy!

Buttermilk Waffles

Based on a blog that I will credit when I find it again.

Serves 4

Ingredients:

3 cups All purpose flour

3 tablespoons corn meal

3/4 teaspoons salt

3/4 teaspoons baking soda

3 eggs

3 cups buttermilk

6 tablespoons melted butter or oil

Optional: dried fruit, citrus zest, chocolate chips

Directions:

1. Add all dry ingredients to a bowl and mix together.


2. In a separate bowl, lightly beat eggs then add remaining wet ingredients and mix.


3. Pour the wet mixture into the bowel of dry ingredients and stir until just mixed together.


4. Cook according to waffle iron directions.

Bacon and Cheddar Quiche

This is a favorite at my house. Real men, women and children do eat quiche. (You'll have to be an 80s fan to get that.)

Bacon and Cheddar Quiche
Based on some recipe I found on the internet and didn't keep track of.
Serves 4-6

Ingredients:

pre-made pie shell - (go fresh if you like)
1-1.5 cups cooked bacon (crumbled)
4 large eggs
1.5 cups half-and-half or whole milk
1/4 teaspoons dried leaf thyme
1/8 teaspoon pepper
1 cup shredded sharp Cheddar cheese
1-1 1/2 cups sliced mushrooms

Directions:

1. Pre-heat oven to 375 degrees.
2. Line pie pan with pre-made pie shell or fresh if you like and bake for 8 minutes.
3. Remove from oven and put shredded cheddar and sliced mushrooms at the bottom.
4. Beat eggs by hand and add milk/half&half, thyme, and pepper.
5. Pour into pie shell.
6. Evenly distribute crumbled bacon on top of egg mixture.
7. Bake for 45 minutes or up to an hour until the center is firm.

Dry Rubbed Flank Steak

Some days you just don't have time to marinate the steak for a couple hours. This rub is extremely flavorful and can be done within 10 minutes of putting on the grill.

Dry Rubbed Flank Steak

Based on Food Network - Dan Smith and Steve McDonagh

Ingredients:

1 tablespoon ground mustard

1 tablespoon onion powder

1 tablespoon garlic powder

1 tablespoon salt

1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper

1/4 teaspoon allspice

2-3 pounds flank steak

Directions:

1. Pre-heat the grill to high.
   
2. Combine all spices in bowl.


3. Rub on both sides of steak. Depending on size of steak you may only need half of spice mixture.


4. Let site for 10 minutes.


5. Grill for 4-5 minutes per side depending on desired doneness and steak size.


6. Let rest for 10 minutes before slicing.