Rub for Smoked Meats

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This has become simply a way for me to be lazy and have easy access to recipes that I use regularly. This is a rub I have used on both whole chickens and pork shoulders and it is wonderful on both. It is a bit spicy, but not over bearing. The recipe makes 4 1/2 cups of rub which is enough for 6 whole chickens or 3 pork butts used generously.

1 cup Brown Sugar

1/4 cup Smoked Paprika

1/2 cup Kosher Salt

1/2 cup Coarse Ground Black Pepper

1/4 cup Cayenne Pepper

1/2 cup Garlic Powder

1/2 cup Onion Powder

1/4 cup Cumin

1/2 cup Chili Powder

1/4 cup dried Oregano

King Ranch Chicken

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An old favorite. Easy casserole that can be made with stuff you generally have around the house.

1 Tbl Cooking Oil

1 Onion (I prefer Vidalia)

1 Red Bell Pepper

1 Green Bell Pepper

1 can Cream of mushroom soup

1 can Cream of chick soup

1 can Rotel tomatoes

1 cup chicken broth

3 Tbl sour cream

2 tsp cumin

1 tsp chili powder

1/2 tsp chipotle chili powder

1/2 tsp dried oregano

4 chicken breast (boiled and shredded)

12 oz. shredded sharp cheddar cheese

10 corn tortillas or bag of tortilla chips

Sauté' onion and bell peppers in oil until soft (generally about 5 minutes). Combine sauté mix with next nine ingredients in a large bowl. Begin to layer ingredients in a 9 x 13 casserole dish. Start with 1 cup of mix, then half of the chicken, then 4 oz. cheese. Set aside 1 cup of mix. Then layer either five corn tortillas or enough chips broken into large pieces to completely cover. Top with 1/2 of remaining mix. Layer again, chicken, cheese, tortillas or chips, and remaining sauce. Finish with crushed chips, the set aside cup of mix, and finally the final 4 oz. of cheese, Bake at 350 for 35-40 minutes.

Simple, Yummy Pumpkin Spice Muffins

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This is a wonderful recipe that a church member shared with me a few years ago. Super simple. Very Yummy! I post it here principally for my convenience.

Ingredients:

1 Boxed Spice Cake Mix

1 Can of Pumpkin

1 12oz. package of cinnamon chips (Hersey is the only ones I have found)

1/4 cup of milk

1 egg

1 Tbl. Cooking Oil

Mix all of the ingredients until all ingredients are folded in. Spoon into greased muffin pan. 

Bake at 350 for 15-20 minutes. I find 18 to be just about perfect.

Sugar Free, Low Fat Blueberry Muffins

 I have a deep and abiding love for blueberry muffins, but every time I see a calorie count on these favorites I am overcome by a bit of guilt for eating them. So, I have adapted a couple of different recipes to come up with this guilt free version that is still super yummy!

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cups all purpose flour

3/4 cups Splenda

1/2 tsp salt

2 tsp baking powder

1 serving of light and fit blueberry greek yogurt

1 egg white

3/4 cup 1% milk

1 cup fresh blueberries

1/4 cup Splenda

2 tsp cinnamon

Spray butter

Directions:

Mix flour, Splenda, salt and baking powder in bowl and set aside.

Mix yogurt, egg white and milk in a large mixing bowl.

Gradually blend in flour mixture, once fully incorporated fold in fresh blueberries.

Spoon into greased muffin tin.

Mix cinnamon and Splenda, spray tops of muffins before cooking with spray butter and sprinkle 1 tsp of cinnamon mixture atop each muffin.

Cook at 400 degrees for 20 minutes