Nicole Wilker

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Mocha Chips ‘n’ Bits

Nov 14

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Mocha Chips ‘n’ Bits – another gem from my Great American Cookie Cookbook!

Could be made with or without the coconut.

Some people might be seeing these under their Christmas tree this year!

Mocha Chips 'n' Bits

Ingredients:

1 cup butter flavor shortening

3/4 cup sugar

1/2 cup brown sugar

2 tbl milk

1 tbl instant coffee

1 tsp vanilla

2 eggs

2 1/3 cup flour

1 1/2 tbl unsweetened cocoa powder

1 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp salt

1 cup milk chocolate chips

3/4 cup coconut

Preparation:

1. Heat oven to 375. Place sheets of foil on countertop for cooking cookies

2. Combine shortening, granulated sugar, brown sugar, milk, instant coffee and vanilla in a bowl. Beat until blended. Beat in eggs.

3. Combine flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt. Mix into creamed mixtre until “just” blended. Stir in chips and cocnut. Drip rounded tablespoons 2 inches apart onto ungreased baking sheets.

4. Bake at 375 for 10-12 minutes. Do not overbake. Let stand 2 minutes on baking sheet. Remove cookies to foil to cool.

Yields: 3 1/2 dozen cookies.

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Thai Chicken and Coconut Soup

Oct 5

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This was an amazingly simple and delicious soup! I’m so excited that I still have 2 lemon grass stalks, i can’t wait to make it again!! I did learn some things about lemon grass! You need to peel off a couple of the outer sheaths, cut off a large hunk of the bottom to get all the bulb off, and then slice it like a green onion, but only 2/3 up the stalk…  Then finely chop the little slices cause the bigger pieces will be un-edible and use the rest of the stalk as flavoring in the soup! The smell of the lemon grass is amazing! I was running around the house sniffing it!  Hubby was laughing at me!
I used Serrano Chiles vs the Thai chilies it called for and it worked great! Fabulous heat! I’d probably skip the chicken, maybe use tofu, or maybe nothing else!

Ingredients

  • 3  cups  Chicken Broth
  • 1  teaspoon  grated lime rind
  • 1/4  cup  fresh lime juice
  • 1  tablespoon  chopped peeled fresh lemongrass
  • 2  tablespoons  Thai fish sauce
  • 1/2  teaspoon  minced peeled fresh ginger
  • 1/2  teaspoon  chopped seeded Serrano Chili
  • 1  pound  skinless, boneless chicken breast, cut into bite-sized pieces  (could take it or leave it)
  • 1  (14-ounce) can light coconut milk
  • 2  tablespoons  chopped fresh cilantro

Preparation

Combine first 7 ingredients in a large saucepan. Bring to a simmer over medium heat; stir in chicken and coconut milk. Cook 3 minutes or until chicken is done. Sprinkle with cilantro.

Nutritional Information

Calories:228 (29% from fat)
Fat:7.3g (sat 4g,mono 0.7g,poly 0.5g)
Protein:30.8g
Carbohydrate:8.2g
Fiber:0.5g
Cholesterol:77mg
Iron:1.9mg
Sodium:778mg
Calcium:23mg

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