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I have small cans of potted meat, mashed potatoes, frozen mixed veggies, and Bisquick.
What can I make with the following ingredients?
There are lots of recipes on line to make peanut butter cookies with those ingredients, but the easiest one is to use one egg, one cup peanut butter, and one cup of sugar. Mix and bake at 350 until slightly browned. These are not only delicious and easy, but they're also gluten free!
What can I make with apples, butter, flour, three eggs, syrup, and raisin bran? I'm limited to these ingredients at my beach house.
By Kristina
Cook sliced, peeled apples in water until soft. Drain, then add syrup to sweeten. Cut the flour with the butter until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Roll out into dough. Cut into wedges or rounds. Fill with apples, fold over. Bake in the oven as apple turnovers.
The raisin bran doesn't come into it, but you could eat it dry as a snack later.
What can I make with barley and cream of mushroom soup?
By Kathy
Mushroom soup with barley
I have flour, sugar, milk, eggs, and cinnamon.
By S Long
Is it all-purpose or self-rising? If self-rising, you can do this. If all purpose, you'll need to add a little baking powder to the flour.
Roll like a jelly roll and cut into slices. Preheat the oven to 425 degrees and bake until cinnamon rolls are done.
What can I make with turkey, mixed vegetables, and diced potatoes?
By Vicky
These are the perfect ingredients for a home made pot pie. Cut up the turkey in chunks, mix with the veggies and potatoes, then spoon into an unbaked frozen pie crust (or make your own!) I would add a can of cream of chicken or mushroom soup to it before baking.
I have hamburger, cheese, biscuit dough, onions, and tomato products.
By Dawn B
You could make a "cheeseburger pie"...although you didn't say now many servings you needed.
Basically, it's a recipe my mom made. She layered the bottom of a casserole dish with a thin layer of tomato sauce. Then, she sauteed ground beef, onions (and sometimes green pepper or celery, if we had some), seasoning it with salt, black pepper and garlic powder. Then she topped the cooked meat layer with shredded or diced cheese (She usually made two sets of layers but you don't need to).
Heat in a 350F oven until the crumbs are browned, maybe 15 minutes. Or you could use your biscuit dough, that would be even better! Cook the casserole until the biscuits are done, at the temperature and however long it says to cook them.
It was pretty cheap, and it tasted good. She also served it with wedges of lettuce, if we had some, so it really was like a cheese burger.
Here's what I have: broccoli, cauliflower, spinach, carrots, acorn squash, and green beans. I also have ground turkey, beef, chicken stock, canned diced tomatoes, onions, garlic, ginger, fish sauce, soy sauce, etc. What kind of soup can I make?
By 4G
Leave out the fish and soy sauce and put everything else in a crock pot. That is the ingredients for amazing soup that I call "end of the month soup" where I put whatever I have in the fridge and cupboards. Add enough water or better yet broth to cover and cook overnight. If you have some rice about 2 hours before you serve it, throw that in too.
What can I make with these ingredients: chicken breasts, snow peas, alfalfa sprouts, rice, green onions, ginger, celery, soy sauce, garlic paste?
By Jackie
I would brown the cut up chicken in oil, add your chopped green onions, celery, small amount of grated ginger, 1 tsp. at the most, 3 Tbsp. soy sauce, 2 tsp. garlic paste, and one can pineapple chunks with the juice. Simmer till vegetables are tender, add sprouts about 1 minute before removing from heat.
I have cooked hamburger patties, spanish rice, and baked onions. I am willing to add whatever necessary.
By Gene A from Victoria, TX
I would crumble and brown the ground beef, chop the onions, add the rice, add a large can of diced tomatoes, maybe 2 teaspoons garlic powder, 1 1/2 tsp. salt, 1 envelope taco seasoning. Simmer till rice is tender, maybe 25-30 minutes.
You could eat as is with warm bread, or spoon into tortilla shells and top with cheese. Sounds good to me!:)
For a different flavor, you could substitute the taco seasoning for Italian seasoning.
I have hamburger, dill, onion, cilantro, carrots, and potatoes. Any suggestions?
By Pat
I would brown the hamburger, chop up the rest of the ingredients, add to pot. Add enough beef bullion cubes to correspond to how many cups of water you added. Add a can of stewed tomatoes for an even richer flavor.
Simmer around 1 hour to let flavors blend and vegetables soften. You will now have a decent beef stew.:)
Pair with rolls and a salad and you're good to go!
Someone gave me a bunch of liquor filled chocolates. I cannot imagine eating them all, but could conceive of some divine recipe that included these little chocolates. Any ideas? Each little chocolate is shaped like a little liquor bottle and is .38 oz. There are four flavors: Grand Marnier, Remy Martin, orange Stoli vodka, and Jim Beam bourbon whiskey.
By Leslie
Chop up and use in brownies. Just add liquor to measuring cup and add rest of liquid needed for recipe to the liquor
I have 2 packages of black cherry Jello, a can of whole cranberries, pineapple, and walnuts What can I make with this?
By Penny L
You can make black cherry Jello with whole cranberries, pineapple, and walnuts. :)
Seriously, the wonderful thing about Jello is that you can add almost anything you want as filler or garnish. Do note, however, that enzymes in fresh pineapple will prevent the gelatin from setting, so you'll have to add it as a garnish after the gelatin sets (there is info about this on the Jello box). Canned pineapple is fine though because the heat used in canning destroyed the enzyme.
For example, you can make the Jello with cranberies inside. Then puree the pineapple to use as a sauce over the Jello (might want to puree a bit of the cranberries too to add tartness and color). Finally, sprinkle crushed walnuts over everything to add a bit of crunchiness and visual appeal. Or switch the ingredients around, i.e. put the walnut in the Jello, etc.
Or if you're using canned pineapple, you can make a Jello Pineapple roll. Simply open a can of pineapple, drain out the liquid and then pour the Jello in. The can serves as a mold. You can either put the cranberries and walnuts in the core before pouring the Jello in or use them as a garnish or puree sauce later.
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What can I make with canned peaches, fresh apples, sweetened condensed milk, cream cheese, brown sugar, confectioners sugar, and phyllo dough?
By AH from Kent, WA
I want to make an Asian curry with leftover roast beef, basil, and broccoli.
By Susan
What can I make with 3T butter, 1/3 C flour, 3 C broth, pepper, allspice, nutmeg?
By Jkered
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What can I make with these ingredients listed? I would also like to have the instructions. These ingredients are for a recipe, but I don't have the name or instructions.
I have cooked chicken, red onions, carrots, red and green peppers in fridge. Does anyone have any ideas what I can do with it?
