6. Acini De Pepe

6. Acini De Pepe

Cook thoroughly one cup acini de pepe.

Drain the following fruit:
20 oz crushed pineapple
Mandarin oranges
20 oz tidbits pineapple
bananas are optional but it won't keep if you add them

Sauce:
1 C sugar
1/2 tsp salt
2 beaten eggs
1 3/4 C pineapple juice, thickened with 2 tbsp flour

Cook sauce over medium heat, stirring continually. When come to boil, pour over acini de pepe. Chill in fridge for several hours. Add mixture and 1 small package miniature marshmallows. Add 1 (9oz) Cool Whip. Mix well and it is ready to serve.

This is a family recipe but what makes it so great is that this was the first time I made it this year and took it to Thanksgiving dinner. It is a Pyne recipe but I took it to the Hofheins side. I always love sharing family traditions with the other side and vice versa. It seems to bring both families together without actually coming together.

This year we had a very fun Thanksgiving. It was also very memorable because we played basketball after and it was the first time that Jake has really played since his surgery in 2008!!! I was so excited!

7. Chicken Enchiladas

7. Chicken Enchiladas

3 Chicken Breasts
2 C cheese divided
1 C sour cream
2 cans cream of chicken soup
1 small can of diced green chilies
10 tortillas

Mix cheese, sour cream, soup, and green chilies. Dice chicken into cubes and brown. Mix cooked chicken with 3/4ths of the mixture. Put the other 1/4th aside to put on the bottom and top. Spread a thin layer of the soup mixture on the bottom so that it doesn't burn. Take the tortillas and fill them with the chicken mixture. Lay them in the pan and then top with the rest of the soup mixture. Top with cheese. Bake at 350 degrees for 20 mins or until thoroughly heated.

This is a famous recipe from my mom and definitely a family favorite. My mom is a very good, but simple cook. She always takes all the fluff out of the food and makes it just simple good food. I love this recipe because I am not a fan of enchilada sauce and it has just the cream of chicken soup. This brings back memories of many family meals that brought us around the table.

8. Chocolate Chip Cookies

Chocolate Chip Cookies

2/3 C Shortening
2/3 C Margarine
1 C Sugar
1 C Brown Sugar, packed
2 Eggs
2 tsp. Vanilla
3 C Flour
1 tsp. Baking Soda
1 tsp. Salt
1 C Chopped Nuts (optional)
Chocolate Chips (takes a whole package)

Cream together wet ingredients. Add dry ingredients. Bake at 375 degrees for 8 to 10 minutes.


I would have to say I get the most comments on these cookies out of almost all of my cooking. This is a family recipe that my sister-in-law Missy is known for. I have adopted this recipe but like to put white chocolate chips and milk chocolate chips. The key is to take it out before it is done cooking and let it finish cooking outside of the oven. These are some of the softest cookies you will ever taste. One of my favorite things is how it says that the chopped nuts are optional. In our family mom always makes half of everything with nuts. Dad loves walnuts and other nuts so they always put at least some nuts in every desert.

9. Pyne's Popcorn

Pyne Popcorn
1 C Popcorn (pop-it)
1 C Margarine
3/4 C Karo Syrup
1 C sugar
3/4 tsp. salt

Boil all the ingredients for 5 minutes. Add 3/4 tsp. salt. Pour over popcorn and bake for 30 minutes at 250 degrees.

A big part of our marriage is about making traditions for our family. We have really tried to take both of our families and make our own. One thing that I love about Jake's side of the family is the recipes and the stories. Even though I have only been apart of the family for a few years by cooking their recipes I feel even closer. Also I want my children to learn about these traditions. One of the infamous recipes in the Pyne family is Pyne Popcorn. This is a candied popcorn. Also I love making popcorn because it takes me back to the days of going to my aunt Chris's house where she would make a huge, I mean HUGE (she has 10 kids and I come from a family of 5) pot of popcorn and we would put butter and salt and watch a movie with all the kids. I love popcorn and love how this recipe has brought our two families together.

Recipes

So for my Family Meal Management class I have to compile 10 family recipes. I figured instead of putting them in a file which I will never see again I will put it on my blog to share with everyone. If you have other memories or recipes let me know! Hope you enjoy.

10.  Easy Teriyaki Bowls
3-4 C rice
2 Chicken Breasts
Teriyaki Sauce
Lite Soy Sauce
Mixed Vegetables (or your choice of vegetables)
Salt and Pepper

1. Cook rice in either a rice cooker or on the stovetop (best is sticky rice).
2. Cut chicken into cubes and cook in wok or large saucepan. Add teriyaki sauce, salt, and pepper to chicken and keep stirring until well cooked. Add water or teriyaki sauce to make the consistency that you want. I usually add more sauce because I like it to cover rice.
3. Cook vegetables in separate saucepan.
4. When all is cooked, add the rice, chicken, and top with vegetables, sauce, and soy sauce. Add any other toppings such as peppers, onions, or mushrooms.

I decided to add this recipe because it one of our go-to meals. Jake and I are very busy and this has become one of our signature dishes. Also since Jake served his mission in Korea we make a lot of things with rice. We adopted this recipe because it was cheap, fast, and gives some Asian flavor without being too Korean (I can't take it so much).

Reward for Lost Husband

I seem to have lost my husband this week. If anyone sees him let me know. Thanks!

Lynette

Go, Go, Go, Go, STOP!

My week has finally stopped! Man oh man it was crazy! I had a foods lecture to teach and then my demonstration lesson (90 mins) yesterday, we moved to a new center at work (not too sure about it yet), have tried to keep working out, quiz for D&C, test to take for jogging class, cleaning a ridiculously messy home, conference this weekend, need I say more? But at officially 11:00 am yesterday it stopped. I did go home and clean and did go to work after and have done homework since but it finally calmed down! So thankful!

On another note, our demonstration lesson went fabulously! We did the lesson and then showed them how to make these cute flowers that you can put on pins, headbands or anything. they are super simple to make. You take just a circle of fabric, baste around the edge with single thread at about 1/8th inch away from edge, then pull the stings together and tie off. It will make a little puffy flower but you just straighten it out and glue it down. All of the girls LOVED it! Also everyone was so enthralled with the activity that they gave us good advice but weren't paying attention when we were supposed to be talking about what we could do better so it must have gone good.

Also, Jake had an interview last week at Goldman Sachs. I didn't say much to anyone because didn't know how it would turn out. He is still in for considerations for the job but he won't take it. Just didn't feel right about it and one of the guys who interviewed him was a jerk and very unprofessional spinning his phone around. Also you have to work a lot of hours. Jake and I have always known that when we start out there may be a lot of hours required at his work but he was actually the one who didn't feel right about having to work 60-70 hour weeks. I was just very impressed and how he didn't even care about how much money it makes he wants to have time for family. It is always interesting to see men act like this. I don't know about any of you but sometimes I don't give Jake enough credit. He is definitely a guy but he most definitely knows when to step up to the plate (he was better than I was with this).





The last freaking awesome thing that happened was that I found out one of my placements for student teaching and that is at Spanish Fork High School. I will be with a teacher who teaches the preschool, interior design, and Adult roles. I am getting way excited. Well that is all for now!