Chicken Lettuce Wraps

I had been craving some crisp lettuce wraps for a while and stumbled across this recipe on Our Best Bites. It turned out really well! The meat was a little too proccessed for us, but that was just me getting a little crazy with the food processor.

Ingredients:

2 tsp canola oil
4 cloves garlic, minced
1 tablespoon ginger, minced
1 lb ground chicken (put in food processor)
3 ounces mushrooms, finely chopped (about 8 small mushrooms)
1/2 tsp kosher salt
4 C bagged coleslaw mix or thinly shredded cabbage
1 8oz can sliced water chestnuts, drained, rinsed, and finely minced - i omitted because i don't like them
1/2 C thinly sliced green onions
4 Tbs soy sauce
1 tsp sesame oil
1 lemon, zested and juiced (about 3-4 Tbs juice)
1/2-1 tsp sriracha or other hot sauce (1 tsp of Sriracha is fairly spicy in my opinion, so if you want less or no kick, just give it a little, or you can leave it out completely)
1/3 C roughly chopped cilantro
1-2 heads iceberg lettuce

Directions:
Heat a very large skillet to medium-high heat on the stove top. Add oil, garlic and ginger. Saute for about 30 seconds, until fragrant, and then add ground chicken. Cook for about 5 minutes. Add cabbage/coleslaw, water chestnuts, and green onions. Cook for about 2 minutes, until cabbage starts to wilt. Add soy sauce, sesame oil, the zest from the lemon and the lemon juice, and hot sauce to taste. Remove from heat and stir in cilantro.

Dipping Sauce:
4 Tbs soy sauce
4 Tbs rice vinegar
3 Tbs water
2 tsp honey
1-2 tsp finely minced fresh ginger

whisk all ingredients together for dipping sauce.

JIll

Pancakes..from the Guenther House cookbook

1 1/2 cups flour
1/2 tsp salt
1 TBSP sugar
1 tsp baking powder
1 large egg
1 1/2 cups sour milk
1/2 tsp baking soda

Combine flour, salt,sugar and baking powder. Add egg, sour milk and baking soda to make a batter Fry on greased griddle..not too hot (use a preheated 375 degree griddle or frying pan)
To make sour milk, place 1TBSP distilled white vinegar or lemon juice into a one cup measuring cup . Pour in milk to one cup mark. Let stand 5 minutes. Stir before using.

I made the 1 1/2 cup sour milk by just adding a TBSP and a 1/2 of the vinegar to the 1 1/2 cups milk.
These seemed lighter than the usual pancakes. Will make again.
Pam

Indoor S'mores or Golden Graham Bars

8 cups Golden Grahamscereal
5 cups marshmallows
1 1/2 cups milk chocolate chips
1/4 cup light corn syrup
5 Tablespoons butter or margarine
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup miniature marshmallow, if desired
Measure cereal into a large bowl. Butter a 9x13 pan. In a large microwavable bowl, microwave 5 cups marshmallows, chocolate chips, corn syrup, and butter uncovered on high 2-3 minutes, stirring every minute, until melted and smooth when stirred. Stir in vanilla.
Pour over cereal; quickly toss until completely coated. Stir in 1 cup marshmallows. Press mixture evenly into pan, using buttered back of spoon. Let stand 1 hour or refrigerate if you prefer a firmer bar