Spanish rice

Spanish Rice

1-1/2 cups of rice
2 cups of chicken broth or stock
1 cup of plain tomato sauce (not paste), stewed tomatoes can be substituted
3 cloves of garlic (pressed, or finely chopped)
1/4 of a large onion
2 Tablespoons of Oil

1. in a Skillet on medium heat, saute the Onion, and garlic till softened
2. then add dry rice stir for about 5 min till the rice becomes golden brown
3. Add Chicken broth and tomato sauce (slowly) stir it up, and bring to boil
4. as soon as it starts to boil, turn heat down to a simmer
5. cover the skillet with a lid and let simmer for about 20 min.
6. after rice is cooked, stir it up and serve.

No Bake Cheese Cake

This is an easy, but delicious Cheese cake recipe, I do not like the New York style Cheese Cake (the type baked in the oven) but I do like the no bake Cheese cakes

ingredients:

• 1 Graham cracker crust (see recipe for crust below)
• 8 Ounces of Cream Cheese (softened)
• 1/3 cup of sugar
• 1 cup of sour cream
• 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
• 8 ounces of cool whip topping

1. Beat the Creamcheese in a mixer till "fluffy" and smooth
2. add the sugar, and mix well.
3. mix in the sourcream and vanilla
4. then mix in the cool whip topping
5. blend well, be sure to stop the mixer, and scrape the creamcheese from the bottom of the mixing bowl real good, then finish mixing.
6. spoon into a Graham cracker crust
7. let it chill for about 4 hours
8. you can garnish the pie with fruit or candy.

Graham Cracker crust (I like to use the cinnamon and sugar graham crackers):

1. melt 6 tablespoons of butter, in microwave, or sauce pan
2. place one package of graham crakers (about 8 whole crackers) in a freezer bag, and crush em by rolling a rolling pin over them.
3. measure 1 - 1/2 cups of graham cracker crumbs into a medium bowl
4. add 1/4 cup of sugar and mix it in the crumbs real well
5. then add the 6 tablespoons of butter and whisk it together
6. press the mixture into a pie pan
7. then prebake the crust for 8-10 minutes in a pre-heated 350 degree F oven.