Indian Spiced Pork Skewer

We love Indian Food and it is very hard to make  what you get at some of these amazing Indian restaurants.   This is a best bite recipe and a welcome change to the summer kabobs.   We all loved it.  Make it the morning, let it marinate all day . . .

Indian Spiced Pork Kabobs

1.5 - 2 lb pork tenderloin or sirloin pork roast
2 red bell peppers
1 large onion
1 Tbsp pressed garlic
1 Tbsp curry powder
1 1/2 tsp kosher salt
1/2 Tbsp cumin
1/2 Tbsp coriander
1/8 tsp cayenne pepper
1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
3 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil
1 Tbsp water

Cut pork into 1.5 inch chunks and place in a zip lock bag.  Prepare peppers and onions ahead of time and cut in square.  Store in frig all day.

Press garlic into a small bowl with garlic press.   Mix the garlic and salt in a small bowl with cumin, curry, coriander and cayenne.  Add fresh lemon juice (NOT Bottled, that is a sin to use that stuff) and olive oil and stir it all up. 

Pour spice mixture in bad with pork.  Seal and give it a good smoosh.  Let sit in fridge all day long.  

Alternate on skewer and grill.  Don't over cook.  

SIDES :   coconut rice, cucumber salad

Wild Rice Salad

Thank Rita . . . One of my favorite

Wild Rice Salad
2 boxes long grain wild rice, prepared
1 lemon, juiced
3 chicken breasts, cooked and cut-up
4 green onions, chopped
1 red bell pepper, chopped
1 yellow bell pepper, chopped
3 ounces pea pods and/or asparagus, blanched for a minute
2 med. Avocados, cut-up
1 cup chopped pecans, toasted
¼-1/2 cup cilantro, chopped

Dressing:
2 garlic cloves, chopped fine
1 Tbls Dijon mustard
½ tsp salt
¼ tsp sugar
¼ tsp pepper
1/3 cup olive oil
1/3 cup rice vinegar
Mix together salad ingredients, except avocado and pecans. Mix together dressing ingredients. Add to rice mixture. Chill 2-4 hours. Just before serving add avocado and pecans. Garnish with lettuce if desired.

Cool Whip Jello Salad

Another Jana favorite
Cool whip Jell-o Salad

1 can raspberry pie filling
sm pkg cool whip
21 oz can sweet and condensed milk
marshmallows (colored kind)
sm can mandarin oranges
bananas
pineapple tidbits

Combine

Chocolate Pudding Dessert

Jana makes the BEST desserts. Just another one I had to steal from her.

CHOCOLATE PUDDING DESSERT

LAYER 1
1 pkg graham cracker
melt 1/3 c butter
3 TBS sugar in with graham cracker
put in bottom of 9x13 pan

LAYER 2
1 8oz cream cheese
1 c powder sugar
12 oz cool whip (leave some for the top)
put over graham cracker

LAYER 3
1 sm pkg instant vanilla pudding
1 sm pkg instant choc pudding
mix 2 1/2 c milk beat 2 minutes
spread over cream cheese

Refrigerate for awhile. Put cool whip on top when serve. Grated choc. on top.

Blueberry Salad

24 oz mixed berry yogurt
24 oz container cool whip (can use light)
2 - 3 cups of blueberries (fresh or frozen)
1 cup sugar

Mix together gently. Chill in frig for 2 - 3 hours. Add food coloring to liven up color as desired.
Can freeze for an ice cream treat kind of thing. Could half the recipe if needed. Kind of a lot.

Rolo Cookies

Michelle Y brought me these one night. It was a "delightful" late night snack that I managed to eat all by myself.

ROLO COOKIES
1 cup butter, softened
3/4 cup brown sugar
3/4 cup white sugar
1 pkg. rolo candies
1 tsp vanilla
1 Tbsp water
2 cups flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
2 eggs

Cream butter and sugars. Add eggs, vanilla and water. Beat until light and fluffy. Mix flour with baking soda and salt and add to creamed mixture. Shape cookies into small balls. Press rolo into center of ball and cover. Bake on a ungreased cookie sheet at 350 for 8 - 10 minutes.

Relish Appetizer

1 package of cream cheese (never use fat free, nasty. Reduced fat tastes great)
1 jar of Harry and David Pepper and Onion Relish
1 can of corn
1/4 cup diced red peppers
2 tsp. dried chili peppers

Place cream cheese on platter. Combine all the other ingredients and pour over cream cheese. Serve with your favorite crackers (wheat thins, costco rice crackers, ritz, what- eva you want).

*from the gathering of friends cookbook