Lori D's Secret Recipes

Flash Fried Liver and Onions. Saute onions seasoned with granulated garlic, salt and pepper in butter until done. Remove from the pan. Clean your liver and dredge in flour. Flash fry it in butter on both sides (also seasoned with granulated garlic, salt, pepper) until crispy. Reduce heat. Have your lid handy and pour beer over it covering tightly. Simmer on each side until their is gravy. Delish! Serve with fried perogies or fried potatoes.

Easy crockpot chicken thighs and roasted parsley potatoes. Fry chicken thighs skin side down in a splash of olive oil until golden brown. Turn and repeat. One can of cream of chicken soup and one cup of sour cream in the crockpot. Cubed potatoes. Season everything with salt, pepper, granulated garlic and parsley to taste. Cook on high for 4 hours served with your favorite veggies.

PA Ham BBQ Sandwich on a PA Martins Potato Roll. A taste from childhood stepped up from chipped ham to Kunzlers VA Ham. Melt butter in the frying pan, add brown sugar, ketchup, sweet relish, salt, pepper, granulated garlic, a splash cider vinegar, a splash of Worchestershire Sauce, and a squirt of yellow mustard. The amounts are to your taste but start with a cup of ketchup for each 1/2 lb of ham and 1/4 to 1/2 cup of brown sugar. Chop your thin sliced ham, separate it with your fingers into the pan and cook until bubbly and the flavors are cooked in.

Beef Rivel Soup. Cook your beef roast in the crockpot covered in water until melt in your mouth. Remove the roast and strain the broth. You will need more broth. Canned or a box of broth such as Swanson or Better than Bullion. Chopped onions, celery and potatoes. I microwave my celery and onions and cook the potatoes separately. Rivels are approximately 3 cups of flour, 4 eggs and water scrambled. Stir the flour egg mixture with a fork. Use a rubber glove and continu...e to mix and drop small amounts of the dough in the simmering broth. Do not put large pieces of dough in it or they will not be cooked inside. THIS IS A LEARNING EXPERIENCE. You can't cook the broth and the rivels to quickly. Best to use a nonstick pot. Stir constantly. When the rivels are done add your celery, onion, potatoes and meat. Spice with salt, pepper, granulated garlic and basil to taste. It takes practice. If your rivels are to big pull them out and cut with a teaspoon. DON'T GIVE UP! See more

Bone-in Pork Chops with orange/pineapple gravy served with baked corn and mashed potatoes. Fry bone-in pork chops in oil or salted butter until golden/dark bro...wn on both sides (seasoned with salt, pepper, granulated garlic to taste). Add Simply Orange Juice with Pineapple and cook down on one side. Turn and repeat until you have a nice brown glaze of fruit juice and meat juices. Remove the pork chops. Add more juice (salt, pepper, granulated garlic again). Thicken with warm water and flour or cold water and corn starch to make your gravy. See more

LEFTOVER CHILI TACO SALAD. EAT IT ONCE, EAT IT AGAIN, THEN TURN IT INTO A TACO SALAD. Scoops or chips (so you can eat the rest with the remaining salsa). Leftover chili, mexican cheese, chopped lettuce, sour cream topped with your favorite salsa!

Homemade Pillsbury Thin Crust Pizza. Prebake the crust on a cookie sheet for 10 minutes at 350 degrees. Flip over and spread your favorite pizza sauce adding oregano. basil and granulated garlic. Top with shredded mozzarella, sauteed onions and peppers, peperoni, chopped ham and chopped salami. Bake for an additional 15 minutes or until hot and bubbly. The secret is to saute your peppers and onions first (I cook them in the microwave on high for 2 minutes in a covered baking dish) and prebake your crust first.

Beef Sirloin and tomato gravy in the crockpot served over egg noodles. Trim your sirloin. No need to cut it into pieces. Cook in the crockpot on high (at least 4 hours) with one can of Campbell's Beef Broth, 2 cups of water, chopped peppers and onions. 2 cans of mushroom pieces. One 28 oz can of diced tomatoes. Salt, pepper, basil, oregano, and garlic to taste. When the meat is melt in your mouth tender remove and set aside. Put 1 1/2 cups of cold water in a bowl. Add 2 heaping tablespoons of cornstarch and stir until there are no lumps. Add slowly to your crockpot stirring constantly until thickened. Add 2 cups of shredded mozzarella stirring lightly until mostly melted. Put the meat back in the crockpot on low while you boil your egg noodles.

The Holidays are over so back to basics! Homemade Tacos. Brown your burger and add your favorite taco season. THE SECRET is to fill your stand n stuff shells (1 lb of meat fills 10 shells) with meat and mexican cheese and bake them at 270 degrees for 20 minutes in a cake pan lined with nonstick foil and loosely covered with nonstick foil. They come out nice and warm and cruncy. Add shredded lettuce, sour cream and your favorite salsa.

Cheesy Italian Sausage Pasta in the Ninja. Fry the sausage and quarter lenthwise and cut into pieces. Saute the peppers and onions. Add mushrooms if desired. 2 large cans of diced tomatoes and a large can of tomato paste. Season with oregano, basil, garlic, salt and pepper to taste. Cook until the tomatoes and veggies are done. Cook your favorite style pasta until al dente. Add heavy cream and several cups of of shredded mozzarella. Add your pasta and cook until it's all hot, creamy and the pasta is tender. Serve with a side salad and garlic bread. Delish!