Pickled Jalapenos

Easy, easy, easy to make.  10 Minutes is all you need to pickle your own sweet and heat.

In a pot boil:

1 cup vinegar or apple cider vinegar
1 cup water
2 tbsp garlic
1 tsp salt
2-4 tbsp sugar (to taste)
1 cup sliced jalapenos

When it all starts to boil remove from heat and let cool.  Then take the jalapenos out of the pot and pot in mason jars up to the top. pour the liquid to cover the jalapenos and make sure you get a bunch of the garlic in the jar as well.  Screw cover to jar snug and put in refrigerator for a couple of hours.  You can enjoy these for the next 2 weeks or so. Yummy.

Versatile Cream of Chicken Soup

Cream of Chicken soup.  Is there anything you CAN'T do with it?
 
It is excellent on its own but the versatility in cooking with a can or two of Cream of Chicken is amazing.  It is creamy, "chickeny", it has a touch of salt and the right spices, it can be used as a thickener or binder.  Cream of Chicken is a great compliment to pasta, many vegetables, in all sorts of casseroles, (obviously) with chicken dishes, in ground beef dishes.  It goes great with green beans, broccoli and cauliflower esepcially well.

Always add a pinch of black pepper to your recipes when you use Cream of Chicken soup.  Pepper adds that little zing which enhances its flavor.

My advice is to keep a couple of cans on your shelves if you run out of ideas for cooking.  NEVER stop experimenting with foods, you will find combinations that you will enjoy for years to come.

Enjoy.