Mexican Rice
1 cup uncooked rice (not instant rice)
2 tablespoons oil
2 garlic cloves, minced
1 medium white onion, chopped (omitted because of personal taste)
2 ripe plum tomatoes, seeded and chopped (I omitted this ingredient because I didn’t have any tomatoes)
1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce
1 cup chicken broth or beef broth (we chose chicken broth)
1 tablespoon chili [...]

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Chicken Broccoli Lo Mein
Yields Four Servings
8 ounces thin spaghetti (if linguine is available, I prefer this over the spaghetti)
2/3 pound skinless, boneless chicken (3 chicken breasts, dethawed [...]

Pete’s Scratch Pancakes
Courtesy of Recipezaar.com
Yields Six Servings
2 cups flour
1 3/4 cup milk
2 tablespoons baking powder
2 eggs
1/4 cup butter
3 tablespoons sugar
1 teaspoon salt
Mix together dry ingredients. Combine eggs & melted butter and then slowly stir in the flour to the milk, eggs, & butter. Let set for at least ten minutes while heating the pan.
Serve with [...]