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What's Cookin? Pressure Cooker Teriyaki Chicken

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The Pressure Cooker from my Aunt was one of the best gifts we have ever gotten. The fact that it can get dinner on the table in less than 30 minutes is just crazy!! I also love that it doubles or triples as a rice cooker AND slow cooker as well. Seriously AMAZING. For dinner the other night I used it twice (first to make rice) then this yummy chicken and still had dinner cooked in less than and hour AND before Eddie was home from work . . . WIN WIN Pressure Cooker Teriyaki Chicken Teriyaki Chicken is in the Blue Bowl -- Served along side Trader Joe's Orange Chicken and Rice (also made in the pressure cooker) Ingredients: 1 pack of chicken tenders (or 2-3 chicken breast cut into strips) Soyaki Marinade 1/4 cup honey 1/4 cup rice vinegar 1 tsp ginger powder 5 cloves of garlic chopped 2 Tbsp Soy Sauce a few shakes of black pepper and red pepper flakes Directions: 1) Marinate Chicken Tenders in Soyaki Marinade and place in fridge until ready to cook 2) Remove c

What's Cookin? Loft House Sugar Cookies

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WOW! I can't even remember the last time I made homemade Cookies - so for Valentines I decided to do something special and made some cookies from scratch INCLUDING the frosting!! All Super easy too btw and DELICIOUS :) Homemade Loft House Sugar Cookies FOR THE COOKIES Ingredients: 2 Sticks of butter 1 cup sugar 1 egg 2 tsp vanilla extract 1/2 tsp almond extract 3 cups flour 1 tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp salt Directions 1) Beat together butter and sugar --- Add in egg and extracts --- Add in flour, baking powder and salt (1 cup at a time) 2) Form Dough into a Ball then cool in fridge for at least 1 hour 3) Pre Heat Over to 350 Degrees 4) Cut Dough into 1 inch squares then roll into balls and smoosh 5) Cook about 10 at a time on a cookie sheet for about 9 minutes or until tops are set FOR THE FROSTING Ingredients: 1 Stick of butter 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar splash of Vanilla a few drops of food coloring (if you want) Directions Beat together but