Recipes of Jon and Kate Plus 8

I am sorry for those who have been emailing me for the recipes that are featured on the show. Due to the holidays and just life in general I am busier and more scatterbrained than ever. So I have decided to write down all the recipes and link it on the main page for everyone.



Monkey Munch

9 cups Chex
1 cup chocolate chips
1/2 cup peanut butter
1/4 cup butter
1/4 teaspoon vanilla
1 1/2 cup powdered sugar


Put cereal in large bowl. Melt chocolate chips, peanut butter, and butter on stove or in microwave. Remove from heat or microwave and stir in vanilla. Pour over Chex cereal, put mix into a large plastic bag. Mix in powdered sugar and shake well to coat. Spread mixture evenly on wax paper and allow to cool.





Peanut Butter Play-Doh


Equal parts:
peanut butter
honey
powdered milk
(can be measured out to be anywhere from a 1/2 cup to 2 cups)

Knead all ingredients together until smooth. If needed add in a dash of flour for texture.





Sticky Buns


1/2 cup sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
3/4 cup butter or margarine, melted
2 cans (16.3 ozs) Pillsbury Grands Homestyle refrigerated buttermilk biscuits
1/2 cup chopped walnuts, if desired
1/2 cup raisins, if desired

Heat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease 12 cup fluted tube pan. In large plastic food storage bag, mix sugar and cinnamon. Separate dough into 16 biscuits; cut each into quarters. Shake in bag to coat Arrange in pan, adding walnuts and raisins among the biscuit pieces. Mix brown sugar and butter; pour over biscuit pieces. Bake 28 to 32 minutes. Turn upside down onto serving plate; pull apart to serve. Serve warm.





Tomato- Onion Salad


1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
1 1/2 teaspoon balsamic vinegar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
4 large tomatoes, thinly sliced
1 medium size sweet onion, thinly sliced
1/4 cup chopped fresh basil


Put first 5 ingredients in a large bowl. Arrange tomato and onion slices in rows in a serving dish. Sprinkle with chopped basil, and drizzle evenly with marinade. Cover it and let it stand at room temperature for at least 2 hours.





Korean Beef Bulgogi Recipe


Beef, sliced cross thin
2 tbsp. soy sauce
1 tbsp. sugar
1/4 tsp. black pepper
Onions, chopped in 1" pieces (about 4 nos.)
Garlic, peeled/crushed (about 3 nos.)
1 tsp. ginger root, grated
1 tbsp. dry sherry
1 tbsp. red pepper flakes
1 tbsp. peanut oil
1tbsp. sesame oil
1/2 tbsp. sesame salt
(To make sesame salt combined 1 tbsp. sesame seeds, 1 tbsp. salt)

Mix soy sauce, sugar, sesame oil, sesame salt, pepper, onions, garlic, ginger, dry sherry, and red pepper flakes in a bowl. Add the beef, mix well and marinate for 1/2 hour up to 2 hours. Heat grill or grill pan on the stove to medium high. When hot, apply oil to beef pieces and grill meat until nicely brown on both sides.




Kate's Meatloaf
(makes 10 slices)

2 pounds organic ground beef
2-3 eggs
Finely chopped (I use food processor on pulse) celery, onion, green pepper, carrots- about 3/4-1 cup of each.
About 1½-2 cups of breadcrumbs- Italian seasoned if on hand. Otherwise, plain works too. May need more breadcrumbs depending on the consistency of the meatloaf.
About 3/4 cup shredded or grated Parmesan cheese (whichever's on hand).
About ¼ to ½ cup ketchup.
About 2 teaspoons of Italian seasoning
About 1 teaspoon of garlic salt

Mix all the ingredients together in a large mixing bowl and divide equally into two separate meat loaves. Add a squirt of ketchup to the top of each in a zig-zaggy design. I cover with foil and bake in either a meatloaf pan or a glass bread baking dish at 350 degrees for about an hour (depending on oven) or until bubbly and center is no longer pink.During the last 15 minutes or so, I remove foil covering and finish baking uncovered.When there's leftovers (usually I have about half a loaf left over) I put a slice between wholegrain bread with some mayo and ketchup swirled together (a la French dressing!), and a slice of lettuce and tomato too for a delicious meatloaf sandwich for the next day!Yummy!Recipe courtesy of Kate Gosselin.

Henry's Pancakes
Pancake Recipe: Kate's Measurement X3
1 1/2 cup Flour 4 1/2 cups
2 tsp Baking Powder 6 tsp
3/4 tsp Salt 2 1/4 tsp
2 Tbsp Oil 6 Tbsp
1 1/2 cups Milk (add more if needed) 5 cups
1 Egg 3 Eggs

Mix all the dry ingredients together. (I usually sift mine, it makes the pancake fluffier). Make a well in the middle of the dry ingredients. Set aside. Mix all the wet ingredients together. Pour the wet ingredients into the dry and mix together. Than using a 1/4 cup or 1/3 cup measuring cup pour batter onto a non-stick skillet or griddle. If you want to pour it out that's fine too.



Chicken and Cheese Steaks

1 loaf french bread cut in half and split open
1 tbsp. vegetable oil
1/2 lb. skinless, boneless chicken breast cooked , cut into strips
1 small green OR red pepper cut into 2" strips
1 medium onion , sliced
1 15 oz can of tomato sauce
1 pkg of sliced mozz. cheese

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Meanwhile, heat oil in skillet. Add chicken and cook until browned, stirring often. Remove chicken. Add pepper and onion and cook until tender. Return chicken to skillet and heat through. Spoon chicken mixture on bottom bread half. Then cover with tomato sauce. Finally top each half with mozz. cheese. Place in the oven and bake for about 10 minutes or until cheese is melted. Top with remaining bread half if desired. Cut into quarters.

Makes 4 sandwiches.


I will update these as I find them!!! In the words of Alton Brown...try them and remember they are all really GOOD EATS!!!