Recipe to follow later!
Perfect Pie Crust!
I finally can make FLAKEY pie crust! This is the best recipe and I follow exact instructions every time and BOOOM I'm going pie crust crazy!!
Next time I make a pie, I'll take pictures of each step to make the pastry =)
Perfect Flakey Pie Crust
1/2 pkg Golden Crisco Shortening (I keep mine in the fridge)
In a bowl, place shortening, flour and salt. Cut shortening in the flour with a butter knife (NO pastry blenders!!) until you get half mixture of pea size and bigger chunks. You are not going to get every piece in that size. You'll get a bit of flour mix on the sides you cant in the pea or chunks.
Add in 4 tbsp of the water. Then with a fork mix together until moistened. Form into 2 equal balls, form like a softball in your hand moving your hands gently around it. You're hands are going to get sticky and some stuck to your hands. Then place on a plate and chill for 10-15mins. Or until you got your pie filling ready.
Once chilled, on a large surface, place 3/4 cup of flour, spread around. Put flour on the rolling pin. Take one of the balls and flatten in your hand a little. Then start rolling it out to 1/4 inche into a circle. As the circle gets bigger, keep your rolling pin floured at all times. Once you get 9" cirlcle, slowly lift pastry over pie plate.
Dont worry about the flour on your pastry or it cracking or falling apart if that happens to you cause you can patchwork it together. By the time of my third pie I got the flipping on pie plate well!
Lemon Meringue Pie
Apple Pie
Pumpkin Pie
Apple Strawberry Rhubarb Pie
Apple Pear Pie
Next time I make a pie, I'll take pictures of each step to make the pastry =)
Perfect Flakey Pie Crust
1/2 pkg Golden Crisco Shortening (I keep mine in the fridge)
2 cups Flour
1 tsp Salt
4 tbsp ice cold Water
In a bowl, place shortening, flour and salt. Cut shortening in the flour with a butter knife (NO pastry blenders!!) until you get half mixture of pea size and bigger chunks. You are not going to get every piece in that size. You'll get a bit of flour mix on the sides you cant in the pea or chunks.
Add in 4 tbsp of the water. Then with a fork mix together until moistened. Form into 2 equal balls, form like a softball in your hand moving your hands gently around it. You're hands are going to get sticky and some stuck to your hands. Then place on a plate and chill for 10-15mins. Or until you got your pie filling ready.
Once chilled, on a large surface, place 3/4 cup of flour, spread around. Put flour on the rolling pin. Take one of the balls and flatten in your hand a little. Then start rolling it out to 1/4 inche into a circle. As the circle gets bigger, keep your rolling pin floured at all times. Once you get 9" cirlcle, slowly lift pastry over pie plate.
Dont worry about the flour on your pastry or it cracking or falling apart if that happens to you cause you can patchwork it together. By the time of my third pie I got the flipping on pie plate well!
Chicken Caesar Mustard on Spinach
Supper!
2 chicken breasts (diced)
1/4 cup Broccoli (chopped)
1/4 cup Green Pepper (chopped)
1/4 cup Zucchini (chopped)
1/2 cup Asparagus (chopped)
4 mushrooms (quartered)
Fresh Baby Spinach
1/2 tsp Garlic Powder
1/2 tsp Onion Powder
1 tsp Vegetable Seasoning
1 tsp Grapeseed Oil
1/2 cup 50% light Caesar Dressing
1 tbsp Mustard
Sprinkle onion & garlic powder and seasoning on both sides of the chicken. Bake at 400F for 20 minutes. Chop up and set aside.
In frying pan on medium high heat, fry all veggies in the oil minus the spinach. Sprinkle sea salt. Add in chicken. Toss and fry for 5 minutes.
Mix the mustard and caesar dressing together and set aside.
Add baby spinach on plate. Drizzle little dressing. Top with chicken and veggies and drizzle some more dressing on top!
Spinach Devil Caesar Egg Salad
This was soo good. I had the version without the cheese and bacon lol
2 cups Fresh Baby Spinach
2 hard boiled Eggs (sliced in half)
Caesar Salad Dressing
Bacon Bits
Parmesan Cheese
1 Shallot(diced)
1 Celery Stalk(diced)
Sea Salt
Vegetable seasoning
Boil eggs for 8 minutes once the water starts boiling. Once done run under cold water. Slice eggs in half, Gently scoop out the yolk and place in a bowl with the shallots, celery, dressing and a dash of sea salt.
Mash and mix well. Place back in the white part of the egg. Spinkle vegetable seasoning or paprika if you like and also sprinkle bacon bits on top.
Mix spinach with dressing, sprinkle bacon, cheese. add some shallots and celery. Enjoy!
Magic Banana Squares
The bananas needed to be baked so I made this with what I had in my cupboard lol
6 Bananas (overripe)
1 cup Butter
4 Eggs
1 cup Sugar
2 singles of Maxwell House Cappuccino (Hazelnut)
2 cups Oatmeal
2 cups whole wheat Flour
1 tsp Baking Powder
1 tsp Baking Salt
1/2 tsp Salt
1 cup coconut
1 bag milk chocolate chips
Pre heat oven 400F
In a large bowl, cream bananas. Add in eggs one at a time, cream together. Add in butter and again cream together. Add in sugar and the maxwell house singles. Blend together until creamy.
Add in remaining ingredients in the order as listed, then mix together with a wooden spoon.
Bake for 20 minutes...depending on the height of the batter. I baked mine on my stoneware bar 9x13 pan with a 1 inch lip. Pick a pan to suit you but dont have more than 1 inch high of the batter in the pan. Use 2 pans if needed.
Red Cabbage Chicken with Cauliflower Turnip Puree
Supper tonight!
1/2 Head Cauliflower
1/2 Turnip
4 large Garlic Cloves
2 cups Red Cabbage
3 Asparagus Stalks
1/2 cup Green Pepper
1 mushroom
1 cup Spinach
4 chicken breasts
Sea Salt & Pepper
olive oil
1 tsp Garlic Powder
In a pot, boil turnip, garlic and cauliflower. Once done, drain and place in food processor with spinach. Sprinkle sea salt and pepper with some olive oil, puree.
Fry chicken with garlic powder and sea salt & pepper.
Fry red cabbage, mushroom, asparagus and green pepper.
Spread puree on plate, top with chicken and veggies.
Chicken Caesar Burger with salad
Wish my supper looked like this LOL but in 3 weeks it can when I get to introduce whole grains to my body and dairy.
2 Chicken Breasts
1 tsp Garlic Powder
2 tsp Poultry Seasoning
1 tsp Onion Powder
Caesar Salad
Romaine Lettuce
Baby Spinach
bacon bits
Parmesan Cheese
Renee's 50% Caesar Dressing
Season both sides of the breast and bake chicken for 25 minutes depending the thickness of the chicken breast.
Combine caesar ingredients in a bowl to make the salad.
Place caesar dressing on hamburger bun, chicken and salad.
Enjoy!
Beef n Veg Cabbage Rolls
I wanted to make homemade cabbage rolls without the rice and make homemade tomato sauce!
9 Cabbage Leaves
1lb Lean Ground Beef
2 cups Baby Spinach (chopped)
1 Zucchini (chopped)
1 cup Cauliflower (diced)
4 Fresh Asparagus (chopped)
2 Green Onions
1/4 cup Water
1 cup Red Cabbage (chopped)
1 cup Green Pepper (chopped)
2 tbsp Garlic Powder
Sea Salt & Pepper
2 tbsp Vegetable Seasoning
Tomato Sauce
8 Tomatoes(quartered)
8 large Garlic Cloves(chopped)
4 tbsp Italian Seasoning
2 tbsp Sea Salt
1 tsp Olive Oil
1 can of Paste
Dash of Pepper
In fry pan, fry up the ground beef, drain any access fat. Add in all the seasonings and veggies with the water, fry for 10 minutes on medium heat. Set aside.
Boil cabbage leaves for 3 minutes. Take out to cool. Scoop filling on leaf and fold up and place in casserole dish.
To make the sauce, place all but paste, oil and garlic in the food processor. In a small frying pan, place oil and garlic, fry until soften. Add garlic to tomatoes, blend. Place tomato sauce in pot on the stove on medium high heat, simmer for 20 minutes. Add in paste about 15 minutes in. Add more seasoning or sea salt to get the taste you like. Pour over cabbage and bake for 35 minutes at 400F
Wild Salmon with Roasted Buttersquash
1 small Buttersquash
3 mushrooms (sliced)
2 Shallots(sliced)
1 cup Broccoli (sliced)
4 Asparagus (chopped)
5 pieces of Wild Salmon
1 True Lemon (or fresh lemon wedge)
1 tbsp Vegetable Magic Seasoning
1 tsp Sea Salt
Dash of Pepper
6 Garlic cloves (minced)
Olive Oil
1 tsp Onion Powder
Slice butterswash in half. Spoon out the yuckies(seeds) then rinse them under water. Sprinkle with sea salt, seasoning, pepper, onion powder. Drizzle with olive oil. Roast in oven for 30 minutes on 400F or microwave for 15 minutes on high.
Once done, scoop out the buttersquash and mashed well.
In frying pan on medium high heat, drizzle with oil, add salmon and garlic. Sprinkle with seasonings and lemon. Fry for 2 minutes on each side.
In frying pan on medium high heat, heat veggies with some seasoning for 7 minutes.
Plate buttersquash, then the salmon with the veggies on top!
Chocolate Overload Brownies
I was craving chocolate so I made brownies that I'm not allowed eating. So I'm taking them into work!
1 cup Butter (melted)
1/3 cup Oil
1 cup Baking Cocoa
4 Eggs
1 cup Brown Sugar
1 cup Sugar
1 1/2 cups Whole Wheat Flour
1 tsp Baking Powder
1 tsp Baking Soda
1 tsp Sea Salt (grounded)
1 tsp Vanilla
1 cup Walnuts
1/2 cup Sliced Almonds (crushed a bit)
1 bag Hershey Milk Chocolate Chips
1 bag Hershey Semi-sweet Chocolate Chips
Preheat oven 400F
In a saucepan on medium high heat, melt butter. Remove from the heat and stir in cocoa. Set aside to cool.
In a medium bowl, beat eggs, oil, vanilla and sugars. Combine flour, baking soda/powder and salt in a separate bowl then gradually add to egg mixture. Stir in the cooled chocolate mixture; mix well.
Spread into a greased 9x13 inch baking pan. Sprinkle the almonds on top. Turn down the oven and Bake at 350° for 20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool then cut into squares!
Garlic Chicken Tomato Fry
yum!
1 Chicken Breast
1 tsp Olive Oil
1 Tomato (diced)
2 Mushrooms (sliced)
2 Garlic cloves (chopped)
1 tsp Onion Powder
Dash Pepper & Sea Salt
3 fresh Asparagus stalks(chopped)
1/4 cup Green Pepper (chopped)
2 cups Baby Spinach (chopped)
Fry chicken, oil and garlic. Once done, diced chicken and place back into frying pan. Adding remaining ingredients and fry for 10 minutes on medium heat.
Vegetable Brushetta Pork Chops
Nice healthy way to eat pork chops! Drizzle with Balsamic vinegar and crumble feta cheese if you like! I cant have that yet so...maybe later!
3 Butterfly Pork Chops (cut in half)
1 tsp Sea Salt
1 tsp Salad & Vegetable Seasoning
1 Garlic Clove (chopped)
1/4 tsp Pepper
1/4 cup Baby Egg Plant(diced)
1/4 cup Fresh Plum Tomato (diced)
1/4 cup Zucchini (diced)
2 Asparagus stems (chopped)
1/4 cup Green Pepper (diced)
1/4 cup Bean Sprouts
2 tsp Grapeseed Oil
Fry pork chops with sea salt, garlic, and seasoning with 1 tsp oil.
Saute veggies with 1 tsp oil and pepper minus the tomatoes for 5 minutes on meduim high. Add tomatoes once veggies are soften. Top the pork chops and enjoy!
Strawberry Dream Cake
Happy Birthday baby!!
1 box Angel Food Cake
1 1/4 cup Water
2 pkg Cream Cheese
1 cup Whipping Cream
2 cups Icing Sugar
1 tbsp Vanilla
1 tbsp Maple Syrup
10 Strawberries
1 can Strawberry pie filling
1 pkg sliced Almonds
Preheat oven 375F
In a bowl, add the angel food cake mix and the water. Beat until all blended. Pour into 2 8" round cake pans ungreased.
Bake until golden brown and top is cracked. Take out oven and cool for 30 minutes.
In another bowl, add cream cheese, icing sugar, vanilla, maple syrup and whipping cream. Whip up until light and fluffy, all combined together.
Open pie filling and almonds. Wash and slice strawberries in half.
Take one cake place on plate. Empty all but a 1/2 cup of pie filling on the top of cake. Spread evenly on cake. Add 2 scoops of icing on filling and spread evenly. Get the other cake and place on filling. With the rest of the icing cover all sides. Sprinkle almonds around.
Top the rest of the pie filling in the middle of the cake. Place strawberries around and sprinkle more almonds!
Lettuce Burgers
I'm eating healthly! Instead of bread, I used romaine leaves!! mm mm and I served with stirfry veggies!
1 lb extra-lean Ground Beef
1/4 tsp Sea Salt
1 tsp Italian Seasoning
1 tsp Garlic Powder
1/4 tsp Pepper
1 Bunch of Romaine Lettuce
Mix burgers together well then Bbq, bake or fry! Add burger to romaine leaf and fold! Enjoy!
Shrimp Pasta Salad
Summer felt like it was here today! So I made shrimp pasta salad and cheesy crab for supper!
3 cups cooked Penne Pasta (or your favorite)
1/2 cup Red Pepper
1/4 cup Green Onion
1 Shrimp Ring
3/4 cup Feta Cheese (crumbled)
1/4 cup Parmesan Cheese
3 Large Eggs (hard boiled)
3 tbsp Bacon bits
1 cup fat free Mayo
1/4 cup Paul Newman's Roasted Garlic Parmesan Salad Dressing (or your favorite oil based dressing)
On high heat, in a large pot of water, cook the pasta. You can add the eggs in the pasta or in a separate pot boil for 7 minutes. Once eggs are done, place in a small bowl and place in freezer to cool down.
Meanwhile chop up the red pepper and onion. Once pasta is cooked (within 10 minutes), strain and rinse under cold water to stop the cooking time and to cool the pasta down. Take the egg out of the freezer and chop up.
In a large bowl, add pasta and the salad dressing, mix together so the noodles don't stick together. Add in the mayo, hard boil eggs, green/red peppers, green onion, feta cheese, parmesan cheese, shrimp and bacon bits. Mix up well and place in fridge for an hour or until cold.
Ravioli with Tomato Garlic Sauce
Wonton wrappers = Ravioli!! If you dont have time to make pasta, try the wonton wrappers!! I made big ones with 2 wrappers but you can just use 1 and fold it to seal the edges!
FILLING:
1lb Ground Lean Beef
1 large Onion (diced)
2 cloved of Garlic (finely chopped)
2 tsp Italian Seasoning
1/4 tsp Salt
1/4 tsp Pepper
1/2 cup Fresh Baby Spinach (chopped)
2 tbsp Parsley
1/2 cup Parmesan Cheese
1/2 cup Feta Cheese (crumbled)
1 cup Cottage Cheese
1 pkg Wonton Wrappers
1 egg (for egg wash)
SAUCE:
2 pints Grape Tomatoes
10 cloves of Garlic
2 tsp Italian Seasoning
4 tbsp Olive Oil
1/2 tsp Salt
In a large frying pan, brown up the beef, garlic and onion with the seasonings on medium high heat until done. Place beef in food processor if you like for finer beef. Fold in the cheese and mix. Place 1 wrapper down and run egg wash along the edges. Put a teaspoon of filling in the middle and top with another wrapper and seal the edges together. Boil for 4 minutes in lightly salted water.
Preheat oven 450F
In a roaster, add the grape tomatoes and the cloves of garlic (leave on the skin), coated in olive oil and roast in the oven for 20 minutes.
Take the garlic out of the skins and mash it with some salt in a bowl. Take some of the water your pasta is cooking in and stir the garlic into the water with a fork to break it up.
Add the tomatoes and mash it all up. Add in seasonings mix well, but really you add in any herbs you prefer. Slowly add in some water, how much water you add will determine how thick you want your sauce!
Whole Wheat Glazed Cinnamon Rolls
These are not the ultimate cinnamon rolls but they are still yummy! I drizzled the icing on as soon as they came out of the oven, hense it looks like there is hardly some there but there is lots! Its to get that glazed look lol
1 cup Water (warm)
2 tbsp Butter
2 cups Whole Wheat Flour
1/2 cup Sugar
1 tsp Salt
1 pkg Yeast (quick rise)
Add to bread maker to the dough cycle. or food processor and let rise in warm spot for 30mins.
On a light floured surface roll out the dough. Spread 2 tbsp butter, sprinkle 4 tsp cinnamon and 1/2 cup sugar. Roll tightly and cut. Place on greased 9x13 pan and let rise for 1 hour or until its double its size.
Bake at 400F for 20 minutes or golden brown.
Cool and drizzle (combine 1 cup icing sugar, 1 tsp vanilla and 2 tbsp milk) icing over rolls.
Cheesecake Brownie Squares and more!
Brownie Cookies, with two Chocolate Chip Oatmeal
Cheesecake Brownie Squares
Hershey Brownies!
Two Bite Cheesecake Brownie Squares!
I was baking up a storm tonight!! I just took my cheesecake recipe and my brownie recipe and just combined them! hehe
Baby Spinach Relish with Bacon Hotdogs
Yum! Dress up those plain ole boring hotdogs with flavor!!
1 cup Fresh Baby Spinach (chopped)
1 Onion (diced)
1/2 Red Pepper (diced)
3 tsp Bacon Bits
1 tsp Olive Oil
1/2 tsp Garlic Powder
Dash of Salt and Pepper
Fry all together and topped the hotdogs! I sprinkled cheddar on mine!
Potato Sausage Cakes
mm mm good! Hot italian sausage adds a spicy zing that you'll be going back for more! Next time I think I'll use the mild italian sausage as this hot..is hot! LOL Meatballs chopped up would be awesome too!
1lb Ground Hot Italian Sausage
1 Green Onion (diced)
1 tbsp Parlsey (chopped)
4 Large Red Potatoes (peeled and sliced)
2 Large Carrots (peeled and sliced)
1 medium Onion (diced)
1 cup fresh Baby Spinach (chopped)
1/2 cup Butter
2/3 cup Whole Wheat Flour
1/4 tsp Salt
Boil carrots and potatoes together until soft. Mashed together with 1/4 cup of the butter and salt. Chunks of carrot is great!
Meanwhile in a fry pan, fry sausage, parlsey and green onion. Once sausage is half cooked, add in baby spinach and onion. Fry until onion is cooked, about 7 minutes.
Fold in the sausage mixture to the potatoes and carrots. Chill for 30 minutes or long enough to handle cause you have to form them in patties. haha Once cooled form into patties and sprinkle the flour until both are covered.
In a clean frying on med high heat, melt the remaining butter and fry cakes until golden brown!
Brownie Caramels with Whip Cream
easy to make and delicious!
1 pkg Chocolate Fudge Cake
3 eggs
1/4 cup Oil
1 can Sweetened Condensed Milk
1 bag Chocolate Chips
1 cup Whipping Cream
1 tsp Vanilla
1/3 cup Icing Sugar
1/2 cup Caramel (thick topping kind)
Crushed Candy Bar (I used crispy crunch)
Preheat oven 375F
In a bowl, with hand mixer, add whipping cream liquid, vanilla, and icing sugar. Whip until its light and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Set in fridge to chill, covered.
In a sauce pan on medium heat, place sweetened condensed milk and chocolate chips. Stir until chocolate chips are melted. Set aside to cool down.
In a bowl, beat the cake mix, eggs, and oil together. Fold in the chocolate mixture, blend really well.
Grease mini muffin tin and bake muffins for 5-7 minutes or until toothpick approved. Makes 48 mini muffins. As they cool, they will deflate alot to form a pocket for the caramel.
With a teaspoon, spoon little bit of the caramel topping in the brownie hole. Sprinkle some crushed candy bar on the caramel then top with whip cream!
Tiramisu Mini Muffins
mmm Tiramisu Mini Muffins!! My picture just doesnt do it much justice! These are realllly good! I have never made a tiramisu before so muffins is a first too. I have a team meeting and I asked for some ideas. Team mate gave me a cookbook to look at. My manager LOVES tiramisu, so when I came across mini tiramisu muffins, I had to make them! For the espresso...I hate coffee let alone espresso taste. I wanted it an actual tiramisu taste but not strong, so I used Maxwell House Maxicino Hazelnut instant singles. Just one singled I used.
1 pkg Cake yellow Mix (I used butter pecan actually)
2 eggs
1 1/2 cups Milk
1/4 cup Oil
1 275g tub Mascarpone Cheese (in your italian cheese section)
1 cup Whipping Cream (chilled)
1 tsp Vanilla
5 teaspoons Instant Espresso powder (or instant flavored (mocha coffee)
1 cup warm Water
3 tbsp Icing Sugar
2 tsp Coco (or shaved chocolate)
Preheat oven 375F
In a bowl, beat the cake mix, eggs, milk and oil together. Basically according to the box directions.
Grease mini muffin tin and bake muffins for 5-7 minutes or until toothpick approved. Cool, poke holes and air dry. Makes 48 mini muffins.
In another bowl, with hand mixer, add whipping cream liquid, vanilla, 1 tsp of instant espresso powder and icing sugar. Whip until its light and fluffy, about 5 minutes.
In a small bowl, whip up the mascarpone cheese light and fluffy like. Add a spoon full of cheese in the whipping cream. Whip together until light and fluffy. Then fold in the rest of the whipped cheese with a spatula in the whipping cream, blend.
Add 4 tsp instant espresso or coffee in the warm water, mix. Honestly test the flavor of it and make sure you like it cause the muffins get dipped in it. Once espresso mixed, dip the muffins to absorb some of the espresso flavor.
Top each muffin with tiramisu cream and sprinkle with coco or chocolate shavings. I grated 1/2 cup of chocolate chips and sprinkle some in espresso, little little bit. Tossed and topped the muffins.
Chocolate Dream Dessert
Chocolate pudding, whipped cream with chocolate cake and strawberries! Sinful!
Chocolate Cake
2 cups sugar
1 3/4 cups flour
3/4 cup baking cocoa
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
2 eggs
1 cup milk
1/2 cup vegetable oil
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
3/4 cup boiling water
Heat oven to 350°F
Grease and flour two 9 inch round baking pans or one 13x9 inch pan.
In large mixer bowl, stir together dry ingredients. Add eggs, milk, oil, and vanilla; beat on medium speed for 2 minutes. Stir in boiling water by hand (batter will be thin). Pour into prepared pan.
NOTE: I usually use between 2/3 & 3/4 cups. The cake is still very moist but it doesn't seem to "fall" as much as it cools. This might have to do with our high humidity or brand of flour or other factors so I don't know if it will work for everyone.
Bake 30 to 35 minutes for round 9-inch pans, 35 to 40 minutes for rectangular pan or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. (Do not use 8-inch pans or the batter will overflow). Cool 10 minutes; remove from pan to wire racks.
Chocolate Pudding
2 cups Skim Milk
1 pkg Jello Chocolate Pudding mix
Place in a bowl and make according to package. Beat for 5 mins and chill for 5 mins.
Whip Cream
1 cup Whipping Cream
1/4 cup Icing Sugar (powdered)
1 tsp Vanilla
Place in a bowl and whip for 5 mins until light and fluffy.
8 fresh Strawberries sliced.
Crumble cake add strawberries then pudding and whip cream. Sprinkle more crumbled cake on top. Enjoy!
Best Steak Marinade in Existence
Best Steak Marinade in Existence, And I have to agree. Each time this is used, I always have the best steak, ALWAYS! I had bbq steak and those stuffed mozza potatoes last night...drool hehe
1/3 cup soy sauce
1/2 cup olive oil
1/3 cup fresh lemon juice
1/4 cup Worcestershire sauce
1 1/2 tablespoons garlic powder
3 tablespoons dried basil
1 1/2 tablespoons dried parsley flakes
1 teaspoon pepper
1/4 teaspoon hot pepper sauce (optional)
1 teaspoon dried minced garlic
Place the soy sauce, olive oil, lemon juice, Worcestershire sauce, garlic powder, basil, parsley, and pepper in a blender. Add garlic and hot pepper sauce, if desired. Blend on high speed for 30 seconds until thoroughly mixed. Pour marinade over desired type of meat. Cover, and refrigerate for up to 8 hours. Cook meat as desired.
Stuffed Mozza Baked Potato
These are done in the microwave and then in the oven to melt the mozza! Easy and delicious!
3 large Red Potatoes(scrubbed and poked with fork)
1 cup Baby Spinach (finely chopped)
1/4 cup Bacon Bit
1/4 tsp Salt
Pepper
1/4 cup Butter
1/3 cup Milk
3/4 cup Sour Cream
2 cups Mozza Cheese
My microwave is awesome. It has a bake potato feature. Press the Potato button 3 times for the 3 potatoes and boom 9 mins and 30 secs later I have baked potatoes.
Once potatoes are done, cut them in half. With the spoon, carefully scoop the inside of the potato out. I use a knife and cut out an outline then scooped and place in a bowl. Add butter, milk, salt, bacon bits, sour cream and spinch. Mix together.
Preheat oven 400F
Spoon filling in the potatoe shells evenly. Top with mozza and bake until cheese is melted.
Garlic Onion Fried Haddock with Bacon
Supper soo good tonight. This is pan fried garlic haddock with my mozza baked potato from above!
3 pieces of Haddock (cut in 3 inch strips)
3 Garlic cloves (diced)
2 small Onions (chopped)
1/4 cup Butter
Pepper
Salt
Bacon Bits
On medium high heat in a skillet, melt butter. Add in onions and then garlic. Fry and stir for 5 minutes until garlic turns golden brown. Place fish on top of the garlic/onions. Sprinkle top of fish with salt and pepper.
Turn stove down to medium heat and cook fish for 3 minutes then flip and cook for 3 more minutes or until you think its cooked. Spread the fish apart from the onions and top each piece of fish equally. Top with bacon bits.
Team Potluck
My team at work, merge and executive combines our team meeting and lunch to have potluck every 3 months or so! First one in 2009 and it was soo yummy. Literally I wanted to puke every time I talked on the phone I was soo full. =P
We have Pop, Fried Rice, I made Honey Garlic Chicken Bites and the Homemade Meat Egg Rolls. We also had Caesar Salad, Lemon Pepper Chicken Pasta and ah.. a cocktail with cheese, cherry, pickle and wiener. OH and we had a Potato Salad but no picture. ALLLLL goood!!
Better picture of the Lemon Pepper Chicken Pasta, Nacho Dip, Coleslaw, Macaroni Salad and Sandwiches. ALLLL yummy!!
Better picture of sandwiches, and we had cheese & pepperoni tray. Dessert we had banana bread, caramel sauce and apples, Chocolate Truffle (chocolate cake, chocolate pudding, dream whip and skor toffee bar=heaven) hehe and delicious cup cakes that i didnt get a picture of =( sorry....oh wait, look in the back of picture one!! =P ALLLL soooo good as they look!
Strawberry Shortcake
Made this for dessert for Easter Dinner!! Its was sooo good =) You can use any whipping cream, whether its in the tub, can, carton to whip up yourself or even the nasty powdered whipping cream where you add milk. I like to add vanilla to my cream before whipping it up!
1lb Fresh Strawberries (sliced)
Whipping Cream
Cut the tea biscuits in half, place whipping cream in the bottom, add tons of sliced strawberries add more whip cream then top with top half of biscuit! Enjoy!
Tea Biscuits
2 cups flour
2 tbsp sugar
1 tsp salt
4 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp cream of tartar
1/2 cup butter (cold)
1 cup cold milk
Preheat oven 450F
In a bowl add the first 5 ingredients. Mix thoroughly and then cut in butter until crumbly. Make a well in the middle of the bowl and pour in milk. Stir quickly to combine until the dough turns soft.
Form in a ball on lightly floured surface. Knead gently 8-10 times. Roll with rolling pin about 1/2 to 3/4 inch thick or half the thickness you want it to be. Then cut with small round cookie cutter.
Place on greased cookie sheet close together for soft sides or apart for crisp sides. Bake at 450 for 12 to 15 minutes. Makes 10!
Tip: Brushing biscuits with milk before baking will produce a pretty brown top.
Triple Chocolate Brownie Cookies
Craving chocolate and had left over cream cheese so I made brownie cookies with whole wheat flour!
1 cup Butter
1 cup Cream Cheese (softened)
1 cup Brown Sugar
1/2 cup Sugar
1 tsp Vanilla
4 Eggs
2 1/2 cups Whole Wheat Flour
1 tsp Baking Soda
1 tsp Baking Powder
1/4 tsp Salt
1/2 cup butter (melted)
1 cup Coco
1 bag Semi Sweet Chocolate Chips
1 cup Milk Chocolate Chips
Preheat oven 400F
In a bowl, cream butter, cream cheese, sugar and brown sugar. Whisk up the eggs and vanilla together, blend really well in the butter and sugar.
In a pot, melt butter, add in coco. Mix.
In another bowl, blend flour, salt, baking powder/soda, chocolate chips together. Add in coco butter mixture and mix really good.
Grab your baking stone or cookie sheet. Spoon dough on pan and bake for 8 minutes. You can freeze left over dough if you don't want to bake them all. Cool on cooling rack.
Blueberry Pastry
This is puff pastry rolled out and oozing with cream cheese and blueberries. Weird looking danish? lol Sooo good though!
1/2 pkg Puff Pastry (tenderflake)
1/2 cup Cream Cheese
1 tbsp Honey
1 tbsp Strawberry Jam
1/3 cup Pecans (crushed)
2 cups Blueberries (frozen)
1 tbsp Corn Starch
1 tbsp Brown Sugar
Preheat oven 425F
Thaw pastry according to package. Roll dough out on lightly floured surface. 9x12.
In a bowl, cream the jam, honey and cream cheese with the pecans.
In a pot, on high, boil blueberries until thawed and juicy. Mix brown sugar and corn starch together then add to blueberries and stir until thickened.
Spread cream cheese mixture on the pastry. Top with the blueberries in a line in the middle of pastry.
Cut 1/2 inch strips on each side of the dough. Fold over, criss-crossing the pastry over the blueberries and bake for 25 minutes or until golden brown.
Spice Mixes
Chili Spice Mix
3 tbsp chili powder
2 tbsp paprika
2 tbsp brown sugar (packed)
1 tbsp ground cumin
1 tsp garlic powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper
In small bowl, stir together ingredients. Store dry spice mixes in airtight containers for up to 6 months. Makes 1/3 cup.
Bombay Spice Mix
3 tbsp ground coriander
3 tbsp turmeric
2 tsp ground cumin
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp cayenne pepper
1/2 tsp dry mustard
In small bowl, stir together ingredients. Store dry spice mixes in airtight containers for up to 6 months. Makes 1/3 cup.
Mediterranean Spice Mix
3 tbsp dried rosemary
2 tbsp ground cumin
2 tbsp coriander
1 tbsp dried oregano
2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp salt
In small bowl, stir together ingredients. Store dry spice mixes in airtight containers for up to 6 months. Makes 1/3 cup.
Cajun Spice Mix
3 tbsp dried thyme
2 tbsp paprika
2 tbsp brown sugar (packed)
1 tbsp ground cumin
1 tbsp dry mustard
1 tbsp hot pepper flakes
1 tsp salt
In small bowl, stir together ingredients. Store dry spice mixes in airtight containers for up to 6 months. Makes 1/3 cup.
For every 4 servings (1 lb boneless or 1-1/2 lb bone-in meat or poultry, or 1 lb fish), rub with 2 tbsp spice mix. Cover and refrigerate for at least 4 hours or for up to 12 hours.
For shorter preparation time, brush food with mixture of 4 tsp spice mix, 1 tbsp vegetable oil and 1 clove garlic, minced, for every 4 servings; let stand for 5 minutes or cover and refrigerate for up to 4 hours.
3 tbsp chili powder
2 tbsp paprika
2 tbsp brown sugar (packed)
1 tbsp ground cumin
1 tsp garlic powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper
In small bowl, stir together ingredients. Store dry spice mixes in airtight containers for up to 6 months. Makes 1/3 cup.
Bombay Spice Mix
3 tbsp ground coriander
3 tbsp turmeric
2 tsp ground cumin
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp cayenne pepper
1/2 tsp dry mustard
In small bowl, stir together ingredients. Store dry spice mixes in airtight containers for up to 6 months. Makes 1/3 cup.
Mediterranean Spice Mix
3 tbsp dried rosemary
2 tbsp ground cumin
2 tbsp coriander
1 tbsp dried oregano
2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp salt
In small bowl, stir together ingredients. Store dry spice mixes in airtight containers for up to 6 months. Makes 1/3 cup.
Cajun Spice Mix
3 tbsp dried thyme
2 tbsp paprika
2 tbsp brown sugar (packed)
1 tbsp ground cumin
1 tbsp dry mustard
1 tbsp hot pepper flakes
1 tsp salt
In small bowl, stir together ingredients. Store dry spice mixes in airtight containers for up to 6 months. Makes 1/3 cup.
For every 4 servings (1 lb boneless or 1-1/2 lb bone-in meat or poultry, or 1 lb fish), rub with 2 tbsp spice mix. Cover and refrigerate for at least 4 hours or for up to 12 hours.
For shorter preparation time, brush food with mixture of 4 tsp spice mix, 1 tbsp vegetable oil and 1 clove garlic, minced, for every 4 servings; let stand for 5 minutes or cover and refrigerate for up to 4 hours.
Peanutbutter Hugs Cookies
These are good! Although the chocolate center is not chocolaty. I say it wasnt meant to be lol but I think melting chocolate chips and then mixing in the dough would be better for that chocolate taste you are looking for. Really these are just peanutbutter cookies =).
1 cup Butter
1 cup Brown Sugar
1/2 cup Sugar
3 eggs
2 cups Peanutbutter
1 tsp Vanilla
2 cups Whole Wheat Flour
1 tsp Baking Soda
1/2 tsp Salt
2 tbsp Coco
Preheat oven 400F
In a large bowl, cream butter, both sugars. Add in vanilla and peanutbutter. In a small bowl, whisk all 3 eggs. Then add to the butter mix. Add flour, salt and baking powder. Mix well.
Take a cup of the cookie dough and mix the coco together. Once blended well, make small balls, marble size. Wrap the peanutbutter cookie dough around the coco ball.
Bake for 8 minutes.
Turkey Broccoli Soup
I love this soup kick I'm on! Made turkey dinner on sunday and made some soup!
3 cups Vegetable Stock
3 cups Chicken Stock
6 cups Water
1 tsp Dry Chicken Broth
1 skinless/boneless Turkey Breast (cooked/diced)
2 large Onions (diced)
4 small Potatoes (diced)
3 Celery stalks (diced)
2 cups Broccoli
1 Red Pepper
2 cups Frozen Green Beans (cut)
Placed all ingredients (minus the broccoli) in a large pot on medium high heat, boil for 15 minutes. Reduce heat to low and simmer for 10 minutes or until potatoes are cooked. Add in the broccoli 3 minutes before serving. If you like mushy broccoli, add when you are ready to simmer for 10 minutes. The hot stock will cook the broccoli in the 3 minutes =)
PS: I dont do salt and pepper, you can add if you like to.
Serving Size 471g is Calories 162
Freeze your Herbs!
I love flavour! I love using herbs and seasonings to bring out or enhance my food! I have tried many ways to cut back my cutting up herbs and such. I started out buying dried herbs (spices are better for dried lol). When I got into cooking with nothing but the freshest and best, I bought fresh but it would go bad quickier than I wanted it to.
I saw these frozen prepared herbs in these little 4x5 ice cube tray with lid. Well that got costly at $3.49 each. I saw the paste but...paste..no thanks. I then decided to freeze my own herbs. Once I get home from grocery shopping, I washed the herbs with hot water to bring out the greeness/flavour for few seconds, place in the food processor and pulsed until they were small as they could get.
Place in ice cube trays. Once they freeze, I placed in a zip lock bag. Another idea is to spread a thin layer on parchment paper on a cookie sheet, freeze then break up in pieces, freeze in air tight container or ziplock bag and take out what you need from the freezer. No thawing needed. Store up to 4 months.
Common herbs to freeze
Basil
Cilantro
Dill
Garlic Clives
Marjoram
Rosemary
Oregano
Parsley
Sage
Thyme
Tarragon
I saw these frozen prepared herbs in these little 4x5 ice cube tray with lid. Well that got costly at $3.49 each. I saw the paste but...paste..no thanks. I then decided to freeze my own herbs. Once I get home from grocery shopping, I washed the herbs with hot water to bring out the greeness/flavour for few seconds, place in the food processor and pulsed until they were small as they could get.
Place in ice cube trays. Once they freeze, I placed in a zip lock bag. Another idea is to spread a thin layer on parchment paper on a cookie sheet, freeze then break up in pieces, freeze in air tight container or ziplock bag and take out what you need from the freezer. No thawing needed. Store up to 4 months.
Common herbs to freeze
Basil
Cilantro
Dill
Garlic Clives
Marjoram
Rosemary
Oregano
Parsley
Sage
Thyme
Tarragon
Pork Soup with Rice
Soup Soup Soup! I love it! and I have been wanting to get creative with them! Lots of soups up ahead cause its good for you and filling and mm good! lol All you need is vegetable or chicken or beef stock, oxo and booom! instant soup!
4 butterfly Pork Chops(or whatever pork, just trim the fat)
2 large containers Vegetable Stock
4 cups Water
1/2 tsp Salt
1 tbsp Oxo bouillon (I used chicken but you can use beef or vege base)
2 cups Frozen Peas
2 Carrots (sliced)
2 Onions (diced)
1 cup Uncle Bens Converted Brown Rice (or any long grain)
2 tbsp Parsley (minced/chopped)
In a pot on high, boil chopped up pork chops for 15 minutes.
Meanwhile in a large pot on medium high, add all ingredients. Once the pork is done, place in the soup pot. Simmer for 30 minutes until the rice is cooked to your liking.
Salt and Pepper to taste!
Whole Wheat Chocolate Chip Cookies
Super market had whole wheat flour on sale so I thought, why not! I made these cookies with it and honestly I cant taste the difference!
1 cup Butter
2 Eggs
1 tsp Vanilla
1 cup Brown Sugar
1 cup Oatmeal
1 1/2 cup Whole Wheat Flour
1/2 tsp Salt
1 tsp Baking Powder
1 tsp Baking Soda
1 cup Pecans
1 cup Chocolate Chips
1/2 cup Toffee Bits (skor pieces)
Preheat oven 400F
In a bowl, cream butter and brown sugar. Whisk up the eggs and vanilla together, blend really well in the butter and sugar.
In another bowl, blend flour, salt, baking powder/soda, pecans, chocolate chips and toffee bits together. Add in to butter mixture and mix really good.
Grab your baking stone or cookie sheet. Spoon dough on pan and bake for 8-10 minutes. You can freeze left over dough if you don't want to bake them all.
Potato Sausage Balls
I didnt have any bisquick mix for the sausage balls so I reinvented them. These are really good with mash potato!!
1lb Ground Mild Italian Sausage
1 cup grated Cheddar Cheese
1/2 cup diced Baby Spinach
2 cups Mashed Potato
2 Garlic cloves (diced)
2 tsp fresh Cilantro
2 tsp fresh Parsley
1/2 tsp Salt
1/8 tsp Pepper
1 cup Cottage Cheese
Preheat oven 350F
Combine all ingredients in a bowl. Shape into 1 inch balls and place on cookie sheet with a lip as the grease may drip. Bake for 30 minutes. Serve immediately or you can freeze them!
Pizza Potato Patties
I love pizza. Heck I'm only in it for the cheese, who doesnt love cheese LOL Well I wanted pizza but i have no dough, and bread is just too soggy. Hash brown potato patties will do the trick. You can use the pizza sauce but I like to top mine with ketchup being a potatoe patty and all!
6 Potato Patties
12 slices of Pepperoni
1/2 cup Black Olives
1 Tomato (diced)
1/2 Green Pepper (sliced)
1 small Onion (sliced)
2 cups Mozza Cheese (shredded)
pizza sauce or ketchup
Preheat oven 400F
In a baking sheet, place the patties and add toppings then bake for 25 minutes.
Toffee Pecan Brownies
Peanutbutter Chocolate Fudge topped Toffee Pecan Brownies
I'm addicted to brownies. I'm always changing the recipe and they get better and better! The rest of the fudge was turned into peanutbutter chocolate pecan fudge ball/truffles. They are in the freezer atm lol
1/2 cup Butter
1 cup Baking Cocoa
2 Eggs
1/4 cup Oil
1 cup Sugar
1 Flour
1 tsp Baking Powder
1/2 tsp Salt
1 tsp Vanilla
1 cup Pecans
1/2 cup mini Semi sweet Chocolate Chips
1 cup Skor Toffee Bits
Fudge Topping
1 can Sweetened Condensed Milk (not evaporated milk)
1 pkg Milk Chocolate Chips
1/2 pkg Semi sweet Chocolate Chips or Dark
1 cup Peanutbutter
Preheat oven 400F
In a saucepan on medium high heat, melt butter. Remove from the heat and stir in cocoa. Set aside to cool.
In a medium bowl, beat eggs, oil, vanilla and sugars. Combine flour, baking powder and salt in a separate bowl then gradually add to egg mixture. Stir in the cooled chocolate mixture; mix well the combine in pecans and toffee bits.
Place teaspoon in a greased 24 mini muffin tin. Bake for 8 minutes. Cool and pop out with a toothpick.
In a small sauce pan on medium heat, Blend sweetened condensed milk and chocolate chips until chocolate is melted. Turn to heat minimum and add in peanutbutter. With butter knife spread fudge on brownies and chill for an hour.
Makes 30
Stuffed Chicken
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This is my stuffed chicken, improved taste and sooo good! Its a favorite!
1/2 Red Pepper (diced)
1 small Red Onion (diced)
1/2 cup Celery
3 tbsp. Bacon Bits
1 tbsp. Garlic Powder
2 Garlic Cloves(diced)
1 tsp. Cilantro
1 tbsp. Italian Seasoning (thyme, rosemary, sage, oregano, sweet basil)
1 tsp. Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Dash of black pepper
Hand full of Baby Spinach (diced)
5 bone/skinless Chicken Breasts
5 tbsp. Feta Cheese (crumbled)
1 can of fat free Cream of Chicken soup
In a small frying pan on medium heat, add olive oil, garlic cloves and cilantro then the bell peppers, onions, celery, garlic powder, Italian seasoning and dash of pepper. Fry for 5 minutes then add in the baby spinach. Fry until the baby spinach is limp then add in the bacon bits. You want to add the bacon bits last so the bacon flavour don't get lost in the garlic. Turn off stove and set aside.
To prepare for chicken breasts, I cut off the access fat and rinsed chicken under cold water. Then lay chicken breast down on cutting board with the chunky side north and the tip south. I cut a slit (about half way in) like a half moon shape with a sharp knife. Then I folded back to make a pocket.Spoon in the veggie mixture in each chicken breast pocket then place in a deep casserole dish. Sprinkle top of chicken with your favorite seasoning blend like Mrs. Dash table blend.
You might have left over veggie mix, I suggest adding in mash potatoes or top some baked potatoes.
Bake for 35 minutes and then take out of oven. I usually take the chicken breasts out of the casserole dish. Take a tablespoon of feta cheese and place in the chicken pocket. Don't be afraid to stuff it in. Open the can cream of chicken soup and place in the casserole dish. Mix together with the chicken juices and you have a instant gravy.
Place chicken back in casserole dish and feel your mouth water as the soup oozes up the chicken. Then cook for 25mins and you have mm good chicken.
Fish Sticks with Tartar Sauce
Fish, I love fish! But only when its over the counter fresh. I dont like "fresh" in a package or frozen. I was thinking fish nuggets with a crispy outside but end up with both nuggets and sticks.
2 long pieces of Fresh Haddock
2 cups Whole wheat Ritz Crackers (crushed to crumbs)
1 tbsp Garlic Powder
1 tsp Italian Seasoning
1 tsp Roast Garlic & Pepper Seasoning
1 egg
3 tbsp Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Slice fish in sticks or nuggets. In a small bowl, combine crumbs, garlic powder and both seasonings. In another bowl, whisk egg up. Dip fish in egg, then crumbs and cover fish everywhere with it.
On medium high heat in a skillet, heat up oil and cook fish for 8 minutes, 4 minutes on each side, really depending on the thickness of the fish and crust.
Tartar Sauce
1/4 cup sweet relish
1 cup mayonnaise
1 teaspoon yellow mustard
1/2 lemon, juiced
Salt and pepper
In a small dish, combine relish with mayonnaise, mustard, and lemon juice. Stir thoroughly. Add salt and pepper to taste. Top on fish!
Apple Streusel
I hurt my back again =( so I couldnt do heavy baking. I wanted apple pie but again no heavy baking, like rolling out the pastry. So I made apple streusel and drizzled caramel on the top! =)
3 large Apples (peeled and thinly sliced)
1 tbsp Cinnamon
1/2 cup Butter (melted)
1/4 cup Pecans (chopped)
1/4 cup Brown Sugar
Streusel Topping
1 cup Bisquick mix
1/4 cup Pecans
1/2 cup Brown Sugar
1 tsp Cinnamon
3 tbsp Butter
Preheat oven 375F
In a bowl, mix apples, cinnamon, butter, pecans and brown sugar. Spread apples evenly on pie plate or 8x8 baking dish.
Mix together streusel topping until crumbly and sprinkle over apples and bake for 25 minutes or until topping is golden brown.
Fudge-Topped Triple Chocolate Brownies
I'm mad I cant get this picture to turn like its suppose too. You can see the correct way on my facebook lol. These are fudge-topped triple chocolate brownies. Need that chocolate fix that some chocolates cant satisfy? These are it! Two bites. Worth the every bite lol!
1 cup Butter
1 cup Baking Cocoa
4 Eggs
1 cup Brown Sugar
1 cup Sugar
1 1/2 cups Flour
1 tsp Baking Powder
1 tsp Baking Soda
1 tsp Salt
1 tsp Vanilla
1 cup Pecans
1 bag Hershey Milk Chocolate Chips
1 bag Semi sweet Chocolate Chips
Fudge Topping
1 can Sweetened Condensed Milk (not evaporated milk)
1 pkg Milk Chocolate Chips
1/2 pkg Semi sweet Chocolate Chips or Dark
Preheat oven 400F
In a saucepan on medium high heat, melt butter. Remove from the heat and stir in cocoa. Set aside to cool.
In a medium bowl, beat eggs, vanilla and sugars. Combine flour, baking soda/powder and salt in a separate bowl then gradually add to egg mixture. Stir in the cooled chocolate mixture; mix well.
Place teaspoon in a greased 24 mini muffin tin. Bake for 8 minutes. Cool and pop out with a toothpick.
In a small sauce pan on medium heat, Blend sweetened condensed milk and chocolate chips until chocolate is melted. Turn to heat minimum. With butter knife spread fudge on brownies and chill for an hour.
Makes 96 brownies =)
Butterscotch Champion Squares
These were really good. I had to use butterscotch chips for this cause I didnt have any chocolate chips.
1 1/2 cups Flour
1/2 cup Brown Sugar
1/2 cup Butter
1 pkg Chocolate Chips (divided) or Butterscotch Chips
1 can Sweetened Condensed Milk (not evaporated milk)
1 Egg
1 tbsp Vanilla
1 cup Pecans
1/2 cup Dried Cranberries
Preheat oven 375F
In medium bowl, mix together flour and brown sugar; cut in cold butter until crumbly. Stir in 1/2 cup of the semi-sweet chocolate chips or the butterscotch; press mixture into ungreased 13 x 9-inch baking pan. Bake for 15 minutes.
Meanwhile, in large bowl, combine sweetened condensed milk, egg and vanilla. Stir in remaining 1-1/2 cups chips and nuts. Spread evenly over baked crust.
Bake 25 minutes or until golden brown. Cool completely in pan then cut into squares. Makes about 36
Stuffed Meatloaf
Well I was going to make taco meatloaf and potato puffs but didnt really want to cook. lol As you can see I ended up cooking cause I figured this was quick and easy. I decided to have meatloaf but stuff it into one dish hehe. It turned out really good! I ate it with garlic cheese bread.
1lb Lean Ground Beef
4 Red Potatoes
1 box Stove Top Stuffing
1/2 cup Red Pepper (diced)
1/2 cup Green Pepper (diced)
1 cup Onion (diced)
1/2 cup Celery (diced)
1 Carrot (diced)
2 tsp Garlic Powder
2 tsp Roasted Garlic & Peppers Seasoning (by clubhouse)
1/2 tsp Pepper
1/2 tsp Salt
Peel, chop then boil potatoes. Make stuff according to package. Saute veggies.
Preheat oven 425F
In a large bowl, mix spices in ground beef then add in the potatoes, stuffing and veggies. Place in casserole dish and pat down. Bake for 45 minutes or until you think the meat is cooked! Serves 4.
Two Bite Turtles Cheesecake
Made these for a baby shower in 11.5 hours!! Well they look sooo good, I havent had one yet. I know I'm crazy but well I'm trying to be good on the sweets LOL
3 pkg. (250g) Light Cream Cheese
3 large Eggs
1 cup Sugar
2 tbsp. Real Maple Syrup
1 tbsp. Vanilla
3 cups Graham Cracker Crumbs
1/2 cup Butter (melted)
1/4 cup Honey
1 jar of thick Caramel Icecream Topping
2 cups Pecans
1/2 cup grated Chocolate
Preheat oven 375F
In a bowl, mix up the 1/2 cup melted butter, honey and graham cracker crumbs until there are no dry crumbs left.
In a 24 muffin tin, place graham mix in each slot then pat the graham cracker crumbs down firmly until its half way up. Set aside!
In a large bowl whip up the cream cheese, add in sugar, maple syrup, 1/4 cup butter and vanilla. Add in one egg at a time and whip with electric hand mixer until all eggs are well blended.
Spoon cream cheese filling in each slot evenly. Bake for 25 minutes or until cheesecake begins to crack.
Cool for 10 minutes then top with caramel, pecans and shaved chocolate! Makes 72 =)
Ghostbuster Cookies
I call these ghostbuster cookies cause of the marshmallow oozing out!
1 cup Butter
3/4 cup Brown Sugar (loose)
2 large Eggs
1 tsp Vanilla
1/2 cup Apricots (diced)
1/2 cup Golden Raisins
1 cup Marshmallows
2 cups Oatmeal
1 cup Rice Krispies
2 cups Flour
1/4 tsp Salt
1 tsp Baking Powder
1 tsp Baking Soda
Preheat oven 400F
In a bowl, combine butter and brown sugar. Then add in the eggs and vanilla. Fold in the raisins and apricots. Add in the oatmeal, marshmallows, rice krispies, salt, baking powder, baking soda and flour. Blend all together until flour is gone.
Roll into 1 inch balls and bake for 8-10 minutes.
Oreo Truffles
Oreo truffles, mmm! Or are they Sex Truffles cause WOW! These are rich and creamy yet soo good that you'll be going back for more. I highly recommend that you roll the balls smaller than a walnut size unless you like a mouthful of rich chocolate. They are soo simple to make and just think, you can use any type of cookie you'd think would be good as a truffle! I like these chilled than in room temperture. I store mine in the freezer =)
1 box Oreo Cookies (i used the larger package)
1 pkg of Light Cream Cheese (softened)
1 large bar of Milk Chocolate (or 1 1/2 bags of chocolate chips)
1/4 cup Chocolate Sprinkles
With a food processor, pulse the oreo cookies into fine crumbs. In a large bowl, blend the oreos and cream cheese together.
Roll into 1/2 balls, Chill for 1 hour.
In a small pot, melt chocolate on minimum. With a toothpick, roll oreo ball in chocolate and lay on parchment paper. Then top the sprinkles right away on each ball as the chocolate will start to harden.
Chill for another hour and enjoy!
Linguine Chicken Amatriciana
This was my birthday supper that my boyfriend cooked for me, my favorite and only thing I get when I go to East Side Marios! This gets better every year!
4 Chicken Breasts (diced)
2 Garlic Cloves (diced)
1 bottle Alfredo Sauce
1 bottle Four Cheese Tomato Sauce
6 slices of Real Bacon
1/2 Red Pepper
1/2 Green Pepper
1 cup Mushrooms
1 Box Multigrain Linguine Pasta
Fresh Parmesan Cheese
Fry bacon and cook chicken in the garlic. Saute mushrooms, bell peppers. Boil noodles and mix all together! SOO good =)
Maple Walnut Shortbread Cookies
They say that you should use real butter for the best shortbread cookie. And normally I agree, if they were plain but I used the blocks of margarine and added flavour with the maple. In the end I ended up adding pecans with the walnuts!
1 cup confectioner's Sugar
2 cups Flour
1/2 cup Cornstarch
1 tsp Cream of Tarter
1 cup Butter
2 tsp Maple abstract
1 cup Walnuts
Pecans (optional)
Preheat oven 375F
In a bowl, cream together butter and sugar then blend the maple.
In a small bowl combine flour, cornstarch, cream of tarter. Slowly add in the flour mix to the butter until all blended. Add in walnuts.
Spoon on baking stone and bake for 8-10 minutes.
Oatmeal Fruit Cookies
Oatmeal cookies are my absolutely all time favorite cookie. I have lots of baking supplies left over from christmas baking so I thought to add dried cranberries, apricots and currents! These are soo good. I ended up making these a second time in 2 weeks LOL Way better than oatmeal yucky raisin cookies hehe Now the second time I made them, I got a different texture. They were not flat at all but dropped cookies and tasted sooo much better LOL I dunno, its the best one I got yet!
1 cup Butter
2 Eggs
1 1/2 cups Brown Sugar
3 cups Oatmeal
2 cups Flour
1 /2 tsp Salt
1 tsp Baking Powder
1 tsp Baking Soda
1/2 cup dried Cranberries(i love Ocean Spray Craisins!!)
1/2 cup Currents
1/2 cup Apricots (diced)
Preheat oven 400F
In a bowl, cream butter, eggs and brown sugar! To be honest I do all my cookies all by hand. No mixer. When using the mixer you get whipped but I love the smooth little wee lumps of butter blended in. They make the cookie that soft chewy buttery oatmeal taste...mm mm mm
Add in the cranberries, currents and apricots, combine. I add in with the wet cause I dont want my fruit with flour stuck to it hehe and I dont add them in last cause its a pain to mix them all together.
Then blend in your oats. Add flour, salt, baking salt and baking powder, combine together well with the fruit mix. Spoon on baking stone bake for 10 minutes.
Chicken Broccoli Alfredo
This came about when I was playing WoW and chatting to Keri about food, as usual. Like 90% of our conversation is about food LOL. An idea formed. Recipe of the week! Find a recipe that we would like to try that we havent before! We are going to take turns picking recipes.
Adventures of Cooking we are going to call it! So every thursday its going to be an adventure, testing our skills, creating a new meal!! I'm so excited! Ideas began to form, so we decided on pasta and alfredo. I got to make my own fresh pasta and alfredo sauce. Keri has this mm mm good alfredo sauce and its so easy to make!! She also found the pasta recipe! I love it and for others to join us in the adventures of cooking!
I really enjoyed this experience of making pasta and even without a machine! I love food and can talk for hours about it. This is going to be an awesome experience and I'm glad I'm not going to be alone in this =) Now to find the next recipe!
Homemade Pasta (see here)
Homemade Alfredo Sauce (see here)
4 Chicken Breasts (chopped to bite size)
1 bunch Broccoli (chopped to bite size)
Salt and Pepper to taste
Cook and mix =)
Chop broccoli, stream for 5 minutes.
Fry chicken in olive oil and salt with pepper. About 15 minutes.
Make sauce and boil pasta.
Mix together.
How to Make Fresh Pasta
Homemade pasta!!
3 1/2 cups unbleached Flour
4 extra large Eggs
Mound the flour. Make a well in the middle of the flour, add the eggs.
Using a knife, beat together the eggs and begin to incorporate the flour starting with the inner rim of the well. As you incorporate the eggs, keep pushing the flour up to retain the well shape (do not worry if it looks messy). The dough will come together in a shaggy mass when about half of the flour is incorporated.
Roll and form as desired. Roll thin so you can see your fingers through it.
3 1/2 cups unbleached Flour
4 extra large Eggs
Mound the flour. Make a well in the middle of the flour, add the eggs.
Using a knife, beat together the eggs and begin to incorporate the flour starting with the inner rim of the well. As you incorporate the eggs, keep pushing the flour up to retain the well shape (do not worry if it looks messy). The dough will come together in a shaggy mass when about half of the flour is incorporated.
Start kneading the dough with both hands, primarily using the palms of your hands. Add more flour, in 1/2-cup increments, if the dough is too sticky. Once the dough is a cohesive mass, remove the dough from the board and scrape up any left over dry bits. Lightly flour the board and continue kneading for 3 more minutes. The dough should be elastic and a little sticky. Continue to knead for another 3 minutes, remembering to dust your board with flour when necessary.
Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and set aside for 20 minutes at room temperature.
Roll and form as desired. Roll thin so you can see your fingers through it.
Note: Do not skip the kneading or resting portion of this recipe, they are essential for a light pasta.
In a large pot of boil water with salt and olive oil, place noodles and cook until done. it depends on the thickness, mine took 10 minutes.
Alfredo Sauce
Homemade alfredo sauce to go with the homemade pasta!!
2 1/2 cups Heavy Cream
3/4 cup unsalted Real Butter
2 cups grated Fresh Parmesan Cheese
Salt and Pepper to taste
Melt butter and cream over medium heat in a heavy large skillet just until the butter melts, stirring occasionally, about 3 minutes. Remove from the heat.
Add parmesan to the cream sauce in the skillet. Stir over low heat until the sauce thickens slightly, about 1 minute.
Rocky Road Fudge
To die for!! This is the first time ever I made fudge and OMGH its so freaking good. I cant believe it! I hate fudge cause its flaky and sugary but this...its fudgy and mm mm good melt in your mouth! Too easy to make. I made one batch with more peanutbutter balls. After I tried the fudge I made a second batch to bring to work! I have to spread the joy! lol First batch I made I used tin foil, and I had a time peeling pieces of foil off while wishing I had parchment paper, only to find out I DID have some lol. So the second batch I used the paper and WOW I highly recommend that over tinfoil.
1 bag of Hershey Milk Chocolate Chips
1/4 cup Butter
1 can Sweetened Condensed Milk (not evaporated)
2 cups Mini Marshmallows
1 cup Pecans
1 cup Walnuts
Parchment paper or Tinfoil
In a small pot, melt butter, chocolate chips. Take off heat and add in sweetened condensed milk, blend together.
In a medium bowl, combine marshmallows and nuts. Stir in the chocolate mixture and blend well together.
In a 8x8 or 8x11 pan, line with parchment paper or tinfoil. Spread the fudge mixture and freeze or chill for 2-3 hours or over night. Its a blizzard outside now...I placed mine outside in the snow to chill for faster results. 45 minutes and I was eating fudge and peanutbutter balls.
Beer Cheese Soup
As Amanda requested!! I'm going to be making this tonight for supper but I'm not adding the cream as I dont have any but I do have milk! Cream is just to get that creamy feeling. You dont have to use cream at all but come on! Who doesnt like a creamy soup!! I'll be adding the picture once I cook it =)
1 bottle Beer
1/2 cup Butter
1/2 cup diced Celery
1/2 cup diced Carrot
1 cup diced Onion
1/2 cup Flour
1 tsp dried Mustard
4 cups Chicken Broth
1 cup Half & Half (cream)
3 tbsp fresh grated Parmesan Cheese
2 cups packed grated sharp Cheddar Cheese
1/2 tsp salt
Fresh ground pepper
Open beer and pour into a bowl. Allow to stand for a few hours to go flat.
In a large pot over medium-high heat, melt butter. Add in your onion, celery & carrot cook until tender. About 7 minutes.
Add in your flour and mustard, stirring constantly for 1 minute. Slowly stir in the broth while stirring constantly. Then add in the cream.
Bring to a boil and simmer until starts to thicken then reduce the heat to medium-low. Add in your cheeses, beer, salt and pepper. Simmer for 10 minutes (dont let it boil) and serve!!
1 bottle Beer
1/2 cup Butter
1/2 cup diced Celery
1/2 cup diced Carrot
1 cup diced Onion
1/2 cup Flour
1 tsp dried Mustard
4 cups Chicken Broth
1 cup Half & Half (cream)
3 tbsp fresh grated Parmesan Cheese
2 cups packed grated sharp Cheddar Cheese
1/2 tsp salt
Fresh ground pepper
Open beer and pour into a bowl. Allow to stand for a few hours to go flat.
In a large pot over medium-high heat, melt butter. Add in your onion, celery & carrot cook until tender. About 7 minutes.
Add in your flour and mustard, stirring constantly for 1 minute. Slowly stir in the broth while stirring constantly. Then add in the cream.
Bring to a boil and simmer until starts to thicken then reduce the heat to medium-low. Add in your cheeses, beer, salt and pepper. Simmer for 10 minutes (dont let it boil) and serve!!
Lasagna
A slice =)
mm mmm mmm! I was soo turkeyed out from christmas dinner, boxing day dinner so I made lasagna for supper!
9 Whole Wheat Lasagna Noodles
1lb Ground Lean Beef
2 tbsp Garlic Powder
1 tsp Pepper
1 large can Diced Tomatoes
1 large can Four Cheese Spaghetti Sauce
1 little can Tomato Paste
1 small diced Red Onion
1 cup Red Pepper
1 cup Green Pepper
1 cup Orange Pepper
1 cup Yellow Pepper
1 container Cottage Cheese (lasagna style)
1 1/2 cups Parmesan Cheese
5 cups Mozza Cheese
Preheat oven 400F
Boil noodles until cooked, about 15 minutes.
Meanwhile in a large pot, fry up the ground beef with garlic powder and pepper. Add in onion and then the bell peppers. Sprinkle little parmesan cheese. Drain any access fat. Once the meat is cooked, add in the tomatoes and the spaghetti sauce and paste.
Now the layering =) Spread evenly of course =P
9x13 baking dish add 1 1/2 cups of sauce. 3 noodles. 1/2 cup parmesan cheese. 2 1/2 cups sauce. 2 cups mozza cheese, 1/2 cup parmesan cheese. 3 noodles. 2 1/2 cups sauce. container of cottage cheese. 3 noodles. 3 cups sauce. 1/2 cup parmesan cheese and 3 cups mozza.
Bake until cheese is melted and bubbly, oozing goodness! about 20 minutes!
Sausage Balls
These are super! Great for appetizers or breakfast! Thanks Keri for giving me this simple yet delectable recipe! I did add the red onion myself tho =)
1lb Ground Mild Italian Sausage
1 cup grated Cheddar Cheese
1/2 cup diced Red Onion
2 cups Bisquick Mix
Preheat oven 350F
Combine all ingredients in a bowl. Shape into 1 inch balls and place on cookie sheet with a lip as the grease may drip. Bake for 12-15 minutes. Serve immediately or you can freeze them!
Fruit & Nut Tarts
I was in the middle of playing on the computer and BOOM! I wanted to bake LOL
1 pkg (18) Frozen prepared mini pastry tart shells
1/4 cup Golden Raisins
1/2 cup Dried Cranberries
1/4 cup Currents
1/4 cup Chopped Apricots
1/2 cup Coconut
1/2 cup Walnuts
1/2 cup Pecans
1/2 cup Oatmeal
1/2 cup White Chocolate Chips
1 egg
1 can Sweetened Condensed Milk (not evaporated)
Preheat oven 375F
Mix all ingredients together in a bowl and spoon in the tarts and bake for 25 minutes or until center is set.
I made tons of filling so I could make a graham cracker base and make some squares!
Pecan Almond Squares
Got to baking again!
Crust
1 pkg Cream Cheese, softened
3/4 cup Butter, softened
1 cup Granulated Sugar
2 tsp Maple Extract
2 cups Flour
1/2 tsp Baking Soda
Pecan Filling
2 eggs
1/4 cup melted Butter
1 cup firmly packed Brown Sugar
2/3 cup Corn Syrup
1 tsp Vanilla
3 cups chopped Pecans
1/4 cup melted Butter
1 cup firmly packed Brown Sugar
2/3 cup Corn Syrup
1 tsp Vanilla
3 cups chopped Pecans
1 cup sliced Almonds
Preheat oven to 350°F.
Preheat oven to 350°F.
Beat cream cheese, butter, sugar and maple extract in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until well blended. Add flour and baking soda; mix well. Press firmly onto bottom of ungreased 9x13 baking pan. Bake 20 min. or until lightly browned.
Meanwhile, combine eggs, melted butter, brown sugar, corn syrup and 1 tsp. vanilla in large bowl. Stir in pecans. Spread evenly onto warm crust.
Bake an additional 20 to 25 min. or until topping is firm around the edges and slightly soft in the centre. Cut into bars.
Peanutbutter Balls
These are a hit!
1 cup Peanutbutter
1 cup Icing Sugar
1 cup Rice Crispies
1 cup Walnuts (chopped)
1 bag Milk Chocolate Chips
1 tsp Cooking Wax
Wax Paper
In a bowl, combine peanutbutter, icing sugar together. Add in the rice crispies and nuts. Chill for 30 minutes.
Roll in to 1 inch balls and lay on the wax paper atop a cookie sheet.
In a pot, melt wax and chocolate chips on lowest heat, stirring often until almost melted. Do not overheat. Stir until smooth, remove from heat. If chocolate becomes too thick for dipping, reheat on low until desired consistency.
Place 1 ball on fork. Dip into chocolate until coated, allowing excess to drip back into the pot. Place on cookie sheet, cover fork holes and chill to set, for about 1 hour.
Caramel Fruit Squares
More christmas goodies!
2 1/2 cups Flour
2/3 cup Sugar
1 cup Butter, softened
2 Eggs, beaten
1 can Sweetened Condensed Milk (not evaporated)
1 cup Chocolate Chips
1 cup Dried Cranberries
2 cups Sweetened Shredded Coconut
1/2 cup Chocolate Chips
1 cup Golden Raisins
1 cup Currents
Bottle of Smuckers Caramel Icecream Topping (microwaveable)
Heat oven to 350F
In food processor or large bowl, combine flour and sugar. Pulse or cut in butter to form fine crumbs. Press firmly into 13 x 9-inch (33 x 23 cm) baking pan. Bake about 12 minutes, until lightly browned.
In large bowl, mix together eggs and sweetened condensed milk. Stir in chocolate chips, cranberries, raisins, currents and coconut. Spread over crust, bake 18 to 22 minutes, until set in center.
Melt smuckers caramel icecream topping. Cut small hole in corner of bag; drizzle over top. Let cool completely and cut into squares.
Nanaimo Bars
First time ever I made these bars!! Turned out good but I'm not a fan of icing. Made these for christmas gifts!
1 cup Chocolate Chips
1/2 cup Butter
1 1/4 cup Graham Wafer Crumbs
1 cup Coconut
1/2 cup Walnuts or Pecans
2 cups Icing Sugar
1/4 cup Butter, softened
3 tsp Milk
2 tbsp Custard powder
1 tsp Vanilla
3/4 cup Chocolate Chips
2 tps Vegetable Oil
In medium saucepan over low heat (or in large bowl in microwave) melt chocolate chips and butter. Stir in graham wafer crumbs, coconut and nuts. Press it evenly into 9-inch square pan. Chill in the frigde for about 30 minutes. OR put it out in the cold like I did lol
In small bowl, blend icing sugar, butter, milk, custard powder, vanilla and spread evenly over chilled base.
Melt chocolate chips with vegetable oil over hot water (or in microwave). Spread evenly over filling. Chill. Cut into bars and watch the icing ooze out LOL
Ritz Chicken Fingers
Tried to get a good picture. I took 45 and this is the only "best" one!
and this is the reason I'm getting a new camera for xmas!
So heres the story....There is nothing in my kitchen for supper to get creative...or was there. I took out a package of chicken breasts. I stared and started cutting the chicken in stripes without realizing what I'm doing. I didnt want honey garlic as I had that with my pork last night but I had sweet and sour sauce.
Chicken fingers formed only to find out... no eggs, milk, flour, bread crumbs..nothing BUT whole wheat ritz crackers, spices and olive oil. So here is my take on chicken fingers and OMGH (oh my gosh) they are sooo good. I'll steal the words from my last recipe, mouth watering!! I love these and turn out so good. Not really greasy at all as I was a little worried. I am making these from now on, no more store bought!
6 Chicken Breasts
1 box Whole Wheat Ritz Crackers
1 tsp Garlic Powder
1/2 tsp Black Pepper
2 tsp Roasted Garlic & Peppers Seasoning(I LOVE this!!by clubhouse <--click)
1/2 cup Olive Oil
Preheat oven 400F
Slice chicken into strips.
In a food processor, pulse the crackers to fine crumbs.(OR you can get a hammer or flatside of meat tenderizer and take that stressful day out on the crackers until you get crumbs =P) Place in a bowl and add garlic powder, pepper, seasoning.
In a bowl, pour the olive oil. Dip chicken lightly with oil, then dip chicken in cracker mix.
Place on a cookie sheet or in my case a turkey roaster. Turn down oven to 375F and bake for 30 minutes. Serve with your favorite dipping sauce, in my case it was the sweet&sour sauce.
Peanutbutter Chocolate Fruit & Nut Squares
So I was craving chocolate..and make these! They are rich cause of all the chocolate BUT sooooo GOOD!! I'm a salty gal so if I think its rich...it might not to you. I would cut in little squares though. If I had made these in a 13x9 pan, they would have been perfect but I made in a smaller pan. Shortbread like cake bottom with chocolate stuffed topping!
1 1/2 cup Flour
1 1/2 cup Icing Sugar
2 tsp Cream of Tartar
1/2 tsp Salt
1/2 tsp Baking Soda
1/2 tsp Baking Powder
3/4 cup Butter
1/2 cup Milk
1 bag of Milk Chocolate Chips(inlove with Hershey chipits)
1 cup Pecans
1 cup Raisins
1 cup Peanutbutter
Preheat oven 400F.
In a large bowl combine flour, sugar, tartar, salt, baking soda/powder. Then with pastry blender, blend in the butter. Once you get crumbled mixture, add in milk until dry crumbs are moist.
Spead on greased pan and bake for 20minutes or until middle comes out clean. Cool.
On stovetop in a pot on low heat, melt peanutbutter and chocolate. Stir in raisins and nuts. Pour evenly on shortbread cake. Chill for HOURS!!! like 4 hours to harden the chocolate mix. Over night is best. Makes alot! LOL depending what pan you use.
Peanutbutter Swirl Brownies
My brownies keep getting better and better!
1 cup Butter
1 cup Baking Cocoa
4 Eggs
1 cup Brown Sugar
1 cup Sugar
1 1/2 cups Flour
1 tsp Baking Powder
1 tsp Baking Soda
1 tsp Salt
1 tsp Vanilla
1 cup Pecans
1 bag Hershey Milk Chocolate Chips
3/4 cup Low Fat Peanutbutter
Preheat oven 400F
In a saucepan on medium high heat, melt butter. Remove from the heat and stir in cocoa. Set aside to cool.
In a medium bowl, beat eggs, vanilla and sugars. Combine flour, baking soda/powder and salt in a separate bowl then gradually add to egg mixture. Stir in the cooled chocolate mixture; mix well.
Spread into a greased 9x13 inch baking pan. Melt the peanutbutter in the microwave for 30-45 seconds and then pour thin lines everywhere and with a butter knife swirl in the brownie mix.
Turn down the oven and Bake at 350° for 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool then cut into squares!
Molasses Oatmeal Cookies
Made these cookies last night! Next day they are chewy goodies that you keep going back for more! I had 4 today already and like 5 last night LOL.
1/2 cup Butter
1/2 cup Brown Sugar
1/2 cup Sugar
1 egg
1 cup Molasses
1 1/2 cup Flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/8 tsp Salt
1 cup Oatmeal
1 cup Pecan
1 cup Raisin
Preheat oven 400F
Cream butter and sugars together. Mix in egg and molasses. Add in flour, salt, baking soda, baking powder and oatmeal. Blend in all together. Add in raisins and pecans.
With a teaspoon drop each on greased cookie sheet and bake for 8-10mins. Makes 45 cookies.
Veggie Garlic Cheese Bread
My lunch today! hehe My boyfriend commented, "Now this is what I call garlic cheese bread!" hehe and of course he is right!
4 slices 14 grain Bread
4 tsp Butter (softened)
1 tsp Garlic Powder
1/2 Tomato
1/3 cup Red Pepper
4 tsp Bacon Bits
4 Baby Spinach Leaves
1 cup Mozza Cheese
Preheat convection oven to 400F
Mix butter and garlic powder. Spread over the bread. Top each slice with mozza cheese.
Dice up the tomato with no seeds and the red pepper. Chop up the baby spinach. Top each garlic bread slice with veggie, sprinkle bacon bits and bake in oven until cheese is bubbly oozy goodness!
Banana Pecan Pancakes
My breakfast today!
3/4 cup Water
1 cup Buttermilk Pancake Mix
3/4 cup Pecans
1 small Banana
Mix water and pancake mix together. Take 1/2 cup of the pecans and mix in with the pancake mix.
In frying pan on medium high heat, cook the pancakes. Makes 6 pancakes. Top with thinly sliced banana and remainer of the pecans with some maple syrup!!
Ch-chili
Made Chili for potluck at work and it was so good! All the food was so delicious!
1 lb Extra Lean Ground Beef
1 tsp Pepper
1 tbsp Garlic Powder
1 can Tomatoes (diced)
1 can Crisp Corn
1 can Red Kidney Beans
4 Onions (diced)
2 Red Peppers (diced)
1 cup Frozen Cut Green Beans
1 Carrot
1 stalk Celery
1 can Four Cheese Spaghetti Sauce
1 pkg Chili Powder
Cook hamburger with pepper and garlic powder. Drain all fat, as much as you can.
In a large pot, place all ingredients minus the spaghetti sauce. Cook on high for 5 minutes then simmer for 30 minutes. Add sauce then simmer for 10 minutes to heat it all up.
Quick Pizza
Bought a frozen pepperoni pizza and I think its a joke on what you get lol. So I juiced it up to my standards LOL.
1 12" Frozen Pepperoni Pizza
1 small Onion
1/4 cup Red Pepper
5 Baby Spinach Leaves
1/2 cup Mozza Cheese (shredded)
Top veggies and spinach with cheese. Bake at 400F for 15 minutes!
Spinach Chicken Caesar Salad
Made pizza and salad for supper tonight! I replace all my lettuce with baby spinach. BUT there is only one brand of baby spinach I will eat... Queen Victoria. No bitter, no taste just like lettuce!
3 cup Baby Spinach
1 cup Chicken (diced)
1/2 cup Creamy Caesar Dressing
3 tbsp Bacon Bits
2 tbsp Parmesan Cheese
2 slices of Multigrain Bread (or your fav)
2 tbsp Butter
1 tsp Garlic Powder
Mix in a bowl, baby spinach, chicken, caesar dressing, bacon bits, parmesan cheese.
Croutons
Mix butter and garlic powder together, Spread on both sides of the bread, thinly. Dont do too thick as it'll melt and drip down. Place in toaster and toast until brown. I had to pop it down twice. Slice into strips and then chunks. Top on salad.
Chocolate Toffee Cookies
mm mm mmmm
1 cup Butter (softened)
1 cup Brown Sugar
1 cup Sugar
3 Eggs
1 tbsp. Vanilla
2 1/2 cups Flour
1/2 cup Coco
1/2 tsp. Salt
1/2 tsp Baking Powder
1 tsp Baking Soda
1 bag Skor Toffee Bits
Preheat oven 400°F
Cream butter and brown sugar until you get a pretty maple colour.
In a small bowl, whisk up the eggs and vanilla together. Add the egg mix to the butter mix, blend really well. Arm will start to kink a little but keep on going! Combine the skor toffee bits and set aside.
In another bowl, blend flour, coco, salt, baking powder and soda together. Add half to the butter mixture and stir, stir like there ain't no tomorrow!! hehe Well until the flour is done. Once you have it blended well, add in the other half of the flour. Whatever you do, don't give up!!
Now grab your baking stone or cookie sheet. Spoon dough on pan and bake for 8-10 minutes. You can freeze left over dough if you don't want to bake them all. Makes 60 cookies. Enjoy!
Turkey Veg Pasta
Lots of left over turkey! Made pasta tonight for supper. I love this!
1 pkg Medium Egg Noodle
2 cups Turkey (cubed)
1 Red Pepper (diced)
1 small Red Onion
2 cups Baby Spinach
1/3 cup Paul Newmans Roasted Garlic Permesan Salad Dressing
1/3 cup Bacon Bits
1 cup Milk
1 cup Mozza Cheese
1/3 cup Permesan Cheese
Boil egg noodles. Once done drain and spinkle with parmesan cheese. Place in casserole dish.
In a frying pan, Fry up the turkey, red peppers, onion, spinach. Once the spinach is wilted add in the salad dressing. Mix up and turn off stove and add to the noodles. Blend turkey veg and noddles together.
Top with mozza cheese, bacon bits and sprinkle some permesan cheese. Pour Milk over top and Bake at 400F for 15minutes or until cheese is melted.
Baked Alaska
Happy Thanksgiving!! I cooked a delicious turkey dinner and for dessert I made Baked Alaska with Strawberry frozen yogurt! I'm so stuffed!!
Pick your favorite ice cream that will go with brownies.
Butterscotch Brownies
1 cup Butter
3/4 cup baking cocoa
4 Eggs
2 cups Brown Sugar
1 1/2 cups Flour
1/4 tsp Baking Powder
1 tsp Baking Soda
1 tsp Salt
2 tsp Vanilla
1 cup Pecans
1 bag of Butterscotch Chips
In a saucepan on medium high heat, melt butter. Remove from the heat and stir in cocoa. Set aside to cool.
In a mediun bowl, beat eggs, vanilla and sugar. Combine flour, baking powder, pecans, butterscotch chips and salt in a separate bowl then gradually add to egg mixture. Stir in the cooled chocolate mixture; mix well.
Spread into a greased 9x13 inch baking pan. Bake at 350° for 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool.
Once the brownies are cool, cut a 3x3 square and place a scoop of icecream on top. Then completely cover the brownie and icecream with the meringue. Bake for 10 minutes on 400F. You will have plenty of brownies left over too!
Meringue
2 Egg Whites
1/3 cup Sugar
1 tsp Cream of Tarter
With a hand mixer, mix the egg whites for 5-7 minutes in high or until they become foamy and white peeks. Add in sugar and cream of tarter. This makes for two baked alaskas!
Autumn Goulash
Crisp cool air and an old time favorite of mine with a twist!
1 box Whole Wheat Macaroni
1 lb xtra lean Ground Beef
1 large can Diced Tomatoes
2 tbsp Garlic Powder
1/2 tsp Pepper
1 tbsp Worcestershire Sauce
1 cup Water
1 pkg Onion Soup Mix
2 Onions
1/2 Red Pepper
1/2 Yellow Pepper
1/2 Orange Pepper
1/2 cup Parmesan Cheese
Boil macaroni for 8 minutes cause when its added to the beef mixture they will plump up.
In frying pan on medium high heat, cook beef, worcestershire sauce, garlic powder, pepper, water and onion soup mix. Then add the onions and tomatoes. Add the bell peppers and macaroni then simmer for 8 minutes. Top with parmesan cheese!
Blueberry Walnut Crunch Tarts
An idea popped and this is what formed!
2 cup Biscuit Mix
1 tsp Baking Powder
1/2 tsp Salt
1/2 cup Brown Sugar
1 tbsp Cinnamon
1/2 cup Butter (melted)
1/2 cup Chocolate Chip
1 1/2 cup Blueberries (frozen)
1 cup Walnuts
2 tbsp Corn Starch
1/2 cup Corn Syrup
Combine biscuit mix, baking powder, salt, brown sugar and cinnamon. Melt butter and then add the chocolate chips to blend together. Add to the biscuit and create a dough. Knead together until all well blended.
With a 24 muffin tin, spray with cooking spray. Form the dough into 1 inch balls and place in muffin tin. Press dough down to form cups. Bake at 400F for 20 minutes. Take out of oven then press center down to make tart cups.
In a pot add blueberries, walnuts on medium heat. Stir corn syrup and corn starch together then add to the blueberries. Turn heat to high and stir until it thickens then turn off the stove. Add 1 tsp of blueberry mix to each tart.
Applesauce Chicken
Applesauce is awesome with pork but I had chicken! I went online and searched for recipes but couldnt find one I liked so I made this one =)
5 Skin/boneless Chicken Breasts
1 cup Water
1 small Red Onion
1/2 Red Pepper
1/2 Yellow Pepper
1/2 Orange Pepper
1 tbsp Garlic Powder
1/2 tsp Pepper
1 tbsp Roast Garlic & Red Pepper Seasoning (by Clubhouse)
1 jar unsweetened Applesauce
Dice up chicken and fry with water, garlic powder, pepper, seasoning. Cook until water is almost gone (about 20 minutes). Then add in the onions and bell peppers. Simmer for 10 minutes then add in the jar of applesauce.
Two Bite Wildberry Cheesecakes
mm mm good! This recipe I made tonight!! I made wildberry and also strawberry rhubarb! It makes 72 mini two bite cheesecakes!
4 pkg. (250g) Philadelphia Light Cream Cheese
4 large Eggs
1/4 cup Butter (melted)
1 cup Sugar
2 tbsp. Real Maple Syrup
1 tbsp. Vanilla
3 cups Graham Cracker Crumbs
1/2 cup Butter (melted)
1/4 cup Honey
1 (540ml) can Wildberry Pie Filling
Preheat oven 375F
In a bowl, mix up the 1/2 cup melted butter, honey and graham cracker crumbs until there are no dry crumbs left. In a 24 muffin tin, place graham mix in each slot then pat the graham cracker crumbs down firmly until its half way up. Set aside!
In a large bowl whip up the cream cheese, add in sugar, maple syrup, 1/4 cup butter and vanilla. Add in one egg at a time and whip with electric hand mixer until all eggs are well blended.
Spoon cream cheese filling in each slot evenly. Bake for 25 minutes or until toothpick approval!!
Oatmeal Fruit Explosion Muffins
Fruit muffins should be moist & exploding in flavor not the old boring drabby kind! Fresh is always best but I find the frozen is cheap and just as good for muffin filling. The longer the expired date the best, "fresher" it is! These muffins are fabulous and can't wait to make them again! I LOVE biscuit mix. Its the bestest, fastest way to make soo many different recipes when you don't have the time to cut in the shortening. This recipe makes 12 muffins.
2 cups Bisquick Mix
1 cup Oatmeal
1 tbsp Baking Powder
1/2 tsp Salt
2 tbsp Cinnamon
2 Eggs
1/2 cup Oil
2/3 cup Milk
1 tsp Vanilla
1 cup Blueberries
1/2 cup Raspberries
1 cup Strawberries (diced)
Preheat oven 400F
In a bowl, whisk up the eggs, oil, milk and vanilla. Set aside.
In a large bowl, combine biscuit mix, oatmeal, baking powder, cinnamon and salt. Once well blended, make a well. Add in the egg mixture and stir until dry ingredients are gone.
Gently folded in the berries.
Fill a well greased 12 muffin tin evenly with mix and bake for 30 minutes or until the center is toothpick approved!
Fruit Explosion Filling
1 cup Strawberries (diced)
1 cup Blueberries
2 tbsp Brown Sugar
2 tbsp Corn Starch
1 tsp Vanilla
Combine all ingredients on med high heat in a stove top pot. Stir occasionally.
Once the sauce starts to bubble & thicken, turn off heat and cool so you can place the filling in the pastry bag or if you don't have a pastry bag, a zip lock baggie will do.
Insert the tip of the pastry bag in to the muffin top and squeeze filling inside. Enjoy!
I ended up using a baggie cause my pastry bag was dirty. I had to do a little surgery and make an incision on the top of the muffin so the baggie tip would go in the muffin. Then I inserted a spoon handle, wigged around inside the muffin to make a hole and then with the baggie tip, I squeezed the filling inside!
Peanutbutter Oatmeal Chip Cookies
I took my peanutbutter cookie recipe and reduced peanutbutter to 2 cups then added 2 cups of Oatmeal with 1 cup chocolate chips!!
Cauliflower Chicken Soup
Made this soup tonight for supper! Trying to stay on the healthy side and swapped potato for cauliflower! It was so filling! I really enjoyed and will make this again!
2 cups Cauliflower (sliced)
1 cup Carrots (sliced)
1/2 cup Asparagus (chopped)
1 cup Green Beans (chopped)
1 small Onion
4 skin/boneless Chicken Breasts
1 tsp. Olive Oil
1/2 tsp. Pepper
1 tsp. Italian Seasoning
1 tsp. Garlic Powder
1 container of Chicken Broth
Chop and fry the chicken with oil, pepper, seasoning and garlic with 1 cup of chicken broth. Chop up onion and add in.
Simmer for 5 minutes then add in rest of the vegetables with the remaining chicken broth!
Simmer for 20 minutes and you get an instant soup! Enjoy!
Homemade Chinese Food
This all started out with me making egg rolls. I changed up the original recipe due to not having all the ingredients. I'll post the original Egg Roll recipe later. I ended up making Chinese food but what is the funniest part, I forgot to make the rice LOL. You can see that we did have plenty of food tho, so the rice was forgiven! This took me 3 hours to make and was well worth it!
I made Vegetable Chow Mien, S&S Chicken Balls, Honey Garlic Pork bites, Meat/Veg Egg Rolls!
Egg Rolls
1/2 lb Ground Lean Pork
1/2 lb Ground Extra Lean Beef
1/3 cup Brown Sugar
2 tbsp. Soy Sauce
2 tbsp. Worcestershire Sauce
4 Garlic Cloves (minced)
2 tsp. Cilantro
1 tsp. Pepper
1 cup Carrots
2 cups Baby Spinach
1 cup Red Cabbage
2 egg
1 pkg. Egg Roll Wraps
Fry the first 8 ingredients all together in pan. Once cooked, place in food processor with 1 raw egg until blended. Well until it looks like wet dog food LOL.
Meanwhile that is frying, Place carrots in food processor and pulse until you get really tiny pieces. Do the same with spinach and red cabbage.
Mix veggies and meat together until blended.
Whisk up the other egg in a small bowl. Get a brush for the egg wash. Then take a egg roll wrap, with the brush dip in egg wash and go around the edges of the wrap. Place 2 teaspoons of filling and fold the edges of the egg roll together. Pinch sides down and make sure your egg roll is well sealed otherwise it will leak in the oil.
Deep fry in oil until golden brown. Makes about 40 egg rolls, depend on the wrapper packages. This meat mix freezes very well also.
Sweet n Sour Chicken Balls
2 large bone/skinless Chicken Breasts
2 Garlic cloves (minced)
sprinkle of pepper
1 cup Biscuit/Pancake Mix
1 tbsp Italian Seasoning
1 tsp. Mrs Dash Table Blend
1/2 tsp Pepper
Milk or water
1 jar of Sweet n Sour or Cherry Sauce
Slice the chicken breasts into chunks. Fry with garlic, pepper.
Mix up the biscuit/pancake with spices, add in the milk or water until you get a some what runny batter.
Place cooked chicken in batter and deep fry until golden brown and serve with sweet n sour sauce or cherry sauce.
Honey Garlic Pork
4-5 Pork Chops
1/2 tsp. Pepper
2 tsp Garlic Powder
Honey Garlic Sauce (Click from recipe or buy a jar)
Chop up pork chops and fry with pepper and garlic. Add in honey garlic sauce and simmer for 15 minutes.
Vegetable Chow Mien
1 cup Broccoli (sliced)
1 cup Cauliflower (sliced)
1/2 Green Pepper
1/2 Red Pepper
1/2 Orange Pepper
1/2 Yellow Pepper
1 cup Carrots (sliced)
1 small Onion
2 cups Bean Sprouts
1/2 cup Chicken Broth
1 tsp Corn Starch to thicken
Slice all vegetables, Fry all together and eat!
Red Cabbage BBQ Meatloaf
I love meatloaf. You can do soo much and it always turns out soo delicious! I made broccoli coleslaw salad and had some red cabbage left over! This meatloaf is moist and juicy, it'll make you come back for more!
1lb Lean Ground Beef
1 1/2 cup Red Cabbage (diced)
1 large Onion (diced)
1 pkg. Onion Soup mix
4 tbsp. Worcestershire Sauce
1 tsp. Pepper
2 tbsp. Garlic Powder
2 tbsp. Parsley
1 cup Chicken n' Rib BBQ Sauce (or your favorite)
Preheat oven 400F
Chop onion and red cabbage up. Mix all ingredients together except the BBQ sauce. Place in casserole dish and press meat down until even and smooth.
Bake for 30 minutes. Take out and drain all access juice. Top meatloaf with BBQ sauce and bake for additional 15 minutes.
Mashed Potato Casserole
I baked a ham last night and had left overs. I made honey garlic chicken thighs tonight and made some mashed potato and stuffed it full of goodies!!
4-5 Potatoes
1 cup Baby Spinach
1 cup Ham (chopped)
1 cup Carrots
1 cup Cottage Cheese
1 tsp Cilantro
2 tsp Garlic
1 tsp Parsley
Peel and cut potatoes. Boil with carrots until softened. Drain and mash together.
In a frying pan on medium high heat, fry together ham, baby spinach, cilantro, garlic and parsley until spinach is wilted.
Preheat oven 400F
Add ham/spinach mix to mashed potatoes/carrots, blend then add the cottage cheese. Mix together and place in casserole dish and bake for 15 minutes.
Honey Garlic Chicken
This was supper and soo good. I love honey garlic stuff!!
4 Chicken Thighs
1 tbsp Minced Fresh Garlic
2 tbsp Oil
1 cup Chicken Broth
1/2 cup Honey
3 tbsp Soy Sauce
2 tbsp White Vinegar
1 tbsp Brown Sugar
2 tbsp Cornstarch
1 tsp Chili Flakes (optional)
Boil chicken with skin on until cooked, about 20 minutes. Take skin off the chicken. Set aside.
In a bowl whisk together the chicken broth with cornstarch until smooth and no lumps remain. Add in honey, soy sauce, vinegar and brown sugar; whisk vigorously until well combined.
In a medium saucepan heat oil over medium-low heat. Add in garlic and chili flakes (if using) cook stirring until softened (about 2 minutes).
Whisk in cornstarch mixture; bring to a simmer stirring constantly and cook until the sauce is slightly thickened (about 3-4 minutes).
Add in chicken and simmer for 15 minutes while basing every 5 minutes or so.
Berry Dateless Squares
Here is another way to get creative with the date crust! I love this and so easy to make!
1 1/2 cup Frozen Blueberries
1 cup Frozen Raspberries
1/2 cup Chopped Walnuts
1/2 cup Brown Sugar
4 tbsp. Real Maple Syrup
2 tbsp. Corn Starch
1 cup flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/8 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup butter
1 cup brown sugar
2 cups oats
In a small pot on medium high heat, place the blueberries and raspberries. Stir occasionally until blueberries are thawed and juicy. Add in Walnuts.
In a small bowl, mix up the brown sugar, corn starch and maple syrup. Turn the stove up to high and add the sugar mixture to the berries. Stir until thickens then turn down the heat to medium once it starts to bubble.
Meanwhile in a bowl, blend flour, baking soda, and salt. Cut in butter with pastry blender until mixture resembles course crumbs. Stir in brown sugar and oats. Do not over mix. Mixture should stay crumbly.
Press half of crumb mixture over bottom of a 8x8-inch pan to form bottom crust.
Gently spread berry filling over bottom crust. Sprinkle remaining oat mixture over berry filling. Lightly pat with palm of hand to even out. Bake for 25 minutes or until crust is golden brown.
Cool completely and cut into squares. Enjoy! Serves nicely with vanilla icecream!
Happy 10th Anniversary Dinner!
SMILE!
This was my supper I cooked up! Garlic cheese bread, White chedder broccoli pasta, cornbread stuffed chicken and stuffing! It put a smile on my face!! LOL
Cornbread Stuffed Chicken
I always wanted to try a stuffed chicken with stuffing. I saw a cornbread mix and knew I had to try it out. I used cream of chicken soup as a gravy! This is soooo GOOD!
12 bone/skinless Chicken Thighs
1 box Cornbread Stuffing Mix (cook according to package)
4 Garlic Cloves (minced)
4 tsp Parley
1 tbsp Hot Water
2 tbsp Bacon Bits
1/2 cup Parmesan Cheese
1 can Fat Free Cream of Chicken Soup
1 1/2 cups Skim Milk
Preheat oven 400F
Cook and Cool the cornbread stuffing.
In a small bowl mix together garlic, parley, water then add in the parmesan cheese and bacon bits until its paste like.
Unfold chicken thighs and lay out flat. Take a teaspoon of the parmasen paste and spread on the chicken. Then take a teaspoon of stuffing and spread over until all are done. Roll chicken up.
In a 12 muffin tin, spray with cooking spray and lay each chicken, stuffing side up and cover with tin foil. Bake for 30 minutes then take tin foil off and bake for 15 minutes.
Place one can of cream of chicken soup with 1 1/2 cups of milk in a pot on meduim high heat until bubbles. Then pour over chicken!
German Rouladen
I first tried almost 10 years ago when my boyfriend made it and he made it tonight for supper! This is a traditional german dish he'd learned from his foster dad who is a chef. This is soo fabulous with all the combining flavours exploding in your mouth!! I cut this recipe down as my boyfriend loves to make left overs.
6 3x6 thinly sliced tender Marinating Beef Steak
6 tbsp Mustard
1 cup Onions (diced)
1 cup Celery (diced)
6 slices Bacon
1/4 tsp Pepper
2 garlic cloves (minced)
6 Whole Dill Pickles
12 pieces of 5 inche in lenght of twine or very large tooth picks
Preheat oven 400F
Place meat down counter and with a meat tenderizer beat it until you get thin pieces. Spread 1 tbsp of mustard on each piece of meat.
In a bowl add the garlic, pepper, celery and onions. Mix together.
Top each piece of meat evenly with the veggie mixture. Place one slice of raw bacon on top. (There are different ways to do bacon...raw, cooked or bacon bits. We are doing raw since this is my boyfriends recipe).
Grab a dill pickle and roll the meat around the pickle. Tie string on both ends to hold it together.
In a frying pan on med high heat, place each meat roll in and fry for 2 minutes on each side. Place in roasting pan and bake for 45 minutes!!
Baked Spinach Dip Potato
Time to spice up those plain ole yummy mashed potatoes! I grabbed 1 cup of my spinach dip and baked in the oven until the cheese melted!
Spinach Dip
This is done with a food processor!
This is hand chopped!
Went to cooking class and this is what they made!! Well I of course tweak it a bit! I love fresh food more verses frozen and canned. Its soo good with veggies and pita bread! This is the first time I bought REAL mayonnaise! With the onion soup mix, only start out with half a package and then add in need more flavour! EDIT: I added a picture of spinach dip that I had done with a food processor and I added carrot to it too!
3 cups Fresh Baby Spinach(diced)
1 cup Sour Cream
1 cup Whole Egg Mayo (no miracle whip)
1 pkg Onion Soup Mix (start out with half pkg)
2 tbsp Bacon Bits
1/2 cup Red Onion (diced)
1/2 cup Red Pepper (diced)
1/2 cup Yellow Pepper (diced)
1/2 cup Orange Pepper (diced)
2 Garlic Cloves (minced)
This is hand chopped!
Went to cooking class and this is what they made!! Well I of course tweak it a bit! I love fresh food more verses frozen and canned. Its soo good with veggies and pita bread! This is the first time I bought REAL mayonnaise! With the onion soup mix, only start out with half a package and then add in need more flavour! EDIT: I added a picture of spinach dip that I had done with a food processor and I added carrot to it too!
3 cups Fresh Baby Spinach(diced)
1 cup Sour Cream
1 cup Whole Egg Mayo (no miracle whip)
1 pkg Onion Soup Mix (start out with half pkg)
2 tbsp Bacon Bits
1/2 cup Red Onion (diced)
1/2 cup Red Pepper (diced)
1/2 cup Yellow Pepper (diced)
1/2 cup Orange Pepper (diced)
2 Garlic Cloves (minced)
2 tsp Cilantro
1 can of Water Chestnuts
Mix all ingredients together and serve with pita or rye bread and/or mixed fresh veggies!
This will keep for 3 days max!!
1 can of Water Chestnuts
Mix all ingredients together and serve with pita or rye bread and/or mixed fresh veggies!
This will keep for 3 days max!!
Friendship Cookies
This is a friendship cookie. All the cookie ingredients blended in to a crispy, soft and chewy friendship. I got bored today and had my baking cap on lol. I didnt know what cookie to make so I threw together this friendship cookie.
1 cup Butter
1 1/2 cups Brown Sugar
1 cup Molasses
1 cup Peanut Butter
1/3 cup Oil
1 tbsp Vanilla
2 Large Eggs
1 1/2 cups Flour
2 cups Oatmeal
1/2 tsp Salt
1 tbsp Baking Powder
1 tbsp Baking Soda
1/3 cup Coco
1/2 cup Coconut
1 cup Chocolate Chips
1/2 cup Walnuts
1/2 cup Pecans
1/2 cup Raisin
Preheat oven 400F
In a large bowl with a electric hand mixer, Blend butter and brown sugar together. Mix until creamy then add in peanutbutter, oil, vanilla and molasses. Blend until creamy.
In a bowl combine flour, oatmeal, salt, coco, baking powder, baking soda, coconut, chocolate chips, walnuts, pecans and raisins.
Add half of the flour mixture to the butter mixture and blend well with wooden spoon. Add the rest of the flour mix and blend all together.
With a teaspoon drop cookies on a baking stone or cookie sheet. Bake for 10 minutes then let stand for 5 minutes. But if you want a softer chewy cookie bake for 7 minutes and let stand on for 3 minutes.
Butterscotch Apple Pear Squares
I was in a baking mood tonight and went on recipezarr to see what they had. I searched chocolate recipes and a idea formed. Totally opposite of chocolate. Apple Crisp! I didnt like any of the apple crisp recipes I was looking at. Then I thought of the date squares crust. Create my own filling and yay to baking I a go! And.... WOW!! OMGH!! WOW!! These are sooooo freaking good. Soft & Chewy & Crispy = WOW!
1 Apple
1 Pear
1 tbsp Brown Sugar
1 tbsp Cinnamon
1 tbsp Butter
1/4 cup Walnuts
1/4 cup Pecans
1/2 Bag Butterscotch Chips
1 cup flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/8 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup butter
1 cup brown sugar
2 cups oats
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/8 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup butter
1 cup brown sugar
2 cups oats
Preheat oven 350F
Peel/core and dice up the apple and pear. Place in a fryin pan on med high heat, add in 1 tbsp brown sugar, cinnamon, and 1 tbsp butter. Once the apple/pears goes soft, turn down the stove to medium heat and simmer for 10 minutes. Add in nuts.
Meanwhile in a bowl, blend flour, baking soda, and salt. Cut in butter with pastry blender until mixture resembles course crumbs. Stir in brown sugar and oats. Do not over mix. Mixture should stay crumbly.
Press half of crumb mixture over bottom of a 8x8-inch pan to form bottom crust.
Turn off the stove and stir in the butterscotch chips to the apple/pear filling. Gently spread apple/pear filling over bottom crust. Sprinkle remaining oat mixture over apple/pear filling. Lightly pat with palm of hand to even out.
Bake for 25 minutes or until crust is golden brown. Cool completely and cut into squares.
Mixed Up Brown Rice
Last year when I did the sacred heart diet, On day 7 I was able to introduce grains to my body by eating brown rice. When I think of brown rice I think of the barley like type. I wasnt looking forward to eating it. I picked out Uncle Ben's Brown Rice and I LOVE IT! I switched to brown rice that instant. One time there was no uncle ben's left at the supermartket so I bought a different brand. I hated it. It was gross, grainy like and not at all like uncle ben's. I think there is a difference in all rice and brown is no exception. So here is my rice I make all the time.
2 cups Water
1 cup Uncle Ben's Brown Rice
1 tbsp Olive Oil
1 tsp Basil
2 tsp Cilantro
2 tbsp Bacon Bits
4 tbsp Low Sodium Soy Sauce
1 Carrot
1/2 Green Pepper
1/2 Red Pepper
1 small Onion
1 Celery Stalk
2 Eggs'
2 tbsp Milk
1 tsp Garlic Powder
1 tsp Mrs Dash Table Blend Seasoning
In a small pot bring to a boil water, rice, oil, soy sauce, basil and cilantro. Boil until there is no water left, about 20 minutes but 15 minutes in, place a lid on. Add & stir in bacon bits to the rice and place lid back on until ready to serve.
Meanwhile, Dice up the veggies and place in frying pan with olive oil, garlic powder and mrs dash seasoning. In a bowl, whisk up the eggs and milk then cook in the veggie mixture. Fry until all moisture is gone and egg cooked.
Place rice in a large bowl and stir up. Add in the egg/veg mixture and serve! Makes 4-5 servings.
Wordle.net
Wordle.net! I saw it on my friend, Keri's blog and thought how neat it was!! She said that SHE was addicted! OMGH this is so much fun!!
Wordle is a toy for generating “word clouds” from text that you provide. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text. You can tweak your clouds with different fonts, layouts, and color schemes. The images you create with Wordle are yours to use however you like. You can print them out, or save them to the Wordle gallery to share with your friends.
OR your can print screen and paste & save in Paint!
There are three ways to enter words in. One is pasting or typing them all out yourself, another is enter the URL of any blog, blog feed, or any other web page that has an Atom or RSS feed and last is enter a del.icio.us user name to see their tags.
Lemon Shortbread Cookies & Squares
I was a tad bored tonight and got creative! I made cookies and squares! I had a hard time with the lemon filling! I ended up using 3 lemons and maple syrup and I started out with 2 lemons. These are mm good! When I was done topping each cookie, I saw they looked like EGGS!!! LOL Yolk broke for me please. Sunnyside up is gross, raw. I really do recommend using an electric hand mixer for the first part of making the cookies.
Lemon Shortbread Cookies
1 3/4 cups Flour
1 cup Butter
1 cup Confectioners' Sugar
1/2 cup Cornstarch
1/4 tsp Salt
1 tsp Baking Powder
1/4 tsp Baking Soda
1 tsp Vanilla
1 tsp Lemon Rind
Preheat over to 400°F.
In a bowl, cream the butter and cornstarch with the electric hand mixer. Add in the sugar, vanilla and lemon rind. Keep blending for about 2 minutes to get it all whipped up good.
Add in the flour, salt, baking powder & soda. Mix and blend well with spoon. Roll into 1 inch balls and place on stoneware pan or cookie sheet and squish down each ball with a fork.
Bake for about 8 minutes or until light brown around the edges.
Lemon Filling
3 medium lemons
1 cup sugar
2 egg yolks
2 tbsp Real Maple Syrup
1/2 cup cornstarch
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 cups boiling water
1 tbsp butter
In a pot, grate the lemon rind off all the lemons. Heat lemons in the microwave for 15 seconds to get the juices flowing! Cut the lemons in half and squeeze the juices out in the pot. If seeds drop grab a spoon and pick them out.
Add in & whisk together sugar, egg yolks, maple syrup, cornstarch and salt. Turn on stove, on high and add boiling water while stirring constantly until its thick. Once thicken add in the butter and turn off the stove. Mix well. As it starts to cool top lemon fill on Lemon Shortbread Cookies!
I had left over lemon filling from the cookies so I made squares!! I grabbed 1 cup Graham Cracker Crumbs and 1/4 cup of melted butter. Mix and place in a small dish. Bake at 400F for 10 minutes and then pour the lemon filling on crust. Spread evenly and sprinkle with coconut.
Nutty Skor Bars
Who would have thunk it that RITZ crackers would make a delicious square?! I sure had not until I tried these. I like to add nuts to mine. I have been adding nuts to everything lately LOL I seen some recipes that actually dont bake it. I'm like "I bake everything". So I baked these for 20 minutes. I have made this square 3 times now and they are a hit! I also think this would be a nice base for a caramel or coconut square.
1 box (225g) Less Sodium Ritz Cheese Crackers
1 bag (200g) Skor Bits
1 can (300ml) Sweetened Condensed Milk
1/2 cup Walnuts
1/2 cup Pecans
Preheat oven 375F
In food processor, pulse up the crackers until they are fine crumbs. Or if you don't have a food processor, open a little bit of the top of the cracker bag and grab a hammer or meat tenderizer and beat them to crumbs! Great way to get rid of stress! lol
In a bowl combine the cracker crumbs, skor bits, nuts and milk. Place in a 9x9 greased pan. Smooth down with spoon. Bake for 20 minutes. Take out and cut into squares while warm.
I like frosting on mine. I use the brownie frosting but I added nuts to it.
Broccoli Coleslaw with Chunky Potato Salad
I dont like coleslaw but I love broccoli salad. I watched The f Word and they had a nice poppy seed(I hate poppy seed) dressing coleslaw, I like the way it looked...chunky. So when I was asked to make homemade coleslaw I'm like eek! So I made it the way I liked it. I took the broccoli and sauce then grab the basic coleslaw ingredients and whipped my what i love now, Broccoli Coleslaw.
At the supermarket they had these baby new potatoes called Gems. There were PURPLE potatoes! I knew I had to try them out in a potatoe salad. When I made my coleslaw I made the potato salad! Both turned out winners!!
Chunky Potato Salad
12 Baby New Potatoes
1 Medium Granny Smith Apple
1 Carrot
1/4 Red Pepper
1/4 Orange Pepper
1/4 Yellow Pepper
3 tbsp Bacon Bits
2 Green Onions
3 Eggs
1/4 tsp Salt
1/4 tsp Pepper
1 cup Mayo
3 tbsp Italian Dressing
3 tbsp Parmesan Cheese
Clean, chop in half & boil the potatoes. Boil with eggs. Take out eggs 7 minutes after.
Dice up the apple, carrot, red/yellow/orange peppers and green onions. Once potatoes are done, place in a bowl of ice water to cool off.
Whisk up the mayo, italian dressing and parmesan cheese. Mix all together and chill for 3 hours.
Broccoli Coleslaw
1/2 of small Red Cabbage
1/2 of small Green Cabbage
2 Carrots
1/2 Cucumber
1 1/2 cup Broccoli
1 cup Mayo
4 tbsp Vinegar
1/3 cup Sugar
2 tbsp Italian Dressing
With cutting board and sharp knife, Chop up the red and green cabbage. Slice up the carrots, cucumber, broccoli into thin strips. Place in a bowl.
In a small bowl, whisk up the mayo, vinegar, sugar and italian dressing to taste. Add mixture to the veggies, blend well. Chill for 3 hours.
Mini Caramel Pecan Tarts
I have a team meeting to go to and I said I'd make my pecan tarts for everyone. Well...I have no brown sugar, no eggs! So here is caramel pecan tarts! LOL I wanted to try the tarts and it fell apart because its hot still, even when the picture was taken. AND WOW, they are sooo good.
1/2 cup Butter
3/4 cup Sugar
1 tsp. Vanilla
3 tbsp. Corn Starch
1/2 cup Corn Syrup
2-3 cups Pecans
1 pkg (18) Frozen mini pastry tart shells
Preheat oven 375°F
In a sauce pan on medium high heat, add in the butter. Once the butter starts to bubble add in the sugar, corn starch, vanilla and corn syrup. (NOTE: I added the corn starch to the sugar so i dont get lumps in the mixture). Mix until well blended or dissolved and sides are bubbling. Add in the pecans, mix well and turn off stove and set aside.
On a cookie sheet or stone baking pan, (I prefer to add tin foil to the bottom because the tarts bubbles over and its a killer to clean) lay out the shells. I'm not a pastry chef so until I can make my own pastry, Tenderflake(brand of pastry) is my best pastry friend).
Spoon the pecan filling in the shells. Bake for 30 minutes or until the sides are golden brown.
Brownies with Berry Sauce
Well, this started out to be Baked Alaska! I ran out of sugar when I made the cheesecake squares and I had only 2 cups of brown sugar. No sugar for meringue = no baked Alaska. Since I was already making the brownies, I had an idea from the walnut erry tarts filling. So I made the berry sauce to put on top! If you want a frosting topping I have that there too!
1 cup Butter
3/4 cup baking cocoa
4 Eggs
2 cups Brown Sugar
1 1/2 cups Flour
1 teaspoon Baking Powder
1 teaspoon Salt
1 teaspoon Vanilla
1 cup Walnuts & Pecans
In a saucepan on medium high heat, melt butter. Remove from the heat and stir in cocoa. Set aside to cool.
In a mediun bowl, beat eggs, vanilla and sugar. Combine flour, baking powder and salt in a separate bowl then gradually add to egg mixture. Stir in the cooled chocolate mixture; mix well.
Spread into a greased 9x13 inch baking pan. Bake at 350° for 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool then cut into 40 squares! Sprinkle with powdered sugar if you like.
Brownie Berry Sauce:
1 1/2 cups Blueberries
1 cup Raspberries
1 cup Cherries
4 tbsp. Real Maple Syrup
3 tbsp. Honey
3 tbsp. Corn Starch
In a small pot on medium high heat, place the blueberries, raspberries and cherries. Stir occasionally until blueberries are thawed and juicy.
In a cup, mix up the honey, corn starch and maple syrup. Turn the stove up to high and add the honey mixture to the berries. Stir until thickens then turn down the heat to medium once it starts to bubble. Spoon over brownie square.
Frosting:
6 tablespoons Butter, softened
2 2/3 cups Powdered Sugar
1/2 cup baking cocoa
1 teaspoon Vanilla
1/4-1/3 cup Milk
In a mixing bowl, cream butter, confectioners sugar, cocoa and vanilla. Add enough milk until the frosting achieves spreading consistency. Spread over brownies.
Ham & Veggie Frittatas
This is weight watchers photo! As per Keri's request here is the Frittatas. Its a weight watchers breakfast recipe and they are 2 points each! They are tasty and you can freeze them and reheat 30-60 seconds in the microwave! Now below is exactly weight watchers recipe.
I, myself, did this a much different way. I fried up hash browns, veggies and ham together in a non-stick fryin pan. No oil, butter or cooking spray. Then whisked up the eggs, milk and salt & pepper. I sprayed a small 12 muffin tin with cooking spray. I dont own a 8 muffin tin. I spread out the hash brown mixture evenly in each hole then poured a bit of egg mix in to cover. Topped with cheese. Baked at 350F until the egg was cooked, about 15 minutes! I counted each still as 2 points.
2 sprays cooking spray
1 pound frozen hash brown potatoes, thawed
4 large eggs, beaten
1 tbsp. fat-free skim milk
1/8 tsp. salt
1/8 tsp. black pepper
2 oz cooked lean ham, finely chopped
1/8 cup sweet red pepper(s), finely chopped (2 Tbsp)
1/8 cup green pepper(s), finely chopped (2 Tbsp)
2 tbsp onion(s), finely chopped
1/2 cup low-fat shredded cheddar cheese
1 pound frozen hash brown potatoes, thawed
4 large eggs, beaten
1 tbsp. fat-free skim milk
1/8 tsp. salt
1/8 tsp. black pepper
2 oz cooked lean ham, finely chopped
1/8 cup sweet red pepper(s), finely chopped (2 Tbsp)
1/8 cup green pepper(s), finely chopped (2 Tbsp)
2 tbsp onion(s), finely chopped
1/2 cup low-fat shredded cheddar cheese
Preheat oven to 350°F.
Coat 8 muffin tin holes with cooking spray. Spread potatoes around bottom and press potato up sides of each muffin hole; place in oven and cook for 10 minutes.
Meanwhile, beat eggs and milk together in a medium bowl; season with salt and pepper. Add ham, peppers, onion and cheese to bowl; mix to combine.
Remove potatoes from oven (after cooking for 10 minutes) and press potatoes down firmly with a spoon so that they are spread out like mini piecrusts (potatoes should cover bottom and sides of each hole). Pour about 1/4 cup of egg mixture into the center of each muffin hole.
Return pan to oven and cook until potatoes are crisp and golden, and the egg mixture is set, about 15 minutes. Remove from oven and let sit about 5 minutes before serving. Yields 1 frittata per serving.
Walnut Erry Tarts
LOL I have to laugh out loud at the name I gave these. I was bored and there were cherries that needed to be eatin. Idea!! I had frozen blueberries and raspberries. Oh am I crazy to bake in 31C heat? Was worth the sweat that is for sure!!
1 pkg. 18 Mini Prepared Frozen Pastry Shells
1 1/2 cup Frozen Blueberries
1 cup Fresh Cherries (chopped)
18 Raspberries (frozen or fresh)
1/2 cup Crushed Walnuts
1/2 cup Brown Sugar
4 tbsp. Real Maple Syrup
2 tbsp. Corn Starch
Preheat oven 400F
On a cookie sheet place each pastry shell apart. Bake until golden brown, about 10 minutes.
In a small pot on medium high heat, place the blueberries and cherries. Stir occasionally until blueberries are thawed and juicy. Add in Walnuts.
In a small bowl, mix up the brown sugar, corn starch and maple syrup. Turn the stove up to high and add the sugar mixture to the berries. Stir until thickens then turn down the heat to medium once it starts to bubble.
Take out the pastry of the oven and spoon in the berry mixture. Top with a raspberry and sprinkle with powdered sugar! Enjoy!
Strawberry-Rhubarb Cheesecake Squares
Beautiful sunny day today and my honey gets the day off!! To celebrate we went grocery shopping for supper and came up with t-bone steaks, stuff for feta pasta salad and garlic cheese bread. Wondering what to do about a dessert, we decided on cheesecake. I wanted alot of leftovers so I made the cheesecake into squares!! Its sooooo freaking good. My first time making cheesecake too!!
4 pkg. (250g) Philadelphia Light Cream Cheese
4 large Eggs
1/4 cup Butter (melted)
1 cup Sugar
2 tbsp. Real Maple Syrup
1 tbsp. Vanilla
3 cups Graham Cracker Crumbs
1/2 cup Butter (melted)
1 (540ml) can Strawberry-Rhubarb Pie Filling
Preheat oven 350F
In a bowl, mix up the 1/2 cup melted butter and graham cracker crumbs until there are no dry crumbs left. In a 9x13 pan, pat the graham cracker crumbs down firmly. Bake for 15 minutes.
Meanwhile as that is baking, In a large bowl whip up the cream cheese, add in sugar, maple syrup, 1/4 cup butter and vanilla. Add in one egg at a time and whip with electric hand mixer until all eggs are well blended.
Take the graham cracker crust out of the oven. Place and spread evenly the cream cheese mixture and bake for 1 hour. You will want to check 30 minutes in and 15 minutes after. At 40 minutes it looks done but the middle is still raw. Dont be afraid to have darker edges, you'll not burn the cheesecake.
Once the cheesecake filling is cooked. Chill for 3 hours. I put mine in the freezer with a towel underneath as it was really hot. Then pour the pie filling over and spread evenly. Cut into squares once done!
4 pkg. (250g) Philadelphia Light Cream Cheese
4 large Eggs
1/4 cup Butter (melted)
1 cup Sugar
2 tbsp. Real Maple Syrup
1 tbsp. Vanilla
3 cups Graham Cracker Crumbs
1/2 cup Butter (melted)
1 (540ml) can Strawberry-Rhubarb Pie Filling
Preheat oven 350F
In a bowl, mix up the 1/2 cup melted butter and graham cracker crumbs until there are no dry crumbs left. In a 9x13 pan, pat the graham cracker crumbs down firmly. Bake for 15 minutes.
Meanwhile as that is baking, In a large bowl whip up the cream cheese, add in sugar, maple syrup, 1/4 cup butter and vanilla. Add in one egg at a time and whip with electric hand mixer until all eggs are well blended.
Take the graham cracker crust out of the oven. Place and spread evenly the cream cheese mixture and bake for 1 hour. You will want to check 30 minutes in and 15 minutes after. At 40 minutes it looks done but the middle is still raw. Dont be afraid to have darker edges, you'll not burn the cheesecake.
Once the cheesecake filling is cooked. Chill for 3 hours. I put mine in the freezer with a towel underneath as it was really hot. Then pour the pie filling over and spread evenly. Cut into squares once done!
Greektalian Cheese Burgers
Cheese burgers are my all time favorite food. I love finding new ways to spice them up. This is my all time new favorite and how I'll be making my cheeseburgers. I might throw in some bacon bits next time! I used weight watchers buns. They are the best hamburger buns ever!!
1.5 lb ground beef (or chicken, pork, turkey)
1/2 Red Pepper (diced)
1 small Red Onion (diced)
3/4 cup Baby Spinach (diced)
1 tsp. Dill Weed
1/4 tsp. Pepper
2 tbsp. Garlic Powder
2 tsp. Cilantro
1 tbsp. Italian Seasoning (thyme, rosemary, sage, oregano, sweet basil)
2 tbsp. Worcestershire Sauce
3/4 cup Feta Cheese (crumbled)
Mix all in large bowl. Form into 8 patties. Fire up the BBQ and cook away!! Add favorite BBQ sauce and top with baby spinach, pickle, tomatoe and cheese!
Maple Garlic Pork Chop with Potato Bean Bake
This was a super yummy supper! I had supper nice and placed neatly on a plate. I took like 20 pictures of the food. Then I go in the computer room to upload the pictures and I start eating my supper. OMGH..my supper is half eatin and guess what.... ALL pictures came out blurry =( So I had to take pictures of what was leftover. Here they are! LOL
2 tsp. Real Maple Syrup
2 tsp. Garlic Powder
1/4 tsp. Pepper
1/4 tsp. Onion Powder
1 cup Chicken n Rib BBQ Sauce
1 small Onion (thinly Sliced)
4 Pork Chops
Preheat oven 400F
In a baking dish, place pork chops. Spinkle, pepper, onion powder and 1 tsp. garlic powder. Bake for 30 minutes. Take out of oven and flip the pork chips.
In a small bowl mix up the bbq sauce, 1 tsp. garlic powder and maple syrup. Spread sauce evenly over the pork chops and place onion slices on top. Bake for 15 minutes and serve with potatoes!
6 Baby Red Potatoes
1 cup Green Beans
1 cup Yellow Beans
2 tbsp. Permesan Cheese
2 tbsp. Butter
1/4 tsp. Pepper
1/4 tsp. Salt
Boil and slice potatoes. About 15 minutes. Mix beans cheese, butter, salt, pepper with potatoes.
Bake in a casserole dish for 20 minutes.
My yummy supper!
I went grocery shopping today and bought supplies for recipes! I made the Feta Pasta Salad and Honey Garlic Stuffed Meatballs. Then I made snowballs! Which are in the freezer as we speak. Supper was awesome! I love this! I think its almost my favorite meal!
Pineapple Chicken Sheppard's Pie
This was my supper tonight! It was soo good. I wanted Sheppard's pie but never had any ground beef. But I have lots of chicken. I had bought fresh pineapple and wanted to add that in the chicken. Its a yummy sweet dish! I'm having this for lunch tomorrow too!
5 medium Potatoes
4 bone/skinless Chicken Breasts
1/4 cup water
1 cup Fresh Pineapple
1/4 cup Butter
1 can of Corn
1 can of Peas
1 cup Baby Spinach
1/2 cup Red Pepper
1 tbsp. Honey
1 tbsp. Garlic Powder
1/4 tsp. Pepper
1 tsp. Italian Seasoning
Peel and cut the potatoes. Rinse and place in a pot of boiling water and cook until softened, about 15-20 minutes on medium high heat. Then mashed the potatoes and add in butter, salt and dash of garlic powder.
Grab your cutting board and clean off your chicken. Rinse under cold water, cut off access fat and grizzle. Slice chicken in to thumb size strips. Chop up the pineapple and baby spinach.
In a frying pan on medium high heat, add chicken and water. Sprinkle chicken with garlic powder, pepper, Italian seasoning and honey. Fry until done, about 10-15 minutes. Add in baby spinach, pineapple and red pepper. Open cans of corn and peas, drain.
Preheat oven 375F
In a casserole dish, add chicken mixture. Top that with the cans of corn and peas. Then the mashed potatoes. Bake for 20-30 minutes.
Pecan Pear Delights
hehe 11:51pm and I'm baking again!! This time, its tarts! I thought about pecan but then I saw 2 pears in my fridge that looked like they needed to be eatin. I got a apple wedge from Pampered Chef and I knew had to try it out! I named these Pecan Pear Delights!
1 pkg. (18) Mini Prepared Frozen Pastry Tarts
2 medium Pears
2 tsp. Real Maple Syrup
2 tbsp. Cinnamon
1 tbsp. Sweet Caramel Sprinkle
1 tbsp. Sweet Cinnamon Sprinkle
2 tbsp. Brown Sugar
1/4 cup Butter
3/4 cup Pecans
Preheat oven 37 5F
Grab a cutting board and peel, decore then dice the pears. In a bowl, add pears, maple syrup, cinnamon, the sprinkles, and pecans. Mix up well.
In a frying pan on medium high heat, melt the butter until it starts to bubble then add in the pear mixture. Add in brown sugar. Mix and simmer for about 5-8 minutes while stirring occasionally.
Place the prepared tarts on stone pan or cookie sheet, spoon pear mixture in the tarts. Bake for 20-25 minutes or until the outer edges are golden brown!
Cinnamon Rolls
Without Icing!
With Icing!
Here it is 11:30pm and I am making Cinnamon Rolls! I got my Pampered Chef order in! I used my sweet cinnamon sprinkle and sweet caramel sprinkle! These turned out sooo good! Best I had in a long time.
4 cups Bisquick Mix
1 tbsp. Baking Powder
1 cup Water or Milk
1/2 cup Butter (soften)
1 1/2 cups Brown Sugar
5 tbsp. Cinnamon
2 tbsp. Sweet Cinnamon Sprinkle
2 tbsp. Sweet Caramel Sprinkle
Frosting
1 1/2 cups Confectioner Sugar
2 tbsp Butter
1/2 tsp. Real Maple Syrup
1/2 cup crushed Pecans
Preheat oven 425F
I mixed the Bisquick's mix according to the package for tea biscuits. I never had milk so I used water. Really, any Tea Biscuit mix is great.
In a bowl, put 4 cups of Bisquick's mix, baking powder and make a hole in the middle. Add the water/milk. Stir until the dough is moistened. Place dough on a large surface area and knead 10 times. Then roll it out in a large circle.
Now the fun part to get your hands dirty! But make sure they are clean! Dip your hand in the butter and spread it everywhere on the flattened dough. Wash your hands. Grab a handful of brown sugar and spread on the dough all the way to the edges. Keep doing that until all brown sugar is gone. Wash your hands again.
Sprinkle the cinnamon all over the surface and then the sweet caramel & cinnamon sprinkle. Grab a pizza cutter and roll it over in 1/2 inch strips. Then grab an end and roll it into a wheel. Place on large stone pan or cookie sheet and bake for 30 minutes or until dough edge is golden brown.
Makes 20 mismatched cinnamon rolls! Enjoy!
Garlic Butter Crab Pasta
This creation you can thank my boyfriend! hehe We went grocery shopping and he went to get 2 cans of tuna! When we get home and I was putting the can goods away I noticed a can of crab meat and a can of tuna! So I was looking what to make for supper tonight and saw that can of crab. I made garlic butter for my cheese bread for spaghetti the other night and had left over butter! So I have a recipe for garlic butter plus my pasta. Its like Mac N' Cheese meets fine dining! =P I hope you love garlic!! This is a keeper, its so good! Better bring some mints or gum with my lunch tomorrow!
Heather's Garlic Butter
1/2 cup Butter (softened)
1 tbsp. Dried Parsley
3 tbsp. Garlic Powder
1 tsp. Mrs Dash Garlic & Herb (or Greek seasoning)
In a plastic container with lid, (because you are going to have left overs. Its great for grilled cheese sandwiches, garlic bread, potatoes, eggs etc.), Mix all the ingredients together and then cover and refrigerate once you are done with it for pasta.
Garlic Butter Crab Pasta
3 tbsp. Heather's Garlic Butter
1 can Crab Meat
4 tbsp Bacon Bits
1/2 cup Green Pepper
1/2 cup Red Pepper
1/4 cup Celery
1/2 cup Carrots
1 cup Baby Spinach
1/2 cup Onion
1/2 tsp Olive Oil
1/2 cup Feta Cheese
2 cups grated Marble Cheese (Cheddar&Mozza)
1/2 cup Parmesan Cheese
1 (300g) box of Whole Wheat Macaroni Noodles
In a microwaveable container, add in the garlic butter mix and nuke for 30 seconds. Open can of crab meat and add in the butter. Stir and mix well then let it sit.
In a large pot of water on med high heat, add box of the macaroni noodles and cook until ready, about 10-12 minutes. Not sure how much water to put in the pot, 2 inches of water above the noddles.
Meanwhile, grab your favorite knife and cutting board! You can pick out your favorite veggies and substitute. Dice up the onion, celery, carrot, baby spinach, red and green pepper. In a frying pan on med high heat, add oil, and veggie mix. Fry until spinach is limp like. As that is frying you can grate the cheese and dice up the feta cheese.
Once noodles are done, drain well to get access water out. Give a good shake cause the water gets in the holes of the macaroni and I personally don't like a soggy noddle. =)
Preheat oven 375F.
In a deep dish casserole dish, Add macaroni, then the crab garlic butter mixture. Stir and mix well. Then add feta cheese, Parmesan cheese and 1/2 cup of marble cheese. Stir and mix. Shake spoon =). Add in the bacon bits and stir. Add the veggie mix and stir well. Top with the remaining marble cheese and bake until cheese is melted.
This serves 4-6 people. I sprinkled top with more permesan cheese as I served! You can used as a side dish with chicken or pork and of course fish =)
Recipezaar!
I found this website and well its the only recipe website I go to. Its real people! Its not one chef, its millions and I become apart of that. For Christmas, I'm asking to get full membership! Actually I might ask now! LOL Well the point to this blog entry is I just posted one recipe to see if anyone would try it, if they did and reviewed it, maybe I'll start posting these recipes I post here.
I got my first comment on my Perfect Peanutbutter Cookies!! I'm so corny but when it comes to cooking and baking.. well what can I say. Its my passion and love it. What I love even more... eating it!! I am addicted to my cooking I think!!
I got my first comment on my Perfect Peanutbutter Cookies!! I'm so corny but when it comes to cooking and baking.. well what can I say. Its my passion and love it. What I love even more... eating it!! I am addicted to my cooking I think!!
Spice Cake with Maple Pecan Cream Cheese Icing
Happy Birthday Baby!! I made this freaking huge birthday cake for my boyfriend. Its two 9x13 spice cakes stacked together! I'm crazy I know. I went NUTTY! I was actually throwing the pecans on the sides. Once I get to slice it up, I'll show you the inside! I seriously thought I would never had enough icing to cover the cake plus between the layer. My recipe I'll cut in half to a real size cake LOL.
Spice Cake
2 1/2 cups Flour
1 1/2 cup Sugar
2 tbsp. Baking Powder
1 tsp. Salt
2 tsp. ground Ginger
2 tsp. ground Cinnamon
1/2 tsp. ground Nutmeg
1/2 tsp. ground Allspice
1/4 tsp. ground Cloves
1/2 cup Soften Butter
1 tsp. Vanilla
3 Large Eggs
1/2 cup Oil
1 1/3 cup Water
OR you can buy a Spice cake mix from the store =)
Maple Pecan Cream Cheese Icing
2 pkg. (8-10 oz) Light Cream Cheese
3 cups Powdered Sugar
1/2 cup Real Maple Syrup
1 tsp. Real Vanilla Extracted
1 cup crushed Pecans
Preheat oven 350 F
In a large bowl, combine all the cake ingredients in order. Mix with a hand mixer on high for 2-3 minutes until well mixed. Pour batter in a greased 9x13 baking pan. Bake for 35 minutes or until the center comes clean when you poke with a toothpick or fork.
In a bowl, combine all icing ingredients minus the pecans. Mix with hand mixer until all creamy. Add in pecans and mix up.
Once the cake is cooled, spread icing and if you have any more pecans, sprinkle on top and sides. Enjoy!!
Spice Cake
2 1/2 cups Flour
1 1/2 cup Sugar
2 tbsp. Baking Powder
1 tsp. Salt
2 tsp. ground Ginger
2 tsp. ground Cinnamon
1/2 tsp. ground Nutmeg
1/2 tsp. ground Allspice
1/4 tsp. ground Cloves
1/2 cup Soften Butter
1 tsp. Vanilla
3 Large Eggs
1/2 cup Oil
1 1/3 cup Water
OR you can buy a Spice cake mix from the store =)
Maple Pecan Cream Cheese Icing
2 pkg. (8-10 oz) Light Cream Cheese
3 cups Powdered Sugar
1/2 cup Real Maple Syrup
1 tsp. Real Vanilla Extracted
1 cup crushed Pecans
Preheat oven 350 F
In a large bowl, combine all the cake ingredients in order. Mix with a hand mixer on high for 2-3 minutes until well mixed. Pour batter in a greased 9x13 baking pan. Bake for 35 minutes or until the center comes clean when you poke with a toothpick or fork.
In a bowl, combine all icing ingredients minus the pecans. Mix with hand mixer until all creamy. Add in pecans and mix up.
Once the cake is cooled, spread icing and if you have any more pecans, sprinkle on top and sides. Enjoy!!
Honey Garlic Chicken Spaghetti
This is my supper last night on my favorite plate! I dont like having the same ole boring food all the time. Its why I'm always getting creative! This turned out so good, I wanted seconds!! But instead I was good....and had a chocolate bar later. LOL It was good as leftovers also. I had it for lunch today. Tasty and I'll be for sure making this again!!
2-3 Bone/skinless Chicken Breasts
1 tbsp. Garlic Powder
1 tsp. Onion Powder
Dash of Ground Black Pepper
Hand of Baby Spinach
2 Carrots
2 cups Broccoli
2 Green Onion stalks
1 cup Asparagus
1 tbsp. Butter
2 tsp. Extra Virgin Olive Oil
1/2 cup Feta Cheese (crumbled)
4 tbsp. Parmesan Cheese
1 Jar of Honey Garlic Sauce
1 box Multi grain Spaghetti (whole wheat or regular is ok)
Grab your cutting board and clean off your chicken. Rinse under cold water (I do this cause I really hate the chicken sitting in the package of chicken juices, slimly), cut off access yucky's like fat and grizzle. Slice chicken in to thumb size strips.
In a Wok, on med high heat, add 1 tsp. oil, chicken, garlic and onion powder with the dash of black pepper. Once the chicken is all cooked, add in the jar of honey garlic sauce and cook until sauce has thicken up. Then simmer until you are ready to mix in the noodles and veggies.
Meanwhile as the chicken is cooking, in a large pot, boil and cook up your spaghetti. (10 minutes)
Chop up your baby spinach, carrots, broccoli, asparagus and green onion. In a frying pan on medium heat, add in 1/2 tsp. olive oil, add in veggies and sprinkle some Parmesan cheese and pepper on the veggies. Fry together until baby spinach as wilted about 5 minutes.
Once the spaghetti noddles are done, drain and add Parmesan cheese, feta cheese and butter. mix well. Then place noodles in the wok with honey garlic chicken. Mix up and then add the veggies and mix up well.
Serves 4 people.
Cheeseburger Nacho Fries
Tonight's supper started out as a conversation about how our men make BIG yummy burgers with my friend Keri! I didn't know what to make for supper. I was craving oven crinkle french fries. My absolutely favorite kind of fry. But there was left over burgers from last night that needed to be eatin. I was thinking of a cheeseburger casserole, then thought of nachos style when a co-worker of mine suggested I try a white corn & black bean salsa!!! So here is my latest creation hehe and yes it was so good.
1/2 bag oven baked French Fries
2 thick cooked Burger Patties
1/2 Green Pepper (chopped)
1 Green Onion Stalk (chopped)
1/2 tsp. Worcestershire Sauce
1/4 cup Water
1 tbsp. Taco Seasoning
1/2 tsp. Garlic Powder
1 cup grated Cheddar Cheese
3 tbsp. Sour Cream
3 tbsp. Salsa
Preheat oven 450 F
In casserole dish, bake french fries for 15 minutes or until they are crispy golden brown.
While fries are baking, well I mean you can really deep fry but do you really need that extra greasy fat? hehe Cheese does a great job of it. If you want to deep fry the french fries, I suggest using less cheese, maybe half cup.
Chop up the 2 burger patties and fry in a frying pan on med high heat for 2 minutes to heat up. Add in worcestershire sauce, taco seasoning, garlic powder. Stir and mix up the meat. Add in the water. Stir and mix well. Turn down heat to med low and simmer for 3-5 minutes.
While that is simmering, chop up the green onion and green pepper (or any pepper/onion). Once the fries are done, turn off the stove and add the beef mix on top of the crispy fries, then the cheese. Place back in oven and bake until cheese is melted. Top with sour cream and salsa! I had the white corn & black bean salsa. Serves 2 people!
Perfect Peanutbutter Cookies
1 cup Butter (softened)
1 cup Brown Sugar
2 Large Eggs
1 tbsp. Vanilla
3 cups Peanut butter
1 1/2 cups Flour (sifted)
1/2 tsp. Salt
1/2 tsp. Salt
1/2 tsp Baking Powder
1 tsp Baking Soda
2 cups Pecans (optional)
Preheat oven 400°F
Cream butter and brown sugar until you get a pretty maple colour. Add in the peanut butter..its alot but soo worth it and yum! In a small bowl, whisk up the eggs and vanilla together. Add the egg mix to the peanut butter mix, blend really well. Arm will start to kink a little but keep on going! Once blended set aside.
In another bowl, combine flour, salt, baking powder and soda together. Then add half to the peanut butter mixture and stir, stir like there ain't no tomorrow!! It burns but just think of the work out you are doing once the cookies are made!
Once you have it blended well, add in the other half of the flour. Whatever you do, don't give up!! Keep on blending that peanut butter mixture until its done!
Now grab your baking stone or cookie sheet. Roll dough into 1-2 inch balls and then flatten. I don't use the fork effect. Just my palm of my hand or 3 fingers. Unless of course you like that effect. Bake for 8-10 minutes. You can freeze left over dough if you don't want to bake them all. Makes 60 cookies. Enjoy!
Baked Apple Surprise
This is sooo good! You can make as many as you like but I'll set out with 4.
4 Granny Smith Apples (or pick your favorite)
2 Mars Chocolate Candy Bar
1 cup Brown Sugar
4 tsp. Ground Cinnamon
4 tsp. Butter
Preheat oven 375
Peel and core the apples.
Grab a cutting board and a sharp knife. Unwrapped both Mars bars and place horizontally. Carefully cut the Mars bar in half. Then take one half and cut that horizontally. Same with the other half. I cut like this cause the core is not that wide. or just cut in 6 small bite size pieces but make sure its even numbered so everyone gets fair share.
Stuff one half of the Mars bar in the apple. Then other half until all 4 apples are stuff with the Mar bars. Set aside.
In a bowl, combine the brown sugar and cinnamon
Take 1 tsp butter and rub on one apple. Continue until each apple is covered in butter. A good tip is run your hand under cold water and pat to dry so your hands are not melting better. Roll the apple in the sugar mix. Then repeat until all 4 are done.
Place in a baking dish and bake for 30 minutes or until apples are tendered. Serve with whip cream or vanilla ice cream.
4 Granny Smith Apples (or pick your favorite)
2 Mars Chocolate Candy Bar
1 cup Brown Sugar
4 tsp. Ground Cinnamon
4 tsp. Butter
Preheat oven 375
Peel and core the apples.
Grab a cutting board and a sharp knife. Unwrapped both Mars bars and place horizontally. Carefully cut the Mars bar in half. Then take one half and cut that horizontally. Same with the other half. I cut like this cause the core is not that wide. or just cut in 6 small bite size pieces but make sure its even numbered so everyone gets fair share.
Stuff one half of the Mars bar in the apple. Then other half until all 4 apples are stuff with the Mar bars. Set aside.
In a bowl, combine the brown sugar and cinnamon
Take 1 tsp butter and rub on one apple. Continue until each apple is covered in butter. A good tip is run your hand under cold water and pat to dry so your hands are not melting better. Roll the apple in the sugar mix. Then repeat until all 4 are done.
Place in a baking dish and bake for 30 minutes or until apples are tendered. Serve with whip cream or vanilla ice cream.
Potato Nachos
1 Large baking potato (scrubbed)
1/2 tsp. Taco Seasoning
1/4 tsp. Salt and pepper
1/3 cup Chunky Salsa
1/2 cup Diced Green Onion
3 tbsp. Bacon Bits
1/2 cup Shredded Cheddar Cheese
6 tsp. Sour Cream
Cut the potato in 3/8 inch thick slices, arrange in a single layer on a microwave plate. Sprinkle the potatoes with taco seasoning, salt and pepper. Cover with plastic wrap and prick a few holes in the plastic. Microwave until tender about 6 minutes.
Take out of microwave and spoon the salsa over the potatoes. Sprinkle green onion, bacon bits and cheese. Place back in microwave, uncovered for 1-2 minutes or until cheese is melted. Top with sour cream!
You can do these in the oven too, about 30-40 minutes depending on the potato.
1/2 tsp. Taco Seasoning
1/4 tsp. Salt and pepper
1/3 cup Chunky Salsa
1/2 cup Diced Green Onion
3 tbsp. Bacon Bits
1/2 cup Shredded Cheddar Cheese
6 tsp. Sour Cream
Cut the potato in 3/8 inch thick slices, arrange in a single layer on a microwave plate. Sprinkle the potatoes with taco seasoning, salt and pepper. Cover with plastic wrap and prick a few holes in the plastic. Microwave until tender about 6 minutes.
Take out of microwave and spoon the salsa over the potatoes. Sprinkle green onion, bacon bits and cheese. Place back in microwave, uncovered for 1-2 minutes or until cheese is melted. Top with sour cream!
You can do these in the oven too, about 30-40 minutes depending on the potato.
No Bake Snowballs
1 1/2 cup Sugar
1/2 cup Coco
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup Butter
2 cups Coconut
3 cups Rolled Oats
In a sauce pan, bring to a boil sugar, coco and milk. Add in butter and remove from heat.
Stir in 1 cup coconut and oats. Chill for 30 minutes or cool to touch.
Shape into 1 inch balls and roll in 1 cup coconut and store in freezer.
Its better to eat them from the freezer in my opinion. If you serve them thawed its too soft for my liking =) Try both ways and see what you like!
1/2 cup Coco
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup Butter
2 cups Coconut
3 cups Rolled Oats
In a sauce pan, bring to a boil sugar, coco and milk. Add in butter and remove from heat.
Stir in 1 cup coconut and oats. Chill for 30 minutes or cool to touch.
Shape into 1 inch balls and roll in 1 cup coconut and store in freezer.
Its better to eat them from the freezer in my opinion. If you serve them thawed its too soft for my liking =) Try both ways and see what you like!
Mix N' Match Ice Cream Cake
1 1/2 cup Flour
1 cup Oats
1 cup Pecans
1/2 cup Brown Sugar (Packed)
1 cup melted Butter
1 cup Butterscotch chips
1 1/2 cups Butter scotch sundae Sauce
2 litre Soften Vanilla Ice Cream
Preheat oven 375°F
In a bowl, combine flour, oats, pecans, brown sugar and melted butter. Spread mix on a cookie sheet and bake for 15-20 minutes while flipping the mixture every 5 minutes until its crumbled brown goodness. Place crumbled mixture, minus 1/2 cup in a 9x13 pan.
Spread softened ice cream on the crumbled mix, then the butterscotch chips and the remaining 1/2 cup crumble mix. Pour the sundae sauce over the top and place in freezer until ice cream hardens and serve with a smile!!
1 cup Oats
1 cup Pecans
1/2 cup Brown Sugar (Packed)
1 cup melted Butter
1 cup Butterscotch chips
1 1/2 cups Butter scotch sundae Sauce
2 litre Soften Vanilla Ice Cream
Preheat oven 375°F
In a bowl, combine flour, oats, pecans, brown sugar and melted butter. Spread mix on a cookie sheet and bake for 15-20 minutes while flipping the mixture every 5 minutes until its crumbled brown goodness. Place crumbled mixture, minus 1/2 cup in a 9x13 pan.
Spread softened ice cream on the crumbled mix, then the butterscotch chips and the remaining 1/2 cup crumble mix. Pour the sundae sauce over the top and place in freezer until ice cream hardens and serve with a smile!!
Big Mac Pizza
1/2 lb Ground Beef
1 small onion (diced)
1 tbsp of Seasoning Table Blend (Mrs Dash)
3/4 cup Thousand Island Salad Dressing (fat free is too runny)
1 (12 inch) Pre-baked Pizza Crust
1 cup Shredded Cheddar Cheese
1/2 cup Mozza Cheese
1 tomato (diced)
2 cups Shredded Lettuce
3 Dill Pickles (diced)
In a skillet, fry up the ground beef, seasoning and onion over medium high heat.
Preheat oven 400°F
Spread salad dressing on the pizza crust then sprinkle the ground beef mix and add the cheeses. Bake for 8-10 minutes until cheese is melted.
Allow pizza to cool for 5 minutes and then slice into wedges and top with lettuce, tomato and pickles.
1 small onion (diced)
1 tbsp of Seasoning Table Blend (Mrs Dash)
3/4 cup Thousand Island Salad Dressing (fat free is too runny)
1 (12 inch) Pre-baked Pizza Crust
1 cup Shredded Cheddar Cheese
1/2 cup Mozza Cheese
1 tomato (diced)
2 cups Shredded Lettuce
3 Dill Pickles (diced)
In a skillet, fry up the ground beef, seasoning and onion over medium high heat.
Preheat oven 400°F
Spread salad dressing on the pizza crust then sprinkle the ground beef mix and add the cheeses. Bake for 8-10 minutes until cheese is melted.
Allow pizza to cool for 5 minutes and then slice into wedges and top with lettuce, tomato and pickles.
Donair Meat and Sauce
This is a Nova Scotia favorite at a local pizza place!
2 1/2 lbs Ground Beef
2 tbsp. Worcestershire Sauce
1/2 tsp. Pepper
1/2 tsp. Salt
2 tsp. Oregano
1 tsp. Paprika
1 tsp. Onion Powder
2 tsp. Garlic Powder
1/2 cup Bread Crumbs
Preheat oven 350°F
Mix all ingredients in a bowl. In a loaf pan, pack down the ground beef mixture well. Place pan upside down on a boiler pan or deep casserole dish.
Bake for 30 minutes and remove the loaf pan. Continue to cook for another 30 minutes. Place meat, covered in the fridge for 20 minutes. Then thinly slice meat and when you are ready to eat, fry in frying pan to heat up.
This is served on a pita/flat bread with tomatoes, onions and Donair Sauce.
Donair Sauce
1 can of Evaporated Milk
1/2 cup Sugar
1 tsp. Garlic Powder
1/2 cup Vinegar
In medium bowl, Mix milk, sugar and garlic powder well together then add in the vinegar. Stir one way and then other (only stir once each) and let stand in fridge overnight.
2 tbsp. Worcestershire Sauce
1/2 tsp. Pepper
1/2 tsp. Salt
2 tsp. Oregano
1 tsp. Paprika
1 tsp. Onion Powder
2 tsp. Garlic Powder
1/2 cup Bread Crumbs
Preheat oven 350°F
Mix all ingredients in a bowl. In a loaf pan, pack down the ground beef mixture well. Place pan upside down on a boiler pan or deep casserole dish.
Bake for 30 minutes and remove the loaf pan. Continue to cook for another 30 minutes. Place meat, covered in the fridge for 20 minutes. Then thinly slice meat and when you are ready to eat, fry in frying pan to heat up.
This is served on a pita/flat bread with tomatoes, onions and Donair Sauce.
Donair Sauce
1 can of Evaporated Milk
1/2 cup Sugar
1 tsp. Garlic Powder
1/2 cup Vinegar
In medium bowl, Mix milk, sugar and garlic powder well together then add in the vinegar. Stir one way and then other (only stir once each) and let stand in fridge overnight.
Feta Pasta Salad
3 cups cooked Penne Pasta (or your favorite)
1/2 Green and Red Pepper
1/4 cup Red Onion
1/2 Green and Red Pepper
1/4 cup Red Onion
1/2 cup Carrots
2 tbsp. Sundried Tomatoes (diced)
3/4 cup Feta Cheese (crumbled)
1/4 cup Parmesan Cheese
2 Large Eggs (hard boiled)
3 tbsp. Bacon bits
1/4 cup fat free mayo
1/4 cup Paul Newman's Roasted Garlic Parmesan Salad Dressing (or your favorite oil based dressing)
On high heat, in a large pot of water, cook the pasta. You can add the eggs in the pasta or in a separate pot boil for 7 minutes. Once eggs are done, place in a small bowl and place in freezer to cool down. Meanwhile chop up the green/red pepper and onion.
Once pasta is cooked (within 10 minutes), strain and rinse under cold water to stop the cooking time and to cool the pasta down. Take the egg out of the freezer and chop up.
In a large bowl, add pasta and the salad dressing, mix together so the noodles don't stick together. Add in the mayo, hard boil eggs, green/red peppers, red onion, carrots, sundried tomatoes, feta cheese, parmesan cheese and bacon bits. Mix up well and place in fridge for an hour or until cold.
3/4 cup Feta Cheese (crumbled)
1/4 cup Parmesan Cheese
2 Large Eggs (hard boiled)
3 tbsp. Bacon bits
1/4 cup fat free mayo
1/4 cup Paul Newman's Roasted Garlic Parmesan Salad Dressing (or your favorite oil based dressing)
On high heat, in a large pot of water, cook the pasta. You can add the eggs in the pasta or in a separate pot boil for 7 minutes. Once eggs are done, place in a small bowl and place in freezer to cool down. Meanwhile chop up the green/red pepper and onion.
Once pasta is cooked (within 10 minutes), strain and rinse under cold water to stop the cooking time and to cool the pasta down. Take the egg out of the freezer and chop up.
In a large bowl, add pasta and the salad dressing, mix together so the noodles don't stick together. Add in the mayo, hard boil eggs, green/red peppers, red onion, carrots, sundried tomatoes, feta cheese, parmesan cheese and bacon bits. Mix up well and place in fridge for an hour or until cold.
Mini Pecan Tarts
1/2 cup Butter or Margerine
1 cup Brown Sugar (loose)
1/2 cup Corn Syrup
2-3 cups Pecans
2 Large Eggs
Dash of salt
1 pkg (18) Frozen mini pastry tart shells
Preheat oven 375°F
In a sauce pan on medium heat, add in the butter. Once the butter starts to bubble add in the brown sugar and corn syrup. Mix until well blended or dissolved. Add in the pecans, mix well and turn off stove and set aside.
In a bowl, whisk the eggs and dash of salt. Then add the egg mixture to the pecan filling but make sure the filling is not to hot otherwise the egg will cook and you have egg chunks in the filling.
On a cookie sheet or stone baking pan, (I prefer to add tin foil to the bottom because the tarts bubbles over and its a killer to clean) lay out the shells. I'm not a pastry chef so until I can make my own pastry, Tenderflake(brand of pastry) is my best pastry friend).
Spoon the pecan filling in the shells. Bake for 30 minutes or until the sides are golden brown.
You are going to have left over filling, it really makes 27 tarts. Freeze and use filling at another time.
1 cup Brown Sugar (loose)
1/2 cup Corn Syrup
2-3 cups Pecans
2 Large Eggs
Dash of salt
1 pkg (18) Frozen mini pastry tart shells
Preheat oven 375°F
In a sauce pan on medium heat, add in the butter. Once the butter starts to bubble add in the brown sugar and corn syrup. Mix until well blended or dissolved. Add in the pecans, mix well and turn off stove and set aside.
In a bowl, whisk the eggs and dash of salt. Then add the egg mixture to the pecan filling but make sure the filling is not to hot otherwise the egg will cook and you have egg chunks in the filling.
On a cookie sheet or stone baking pan, (I prefer to add tin foil to the bottom because the tarts bubbles over and its a killer to clean) lay out the shells. I'm not a pastry chef so until I can make my own pastry, Tenderflake(brand of pastry) is my best pastry friend).
Spoon the pecan filling in the shells. Bake for 30 minutes or until the sides are golden brown.
You are going to have left over filling, it really makes 27 tarts. Freeze and use filling at another time.
Honey Garlic Stuffed Meatballs
1lb ground beef (or chicken, pork, turkey)
1/2 Green Pepper (diced)
1/2 Red Pepper (diced)
1 small Red Onion (diced)
1/2 Green Pepper (diced)
1/2 Red Pepper (diced)
1 small Red Onion (diced)
3/4 cup Baby Spinach
3 tbsp. Bacon Bits
2 tbsp. Garlic Powder
1 tbsp. Italian Seasoning (thyme, rosemary, sage, oregano, sweet basil)
2 tbsp. Worcestershire Sauce
3/4 cup Feta Cheese (crumbled)
1 jar of Honey Garlic sauce
Preheat oven 375°F
In a large bowl, Mix all the ingredients well together except for the honey garlic sauce. Form into balls about 1-2 inches in size, depends on the size ball you like to eat.
Place in casserole dish and bake for 30 minutes or more depend on size of ball. Once the meatballs are cooked, in a large frying pan or even a pot, pour the honey garlic sauce in. On high let the sauce cook until it bubbles (about 2-3 minutes) then put the meat balls in the sauce and mix them up.
Or you can pour the jar of honey garlic sauce over the meatballs 20 minutes in and bake for 10 minutes to thicken the sauce. Makes about 15-25 meatballs.
3 tbsp. Bacon Bits
2 tbsp. Garlic Powder
1 tbsp. Italian Seasoning (thyme, rosemary, sage, oregano, sweet basil)
2 tbsp. Worcestershire Sauce
3/4 cup Feta Cheese (crumbled)
1 jar of Honey Garlic sauce
Preheat oven 375°F
In a large bowl, Mix all the ingredients well together except for the honey garlic sauce. Form into balls about 1-2 inches in size, depends on the size ball you like to eat.
Place in casserole dish and bake for 30 minutes or more depend on size of ball. Once the meatballs are cooked, in a large frying pan or even a pot, pour the honey garlic sauce in. On high let the sauce cook until it bubbles (about 2-3 minutes) then put the meat balls in the sauce and mix them up.
Or you can pour the jar of honey garlic sauce over the meatballs 20 minutes in and bake for 10 minutes to thicken the sauce. Makes about 15-25 meatballs.
Stuffed Chicken Breasts
I love this chicken, its heavenly!!!!
1/2 Green Pepper (diced)
1/2 Red Pepper (diced)
1 small Red Onion (diced)
5 Baby Carrots (diced)
3 tbsp. Bacon Bits
1 tbsp. Garlic Powder
1 tbsp. Italian Seasoning (thyme, rosemary, sage, oregano, sweet basil)
1 tsp. Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Dash of black pepper
Hand full of Baby Spinach (diced)
5 bone/skinless Chicken Breasts
5 tbsp. Feta Cheese (crumbled)
1 can of fat free Cream of Chicken soup
Preheat oven 375°F
In a small frying pan on medium heat, add olive oil then the bell peppers, onions, carrots, garlic powder, Italian seasoning and dash of pepper. Fry for 5 minutes then add in the baby spinach.
Fry until the baby spinach is limp then add in the bacon bits. You want to add the bacon bits last so the bacon flavour don't get lost in the garlic. Turn off stove and set aside.
To prepare for chicken breasts, I cut off the access fat and rinsed chicken under cold water. Then lay chicken breast down on cutting board with the chunky side north and the tip south. I cut a slit (about half way in) like a half moon shape with a sharp knife. Then I folded back to make a pocket.
Spoon in the veggie mixture in each chicken breast pocket then place in a deep casserole dish. Sprinkle top of chicken with your favorite seasoning blend like Mrs. Dash table blend. You might have left over veggie mix, I suggest adding in mash potatoes or top some baked potatoes.
Bake for 35 minutes and then take out of oven. I usually take the chicken breasts out of the casserole dish. Take a tablespoon of feta cheese and place in the chicken pocket. Don't be afraid to stuff it in. Open the can cream of chicken soup and place in the casserole dish. Mix together with the chicken juices and you have a instant gravy.
Place chicken back in casserole dish and feel your mouth water as the soup oozes up the chicken. Then cook for 25mins and you have mm good chicken.
1/2 Green Pepper (diced)
1/2 Red Pepper (diced)
1 small Red Onion (diced)
5 Baby Carrots (diced)
3 tbsp. Bacon Bits
1 tbsp. Garlic Powder
1 tbsp. Italian Seasoning (thyme, rosemary, sage, oregano, sweet basil)
1 tsp. Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Dash of black pepper
Hand full of Baby Spinach (diced)
5 bone/skinless Chicken Breasts
5 tbsp. Feta Cheese (crumbled)
1 can of fat free Cream of Chicken soup
Preheat oven 375°F
In a small frying pan on medium heat, add olive oil then the bell peppers, onions, carrots, garlic powder, Italian seasoning and dash of pepper. Fry for 5 minutes then add in the baby spinach.
Fry until the baby spinach is limp then add in the bacon bits. You want to add the bacon bits last so the bacon flavour don't get lost in the garlic. Turn off stove and set aside.
To prepare for chicken breasts, I cut off the access fat and rinsed chicken under cold water. Then lay chicken breast down on cutting board with the chunky side north and the tip south. I cut a slit (about half way in) like a half moon shape with a sharp knife. Then I folded back to make a pocket.
Spoon in the veggie mixture in each chicken breast pocket then place in a deep casserole dish. Sprinkle top of chicken with your favorite seasoning blend like Mrs. Dash table blend. You might have left over veggie mix, I suggest adding in mash potatoes or top some baked potatoes.
Bake for 35 minutes and then take out of oven. I usually take the chicken breasts out of the casserole dish. Take a tablespoon of feta cheese and place in the chicken pocket. Don't be afraid to stuff it in. Open the can cream of chicken soup and place in the casserole dish. Mix together with the chicken juices and you have a instant gravy.
Place chicken back in casserole dish and feel your mouth water as the soup oozes up the chicken. Then cook for 25mins and you have mm good chicken.
