From Scratch...

Sourdough Bread

2011-07-02T09:02:00.001-03:00

Strawberry Creme Chocolate Cake

2011-06-15T20:44:00.000-03:00

50th Wedding Anniversary Cake

2010-11-28T08:31:00.002-04:00

Buttercream Roses

2010-11-28T08:28:00.002-04:00

These have Cookies n Cream Hershey Kisses inside the roses!! This was my first time making buttercream roses!

Salmon Shrimp Cakes

2010-11-28T08:26:00.001-04:00

Chocolate Mousse Cupcakes

2010-11-01T00:47:00.001-03:00

Best Carrot Cake Ever

2010-11-01T00:46:00.000-03:00

Brownie Stacks

2010-11-01T00:44:00.000-03:00

Shortbread Chocolate Stackers

2010-11-01T00:42:00.000-03:00

Garlic EVOO Cheddar Rolls

2010-11-01T00:40:00.000-03:00

Vanilla White Cake

2010-11-01T00:39:00.000-03:00

Haddock Fish Cakes

2010-11-01T00:37:00.000-03:00

Autumn Peanutty Carrot Cake

2010-11-01T00:36:00.003-03:00

Raspberry Lemon Cake

2010-11-01T00:36:00.001-03:00

Old-Fashioned Chocolate Layer Cake

2010-11-01T00:34:00.000-03:00

Clone of a Cinnabon

2010-10-12T12:43:00.000-03:00

Fall Wedding Cake

2010-10-04T11:50:00.002-03:00

Pumpkin Puree

2010-10-04T01:59:00.005-03:00

1 fresh Pumpkin

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

Cut the pumpkin in half and clean out the seeds and stringy stuff. Cover a baking sheet with tin foil. Brush a little melted butter on the cut edges of the pumpkin. Place the sides cut side down on the cookie sheet. Cook for around an hour or until the pumpkin is soft. Cool. Remove the pumpkin skin. Cut into pieces and blend in a food processor until the mixture is smooth!

Apple Tarts

2010-10-04T01:58:00.000-03:00

Pumpkin Tarts

2010-10-04T01:56:00.001-03:00

Lavish Chocolate Cake

2010-09-26T19:42:00.002-03:00

The next day!

Rush to put together cause someone was hungry!! =)

Poached Stuffed Chicken

2010-09-16T22:36:00.002-03:00

Food Saver

Food Saver bags

6 Chicken Breasts

Spinach

Onion

Shallots

Garlic Cloves

Cottage Cheese

Olive Oil

Sea Salt

Cracked Pepper

Snowballs into Squares

2010-09-06T15:37:00.002-03:00

See snowballs recipe!

Melt chocolate chips and butter in microwave. Spread on top, sprinkle with coconut!

Lemon Coconut Squares

2010-09-06T15:34:00.001-03:00

Flour

Sugar

Butter

Eggs

Lemon Juice

Coconut

Vanilla

Salt

Baking Powder

Waffer Squares

2010-09-06T15:32:00.001-03:00

Vanilla Wafers

Oatmeal

Coconut

Milk

Butter

Sugar

Vanilla

Five Star Slice

2010-09-06T15:30:00.001-03:00

Raisins

Chocolate Chips

Almonds

Sweetened Condensed Milk

Coconut

Peanut Butter Logs

2010-09-06T15:28:00.001-03:00

Vanilla Rice Crispies

Peanut Butter

Icing Sugar

Chocolate

Butter

Sweet Tooth Bites

2010-08-25T19:12:00.002-03:00

Sinfully Simple yet udderly rich no bake squares! You only need one but you'll want to go back for more! Have a couple with a glass of milk.

1 can Sweetened Condense Milk

4 cups fine unsweetened Coconut

1 cup Graham Cracker Crumbs

2 cups Powdered Sugar

food colouring

1 bag Dark Chocolate Chips

2 tbsp Butter

Sweet & Salty Brownies

2010-08-19T08:34:00.005-03:00

Sea Salt Caramel

1/2 cup heavy cream
1 tsp sea salt
1 cup sugar
2 tbs light corn syrup
1 tsp Vanilla
1/4 cup sour cream

In a small saucepan, combine the cream and the salt. Simmer over very low heat until the salt is dissolved. set aside.

In a medium saucepan combine the sugar and corn syrup carefully. They will not combine well until the sugar begins to melt.

Cook over high heat until an instant-read thermometer reads 350 degrees, 6 to 8 minutes. Without a thermometer, just pull the sugar off the heat when it is a medium goldish brown – it will continue to cook in the heat of the pan. Better to pull it too early than too late. Remove from the heat and let cool for one minute.

Add the cream mixture and the vanilla to the sugar mixture. Whisk in the sour cream. Let the caramel cool to room temp, then follow the brownie instructions. Transfer to an airtight container and refrigerate any leftover caramel. it makes a great ice cream topping or tastes great straight out of the jar.

Get a brownie recipe!

To build the brownies, pour a little over half of the brownie batter and bake. Remove from oven and pour in the caramel. On top of the caramel, add the rest of your brownie batter. If it doesn’t pour smoothly, just plop it in a swirl it around a little bit. Return to oven and bake. Brownies will still appear a little shaky, due to the caramel, but they will firm up once cooled. Do not overbake.

Mini Strawberry Apple Pie

2010-08-16T23:56:00.002-03:00

3 green apples

2 cups strawberries

1/4 cup brown sugar

1 tsp cinnamon

dash of nutmeg and all spice

1 tsp corn starch

2 cups flour

1/2 pkg crisco golden

1 tsp salt

Mix, Fill and Bake!

Chicken with Coconut Basil Milk

2010-08-16T23:54:00.002-03:00

it is easy!

saute onion and minced garlic in evoo. add in chicken, basil, parsley, green onion, then add coconut milk, simmer and bake!!

Three Berry Pie/Filling

2010-07-23T07:34:00.004-03:00

Combine with knife

Flour

Salt

Shortening

Add and mix with fork

Cold water

Chill and roll out

Combine on stove top

Blueberries

Cherries

Strawberries

Add and mix

Brown Sugar

Corn Starch

Pour and Bake 350 for 30-40 minutes

Blueberry Cobbler

2010-07-10T22:26:00.003-03:00

1 1/4 cups Flour
1/2 cup Sugar
1/4 teaspoon Salt
1 1/2 teaspoons Baking Powder
3/4 cup Milk
1/3 cup Butter, melted
2 cups Blueberries
1/3 cup Sugar
1 teaspoon Vanilla
1. 1
  Add flour, 1/2 cup sugar, salt, and baking powder to a mixing bowl; stir to combine.
2. 2
  Add in milk and butter; stir to combine.
3. 3
  Spread batter into a greased 8-inch square baking pan.
4. 4
  Sprinkle blueberries evenly over batter.
5. 5
  Sprinkle with 1/3 cup sugar and drizzle with vanilla.
6. 6
  Bake at 350° for 40-45 minutes or until a pick comes out clean.
7. 7
  Can serve plain or with ice cream on top.

Pork Bruschetta Spaghetti

2010-07-10T19:09:00.003-03:00

Whole Wheat Spaghetti

Ground Pork

Herbs

Tomatoes

Bok Choy

Feta Cheese

Olive Oil

Aparagus

Green Onion

Fresh Basil

Zucchini

Parmesan Cheese

My Little Herb Garden!

2010-07-04T20:33:00.001-03:00

This is my herb garden that me and my mother planted yesterday!! Cooking just became full of flavor!!

Spice Cake with Peanut Butter Icing

2010-07-04T20:31:00.004-03:00

Spice Cake

Cream Cheese

Icing Sugar

Reese's Peanut Butter Chips (melted)

Butter

Vanilla

Milk

Strawberry Chocolate Pudding Cake

2010-07-04T20:26:00.002-03:00

Chocolate Cake

Chocolate Pudding 2x (1 in the cake mix and 1 for center/in between layer)

Whipped Cream (plain no vanilla or sugar you dont need it)

Sliced Almonds

Fresh Strawberries

Zucchini Buttersquash Chicken soup

2010-07-04T20:21:00.003-03:00

Zucchini

Buttersquash

Chicken

Chicken Broth

Water

Carrots

Celery

Onion

Green Pepper

Tortilla Wedges

2010-07-04T20:16:00.004-03:00

Tortilla Wraps

Garlic Butter

Parmesan Cheese

Bake!

I jazzed it up with broccoli, yellow pepper, bacon bits and Mozza cheese. I'm going to try pizza like this!! These wedges are great for dips!

Sweet Chili Thai Salmon

2010-07-04T20:11:00.004-03:00

Salmon

Water

Rice Vinegar

Sugar

Fresh Ginger root

Garlic (minced)

Hot chile pepper (minced)

Ketchup

Cornstarch

Cheesy Baked Spinach Dip

2010-07-04T20:06:00.003-03:00

Spanish

Mayo

Sour Cream

Cream Cheese

Epicure Lemon Dill

Epicure 3 Onion

Bacon Bits

Havarti Vegetable Cheese

Mozza Cheese

Chocolate Caramel Graham Squares

2010-04-12T23:18:00.003-03:00

sweetened condensed milk

graham cracker crumbs

butter

coconut

chocolate chips

caramel

toffee bits

Sunkin Ship Brownies

2010-04-12T23:14:00.002-03:00

coco powder

eggs

butter

flour

salt

brown sugar

baking soda

walnuts

pecans

hazelnuts

chocolate chips

peanut butter chips

Chocolate Buttercream Mini Muffins

2010-04-12T23:10:00.002-03:00

coco powder

cake flour

eggs

sugar

baking powder

salt

cream cheese

walnuts

coconut

icing sugar

butter

milk

vanilla

Raspblueberry Tarts

2010-04-08T00:06:00.003-03:00

Raspberry Pie Filling

Blueberries

White Chocolate

Pastry Shells

Turtle Tarts

2010-04-08T00:04:00.002-03:00

Butter

Brown Sugar

Corn Syrup

Sweetened Condensed Milk

Vanilla

Pecans

Pastry Shells

Coconut Lemon Tarts

2010-04-08T00:01:00.002-03:00

Coconut

Lemon Juice

Flour

Baking Powder

Salt

Sugar

Eggs

Pastry Shells

Feta Mini Stuffed Meatloaf

2010-03-19T22:26:00.002-03:00

Ground Pork

Feta Cheese

Red Onion

Asparagus

Celery

Baby Spinach

Flex Seed (ground)

Worcestershire Sauce

Sea Salt

Pepper

Spices

Garlic

BBQ Sauce

Strawberry Shortcake

2010-03-19T22:24:00.002-03:00

Whipping Cream

Strawberries

Angel Foodcake

Marshmallow Fondant

2010-03-04T17:06:00.007-04:00

I joined this The Femme Fondants on Facebook and soon as I saw they were doing classes I knew I wanted to try it out. They were doing Mad Hatter Cake class and I wanted to join it but they were not taking beginners.

So when they posted the Whimsy cake for beginners I was over joyed. I'm going to learn how to make it!! So excited!!

I didnt want to feel like noob when I go, so I googled fondant. Made my own fondant and added food colouring to make the different colours. I have NO design concept at all but I can look at something and make it. I'm a copycat! LOL

To make fondant you need the following: 2 bags of mini marshmallows, 3 tbsp water, 1kg powdered sugar and shortening for your counter and hands. Nuke the marshmallows and water for 1 min 30 sec. Take out and stir until all melted/blended smooth. Cover hands and counter top with shortening, spread sugar on top. Then pour the marshmallows on the sugar and knead it(like dough) until its firm and not sticky. Wrap in saran wrap and store in a zip lock bag with barely any air in it. Might want to chill the fondant for 30 minutes before working with it.

After you decorate your cake dont put in the fridge as it will sweat and run. The fondant acts like a insulation. Use real buttercream icing to cover your cake.

This is me kneading the fondant!

edit: I changed the cake pictures to this one, much better looking than the last LOL

Little mini birthday cake I made for my mother!

Top View

Cinnamon Rolls

2010-02-19T23:59:00.005-04:00

Milk

Flour

Sugar

Oil

Yeast

Butter

Brown Sugar

Cinnamon

Powdered Sugar

Cream Cheese

Vanilla

Mangerine Pasta Veggie Salad

2010-02-08T17:36:00.003-04:00

Whole Wheat Pasta
Broccoli
Asparagus
Carrots
Red Onion
Egg
Bacon Bits
Parmensan Cheese
EV Olive Oil
Garlic (minced)
Mangerines

Pineapple Squares

2010-02-03T23:44:00.002-04:00

flour
butter
sugar
crushed pineapple
whipping cream
coconut
icing sugar
pineapple juice

Coconut Lemon Squares

2010-02-03T23:40:00.003-04:00

flour

sugar

butter

coconut

eggs

lemon juice

baking powder

salt

Cheddar-Garlic Oven Fried Chicken Breast

2010-01-10T21:03:00.004-04:00

Chicken Breasts
Butter
Minced Garlic
Garlic Powder
Onion Powder
Sea Salt
Bread Crumbs
Finely Grated Cheddar Cheese
Mozza Cheese
Ground Pepper

Caramel Fudge Cheesecake

2009-12-28T19:03:00.003-04:00

graham cracker crumbs
honey
melted butter
cream cheese
eggs
vanilla
sugar
dark chocolate fudge
caramel
walnuts
ground almonds

Stuffed Chicken Corden Blue

2009-12-17T14:08:00.003-04:00

chicken breast

ham

mozza cheese

green pepper

red onion

baby spinach

feta cheese

sea salt

ground pepper

bacon bits

olive oil

Almond Fudge Truffles

2009-12-17T14:04:00.004-04:00

sweet condensed milk
milk chocolate chips
dark chocolate fudge
whole almond
crushed almond

Chili Lasagna

2009-12-17T14:02:00.004-04:00

Recipe to follow later!

Perfect Pie Crust!

2009-10-11T20:11:00.005-03:00

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!!

Lemon Meringue Pie

Apple Pie

Pumpkin Pie

Apple Strawberry Rhubarb Pie

Apple Pear Pie

Perfect Flakey Pie Crust

Golden Crisco Shortening

Flour

Salt

Ice Cold Water

Chicken Caesar Mustard on Spinach

2009-08-06T19:41:00.004-03:00

Chicken Breasts
Broccoli
Green Pepper
Zucchini
Asparagus
Mushrooms
Fresh Baby Spinach
Garlic Powder
Onion Powder
Vegetable Seasoning
50% light Caesar Dressing
Mustard

Spinach Devil Caesar Egg Salad

2009-07-31T13:23:00.003-03:00

This was soo good. I had the version without the cheese and bacon lol

Fresh Baby Spinach
Hard Boiled Eggs Caesar Salad Dressing
Bacon Bits
Parmesan Cheese
Shallot
Celery StalkSea Salt
Vegetable seasoning

Magic Banana Squares

2009-07-30T13:24:00.006-03:00

The bananas needed to be baked so I made this with what I had in my cupboard lol

Bananas (overripe)
Butter
Eggs
Sugar
Maxwell House Cappuccino (Hazelnut)
Oatmeal
whole wheat Flour
Baking Powder
Baking Soda
Salt
Coconut
Milk Chocolate Chips

Red Cabbage Chicken with Cauliflower Turnip Puree

2009-07-29T19:54:00.004-03:00

Supper tonight!

Cauliflower
Turnip
Garlic Cloves
Red Cabbage
Asparagus
Green Pepper
Mushroom
Baby Spinach
Chicken Breasts
Sea Salt & Pepper
Olive Oil
Garlic Powder

Chicken Caesar Burger with salad

2009-07-25T20:56:00.008-03:00

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.

Chicken Breasts
Garlic Powder
Poultry Seasoning
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

2009-07-25T17:52:00.004-03:00

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

2009-07-17T18:41:00.005-03:00

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

2009-07-14T22:55:00.005-03:00

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

2009-07-09T19:44:00.005-03:00

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

2009-06-24T20:25:00.005-03:00

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

2009-06-14T19:30:00.006-03:00

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

2009-06-08T17:13:00.004-03:00

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

2009-05-21T22:27:00.002-03:00

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

2009-05-20T19:56:00.004-03:00

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

2009-05-13T23:20:00.006-03:00

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!

2009-05-11T00:07:00.004-03:00

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

2009-05-10T19:09:00.004-03:00

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

2009-05-08T20:02:00.003-03:00

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

2009-04-28T00:03:00.004-03:00

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

2009-04-20T21:58:00.007-03:00

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

2009-04-18T01:23:00.005-03:00

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

2009-04-17T13:26:00.003-03:00

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

2009-04-15T19:50:00.005-03:00

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

2009-04-15T19:37:00.005-03:00

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

2009-04-15T19:13:00.007-03:00

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

2009-04-15T18:44:00.005-03:00

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

2009-03-29T20:08:00.005-03:00

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

2009-03-29T19:49:00.005-03:00

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

2009-03-22T10:47:00.006-03:00

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.

Peanutbutter Hugs Cookies

2009-03-19T17:27:00.005-03:00

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

2009-03-17T16:10:00.007-03:00

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!

2009-03-11T12:12:00.005-03:00

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

Pork Soup with Rice

2009-03-11T11:27:00.003-03:00

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

2009-03-09T22:37:00.006-03:00

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

2009-03-09T22:30:00.004-03:00

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

2009-03-02T14:40:00.004-04:00

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.

2009-02-27T00:50:00.007-04:00

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

2009-02-27T00:32:00.005-04:00

/bump

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

2009-02-18T12:35:00.006-04:00

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

2009-02-16T08:31:00.004-04:00

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.