GODIVA CHOCOLATE Cocktails…..Mother’s Day is this Weekend!

May 10, 2012 by 4 Comments

Godiva Chocolate and Spirits- a match made in Heaven! Don’t forget to pick up a bottle of Godiva Spirits while shopping for Mother’s Day Brunch this weekend.
This one is amazing, it’s called Parisian Breakfast-

Parisian Breakfast
Created by Los Angeles Mixologist Kylee Van Dillen

Ingredients:
1 1/2 ounce Godiva Chocolate Raspberry Vodka
3/4 ounce Lillet Blanc
3/4 fresh lemon juice
1/2 ounce egg whites
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Hot Roast Beef Melt

May 10, 2012 by 6 Comments
With Mother’s Day this weekend I wanted to come up with something really great for you ladies. It wasn’t easy though. It was a toss up on something sweet or a special dinner which got me thinking – I always end up cooking one way or another on that day, so what’s a Mom to do on her own special day? Cook something that requires very little work , that’s what! I came up with a two version meal, you can either serve hot with sides as a full rounded meal or cut the trimmings and make it a fun lunch which is what I did. Wanted fun, melt in your mouth taste that didn’t require much of my time. Here is what I came up with-

A Hot Roast Beef Melt, which was made from a pot roast dinner.

It’s a party in your mouth kind of sandwich !
Slow Cooker Beef Pot Roast

Ingredients
1 cup of sliced mushrooms
1 cup of chopped bell peppers , either green or red even both if your feeling up to it!
6 tablespoons ketchup
1/4 cup water
1 -2 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
1/2 teaspoons black pepper
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 pounds boneless shoulder pot roast
Directions-
Coat a slow cooker (about 4 quart size) with cooking spray. Place your mushroom and bell peppers in a coated slow cooker. Combine the ketchup, water, Worcestershire , pepper and salt in a small bowl and mix to combine. Using a medium sized skillet heat about a tablespoon oil and you’ll want to brown each side of the pot roast. Once it’s [Read more…]
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Easy Beef Enchilada Recipe

May 2, 2012 by 8 Comments
With Cinco de Mayo this weekend you’ll want to make this easy Beef Enchilada dish. This recipe may look like it takes up a bunch of time, but it really doesn’t. Once you make your sauce and cook the beef it goes fast. My kids think the sauce is just a little spicy but after they dump more cheese on it they have no complaints. You can easily substitute canned sauce or your own favorite sauce if you’d like. You can cook this with shredded pork, chicken even turkey if you’d like as well.
Beef Enchiladas
Ingredients
1lb ground beef
1/2 cups chopped onion
1/4 teaspoon pepper
Enchilada Sauce- recipe below
8-12 corn tortillas (6-7 inch)
A cup of sliced Black olives for topping
2-3 cups shredded cheddar cheese
Sour cream for serving – optional

Directions
*Cook your sauce first
Spray 9×13 baking dish with cooking spray
Preheat the oven to 350F. In a large skillet cook onion and brown beef over medium heat until beef is no longer pink. Pour off grease and season with pepper. Stir in about 1/2 of the enchilada Sauce and turn off heat. Pour A little sauce in your prepared pan just so it coats the bottom of the pan. Dip tortillas one at a time into the sauce to coat both sides. Lay it in the bottom of pan and [Read more…]
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Tender Mustard Greens Recipe

April 25, 2012 by 9 Comments
This is my favorite way to cook pretty much any leafy green, whether they are quick or long cooking greens. I use kale, mustard greens or collard greens mostly , all of which work really well with this dish. This recipe does require some time, an hour and twenty minutes all together but it’s worth the wonderful taste. My family really enjoys this and with a non stop growing supply of greens in my garden we have it often. If you use collard greens, use young ones so they won’t require more cooking time. Kale and mustard greens are more tender to begin with so they don’t require as much cooking time as a full collard leaf.
Tender Mustard Greens
Ingredients

1/2 cup chopped up leftover ham or cooked bacon
1 cup chopped onion
3-4 garlic gloves chopped
3-4 cups chicken broth
2 1/2 lbs Mustard Greens with tough stems removed and shredded. You can use either kale or collards in place, only young collards though. if not your cooking time with lengthen until they are tender.
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon pepper
**How to cut up greens– Take the freshly washed green leaf and lay it down. Layer about four others other top. Chop off the end stems then starting at the side of all the leaves take hold and start rolling up. You’ll create a leaf log and are ready to cut them into shreds, much like a paper shredder cuts up paper. Repeat with about 4-5 leaves at a time until you [Read more…]
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Easy Casserole Recipe

April 18, 2012 by 13 Comments

This casserole is ultra easy! I mean it, I have no idea how anyone would mess this up. I’ve changed it up and added broccoli or peas, even chopped up celery with the onions. You can add sour cream if you want, you can even mix up the soups. Don’t have beef on hand? Not a problem, use either turkey or chicken. It’s the go to casserole for leftovers and a no fuss what so ever kinda recipe you don’t want to lose. My kids like this no matter how I make it, and that’s a winner right there.

Ingredients

1 tablespoon oil

1 onion chopped

1lb ground beef

1 package of wide egg noodles (16 ounces)

1 cup or one can of mushrooms (rinsed and drained)

1 can of condensed cream of mushroom soup (or any other condensed soup you have on hand)
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Dill Pickle Tartar Sauce Recipe

April 11, 2012 by 6 Comments

We love fish in our house and we try to have it once a week. There’s never left overs, and rarely do I get seconds. My kids eat it so fast I’d be lucky to finish my own plate before they are already asking for more.

An easy way to change up fish in our house is trying different sauces to go along with it. It’s easy to make Tartar sauce, and really all you do is add things in there till it’s to your liking. The basic tartar sauce is mayo, mustard and some sort of juice, whether it be lime or lemon, even pickle juice. Your seasoning is hot sauce or pepper or capers. All you would do is mix it up gently and chill it before you serve. Pretty easy to dress up some fish and each time you make it you can spice it up to what you want that day. This is one of my kid’s favorites.

Dill [Read more…]

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Pear Upside Down Cake Recipe

April 4, 2012 by 10 Comments

I love making this cake, it’s easy and my kids always enjoy it no matter which fruit I choose to make it with. Whether it be pineapples, apples, apricots even or pears, this cake is sure to please! There’s never been left overs so don’t ask if it keeps well, we’re lucky it lasts fifteen minutes after it’s pulled from the oven. This is the basic recipe for Pineapple Upside Down cake, so if you want the pineapples, just sub the pears and add maraschino cherries along with pineapples slices. Just don’t count on having leftovers!

Pear Upside Down Cake


Ingredients
2 tablespoons butter

1/3 cup packed brown sugar

2 ripe pears, sliced

1 1/3 cups flour

2/3 cups sugar

2 teaspoons baking powder

2/3 cup milk

1/4 cup butter, softened

1 egg

1 teaspoon vanilla

Directions

Preheat oven to 350F

In a round cake pan (9 in) or even a 8×8 square pan melt the 2 tablespoons butter. Simply place it in the preheated oven at 350 and wait till the butter melts. Take the pan out and stir in the 1/3 cup brown sugar along with a tablespoon [Read more…]

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Spinach Quiche Recipe

March 28, 2012 by 16 Comments

This is a very versatile recipe. You can add pretty much any vegetable you want and it will come out great. My favorite thing to do is use up left over vegetables, this way I’m not wasting any food but we’re also not eating the same old thing. I cook this in a cast iron skillet but you can transfer the mixture into a pie pan or even a baking dish.

Spinach Quiche
Ingredients

2 teaspoons olive oil
1 cup spinach
1/2 cup sliced fresh mushrooms
1/4 cup chopped onion
6 egg whites
3 eggs
2 tablespoons snipped fresh basil
1/3 cup shredded cheese of choice
Salt and pepper to taste

Directions

Preheat oven to 350F.

*if using a pie pan or baking dish grease it

In a skillet heat the oil. Add onions and cook till just see through. Add mushrooms and spinach. Cook till spinach is wilted, it should only be five minutes tops if that at [Read more…]

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