Personal Finance News & Advice. The onset of colder weather can prompt a number of foodie casualties: iced coffee, gelato and other summer fare just doesn’t seem as appealing. But there is a bright side to the gray skies of the season: you can finally designate a countertop spot for your slow cooker until spring. We’ve waxed poetic about the slow cooker before; it’s a great method for cooking a wide variety of foods, and in particular, turning cheap and tough cuts of meat into a scrumptious meal.
There’s also an added advantage to this “set-it-and-forget it” style of cooking: you can come home or wake up to a hot meal that’s ready to go with minimal active participation necessary. So, just how versatile is a slow cooker? We asked chefs, food bloggers and other experts for their best inexpensive slow cooker recipes. Do you have a personal favorite? Slow-Cooker Bread There is no need for an expensive bread machine. Fast Slow-Cooked Applesauce. Bacon Wrapped Jalapeno Popper Stuffed Chicken.
Today is Cinco de Mayo and I wanted to take the opportunity to update one of my favourite recipes, this bacon wrapped jalapeno popper stuffed chicken with some new photos!
The basic idea was to stuff chicken with all of the flavours of jalapeno poppers and then to wrap them in bacon and grill, fry or bake them. Jalapeno poppers are commonly filled with cream cheese and/or cheddar cheese and they are either coated in bread crumbs and fried until crispy or wrapped in bacon and grilled or baked until the bacon is cooked.
I like a simple mixture of cream cheese, cheddar or monterey jack cheese and diced jalapeno peppers for the filling and the jalapenos can be roasted, fresh or even pickled. The Web’s Best Grilled Cheese Sandwiches. If we had to choose one simple comfort food to eat for the rest of our lives, it would be grilled cheese.
Raspberry-Mango Sangria. Baked Wonton Tacos. When I was a little kid, around every New Year’s, my mom and grandma would sit down and make Mandu {Korean version of potstickers or wontons} all day to make Teokguk {Korean version of wonton soup} and I’d just sit with them trying to help out.
I remember trying to help out making my own Mandu, though not really successfully. Then my mom and grandma made their own mandu skins from scratch… And now… how grateful I am that I can get premade mandu skins so easily… although I think I should try and make my own skins sometime… It’s definitely on my to-do list. But until then, these premade wonton skins would do. Best Steak Marinade in Existence Recipe. Corned Beef Grilled Cheese Sandwich with Guinness Caramelized Onions. The Web’s Best Sandwich Recipes. Few foods allow for such creativity as the humble sandwich.
By definition, it’s just bread and . . . stuff. Birthday Cake Dip - Home - burgh baby. This recipe has been floating around Pinterest for some time, and I finally had the perfect excuse to try it.
Between birthday parties and picnics and more picnics, I actually had WAY more than plenty of excuses. I made it once and it flew out of the bowl, so now I've tweaked the recipe and made it about four more times. In other words, the idea is a keeper. Grilled Stuffed Peppers with Couscous. Meatball Wellington. I am always looking for appetizer ideas, especially around New Years time, and at Christmas this year, my vegetarian aunt came up with this one.
Why my vegetarian aunt thought of meatball wellington, I will never know, but who cares, it is a fantastic idea! Her idea was wrapping each meatball individually, but I thought that was too much work. I made the meatballs into a mini meatloaf and wrapped it similar to an actual beef wellington which is normally made with a whole beef tenderloin. Instead of the mushroom paste normally between the meat and pastry crust, I made a tomato sauce that was super thick and pasty. Making the pasty sauce, a recipe is below.
11 of Our Favourite Slow Cooker Recipes. 11 of Our Favourite Slow Cooker Recipes. Chicken Tikka Masala the New British National Dish Recipe at Epicurious. Chicken tikka masala is the world’s most popular Indian restaurant dish, said Rebecca Hays in Cook’s Illustrated. Why, then, “is it so rarely made at home?” Supposedly, the dish was first created by a quick-thinking Bangladeshi chef at a London curry house. When a diner complained about a plate of chicken tikka that had been left in the tandoor oven too long, the chef combined canned tomato soup with cream, added a few Indian spices, and poured it over the dried-out tikka. Shrimp Creole. Lasagna Soup.
Lasagna Soup This Lasagna Soup is truly like lasagna in a bowl.
The flavors are lovely. And the ooey gooey cheesy concoction at the bottom of the bowl is YUM! With spring officially arriving last weekend, this house could pretty much assume that soup would be a rarity for a few months. I’m just not the kind to put a hot pot on the stove during the spring and summer, unless we have some unseasonably cool weather. But just as soon as spring finally decided to peek out, it disappeared. Gone. Nowhere to be found. When we awoke Wednesday morning, it was to the broadcast of yet another winter storm warning. Jennifer Segal: Broiled Salmon With Thai Sweet Chili Glaze. This recipe is so simple and yet so elegant.
Salmon fillets are quickly marinated in Thai sweet chili sauce, soy sauce and ginger and then broiled until caramelized on top. Begin by making the marinade. The only thing you have to do is grate the ginger because the other two ingredients come straight out of jars. Be sure to use a good quality sweet chili sauce. My two favorite brands, which are both widely available, are Mae Ploy (pictured above) and Thai Kitchen. Set some of the marinade aside to use as a sauce at serving time, then add the salmon to the rest and marinate for one hour in the refrigerator. Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil and drizzle a bit of the marinade over the salmon fillets. Broil for 6-10 minutes, depending on the size and thickness of the fillets.
Get your cook on. Dinner Tonight: Garlic Shrimp with Basil, Tomatoes, and Pepper Flakes. Delicious Meliscious - a cooking blog by Melissa: Cheesecake Stuffed Strawberries. Not being a fan of chocolate covered strawberries, I was happy to find these CHEESECAKE stuffed strawberries on The Novice Chef.
You only need a few ingredients to put these together and they turn out to be quite impressive. Delish Squash Bisque Recipe. Mexican Pulled Chicken Stuffed Peppers. I had peppers.
I had chicken. Hasselback Potatoes. These Hasselback potatoes looks beautiful, don't' they?
Here, I also added several cloves of garlic to these Swedish version of baked potatoes to enhance the flavor. It turned out great, they were very delicious, crispy on the outside and tender on the inside.. The Vimeo Cooking Channel. Mongolian Beef. December 3rd, 2009 by katie.