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FREEZER FRIENDLY / MAKE AHEAD MEALS. Julie said... 1 Have been planning to make a freezer full of oven meals for my grandparents and came across your blog. Thanks! I have a quick question-I want to make these in foil pans so it will be easy for them to pop into the oven. How do you avoid freezer burn? Is there a trick I don't know about? Thank you-I can't wait to get started! June 22, 2011 at 1:49 PM Joelen said... 2 Hi Julie! June 22, 2011 at 1:58 PM Say It With Destiny! I'm excited to discover your blog! June 23, 2011 at 9:39 AM Joelen said... 4 Say it with Destiny - thanks for finding me! June 23, 2011 at 10:29 AM Heather said... 5 What fantastic list! June 25, 2011 at 2:42 AM Megs Stapleton said... 6 After an open request for easy make ahead freezer meals, my friend suggested your blog - And I am glad that she did! June 27, 2011 at 5:48 PM The Matthews' Family said... 7 So thankful for this!

July 3, 2011 at 5:08 PM amycornwell said... 8 Awesome, thank you so much! July 4, 2011 at 11:54 AM Mandy said... 9 Hi! July 8, 2011 at 12:28 PM. Skinnytaste. Easy Light Broccoli Cheese Stuffed Chicken Recipe. Chocolate-Covered Katie. Smoky Chipotle Parmesan French Fries | cooking on the weekends.

I truly appreciate your visiting my site! If this looks delicious to you, please subscribe for my occasional emails with more great recipes, to the right of this post. You can also follow what I’m cooking on Facebook, Google+, Pinterest and Twitter. One of my absolute favorite flavors in the world (right up there with Nutella and mangoes) is Chipotle Peppers in Adobo Sauce. Spicy, smoky, and oh-so-yummy! This french fry recipe is so flavorful that you really don’t need to dip them in anything. Smoky Chipotle Parmesan French Fries Recipe 3-1/2 tablespoons olive oil 1 tablespoon finely chopped chipotle peppers in adobo sauce 2 tablespoons finely grated Parmesan cheese 1 teaspoon smoked paprika 1/2 teaspoon lemon juice 1-1/2 teaspoons sea salt 1-1/3 -pounds Idaho Russet Potatoes Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.

Notes Exactly what are chipotle peppers in adobo sauce? Like avocados and french fries? Twix Cheesecakes. Parmesan Roasted Potatoes. Ok fine. I’m officially ready to make the transition to fall. And I thought, what better way to do it than with my all time favorite Parmesan Roasted Potatoes! These are like candy. 100% addictive. Once you stop, you just can’t stop. If you knew the amount of potatoes we consumed in a week, you’d be shocked. I’d venture to say we go through at least a 5 lb bag of potatoes once a week. And there are just 2 of us… and 1 of us eats more than his fair share. I always, without fail, make these with Yukon Gold potatoes because here’s the truth… I’m too lazy to peel the skins off potatoes. This is more a technique rather than a recipe, since you can scale these potatoes up if you’re cooking for a crowd.

You’re going to start with some naked potatoes…. Add on all the seasonings… Using your fingers, go ahead and toss everything together…. Put them in the oven for about 15 minutes. Once they are nice and golden and crispy, throw them onto a serving platter…. And then EAT!! Parmesan Roasted Potatoes. Hot Chocolate Meringue Cake - Delish.com. Aida Mollenkamp's Raspberry Hot Chocolate Recipe.

Cinnamon Roll Pancakes. Updated 9/22/11 to Add: If you’re coming here to sample these delicious Cinnamon Roll Pancakes, you just might like the latest recipe that I’ve posted for Pumpkin Cinnamon Roll Pancakes too. And Gingerbread- Cinnamon Roll Pancakes too. Enjoy! Here’s a short video sharing how to make these delicious pancakes: If you’ve ever thought you needed a reason to eat pancakes, today is the day: National Pancake Day!

Eat a short stack for breakfast, enjoy them for lunch, or make a dinner out a manhole-sized pancake… guilt free… because you’re merely celebrating their existence. How do you like your pancakes? Buttermilk? But recently I started dreaming about mixing cinnamon rolls and pancakes together… and this is what I came up with- my new favorite pancake: Cinnamon Roll Pancakes. I have a wonderfully fluffy pancake batter that I like to use (recipe below) so I swirled a bit of cinnamon roll filling into the pancake.

See, just like a cinnamon roll. Oh yeah. Yield: Eight 4-inch pancakes Ingredients: Fondant fun: Hot chocolate cupcakes. Now that's a cupcake.. get it? Get it?! Cup! Cake! Bahahaha... Recently I entered a made these little hot chocolate look-a-like cupcakes.. it was one of those Sunday afternoons when I got the creative itch, but it had to be something different. To give you an idea of the actual size, here is the cupcake pictured next to a regular size teacup. Unfortunately I don't have step-by-step photos for these.. 1, To make these cupcakes I first made a batch of vanilla cupcakes. 3. 4. 5. 6.

Italian Meringue Icing (AWW recipe) A beautiful and versatile icing, italian meringue is creamy, soft and volumous. 1 c (200g) caster sugar 1/3 c water (80 ml) water 2 egg whites 1. 2. 3. 4. In this picture, you can see how lovely and shiny this icing is... So there you have it, a little bit of fondant fun. Happy baking, dear readers :) Ladybird x. Popcorn cupcakes by azterp on Cake Central. JustJENN recipes » Shave Ice Cupcakes. **update! These shave ice cupcakes were featured in the June 2012 issue of Food Network Magazine! Wonder why the ice isn’t melting? It’s SUGAR! My friend Cheryl was throwing her baby a first birthday and since our families are from Hawaii (1st birthdays are HUGE in Hawaii) and it was a Luau themed party, I thought I’d make…SHAVE ICE cupcakes!

Ingredients: Cupcakes (I used Very Vanilla Cupcakes, recipe – here.) frosting red sanding sugar blue sanding sugar yellow sanding sugar 4 oz styrofoam cups red cocktail strawswooden spoons The key to making it look like shave ice is to go with the typical ‘rainbow’ shave ice colors. Place the sugars into separate bowls, then use a spoon to carefully stick the sugar to a freshly frosted cupcake. Once the cupcakes are frosted and sugared, place them into the 4oz styrofoam cups, this really helps make them look realistic… Lined up, they make a great addition to any summer dessert table. Perfect Iced Coffee. Iced coffee is my life. When I wake up, often around the time party animals on the west coast are just heading home, I start each day not with a cup of freshly brewed hot java, but with a tall, blessed glass of creamy iced coffee in a glass.

I’ve been an iced coffee freakazoid for years and years. To say I couldn’t live without it is an understatement. It gives me the tools I need to cope. Iced coffee is a complicated thing, and there are many different approaches. 1. Given the previous set of facts, one would assume that the logical solution would be to brew hot coffee, then transfer the brew to the fridge, allow it to cool, and use it to make iced coffee from there. There are reasons this method results in a smoother, richer, more delicious concentrate than simply brewing strong coffee and refrigerating it.

(Note: I’ve totally adapted/tweaked coffee/water amounts to suit my own tastes. I start with a big ol’ container. Rip open a pound of ground coffee. Pour in the coffee. Hi, Julie! 14 Cupcakes Disguised As Other Food.