Monkey Muffins Print Recipe Posted by Ree in All PW Recipes , Breakfast , Christmas , Tasty Kitchen Featured , Thanksgiving I made cinnamon rolls and dinner rolls over Thanksgiving weekend, and was left with a medium-sized bowl of extra dough. I don’t know how it happened, but it did. I was also left with another kind of roll—the kind that makes low-rise jeans a problem. But that’s outside the scope of this post. I didn’t want to roll out cinnamon rolls again—I mean, how many thousands of cinnamon rolls can one woman make in a 48-hour period? I grabbed a muffin tin and wound up making sort of a modified muffin version of monkey bread—and everyone loved them. I put half a pat of butter (so, 1/2 teaspoon) into muffin tins. Then I put a little under a teaspoon of sugar into each tin. Did you read what I wrote? Next, I dumped in 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon. Then I grabbed the leftover dough (it was cold in the fridge) and rolled three small (walnut-size) balls of dough. And a little more cinnamon… Yikes.
Peanut Butter Cup Cheesecake « eASYbAKED Creamy peanut butter piled high on rich dark chocolate cheesecake makes this dessert absolutely decadent! Cheesecake: 9 oz. chocolate wafer cookies (I use animal crackers)1/4 c. margarine (melted)2 (8oz.) packages of Philadelphia Cream Cheese (softened)1/2c. sugar3 eggs2 c. dark chocolate chips (melted)1 c. heavy whipping cream2 tbsp. margarine (melted)3 tsp. vanilla Chocolate Topping: 1/4c. heavy whipping cream1/2c. semi-sweet chocolate chips Peanut Butter Topping: 1/2c. heavy whipping cream1c. peanut butter baking chips Preheat oven to 325 degreesCrush cookies into fine crumbs and add melted margarine. My thoughts: This is my dessert contribution for Thanksgiving dinner tomorrow. one. last. bite……… Like this: Like Loading... Ruthanne is a scientist with a passion for baking and food photography.
The Worlds Healthiest Foods 100 foods that can serve as the basis of your Healthiest Way of Eating Links to the articles about these foods can be found below. In addition to questions about our foods, we often get asked about beverages and sweeteners. In the beverage category, water and green tea have been especially popular topics, and in the sweetener category, so have honey and maple syrup. Of course, there are many nutritious foods other than those included on our list that we feel are wonderful, health-promoting foods; if there are other whole foods - such as fruits, vegetables, nuts/seeds, whole grains, etc - that you like, by all means enjoy them. Just because a food is not on our list doesn't mean we don't think it can be included in a diet geared towards the Healthiest Way of Eating as long as it is a whole, natural, nutrient-rich food. To find out why some of your favorite nutritious foods are not included in our list, read The Criteria Used to Select the World's Healthiest Foods. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
Monthly Meal Planning Guess what?! I listened to your requests and, just for you, I wrote another meal planning post! Read through this one, enjoy it, and then click HERE for the newest addition! I have tried to answer many of your questions at the bottom of this post!! Scroll down to read the answers and feel free to ask more! Back in September, I thought I'd try to get organized with meal planning. So, I am going to share with you my December calender. How do I plan? - we eat leftovers once a week - I allow for 2 nights of eating out per month - we always have breakfast for dinner at least once a month - I try to vary chicken, beef, and fish recipes - I double every recipe that I can and store them in the freezer. - I also prepare both breakfast tacos and lunch tacos for the month (recipes below). How do I prep it all? I make 3 lists as I gather recipes: 1. 2. 3. When I get home from shopping, I spend the next days prepping all the meals that I can and stocking my freezer. How much does it cost? December dates: 1.
My Super Sweet Summer Salad « The Loving Spoonful LOOK! Look at this – it’s a blog post, ON SCHEDULE. I know, I know, I’m shocked too. When you’ve all picked yourselves up off the floor, allow me to introduce you to my Super Duper Salad. You can either saute precooked potatoes, if you’ve got any hanging around, or oven-roast them from scratch, which is how I make this. As with all warm salads, this needs to be assembled at the last minute – but no matter. Super Salad (serves 2) Ingredients: For the salad: 600g waxy potatoes Bag of mixed salad leaves or rocket 1 large, ripe avocade 100g bacon lardons (or 2 bacon slices, chopped) feta cheese For the dressing: olive oil honey lemon juice Method: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Like this: Like Loading...
Sweet Chicken Bacon Wraps Talk about taking my time. I made these Sweet Chicken Bacon Wraps several years ago during the football season and I'm just now posting them. Sheesh! These are a simple and delicious appetizer. Perhaps a bit less chili powder and I'd be more of a fan. Sweet Chicken Bacon Wraps Makes 12-15 wraps Ingredients 4 boneless, skinless, chicken breasts1 (1-pound) package sliced bacon2/3 cup firmly packed brown sugar2 tablespoons chili powder DirectionsPreheat oven to 350 degrees F.Cut chicken breasts into 1-inch cubes.
Banana Pudding Poke Cake If you follow this blog at all, you'll know all about my adoration for poke cakes. So far I've got: As you can see, I love me some poke cakes. And now I'm adding another to the list. The inspiration for this next poke cake actually started out at work. I was talking to my good buddy Amanda. This is made without slices of bananas, however, you could certainly add those on there if you like. Ingredients:1 box yellow cake mixingredients needed to make cake (eggs, oil & water)2 (3.4 oz.) packages instant banana pudding4 cups milk1 (8 oz.) tub frozen whipped topping, thawed20 vanilla wafers, crushed Directions:Prepare cake mix according to package directions for a 9x13 cake.Once cake comes out of the oven, allow it to cool for just a couple of minutes.Then, with a wooden spoon handle or some other similarly-sized object, begin poking holes in the cake. You want the holes to be fairly big so that the pudding has plenty of room to get down in there. Pour pudding over cake. Enjoy!
The Best Pot Roast....EVER! I live in a small town. Like really small. But I LOVE it! There are so many reasons why I love it... I could list them all for you, but I won't. But I am going to give you one of my favorite reasons. My local grocery store. Its called Barretts. I LOVE that they know me... We were looking to make a Roast for Sunday Dinner, We were standing at the meat counter, trying to decided what to get. Dave, the best meat counter guy, told us about this recipe. And it is SO GOOD, SO EASY, and SO TENDER!! You'll need: McCormicks slower cooker Savory Pot Roast season packet An Au Jus packet A Can of Pepsi (we use Coke because we always have coke in our house) And Boneless Cross Rib Roast and your crock pot Put your Roast in the crock pot. Mix the Slow cooker seasoning with 1 cup of Water. Pour on top of roast. Add the whole can of Coke. Cover with your lid for 8 Low or 4 hours on high. Its VERY important that you never lift the lid! Right before you are ready to pull it out, sprinkle your dry Au Jus packet over the roast.
Crockpot Chocolate Lava Cake Well here it is my friends. The wonderful cake I was telling you about, that was baking in my CROCKPOT! I know there are many, many awesome things you can do in a crockpot, but I seriously had never heard of baking cakes in them! I was over at Tasty Kitchen checkin out all the great recipes, when I came across this cake. I was so intrigued. A cake to be made in a crockpot sounded genius and amazing to me! It turned out simply AMAZING. 2 cups Brown Sugar2 cups All-purpose Flour6 Tablespoons Unsweetened Cocoa Powder4 teaspoons Baking Powder1 teaspoon Salt1 cup Milk4 Tablespoons Butter, melted1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract 1 1/2 cups Brown Sugar1/2 cup Unsweetened Cocoa Powder3 cups Boiling Water Directions: For the cake: Mix together the sugar, flour, cocoa, baking powder and salt in a large bowl. For the fudge topping: Mix together the brown sugar and cocoa. Pour the boiling water over the top. Cake will be very hot!
Baked Sweet and Sour Chicken with Fried Rice I have a DELICIOUS recipe for you all! I am so excited to share this one. I found this on Mels Kitchen Cafe about a year ago. My family and I LOVE this dish! It has such a great flavor. You could probably trick your family into thinking you picked up some yummy Chinese food at a gourmet restaurant... Baked Sweet and Sour Chicken The chicken coating: 3-4 boneless chicken breasts salt + pepper 1 cup cornstarch 2 eggs, beaten 1/4 cup canola oil The sweet and sour sauce: 3/4 cup sugar 4 tbs ketchup 1/2 cup distilled white vinegar 1 tbs soy sauce 1 tsp garlic salt Start by preheating your oven to 325 degrees. Below is the greatness you will get when it's all cooked: Fried Rice 3 cups cooked white rice (day old or leftover rice works best!) 3 tbs sesame oil 1 cup frozen peas and carrots (thawed) 1 small onion, chopped 2 tsp minced garlic 2 eggs, slightly beaten 1/4 cup soy sauce On medium high heat, heat the oil in a large skillet or wok.