Magazine/Cookbook Monday: Slow-Baked Mac and Cheese
Happy Monday! And my second official Magazine/Cookbook day! awhoohoo! This week I wanted something easy because I was focusing on cupcake making.... more on that later ☺... So I picked a recipe from a cookbook that I have had for awhile but have actually never used, "Not Your Mother's Slow Cooker Recipes for Two" by Beth Hensperger.
Apple Empanadas - How to Make Apple Empanadas Video
Learn how to make apple empanadas, a tasty little pastry filled with an apple caramel mixture and deep fried. See Transcript Ingredients for Apple Empanadas To make apple empanadas, you will need: 3 cups flour 2 cups + 4 teaspoons sugar 1 teaspoon+ 1 tablespoon cinnamon 3 teaspoons baking powder 1/2 cup shortening or lard 2 cups water 1 egg 4 lbs of peeled, cubed apples 1 cup raisins 1 tsp lemon juice 1.5 quarts vegetable oil And a candy/deep fry thermometer Instructions for Making the Dough for Apple Empanadas We'll make the dough first.
Apple Sauce Mac & Cheese with Apple Sausage
The weather here has been very back and forth lately. It was in the 80's this past weekend, with hail a few days before that, and today it's in the 50's and raining again. But I don't mind the weird weather so much because the brief high temperature managed to convince the tree in my backyard that it's spring, so it has now exploded with blossoms. The only unfortunate part is that the flowers don't smell very good, and by that I mean they smell like breaded fish. It is a really strange smell, I'm not totally sure what kind of tree it is, the leaves look kind of like an Ash tree but I am not positive.
Churro Tots
Happy Wednesday, beautiful people.Factoid for you: Getting my car serviced stresses me.To deal, I totally made Churro Tots. Throw in stress eating and calls to dad, and it some how made everything okay. I encourage it!Last week I went to a cookbook release party at Border Grill and they had churros…in tot form! I was blown away by their cuteness–had to replicate it stat for you all.I basically made a tweaked and adjusted version of this pate a choux recipe. And then fried small balls of the dough.
Bailey's Caramel Irish Cream Truffles - Spork or Foon?
I. Love. These. Truffles. If you've read this blog long enough, you'll know that I love adding alcohol to dishes at any available chance. Some may call that a problem, I call that good taste.
Baked Mac and Cheese Cupcakes
No, not those kind of cupcakes. Cute, little savory cupcake-formed stacks of mac and cheese. Healthy ones, too – made with whole wheat bread crumbs and whole wheat pasta. Are you sold yet?
Revealed: 10 Sexiest Red Velvets in the World
It would have been rude to have hunted down those 10 Red Velvet Fails without finding the world's best red velvet recipes too. From the most gorgeous heart-shaped cake we’ve ever set eyes on, to popcorn smothered in melted white chocolate and tossed in red velvet cake crumbs, these are the 10 red velvet creations that make us go weak at the knees. 1. Red Velvet Heritage Cake
Orecchiette Pasta with Chicken in a Creamy Rosemary Lemon Sauce
Last weekend I was craving pasta like a mad woman. Nothing else would have satisfied me other than a steaming hot plate of Italian noodles with some sort of creamy sauce poured all over and in it. So I headed over to Trader Joe's and began wandering around their dried pasta section when my eyes fell upon a package of orecchiette pasta. I'd never had orecchiette before, but always thought it'd be great for saucy pasta dishes since they're basically like little scoop-bowls.
