Kale Kale Kale

It's the magic green!  ;-P

How about some Kale Slaw? 

I made this tonight, I even put the onions in it, now most of you know I don't do onions unless they are fried into a nice beer batter ring but I forced myself and my mouth still tastes nasty.  LOL  Hope the living enzymes did some good regardless of onion breath.

So here's the recipe:

First mix up the dressing and let it sit until ready to pour it over the slaw.

dressing:
1/4 Cup EVOO
1 Tablespoon apple cider vinegar
2 Tablespoons Dijon mustard
some coarse sea salt and black pepper

veggies:
1 bunch of kale
1/4 of a small red onion
1/4 head of purple cabbage
1 cup shredded carrots
1/2 cup pumpkin seeds
1/2 cup sunflower seeds


Wash the veggies.  Remove the stems from the kale (stems make the dish bitter).  Chop the onion and cabbage.  Put the veggies, seeds and dressing in the bowl.  Mix well.  Eat up! 

Jalapeno Popper Dip

Thanks to Ruth Ann Mason at the Waterside Inn in Chincoteague, VA....

I tried this dip over the weekend on top of a few corn chips....scoopers, too yummy!

I gave it a thumbs up and Ruth Ann quickly supplied me the recipe so I am paying it forward:

2 (8 oz) packages cream cheese, softened
1 Cup mayonnaise
1 (4 oz) can chopped green chilies, drained
4 oz canned diced jalapeno peppers, drained
1/2 Cup shredded Mexican style cheese
1/2 Cup shredded Mozzarella cheese
1 Cup Panko bread crumbs
1/2 Cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese

Preheat oven to 350 degrees & spray an oven safe serving dish with non-stick cooking spray.
Using an electric mixer, blend the cream cheese & mayonnaise until smooth.
Stir in green chilies, jalapeno peppers, and Mexican and Mozzarella cheeses.  Spoon this mixture into the prepared baking dish.  Mix together Panko bread crumbs and Parmesan cheese & sprinkle it over the cream cheese mixture.  Spray the Panko and Parmesan with a quick spray of non-stick cooking spray.  Bake for 25-30 minutes or until the mixture is hot & the topping is lightly browned.

Serve this dip with French bread, fresh vegetables tortilla chips, crackers...pretty much anything that pairs well with cheese (wine).

Fruit Pizza

This recipe was shared with me by my friend Gin Moore.  We met in Groton, CT during our days as Navy wives.  This is a great dessert to take to parties.  You can decorate it different ways.  For 4th of July I like to make it look like a flag.  For other occasions I use more of a variety of fruits.  Don't forget the dash of love!

I use pre-made cookie dough like this:

I pat it into a pan like this:

I spread the cream cheese mixture over the cooled baked cookie like this:

Then I add the fruit!

Here's the 411 from my recipe card:

Fruit Pizza from the kitchen of Gin Moore
1 8oz cream cheese (softened)
1/4 cup sugar (just plain white sugar)
1 tube of Pillsbury sugar cookie dough  (next time I will buy 2 16 oz ones and make a bigger cookie bottom)

Spread the cookie dough on ungreased pizza pan (I used a small glass baking dish because I didn't have enough dough for a pizza pan).  Cook for approximately 15 minutes or until light golden brown.  (I set oven temp according to the cookie package).  Let cool.  Cream sugar and cream cheese together.  Spread mixture over the cooled cookie.  Top with fruit.

Suggested fruits:
strawberries
bananas (but they turn brown)
blueberries
grapes
pineapple
kiwi

Do not use canned fruit, that's just gross LOL.

Enjoy!

Made this one for Jamie's birthday:

Mock Turtles...NOT The Real Thing!

Throw some pretzels onto a cookie sheet covered in parchment paper, put a rolo on top of each pretzel, put in oven (about 250 degrees for just a few minutes) as soon as the chocolate starts to look soft, remove and put a pecan on top of the rolo, let cool and eat!

NO Bake Cookies!

 

4 Cups sugar
1 Cup milk
8 Tablespoon cocoa
1/2 Cup butter

Put in pan, bring to boil, let boil for 1 minute, then add:

1 Cup Peanut Butter (creamy)
6 Cups oatmeal
1 Teaspoon vanilla

Stir, spoon onto wax paper quickly, let harden.

We did it! Chicken Chili

It was team work, we picked from 5 recipes found online and used the ingredients we wanted....did we measure?  No, not really but we did add that dash of love and it was delicious!!

spooned up dish of yummy!!

we started with chicken broth
added:
garlic
onion
black beans
pinto beans
cannellini beans
corn
chicken
jalapenos
ground cumin
paprika
milk
cornmeal
topped with cheese, sour cream and homemade corn tortilla strips

Pizza Crust

OK, we've been using this recipe:

1 1/2 tsp yeast
3 cups of milled flour (I use combination of red and white wheat berries, usually 2 cups of white to 1 cup of red) 1 T of honey
1 1/2 tsp of sea salt
1 cup warm water
1/4 cup olive oil

I use my awesome Bosch mixer (available through me so email me for details) to make the dough.  I have been putting all the ingredients into the mixer (all but the flour and sea salt) and then adding the flour until the dough is smooth and supple.  And then the sea salt.  I do mill my own flour in my L'Equip Nutrimill (also available through me so send me an email for more details!)  Not trying to sell anything here but I am glad I invested in these two kitchen tools and I use them often!!  So after you put in the ALL the ingredients, let it rise until double the size.  Punch it down and shape into ball.  Prepare pizza pans or stones.  I use a big round pizza pan.  I dust the counter top with corn meal and roll that bad boy pizza crust out into a round shape for the pan.  I put it on the pan and let it rise again while it is pre baking for approx. 20 mins at 280 degrees.  Until the crust is firm.  Then I set the oven temp to 425, add my toppings and bake until the cheese is bubbly and slightly golden.

add that dash of love on top of the pizza and enjoy with neighbors and family!!  ;-)

Spaghetti Salad

1 - 16 oz box thin spaghetti noodles
1 - 16 oz bottle Kraft or Wishbone Zesty Italian dressing
4 Tablespoons McCormick Salad Supreme

chopped:
3 cucumbers
3 medium tomatoes
1 medium red onion
1 green pepper
1 can olives

Boil/drain noodles, add other ingredients (while still warm) ~  mix well ~ refrigeration overnight ~ serve cold.