I have a new love! I finally got a 600 series RED Kitchenaid mixer and it's amazing. Thank you Mom & Dad!
Thursday, February 25, 2010
My new toy!
I have a new love! I finally got a 600 series RED Kitchenaid mixer and it's amazing. Thank you Mom & Dad!
Super Bowl
OK so we all know that the food you serve is more important than the game. This year, everyone was out of town but even though we had an intimate viewing we didn't skimp on the food. We made Pork Loin, Chicken wings (Honey BBQ & Stubs BBQ), and Green Chili Cheese Fritters.
A Few More Cakes
Veteran's Day Cake - Designed by my 9 year old daughter. Three layers, Chocolate, Strawberry and Vanilla.
Mom's Birthday Cake - A very long tradition - made with the same heart pan passed down for generations and always strawberry cake with strawberry icing. I did however find some very interesting candles this year. The flame burned the same color as the candle.
A Baby Shower Cake - Yes brown icing mean it was ordered by Tina who is obsessed with brown icing. Her next order is for a horse cake. Wish me luck!
Mom's Birthday Cake - A very long tradition - made with the same heart pan passed down for generations and always strawberry cake with strawberry icing. I did however find some very interesting candles this year. The flame burned the same color as the candle.
A Baby Shower Cake - Yes brown icing mean it was ordered by Tina who is obsessed with brown icing. Her next order is for a horse cake. Wish me luck!
Same Few Ingredients - 3 great dishes!
Last week I had an obsession. It was Tomatillos, Green Chilies, Chicken, and Cream Cheese. I got to experimenting and came up with three amazing dishes using these 4 ingredients. The creations were green chicken enchiladas, soup and quiche. All of which were amazingly good! I have included a few pictures and the recipes. As usual, these recipes are so simple.
Green Chicken Enchiladas
4 Chicken Breasts (cut into bite size pieces)
1 Chopped Onion
1 Can Crushed Tomatillos
1 Small Can Chopped Green Chilies
8 oz Cream Cheese
Corn Tortillas
Grated Cheese
Fresh Cilantro
Green Onion
Brown the chicken and onion in a deep skillet with a small amount of olive oil. Add Tomatillos, Green Chilies, Salt and Pepper. Once bubbling hot, add cream cheese. Mix until melted and turn off heat. In casserole dish, put a small amount of juice from chicken mixture in bottom of dish. Start by layering tortillas, cheese and chicken mixture until all chicken has been used. Top with a final layer of tortilla and cheese. Then bake at 350° until cheese is brown and bubbly. Remove from oven and top with chopped cilantro and green onion.
Green Chicken Soup
4 Chicken Breasts (cut into bite size pieces)
1 Chopped Onion
1 Can Crushed Tomatillos
1 Small Can Chopped Green Chilies
8 oz Cream Cheese
2 Large Cans Chicken Broth
Grated Cheese
Fresh Cilantro
Green Onion
Brown the chicken and onion in a deep skillet with a small amount of olive oil. Add Tomatillos, Green Chilies, Salt and Pepper. Once bubbling hot, add cream cheese. Mix until melted. Add Chicken Broth and bring to a simmer. Serve with grated cheese, chopped cilantro and green onion. Great with Poppy's homemade sourdough bread.
Green Chicken Quiche
Take the left over soup and mix in the left over chopped cilantro, green onion and grated cheese. Add 3 eggs per cup of left over mix. Pour into pie crust and bake at 350° until firm and brown on top. As everyone knows, I don't eat many left overs so I love to create an entirely new meal from the left over ingredients from the night before.
Green Chicken Enchiladas
4 Chicken Breasts (cut into bite size pieces)
1 Chopped Onion
1 Can Crushed Tomatillos
1 Small Can Chopped Green Chilies
8 oz Cream Cheese
Corn Tortillas
Grated Cheese
Fresh Cilantro
Green Onion
Brown the chicken and onion in a deep skillet with a small amount of olive oil. Add Tomatillos, Green Chilies, Salt and Pepper. Once bubbling hot, add cream cheese. Mix until melted and turn off heat. In casserole dish, put a small amount of juice from chicken mixture in bottom of dish. Start by layering tortillas, cheese and chicken mixture until all chicken has been used. Top with a final layer of tortilla and cheese. Then bake at 350° until cheese is brown and bubbly. Remove from oven and top with chopped cilantro and green onion.
Green Chicken Soup
4 Chicken Breasts (cut into bite size pieces)
1 Chopped Onion
1 Can Crushed Tomatillos
1 Small Can Chopped Green Chilies
8 oz Cream Cheese
2 Large Cans Chicken Broth
Grated Cheese
Fresh Cilantro
Green Onion
Brown the chicken and onion in a deep skillet with a small amount of olive oil. Add Tomatillos, Green Chilies, Salt and Pepper. Once bubbling hot, add cream cheese. Mix until melted. Add Chicken Broth and bring to a simmer. Serve with grated cheese, chopped cilantro and green onion. Great with Poppy's homemade sourdough bread.
Green Chicken Quiche
Take the left over soup and mix in the left over chopped cilantro, green onion and grated cheese. Add 3 eggs per cup of left over mix. Pour into pie crust and bake at 350° until firm and brown on top. As everyone knows, I don't eat many left overs so I love to create an entirely new meal from the left over ingredients from the night before.
Friday, October 16, 2009
It's Apple Time Again
Here is the first batch of caramel apples of the year. This first order included toasted coconut, mint chip, m&m, pecan and toffee.
Monday, September 28, 2009
Papa Murphy's
OMG - I found something new and exciting. Papa Murphy's! It seems I am the last to discover this place. For those of you like me who haven't yet tried this genius concept, Papa Murphy's lets you design your own pizza and makes it fresh with raw dough, fresh vegetables, cheese and meat. Then they put it on an oven safe pan, wrap it up with instructions and send it home to be baked fresh before eating. It was so fresh and delicious and didn't have any chemical or preservative taste. The dough baked up perfectly crisp on the outside and soft and chewy on the inside. You would think that the cost of this gourmet delight would have been high but in fact it was much less than the local chain producing common, uninspiring, tired pies. Just look at the image below and tell me it doesn't look like a work of art. Thank you Papa Murphy for a great pie.
Friday, September 25, 2009
More Cakes
I did a couple of cakes over the last couple of months. Some were good and some.....not so much.
Yesterday we celebrated Riley's 9th Birthday. She had a bowling party and was very specific about how she wanted the cake. So here it is....A bowling ball and pin. The ball is half strawberry cake and half chocolate cake and the pin is vanilla cake. All covered in butter cream icing. Luckily the bowling ball didn't roll off on the way to the bowling alley.
One was a Sweet 16 cake.
Another was a first Birthday for a friend's Grandson. This cake makes me laugh every time I look at it. The cake was made to match the invitations which were trimmed in red bandanna with blue interior and brown text and trim. We got so tickled after this cake was finished because the brown letters of his named looked just like they were made of pieces of poop. But hey, one year old kids love poop right? (btw - I hate writing on cakes)
Yesterday we celebrated Riley's 9th Birthday. She had a bowling party and was very specific about how she wanted the cake. So here it is....A bowling ball and pin. The ball is half strawberry cake and half chocolate cake and the pin is vanilla cake. All covered in butter cream icing. Luckily the bowling ball didn't roll off on the way to the bowling alley.
One was a Sweet 16 cake.
Another was a first Birthday for a friend's Grandson. This cake makes me laugh every time I look at it. The cake was made to match the invitations which were trimmed in red bandanna with blue interior and brown text and trim. We got so tickled after this cake was finished because the brown letters of his named looked just like they were made of pieces of poop. But hey, one year old kids love poop right? (btw - I hate writing on cakes)
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