Christmas Eve Dinner
Bianca and I are comfy wearing our jammies on Christmas Eve.
Bianca and I are comfy wearing our jammies on Christmas Eve.
Bianca and I are comfy wearing our jammies on Christmas Eve.
Raspberry Scones
1/4CUP sugar
2TSP baking powder
1/8TSP salt
6TBSP cold butter or margarine cubed
1 large egg
1TSP vanilla
1/2CUP + cream or half and half or milk
1CUP raspberries, fresh, frozen, or we used dehydrated ones!
In a bowl whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt.
Cut the butter in to look like coarse crumbs.
Add in the cream, egg, and vanilla, mix well.
Should be a little sticky.
On a lightly floured surface, pat into a circle that is about 1 1/2″ thick.
I cut into 12 wedges, can make bigger ones if you want.
Bake 400-425F on cookie sheet for about 20 minutes or till nicely browned.
Baked Chicken
2 large chicken breasts or 4 small, we like to use bone in, stays juicer
2TBSP brown sugar
1TBSP Italian spice or Oregano
1TSP garlic powder
1TBSP Pakrika, we used smoked, any is fine
1/2TSP salt & pepper
Creamed Peas on Toast with Salmon
3TBSP flour
2CUPS milk (roughly)
1 can peas, half drained
1 can salmon undrained
Salt/pepper
Make a roux in the pan. Melt your butter, add your flour, stir well. Cook couple minutes.
I put the juice from salmon, half the juice from peas in measuring cup and finish off with milk til I reach 2CUPS.
Everyone else make creamed peas on toast at home?
Pineapple Strawberry Mini Cheesecakes
2CUPS + cut strawberries
1/2CUP cut pineapples
1TBSP each white, brown sugar & flour
Mix to combine. Set aside.
Cream filling:
250ml mascarpone is what we used or cream cheese
1/2CUP heavy cream
1TSP vanilla
1/2CUP sugar
Blend all in large bowl with beaters til it’s whipped up nice and thick. Takes couple minutes.
Bottom:
1 1/2CUPS crushed gram crackers (reserve TBSP to sprinkle ontop)
1/4TSP cinnamon
Pinch salt
1/2CUP melted butter/margarine
Mix all bottom ingredients, mix well til all crumbs are coated in butter.
I save some pineapple and strawberries to top cheese cakes with after they come out of oven.
Fold in the fruit Filling & cream filling together in 1 bowl.
I take 1 1/2TBSP of gram mixture and spoon it in the pan. Then I take my fingers compressing the Gram crackers in the sides and bottom, making them compact having a well in the centre to put my cheese cake mixture in.
I fill with a good 2TBSP of filling in each spot. And then sprinkle the reserved Gram on-top.
Bake 375F about 40minutes
Once cooked they will slide right out of pan! These are delicious. Let us know what you think!