It was clear out the pantry and fridge week. As we prefer for the move of our life. Now all settled into our hotel for the next little while, til we decide what plans are next. We wanted something different to have to snack on in the hotel room. I think this was a great option.
1 large jar of artichokes, drained, roughly chopped 2 bags spinach 1 whole head of garlic 8-10 cloves Half large red onion diced & shallots diced 1CUP cream cheese 1CUP shredded mozza 1/2CUP sour cream Olive oil Salt pepper to tasteSaute your onions and garlic in some olive oil for a couple of minutes, I use a large cast iron pan with high sides. Add in your artichokes, salt and pepper. Stir well, cook for a few more minutes.
Pour in your 2 bags of spinach and cover to let spinach sweat down. Takes just a minute or so. I like to take a food processor and blend half the dip. You can blend it all of you like but we like some chunks in it.
Add in your cream cheese & sour cream mix til all combined. Then stir in your mozza, stir well til all melted in.Add more salt pepper to taste. We like to dip french baguettes in here and pretzels is our favorite. But it tastes grest with an assortment of crackers or veggies. You can definitely cut this recipe in half also. Hope your family enjoys it as much as we do.
If your looking for a fast and pretty simply snack. Here it is. We all wanted a couple chicken wings so we got to work in the kitchen.
Package of chicken Wings Oil for deep frying Spice, Sauce of your choice
We open the wing packages, wash them well, and then dry them as much as possible. You don’t have to wash them but make sure to remove as much moisture from them as you can. Deep fry 375F roughly 10-14minutes depending how big your wings are. Til juices run clear. Flip the wings around occasionally. Our favorite wings are a dry rub with Cajun Spice. We also like a sweet & spicy one. With half & half of sriracha & sweet chili sauce mixed together. Honey garlic, Salt Pepper, Hot Sauce, and Teriyaki are all great too. It’s endless what you can top these with.
Once done deep frying lay out on paper towel for a minute. Or you can use a cooling rack.
I get two med large bowls, depending on how many flavours your making, that’s how many bowls youll need. For the sauce I add roughly 2TBSP to a bowl for 8 wings. Then toss them all around til well coated. For the spices. I add roughly 1TBSP of spice to Bowl to 8 wings and then toss them all around also.Hope you enjoy them as much as we do. Chicken Wings don’t last long in our house
Bianca had an online cooking class with grade 7 students, put on by a teacher, it’s truly great when they take the time like this! It doesn’t happen often. Nate participated too. These kids impress us everytime! They love being in the kitchen, they love learning new things, they catch on quite quickly, they are loving being at home! They nailed these, excellent job you too. Lucky made sure there was no fighting and the recipe got done smoothly haha. Bianca had missed her first cooking class as we had a showing in the house so she could not wait to do this Mother Day Lasagna for me. Although they aren’t lasting til Mother’s Day lol. The recipe made 6 large individual lasagnas in cast iron pans, you can cut this recipe in half to accommodate a 9×13 baking dish if you prefer. 1 pound ground meat (beef, pork, chicken, turkey or veal all would be great) 2 boxes of ready for the oven Lasagna noodles (used just over 1 box) 1 large onion diced 1green pepper diced 2-4 cloves of garlic (we used 6) 1TSP each Italian spice, oregano & crushed chilis 2 cans diced tomatoes, we get the herb and spice cans Salt & Pepper to taste 6 cups grated mozzarella 2 containers of ricotta 2 large eggs 1/4CUP parmesan Chopped fresh parsley for garnish
They got up early, got everything out, and read the recipe thoroughly. They wanted to prep everything and have their work stations ready for when video call started. They weren’t too sure what was going to be done on camera or not. They have great chopping skills and were prepared.
Preheat Oven to 350F. Lucky protecting them around the stove. It’s good to have everything ready to go and have all your work areas clean. We used a large cast iron skillet with high sides. Get your pan nice and hot. Add some oil of choice and put your Hamburg in. Brown for a couple of minutes then add in your onions, peppers, garlic, salt, pepper, crushed Chilis, oregano & Italian spice. Cook that down for a few minutes. If you want you can drain the grease out from the meat. Add in your tomatoes. Cook for 5-6 minutes on a low medium heat get all those flavours cooking nicely together. While that’s cooking you want to get a small bowl and combine the ricotta containers, eggs, & 1CUP mozzarella. Mix well. Set aside. We got some cheesy pull apart bread from Costco and Ceasar Salad to go with our Lasagnas.
Now onto the real fun part. Putting the lasagnas together. You can spray your pans with non stick spray if you want, I don’t find its needed. Start with some sauce all spread around the bottom, then add a layer of noodles, then ricotta filling, top with mozza and then repeat. We put extra mozza on the very top, then top with Parmesan. Lucky saids, is it ready yet hehehe.
Bake covered 45minutes, then if you want the tops browned put them under the broiler for a couple minutes. These are excellent. Nate and Bianca we are so proud of you guys. If you try out the recipe, let us know what you think!
Well we don’t normally buy stuff like this but hubby really wanted to try this KD Shaker from Costco. We don’t buy KD as we always make homemade but thought why not give it a try. Bag of pasta of your choice Veggies are endless you can put in. We used broccoli, carrots, asparagus, corn, red & green onions, & jalapenos 1/4CUP KD Shaker mix 1CUP shredded cheese of your choice 1/2CUP each butter or margarine and milk 2 heaping TBSP of ricotta Parmesan to top We cut up broccoli, a carrot, some asparagus and added corn all to big pot of water. Bring to a boil. Then we add pasta to same pot. Throw some salt in and boil til done.
Drain and pour into a big bowl, I reserve and add about 1/2CUP noodle water to noodles. Then we add everything else in and mix well. We love the crunch of the onions and jalapenos it also adds great flavour.
We reserve some jalapenos, red & green onions for the top. Then sprinkle some Parm on. The kids devoured their plates!!
We love making recipes, this recipe is one of our favorites!! Hubby and the kids get very excited when we make these. We sure hope everyone is staying safe and healthy during this Pandemic. We look forward to moving through this, and getting back to a new normal. 3 3/4CUPS all purpose flour 1/2TSP salt 2TSP each sugar & dry active yeast 3/4CUP warm water 5TBSP warm milk 3TBSP butter or margarine, soften Non stick spray Makes 24 Bao Buns Mix the flour and salt in a bowl. Put the warm water, warm milk, butter and yeast in another bowl and set aside to let yeast activate. Once yeast has activated add it to your flour bowl and combined well. Once is starts to come together put out on a floured surface and knead 8-10minutes. Then put back in an oiled bowl, cover, and let rise an hour or so til atleast doubled in size.
Once it’s done rising put out on a lightly floured surface and roll dough out about 1/4inch thick. Use a biscuit cutter or glass works fine as well to cut as many circles out as possible. Then I remove all the excess dough around the circles and give a light spray on circles with non stick spray. Then take a kebab stick or chop stick and lay across the centre of circle and flip the dough in half. Pull the stick out, and then you want to roll that down with a rolling pin again. Place in your streamer under non stick sheets. Repeat and finish the rest of dough. Then we let rise another half hour before steaming.
Steam for about 12-15 minutes.
We used a Korean beef for the protein today but the toppings are endless with this. Any meat, seafood would be excellent in here. Even veggie ones.One thing we love about these is the toppings are also endless you can put literally anything in them you like. Today we have sliced red onion, carrots, cucumbers, green onions, thai Chili’s, crushed peanuts, garlic, sesame seeds, cilantro and jalapenos. The sauce we make is just Mayo, Sriracha and some crushed Chili’s mixed together.
Great way to get the family together as they love this. Turn your taco night into something different. We don’t think you will be disappointed!
