This week we’re having..
- grilled bacon cheeseburger calzone
- spaghetti
- chipotle pork quesadillas
- cheesy rice fritters
- pizza
- and a whatever Craig wants and a frozen meal one day
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This recipe found it’s way into my inbox a couple of weeks before Ethan’s birthday and I knew I had to make them. These were seriously some of the best cupcakes I have ever had. My mouth still waters when I think about them. I can’t wait to come up with an excuse to make them again.
What you need
For the cupcakes
1 1/2 cups bisquick
3/4 cups sugar
1/3 baking cocoa
1/4 cup chocolate flavored malted milk powder
2/3 cup milk
1/4 cup vegetable oil
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 eggs
For the frosting
2 tbsp chocolate flavor malt powder
Frosting
2 tbsps chocolate malted milk
2 tbsp milk
2 cups powdered sugar
1 tbsp cocoa
1/4 cup butter
- mix the ingredients for the cupcakes together and cook at 400 for 15 – 20 minutes
- mix the icing
- ice the cupcakes
yeah it’s that easy
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Menu this week is:
- Cobb Salad
- Chicken and Bacon puff pastry
- Meatloaf and Scalloped Potatoes
- Pasta
- Tacos
- Paninis
- Piza
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And so starts the summer of salad. It is becoming pretty obvious that we are in for a hot summer, I guess we were due because I can’t remember having 100 degree days this early in summer(because summer in TX really starts at the beginning of May regardless of what the calendar says) for awhile. I told Craig it is just too hot to have the oven on and I want to just try to do a summer of salads. We won’t eat salad everyday but hopefully the majority of days and the rest will still hopefully be light on the oven and stove.
For lunch one day we are going to have a Waldorf Sandwich, I think it sounds good but Craig is a hater of all condiments.
For dinner -
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- Quiche
- paninis
- tacos
- ground beef bbq
- couscous slowcooker
- stuffed cornbread (or whatever it’s called)
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What you need
1lb pork tenderloin
pepper
crushed red pepper flakes
canola oil (or whatever)
3 garlic cloves (the original recipe called for 2, it also asked for an onion but we didn’t have one)
1/2 cup barbecue sauce
1/4 cup ketchup
1 tsp vinegar
- Sear tenderloin on all sides. Then season with pepper and red pepper flakes
- The next step called for the tenderloin to be wrapped in foil and then cooked in the oven for 25 minutes and 325 degrees. We ended up having to cook it about twice as long. The pork was tender and would have been nice if we wanted to just eat it like that. It was not pulled pork material and I wish I would have put it into the crockpot, which is what I will do next time.
- while the meat is cooking put together the rest of the ingredients and bring to a simmer.
- mix the meat and the sauce together.
We had intended to make barbecue pulled pork stuffed baked potatoe but since the meat wouldn’t really pull apart we just thinly sliced it and ate it like that.
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This is what we have planned for this week
- Black beans and rice enchiladas
- chicken wings and veggies
- fish sticks and veggies
- chicken with stuffing and veggies
- bbq pulled pork stuffed baked potatoes
- hamburgers and french fries
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I have found a great new (at least to me) site, it’s called Eat Better America
What you need:
1/12 lbs extra lean ground beef
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 medium green bell pepper chopped
1 small jalapeno chile
2/3 cup chopped onion
2 cans black eyed peas drained and rinsed
2 cans fire roasted diced tomoatoes
1 1/4 tsp gound cumin
1 tsp garlic powder
1 tsp chili powder
1/2 tsp pepper
1 cup Bisquick Heart Smart mix
1 cup yellow cornmeal
1 cup fat free milk
- Heat oven to 375
- In 12 inch skillet cook beef over medium heat drain in colander
- in same skillet heat oil in medium heat add bell pepper, jalapeno, and onions cook stirring occasionally
- stir in beef peas, tomatoes, cumin, garlic powder, chili powder, and pepper bring to boil, then let simmer for 3 to 5 minutes
- spoon ingredients into baking dish
- stir together remaining ingredients and then spoon over beef mixture
**** if I were to make this again I would substitute the bisquick, milk, and cornmeal for cornbread we didn’t like the taste of this ****
- bake 30 to 35 minutes
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This week we’re having
- spaghetti
- paninis
- parmesan crusted fish
- black eyed pea casserole
- slow cooker couscous stuffed peppers
- homemade pizza
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I made these yesterday for dinner, both are from Food Network Magazine.
British Meat Pies
What you need
- 1/2 pound Sausage, I used the link dinner sausage
- 1/4 cup chopped onion
- 1 piece of celery, chopped
- 1 carrot, chopped
- 1/2 cup mashed potatoes
- salt, pepper
- can of biscuit dough
- egg
- Cook sausage, onion, celery, and carrot in skillet then mix in mashed potatoes
- roll out dough and cut into 3 inch circles
- spoon mixture into dough and pinch the edges together
- brush with a beaten egg
- cook at 350 for about 15 minutes
If I make this again, I’ll use 2 cans of biscuit dough or a bigger can (or a puff pastry which you can find in the freezer section). I used a smaller 10 oz can and it wasn’t enough. I also think you could substitute eggs and it would make a really good breakfast, especially if you are needing to eat on the run.
Chocolate Pudding
What you need
- 2 large egg yolks
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 3 tablespoons cornstarch
- 3 cups whole milk
- 5 ounces bittersweet or semisweet chocolate chopped
- pinch of salt
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- whisk the yolks, sugar and cornstarch
- in saucepan over medium heat melt chocolate with milk and salt
- when chocolate is completely melted pour over egg mixture, whisk constantly then pour back into saucepan and stir until thick, about 12-15 minutes
- remove from the hear and stir in vanilla then divide into dessert cups, cover in plastic wrap, and put in fridge for about 2 hours
If I make this again I will use a much sweeter chocolate and less vanilla. The vanilla seemed really strong and sort of overpowered the chocolate.
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