Forgot a Recipe!!!

I was looking trying to figure out why my recipe list didn't match up with my 1001 list... and I remembered I forgot to post two of my recipes!!! oh noes!

Both are dealing with Pork Tenderloin though (YUMMY)

First up we have a Roast Tenderloin with Scalloped Taters

For the roast you'll need:

1 lb pork tenderloin
2 tbsp Balsamic vinaigrette dressing
1 tbsp honey

mix the vinaigrette dressing with the honey and then glaze the tenderloin baking in a 425 degree oven for 30-40 minutes. That's all pretty simple hmm? I added other spices into mine, like lemon pepper and kosher salt and all sorta stuffs... but the basic bits are there.

Now for the Scalloped Taters I used a cheap poor mans recipe.

You'll need:
Potatoes (I'd say I had roughly 3 lbs) sliced thin thin thin... I broke out my brand new Mandolin for this recipe (Thank you thank you thank you Mom!)
kraft styled sliced cheese (you can use whatever brand suits you best)
Flour
Pepper
Salt

all your gonna do is arrange a layer of potato slices on the bottom of a baking dish, dust the layer with flour salt and pepper and then top with a few slices of cheese (I used to or three slices usually) and repeat the process until all materials are used up. then pop the entire thing into a pre heated oven (375) for 30 -40 minutes.

the last recipe i learned was Pork Medallion Alfredo:

you'll need:

1lb Pork Tenderloin sliced into 1/2 inch thick slices
1/2 cup cream cheese spread (herb and garlic flavored is recommended)
1/3 cup less sodium chicken broth
1/4 cup balsamic vinaigrette dressing
1/4 cup grated parmesan cheese (yeah that little green tube of goodness)
1 tbsp Lemon juice (i substituted lime juice)
2 tbsp basil (fresh or dried) chopped
Also egg noodles cooked to your satisfaction, enough to feed four (these are four person recipes)

Spray a large nonstick skillet with cooking spray and place it over medium high heat. add meat and cook 2 minutes each side or just until pork begins to brown

Add cream cheese broth balsamic dressing, lemon (lime) juice, and Parmesan cheese and stir until mixture is smooth, cream cheese is melted, and meat is cooked thoroughly.

Sprinkle with basil and toss with egg noodles before serving.

ENJOY :)

Sweet Citrus Chicken

Pretty damn easy recipe if ya ask me :)

But somewhere i lost an entire unopened box of brown sugar... so i had to break the old box apart for this :( i am saddened and maddened by this fact.

you'll need:
1 lb boneless skinless chicken breasts (This equated to three breasts for me tonight)
1/2 cup Orange Juice
1/4 cupped tightly packed brown sugar
1 cup of hot water
2 tbsp melted butter
1 package of chicken stuffing.

Pre Heat your oven to 400 :)

Now the recipe calls for one to flatten the chicken out by pounding it until it's about a 1/4 inch thick. While i might have gained from this after finding i had no new box of brown sugar... I didn't do this and the chicken tastes fine

Stir the cup of hot water into the stuffing mix until it is just moistened...

Mix the butter sugar and oj together and place the chicken in a baking dish, pouring the oj mix over it.

Top with the stuffing and pop it in the oven for 30 minutes if you flattened the chicken, or about 45 if you didn't.

enjoy... i'm off to go vent some brown sugar loss induced anger XD

SUSHI!

Candy Sushi that is...


No recipe list here just pictures of the lovely result Miss Ashley and I came out with :)



ricecrispy "rice", gummy worm "innards", Swedish "fish", fruit roll up / fruit by the foot 'Nori', and Hazelnut Kahlua 'Soy Sauce'


The Ramune is all natural real-ness though



YUM YUM!

Cauliflower Soup

Original Recipe found Via The Pioneer Woman... and I followed her instructions pretty much to the letter... But I guess I'll retype it all anyways >_>

What you'll need to make this Scrumptious bunch oh soupy bliss:

1 stick of butter (divided in half)
1/2 an onion finely diced
1 carrot finely diced
1 celery stalk (or two celery 'hearts') finely diced
1-2 heads of cauliflower chopped roughly(I used two because I'm greedy and I know I'd want lots of little white bites of heaven in my bowl ;) )
2 tbsp fresh (or dried) chopped parsley
2 quarts chicken broth or stock (I used 1 quarts stock and one quarts water because I oopsed when I was at the market >_>)
2 cups milk (whatever percentage you desire)
6 tbsp Flour
1 cup half and half
2-4 tsp salt
1 cup of sour cream

If you don't know how to slice and dice... i can't help you really, But thanks to my lovely assistant and wonderful friend Ashley, my chopping went three times faster than normal!

For the onion: I use the planks sticks and cubes approach usually, not today but it still worked out. if you cut the onion parallel to the cutting surface (or into planks) and then perpendicular (i.e. sticks) and then you just chop straight down (into cubes) you have a finely diced onion! VOI LA!

For the celery: cut each stalk in half and then just dice it into smaller pieces

For carrots: I find cutting the carot in half and each half into half etc until their fairly thin and then chopping is the easiest way for me :)

for the Cauliflower: wash the florets and lop off that stem, and then just whack at it until it's a good size for your tastes. (But be careful, I had little cauliflower escapeess all over my floor by the time I finished and had to sweep... I'm a messy knife user lol)

In a Large Stock pot or Dutch Oven:

Take half that stick of butter and toss it in the pot... Or slide, or place or what have you... and let it melt down. add your onions into the pot (don't toss these i'm sure it'd lead to a mess) and let them cook until they start to turn brown. Add the carrots and celery and allow to cook a few more minutes, roughly 3-5. Finally add in the cauliflower and parsley, stir to coat, cover and cook for 15 minutes.

After 15 minutes pour in your stock (and water if you went my route) bring to a boil and then reduce heat allowing to simmer covered.

IN a MEDIUM sauce pan:

Melt the other half stick of butter. Whisk milk and flour together and then continously whisking slowly add into the saucepan with the melted butter. let simmer a few moments and then take off the heat, adding the half and half in.

Add the cream mixture into the soup, stir, cover and let simmer for 15 - 20 minutes. Add any salt or pepper to taste.

Now to enjoy the soup, place a nice dollop of sour cream in your bowl and ladle one or two spoons of soup into the bowl, stir to mix before adding in however much else soup you feel like enjoying.

EAT AND BE HAPPY!

yum (pictures when i find batteries... again. if there's any left.

Yummy Burgers and Parmesan Fries (Recipes 2 & 3 )

For the burgers you will need:

~3/4 lb lean ground beef
~ BarBQ Sauce, enough to flavor the burger and onions
~4 large onion slices
~4 slices of cheese
~4 whole wheat buns
~ Four slices of tomato (we opted out on that bit)

heat your grill, grill pan, or skillet to medium high heat. Mix about 2 tbsp bbq sauce with the ground beef, take onion slices and dredge them in the sauce as well, shaped beef into four 1/4 inch thick patties and cook until done roughly 4 minutes on each side at least, cooking the onion until crisp tender as well. Place slice of cheese on burgers with one minute left in the cooking process and when melted place burgers on sliced buns and top with onions tomatoes and what else have you.


For the fries you will need:
~4-5 medium sized fries, yukon golds work well
~ 1/4 cup parmesan cheese
~ 3/4 garlic salt
~ one egg white

Heat oven to 425 F. Cut the potatoes into halves and then wedges (each half into four wedges) combine cheese garlic salt and egg white in a bowl, add the potatoes and toss to coat. Spread wedges out on a large greased baking sheet and bake for 50 minutes.


ENJOY! (I used galric powder and kosher salt, just eyeballing it, and also added some parmesan to the burger meat before cooking... but that's cause i'm squirrely.)

Baked Smashed Taters and Maple Glazed Ham (1-100 new recipes)

tonight I made ham and Baked Smashed taters, i say bake cause i'm still not sure if they'ed counte as roasted otherwise.

I used this recipe as a launching pad, but since i don't have any of those herbs on hand i just used my handy back up spices of Lemon Pepper seasoning, a grinder with dipping oil seasonings and yes my handy little bit of lavender sugar... except ground it up into a finer dust this time and stayed away from to heavy a seasoning.

What can i say i'm a sugar lover, and lavender is my new joy!

I have the potatoes baking as we speak and they smell just heavenly... I used a big plastic cup to smash them though, because i didn't want a bunch of little ridges in mine like my tater masher would have left behind.

After that i have to wait for my oven to cool a bit before i stick the ham in... yeah a half a ham. It's fully cooked, just needs a good two hours to warm up nice and cozy before we gnaw on it.

mmmm i can't wait for dinner tonight. Hopefully my camera will live long enough on it's batteries for photos, will update!


UPDATE:
Look at them aren't they lovely???

And they are delicious too!!! eat bite is like a perfectly little baked potato... the skin is crispy and delicious and hte inside is soft and yummy!

woot for successes! the ham is wonderful too!

Lavender Lemon Chicken

In my first attempt to create a 'recipe' without ANY guidelines I made a rub or a spice I guess and tested it out on some chicken

With Lemon pepper (store bought) I added lime juice, salt (sadly table as i still have yet to get any kosher salt) ground black pepper, lavender sugar, and a little bit of garlic powder before using it to top three lbs of chicken breast (boneless skinless). I also tossed 3 cloves of garlic into the pan to give some flavor to the oils and the chicken. I then baked the chicken at 375 for 40 minutes on one side and to be safe ten minutes after flipping. Next time I'll cut that time to 25 and 10 respectively i think, as the chicken was a little dry for my taste.

Even So paired with some easy Alfredo side pasta 7/7 (6/6 if you don't include me) people loved it!

I wish i had gotten a picture of the finished product, but when i went to grab my camera it was already gone! O_O