Monday, May 21, 2012

Tilapia Fish Tacos

 What you need: tilapia, tortillas, garlic, onion, jalepeno, tomato, avocado, lime, cilantro, little bit of olive oil
Add oil and chopped onions and garlic to pan. Make translucent and then add tilapia.
 Meanwhile, chop jalepeno, cilantro, and tomato.
 Once fish is cooked (may need to turn over a couple times) shred it. Then add chopped veggies.
 Stir and cook til smells of jalepeno are released.
Serve on tortilla with sliced avocado with a little lime juice. Enjoy!

Saturday, May 19, 2012

Peanut Butter Brownie Bites

 What you'll need: box of brownies (and ingredients it calls for), peanut butter, chocolate chips, peanut butter chips.
 Make brownie batter and scoop into greased mini muffin tins. Bake for 8-10 minutes.
 Melt 1/2 cup peanut butter in microwave safe bowl.
 Wait for brownies to cool completely before removing them from pan. (I didn't in this picture). Press down in the middle of brownie bite to create a nest for the melted peanut butter to go in.
 Sprinkle with milk chocolate chips and peanut butter chips.
Enjoy!!

Texas Roadhouse Rolls and Cinnamon Butter CopyCat



Rolls
3 1/2 tsp dry yeast
¼ cup warm water
1 cup milk
¼ cup sugar
¼ cup honey
4 cups all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon melted butter
1 egg
1 teaspoon salt

Butter
1 cube butter
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1/4 honey
½ teaspoon cinnamon


Directions:

1
Preheat oven to 375.
2
Soften yeast in warm water with a teaspoon of sugar.
3
Scald milk; cool to lukewarm. Pour into a large bowl.
4
Add yeast, sugar, honey, and half the flour to make medium batter.
5
Beat thoroughly. Let stand until light and foamy.
6
In a small microwaveable bowl add melted butter, egg, and salt. Beat well. Add to the flour mixture.
7
Add the rest of the flour to form soft dough.
8
Sprinkle small amount of flour on counter and pour the dough onto the counter. Knead dough until smooth.
9
Clean the large bowl that you were using and then grease the surface.
10
Then put dough in greased bowl; turn over to grease top.
11
Cover, let rise in warm place until double in bulk, then punch down.
12
Turn out on floured board. Divide into portions for shaping; let rest 10 minutes.
13
Shape dough into desired forms and place on greased baking sheets. Let rise until doubled.
14
Bake for 10 minutes; then reduce temperature to 350 degrees for 10 to 15 minutes more.
15
Cool on rack.


For cinnamon butter, blend all ingredients at room tempature.

**I did not follow the recipe to let the dough rise in between because I didn't have enough time. They still turned out good, but if I did let them rise they would have been better.

Orange Julius




6 oz frozen orange juice
1 cup milk
1 cup water
1/4 cup white sugar
1/4 cup powdered sugar
1 tsp vanilla
10-12 ice cubes
2 scoops vanilla ice cream

Blend all ingredients together for about 15-30 seconds until smooth.


No cook noodle Lasagna!

 What you'll need:  lasagna noodles, marianara sauce, ricotta cheese, cottage cheese, mozzarella cheese, pepperoni, 3 mushrooms, 1 egg
Mix together cheeses with egg.

 Layer order: marianara sauce, dried uncooked noodles, sauce, cheese, mushrooms (finely diced), pepperoni. Start all over again.

End layering with sauce, then extra mozzarella cheese. Cook covered for 45-60 minutes or until nice and bubbly at 350 degrees.