Yummy Eats

These were soooo good. I did not make the cilantro dipping sauce, but I want to try that next time. I just mixed together soy sauce, hoisin and sweet red chili sauce and used that for sauce.   Ingredients  1 cup vegetable oil  3 avocados, halved, peeled and seeded  1 roma tomato, diced  1/4 cup diced red onion  2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro leaves  Juice of 1 lime  Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste 8 egg roll wrappers  For the cilantro dipping sauce: 3/4 cup fresh cilantro leaves, loosely packed  1/3 cup sour cream  1 jalapeno, seeded and deveined, optional  2 tablespoons mayonnaise  1 clove garlic  Juice of 1 lime  Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste  Instructions  1) To make the cilantro dipping sauce, combine cilantro, sour cream, jalapeno, mayonnaise, garlic and lime juice in the bowl of a food processor; season with salt and pepper to taste. Set aside.  2) Heat vegetable oil in a large skillet or Dutch oven over

These were delicious! A yummy shortbread layer, topped with caramel and chocolate! And a big hit at the Superbowl party I took them too. INGREDIENTS Shortbread Layer: ⅔ cup Unsalted Butter, softened ½ cup sugar 2 Eggs (yolks only) 1 teaspoon vanilla 1½ cups all-purpose flour Caramel Filling: 14 soft caramel candies (like Kraft Caramels) 3 T. heavy cream Chocolate Drizzle: 6 ounce milk chocolate chips INSTRUCTIONS To make the shortbread layer: Preheat oven to 375 degrees. In a medium sized bowl, combine ⅔ cup butter, sugar, egg yolks and vanilla in bowl. Beat at medium speed, scraping bowl often, until creamy. Add flour; beat at low speed until well mixed. Cover and refrigerate at least 1 hour or until firm. Shape dough into 1-inch balls. Place 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheets. Make indentation in center of each cookie with thumb or end of wooden spoon handle. Bake 7-10 minutes or until edges begin to brown. Cool completely. To make the caramel fi

This was delicious! Only thing I would do next time is maybe decrease the cheese by 1/2-1/4 cup. Garlic-Ranch Chicken Pizza Ingredients Dough for 1 large pizza For the pizza: 2 cups Mozzarella cheese, shredded 1/2 cup bacon, cooked and crumbled 1 cup chicken, cooked and shredded 2 tomatoes, thinly sliced For the Garlic-Ranch Sauce: 2 Tbsp sour cream 3 Tbsp mayonnaise 2 1/2 Tbsp milk 1/2 teaspoon garlic salt 1/8 teaspoon chopped, dried chives 1/8 teaspoon dill 1/8 teaspoon dried parsley dash of onion powder Salt and pepper, to taste Instructions Pre-cook the pizza dough as instructed on container, and then flip over and use that side.  Mix all ingredients together for the garlic-ranch sauce. Spread mixture over the top of the pizza dough. Sprinkle 1 cup of the mozzarella cheese over top, followed by the chicken, bacon, and tomatoes. Sprinkle remaining cheese on top. Bake at 450 degrees F for 9-12 minutes, or until crust is golden brown and cheese i

I made these for my company this past weekend and they loved them! I omitted the white chocolate chips and they turned out great still. Ingredients    2-1/2 sticks   Butter, Softened    2 cups   Sugar    2 whole   Eggs   3 teaspoons   Vanilla Extract    2 cups   Flour    3/4 cups   Cocoa Powder    1-1/2 teaspoon   Baking Soda    1 teaspoon   Salt    1-1/2 cup   Good Quality Semi-sweet Chocolate Chips    2 cups   Good Quality White Chocolate Chips (optional)   Directions: Preheat oven to 350°F. Using a mixer, cream butter and sugar until fluffy, scraping the sides once. Add eggs one at a time, mixing after each addition. Mix in vanilla. Sift together dry ingredients, then add in batches to the mixer, mixing until just combined after each addition. Gently blend in chocolate chips. Using a cookie scoop, add 1 tablespoon portions to baking sheet. Dot the top of each cookie with 3 chocolate chips if you'd like them to really show up on top. Bak

Ingredients: 1 puff pastry for the filling: 1/4 cup butter 1/2 cup brown sugar, packed 1-1.5 Tbs cream Scant 1/8 Tbs baking soda 1/2 Tbs cinnamon 1 egg + 1 Tbs water (egg wash) for the icing: 1/2 cup powdered sugar 1 Tbs milk Instructions: 1) Heat oven to 400, and let puff pastry defrost. 2) In saucepan over medium heat, melt butter. Add in sugar and whisk and bring to boil. Let boil for 1 min and then remove from heat and stir in cream. Add baking soda and cinnamon and whisk. 3)Spread out your puff pastry sheet on parchment-paper-lined tray. On the outside sections, cut diagonal strips that are about 1/2 inch wide. Cut small slits on the creases at the top and bottom of the pastry. Spread the filling in the center of the pastry sheet, leaving room on the ends. Fold the top and bottom of the pastry over the filling, and start folding the strips over the filling, alternating between the left and right side. Make sure there are no gaps. Cut the wings off the corners and p

I cooked some potatoes in the oven along side the meatloaf and served with gravy. It was very good. I saved some of the lipton onion mix for the gravy and it worked good. Meatloaf 1.25 lbs ground beef 1/2 cup bread crumbs 2-3 Tbs milk 1 egg 1 tsp dried parsley 2-3 dashes Worcestershire sauce salt and pepper Lipton onion soup packet 1/3 cup ketchup 1/2 tsp dried mustard 3-4 dashes hot sauce Instructions: 1) Mix together the first 8 ingredients and form into a loaf. 2) heat oven to 350 and bake for 45 minutes. 3) Top with ketchup and then cook another 15-25 minutes (until the internal temp is 155) 4) Let rest 10 minutes, then slice and serve.