Chicken burgers

Hey everyone! hope your christmas was awesome, and that you all got spoiled rotten ;-). I know I sure did :).

Now its time for myself to start eating healthier. More chicken, fish, turkey... less hamburger, bacon, sausages and pork chops.
So when I come up with a new recipe for healthy food ill post em :-D.
First up is Chicken burgers.

Chicken burgers.
2 lbs extra lean ground chicken
1/2 red pepper finely diced
2 eggs
1 clove of garlic
1 green onion.
1/2 table spoon of honey mustard
enough seasoned bread crumbs to combine everything.
salt and pepper
Form into patties and let sit for a couple of hours to let the flavors penetrate the meat. Cook in the oven at 450 for 30 mins or until cooked.

I like to top mine with sliced avacado, lettus, and tomato.

CHRISTMAS TIME!!! :D

Jingle Bells Jingle Bells Jingle all the way!! =D
Only a week and a half until christmas is here! and I am sooo excited =), so far for every family dinner durring a holiday I have made a themed desert. and since It's christmas Im going to Make a frosty the snow man scene.

When I was in school for our last assignment in Baking class we did a traditional "Yule log" with the mocha cream and the thin sponge cake. So I was thinking about doing 2 small yule logs and having a orange and red colored sugar sculpture in the middle like a fire pit, and have a white chocolate frosty the snow man in the corner  looking a bit nervous to be standing so close to the fire. As a fun spin off of the end of Frosty the snow man the movie.

Pictures will be posted as with the recipe for the sponge cake =).

WOULD LOVE SOME FEED BACK FOR THIS IDEA =D

Red velvet cake with Cream cheese Icing.

One of my favorite cakes. Besides Chocolate of course ;-)

Red velvet cake:

2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoon cocoa powder
1 1/2 cups vegetable oil
1 cup buttermilk, room temperature
2 large eggs, room temperature
2 tablespoons red food coloring
1 teaspoon white distilled vinegar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

bake at 350 for 30 mins or until a tooth pick comes out clean.

Cream cheese Icing.
1 block softened cream cheese
2 splashes of vanilla extract
1 tbsp cold milk
3 cups icing sugar.
Whip until smooth
& I like to tint it a blue because the red of the cake and the blue icing looks really funky together  =D

Corn Bread

So I was looking through my documents on my computer and came across a few recipes I thought I would post.
 Here is the first one :)

Corn bread:
1 cup all-purpose flour

1 cup cornmeal
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 egg
1 1/3 cups buttermilk
1/4 cup melted shortening

I sometimes also add roasted garlic, sun dried tomatoes, crispy bacon, cheddar cheese, or some chillies to give it some kick ;-)

Bruchetta

2 cans of stewed tomatoes (1 drained and 1 still with the juice.)
1 sweet onion chopped finely
2 cloves of garlic + 1 for the bread
1 tbs olive oil
2 cups of shredded cheese
Your favorite bread toasted.
Salt and pepper to taste
small dash of sugar
Drain the one can of tomatoes and mix with the other can. Add the onion 2 cloves of garlic,oil, salt and pepper, and sugar, then mix. Let sit for a couple hours to let the flavors come together.
Toast your favorite bread then with half a clove of garlic, rub the toasted bread with it. The oils will release into the toast giving you the illusion of garlic spread. Top your bread with a bit of the tomato mixture and then top with cheese. Broil until the cheese is melted.

Pizza dough

So I have SERIOUSLY been slacking with this... and I do appologize, Just havent had the energy to make things lately. But last night I finally got up enough energy to make some home made pizza dough :). And it was fantastic!.


Pizza dough!
3 cups all purpose flour
2 tsp quick-rising instant dry yeast
1 tsp salt
1-1/4 cups  hotter than luke warm water
1 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
Mix the Water and yeast together with a fork or your fingers, just until its frothy and let sit for 5 mins. Then add your Flour, salt, and oil, and mix until it forms a ball and comes away from the sides of the bowl.
Let sit for 1 hour..

FUN TIP! Raw yeast needs SUGAR to grow, and when you buy active dry yeast, the reason it makes your dough rise so quick is because the company adds a touch of sugar to the yeast so you dont have to wait so long for something to happen.. But if you add SALT then the yeast will not activate..because it is toxic to the cells in the yeast and they will not divide like they are suppose to.  Think of it like this... When we eat salt... what do we want to do?? Sit around and do nothing.. When we eat sugar what do we want to do..we want to get up and run around! gives us a boost of energy. Just think that yeast cells like people and always remember what happends when we have those 2 ingredients. :)