Orzo Chedder Tuna Spinach Casserole

Okay, I made this today on the fly. Here is what I did:

-Cooked orzo as per instruction
-In a separate pot, added milk, butter, 1 tsp of dijon and some nutmeg (bring to a boil), add flour and then grated chedder and mix until thick (cheese sauce)
-Open and drain a can of tuna
-Wash some spinach.

When the cheese sauce was done, I added everything in an mixed.

So delicious.

Although, next time, in a separate pan, I would fry the spinach with some green onions and some celery before adding it. since it will be more soft and wilted.

Enjoy!!!

Chimichurri Recipe

http://www.simplyrecipes.com/recipes/chimichurri/

Delicious! I omitted the red chili.

Sweet Potato Curry Soup

Ingredients

1 chopped onion
2 garlic cloves, chopped
1 inch of ginger, chopped
3 sweet potatoes, chopped
Curry powder, 1 tbsp
Oil
Water (about 3 cups...just eyeball it)

In a pot, add oil, chopped onion, garlic, ginger and curry powder. Fry for a few mintues.

Add chopped sweet potatoes, fry for a few minutes.

Add bouillon (any) and water, boil until sweet potatoes are soft, hand blend.

Enjoy!

Tomato Vegetable Orzo Soup

Ingredients:

1 can of diced tomatoes (with oregano and basil)

1 onion chopped

3 garlic cloves , chopped

1 cup of peas

4 chopped carrots

2 chopped celery

Oil

1 to 1 and 1/2 cup of orzo pasta

Water

1 Vegetable Broth Bouillon

1 Chicken Broth Bouillon (no sodium)

Salt

Thyme

Water

In a large Stockpan, add oil, fry onion, garlic, thyme, salt

Fry for a few minutes

Add tomatoes and water (I think I used about 4-6 cups), 

Blend with hand blender

Add carrots, peas, celery, orzo pasta, bouillons, 

Bring to a boil (I suggest adding the orzo near the end around 20 minutes and stirring to prevent it from sticking to bottom) and then simmer until the vegetables are tender. 

Enjoy!

Scallop Shrimp Chowder

This recipe are for the pesco pollo vegetarians. There is seafood.

Ingredients

Butter
2 onions
2 celery stalks
2 yellow potatoes
1tbsp flour
About 1 tsp anise
about 1tsp thyme
salt
1 cube of broth
coconut beverage
1/2 cup dry sherry

Use butter, add chopped onions and fry till transluscent
add potatoes and celery and fry for a few minutes
add spices and flour and salt fry

Add coconut beverage and bring to a boil
add cube of broth
add dry sherry

Let boil

Serve

You can add shredded cheese and green onions.

Tasty.

Enjoy!

Green onion, buttermilk and chedder scones

http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/recipe/cheddar-and-chive-scones

http://www.foodnetwork.ca/recipe/cheddar-chive-buttermilk-scones/13142/

Okay, I used the second recipe since it has buttermilk and replaced the chive with green onions. It was amazing. I skipped the flattening part and just used my hands to make balls because I was lazy but they still turned out well - it stays moist and is super savory!

Anyhoo, here is a pic.

Red Lobster Chedder Bay Biscuits

Okay, I found THE recipe for the biscuits that taste exactly like the ones at Red lobster. Here is the link:

http://damndelicious.net/2014/02/03/red-lobster-cheddar-bay-biscuits/

And here are a pick of the ones I baked up!

Tiramisu Cake

This recipe was given by one of my husband's friends. It was a great hit among my family so I asked him for the recipe.

Ingredients:

-3 eggs, separated
-1 container of 250g marscapone cheese
-2 shakes of salt
-1/2 cup + 1/2 cup sugar (I used icing sugar)
-1/2 cup of heavy whipping cream
-2 tsp of vanilla
-5 tbsp + 1/4 cup Kahlua, chilled in fridge (I forgot the chilled part - still turned out well)
-1/4 cup Ameretto
-2 cups of freshly brewed Expresso, cooled to room temp (I used the powdered expresso beans, and used a french press)
-Italian lady fingers
-Dark cocoa powder
-Cadbury's milk chocolate, shaved (optional) (although I used melted chocolate chips and wrote something on top of the Tiramisu Cake by pouring it into a zip lock back an cuting a small hole)

-Have 3 bowls + 1 bowl for expresso
-1 container to have your cake in


Bowl for Express (Make this first since it has to cool):
-add expresso
-add Kahlua
-add Ameretto
-mix and cool to room temp

Bowl 1(marscapone): put egg YOLKS and 1/2 cup sugar, beat with electrical mixer ( you should get a thick, pale yellow substance)
-add marscapone, beat  until well combined
-put in fridge, wash beaters

Bowl 2(whipping cream): pour 1/2 cup of whipping cream and 1 tbsp of icing sugar, and beat until it is thick
-put in fridge, wash beaters (unless you use a hand blender or different blender)

Bowl 3 (should be largest bowl for the Zabaglione): this should have the egg WHITES, add salt and beat until soft peaks form (the beaters should be clean), add the remaining 1/2 cup sugar little by little while the egg whites are beating
-fold in whipping cream (by "fold in, this just means, using a spatula and going down and up as if you are cranking a jack in the box, as if you are pushing down and then covering the mixture...or just YOU TUBE it!)
-fold in Marscapone mixture
-fold in vanilla
-fold in 5 tbsp of Kahlua
-put in fridge



Putting it all together:

-Put a thin layer of Zabaglione in container for Tiramisu
-Dip lady fingers in Expresso mixture and cover layer of Zabaglione
-put another layer of Zabaglioine
-....lady fingers
-repeat until last layer of Z...sprinkle with cocoa powder...then with shavings or the melted chocolate...

Enjoy!
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Beet Salad

http://www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/vegetables-recipes/candied-beet-salad

Zucchinai Banana Muffins with chocolate chips

http://www.averiecooks.com/2014/07/banana-zucchini-chocolate-chip-muffins.html

Ok I recently baked this DELICIOUS concoction. I didn't have cinnamon, so I used my pumpkin spice instead. Also, I used Stevia to replace the granulated sugar (just a few drops). The beauty of this recipe is that there is no dairy or eggs.

The recipe is for muffin form, bit I was too lazy and used a pan. :D It was still tasty :p

Enjoy!!!

Lentil Couscous Salad (reincarnated version)

A recreation from and old recipe:

http://vegisinme.blogspot.ca/2010/11/couscous-and-lentil-salad.html

*1 cup coucous
*1 cup brown lentils
* small red onion, chopped
*thumb size ginger, shredded
*1 large carrot, shredded
*2 garlic, minced
* 2  handful of raisins
Chopped cilantro, or whatever green (I used parsley)
* 2 tbsp lemon juice
* 2 -3 stalks green onion, chopped
Salt
1 TBSP tumeric
Halt tsp cumic
Oil

Mix
Eat
Feel healthy and full

Vegan baked beans

http://www.deliciouseveryday.com/vegetarian-baked-beans-recipe/

Zucchini potatoe bake

http://allrecipes.com/recipe/zucchini-and-potato-bake/

Garbanzo Bean & Tomato Soup

http://www.ordinaryvegan.net/garbanzobeansoup/

Swiss Chard + Garlic

http://www.foodiecrush.com/2013/04/garlicky-swiss-chard-and-chickpeas/

Guilt-free pumpkin pie!

This has no crust, no sugar.

Ingredients:

1 Can of pumpkin
1 can of evaporated milk
1 tsp of pumpkin spice (to make this: 4tbsp cinnamon, 4 tsp nutmeg, 4tsp all spice and 4 tsp ginger powder)
1 egg

1 pie plate

whisk everything, put oil on plate, and pour in batter for 30 minutes at 350 degrees C.

http://allrecipes.com/recipe/sugarless-pumpkin-pie-ii/
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/pumpkin-pie-spice-i/

Ranch flavored kale chips

http://originaleating.com/paleo-diet-food-list/vegetable/ranch-kale-chips/

Vegetable Lasagna

I found this recipe at this link (http://www.inspiredtaste.net/22401/fresh-vegetable-lasagna-recipe/) and made a few tweeks:

*I used the Le Veneziane Gluten Free Lasagne Sheets (amazing - I think this is what gave the lasagna the firm texture). I just bought one box, which was enough. The great thing I discovered was it does not need to be cooked, simply place in lasagna.

* 2 yellow zuccini (or it was yellow squash) chopped
*1 red pepper, chopped
*2 small onions
* 2 boxes of mushrooms, sliced
*3 garlic cloves
* 1 can of peeled tomatoes
*olive oil
*oregano
*dried basil
*thyme
*salt
*mozzarella
*parmasean
*2 eggs
*Ricotta cheese

-put olive oil in frying pan, put in chopped onions until a little brown
-put in red pepper
-add spices
-put in zuccini
-put in garlic
-fry for a few minutes for everything to soften a bit
-add can of tomatoes, with juice and continue to fry until half of water evaporates
-add mushrooms and let the mixture heat up until mushrooms are soft

-mix ricotta and eggs and shred cheese while waiting for veggie mix to cook

once done, take the casserole dish and put a bit of oil, place one layer of vegetable mixture, then pasta sheet, ricotta, mozzarella, parmesean, veggie mixture, pasta sheet, ricotta, mozzarella...I think i mixed it up when I did mine, but you can't really tell the difference.

Bake at 350 degrees F for about 20-30 mintues, then near the end, put on Broil for about 1 minute if you want the top cheese to brown.

Enjoy!

Summer Zuccini Salad

This was found on this webpage

http://www.takepart.com/article/2014/07/21/stuck-food-rut-heres-happiest-and-most-vibrant-way-eat?cmpid=foodinc-fb

Soooo good!!!!

Enjoy!

Cauliflower-Coriander soup

Ingredients

*1 Head of cauliflower, chopped
*2 green onion (or more if you wish)
* 2-3 garlic cloves, chopped
*2-3 carrots, chopped
*1 container of frozen coriander chuntney
*a bit of sour cream
*salt
*a bit of feta cheese
*oil
*water
*broth

*pour oil in pot, add garlic, carrots, onions until you can smell them (make sure garlic doesn't burn so cook initially on low to medium heat
*add cauliflower, stir
*add water until desired amount
*add stock (I used the cubes)
*add salt to desired
*boil until cauliflower are soft, add feta cheese and then blend

I also topped with some chili oil. Highly recommened!


 Enjoy!