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Casseroles, Steak, & Margs

5/11/2017

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CObre valley Recipe


​Cobre Valley Casserole

This casserole didn’t exactly turn out the way I had expected. Yes, it was good, but it felt more like a dip than a casserole. It has beef, bean, onions, cheese: everything you could ask for in a dish for a Cinco de Mayo dinner at home. I didn’t mind so much that it was more of dip. It just made so much that I don’t know how much of the leftovers I’m going to get through.  I bought some flour tortillas and perhaps I can make myself some small tacos or burritos with it. Yum either way. Thumbs to the side on this one, good enough but not amazing.
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Margarita Recipe


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Lime Margaritas

What better way to spend Cinco de Mayo (in America that is) than by making some homemade Margaritas. I’ll admit, this is the first time that I’ve made homemade margaritas (without the premixed stuff anyway). Let me tell you, this were amazing. Still not able to knock the Beer Margaritas out of first place, but super super close. The recipe says that it makes like four servings, but I put the whole thing in one glass. By the way, check out my new margarita glasses, aren’t they awesome? Thank you Dollar Tree for such perfect glasses to hold my margaritas.
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The next night I went with a frozen strawberry margarita, which is also included in this recipe in the cookbook. Well… something knocked the Beer Margaritas out of first place. Oh my these were so good. It wasn’t until recently that I ever drank frozen strawberry margaritas, I think because the first one I ever had just was not good. But now I think they are my favorite, with the normal on the rocks lime margaritas just behind. I would definitely recommend these two recipes (there is also a frozen lime recipe available, I just didn’t make that one) if you’re up for a margarita one night and don’t want to spend $10 at a Mexican restaurant. Thumbs up, make it!!
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salad recipe

Romaine Caesar Salad 

I always like making my own dressing. One, because I have a food processor and would like to give it some use, and two because well why not? One thing about this caesar dressing recipe is I didn’t have enough olive oil. It’s okay though, I don’t really like olive oil. So the amount (a little more than half) I added was just enough for me. Tossed with the romaine lettuce, parmesan cheese, and croutons: this salad was perfect. Thumbs up, make it!

Whiskey Steak Sirloin

I am not a fan of whiskey, and this steak had such a strong amount of whiskey taste I wasn’t a huge fan. First of all, I would suggest that you bake it for longer than the time said. I pulled it out after the 8 minutes and it was tremendously red in the middle. Had to put it in the microwave for a while to finally get rid of it. The whiskey and soy sauce really took over in the taste department. On one hand, it was easy to make: marinate overnight and then broil for ten-ish minutes. It didn’t taste horrible, I mean it’s steak, but I’d rather have some marinade without whiskey (I had Jack Daniels so you can’t even blame the whiskey). If you are a whiskey drinker, you’d love this, but I’ll say thumbs down just for me.
steak recipe

Shredded Potato Casserole

The infamous potato casserole that is at almost every family function. I’ve never made it before, but have always loved eating it. This time was no exception. One thing I need to teach myself (which I did for the steak and the salad, but not the potatoes) is to read the recipe the night before, in case there is something I need to do that night - ya know like THAW THE POTATOES. Well, thankfully my boyfriend is smart and submerged the bag of frozen potatoes in hot water. If it were just me, I would have put off the recipe until the next day. One thing I would change about this recipe is to add more cornflake/cheese mixture to the top. I didn’t feel like there was enough to sprinkle over the entire thing. Thumbs up, make it!
potato casserole recipe
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Some Chickens are from Asia

1/10/2017

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Asian Chicken Thighs

I love chicken. This recipe was an interesting one. First of all, it's not really a "teriyaki" sauce, which I am a big fan of this not being a teriyaki sauce. The sauce itself has brown sugar, orange juice, ketchup, and soy sauce. So it was a pleasant surprise when I dug into the final product and it was a tad sweet (normally I don't like sweet foods when I'm not eating dessert, but this one works well). I didn't like that I used skinned bone-in thighs. Next time I would probably substitute boneless, skinless chicken breasts  if   I   ever   made   it   again.   Pairing   this 
chicken recipe with white rice worked out perfectly. Thought the rice isn't part of the recipe, it's super easy to make so I couldn't say no to the Taste of Home suggestion of serving the chicken and its sauce over some white rice. Definitely a thumbs up on this recipe. 
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West - Chicken

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Devil's Food Cake with Chocolate Frosting

I was craving chocolate cake. So after perusing through my cookbook, I came across this Devil's food cake. I've had devil's food cake before, just have never made it. I had no idea that sour cream was put in here? Strange. Nonetheless, I had everything I needed already in the pantry so I begun to make this cake. I had to melt some chocolate. I will say that it isn't as easy using chocolate chips when comparing it to a plain old hershey bar like I used when making the Tandy Kakes.  I did  it  the  same  way  though,  made  my
own "double boiler" and melted it that way (the recipe says to melt it in the microwave, but I just don't have the patience for that and I almost always burn it that way!). After the batter was all made it baked for almost a half hour. One thing I wish I had for after that was done was a wired cooling rack. I was only able to take one cake out of its pan to cool completely while the other had to cool inside its pan. So when it came time to frosting and layers the two cakes, I had a hard time getting the other one out. It all worked out though. The frosting hid all the imperfections, and it still tasted delicious. I would definitely make this recipe again. Thumbs up. 
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South - Dessert - Bakery - Cake

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Do Buffalo Have Wings?

1/5/2017

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I wanted to share with you all my New Years Eve and Winter Classic Menu!! Go Blues!!
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​Buffalo Chicken Wings

I am not a fan of buffalo chicken wings. They are messy for one, and I just don't like the taste of buffalo sauce. BUT my boyfriend sure loves his buffalo wings, so for the Winter Classic (Yay Blues!) I made these. The recipe itself tells you how to make the sauce. I followed the recipe, but didn't think it turned out very good. It looked buttery and tasted too buttery. So we just ended up using Syberg's sauce and scrapped what was made on the stovetop. From what I've been told they were pretty good,but not amazing. Which is
interesting because everyone loves Syberg's sauce. I wonder if it's different when using it at home versus ordering it at the restaurant? Hmm. I bought an electric skillet for this and I'm in love with it. It was so easy to use and so easy to clean up. I may start using this for everything. The temperature was easy to set and consistent throughout the whole cook time. I can't do that with my stove top!! I'll give this recipe a thumbs up. 

Northeast - Chicken

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Lick-the-bowl-clean Hummus

First of all, this Hummus was pretty easy to make. Saute some onions and then puree everything in a food processor. It smelled really good when it was done, however I wouldn't say I wanted to "Lick the Bowl Clean." Because the recipe called for sweet onions, that is what I bought at the grocery store. I would say that this was a big mistake. The hummus was way to sweet for my liking. I even tried to buy my favorite pita chips to eat it with - Parmesan Garlic - but it still wasn't able to mask the taste. Needless to say this whole batch it going to end
up in the trash, which is really sad since I spent my hard earned money on this. I guess it was bound to happen eventually... maybe I can try eating it while drinking? Nah I don't think that would work. Anyone have an idea? I may just endure it. I do love these pita chips. 

Thumbs way, way down.

West - Appetizer - Dip

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Beer Margaritas

Since New Years Eve was this past weekend, I decided that it would be a fantastic idea to pick a beverage from the cookbook to make, and hopefully enjoy. That brought me to the Beer Margaritas. Loving margaritas, I felt like this would be the perfect drink to ring in the new year, and it was! The one thing that caught me off guard was there is no tequila in this recipe. It's just lime juice, vodka, water, and beer. It was super easy to make. One can of lime juice concentrate made about 2L of the drink (2 pitchers,  I'm  pretty  sure  my  pitcher  is 1L but I 
could be way wrong on that one!) They were delicious for sure. I used Land Shark as the beer of choice (ya know, to make it more beach like), and opted not to add fresh lime slices or salt on the rim. The one thing I would change for next time, I'd want to strain the lime juice before mixing the ingredients. I hated that once I got to the bottom of the glass it was full of pulp. Gah, pulp! Other than that, this drink was delicious and I would definitely make it again! 
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Midwest - Drink

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Chili con Queso

If you readers know me personally, you know that Queso is my favorite food. If you readers don't know me personally, this just in: QUESO IS MY FAVORITE FOOD EVER. Because I don't like Buffalo Wings, this is what I chose for myself to eat during the Winter Classic. It was both delicious and super easy to make. Instead of in the microwave, I ended up just making it in a small crockpot: I felt like it would be more consistently melted and less burned this way (I am not a pro at heating things up in the microwave). This recipe is a little different than I
would normally make it. Yes, it uses Velveeta, but instead of Rotel, it used green chilies and pimentos as the main ingredient. Sounds really weird, but it was strangely really good. Who would have thought to put some diced pimentos into Queso dip? Not me, but thanks Taste of Home cookbook for helping me realize this geniusness. I would definitely make this again.

​Thumbs way, way up. 

Southwest - Appetizer - Dip - Cheese

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