Whole Wheat Bread

This week for Tuesday treats I made a loaf of whole wheat bread!

I got this recipe from the Lion House Bakery book. One thing about bread. You have to be patient and that is a skill that I really need to work on. I just want to eat that bread as soon as I finish mixing it. Plus mixing it takes a long time at our house because I don't have a mixer, I do all my mixing by hand, I burn more calories that way.

Tuesday Treats: Frozen Hot Chocolate

I have been craving Frozen Hot Chocolate from Dairy Queen, and I found this recipe at mels kitchen cafe.com and tried it out. It turned out so good! 

INGREDIENTS:

4 ounces of your favorite chocolate (I used semi-sweet chocolate)
2 teaspoons store-bought hot chocolate powder
1 1/2 tablespoons sugar
1 1/2 cups milk
3 cups ice cubes
lightly sweetened whipped cream
chocolate shavings (optional)

DIRECTIONS:
Chop chocolate into small pieces and melt in microwave on low heat. Once melted, add hot chocolate mix and sugar, stirring constantly until thoroughly blended. Slowly add 1/2 cup milk, stirring until smooth. Cool to room temperature.

In blender, place the remaining 1 cup milk, room-temperature chocolate mixture and ice.

Blend on high speed until smooth and the consistency of a frozen daiquiri. Enjoy! (This recipe made a large blender full – I believe I got at least 4 8 oz. servings from one batch.)

I also found this recipe its a little more work but its totally worth it if you have the time and ingredients!

I found this one at Tasty Kitchen

• 3 Tablespoons Granulated Sugar
• 1 package Hot Cocoa Mix (about 3 Tablespoons)
• 2 Tablespoons Unsalted Butter
• ⅓ cups Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips
• ⅓ cups White Chocolate Chips
• 12 ounces, fluid Can Evaporated Milk, Divided
• 4-½ cups Ice
• Whipped Cream, To Taste
• Mini Marshmallows, To Taste

Combine sugar, cocoa mix, and butter in the top of a double boiler that is set over gently boiling water. Stir often until melted and a smooth paste forms. Add semi-sweet & white chocolate chips; stir. When chips begin to melt, slowly stir in 1/2 cup of evaporated milk. Stir until smooth. Cool to room temperature.

Combine the chocolate base mixture, the remaining evaporated milk and ice in a blender (you can do this in batches) and cover. Blend until smooth. Pour into frosty glasses. Top each with whipped cream. Sprinkle with additional chopped chocolate chips & mini marshmallows, if desired.


We hope you had a good tuesday!

Broccoli Pin Wheels

Last night for dinner we had these beauties. These are so easy to make and so delicious, they are even great left over. Last time I made them I had the use of a Bosch Mixer, this time unfortunately I didn't have the use of one so it took a bit more muscles and time, but turned out great.

 Cheddar, broccoli and ham pinwheels.

The bread recipe I used to make these delicious treats took me about 10 minutes in the Bosch mixer. It was wonderful!

I am going to have to save my pennies for a while to be able to get one, but I am determined.

Recipe:

I got the pinwheels recipe from the Lion House Bakery cookbook, and I added ham to it.

Ingredients

1 recipe dough for Lion House Dinner Rolls, prepared through first rise. (Any bread recipe will do)

1 (10 ounce) bag frozen and chopped (I used fresh, and steamed)

1 Cup grated cheddar cheese

1/4 Cup dried minced onion (I used minced fresh red onion)

1 egg

1 teaspoon onion salt 

2 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese

2 tablespoons butter, melted

1 teaspoon seasoned salt

Directions

After dough has completed first rise, turn our onto a floured surface. Roll out dough into a large rectangle, about 1/4-inch thick. Mix broccoli, cheddar cheese, onions, egg, onion salt, Parmesan cheese, and seasoned salt (and some diced ham) into a small bowl. Spread broccoli mixture over dough. Tightly roll up the dough jelly roll style. Using a little water on fingertips, pinch edge firmly to seal dough. Cut dough into 24 slices.

Place slices, cut side up, in cavities of muffin pans sprayed with cooing spray or place on greased baking sheet. Brush panned dough with melted butter. Cover with plastic wrap and let rolls rise until doubled in size, about 1 to 1 1/2 hours (I couldn't wait that long).  Bake at 350 degrees for 10 to 15 minutes. Remove from pan immediately to cool on a wire rack. Makes 2 dozen rolls. (1 dozen was enough for us so I halved it).

Enjoy :)

Tuesday Treats, comfort food.

This week for tuesday treats we decided to blog about comfort food. One of my favorite things is breakfast for dinner. 

I got this amazing recipe from a friend and these are the best waffles I have ever had.

Grandma Lindley's Waffles

Dry ingredients:

3 c. flour

1 tsp. salt 

2 tsp. sugar

4 tsp. baking powder

Wet ingredients

4 eggs, separated; beat egg whites until stiff

2 c. milk

2/3 c. melted butter or oil

Combine milk and egg yolks in a large bowl. Add to the dry ingredients and mix well. Add butter and mix until only blended.

Fold egg white mixture into mixture. Bake in waffle iron.    

This is the secret to these amazing waffles, beating the egg whites until stiff. They will look like the picture on the right.

When everything is combined it will look white.

These are so good!! 

What is your comfort food?

Tuesday Treats

Yesterday I made some delicious pork tacos. Just like the ones from Cafe Rio.
We just moved to a new city, and there is no Cafe Rio here to satisfy my appetite. So I decided to create my own.

I got a simple recipe for the pork from a friend of mine.
1 pork tenderloin
1 can of Coke
1 cup of brown sugar
Put it all in a crock pot and cook until tender enough to shred.
So simple. So easy. So delicious

We also made some pico de gallo and creamy tomatillo dressing.
It made the meal complete.

I got the pico de gallo recipe from my friend the World Wide Web
1 1/2 cups of diced tomatoes
1/4 cup diced red onion
1 tbs diced jalapenos (if you want)
1 tbs garlic
Juice from 2 limes (I used 1 and it was almost too much for me.)
2 tbs cilantro
salt and pepper

Just combine all of the ingredients.

Creamy "Cafe Rio" Tomatillo Dressing

This delicious dressing makes a lot so be aware.
3 tomatillos, peeled and cut into quarters

juice of 1/2 lime
1/2 C buttermilk
1/2 C mayo
1/2 C sour cream
1 pkg. dry ranch buttermilk dressing
1 C cilantro
6 green onions
2 cloves crushed garlic
3 t sugar
1/2 jalapeno

Mix well in blender. Refrigerate for at least one hour.

It all came together with some amazing handmade fresh tortillas for a great grocery store here. They make them right in front of you fresh. They are incredible. I can never go back to other tortillas.

We added black beans, rice, and lettuce to make it a meal. 

It was great. Not quite Cafe Rio but pretty darn close.

Try it you'll enjoy it.