ORIENTAL RICE

Sorry I haven't posted in a week, I have been battling a real bad head cold! but I am on the mend, but we now have stomach flu! but not me, phew!

For supper today, I just kinda threw some things together, really leftovers in the fridge,(those meals I find are the best) and it was delish!

This recipe is for 1 serving, for more just double or triple the recipe!

Ingredients:

1/2 cup Mushrooms                                      
1/2 cup chopped Onions
1 sliver of Garlic chopped
2 cups cooked Rice
1/4 cup shredded Carrots
1 teaspoon Butter
1 teaspoon oil
1-2 Tablespoon Garlic StirFry Sauce

Seasonings: To Taste

Seasoning Salt
Fresh Ground Pepper
Parsley

Method:

(1) Make sure your pan is hot before you put the Butter and Oil in,  saute the Mushrooms and Onions until tender
(2) Add the  chopped Garlic and Rice and let that saute together until the rice is heated through
(3) Then add the shredded carrots and season to your taste, simmer all for just a bit
(4) Add the Stirfry Sauce mix together and serve with your favorite meat or just eat it by itself!                                                                            

SUNDAY POT ROAST WITH A TWIST!

I was craving beef roast today, but I only thought of it around lunch time, I was hoping it would be defrosted by the time I wanted to stick it in the oven, but alas it wasn't, it was still quite frozen, but that worked to my advantage, I had it in the oven for 3 hours, and the meat was juicy and moist, and oh so yummy!!

 

CRUST MIX

 

1/2 Cup of crushed Basil

2 Tablespoons Salt

2 Tablespoons of freshly ground Pepper

 

Roll your Roast in this mixture making sure to get all areas, put 3 Tablespoons of oil in a pan, and get it hot, when the oil is hot, put your roast in and sear it till you have a nice crust, do this to all sides, when it is seared, take it out and put it on a plate, not you will have all those wonderful bits on the bottom of your pan, add a couple of squirts of worchestershire sauce in the pan, and scrape the bottom of the pan to get the bits off, add some water to the pan, when that has been scraped off, add a little bit of gravy powder, to flavour it. put this liquid in a roaster ( i used my cast iron dutch oven, keep even heat wonderfully) put the roast into it, add a quartered onion as well, put the lid on and into a 300 degree oven, ( or if you have convection then 250 degree) let that slow cook for 3 Hours. When it is done take roast out and put on cutting board to rest for 10 minutes to let the juices run back.

Take the juices in the pan, and add 1 Tablespoon of gravy mix, whisk that, the liquid will be runny, we put that over our roast and over rice that I had made, it was wonderful, add veggies, and you have a different kind of Sunday Pot Roast!

Happy Eating!

 

Different Blog

You have probably noticed my blog layout and template is different, and I honestly can tell you I have no idea how that happened, I didn't want a change, but things are so different with the blogger since I last blogged, I was trying to figure things out, I must have clicked on something I shouldn't have and this is what it changed it too, it even took my picture away! :(  the template I had before is apparently an old one, not sure how too get it back, if anyone has some idea I sure could use your help, me and computers are not on good terms! lol!  I hope you are all having a wonderful Saturday, it is stormy here!

GLAZED LEMON MUFFINS

This week I had the elder's wives over for a morning coffee, and I made Glazed Lemon Muffins, when I was grating the lemon peel to put into the batter, it just smelled amazing in the kitchen! lemon is very aromatic, and really infuses what you put it in. Next time I will use less sugar for the glaze, it was a bit sweet, even my youngest thought it was too sweet and he loves sweet things.

 

 

1/2 Cup Margarine or Butter
1 Cup Sugar
2 Eggs
1/2 Cup of Milk
1 1/2  Cups of Flour
1 teaspoon Baking Powder
1/2 teaspoon Salt
Grated rind of 1 Lemon

In large bowl cream Butter, Sugar and Eggs. In another bowl thoroughly stir Flour, Baking Powder, Salt and Lemon rind. Pour this over the Butter,Sugar and Egg mixture, stir just to moisten. Fill muffin cups 1/2 full, bake in a 350 degree oven for 15 mins or until toothpick comes out clean. Remove from oven and glaze.

GLAZE

Juice of 1 lemon
1/2 cup of sugar          You can put the amount you want to suit your tastes.

Enjoy!

Back to Blogging!

I haven't blogged for 2 years and our lives have changed since then, we moved to Manitoba from Saskatchewan over 2 1/2 years ago, my husband is pastoring in a small town, our boys have grown alot, I do some EA subbing in our local school, and I still love to cook! so I am excited to be back blogging about food! and hearing your feed back and also hearing about your cooking joys!

HOMEMADE PIZZA POPS!

We love pizza pops at our house! So i decided to try making my own! It was easy and my boys loved them! I made my own dough but you can use whatever pizza dough you want!



PIZZA POP DOUGH

2 1/2 Cups Flour
1/2 teaspoon Salt
2 Tablespoons Yeast
1 Cup Hot Water
3 Tablespoons Oil


Mix dry ingredients first, then add your Oil and Hot Water. Mix all together till it forms a nice smooth ball. Let it rest for 1/2 an hour. In that time you can mix your filling!


PIZZA POP FILLING (I made 2 kinds of filling)


CHEESE FILLING ( Shred as much mozzarella cheese as you want, mix pizza sauce with oregano and garlic and pepper, fold the shredded cheese in) set aside.


PEPPARONI AND MUSHROOM ( slice pepparoni and drain a can of sliced mushrooms, mix pizza sauce and oregano and garlic and pepper together, mix in the pepparoni and mushrooms) set aside.


After dough has sat for 1/2 hour, it will have risen so punch down, cut dough in 4 sections, take a section and roll it out, not to thin the filling will break through the dough then. Take a tablespoon of filling, and put on dough, then flip the douover the filling and make the filling nice and snug inside, using a pizza cutter cut around, the filling but not to close you will need to pinch it sealed. Using a fork go around edges sealing. Continue with the rest of your filling. Then bake in a 400 degree oven until golden brown!

CHOCOLATE CASTLE CAKE!

JR, had his birthday party on Fri, and he was so adament about having a castle cake, we looked on the internet, but found a whole lot of girlie castle cakes, and he looked at me and said I will not have a girl cake, I told him trust me son I promise it will not be girlie! Needless to say he loved it! and it was not hard to make at all!

CASTLE CAKE!

For the cake base I used

TEXAS CHOCOLATE SHEET CAKE!

2 Cups Flour

2 Cups Sugar

2 Eggs Beaten

3/4 Cup Sour Cream

1 teaspoon Salt

1 traspoon Baking Soda

1 Cup Butter or MArgarine

1 Cup Water

4 Heaping Tablespoons Cocoa

(1)In bowl mix together Flour, Sugar, Eggs, Sour Cream, Salt and Baking Soda. Set Aside

(2)In saucepan bring Butter, Water and Cocoa to boil. Remove from heat. Cool.

(3)Stir into Flour mixture and beat with electric mixer until smooth.

(4)Pour into greased 9x7 and 5x6 pans.

(5)Bake at 350 degrees for 20-22 minutes, cool for 15-20 mins and spread with Chocolate frosting.

CHOCOLATE FROSTING!

4 1/2 Cups Icing Sugar

1 teaspoon Vanilla

1/2 cup Butter (Is a must don't substitute for margarine)

1/4 cup Milk

4 Tablespoon Cocoa

(1)In a bowl mix together Icing Sugar and Vanilla and set aside.

(2)In saucepan combine Butter and Milk, bring to boil, set some aside to add Blue Food coloring in for the water for the Moat. When you have taken some out then add the Cocoa and bring to boil again.

(3)Remove from heat and add to Sugar and vanilla.

(4)Mix well with mixer at medium speed.

ASSEMBLING THE CAKE!

You will need!

9 Ice Cream Cones with notches made on them to look like Turrets, cut out a window on each.

Chocolate Icing

Blue Icing

Lego Knights

Lego Flag

2 Lego Squares

(1)On the 9x7 cake, spread some icing in the middle, take the 5x6 cake and put it on the part you iced.

(2)On the corners of the 2 cakes cut our a little bit of cake from them, so the Ice Cream cone Turrets will fit in snug.

(3)Ice the whole cake now, leaving some extra icing for touch ups.

(4)Ice the Ice Cream Cone Turrets, with a little icing not to much, you still want to see the design of the cone, it adds to the look.

(5)Fit the Turrets into their spots on the corners, take the extra icing and fill in gaps between the cake and cones.

(6)The extra Cone goes on top of cake as the Prison Tower.

(7)Take the blue icing and spread it aound Castle to look like Water in a Moat.

(8)Put the square Lego pieces on for the Door and Draw Bridge,

(9)Add the Lego Knights and the Lego Flag on top of the Prison Tower.

(10)The Castle is complete!