Oven Roasted Brussels Sprouts
Yum, yum, yum. I know I am an odd duck, but I love brussel sprouts. Usually I just boil them and eat them with delicious cheese sauce, however I now love roasting them in the oven. It’s super simple!!
1 - 1 1/2 pounds brussels sprouts, ends trimmed, and yellow leaves removed (defrosted frozen ones work great too)
3 tablespoons olive oil (vegetable oil works fine)
About 1 teaspoon kosher salt
About 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
Preheat oven to 400F
Toss brussels in oil, salt and pepper
Place on pan. For easier cleanup try using a silicone baking pad or parchment paper.
Place in oven.
Bake for about 30-45mins till dark in colour.
You may want to shake the pan every 5-10mins to make sure they don’t stick to the pan, and for even baking.
Remove once done and serve right away. Trust me they are good!!
Sunday, January 1, 2012
Monday, November 28, 2011
Deconstructed Cabbage Rolls
I stumbled upon this make it up as I go along recipe when I realized I had some cabbage left in the fridge. I wanted to make cabbage rolls (what you've never had one?! shame shame) but after a sleepless night I didn't want to do a lot of cooking. So this easy recipe, and I mean easy, was born. This has all the flavours of a cabbage roll but with a lot less work.
1 cabbage head, diced (use a food processor if you got one, saves a lot of time)
1 - ½ lbs of lean or low fat content hamburger (if frozen make sure defrosted)
1 large can of diced tomatoes with juice
Seasonings, whatever you like: garlic, pepper, salt, etc.
Place diced cabbage in your crockpot.
Crumble hamburger on top of cabbage. Yes raw, trust me.
Add seasonings.
Dump in tomatoes.
Place lid on and cook on low for 8-10hrs.
It's ok to stir occasionally.
The fat from the hamburger along with the tomatoes helps soften the cabbage to make it melt in your mouth.
Once done you can serve over rice, mashed potatoes or eat by itself.
Enjoy!
Saturday, October 29, 2011
No Yeast Bread / Pizza Dough
Yup no yeast bread. I know when you think of bread you think yeast, but don’t worry this one is really good. We used it as pizza dough, it was about the size of a regular cookie sheet.
Preheat oven to 400F
4 cups flour
1 tbsp sugar
1/2 tbsp baking powder
1/2 tbsp baking soda
1½ cups water
2 tsp vinegar (cider or white)
Combine all dry ingredients together.
Combine all wet ingredients together
Add wet ingredients to dry and mix
Turn dough onto floured surface and need, about two to three minutes, add more flour if needed
If making bread shape into a round (about 1 1/2 to 2 inches high). Bake 40 minutes. Remove and while hot glaze with 1 tbsp melted or softened butter.
Preheat oven to 400F
4 cups flour
1 tbsp sugar
1/2 tbsp baking powder
1/2 tbsp baking soda
1½ cups water
2 tsp vinegar (cider or white)
Combine all dry ingredients together.
Combine all wet ingredients together
Add wet ingredients to dry and mix
Turn dough onto floured surface and need, about two to three minutes, add more flour if needed
If making bread shape into a round (about 1 1/2 to 2 inches high). Bake 40 minutes. Remove and while hot glaze with 1 tbsp melted or softened butter.
Sunday, October 23, 2011
Roasted Pumpkin Seeds
Tis the season to roast pumpkin seeds!
I love freshly out of the oven roasted pumpkin seeds lightly salted, crunchy little snack that is high in fiber so its good to eat them by the handfuls haha.
Step 1:
Gut your pumpkin, go ahead get messy. Place the seeds separated from the “guts” in a large bowl.
Step 2:
Soak / wash the seeds (no soap please) and try to get the cling on guts off
Step 3:
Rinse the seeds and let them dry out. Most sites say at least 30mins but I let them dry for longer.
Step 4:
Place them in a bowl with some melted butter (or oil) to lightly coat, sprinkle with salt or whatever seasonings you’d like
Step 5:
Place in oven as it preheats to 275F.
Step 6:
Check your pumpkin seeds every 5-ish minutes. I cook large batches (seeds from 3 pumpkins so I check every 15mins). Stir occasionally and do a taste test to see if they are cooked enough for you liking.
Step 7:
Once roasted, they will change colour, remove them from the oven and sample some. Eat warm or cold, either way its all good :0)
I love freshly out of the oven roasted pumpkin seeds lightly salted, crunchy little snack that is high in fiber so its good to eat them by the handfuls haha.
Step 1:
Gut your pumpkin, go ahead get messy. Place the seeds separated from the “guts” in a large bowl.
Step 2:
Soak / wash the seeds (no soap please) and try to get the cling on guts off
Step 3:
Rinse the seeds and let them dry out. Most sites say at least 30mins but I let them dry for longer.
Step 4:
Place them in a bowl with some melted butter (or oil) to lightly coat, sprinkle with salt or whatever seasonings you’d like
Step 5:
Place in oven as it preheats to 275F.
Step 6:
Check your pumpkin seeds every 5-ish minutes. I cook large batches (seeds from 3 pumpkins so I check every 15mins). Stir occasionally and do a taste test to see if they are cooked enough for you liking.
Step 7:
Once roasted, they will change colour, remove them from the oven and sample some. Eat warm or cold, either way its all good :0)
Saturday, October 15, 2011
Bierocks!!
Bierocks! What could be better than a roll with a meaty, oniony, cabbagey filling? Nothing. Best part is you can freeze it and gobble them down for a quick on the go lunch or for those days you just don’t feel like cooking. If you have German or Russian roots and haven’t tried this shame on you :P
On the serious side this meal is pretty dang cheap, most expensive ingredient is the ground beef, but if you time it right you can hit a sale. A little time consuming but well worth it in the end when you have a freezer full off good homemade food for your family.
DOUGH
Ingredients:
1pkg active dry yeast (or 2 ¼ tsp)
1 cup lukewarm water (around 110F)
2 tbsp sugar
1 tsp salt
2 tbsp margarine
3 cups flour (you can use whole wheat too)
Method:
In a large bowl dissolve yeast in water with a dash of the sugar, for about 3-5 mins
Stir in sugar, salt, margarine, and enough flour until dough comes together in a ball
Knead dough until smooth and elastic (about 6mins)
Cover dough for 30mins
Punch down dough
Cover for 10mins
FILLING
Ingredients:
1lb ground beef
2 cups finely shredded cabbage
½ cup finely diced onion
Black pepper
Salt
Method:
Brown beef, drain
Add cabbage, onion and seasonings
Cook on low till vegetables are tender
THE FUN PART!
Roll out dough on lightly floured counter, cut into 6 pieces
Place about ½ cup filling in center
Pull outside edges of dough to center and pinch closed
Turn seam side down on baking sheet (greased, or lined)
Bake for 15-18mins in 400F oven
WHAT WE DID!
-Filling: We used about 3½ lbs meat, 1 onion on steroids, and one medium head of cabbage
Shredded cabbage in food processor and put it in the crock pot with around 4-ish cups of water, turned it on low and cooked over night (added some black pepper and a pinch of garlic for good measure)
Diced onion with food processor, like I said it was on ‘roids and would have destroyed my eyeballs
Cooked up the meat w/ onion and lots of black pepper and I used celery salt (because I could)
Let meat mixture cool and put in the fridge over night
-Bread: We used the food processor to make it, yup that’s right gotta love having a food processor. How did I survive without one… Anyways we did the yeast, water and dash of sugar in a measuring cup. Margarine, salt, sugar in food processor, added yeast, added flour and hit the dough button (gift from God!). Covered, punched, covered and put in fridge over night. We made 2 batches
-Morning: turn off cabbage, let cool down, add meat mixture to cabbage + let them get to know each other, stir very well. Dough out of the fridge, oven preheating. We aren’t fans of rolling out dough so we just grabbed 6 chunks out of a batch, hand flattened, filled and baked for 16mins. Let the house smell good and taste one once it cools down.
- With using one head of cabbage we made 4 batches of dough and have 2 medium containers of meat + cabbage mixture in the fridge. Needless to say we will be making more dough tomorrow, maybe another 2 or 3 batches.. Ooh yah!
Works best to bake, cool completely and freeze in airtight container.
On the serious side this meal is pretty dang cheap, most expensive ingredient is the ground beef, but if you time it right you can hit a sale. A little time consuming but well worth it in the end when you have a freezer full off good homemade food for your family.
DOUGH
Ingredients:
1pkg active dry yeast (or 2 ¼ tsp)
1 cup lukewarm water (around 110F)
2 tbsp sugar
1 tsp salt
2 tbsp margarine
3 cups flour (you can use whole wheat too)
Method:
In a large bowl dissolve yeast in water with a dash of the sugar, for about 3-5 mins
Stir in sugar, salt, margarine, and enough flour until dough comes together in a ball
Knead dough until smooth and elastic (about 6mins)
Cover dough for 30mins
Punch down dough
Cover for 10mins
FILLING
Ingredients:
1lb ground beef
2 cups finely shredded cabbage
½ cup finely diced onion
Black pepper
Salt
Method:
Brown beef, drain
Add cabbage, onion and seasonings
Cook on low till vegetables are tender
THE FUN PART!
Roll out dough on lightly floured counter, cut into 6 pieces
Place about ½ cup filling in center
Pull outside edges of dough to center and pinch closed
Turn seam side down on baking sheet (greased, or lined)
Bake for 15-18mins in 400F oven
WHAT WE DID!
-Filling: We used about 3½ lbs meat, 1 onion on steroids, and one medium head of cabbage
Shredded cabbage in food processor and put it in the crock pot with around 4-ish cups of water, turned it on low and cooked over night (added some black pepper and a pinch of garlic for good measure)
Diced onion with food processor, like I said it was on ‘roids and would have destroyed my eyeballs
Cooked up the meat w/ onion and lots of black pepper and I used celery salt (because I could)
Let meat mixture cool and put in the fridge over night
-Bread: We used the food processor to make it, yup that’s right gotta love having a food processor. How did I survive without one… Anyways we did the yeast, water and dash of sugar in a measuring cup. Margarine, salt, sugar in food processor, added yeast, added flour and hit the dough button (gift from God!). Covered, punched, covered and put in fridge over night. We made 2 batches
-Morning: turn off cabbage, let cool down, add meat mixture to cabbage + let them get to know each other, stir very well. Dough out of the fridge, oven preheating. We aren’t fans of rolling out dough so we just grabbed 6 chunks out of a batch, hand flattened, filled and baked for 16mins. Let the house smell good and taste one once it cools down.
- With using one head of cabbage we made 4 batches of dough and have 2 medium containers of meat + cabbage mixture in the fridge. Needless to say we will be making more dough tomorrow, maybe another 2 or 3 batches.. Ooh yah!
Works best to bake, cool completely and freeze in airtight container.
Friday, October 14, 2011
Quick Yeasty Rolls
These are delicious, super easy to make and better than a lot of rolls purchased at stores.
3 TBSP margarine or butter
3 TBSP sugar
1 C hot water
1 PKG or 2 1/4 TSP active dry yeast
1 egg, beaten
1 TSP salt
2 1/4 C flour
Grease 8 - 12 muffin cups (I always make 12 they will be the size of a cupcake, give or take)
In a large bowl mix margarine (or butter), sugar and hot water
Allow to cool to around 100-110F and mix in yeast till dissolved
Mix in beaten egg, salt and flour (I usually add some spices or cheese during this step)
Divide dough into muffin cups and let rise till they are double the size (about a half hour or less)
Preheat oven to 425F
Bake for about 10mins
3 TBSP margarine or butter
3 TBSP sugar
1 C hot water
1 PKG or 2 1/4 TSP active dry yeast
1 egg, beaten
1 TSP salt
2 1/4 C flour
Grease 8 - 12 muffin cups (I always make 12 they will be the size of a cupcake, give or take)
In a large bowl mix margarine (or butter), sugar and hot water
Allow to cool to around 100-110F and mix in yeast till dissolved
Mix in beaten egg, salt and flour (I usually add some spices or cheese during this step)
Divide dough into muffin cups and let rise till they are double the size (about a half hour or less)
Preheat oven to 425F
Bake for about 10mins
Crab Casserole
I love imitation crab, why? Its easy to find and so much cheaper (for my location) than fresh crab. If you west / east coasters want to use fresh crab have at it. Savor a bite of it for me!
Seriously this is good, every time I make it I end up eating way too much of it. Yes its that good!!
8oz pasta, cooked (I use spiral but use what you like, be creative)
2 cans cream of mushroom (or celery) soup (homemade works wonders)
1 1/2 cups milk
5 tbsp butter
1/4 cup chopped green pepper
1 cup cheddar cheese, shredded
1/2 cup parmesan cheese, shredded
1 lb imitation crab meat
Whisk together soup, milk and butter
Add green pepper, pasta, crab, parmesan, 1/2 cup cheddar cheese
Place in 9x13 casserole dish, lightly greased if you'd like
Top with remanding cheddar cheese
Bake at 350 for 20mins
Fee free to play around with this recipe, it is rather good. Add more veggies like celery, coloured peppers, broccoli, onions, saute them to bring out a new range of flavours. Use your family favourite seasonings.
This can be frozen! Instead of baking put it in the freezer for up to one month.
Reheating: Defrost in fridge up to 24 hours, remove 30 minutes before baking. Cover and bake at 350 for 50-60 minutes, or until heated through.
Seriously this is good, every time I make it I end up eating way too much of it. Yes its that good!!
8oz pasta, cooked (I use spiral but use what you like, be creative)
2 cans cream of mushroom (or celery) soup (homemade works wonders)
1 1/2 cups milk
5 tbsp butter
1/4 cup chopped green pepper
1 cup cheddar cheese, shredded
1/2 cup parmesan cheese, shredded
1 lb imitation crab meat
Whisk together soup, milk and butter
Add green pepper, pasta, crab, parmesan, 1/2 cup cheddar cheese
Place in 9x13 casserole dish, lightly greased if you'd like
Top with remanding cheddar cheese
Bake at 350 for 20mins
Fee free to play around with this recipe, it is rather good. Add more veggies like celery, coloured peppers, broccoli, onions, saute them to bring out a new range of flavours. Use your family favourite seasonings.
This can be frozen! Instead of baking put it in the freezer for up to one month.
Reheating: Defrost in fridge up to 24 hours, remove 30 minutes before baking. Cover and bake at 350 for 50-60 minutes, or until heated through.
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