Recipe 11 - Potatoes

This is my boyfriend's recipe, and it was totally baller and super easy. Perfect to have with those turkey burgers. =]

Spices (any/all are optional, this is just how we did it)
Crushed Red Pepper
Garlic Powder
Oregano
Ground Thyme
Parsley Flakes
Seasoned Salt
Paprika

You start with a can of 'whole new potatoes' like these and cut them in half or fourths, depending on their size and your preference. Put in a bowl with 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil. Then, add dashes of the spices listed above - do so to taste/smell. Specific quantities are difficult. Mix throughly so spices are even and potatoes even lined in oil and spices.


Then, put on a baking sheet and bake them in the oven for 15-20 minutes at 350 degrees, rotating the pan 180 degrees about halfway through.


ALL DONE! Serve with ketchup if desired and eat happily! =]

Recipe 10 - Grilled Parmesan Turkey Burgers

This recipe I found from bettycrocker.com, but I changed it a decent amount.

1 lb ground turkey
1/3 cup grated Parmesan cheese
1 tablespoon chopped fresh chives
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1/8 teaspoon salt
4 hamburger buns, split

I started with a pound of ground turkey meat, put it in a bow with the salt, pepper, and parmesan cheese (I didn't want to buy chives) and mixed it thoroughly with mah hands. I also added dashes of red pepper flakes, parsley flakes, and seasoned salt for extra flavor.


I then pulled balls of meat apart and smushed them into patties, about 3/4 inch thick. Here is a cool trick: if you make the center of the patty a little thinner than the outsides, it will cook evenly. =] They cooked for about 6-8 minutes on the grill (flipped occasionally) before they seemed to be done. The inside temperature should be about 165 degrees when they are fully cooked.



Lastly, I garnished them with honey mustard, mozzarella cheese, and diced tomatoes on a hamburger bun. DELICIOSO!


This recipe was really easy, and absolutely amazing. I really like turkey burgers, but adding the parmesan cheese and spices into the meat was just brilliant. SO GOOD SO GOOD. It made four burgers, and one mini one.

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Recipe 6 - Halloween Brownies

Clearly, I am waaay behind with this (my scanner has been giving me muchos problemas, but I have it fixed now and can add the recipe I used!), but here is the recipe I used for those brownies I brought to class. =D You guys can review - I thought they were pretty tasty, but I guess when cooking it is really the masses that count!

I got my recipe from a betty crocker magazine and obviously I changed it somewhat, but what else is new? =]

First, I mixed the brownie batter just like the box said to, also adding white chocolate chips in the batter (the recipe called for peanuts but I don't like them and didn't know about allergies in the class, so I went with more chocolate instead). I then baked it in the oven at 350 degrees for about 25 minutes.



Then, once the brownies were just about done, I pulled them out and dumped a buttload of mini marshamallows on top - you literally couldn't see brownie underneath them. =] I put it back in the oven for about five minutes, pulled it back out once they had puffed up a lot, and then stuck candy corns everywhere in the mallows.


There were a few things I did differently from the recipe - 1) I didn't use peanuts, as already stated. 2) I didn't microwave frosting and tint it green with food coloring, then drizzle it over the marshmallow. This part was not of my choosing. Are you ready for an amazing fact that broke my heart? THEY DON'T SELL LIQUID FOOD COLORING ANYMORE. Anywhere. I looked at several different stores - nothing. All they have is this dumb 'gel coloring' that I wasn't sure would work/taste good, so I had to forgo this step in the directions. =[ 3) I used candy corn instead of candy pumpkins. Because, well, I wanted to. haha.

Anyway, judging by how few of these I had left, I am assuming they were a hit. I certainly liked them. =]

Also, I didn't get a good picture of them finished, so the caption pictures is just the one from the magazine.

Recipe 9 - Garlic Lime Chicken Fajitas (with Shrimp)

MY SCANNER WORKS!!!!!!! YAAAAAAAYYYY!!! coughcough. On to the recipe. =]

Walmart has these really cool little sets of spices you can buy, that come premeasured and with a recipe to use them in. I found one a few weeks ago for Garlic Lime Chicken Fajitas and decided to buy it. Last night, I cooked it and it was absolutely amazing - maybe my favorite thing I have cooked this whole semester.




First, I mixed the salt, spices, oil, lime and oranges juices in a bowl and stirred with a fork.


I cut up the chicken and then put it and the shrimp (just the frozen kind from walmart - be sure to dethaw first) in a large ziploc bag with the marinade. Then I put the bag in the fridge for about a half an hour.


Then, I dumped everything onto a skillet on the stove, cooking it on medium heat until it was clearly done cooking. The red peppers and onions had been cut and I added them the same time as the chicken/shrimp/marinade. I stirred it sometimes, but mostly just let a top on it to stay moist.



That's all it took! I put it on a tortilla with sour cream, moz cheese, diced tomatoes, and lettuce and NOMNOMNOM it was done and delicious!!


There were only a few things I did differently than the directions. I read them wrong at one point about the marinade and didn't keep 1/4 of it to the side to cook in, but it was still DELICIOUS. Obviously, I also added the shrimp.

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Recipe 8 – BBQ Shrimp

This is the second half of the BBQ shrimp recipe I did; how to make the shrimp! nomnom!

Ingredients:
1 pound large shrimp, peeled and deveined
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
1/4 teaspoon seasoned salt
1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
1 teaspoon ground mustard
1 teaspoon celery salt
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
1/2 teaspoon Neelys BBQ dry rub seasoning, recipe follows
1/2 lemon, juiced, plus lemon wedges, for garnish
1/4 cup BBQ sauce, recipe found here

First, the dry seasoning was really simple. Just mix the following ingredients in a bowl (basically you are making old bay, with a little less spice):
1 1/2 cups paprika
3/4 cup sugar
3 3/4 tablespoons onion powder


Then I took my shrimp, washed/dethawed them, and dumped them in the bowl with the dry rub, then added a decent amount of BBQ sauce.


The recipe said to let them marinate, but I was too hungry, so I just threw them on the george forman then. =]


They were pretty much done after that, so then I ate and they were super yummy! =D


The shrimp were really good, but cooked down to smaller than I would have liked. Also, I didn't cook all the shrimp and instead let some marinate for a day or two before cooking them. Those were really not good at all and I would not recommend it.

This was part of a BBQ Shrimp recipe that was featured on the food network's website, and it had a video to go with it! Here is the video, so you can really see what I did, haha!

Recipe 7 - BBQ Sauce

These two recipes I made together, but I will still have them in two posts. I made some BBQ sauce that I found on the food network here.

Ingredients:
2 cups ketchup
1 cup water
1/2 cup apple cider vinegar
5 tablespoons light brown sugar
5 tablespoons sugar
1/2 tablespoon fresh ground black pepper
1/2 tablespoon onion powder
1/2 tablespoon ground mustard
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce

I mixed all the ingredients together in a pan, and then put it on the stove to boil.


I brought the mixture to boil, then reduced it to a simmer for about an hour and 15 minutes, stirring occasionally.


When it was done, I just refridgerated it until I was ready to use it!


I ended up adding more of the spices, sugars, and vinegar about halfway through simmering because it was still really ketchupy and peppery. It turned out pretty yummy, but I don't know that I would do it again. It was just as good as store bought BBQ sauce and a lot more messy to make. =]

Recipe 5 - Brunswick Stew

The original recipe I found here at Simple Daily Recipes and it both looked delicious in the picture and reminded me of my mam's homemade Brunswick Stew which I LOVE. As soon as I saw it, I wondered if it could be made in a crock pot rather than a dutch oven, and I am glad to say it worked wonderfully!

First, I washed and cut up all the vegetables (carrots, celery, onions, potatoes, corn, and also lima beans, even though they weren't in the recipe) and put them in the crock pot with some italian seasoning, rather than the ones listed. I also put the chicken and some water in a pot on the stove on boil until it was cooked all the way through.


I soon realized that the veggies were going to take too long to cook in just the pot, so I threw them in on the stove for a little while until they were tender. Afterwards, I put them back in the crock pot.


Next, I added the bay leaf and a can of crushed tomatoes rather than chopped ones.


Then, the chicken was taken out off the stove, broken apart, and added to the pot. The chicken broth was also added.


Lastly, everything was stirred together and left to sit in the pot for about 2-3 hours (though next time I will definitely let it sit all day) on med. Oh, and then I ate it and it was absolutely DELICIOUS!!!!! The proportions were a little different than the recipe called for (more chicken and veggies) because of how I halved the recipe, but that was all to taste. =] I think this is a great example of how blogs can affect other people - I got this recipe from someone else's food blog, and now I have a recipe I know I will be using for a loooooong time.



Next post will be about the brownies I brought to class, and hopefully soon I will have a video post about a recipe I make. Once we stop using video in class and I have time to do so. ;]