Homemade Baked Mozzarella Sticks Mozzarella sticks are a delicious treat, probably one of the most popular appetizers at restaurants, and a fun party food. They tend to be rather fattening, especially considering they are usually fried, but they are so irresistibly tasty. So how do you give in to the temptation that is mozzarella sticks without the guilt? Make healthy, Baked Mozzarella Sticks! Ingredients 1 pkg. low fat mozzarella cheese strings (8-10 sticks) 1/2 cup flour 2 large egg whites, lightly beaten 1 cup dry bread crumbs or Italian style panko (seasoned) marinara sauce for dipping Directions 1. I hope you enjoy this delicious, healthy twist on traditional fried mozzarella sticks. Note: Some comments indicate that mozzarella is oozing sooner than time prescribed in this recipe- keep an eye on the sticks while baking and feel free to shorten the bake time to suit your oven. You May Also Like:
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Carne Asada Fries Drool. That’s basically what my boyfriend did when I surprised him with these Carne Asada Fries for lunch this past weekend. In fact, I can’t just say that was only him, I was pretty much freaking out the entire time I was making these and just pacing my kitchen while the fries baked because I was so excited to dig in. Just imagine, crispy steak fries, topped with layers of cheese, chopped Carne Asada, fresh homemade guacamole, and pico de gallo. I mean how can you not get excited about that? It’s pretty much my dream lunch. I had some leftover carne asada from a dinner party from the previous night and decided it would make a great topping for some loaded nachos. It got a big thumbs up from my boyfriend, the token carnivore in our house, and I’ve been dreaming about this dish ever since. Ingredients For the Carne Asada: 2 lb flank steak4 garlic cloves, minced1 jalapeno, minced1 cup cilantro, finely chopped2 limes, juiced1 orange, juiced1/2 cup olive oilSalt and pepper Instructions
Picky Palate - Original Family Style Recipes for Even Your Pickiest Eaters Peanut Butter Chocolate Cupcakes with Peanut Butter Frosting Even before we tasted these cupcakes, we'd already consumed a fair number of baked goods. There was the espresso chip scone. The Nutella sandwich cookie. The donut muffin. The 'smores cookies. Oh and the dark chocolate covered honeycomb candy. What could possibly possess one to consume all those treats while peanut butter cupcakes were cooling at home? Mummy's in town of course! And might we add, all of these treats were consumed while walking. (We might also add that they were consumed while walking to a Whole Foods in order to purchase green juice. Really, if we're being honest, we could have used more, um, fuel. All we can say is thank GOODNESS these cupcakes were waiting for us when we got home, positively famished of course (because of the walking and the shopping and the hauling of juices). We needed fuel. Yup. Peanut Butter Chocolate Cupcakes with Peanut Butter FrostingMakes 12 cupcakesAdapted from Sprinkles Print Recipe Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Creamy Tomato Soup Before this night, I had never tried making my own tomato soup… and boy, was I missing out? I loved this homemade, super easy tomato soup. It wasn’t super tomato-ey, either. I loved all the spices and other vegetables in this soup. We had this soup with some delicious meatball subs (I’ll post about them tomorrow) and enjoyed the two very much. Are you so excited about the new year to come? Ingredients 1 tablespoon butter 1/2 cup chopped carrot (1 medium carrot) 1/4 cup chopped celery 1/4 cup chopped onion (optional: I hardly use onions in my cooking because my husband hates them. Directions In a medium saucepan, heat butter over medium heat until melted. My Fabulous Recipes -
Lemon Bars Lemon Bars These are the lemon bars indeed. I just baked them in a tart pan. This is an adaptation of Alice Medrich’s recipe. Makes about 14 bars For the crust: 8 tbsp (1 stick) unsalted butter, melted¼ cup sugar¾ tsp pure vanilla extract¼ tsp salt1 cup all-purpose flour For the filling: 1 cup sugar3 tbsp all-purpose flour3 large eggsFinely grated zest of 1 lemon on lime, preferably organic½ cup strained fresh lime or lemon juicePowdered sugar for dusting (optional) Make the crust: Position a rack in the lower third of the oven and preheat the oven to 350 F. In a bowl, combine the melted butter with the sugar, vanilla, and salt. Place the tart pan on a cookie sheet and bake for about 20-25 minutes, or until the crust is fully baked and deep golden brown; press it down with the back of a spoon or prick it with a fork if it bubbles up. Make the filling: While the crust is baking, make the filling. When the crust is ready, turn the oven down to 300 F. Unmold the tart. You might also like:
Favorite Recipes from 2011 Can you believe 2011 is almost over? Where did the year go? 2011 was a pretty great year, especially for this little blog of mine. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.No Bake Nutter Butter Nutella Pie–this pie is amazing. Hope you all had a great year! Trackbacks/Pingbacks Pingback: Favorite Recipes from 2011 « Capppo Leave a Comment Flourless Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies Monday is not my favorite day of the week. I have a hard time coming back to work, especially after a fun holiday weekend. We went hiking and spent time at the Dewey’s. On Saturday while the guys were playing “blood ball” in the pool, I baked cookies. The cookies melt in your mouth. Flourless Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies Adapted from Joy the Baker (Printable Recipe) 1 cup creamy peanut butter 1 cup sugar (I used 1/2 cup brown sugar & 1/2 cup white sugar) 1 egg 1 teaspoon vanilla extract Pinch of salt 1 teaspoon baking soda 3/4 cup chocolate chips (I used semi-sweet) 1.
15 Basic Stir Fry Sauce Recipes (Food and Whine) I love a good stir fry and they are a great way to use up odds and ends of meat, vegetable and noodles. And let’s face it, they are a quick and easy dinner solution. Simply cook up some rice or throw in some noodles and it’s a family-pleasing meal. I rarely start with a recipe – just a pile of odds and ends. So it occurred to me recently that what I really needed was a stir-fry sauce “cheat sheet” – a handy reference for the combination of sauce ingredients I need to make different kinds of stir fry to combine with my collection of ingredients. Here I’ve collected 15 great stir-fry sauce recipes that can be printed to keep handy in the kitchen (or bookmarked, if you prefer). Instructions for all of these recipes … just combine the ingredients in a small bowl, stir well to combine, then add to your stir fry. Lemon Stir-Fry Sauce – Great with seafood stir fries, such as shrimp and/or scallops, as well as chicken. Lemon Stir-Fry Sauce II – nice with chicken and seafood. Tips: Tips:
Maui Onion Dip We are a dippy family. Yeah those you that know us probably just nodded your head yes and agreed with that statement, but I’m not talking that kind of dippy, I’m talkin’ dip dip. We love dips. Be it artichoke or olive, dill, veggie or clam, (hey we are from New England after all) or even the Heluva Good dips my husband loves to keep the fridge stocked with, we love a good dippin’. Onion dip is one of our favorites and up until now we enjoyed the occasional Lipton onion dip, but sadly, that can be no more. I’m afraid I have to cast off the powdery dip in the pouch now that I have found this dip. This creamy, tantalizing onion dip that is like no other dip we have tasted. Amazingly good. The hardest part of making this was caramelizing the onions and that took like all of 20 minutes. I made this over the weekend when we had 2 extra kids in the house (as always) and the gang of them just about polished the whole bowl off on us. Must make more. Honestly, if you love dip, make this.