Archive for March 2011
For Meatballs (Makes 15-12)
1 cup tomatillo very finely diced
1/4 cup peppermint
1/3 cup onion very finely diced
1 egg
1 pound ground beef
salt and pepper
For Sauce
1/3 cup onion julienned
1 garlic clove
1 cup tomato sauce
2 cups beef broth
1 or two chipotle peppers pureed
olive oil, salt and pepper
- Mix all meatball ingredients and make balls (about 1/4 cup each.)
- Julienne the onion and saute over medium heat with a small amount of olive oil, add the garlic, tomato sauce, beef broth, salt and pepper to taste.
- Bring it to a boil and add the meatballs rare (do not fry the meatballs).
-Simmer until cooked on medium/low heat.
- Serve in a soup plate. Add a few drops of the pureed chipotle to each portion (depending on how hot they like it.)
Peppermint Meatballs
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For Meatballs (Makes 15-12)
1 cup tomatillo very finely diced
1/4 cup peppermint
1/3 cup onion very finely diced
1 egg
1 pound ground beef
salt and pepper
For Sauce
1/3 cup onion julienned
1 garlic clove
1 cup tomato sauce
2 cups beef broth
1 or two chipotle peppers pureed
olive oil, salt and pepper
- Mix all meatball ingredients and make balls (about 1/4 cup each.)
- Julienne the onion and saute over medium heat with a small amount of olive oil, add the garlic, tomato sauce, beef broth, salt and pepper to taste.
- Bring it to a boil and add the meatballs rare (do not fry the meatballs).
-Simmer until cooked on medium/low heat.
- Serve in a soup plate. Add a few drops of the pureed chipotle to each portion (depending on how hot they like it.)
1 cup tomatillo very finely diced
1/4 cup peppermint
1/3 cup onion very finely diced
1 egg
1 pound ground beef
salt and pepper
For Sauce
1/3 cup onion julienned
1 garlic clove
1 cup tomato sauce
2 cups beef broth
1 or two chipotle peppers pureed
olive oil, salt and pepper
- Mix all meatball ingredients and make balls (about 1/4 cup each.)
- Julienne the onion and saute over medium heat with a small amount of olive oil, add the garlic, tomato sauce, beef broth, salt and pepper to taste.
- Bring it to a boil and add the meatballs rare (do not fry the meatballs).
-Simmer until cooked on medium/low heat.
- Serve in a soup plate. Add a few drops of the pureed chipotle to each portion (depending on how hot they like it.)
All the flavors of apple pie in a healthy breakfast.
- 1/2 cup oatmeal
- 1 apple (Granny Smith)
- 1 cup of water
- 1 tbs brown sugar (or Splenda)
- cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger
- cloves (optional)
- walnuts
- Boil the water, add spices and sugar.
- Slice apple and add to water. Boil until apples are a little bit soft (not a lot .. you don't want a mushy mess.)
- Add oatmeal and cook for a few minutes until soft.
- Serve topped with walnuts.
Apple Pie Oatmeal
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- 1/2 cup oatmeal
- 1 apple (Granny Smith)
- 1 cup of water
- 1 tbs brown sugar (or Splenda)
- cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger
- cloves (optional)
- walnuts
- Boil the water, add spices and sugar.
- Slice apple and add to water. Boil until apples are a little bit soft (not a lot .. you don't want a mushy mess.)
- Add oatmeal and cook for a few minutes until soft.
- Serve topped with walnuts.
Took the traditional Empanadas Tucumanas recipe and changed it a bit to make them spicier and to include a MAJOR NO, NO.. Cranberries! (Tucuman empanadas do not have raisins). Anyway, although not the original, I loved the flavor.
1 cup onion
1 garlic clove
1 bunch of scallions
6 cups meat (cut with a knife not ground)
3 teaspoons paprika (Spanish pimenton not any kind paprika)
3 teaspoons red pepper flakes - diavolochino. (I like it spicy)
1 teaspoon cumin
-Dice the meat with a knife or very coarsely with a food processor (do not buy ground meat), the difference is that the empanadas are juicer when cut.
-Dice the onion, scallions (white part), garlic and fry them until translucent.
-Make a paste with the paprika, pepper flakes and cumin add to the onions/garlic.
- Add the meat and cook only until it changes color (it will fully cook in oven)
- Dice and add the green part of the scallions
taste for spiciness.
- Add 1 cup of craisins plumped in water. (This is heresy but I like the sweet, tart flavor it brings)
-------- let rest all night ----------
make the empanadas, bake at 350 until brown.
Heretic Empanadas
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1 cup onion
1 garlic clove
1 bunch of scallions
6 cups meat (cut with a knife not ground)
3 teaspoons paprika (Spanish pimenton not any kind paprika)
3 teaspoons red pepper flakes - diavolochino. (I like it spicy)
1 teaspoon cumin
-Dice the meat with a knife or very coarsely with a food processor (do not buy ground meat), the difference is that the empanadas are juicer when cut.
-Dice the onion, scallions (white part), garlic and fry them until translucent.
-Make a paste with the paprika, pepper flakes and cumin add to the onions/garlic.
- Add the meat and cook only until it changes color (it will fully cook in oven)
- Dice and add the green part of the scallions
taste for spiciness.
- Add 1 cup of craisins plumped in water. (This is heresy but I like the sweet, tart flavor it brings)
-------- let rest all night ----------
make the empanadas, bake at 350 until brown.
Maple syrup on pancakes
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1/4 pound crab
2 medium plum tomtoes
2 tablespoons onion
2 garlic cloves
2 tablespoons chile ancho
2 tablespoons chile guajillo
2 tablespoons epazote (dry) or 2 sprigs epazote (fresh)
2 cups water
salt or bouillon cube
fry the onions garlic
Hydrate the chiles in warm water
Fry the onions and the garlic in olive oil.
Add the chiles and fry.
Add the tomatoes (cut in small pieces)
add a cup of water
-- take out of the pan and mix in blender (I use a small one - the Magic Bullet)
take that salsa again and fry it again in a bit of olive oil
add the crab, add salt and another cup of water.
(optional - while cooking add two small balls of masa) while it is boiling
Holy Crab! Chilpachole de Jaiba :)
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2 medium plum tomtoes
2 tablespoons onion
2 garlic cloves
2 tablespoons chile ancho
2 tablespoons chile guajillo
2 tablespoons epazote (dry) or 2 sprigs epazote (fresh)
2 cups water
salt or bouillon cube
fry the onions garlic
Hydrate the chiles in warm water
Fry the onions and the garlic in olive oil.
Add the chiles and fry.
Add the tomatoes (cut in small pieces)
add a cup of water
-- take out of the pan and mix in blender (I use a small one - the Magic Bullet)
take that salsa again and fry it again in a bit of olive oil
add the crab, add salt and another cup of water.
(optional - while cooking add two small balls of masa) while it is boiling
Filling
1/2 pound crab meat (cooked)
1 tbsp onion
1 tbsp parsley chopped
3 tbsp red pepper
1/2 lime
salt and pepper to taste
15 dumpling wrappers
For the sauce
1/4 cup soy sauce
1 tbs sugar
1 tbsp garlic/chile (you can find it in many grocery stores) http://www.importfood.com/
1/2 lime
olive oil to fry
Mix filling ingredients and taste if you can eat this as a salad by itself it is good.. if not add a tad bit more of any of the ingredients to taste.
Take a dumpling wrapper.. Wet it on one side in the center a bit of your "filling'/salad" .. Do not overfill or you will have a mess... pinch the edges to make your dumpling.
Put a bit of olive oil in a pan, and fry the dumplings.
Cover the pan (the steam helps to cook the dough). Flip and cover again until done.
For the dipping sauce... Mix all sauce ingredients (add sugar to taste).
Crab Quesadilla Dumplings
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Filling
1/2 pound crab meat (cooked)
1 tbsp onion
1 tbsp parsley chopped
3 tbsp red pepper
1/2 lime
salt and pepper to taste
15 dumpling wrappers
For the sauce
1/4 cup soy sauce
1 tbs sugar
1 tbsp garlic/chile (you can find it in many grocery stores) http://www.importfood.com/
1/2 lime
olive oil to fry
Mix filling ingredients and taste if you can eat this as a salad by itself it is good.. if not add a tad bit more of any of the ingredients to taste.
Take a dumpling wrapper.. Wet it on one side in the center a bit of your "filling'/salad" .. Do not overfill or you will have a mess... pinch the edges to make your dumpling.
Put a bit of olive oil in a pan, and fry the dumplings.
Cover the pan (the steam helps to cook the dough). Flip and cover again until done.
For the dipping sauce... Mix all sauce ingredients (add sugar to taste).
1/2 pound crab meat (cooked)
1 tbsp onion
1 tbsp parsley chopped
3 tbsp red pepper
1/2 lime
salt and pepper to taste
15 dumpling wrappers
For the sauce
1/4 cup soy sauce
1 tbs sugar
1 tbsp garlic/chile (you can find it in many grocery stores) http://www.importfood.com/
1/2 lime
olive oil to fry
Mix filling ingredients and taste if you can eat this as a salad by itself it is good.. if not add a tad bit more of any of the ingredients to taste.
Take a dumpling wrapper.. Wet it on one side in the center a bit of your "filling'/salad" .. Do not overfill or you will have a mess... pinch the edges to make your dumpling.
Put a bit of olive oil in a pan, and fry the dumplings.
Cover the pan (the steam helps to cook the dough). Flip and cover again until done.
For the dipping sauce... Mix all sauce ingredients (add sugar to taste).
2.5 sticks of butter room temperature
3/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1 large egg
...1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla (real vanilla not the artificial crap)
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon fivespice
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg (fresh if possible)
chocolate optional
3 cups Quaker oats
1 cup coarsely chopped nuts (I used cashews)
Raisins (Jorge does not like them so these had none)
Mix flour, spices, baking powder
Cream the butter, add the sugar, add the egg and vanilla (taste - this is what your cookie base will taste like- oh well I taste because I love to)
Add the flour mixture (will be super sticky)
...
Change your beater hook to dough and add the oats, nuts and raisins.
Make a ball - a fat one .. don't be shy... don't make it big so you don't feel guilty but make it fat so you feel it is decadent.
Bake at 375F for 10 min or a bit more if you want it super cooked.. ( I like them chewy and kind of raw)
Chinese 5 spice oatmeal cookie
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3/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1 large egg
...1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla (real vanilla not the artificial crap)
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon fivespice
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg (fresh if possible)
chocolate optional
3 cups Quaker oats
1 cup coarsely chopped nuts (I used cashews)
Raisins (Jorge does not like them so these had none)
Mix flour, spices, baking powder
Cream the butter, add the sugar, add the egg and vanilla (taste - this is what your cookie base will taste like- oh well I taste because I love to)
Add the flour mixture (will be super sticky)
...
Change your beater hook to dough and add the oats, nuts and raisins.
Make a ball - a fat one .. don't be shy... don't make it big so you don't feel guilty but make it fat so you feel it is decadent.
Bake at 375F for 10 min or a bit more if you want it super cooked.. ( I like them chewy and kind of raw)
2 sticks butter, softened1 cup sugar
1 egg
2 tablespoons milk
1/2 tablespoon of vanilla
1 1/4 cup of whole wheat flour
1 cup all purpose flour
1 cup oats uncooked
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 1/2 cups cransins (cranberries dried as raisins - I used Ocean Spray)
2 tablespoons orange grind
1/2 teaspoon salt (optional)
Cream butter, add sugar mix, add egg.Mix in milk, vanilla, cranberries, orange rind.
(taste… need more berries or rind add)
Add oats, baking powder, flours.
Use a small scoop to make balls and bake at 350F for 8-10 min until edges are golden brown. I bake only 3-4 at a time and keep the dough balls in the fridge so I can wake up to fresh baked cookies.
Whole wheat oatmeal orange cranberry
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2 sticks butter, softened
1 cup sugar1 egg
2 tablespoons milk
1/2 tablespoon of vanilla
1 1/4 cup of whole wheat flour
1 cup all purpose flour
1 cup oats uncooked
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 1/2 cups cransins (cranberries dried as raisins - I used Ocean Spray)
2 tablespoons orange grind
1/2 teaspoon salt (optional)
Cream butter, add sugar mix, add egg.
Mix in milk, vanilla, cranberries, orange rind.(taste… need more berries or rind add)
Add oats, baking powder, flours.
Use a small scoop to make balls and bake at 350F for 8-10 min until edges are golden brown. I bake only 3-4 at a time and keep the dough balls in the fridge so I can wake up to fresh baked cookies.
