I LOVE sweet potatoes. I love them with marshmallows and I love them with brown sugar and pecans, I love them with just salt and pepper. Any way I can eat them, I will. I thought I would try something different and I am glad I did. This is probably my new favorite way to eat these. I could eat them all day. Enjoy.
I don't really have a recipe, so..... just do your best ;)
4 sweet potatoes
olive oil
lime juice
cilantro
salt
pepper
Preheat oven to 425
Peel and cut the sweet potatoes into bite size pieces. Put in large baking sheet. Drizzle olive oil over potatoes and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Place in oven for about 30 min. Depending on how soft you like your potatoes.
Drizzle lime juice over potatoes and then sprinkle fresh or dried cilantro on top.(I like dried) Just as much as you like. Aynslee said mine were too sour, Zach and I loved it the way they were. It depends on your taste.
ENJOY!
Sunday, April 7, 2013
Island Pork Tenderloin
Zach and I did P90X a few months ago and as hard as the workout was, the diet was even harder for me. I LOVE to cook and a lot of the things I make were not on the diet. Luckily P90X has a few recipes that were really good. This is one of them. This is good to eat alone, in a salad or wrapped in a tortilla. I like to double this recipe and eat it for lunch for a few days.
Island Pork Tenderloin
16 oz. Pork tenderloin
1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. pepper
1/2 tsp. Chile powder
1/2 tsp. cumin
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
2 tsp. olive oil
1/4 cup brown sugar, packed
1/2 TBL fresh garlic, finely chopped
1/2 TBL tabasco sauce
Preheat oven to 350. Stir together salt, pepper, cumin, chile powder, and cinnamon, then coat pork with the spice rub. Heat 1 TBL oil in skillet over moderately high heat and brown pork, turning, about 4 min. Stir together brown sugar, garlic, and tabasco and pat onto top of tenderloin. Place pork in roasting pan and cook in the oven for 20 min.
* I just put mine on a big cookie sheet and I bake for 30 min when I do 2 of them.
Island Pork Tenderloin
16 oz. Pork tenderloin
1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. pepper
1/2 tsp. Chile powder
1/2 tsp. cumin
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
2 tsp. olive oil
1/4 cup brown sugar, packed
1/2 TBL fresh garlic, finely chopped
1/2 TBL tabasco sauce
Preheat oven to 350. Stir together salt, pepper, cumin, chile powder, and cinnamon, then coat pork with the spice rub. Heat 1 TBL oil in skillet over moderately high heat and brown pork, turning, about 4 min. Stir together brown sugar, garlic, and tabasco and pat onto top of tenderloin. Place pork in roasting pan and cook in the oven for 20 min.
* I just put mine on a big cookie sheet and I bake for 30 min when I do 2 of them.
skinny oreo cupcakes
I have been trying to watch what I eat, counting calories and all those terrible things. I thought at first, "hey, maybe I will cut out my sugar and then I won't have to count as much." Um......that lasted about a day. So, I decided that I will keep eating sugar, just not as much. I started looking for low calorie recipes and I found this one on Six Sisters website. I made these today for dessert, and I can tell you that THEY ARE AMAZING! Combined with how they taste and how easy they are to make, they will be a go to recipe for a long time. They can also be made with different combinations.
Skinny Cookies n' Cream Cupcakes Recipe:
Skinny Cookies n' Cream Cupcakes Recipe:
(makes 24 cupcakes)
Cupcake Ingredients:
1 pkg. Devils Food Cake Mix
(just the powder, not the recipe on the box)
1 (12 ounce) can Diet Coke
Cupcake Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Line 24 cupcake tins with paper liners.
In a large bowl, combine cake mix and Diet Coke together.
Continue to mix until the batter is smooth without any lumps.
Pour approximately 1/4 cup of batter into every cupcake wrapper.
Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes. Let cool before frosting.
Frosting Ingredients:
1 (8 ounce) container Fat Free Cool Whip
1 (4.2 ounce) pkg. Oreo Cookies and Cream
Jell-o Instant Pudding and Pie Filling
Frosting Directions:
In a mixing bowl, add Cool Whip and pudding.
Mix with a whisk by hand or an electric hand mixer until smooth.
Spread over cooled cupcakes. Makes enough frosting for 24 cupcakes.
Nutritional Information:
Each cupcake: 121 calories, 24 carbohydrates, 2 grams fat, 1 gram protein
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
BBQ Chicken Quinoa Salad
This salad is AMAZING!!! I have been trying to eat a little better and I have been looking for something that I can use quiona in. We tried eating it plain and it was not very good, but I just knew that there was a special recipe for quinoa, and this. is. it!!! My kids went back for 3 or 4 helpings of this and Jax wanted to take it to school for lunch the next day. Amazing!!
| BBQ Chicken Quinoa Salad |
Recipe Type: Salad
Prep time: 5 mins
Cook time: 10 mins
Total time: 15 mins
Serves: 2-4
Ingredients
- 1 cup cooked quinoa
- 1/2 cup corn
- 1/2 cup black beans, rinsed and drained
- 1 cup shredded BBQ chicken
- 1 avocado, chopped
- 2 tbsp White Cheddar cheese, shredded
- 2-4 tbsp BBQ sauce
- 2 scallions, chopped
- cilantro for garnish
Instructions
- In a large bowl, toss together the quinoa, corn, black beans, chicken and avocado. Season with salt and pepper
- Transfer mixture onto a bowl and top with shredded cheese, BBQ sauce, scallions and cilantro.
- Serve warm or at room temperature
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
My new favorite Banana Bread
Cream
Cheese Banana Nut Bread
***Makes 2 loaves***
3/4 c. butter, softened
1 (8 oz.) pkg. cream cheese, softened
2 c. sugar
2 large eggs
3 c. all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1 1/2 cups mashed bananas (about 4 medium bananas)
1 cup roughly chopped pecans, toasted
1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
Beat butter and cream cheese at medium speed with
an electric mixer until creamy. Gradually add sugar,
beating until light and fluffy. Add eggs, 1 at a time,
beating just until blended after each addition.
Combine flour and next 3 ingredients; gradually add
to butter mixture, beating at low speed just until blended.
Stir in bananas, pecans, and vanillla. Spoon batter into
2 greased and floured 8x4 inch loafpans.
Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour or until a long wooden
pick inserted in center comes out clean and sides pull
away from pan, shielding with aluminum foil last 15
minutes to prevent browning, if necessary.
(I found that after one hour, my banana bread wasn't
completely cooked through. I ended up baking it for
an extra 10-15 minutes.) Cool bread in pans on wire
racks for 10 minutes. Remove from pans, and cool
30 minutes on wire racks before slicing.
Source: Southern Living magazine
***Makes 2 loaves***
3/4 c. butter, softened
1 (8 oz.) pkg. cream cheese, softened
2 c. sugar
2 large eggs
3 c. all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1 1/2 cups mashed bananas (about 4 medium bananas)
1 cup roughly chopped pecans, toasted
1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
Beat butter and cream cheese at medium speed with
an electric mixer until creamy. Gradually add sugar,
beating until light and fluffy. Add eggs, 1 at a time,
beating just until blended after each addition.
Combine flour and next 3 ingredients; gradually add
to butter mixture, beating at low speed just until blended.
Stir in bananas, pecans, and vanillla. Spoon batter into
2 greased and floured 8x4 inch loafpans.
Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour or until a long wooden
pick inserted in center comes out clean and sides pull
away from pan, shielding with aluminum foil last 15
minutes to prevent browning, if necessary.
(I found that after one hour, my banana bread wasn't
completely cooked through. I ended up baking it for
an extra 10-15 minutes.) Cool bread in pans on wire
racks for 10 minutes. Remove from pans, and cool
30 minutes on wire racks before slicing.
Source: Southern Living magazine
Thursday, December 22, 2011
Spinach Grape Salad
I have a wonderful friend Sarah who gave me this recipe a few years ago. I hosted Bunco at my house last week and made this and lots of people have asked for this recipe. It is SO easy and SO yummy. Even my kids eat this because it has a little bit of something for everyone. Please make this.
Salad:
6 cups Spinach
6 oz. Swiss Cheese
6 oz. Cheddar Cheese
2 cups Red seedless grapes, cut in half
little bit of broken Romaine Lettuce
8 green onions, diced
8 strips bacon cooked and crumbled
I never measure anything in this. I just add enough of everything until it looks good. I usually buy a bag of baby spinach and chop up 1/2 heart of romaine.
Dressing:
1/4 cup cider vinegar
2 tsp. brown sugar
2 tsp. dijon mustard
1/2 cup vegetable oil
Mix and pour over salad just before eating.
Salad:
6 cups Spinach
6 oz. Swiss Cheese
6 oz. Cheddar Cheese
2 cups Red seedless grapes, cut in half
little bit of broken Romaine Lettuce
8 green onions, diced
8 strips bacon cooked and crumbled
I never measure anything in this. I just add enough of everything until it looks good. I usually buy a bag of baby spinach and chop up 1/2 heart of romaine.
Dressing:
1/4 cup cider vinegar
2 tsp. brown sugar
2 tsp. dijon mustard
1/2 cup vegetable oil
Mix and pour over salad just before eating.
Sunday, December 4, 2011
Gingerbread cake with caramel sauce
I found this recipe on Pinterest. I was so excited to make it that I made it tonight (the same night). It is AMAZING. I reminds me a little of the caramel french toast that I have under breakfast. It is really easy and so yummy. Try this for special guests and they will know that they are loved.
Cake:
1 3/4 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground ginger
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon grated nutmeg
6 tablespoons butter
2/3 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup molasses
1 egg
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
2/3 cup boiling water
Directions:
Cake:
Grease an 8 inch square pan. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
Mix the flour, baking powder, soda, salt, and spices together. Cream the butter, gradually add the brown sugar and cream thoroughly. Stir in molasses.
Beat egg until thick, and beat into the creamed mixture. Stir in the vanilla.
Add the dry ingredients to the creamed mixture a third at a time, mixing well after each addition.
Gradually add boiling water, stirring after each addition. Turn into prepared pan.
Bake for about 50 minutes. Serve warm with lemon sauce.
Caramel Sauce
1 cup butter
1 cup sugar
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup cream
pinch of salt
2 teaspoons vanilla
Mix all the ingredients together and simmer for about 5 or 6 minutes. Serve over Bread and butter pudding, apple pie and ice cream, warm gingerbread, etc..
The sauce is so good. I am making oatmeal for breakfast in the morning and I am going to drizzle a little of this in it. I am excited. I will let you know how it goes. I think you could do a lot with this sauce.
Cake:
1 3/4 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground ginger
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon grated nutmeg
6 tablespoons butter
2/3 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup molasses
1 egg
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
2/3 cup boiling water
Directions:
Cake:
Grease an 8 inch square pan. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
Mix the flour, baking powder, soda, salt, and spices together. Cream the butter, gradually add the brown sugar and cream thoroughly. Stir in molasses.
Beat egg until thick, and beat into the creamed mixture. Stir in the vanilla.
Add the dry ingredients to the creamed mixture a third at a time, mixing well after each addition.
Gradually add boiling water, stirring after each addition. Turn into prepared pan.
Bake for about 50 minutes. Serve warm with lemon sauce.
Caramel Sauce
1 cup butter
1 cup sugar
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup cream
pinch of salt
2 teaspoons vanilla
Mix all the ingredients together and simmer for about 5 or 6 minutes. Serve over Bread and butter pudding, apple pie and ice cream, warm gingerbread, etc..
The sauce is so good. I am making oatmeal for breakfast in the morning and I am going to drizzle a little of this in it. I am excited. I will let you know how it goes. I think you could do a lot with this sauce.
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