I first discovered monkey bread when Miss Linda would make it while I lived in the sorority house. It's a delectable breakfast treat that is super easy to make. I put a practical spin on it by making individual portions in a muffin tin instead of putting it into a bundt pan. Recipe makes 8-10 servings
2 cans of biscuits (not the flakey kind!)
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 cup sugar
2 tablespoons of cinnamon
2 sticks of butter
Preheat oven to 350.
Quarter the biscuits
Combine white sugar and cinnamon in a gallon ziplock bag.
Add the biscuits to the ziplock bag and shake until evenly coated.
Drop about 5 pieces in each muffin tin. I used cupcake liners to minimize the mess.
Melt the butter and the brown sugar in a medium sauce pan until combined
Pour over biscuits
Bake for about 20-25 minutes until top is golden brown
Pad-See-Ew is literally one of my favorite foods. I had
never really considered every trying to make it, but I found the recipe on
Pinterest and decided to just go for it! It was one of the more complex and
multi-step dishes I've made but it turned out fairly well. But I think in
the future I'll just stick to take out from my local favoriteLittle Thai
1. In a medium-sized bowl, whisk together oyster
sauce, 2 teaspoons soy sauce, sugar, rice vinegar and garlic clove.
2. In a medium-sized bowl, toss the chicken with
2 teaspoons of soy sauce and the baking soda.
3. Sautee chicken in skillet until done.
4. Bring large pot of water to boil. Add
the rice noodles and cook according to package directions. When done,
remove noodles with tongs and drain. Toss with a tablespoons of oil
so noodles don’t stick together.
5. Stir-fry broccoli in oil until it turns
bright green and becomes tender. Set aside.
6. Scramble eggs
7. When set, add the noodles. Toss well to
separate the strands, and then let them cook for a minute.
8. Drizzle on the soy sauce, toss well and then
let cook undisturbed until the noodles start to brown about one
minute.
9. Add the broccoli and chicken back to the pan.
Toss well. When everything is warm, pour in sauce. Stir-fry until
everything is coated. Serve immediately.
1.In a medium-sized bowl,
whisk together oyster sauce, 2 teaspoons soy sauce, sugar, rice vinegar and
garlic clove.
2.In a medium-sized bowl,
toss the chicken with 2 teaspoons of soy sauce and the baking soda.
3.Sautee chicken in
skillet until done.
4.Bring large pot of water
to boil. Add the rice noodles and cook according to package directions.
When done, remove noodles with tongs and drain. Toss with a tablespoon
of oil so noodles don’t stick together.
5.Stir-fry broccoli in oil
until it turns bright green and becomes tender. Set aside.
6.Scramble eggs
7.When set, add the
noodles. Toss well to separate the strands, and then let them cook for a
minute.
8.Drizzle on the soy
sauce, toss well and then let cook undisturbed until the noodles
start to brown about one minute.
9.Add the broccoli and
chicken back to the pan. Toss well. When everything is warm, pour
in sauce. Stir-fry until everything is coated. Serve immediately.
If you don’t know how to use chopsticks you should probably learn
because it’s an impressive skill. Here is an instructional video on
chopsticks sorry its 2:00 long, which seems excessive but it's what was available.
One of my sorority sisters introduced me to this dip and I am pretty much obsessed now! It is one of the easiest and cheapest things you will ever make and its delicious!!
Ingredients:
1 can of Rotel tomatoes
16 oz cream cheese
1 package of Jimmy Dean sausage crumbles
Brown the sausage in a skillet. Melt the cream cheese in a saucepan on medium heat, add the rotel and sausage to the sauce pan and let simmer until hot throughout. Serve with tortilla chips. THATS IT!!
When I discovered this sandwich on Pitnerest, it almost seemed too good to be true! It's a combination of a panini, a grilled cheese, french toast and it has syrup...aka a combination of some of my favorite foods! So I decided to put it to the test and guess what? It was fantastic!
Ingredients:
2 slices of white bread (I went cheapo but it probably would be better with nicer french bread)
thinly sliced ham
thinly sliced turkey
sliced American cheese (I went with white American because its my favorite!)
sliced swiss cheese
2 eggs beaten
1/8 cup of milk
syrup!
1. Beat the 2 eggs in a bowl
2.Construct the sandwich...I went American cheese, turkey, ham, swiss cheese, but there is no correct way to construct this one.
3. Throw it in the microwave for about 30 seconds
4. Coat the sandwich with the eggs
5. Heat the skillet to medium heat, then add the sandwich and cook like a grilled cheese until golden brown on each side.
6. MOST IMPORTANT STEP: smother with syrup :) and ENJOY!!
For the most part Bon Appetit, the Food Network, Martha Stewart and recently some Pinterest are my go to's for recipes however when Im making something truely southern Paula's my go to girl! Banana Pudding is one of my friends' favorites desserts so when we were all cooking together on a Sunday night I decided to but out Paula Deen's Classic Banana Pudding Recipe!
Ingredients:
3/4 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
1/2 cup cornstarch
1/4 teaspoon salt
6 large egg yolks
4 cups whole milk
8 tablespoons (1 stick) cold butter, cut into small bits
4 teaspoons vanilla extract
Vanilla Wafers
3 large or 4 medium bananas, cut into 1/4-inch-thick slices
Whipped Cream
1. To make the filling: In a medium bowl, whisk together both sugars, the cornstarch, and the salt.
2. Whisk in the egg yolks and 1/2 cup of the milk until thoroughly combined.
2. In a large, heavy-bottomed saucepan, bring the remaining 31/2 cups milk to a boil over medium- high heat.
Whisking constantly, gradually pour the hot milk into the egg mixture.
3. Pour the mixture back into the saucepan and cook over medium heat, stirring constantly with a heatproof spatula, until a few bubbles rise to the surface and the mixture thickens, about 5 minutes.
4. Remove from the heat and whisk in the butter and vanilla.
I have been seriously slacking on the blogging recently. But my mind has been other places with they whole graduation situation (that we must never speak about!). That unfortunate time has come and I am freaking out. I also gave up Pinterest for Lent, making finding recipes a challenge as it is one of my main sources. But the good news is that I am back for good (at least I think!) so apologies for the delay!
As most of you know I am a marketing major, and am obsessed with all things related to brands. I am currently in an international marketing class, where I was asked to present one food item with an international component to the class. My mind immediately went strait to my study abroad experience and what I had eaten. I very quickly decided on Nutella as my international ingredient and set out to find a recipe. I decided on this one!
Ingredients:
1/4 cup butter, at room temperature
1/4 cup canola or vegetable oil
3/4 cup sugar
3 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 3/4 cup all purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4-1/2 cup Nutella, room temperature
1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees
2. In a medium bow, beat the butter, oil and sugar with an electric mixer until light and fluffy.
3. Add the eggs and vanilla and beat until smooth.
4. Add the flour, baking powder and salt; beat on low until just blended
** Your batter should be thick!
5. Divide the batter between 12 cupcake liners
6. Add a spoonfull of Nutella to each liner
7. Using a toothpick or skewer swirl the Nutella into the batter.
8. Bake for 25-30 minutes
*Only allow to cool for a short time period then put into a container that will lock in the moisture, I left mine out too long to cool so they were a little harder than I would have liked them
**Also this recipe says they are "self-frosting" without the frosting they are more like muffins so I would suggest just adding some more Nutella on top because lets face it you can never have enough Nutella!!
I am not entirely sure where the Bubble Room is or whether its any good but I do know that my parents are absolutely obsessed with their Red Velvet. Red Velvet cake is one of the few sweet things my mom made a lot when I was little so naturally it is one of my all time favorites!
I made these for valentines day and used a fun trick I learned on Pinterest to make them heart shaped! This is a great recipe but if you're looking for a really chocolatety red velvet this isnt for you.
Cake Ingredients:
2 ½ cups self-rising flour
1 cup buttermilk
1 ½ cup vegetable oil
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon vanilla
¼ cup red food coloring
1 ½ cup sugar
2 teaspoons unsweetened cocoa powder
1 teaspoon white vinegar
2 large eggs
Frosting Ingredients:
1 ½ sticks butter, softened
1 pound box confectioner’s sugar (try using only 1 ¾ cups for a less sweet icing)
10 oz cream cheese, softened
1. Preheat oven to 350.
2. Mix all the cake ingredients together with an electric mixer.
3. Use cupcake liners if making cupcakes or grease pan if making a cake
**If you put a marble outside of the cupcake liner it make a heart shaped cupcake! Too cute!
4. Bake for about 40-45 minutes using a toothpick to test doneness.
5. For frosting, mix cream cheese and butter until smooth. Blend in sugar.
Because of Pinterest nothing in our lives is ever simple. We now have a resource that fuels creativity so there really is no excuse to simply put out chips and dip at a party anymore. We are now expected to find a crazy ingredient or technique or shape etc basically thanks to Pinterest cooking and crafting are now GO BIG OR GO HOME!
So for my superbowl party I didnt just decide to go big I decided to go epic with a snack stadium! In terms of difficulty mine is pretty much lower tier compared to some like these:
I guess these are something to aspire to next year!
But I did my best and Im pretty freaking proud of it! Also I realize this post is super behind schedule but I am a student/job searcher ahead of social media nerd (as much as I dont like to admit it!)
Building a snack stadium really is not as difficult as one might think! It only took me about 2 hours including making the guac and rice krispies!
Ingredients:
1 batch of rice krispie treats (used the recipe on the box! heres a link if you need it!)
Queso of your choice ( I went store bought for time purposes)
Toothpicks
Chips (I used scoops and fritos!)
Cheese Cubes
Aluminum foil (makes clean up super easy!)
several drinking straws and scissors for goal posts
Sour Cream
I used an icing piper to pipe on sour cream yard lines on the guacamole field
Use the tooth picks to connect the rice krispie squares and create the shape of the stadium.
Hint: I taped down the foil so nothing would move!
I cut the straws into the lengths I wanted them to make the goal posts then poked holes in them and connected them using tooth picks. I made them stand by securing them into cheese cubes.
One endzone is queso, the other is salsa
The Chips are the crowd
Cheese cubes are the players!
Definitely an impressive feat and a crowd pleaser! Clearly we devoured it
Most of us only watch the superbowl for the ad (I watch for the football
too!) but building a snack stadium gives you another reason to be
excited other than the ads!!
