Yummy Zeppole!!!

A zeppola (zeppole is plural) is an italian pastry...sort of like a doughnut. They're yummy 

and very easy to make at home.

First bring to a boil:

3 tablespoons of sugar

1 stick butter

1/4 teaspoon salt

1 cup water

Once boiling, remove from heat

and slowly stir in

1 cup all-purpose flour

until a ball forms. 

One at a time, add four eggs. Make sure to fully

 incorporate each egg before adding another!

                                 

     Your batter should look like this.       

                         

Drop spoonfuls of the batter into hot oil.

Cook for 5 minutes rolling over as needed.

Your zeppole will puff up 

like a pillow.

Drain on paper towel.

If done right your desserts should be light, 

fuffly and flaky.

Top with sugar and cinnamon

(or powdered sugar)!!!

ENJOY!!!

Sunday Dinner! (4/28/13)

This is a twist on my mothers cabbage recipe...!!

Fry 5 or 6 pieces of bacon in

a pan and remove, set aside for later.

                                                                                   
                                                                              Cut one whole cabbage in half and remove the core.

Dice cabbage into chunks...

In the same skillet you fried the bacon add the cabbage, half of a red onion

salt, pepper, celery seed, sugar, garlic power

and red pepper flakes. 

Allow the cabbage to cook 

until tender then add the bacon, chopped.

This side could join dinner any day!!

Fajitas for lunch!!

Sirloin Steak Fajitas!!

                                                                                                                                                                      

                                                                                                                                                                                       Cut strips of steak about 1/4 inch wide 

                                                                                                                                                           along with red (or green) bell pepper 

and a medium onion.

If your going to use a hot pepper, incorporate the 

seeds. The inside of the pepper

is where all of your

flavor is.

Cook you meat thoroughly before adding

 your onion and peppers. Season with pepper, salt, and garlic powder, 

to taste!

Just a dash of soy sauce, and you gotta 

have the sriracha!!

                                                                                    Served inside of a warm tortilla. Add sour cream, salsa and cheese and you've got a steak taco!!!
   Enjoy!!!

What's a woodle?!

So everyone wants to know "how do you make a woodle?!"
Try to google the world "woodle"....they think you want fried noodles, or a dog or something!! So here I go with a tutorial on how to make woodles!!

Meet "The Woodle"


Egg roll wraps are the perfect size, if you want more of
an "appetizer" use wanton wraps.
Lay your wraps diagonally, this make it easier to
fill and fold.

Fill your wrap with cheese and your favorite cooked filling. Normally ill make my
woodles with beef taco filling or chicken taco filling.
Today we have chicken, broccoli and cheese
with carmalized onions and garlic and red pepper flakes.

Don't overfill the wrap or in 

wont roll properly. 

 Fold the bottom corner to the middle

     and tuck in under the filling.

Fold the left corner to middle and "seal" it tight                  

 with a little water dabbed the tip of your two fingers. Then repeat with the right.

To finish repeat with the top.

Deep fry for about a minute on each side or until golden brown.

 

That's all there is to it!!

Serve with salsa and sour cream...

My daughter likes ranch with hers!!

Pound for pound, the best cake you'll ever taste!!

Someone asked me if I knew how a pound cake got its name..and guess what?! I do!! Thats such a wonderful question thank your for asking!! 

Pound cake is made using a pound each of butter, sugar, flour and eggs.

That's where the name came from!!! Virtually any cake made using that ratio is considered a pound cake!!

Here's the recipe for a classic pound cake!!

1 pound of unsalted butter (4 sticks, softened)

1 pound of sugar (2 1/4 cups)

3 1/2 cups of flour (SIFTED)

9 large eggs

1 teaspoon of vanilla

1 Tablespoon of salt

PREHEAT YOUR OVEN

TO 325*

In a large bowl or mixer cream together butter and sugar until fluffy like icing, about 8 to 10 minutes.

Drop your eggs into the mixture one at a time, make sure to incorporate each egg before adding the next. Crack them in a separate bowl first to avoid getting egg shells in your cake batter. Now add the vanilla.

Add the flour and salt in 3 or 4 different batches until your batter is smooth.

Spay 2 4x8 or 5x9 loaf pans, or line your pans with softened butter and flour, pour the batter half way up the side of each pan and bake for at least an hour. You want them golden brown, and a knife should be clean when testing your cake in the center.

My cakes baked 1 hour and 15 minutes. 

 

Perfect pound cake for any picnic!! 

It even has its own holiday...March 4th is National Pound cake day!!!

"Thats a spicy meat-a-ball!!!"

Here's one for all of my crock pot lovers!!

Cook one bag of frozen meatballs on high for 2 hours.

Thats why I love slow cookers, you can set them

and just forget they're on!!

Add a jar of your favorite sauce and mix!

Cook on high again another 30 minutes. Add your own special seasonings...

Try experimenting with different pasta! 

Today I tried on of my favorites. You can find it at Kroger. If your into

trying gourmet you should DEFINITELY

check out Oliver T's. 

 

LUNCH IS SERVED!!