Imitation Moo Shu Chicken

Any authentically Chinese person would probably get really mad at me for calling this moo shu chicken (first of all, because I don't think that moo shu chicken is a real thing)...but I don't care...it was what I wanted to eat and so I made it!



















Ingredients:

1 tbsp.vegetable oil
1 tsp. rice vinegar
1 boneless, skinless chicken breast, diced
3 radishes, thinly sliced
3 carrots, thinly sliced
1 scallion, thinly sliced
2 tortillas, steamed (set over a bowl of water, microwave for 1 minute)
2 tbsp. hoisin sauce (i used the rest of my sweet and spicy sauce, which actually tastes exactly like hosin)
1 tsp. key lime juice
1 tsp. red chili flakes

Heat oil and vinegar over medium high heat. Brown chicken, and then add the vegetables, reserving the scallions. Add the hoison sauce, reduce heat to medium low, and cover for 5 minutes (stirring occasionally). Remove lid, add scallions, key lime juice, and red chili flakes.
Recover for 5 minutes. Spoon moo shu chicken into steamed into tortillas, and enjoy!

Guiness Sundae!

A) This is not my recipe! It's from Food Network.
B) This was not my idea...it was Katie's!
C) This was delicious. Make it.

Bring one 15-ounce can Guinness or other stout beer and 1/2 cup sugar to a simmer in a saucepan over low heat and cook until syrupy, about 40 minutes. Whisk in 3 tablespoons diced cold butter. Drizzle the Guinness caramel over vanilla or butter pecan ice cream and serve with shortbread cookies.

Spicy Breakfast Eggs

Good morning! I made these eggs just now for brunch. It's just a tortilla, an egg omelet (not folded), black beans, cheese, salsa, hot sauce, and parsley (had to add something green). SO easy, and so delicious!

Boston Cream Pie Cupcakes

HI! My beautiful, wonderful friend Lizzie gave me her AC adapter (mine decided to off itself). SO NICE OF HER! So, I decided to make her some cupcakes...and it was the perfect opportunity to try something new! What's better than boston cream pie? Well...cupcakes are. But NOTHING is better than boston cream pie cupcakes!

Ingredients:

1 box yellow cake mix
1 package instant vanilla pudding
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1 tub fudge frosting


Prepare yellow cake mix according to package (for cupcakes). Let cool. Prepare vanilla pudding mix, adding in 1 tsp. vanilla extract. Fill pasty bag with pudding, and fill cooled cupcake with about 1 tbsp. pudding. Fill pastry bag with frosting and frost! Enjoy!

Sweet and Spicy Chicken and Rice w/ "Asian" Salad

So, my mom gave me these fun asian sauce packs in a care package the other week (thanks mom!), and I decided to use the "Sweet and Spicy" one on Saturday. Technically it was for ribs...but I don't eat that much red meat (and I had chicken), so I made chicken instead! WAY good/better than I expected!

This is the sauce I used:
Ingredients:

Lettuce
Carrots
Green Onion
"Sweet and Spicy Sauce" (or whatever you can find)
3 chicken tenders (raw), cubed
Basmati Rice
Water
Rice Vinegar
Canola Oil


Directions:

Chop lettuce, carrots, and onion into a salad bowl set aside for later. Brown chicken in a pan over medium high heat. Add 2 tbsp. sauce, 1 tbsp water, and cover over medium heat. Cook for about 10 minutes on medium heat, covered, until cooked in center. Meanwhile, combine 1/2 cup rice and 1 cup water. Bring to a boil, and the simmer, covered, for 10 minutes or until cooked throughout. Place rice on plate and top with chicken. Combine 1 tbsp. sauce, 1 tsp. oil, and 1 tsp. rice vinegar to make a dressing for the salad. Enjoy!

Peanut Butter Jar Oatmeal

So, this is not at all my own idea...it comes from Eating Bird Food which is my new favorite healthy food blog (haha clearly not a theme that I chose to put into my own!).

Anyways, basically the idea is that when you've come down to the bottom of a jar of peanut butter, you can put oatmeal in it, add toppings, and you've got both a delicious meal and a somewhat more clean peanut butter jar! It just made some with Smuckers Natrual Peanut Butter, plain oatmeal, cinnamon, and sugar. SOOOO good!

Apple Cider Cookies

I made these cookies last week for The Overtones! They were delicious...but I would suggest bringing plates or napkins, because the powdered sugar can get kinda messy!

Ingredients:

1 package spice cake mix
1 1/3 c. water
1/3 c. oil
3 eggs
3 1/2-4 c. flour
1 tsp. cloves
1 tbsp. cinnamon
1 c. powdered sugar

Preheat oven to 350 F. Grease baking pans. Mix all ingredients together and spoon out tablespoon sized cookies onto baking pan. Bake for 10 minutes and cover immediately in powdered sugar!

These are GREAT with tea!