Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Delicious Food PLUS Learn how to make your hair grow:)

Alright so here is an amazing breakfast dish that can also be made for dinner if you have the desire:

Spinach Tart
9 in tart pan, lined with pie dough
9 oz baby spinach
2 T butter
2 heaping cups cheddar cheese
2 whole eggs, plus 2 yolks
2/3 c heavy cream
1 tsp Dijon mustard
salt and freshly ground black pepper

*Preheat oven to 400'. Bake tart for 10-15 min. Gently cook spinach with butter until wilted. Drain and chop finely. Spread spinach over bottom of crust. In processor, pulse cheese, eggs, yolks, cream, mustard, and seasoning. Pour over spinach and return to oven for 20-25 min until top is golden. Turn off oven and let sit in oven for additional 5 min. Serve.


Easy quick last-second dinner:

Poppyseed chicken

*Cook 2 chicken breasts (this serves about 2-4 people) and shred. Place shredded chicken on bottom of an 8x8 baking dish. Mix 1/2 can cream of chicken soup with 2 big scoops of sour cream. Spread over chicken in dish. Sprinkle poppyseeds. Layer 1 package crushed Ritz crackers over poppyseeds. Sprinkle with more poppyseeds. Melt half cube of butter and drizzle on top. Bake 350' around 20 min or until golden brown.


Now for my favorite and healthiest meal: Super easy and quick!

Lemon Garlic Pasta
(serves 2)
4 oz dry spaghetti (I used about 8 oz)
1/4 cup grated parmesan
2 tsp olive oil
1 clove garlic
1/2 lemon
2 tbsp pine nuts
5-6 fresh basil leaves, chiffonaded

*First, start your garlic oil. Pour in olive oil and chopped up garlic into a small frying pan and let it cook over low, until the garlic starts to brown on edges. Immediately remove from heat and reserve.
While that’s starting up, boil up some spaghetti.  Chiffonade some basil leaves.  Add cheese, pine nuts, And dump it into a large bowl, with the garlic oil, garlic chunks and all. Squeeze in lemon juice. Throw in the spaghetti and toss until well combined. Plate, crack some black pepper on it, and nom.
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My new favorite bread:

Almond Poppyseed Bread
(Or Cake as Kyle calls it:)
3 c. all-purpose flour
2 1/2 c. sugar
1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
1 1/2 tsp. salt
1 1/8 c. canola oil
3 eggs
1 1/2 c. milk
2 tsp. poppy seeds
1 1/2 tsp. vanilla
1 1/2 tsp. almond flavoring

Glaze:
3/4 c. white granulated sugar
1/4 c. orange juice
1/2 tsp. vanilla
1/2 tsp. almond flavoring

*Preheat oven to 350. In a medium bowl, sift together flour, salt, and baking powder. In a large mixing bowl, combine eggs, oil, sugar, and flavorings and beat for 2 minutes. Alternate adding in flour mixture and milk and then mix until just combined. Add poppyseeds and mix until just combined. Pour into prepared pans (5 mini pans or 2 regular loaf pans) and bake (35-40 minutes for mini pans, 1 hour for large pans; keep an eye on them). While baking, prepare glaze by combining all glaze ingredients. Drizzle over loaves right after they come out of oven.

Ladies: I have recently found a miracle product called Flaxseed. Not Flaxseed oil, but the actual seeds (milled). It is high in fiber and Omega-3, along with providing the same benefits as fish oil without the cholesterol and fishy taste. It also.. dun dun dun... helps your hair and nails grow:) Yay! A serving size is 2 Tablespoons. It has a light nutty taste and you can sprinkle it on your cereal, on yogurt, oatmeal, etc... It's about $4 at Walmart found in the breakfast isle. You're welcome:)


1 comment:

  1. Can you please just come cook at my house for me!? These all look amazing!

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