When it comes to sweet and tasty treats without spending too much time in the kitchen, these Carrot Cake Baked Donuts come to my mind. These are such incredible desserts, but also simple, versatile, and family-friendly. Now that we have Autumn here, baking is one read more
This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of the Minerva Dairy. All opinions are entirely my own. Buttery Sweet Potato Casserole is an appetizing and amazing side dish or dessert that will make any holiday dinner that much more special. The holiday season is read more
Baked Sweet Potatoes are one of my favorite Autumn treats. It warms your heart and soul, and the pleasant aroma is just enchanting.
I did not grow up with sweet potatoes. The first time I tried sweet potatoes I was 18 or 19 years old.
That being mentioned, when I tried them I instantly fell in love with the taste, texture, and aroma.
It reminded me of these delightful winter squash that we had every fall season. It was not a pumpkin, but not a butternut squash either, somewhere in between.
I dearly savored it when I was a little girl. I could not wait until squash slices come out of the wood-burning oven. Mmhmm! It was all I wanted and more. The 80s were special in every possible way.
Nevertheless, my kids are not enormous fans of the sweet potatoes, but they would eat a spoon or two. Well, I heartily enjoyed them mostly by myself through the season and I am entirely fine with it.
Typically, I carefully wrap them with alum foil and roast a couple of them to last me a few days. However, since many do not like to use aluminum making them just like this is just fine as well.
I would recommend making them both ways; sweet and savory. As I said before, I make many of them for later.
I love adding a pat of butter in the hot sweet potato and drizzle with delicious maple syrup. I would rather have that over any dessert, plus it is quite healthy.
Sweet Potato Casserole is coming soon. I cannot wait to share my tasty recipes in two ways, and just before Thanksgiving!
Twice Baked Potatoes with Chicken
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An easy and tasty recipe for delicious Baked Sweet Potatoes
The worst way to ruin a sweet potato casserole or stuffed sweet potatoes is with a gritty texture. Scrub the skins lightly before preparing. Pat dry after with kitchen paper towel or just regular kitchen towel.
Sweet potatoes tend to get a little juicy while baking, so lining the baking sheet first ensures easy cleanup. From time to time I forgot to do it or don't have any parchment paper on hand, but it is so much easier to clean up when you do have it.
The pricking technique is always used when baking regular or sweet potatoes—it reduces the baking time and ensures the potatoes won't burst while baking. Poke the potato skin with a fork or knife in a few places before you bake it. We can't predict which potato might burst so this is always a wise idea.
How can you tell when they’re done? Stick a fork into the thickest part of the potato, if there’s no resistance it’s good to go.
Calzone is an Italian oven-baked folded pizza that originated in Naples. Now with so many filling choices, you can design your calzone however you want, just like pizza. The stuffing or filling that I am using today is my favorite. It takes several steps read more
As a lover of Italian food, from casseroles, pasta, fried food to gelato, I wanted to create an exceptionally familiar dish, but somewhat different, and Easy Eggplant Parmesan was perfect.
Something that we could pick up and deplete a pizza… Well, almost like a pizza. It could be served over a plate of mixed greens, as I did or with pasta, meat, fish, and so on.
I am the biggest fan of eggplants and I have been my entire life. We all know that it doesn’t even remotely look like mushrooms.
However, by one means or another when I sauté eggplant with onions and top it with cream it tastes precisely like mushrooms to me.
Perhaps, my taste buds are long gone “cuckoo” (however you spell that… lol), but that’s what I taste. I taste mushrooms!
This recipe not only it’s easy but so good. Even my children loved it. My youngest one, who is by the way 9, truly despises eggplants.
Not that he tasted and they were terrible, but rather he just would not even attempt to try it. Since this looked very appetizing to him, he said: “oh, that looks so good, is it chicken?”
I was like, call it whatever you want buddy, as long as you eat it, and then he did. He was actually surprised to find out that it was eggplant. Win-win for me! Alright, people, let’s get down to business.
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As a lover of Italian food, from casseroles, pasta, fried food to gelato, I wanted to create an exceptionally familiar dish, but somewhat different. It was such a hit in my house, so I hope it will be in yours as well.
Peel eggplant and slice it into half inch thick slices.
Add a pinch of salt on each slice. After 5-10 minutes, place it on the paper towel and pat dry. This way you will take out any moisture left in the eggplant.
Preheat oven to 400F (200C)
Take two containers/mixing bowl. In one crack two eggs, add a pinch of salt and mix it really well. In the other add Italian breadcrumbs.
Dip each slice into an egg wash, then in the breadcrumbs. Try to coat eggplant on all sides. Place it in a greased baking pan. You can also use nonstick alum foil, parchment paper or baking mat so the greasing will not be necessary.
Bake for 30 minutes OR until the eggplant is golden brown, and when you pick the slice up it’s lighter.
Take it out of the oven, and add about a tablespoon or so of Marinara sauce on each slice, and sprinkle cheeses or use fresh cheese, such as mozzarella.
Place it back in the oven and bake until the cheese is completely melted about 5 minutes. Take it out of the oven and enjoy it!
If you are sensitive to gluten, please use gluten-free breadcrumbs. Use cheese what you like the most or have. The best one so far that I’ve tried it with is Italian Blend of cheeses (It has 5 different kinds of cheese), also Pizza cheese (blend of cheeses) or Mozzarella on its own is great with this recipe.
If your cheese blend does not contain Parmesan, just add it together and sprinkle with mozzarella.
This data was provided and calculated by Nutritionix. Nutrition information isn’t always accurate, but we try our best.
One of my favorite Thanksgiving side dishes, besides bowl-full of mashed potatoes and a tub of gravy (DUH!), is this tasty and quite easy green bean casserole. My kids are crazy about it just as much I am. For us, it is all about the side dishes. read more
Tasty, family-friendly, and super Easy Baked Tortellini recipe is just what you need when you are a busy parent, a student, or just a preoccupaied person in general. My family and I, love a good Italian meal, just in case you haven’t noticed in the read more
I was craving scones badly over the weekend. My kids went out for an early morning walk with their dad, and I just had to kill those cravings.
In addition, when I started making them, I thought to make something different than usual scones, so I added buttermilk, instead of milk, and an egg, coconut oil, and had half of the bag of dried pomegranate.
If I had to compare it, it is kind of between rock cakes which is similar to scones, and actual scones. The difference is that rock cakes you spoon it on the baking sheet and scones you cut it like a donut. These are like mini soda bread, sweet biscuits and I was in love with them.
At first, when my gang came home, they looked it kind of “WTF?” and did not touch, which made me little disappointed, but a few hours later they were all eating more than one
I can see why though?! These do not look that appealing, for instance, but I actually like homemade rustic looking things so it spoke my language in an instant. Furthermore, I would say they are so much better the next day… I had to hide one to munch with my morning coffee.
They are crunchy on the outside and soft on the inside. Not overly sweet and have that kick off the savory too. I think it is a great breakfast or a snack.
Also, you can also add nuts and have a little more crunch as well as nutrition. They are super easy, not too much fuss, they suppose to look rustic and homemade.
If you like sweeter, add more sugar or more eggs. I have not tried it yet with whole wheat flour or any other type of flour, and I am eager to try. Maybe I’ll experiment this upcoming week.
Put your dried Pomegranate in a small bowl and cover with boiling water. Let it steep for 10 to 15 minutes, and then strain the fruit and discard the water. The fruit will be plumper, juicier, and softer. To give your fruit some extra flavor, swap the water for fruit juice or liquor, like rum, bourbon, or brandy.
Make a well and add lightly mixed egg and melted (but not hot) coconut oil and pour cold buttermilk. You can use warm milk too.
When I am making this type of biscuits usually I use warm milk and you can too if you do not have buttermilk.
Also, yogurt or sour cream can work really well just make sure to add enough liquid.
The dough still needs to be soft and bit sticky rather than hard. You can use any dry fruit on hand, or even mix them together.
You can use any dried fruit.
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If you love soda bread, then here is the healthier version using Whole wheat flour. It’s different, but still very satisfying and a bread that my family and I eat pretty often. Click here for the regular soda bread. We absolutely love homemade Soda bread, and read more
