Showing posts with label Appetizer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Appetizer. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Fruit Salsa with cinnamon chips


I begin to miss summer alot around this time of year. So, heres in honor of summer and its speedy return.
I complain about the cold way to much, I guess one of these days I move to a state where it isn't cold more than it is warm!

Ingredients
2 kiwis, peeled and diced
2 Golden Delicious apples - peeled, cored and diced
8 ounces raspberries
1 pound strawberries
2 tablespoons white sugar
1 tablespoon brown sugar
3 tablespoons fruit preserves, any flavor

10 (10 inch) flour tortillas
butter flavored cooking spray (instead ot this I like to melt butter or margarine and use a baster to put it on the chips
2 cups cinnamon sugar

In a large bowl, thoroughly mix kiwis, Golden Delicious apples, raspberries, strawberries, white sugar, brown sugar and fruit preserves. Cover and chill in the refrigerator at least 15 minutes.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
Coat one side of each flour tortilla with butter flavored cooking spray. Cut into wedges and arrange in a single layer on a large baking sheet. Sprinkle wedges with desired amount of cinnamon sugar. Spray again with cooking spray.
Bake in the preheated oven 8 to 10 minutes. Repeat with any remaining tortilla wedges. Allow to cool approximately 15 minutes. Serve with chilled fruit mixture

Thursday, November 26, 2009

Perfect boiled eggs/ Deviled Eggs


I'm not sure if its a southern thing but, Thanksgiving and Christmas dinner was not complete without Deviled eggs. One year my mom assigned my grandmother to bring them. She decided it wasn't necessary and our family and entire dinner almost fell apart. Lets just say that was a sad day in our household.
I don't know about you but, Its very easy to boil eggs and then after cutting them open you realize that you've cooked them to long because they have that little green ng around the yoke. (thats actually not supposed to happen when they are cooked to perfection)
Here is a perfect way to ensure you'll have perfect boiled eggs every time whether its for Deviled eggs or not!

eggs (use eggs that are at least 3 days old.. if they are really fresh they don't turn out as good)
1 tsp. Kosher salt
water

Fill a pot with COLD water. Add eggs (making sure there is just a single layer on the bottom of the pot) and salt. Bring water to a boil. Once water is boiling, reduce heat to medium and boil for about 3-5 minutes (no longer than 5 minutes). Cover pot and remove from heat. Let sit another 10-12 minutes. Strain water from pot and run COLD water over the eggs until the eggs are cool to the touch. Strain excess water from eggs and peel OR refrigerate for up to 3-4 days.

Now that you know how to make hard boiled eggs, deviled eggs will be easy.

6 hard boiled eggs
2 Tbsp. Miracle Whip
1 1/2 tsp. mustard
salt and pepper to taste
paprika

Peel eggs and cut in half lengthwise. Remove and mash yolks with mayo, mustard, sugar, vinegar, salt and pepper. Scoop a little of the mixture and stuff inside egg whites (if you want to be fancy you can put the mashed up yolks in a plastic bag, snip off the end and pipe the yolks into the egg white... or if you want to be really fancy you can use a cake decorating bag and put on a large star-tip). Sprinkle with paprika and serve!