Posts filed under 'food'
Olive Oil. Really. It’s as simple as that. Just use Olive Oil in cooking instead of butter/margarine/cooking sprays.
Easy Examples:
- Pasta: Instead of a buttery alfredo sauce, make a sauce out of olive oil, sauteed minced garlic and basil.
- Grilled Cheese: Instead of buttering the bread, throw some olive oil in the pan then cook as normal.
- Potatoes: Coat potatoes (baked or cut into wedges) with olive oil, then season and bake.
In general, avoid all cooking sprays as their nutrition information is extremely misleading (most of them have a serving size of 1/3rd second of a spray!).
January 4th, 2008
food, life
The party was after dinner time, so I did not need any large entrees, and there were 11 women in attendance. I stuck to dips and desserts with only one hot finger food item. I prepared the cheesecake the night before and everything else I did the day of, including the sugar cookie dough. Here’s the final list:
- Jalapeno Poppers
- Chocolate Wrapped Croissants
- Plain Pita Chips
- Pesto Pita Chips
- Cucumber Dip
- Sugar Cookies
- Plain New York Style Cheesecake
- Vegetable tray
- Assorted berries
- Bruschetta (made by Emily)
- Hummus (made by Holly)
- Mexican Dip (made by Melissa)
Continue Reading September 24th, 2007
food
I doubled the amount of ribs, thus doubling the sauce. I mixed honey bbq and normal bbq sauce and kept adding in different amounts of the ingredients until it tasted sweet enough and not so ketchupy. There was a lot of sauce left and I would love to try it on other meats sometime since it was really easy to make. The ribs were definitely tender and still delicious as leftovers. I like this recipe because it is very simple as it does not require marination and most of the sauce ingredients are things that I already had in the fridge.
Recipe: http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Sylvias-Ribs/Detail.aspx
November 6th, 2006
food, life
What You Buy:
already made pizza dough in a tube, pepperoni, ricotta cheese, spaghetti sauce, parmesan cheese, mozzerella cheese; basil, black pepper, and garlic powder optional
What You Do:
1. Flour a work surface or flat square baking sheet
2. Lay out dough and stretch it out to make a big rectangle; do not make the dough too thin
3. Length-wise, pour a bit of sauce on one half of the dough
4. Layer with pepperoni, cheeses and seasonings
5. Flip the empty side over the toppings side
6. Pinch close
7. Brush olive oil on top
8. Bake in the oven for 20mins at 400 degrees
Enjoy!
September 14th, 2006
food, life
