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Foodie Friday Featuring Jade Louise Designs

Welcome back to another Foodie Friday

I would love it if you took a moment to visit my co-host Diane at Simple Living and Eating.

If you’re new to Foodie Friday, here’s the run down

1. Link up your recipe or any food related post below

2. Browse the linky, visit some new blogs, and share if you feel so inclined.

3. Please only link up 3 posts. This lets us visit as many of you as possible.

This week we’re featuring:

The main writer behind Jade Louise Designs is Amber – I say main because she has 2 contributing authors as well. Over the past year I have really gotten to know Amber through a connection on Facebook, past liking each others fan pages. She has inspired me to be more creative and take more time with my own blog. At one point we found we share a mutual connection through Mark’s cousin. I always love finding out just how small this world is.

Amber is a stay at home mother, housewife, and blogger. Get to know Amber more by visiting her About page. I chose to feature Jade Louise Designs this week because Amber put together the perfect post full of tips and even a Brine recipe for your Thanksgiving Turkey. I wanted to make sure you all had it, in case you are in charge of cooking the Turkey this year.

Thanksgiving Turkey Tips and Brine Recipe

Anytime Amber posts a recipe, I get sucked right in! And then her photos and links to other recipes, yeah I waste a fair amount of time browsing and pinning her stuff. Things like these Mini German Pancakes, that then led me to checking out her Peanut Butter Hot Cocoa…of which I know I’ve looked at before, but it’s a chilly day here. I couldn’t resist. Someone help me, because I’m off to reacquaint myself with her homemade Belgian Hot Chocolate now too…I may not leave my kitchen this weekend!

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November 22, 2013
Easy Pomegranate Stuffing Recipe
Looking for a way to dress up your Thanksgiving stuffing, but without too much hassle? You’ll want to try this Pomegranate Stuffing!

I won’t lie to you, I am in some serious love with this stuffing. The pop of fresh red berries made this stuffing just that much more visually appealing, and the burst of juice in each bite is fantastic.

Now before you read through this recipe and gasp at my shortcut, let me just tell you – YES, I used a boxed stuffing mix for this. I have yet to actually try a from-scratch stuffing. It’s on my bucket list, but I haven’t really had a reason to do that yet. Maybe this year I’ll volunteer to bring the stuffing to Thanksgiving. I still have half a bowl of Pomegranate seeds in my fridge I could use.

On another note, I did add in a little healthy flavoring with some Organic Chicken Stock from Pacific Foods. I think you’re going to love the added flavor of chicken and pomegranate in your holiday stuffing.
Pomegranate Stuffing

2016-11-18 06:28:30

An easy way to dress up your Thanksgiving Stuffing, without extra hassle.

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Ingredients

1 box stove top stuffing

Organic (unsalted) Chicken stock

water

1/4-1/2 cup pomegranates

Instructions

Make stuffing according to package directions, but replace half the water with chicken stock.

Toss pomegranate seeds with cooked stuffing.

Serve.

By Home Maid Simple

Home Maid Simple https://www.homemaidsimple.com/
How do you like your stuffing? Do you make Stovetop, or are you a traditionalist with stuffing inside the turkey? I’d love to hear your favorite way to dress up this classic Thanksgiving side dish.

Love Pomegranate? You’ll love this Pomegranate Lemonade too!
November 20, 2013
Caramelized Pumpkin Cheesecake
Caramelized Pumpkin Cheesecake is just what it appear to be! A layer of old fashioned cheesecake, followed by a layer of pumpkin cheesecake, topped off with some brown sugar caramelizing. Family and friends will love it!

Thanksgiving is right around the corner! Are you so excited? I am. I just love Thanksgiving. All the food and a day to completely relax with family. I really don’t think there is anything better than that. So, I have had a little fun whipping up some recipes for you to take to your feast.

This particular cheesecake started out as an idea to combine pecan pie and pumpkin pie into a cheesecake, but it slowly morphed into no pecans and a little caramelizing.
Caramelized Pumpkin Cheesecake

2016-01-26 05:35:53

Serves 8

Delicious Cheesecake with a layer of pumpkin and caramelized top

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Crust

1 pkg graham crackers

1 TBS sugar

3 TBS butter

Filling

1 1/2 pkg cream cheese

1/4 cup pumpkin puree

3/4 cup sugar

1 egg

1/4 cup brown sugar

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 F.

For the crust, crush the graham crackers.

Min in the sugar.

Cut in the butter until crumbly.

Place in a 9 inch pie plate and bake for 11 minutes.

Mix the cream cheese, sugar, and egg until well blended.

Divide the batter in half.

Add pumpkin puree to one half of the batter.

Pour the cream cheese batter into the crust.

Swirl the pumpkin batter on top.

Bake for 45 minutes

Let the cheesecake cool for at least 2 hours.

Sprinkle brown sugar on top.

Caramelize the sugar with either a butane torch or a few minutes under the broiler.

By Home Maid Simple

Home Maid Simple https://www.homemaidsimple.com/
What’s you favorite cheesecake flavor?
November 19, 2013
Be #CartonSmart this Holiday Season

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Carton Smart. All opinions are 100% mine.

What’s on your Thanksgiving table?

Green Bean Casseole, Sweet Potatoes, Cranberry Jelly, Stuffing,Turkey, Pie

What’s really in those ingredients though?

Preservatives. sweeteners, flavoring, dyes. Things that aren’t really that great for our bodies, and make us crave more.

This Thanksgiving, I’m trying to simplify our meal, and enjoy more natural preservative free foods, while also cutting back on our waste. The holidays are big cooking and bakeing seasons for people all over the country, and in turn it adds a lot of waste to our landfills. I was pretty excited to find Pacific Foods Tetra Pak cartons.

Have you ever opened a can, and then placed the leftovers in the fridge in the can? I have, and the taste after is awful! The Tetra Pak cartons are resealable, and because it’s a carton instead of a can, they won’t leak metal flavoring into the food.

Become Carton Smart this Thanksgiving and exchange your cans for cartons. Just look at all these reasons on why you should make the switch.

When you read the list of ingredients on Pacific Foods cartons you’ll find a complete list of foods you know. For example in this Cranberry Sauce you will find cranberries, cane sugar, and water. For more of a boost, it is also all organic!

I hope that with these few exchanges to our regular feast, we will all still have energy after eating, and not go into a food coma. Follow #CartonSmart on Pinterest for more ideas on how to be simplify your meals this holiday season..

Tweet @CartonSmart to share how you plan on being #CartonSmart this Holiday Season!

Check back later for how I used the Pumpkin Puree and Chicken Stock in some traditional Thanksgiving dishes. You’re going to love them!!

November 12, 2013
Pork Curry Steamed Buns

It looks like I may have a lot of “Fails” with this Food of the World party, but we sure are having fun learning about different countries and their cuisine. This month Diane had us visiting Malaysia. See how we made Pork Curry Steamed Buns, and grab some recipes to make your own.

Malaysian cuisine has melded with many of its neighboring countries, to create its own unique flavors on Asian dishes. While doing my research I came across Rasa Malaysia. the #9 Food Blogger in the world! That is pretty impressive and makes me surprised I hadn’t come across her before. Bee, the owner is from Malaysia, but now based out of California. She shares traditional Asian dishes, that are simple to make, and some with a more Westernized twist.

I browsed the Malaysian section on her site and had a hard time choosing something. After looking at recipes forever Mark leaned over, and said: “Try those steamed buns!” Yeah, that sounds good…except steaming bread sounds tricky. Mark recalled our trip to Japan though, where we had a pork filled steamed bun that he just loved – and so did everyone else because the line to get one was huge!

Mark got pretty excited about trying these out, that he jumped up and started cooking up a couple different pork curries. Of course, he didn’t write anything down, so I have no recipe for you – but head over to All Recipes and search curry. There’s a lot of good ones on there. So while he did that, I followed Rasa Malaysia’s recipe for Sweet Potato Mantou (or Steamed Buns).

I was a little nervous, when it took a long time to rise, but crossed my fingers they would still turn out. My verdict – these are better baked than steamed unless you have the right equipment. Bee’s recipe has you put the buns on baking or steaming paper sheets. I didn’t have either, and didn’t think they would matter – they do! By not using these, the bottoms of our buns were still very doughy.

Eventually, I gave in, and just baked the last of them. Ah-maze-ing! Oh, and I also used Bread Flour because I couldn’t find Bao Flour (I found steamed bun mix at our Asian Market, but not Bao flour). That could have been the reason for the extra long rise time, but I really don’t know.

Try these Chinese Steamed Buns from Yum of China

I think the sweet potato addition to the dough, really was wonderful, but they worked better in the oven. So if you want to make these, but also want to avoid steaming them, I baked mine for 10 minutes in a 350 oven.

Do you have a favorite recipe from Malaysia? Share it in the comments!

November 12, 2013
Foodie Friday Featuring Call Me PMc

Welcome back to another Foodie Friday

I would love it if you took a moment to visit my co-host Diane at Simple Living and Eating.

If you’re new to Foodie Friday, here’s the run down

1. Link up your recipe or any food related post below

2. Browse the linky, visit some new blogs, and share if you feel so inclined.

3. Please only link up 3 posts. This lets us visit as many of you as possible.

Featuring

Paula, or PMc as her friends call her, is the owner of Call Me PMc. One of the first things I remember learning about Paula, is that she is a runner. Although it’s been awhile since I’ve personally gone running, it use to be a big part of my life. I plan on one day running again…

Her mom let her have free reign in the kitchen at the age of 8, as long as it was cleaned up afterward. What a great mom she must have had! Now Paula has extended her cooking to all genres of food, and her photography is quite simply amazing.

Last week, Call Me PMc shared these yummy recipes with us.

Sausage Cinnamon Roll Monkey Bread

Holy cow! Sweet, savory – I think I could win all my kids over with this one.

Turkey Burger with Sriracha and Pepperoni

I’ve never had a turkey burger, but pairing it with pepperoni makes it a little more appealing to me.

Amaretto Cream Cheese Coffee Cake

Of course there’s a dessert. There’s always a dessert. Mmm, add some cream cheese to the shopping list.

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November 8, 2013
Foodie Friday Featuring Creative K Kids

Welcome back to another Foodie Friday

I would love it if you took a moment to visit my co-host Diane at Simple Living and Eating.

If you’re new to Foodie Friday, here’s the run down

1. Link up your recipe or any food related post below

2. Browse the linky, visit some new blogs, and share if you feel so inclined.

3. Please only link up 3 posts. This lets us visit as many of you as possible.

Featuring

Tammy is owner of the Creative K Kids, and mom to 4 girls and one boy. The K stands for the first name of each of her girls. They are a cooking and crafting family. You can find so many fun ideas on Creative K Kids, and yummy recipes. She recently teamed up with the Denverista to start a new Blog hop on Mondays called Bloggers Brags.

The first time I got to know Tammy was when I needed a guest post to help me out while we were moving this summer. She shared with us her Impossible Cheeseburger Pie. It has since become one of the most popular recipes on my Foodie Friday Pinterest Board. Last week she shared her Pumpkin Cheesecake Monkey Bread, and it is coming in a close second to the pie.

Impossible Cheeseburger Pie

Pumpkin Cheesecake Monkey Bread

Follow the Creative K Kids on Facebook and Pinterest.

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November 1, 2013
Double Chocolate Zucchini Bread
The first year I planted a large garden, I wasn’t sure how much I could get to grow. So I planted 6 zucchini plants, and they all grew and produced. We ate zucchini in one form or another every week for the rest of the year. This Double Chocolate Zucchini Bread was one of the good recipes that came from that gardening mistake. This post contains affiliate links. I will receive compensation when you click through and make a purchase.

See how to preserve zucchini

My sister in law had given me her recipe about a month ago, so I was going to use that. It seems to be common though for me to misplace written recipes. I seriously need a better system! So I started going through my cookbooks, and then thought to myself – it can’t be much different than Banana Bread, right?

That’s when I pulled out my mom’s Banana Bread recipe and decided to make a few alterations – like adding some cocoa – and created a Double Chocolate Zucchini Bread.

I love quick breads like this one. They’re pretty easy to change up to your preference without messing it up. Since this recipe makes 2 loaves, I like to garnish the top of one loaf with some chopped walnuts. It adds that extra bit of goodness but leaves one loaf nut free for those friends and family members who prefer it that way.
Double Chocolate Zucchini Bread

2017-04-24 09:51:05

Yields 2

Add more veggies to your diet with this zucchini bread – just don’t forget the chocolate too!

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Prep Time

20 min

Cook Time

1 min

Total Time

1 hr 20 min
Prep Time

20 min

Cook Time

1 min

Total Time

1 hr 20 min

Ingredients

1 1/4 cup Zucchini, shredded – about 1 medium zucchini

1 1/2 cups Sugar

1/2 cup Shortening

4 eggs

4 TBS Cocoa Powder

4 Cups Flour

1 1/2 tsp Baking Soda

1 tsp Salt

1 cup Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips

Chopped Walnuts (optional)

Instructions

Preheat Oven to 300° F

In a large bowl combine zucchini, sugar, shortening, eggs, and cocoa.

In a small mixing bowl combine flour, baking soda, and salt.

Mix dry ingredients into the wet ingredients. Combine well.

Spray 2 loaf pans with cooking spray.

Separate and spread batter into the pans.

Optional – top with crushed walnuts.

Bake for 60-70 minutes, or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean.

Walnuts

Add walnuts to one zucchini loaf and please both nut lovers and non.

By Home Maid Simple

Home Maid Simple https://www.homemaidsimple.com/
Of course, not everyone enjoys chocolate in their bread. I have my days where I prefer a healthier zucchini bread too. If that’s you try this Zucchini Bread recipe.

What’s your favorite way to eat Zucchini?
October 28, 2013
Foodie Friday Featuring Winnish

Welcome back to another Foodie Friday

I would love it if you took a moment to visit my co-host Diane at Simple Living and Eating.

If you’re new to Foodie Friday, here’s the run down

1. Link up your recipe or any food related post below

2. Browse the linky, visit some new blogs, and share if you feel so inclined.

3. Please only link up 3 posts. This lets us visit as many of you as possible.

This week’s feature is Winnie from Something Sweet Winnie’s Blog. Winnie has been linking up to Foodie Friday for quite some time. Although her site is in Hebrew, google can translate it for you. It doesn’t always come across easy to follow in English, but her photo’s are stunning! I can only imagine how yummy they taste as well.

Last week Winnie shared two different challah’s and roll recipes. Take a moment to stop by her site, and browse the many recipes she has to offer.

Challah’s with Whole Wheat and Semolina

Rich Challah and Rolls with Whole Wheat

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October 25, 2013
Foodie Friday Feature: My Sisters Pantry

Welcome back to another Foodie Friday

I would love it if you took a moment to visit my co-host Diane at Simple Living and Eating.

If you’re new to Foodie Friday, here’s the run down

1. Link up your recipe or any food related post below

2. Browse the linky, visit some new blogs, and share if you feel so inclined.

3. Please only link up 3 posts. This lets us visit as many of you as possible.

This week’s Featured blog is My Sisters Pantry. If you haven’t been over to meet them yet, let me introduce you to Little Sis and Big Sis. The sisters are separated by 680 miles, but it doesn’t keep them from sharing their thoughts on real and fake food, with a preference for the real. I’ve come to enjoy visiting My Sisters Pantry each week, and seeing how they are using different items that have been hard for me to find a place in our meals (chickpeas..).

Last week they shared a couple dishes full of veggies, including tips on chopping and cooking broccoli and sweet potatoes, and then a home made Chocolate Almond butter.

Cold Sesame Noodles

an easy to put together dish, that could be a side or main dish. I’ll probably make it for my lunch one day. Yummy!

Chocolate Almond Butter

Why buy something like Nuttela when you can make your own?

Sweet Potato Brekkie

This looks absolutely delicious and the perfect full start to your day.

Now let’s see what you’ve got for us this week!

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October 18, 2013