2CUPS white beans soaked 1 onion diced 2 carrots diced 2 celery stalks diced 2-5cloves garlic minced (we used 5) 3 CUPS Chicken stock/bouillon 3CUPS water 2TBSP Italian spice 1TBSP parsley Couple bay leaves Salt/pepper 1 Ham hockThrow everything in a Dutch oven and or large pot. Bring up to a boil and light boil for an hour. Adding more water if needed.
Remove the ham hock, I give it a rinse under cold water to cool it down quicker. Separate all the meat from the bone and chop up roughly.
Put all your ham hock back in, stir, remove bay leaves and serve.We don’t eat enough beans in this house, it was enjoyed by everyone. I love making homemade soups!I have the PC Choice brand but this is about the same.
2CUPS left over sticky rice 1 onion diced (green or a white one) 1TBSP minced garlic 1 egg beaten 1/2CUP cheese (I used extra old white, if you like a milder cheese use a mozza) 1/4TSP garlic powder, onion powder, parsley & crushed Chilis Thai chilis (optional as always)
Throw everything in a bowl and mix well. I like to the then stick bowl in fridge for a couple hours.
I love these epicure silicone mold! We bought it for 10cents at a yard sale! I’ve made a ton of different things in it. If you don’t have this, use another silicone mold. A mini muffin tin works too. Fill with rice. Giving pressure making sure they are getting filled right up. I cover with plastic wrap tightly and then apply more pressure to rice. I put this in the freezer for an hour!
They will pop right out of your silicone mold or muffin tin. If using a muffin tin you may need to use a butter knife to help slide out but they still should come out easy once frozen. I get 2 bowls ready. One with some milk, could use egg, I prefer milk for this one. And 1 bowl with crushed salted soda crackers, could use panko if you prefer. Dunk in milk, then turn them all around in crushed crackers. I do a few like this then deep fry at 375F for about 3-6 minutes. Turning them quite frequently.
They are some enjoyed in our house! They freeze well and I reheat them in oven. We can’t wait to hear what you think.
We bought this silicone mold second hand. We love it. I use it for a variety of things. You can find it here
2-3TBSP butter/margarine 3TBSP chopped fresh cilantro 3-5 garlic cloves, minced 1 inch ginger minced 2TBSP piri-piri sauce/spice or other hot pepper sauce 2TBSP fresh lemon juice, bottled is fine 1 large onion sliced 1/2CUP water Whole chicken cut in half or in pieces Salt/pepper When we buy our chicken in bulk we like to freeze a bunch in there sauces we will make with them. I add all of the above to a freezer bag minus the butter, mix well. And freeze til I need.I thaw, add the bag with all its contents along with the butter and slow cook at 300F about 4 hours. I baste the chicken about every 45minutes. If using a whole chicken when it starts to darken up, I cut the pieces all apart so they will get a nice color everywhere.
This dish is loved in our house!Our pan is just the same!
Pizza Dough rolled out to a square as good as you can. These are pizzas so really anything goes on here. Use ingredients you like. We skipped out on pizza sauce today as we wanted to use lots of fresh tomatoes with herbs instead. My family loves pizza rolls, great for school lunches also. I places sliced tomatoes out diced mushrooms black sliced olives sprinkled garlic powder, Italian spice, crushed chilis I laid out a bunch green onions, kept long cause were going to cut into rolls anyway cut salamiTop with cheese or your choice. We used a grated marble today.
Roll up, and cut into about 1inch discs. I spray a glass casserole dish or a couple cast iron pans. Place rolls in. I top with some more marble and parmesan. Cover and let rise for 30-40minutesBake 425F for about 25minutes. I hope you enjoy these as much as our family does.
Aka shrimp egg rolls. Cleaning out the fridge today! I like working with egg roll wrappers, you can fill those with literally anything. 1 pack egg roll wrappers 2CUPS cabbage (green or red) 1diced white onion 1/2CUP each sliced green onions, celery, water chestnuts, mushrooms, & carrots 10-15 prawns 2TBSP each of minced garlic and ginger 1TBSP white sugar (I used cane sugar) 1TSP each soya sauce, hoisin, and oyster sauce Thai Chilis optional as always I make a glue in a small bowl with some flour and water to use to hold the wrappers together. My owl is ready to get cooking LOL
Get some Vegetable oil, in your pan and turn up the heat if using cane sugar put in now as well. While that’s getting hot, I finely chop up all the shrimps.
Fry high heat, all the Vegetables just for about 3-4 minutes. Then add in shrimps, mix, add in soya sauce, oyster, & hoisin sauce, add your white sugar now if using that. Cook just another minute til shrimp are done. Remove from heat. Let cool.
I like to lay a bunch out on a silicone sheet, glue all around the edges with my fingers. I put roughly 2TBSP of filling in the centre of each wrap. I bring up two corners together, then the other two corners. Then run your fingers down seams to seal them. Something a little different then just a regular egg roll!
I deep fry 375F about 3 minutes per side. I put seam side down in oil first. Then flip fry the other side.
When done frying lay out on a paper towel to remove excess oil. These are great!Love our Lodge Wok!
