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Crockpot Teriyaki Chicken Legs

We’ve been using Laura’s homemade teriyaki sauce for a while now – I love how simple it is, and how you can control the salt and sweetness of the sauce.  We love it.  So, we decided to try it over chicken legs.  Yum-o. 

Not to mention, this dish goes together in minutes!  You’ll enjoy it, I promise. 

Crockpot Teriyaki Chicken Legs

Ingredients

  • 6-8 chicken legs
  • 1/4 C soy sauce
  • 1 tsp. ginger
  • 2 T honey
  • 1 tsp. minced garlic
  • 1 C water
  • 2 T corn starch

Directions

Begin by mixing together 1 C water with 2 T corn starch.  Add in 1/4 C soy sauce, 2 T honey, 1 tsp. ginger and 1 tsp. minced garlic. 

Place the chicken legs in a lightly olive oiled crockpot base. 

Pour the sauce over the top. 

Cover and cook on low for about 8 hours, until chicken legs reach an internal temperature of 180 degrees. 

Serve with rice. 

Enjoy!

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Cooking for a long weekend

My husband and I just returned from a long weekend away with our dear friends from graduate school! 

We rented a “cabin” together and enjoyed bird watching, hiking, playing games, s’more making, staying up late, talking and praying with one another. 

It was a true blessing. 

Of course, I volunteered to do the cooking!  We had a beautiful kitchen with just about everything we needed to prepare some simple meals. 

And, the 6 of us ate 3 dinners, 3 breakfasts, 2 lunches, snacks and desserts for $130! 

Here’s what I learned about cooking for a long weekend:

1) Ask for dietary needs in advance. 

By asking our friends ahead of time, we knew that we needed meals with vegetarian options and that were nut-free.  We also learned our vegetarian friend was not opposed to meat in a dish, which was helpful to know. 

2) Plan a menu where you can re-package leftovers for another meal.

Thinking about our food needs, how many meals we’d need while we were away, I put together a menu from our recipe index.  I chose meals that were easy to prepare, used what we had in season – zucchini, green beans and tomatoes from our garden – and where leftovers could be reused.  For example, we made about 18 potatoes on Saturday, enjoyed them as baked potatoes on Saturday, on the grill on Sunday and in our breakfast on Monday.  Here is our menu:

Friday - Zucchini Mac & Cheese, grilled lake trout, green beans, S’mores

Saturday – Berry Baked Oatmeal, sugar-peppered roasted bacon {new} fresh fruit, OJ; Crockpot Baked Potato Bar, roasted red pepper, salad

Sunday - Cinnamon Oat Pancakes {from a DIY pantry mix}, & fresh fruit BBQ – Burgers & veggie burgers with all the fixings, Buns, corn on the cob, grilled potato & onion packets, S’mores

Monday – Leftover Breakfast Bake {recipe to come!}

*Lunches were simple – sandwiches with salad and fresh fruits.  We brought a loaf of pre-sliced wheat buttermilk bread and my friend made a batch of buns. 

3) Prepare dry ingredients in advance of your trip.  Buy fresh ingredients there.

I prepared the pancake mix and the berry baked oatmeal dry ingredients before we left.  Tossed those ingredients into a plastic tub and taped to the top the list of the wet ingredients.  Made for easy prep in a kitchen I wasn’t entirely familiar with!

We took a quick shopping trip to the Piggly Wiggly to pick up fresh ingredients and local favorites (e.g., cheese curds!).  Ideally, we would have hit up the farmers market in the town we were staying in, but we arrived too late to do so. 

4) For your last meal, plan a quiche or breakfast egg bake that allows you to clean out the fridge!

Come Monday morning, we had leftover potatoes, broccoli, onion, turkey burgers, avocado, tomatoes, spinach, cheese, eggs, milk, and roasted red pepper.  We tossed those all together in a delicious egg bake.  Yum.  I can’t to share this recipe with you. 

5) Ask everyone to bring a snack and/or beverage to share.

This worked out wonderfully for us – this way each family could bring something they really enjoyed.  We brought some cookies and also no-nut, olive oil chex mix!  Others brought pretzels, cheez-it’s and fruit leathers. 

We all concluded that the weekend was a complete success and that we can’t wait to do it again next year!  Next year, there will be 7 of us… our friends are welcoming their first baby in September. 

How do you cook for a long weekend? 

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Red Velvet Cupcakes



These cupcakes are by far the most highly requested cupcakes I've ever baked, and obviously that is because they taste delicious and they look so adorable! I love decorating cupcakes so that they are eye-friendly and inviting. I learned of this recipe through "The Hummingbird Bakery" cookbook, but have changed a few things slightly to make it healthier and more of my own! This is a totally fun dessert, especially if you have kids :)

Let me know if you try this out! 
Hummingbird bakery: http://hummingbirdbakery.com/
Baking in the Oven


Final result with crumbled pieces to decorate

*makes 15 – 20 cupcakes depending on cup size

Ingredients:

Cake Base:
  • ·      110g of unsalted butter
  • ·      300g of caster sugar
  • ·      2 large eggs
  • ·      4 tsp of coco power
  • ·      30 ml of red food coloring and 5ml of blue food coloring
  • ·      1 tsp of vanilla extract
  • ·      300g of sieved plain flour
  • ·      pinch of salt
  • ·      240 ml of buttermilk (recipe to make it included below)
  • ·      1 tsp of apple cider vinegar
  • ·      1 tsp of baking soda

Frosting: 
  • 1.     100g butter
  • 2.     450g of icing sugar
  • 3.     300 g of full-fat cream cheese, preferably Philadelphia 

Method: (cupcakes)
Preheat oven to 180 degrees Celsius
Mix the butter and sugar until they are in a fluffy consistency
Beat in the eggs
In a separate bowl mix the coco powder, food coloring and vanilla extract to create a thick paste
Add the paste into the mixer and allow all ingredients to combine
Alternate between the dry ingredients (flour and salt) and the butter milk
Once the mixture is complete, fold in the apple cider vinegar and baking soda.
Place the mixture into the cupcake plates and let them cook for 18-20 minutes
Once they are done, place them on a cooling rack for 1-2 hours before frosting them :)
Method: (frosting)
Make sure the butter is at room temperature
Mix all the ingredients until they reach a fluffy consistency
Do not over mix
Place frosting in the fridge for at least 15 minutes before using it to avoid melting.
Method: (butter milk)
For every one-cup of milk, add a table-spoon of vinegar and let it sit for at least 10 minutes.

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Tabbouleh



*Serves 10
Ingredients:
·      1 cup of fine burghul
·      5 packs of parsley
·      ½ kg of fresh tomatoes
·      1 pack of fresh mint leaves
·      2 large onions
·      1 cup olive oil
·      4 freshly squeezed lemons
·      3 tbsp of salt
·      Pepper to taste

Method:
  •      Deep clean the burghul, wash and sieve
  •      Add lemon juice to burghul and let it sit
  •      Finely mince parsley and mint leaves
  •      Clean the parsley and mint and allow to air dry (room temp.)
  •      Finely dice the tomato and add it to burghul mixture
  •      Finely dice the onion and marinate with salt and black and white pepper
  •     Mix all ingredients and add olive oil to complete
  •      Lettuce leaves can be used for decoration
Food Fact: Burgul is a natural-weight-loss food - the whiter your Tabouleh is, the healthier! <3
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Potato and Coriander Salad


*serves 3
Ingredients:
·      ½ kg of potato
·      ¼ cup of freshly squeezed lemon juice
·      1 tsp salt
·      ½ cup of minced coriander
·      4 cloves of garlic
·      ¼ cup olive oil

Method:
  • Boil potatoes and peel them
  • Dice potatoes into small cubes (option: fry potatoes lightly) Peel garlic and pound it with salt
  • Add the lemon juice and olive oil to the garlic, and mix Marinate the potato cubes with the garlic mixture
  • Add the minced coriander to the potatoes
  • Ready to Serve!
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Healthy Morsels- Baby and Toddler Food Roundup


Dear Food Bloggers,

We, Healthy Morsels Team is really happy to get connected with you all through this roundup after a long gap. Our sincere apologies for the delay in the roundup, due to unavoidable circumstances we postponed this roundup for a few weeks. We are nowhere to thank everyone who have been with us all through this journey.

 Our Healthy Morsels began with the most excited part of every women’s life, pregnancy and then continued as one of the important responsibility of women, feeding the baby. No matter whether she has one kid or five kids, every mum cares and takes responsibility for every single food which a baby intake. As we all know the first food and the food which is given in the early years for a baby or toddler plays an important role with the health of the baby.
Our wonderful food bloggers and experienced mums have shared some of their fantastic recipes and useful tips with us. Please don’t forget to go through all the recipes which we received for the event. We hope that these recipes will be a treat to your baby and toddler and it’ll also make life easier for all new mums.To view all the entries for Healthy Morsels- Baby and Toddler food click here.
We would like thank again to each and everyone who supported us through this event and making it a grand success. We sincerely hope that we would receive the same support and enthusiastic participation in our future events too. Every single contribution lies behind the success of this event. As a token of appreciation and to express our gratitude we would like give this badge to all the participants of Healthy Morsels- Baby and Toddler food. Please accept our heartfelt thanks by collecting this badge.

We would also like to thank our non blogger friends, who was kind enough to share their recipes with us.
 Souha has send us a rich creamy dessert Keskul and here she explains the recipe to us

KEŞKÜL

 Keshkul (KEŞKÜL) is a Turkish dessert made of milk ,rise flour , corn starch and almonds these are the main ingredients, some Turkish people add one egg yolk others don’t but this recipe has more rich flavor because off apple and cinnamon I think this recipe is suitable for Baby and Toddler .

 Ingredients:
 1/3 cup ground almonds
 4 cups milk (1 liter)
 4 tablespoons granulated sugar
 3 tablespoons rice flour
 1 tablespoon of corn starch
5 apples
½ cup granulated sugar
½ cinnamon

 Preparation :
1-Peel the apples, Put in a pan , add sugar put the lid on and cook apples with its own water on a low heat when it is semi cooked add cinnamon continue cooking with the lid off until tender put aside to cool .
2 -Put the milk in a dip saucepan , Add powdered sugar , rice flour and corn starch and cook until the consistency is thick ,add ground almonds, stir well .
3 –put half of the cooked apples in 4 serving pots pour the pudding let to cool completely ,decorate with the rest of apples .

 Thank you Souha  for coming up with this delicious recipes

"Please check out some useful tips from a mom who took time and effort to document her still fresh experience with her darling daughter even after 12 yrs ! A special thanks to you Fathima for contributing to this event. We are sure your daughter would love to read this to her little ones in the future :) " A special thanks to Jemini for her contributions by sending many recipes like Mung Bean Porridge, Sweet Ragi Kazhi, etc. Also, check out some of her tips Feeding your baby."

 Now , the most awaited moment to see the nominees for Healthy Morsels- Baby and Toddler Food. It was really a tough job to select only 3 out of 80 beautiful entries.
We have nailed it to 3, based on the following
* the close relevance to the theme Baby and Toddler food
* bringing out the nutritional benefits in the posts and finally,
* the number of entries contributed.
Our three nominees are Swasthi, The Health Freak has really wowed us with her eye catchy recipes, her recipes will definitely glue your kids to their seat.
Carom Flavoured Potato Rice

As a token  of appreciation from the Healthy Morsels team, she is getting this


 Jaleela Kamal shared with us many yummy recipes and some useful tips too, which would be definitely handy for all mums.
 Ginger Syrup for Cold

As a token of appreciation from the Healthy Morsels Team, she is getting this


 Finally Asiya Omar , who came up with wholesome and healthy ideas.
Banana Curd Rice

 As a token of appreciation from the Healthy Morsels Team, she is getting this
 Congratulations ladies and thank you for sharing your recipes and tips with us.  Once again on behalf of our Healthy Morsels Team, we would like to thank everyone for making this event a successful one and we would love to have your support all through this journey.
Healthy Morsels is taking a break in Ramdhan, we'll continue the journey after Eid with a new theme.

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Menu Plan–July 22

What a great week!  We started things off with a surprise 60th birthday party for my dad, and then the fun just kept on coming. 

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Tuesday, we had our small group over for a BBQ!  It was a blast, and we got a great night to sit out on the deck too {read: a break from the really HOT weather}. 

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Then, this weekend, we had a chance to catch up with some friends from grad school, and that has been a real treat. 

During our week, we enjoyed eating:

This coming week, the fun continues… we celebrate our 5th wedding anniversary on Saturday.  One thing we always look forward to on our anniversary is re-creating our wedding dinner!  That will round out this week’s menu:

Sunday
Cinnamon Oat Pancakes {from a DIY pantry mix}, & fresh fruit
BBQ – Burgers, Buns, corn on the cob, mashed potatoes {or garlic mashed potatoes}S’mores

Monday
Omelets {veggie filled}, bacon
Rigatoni with Stewed Veggies

Tuesday
Berry Baked Oatmeal
Smokehouse Maple Chicken Fajitas, grilled zucchini

Wednesday
Granola & Blueberries {I can’t get enough of this breakfast!!}
Roasted Garden Veggie Lasagna

Thursday
Maple-Apple Sausage in Raspberry Pancakes {new}
Leftovers

Friday
Sweet Cherry Zucchini Muffins
Turkey Burgers on the grill, grilled potato fries

Saturday – Our 5th Anniversary!!
Blueberry Cinnamon Rolls
Recreating our wedding dinner: Chicken Alfredo, Salad, Garlic Bread Sticks and Wedding Cake!

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