Family favorites
This weekend was our local Apple Harvest day. The day is filled full of events for kids, adults and family activities. I was originally going to write a post about all the various activities and everything offered at this event, but I can’t get past the amazing products that I tasted at a tent set up by Warrick Dowsett, who is a Australian born luxury yacht chef who has traveled the world! He is taking all of his creativity and travel experience and bottling it in the most amazing condiments I have ever tasted! All of the products are 100 % handmade in Vermont! I had a wonderful conversation with him about his products and he was telling me that he was just at a national convention where his Triple Ale Onion just received the highest award available! Needless to say I bought 4 jars!
Wozz carries relish, chutney’s, fruit salsa, sauces and spreads, dressings, glazes and finishing vinegars! I had a tough time deciding as everything looked and tasted amazing.
Wozz has a website: www.wozzkitchencreations.com and can also be found on Twitter, Facebook and Pinterest. He has a number of recipes on his site as well! Check him out… I promise you will love his creations. They are truly as good as they look and sound! I look forward to placing more orders with Wozz!!
Thanks Wozz!
After having my sister-in-law Lisa’s crispy grilled chicken wings, I set out to make crispy wings in the oven. I have found success with this and LOVE IT! This is more of a method as you can use ANY sauce you want to coat the wings. This can be done with Lisa’s buffalo sauce. I am currently working on another sriracha honey sauce and will add that recipe after I work on it a little more and get the recipe exactly where I want it!
Make this for your next football get together or any gathering you may be having. You will not be disappointed as I have already made these two more times, and they disappear really fast in my house! This recipe can easily be doubled and I recommend it!
INGREDIENTS
1 1/2 pounds chicken wings
1 cup of honey
1 pinch (or more if you want it spicy) red pepper flakes
1 teaspoon minced garlic
1 Tablespoon low sodium soy sauce
1 Tablespoon baking powder
DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 250 degrees. Cover a baking sheet with aluminum foil, place a cooling wire rack on top of the baking sheet and spray liberally with non stick spray. Put the wings in a bowl and add the baking powder, coating all of the wings with a thin coat of powder shaking off any excess and placing the chicken on the prepared pan. When all of the wings are coated and on your pan place the pan on the LOW rack in your oven and bake for 30 minutes. After 30 minutes turn the oven up to 425 degrees, move the pan to the middle rack in your oven. Bake for 20 minutes, turn wings over and bake for another 20 minutes. While the wings are baking mix the remaining ingredients together and set aside. When the wings have finished cooking for the second 20 minutes, brush the honey mixture on the top of the wings and let bake 1 minute, turn wings and coat the second side with mixture, cook one minute and repeat this step one more time. Remove from oven and serve warm.
Enjoy,
This is pure COMFORT on a dish and cannot get any easier! I baked some chicken the night before I made this dish. To make it even easier the next time, I think I will be picking up a rotisserie chicken from my grocery store. I brought this to work and shared some with a co-worker and she loved it so much she went home to make it for her family!
INGREDIENTS
4 cups cooked chicken, chopped or shredded
2 cans cream of chicken soup
1 12 ounce container of french onion dip
1 cup shredded sharp cheddar cheese
12 ounces egg noodles
1 container french fried onions (I used the large can, why you ask? Well they are very easy to snack on while cooking and before you know it, they may be gone! …just sayin!)
DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a 9×13 pan with non stick spray and set aside.
Cook egg noodles according to package ( mine took six minutes). Combine cream of chicken soup, french onion dip, cheese and chicken in a large bowl mixing well. When the noodles are done cooking , drain and add to chicken mixture and mix well. Put this into your prepared pan and top with the french fried onions. Bake for 25 minutes watching the last five minutes as the french fried onions can burn. If they start to get dark, cover with foil the last few minutes!
Enjoy,
This recipe comes from www.plainchicken.com
This grilled cheese was inspired by Tyler Florence of the Food Network. This grilled cheese is full of flavor and so delicious with the melted cheese, thinly sliced green apples, caramelized onions, and have I mentioned BACON! The bacon takes it over the top, and the the apple and onion add an incredible sweet flavor. I gave some to Emily (Robby’s girlfriend) she took one bite and came running around the corner to ask me what was in it. She loved it after just one bite! Robby and I loved it so much I made them again the next day!!!
INGREDIENTS
(for 4 sandwiches)
1 Granny Smith apple (very thinly sliced, I used a mandolin)
Sharp cheddar cheese (as much as you want)
Caramelized onion (I used 1 onion)
8 slices of thick sliced cooked bacon
8 slices of your favorite sandwich bread (I used a multi-grain)
Butter
DIRECTIONS
Caramelize your onion by slicing the onion into thin strips and cook over medium heat with a drizzle of olive oil until golden brown. This takes some time but well worth it! Cook your bacon until crisp. Place a large skillet on your stove top and heat over medium heat. Spread the “down ” side of your slice of bread with butter and place down on your skillet, add your cheese, onion, bacon and thinly sliced apple. Top with another piece of bread that you have buttered and place the butter side up onto the sandwich. Push down slightly and cover for just a couple minutes or until the bottom side is browned. Then flip and cook until the second side is browned. Remove from heat, serve warm.
Enjoy,
I made a batch of these sugared pecans and had forgotten how good they are! I usually make them around the holidays and give them as gifts,
but I was putting together a basket for a friend and thought this would be a great addition! When I make them at the holiday, I always have to hide them as everyone likes to walk by and grab a handful. Before I know it they have all had three handfuls each and the gift is gone!
INGREDIENTS
2 egg whites
1/2 tablespoon of water
1/2 tablespoon vanilla extract
1 pound pecan halves
1 cup white sugar
3/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
DIRECTIONS
Pre-heat the oven to 250 degrees. Grease a baking sheet and set aside. In a mixing bowl whip together egg whites, water and vanilla until frothy. (I like to use my immersion blender). In a separate bowl mix together sugar, salt and cinnamon. Add pecans to egg whites mix well coating all of the pecans with the mixture. Toss the pecans into the sugar mixture and coat well. Spread the nuts onto your prepared baking sheet. Bake for one hour stirring every 15 minutes. Watch the last fifteen minutes of baking to not over bake them. The coating on the pecans should be dry. Remove from oven, let cool. Store in an airtight container.
Enjoy,
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