Taste of home recipes I have tried
I’m still working with Tatse of Home magazine submitting and reviewing recipes and actually they featured me as their Community Cook of the month this month, I am thrilled to have been chosen. All of the community cooks are in a private facebook group and one of the other members posted this recipe and mentioned how much her family enjoyed it. I thought I would give it a try! I did change one thing by adding a full bottle of BBQ sauce instead of half as we like extra sauce for the rice. We really liked the spice you get from the red pepper flakes and horseradish. Easy dish with a little zip to it. I served it with jasmine rice.
Serves 6
INGREDIENTS
2 pounds smoked kielbasa-sausage halved lengthwise and cut into 1/4 inch slices
1/4 cup finely diced onion
3 bacon strips, chopped small
3/4 cup or more honey BBQ sauce
1/4 cup packed brown sugar
2 teaspoons minced garlic
1/2 teaspoon crushed red peppers
1 Tablespoons prepared horseradish
Hot cooked rice for serving.
DIRECTIONS
In a Dutch oven sauté the bacon pieces until almost all the way cooked through, add the kielbasa and onion and sauté until the onion is tender. Add the BBQ sauce, brown sugar, horseradish, garlic and red pepper flakes. Bring to a boil and mix to combine. Cook for 2-3 more minutes and remove from heat.
Serve warm over cooked rice.
Enjoy!
Anne
These muffins were not only easy to make but delicious! Taste of Home recipes never disappoint! I made one very small change by using pecans instead of walnuts. Not only did we enjoy these but I shared some with my neighbors and they were just as happy with them as I was! I will make these muffins again soon. I used a mini muffin tin but full size works just fine just adjust the oven time.
INGREDIENTS
1/2 cup of butter, softened
1/2 cup of sugar
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
2 large eggs
1 1/2 cups mashed banana’s, about 3 large
3 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 cups all purpose flour
3 teaspoons baking soda
1 cup chopped walnuts or pecan
1 cup semi sweet chocolate chips.
DIRECTIONS
Pre heat oven to 350 degrees. Cream butter and sugars. Beat in eggs, banana’s and vanilla. In another bowl combine flour and baking soda, add to creamed mixture and mix until just combined. Stir in walnuts and chocolate chips. Fill greased muffin cups 2/3 full.
Bake until a toothpick comes out clean, 20-25 minutes. Cool for five minutes before removing muffins to a wire rack.
Enjoy!
Jim wanted fish taco’s and I wanted something a little different than my usual fish taco. This Taste of Home recipe was just that! This dish comes together really quick. The Taco seasoning on the fish was a nice twist and did not over take the fish. I used Haddock but the recipe calls for sole, either will work just fine. Sadly this picture does not do this dish justice. Flaky seasoned fish with a fresh simple slaw. We served this on flour tortilla wraps.
INGREDIENTS
1 1/2 sole fillets (or haddock), cut into one inch strips
1 Tablespoon taco seasoning
1/4 cup butter, cubed
1 package (10 ounces) Angel hair coleslaw mix
1/2 cup cilantro, chopped
1 tablespoon lime juice
1 teaspoon sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
8 taco shells or wraps
8 lime wedges for serving
DIRECTIONS
Sprinkle the fish with the taco seasoning. In a large skillet over medium heat, cook fish in butter for 3-4 minutes on each side or until the fish flakes easily with a fork.
In a small bowl combine the coleslaw, cilantro, mayonnaise, lime juice, sugar, salt and pepper. Mix well.
Place the fish on your taco shell or wrap, top with slaw mixture and serve with lime wedges.
Enjoy!
This Tea bread is very similar to the lemon blueberry loaf already on the blog. Both are absolutely delicious. Great in the morning with your cup of coffee or for an afternoon snack. I made these in my mini loaf pans, It makes 3 mini loaves. To my surprise I did not have any confectioners sugar so I did not use the glaze but it was still just as good. The tart flavor from the lemon and sweet from the blueberries always a great combination.
INGREDIENTS
1/2 cup of butter, softened
3/4 cup of sugar
2 large eggs, room temperature
1 teaspoon grated lemon zest
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups all purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup milk
1 cup fresh blueberries
1/4 cup confectioners sugar
1 Tablespoon lemon juice
DIRECTIONS
In a small bowl cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time beating after each addition. Beat in the lemon zest and vanilla . Combine the flour, baking powder and salt. Beat into the butter and sugar mixture alternating with the milk. Fold in the blueberries.
Pour into greased 8×4 loaf pan or 3 mini loaf pans and bake at 350 degrees for 60-70 minutes for the large loaf pans or about 30 minutes for the mini loaf pans. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from the pan to a wire rack.
If you make the glaze simply add the powdered sugar and lemon juice together u til smooth and drizzle over the warm bread.
Enjoy!
And just like that Thanksgiving is over and Christmas is just around the corner! I am excited and ready for Christmas, our house is decorated, our cards are sent out, gifts for the grandkids have been sent and all
of my shopping is done. Time to sit back and enjoy the Holiday. With that being said I won’t have many posts between now and the new year. I’ll sneak in when I can with some holiday ideas.
Today’s post is all about butter! My Thanksgiving and Christmas menu typically stays the same as they are recipes we absolutely love but every now and then I will change or add a side dish or an appetizer but this year I added this cranberry Honey Butter from Taste of Home. This butter will be added to our Holiday menu every year. It’s sweet, creamy and I love the cranberry in it. This really ads so much flavor to your dinner rolls! I will make it with dried cherries at Christmas.
This would also make a terrific Hostess gift. Package in small decorative containers and give it along with some baked scones or muffins!
INGREDIENTS
1 cup of butter, softened
1/3 cup of chopped dried cranberries or cherry’s
1/4 cup of honey
2 teaspoons orange zest
1/8 teaspoon kosher salt
DIRECTIONS
In a small bowl beat beat all of the ingredients until blended. Store in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 2 weeks.
Enjoy!
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