Date Night
Pumpkin Coffee Cake
Cinnamon Loaf Cake
The Best Glazed Mixed Berry Scones
Ingredients:
2 cups all-purpose flour + about 2 to 4 tablespoons for work surface and hands
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1 tablespoon baking powder
pinch salt, optional and to taste
1/2 cup unsalted butter, cold (1 stick)
1 large egg
1/2 cup sour cream (lite is okay)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Carrot "Rice" Leek Risotto with Bacon
Ingredients:
- cooking spray
- 2 slices of center cut bacon
- 2 (175g) carrots, peeled, spiralized into noodles
- 1 tsp minced garlic
- 1/2 cup of sliced leeks
- 1/2 cup + 1 tbsp low-sodium vegetable broth
- 1 tbsp fresh lemon juice
- pepper, to taste
- 1 tsp freshly chopped parsley, to garnish
Directions:
Cilantro Lime Shrimp
Easiest Crock Pot Chicken Salsa Verde
Ingredients:
- 1 1/2 lbs raw skinless chicken tenders
- 1/4 tsp garlic powder
- 1/8 tsp oregano
- 1/8 tsp ground cumin
- salt, to taste
- 16 oz roasted salsa verde (I used Archer Farms)
Ingredients:
Crock Pot Kalua Pork
Ingredients:
- 3 lb pork shoulder blade roast, lean, all fat removed
- 1 tbsp liquid mesquite smoke
- coarse sea salt
Directions:
Place pork in the crock pot and stab it all over with the tip of a knife. Rub sea salt all over pork. Drizzle the liquid smoke all over and set crock pot to low; cook about 16 hours.
Chicken Ropa Vieja
For the Slow Cooker:
- 3 (22.5 oz) skinless boneless chicken breasts
- 1 small onion, quartered
- 1 tomato, quartered
- 1 carrot, peeled and chopped
- 2 cloves garlic, peeled
- 2 bay leaves
- kosher salt
To finish:
Garlic Shrimp in Coconut Milk, Tomatoes and Cilantro
Ingredients:
- 1 1/4 lbs jumbo shrimp, peeled and deveined (weight after peeled)
- 1 tsp extra virgin olive oil
- 1 red bell pepper, sliced thin
- 4 scallions, thinly sliced, white and green parts separated
- 1/2 cup cilantro
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- kosher salt (to taste)
- 1/2 tsp crushed red pepper flakes (to taste)
- 14.5 oz can diced tomatoes
- 14 oz can light coconut milk (50% less fat)*
- 1/2 lime, squeezed
Directions: