I had a day off today. That means I get to rest. Ya, who am I kidding? I finished up all the Christmas stuff and then made a large mess in the kitchen experimenting with some cookie ideas.
A friend suggest peanut butter and gum drop cookies. They turned out well, but nothing special for me. Chopping up those big gum drops was a pain, but everything went together without a problem.
My wife Dawn came up with an idea: Skor Bits Cookies, but take the Skor bits out (stay with me) and replace them with Red Hots. Very good.
I got a bag of candy cane bits. So I took a brownie mix and mixed the candy bits into it. They basically just melted and sank to the bottom. 8( Much less mint flavor than I expected. So I topped the brownies with melted Andes mints. That worked OK.
What I should have done is just baked the brownies and then made a frosting that was minty and put the candy cane pieces into it.
Then I made Rice Krispie Treats but put mini-chocolate chips and chopped dried cherries in them. That worked very well.
Finally, I made a recipe for sugar cookie cake. I de-dairy-ed it by using silken tofu instead of cream cheese. And used browned butter icing on top. It turned out OK. But not as good as I hoped.
Monday, December 15, 2014
Wednesday, December 03, 2014
Turkey meatloaf with avocado
1/2 cup ketchup
1/2 cup breadcrumbs
1/2 cup onions
2 cloves of garlic, minced
1 tablespoon dried basil
1 large egg
Salt and pepper
1 lb ground turkey breast
1-2 ripe avocados
8 oz tomato sauce
Mix the ketchup, breadcrumbs, onions, garlic, and basil. Add turkey and egg. Salt and pepper to taste.
Put 1/2 of the meat mixture into a bread pan (we use a disposable aluminum one), making a well down the middle.
Cut avocados into pieces and put into the well you made.
Top with the rest of the meat mixture and shape into loaf.
Pour tomato sauce over loaf.
Cover and cook in slow cooker on high for 3 hours. The meatloaf is done when the internal temp reaches 165F. (We usually let it go all day while at work.)
Allow meatloaf to rest for 10 minutes before cutting.
1/2 cup breadcrumbs
1/2 cup onions
2 cloves of garlic, minced
1 tablespoon dried basil
1 large egg
Salt and pepper
1 lb ground turkey breast
1-2 ripe avocados
8 oz tomato sauce
Mix the ketchup, breadcrumbs, onions, garlic, and basil. Add turkey and egg. Salt and pepper to taste.
Put 1/2 of the meat mixture into a bread pan (we use a disposable aluminum one), making a well down the middle.
Cut avocados into pieces and put into the well you made.
Top with the rest of the meat mixture and shape into loaf.
Pour tomato sauce over loaf.
Cover and cook in slow cooker on high for 3 hours. The meatloaf is done when the internal temp reaches 165F. (We usually let it go all day while at work.)
Allow meatloaf to rest for 10 minutes before cutting.
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