Pre-made pie crust, an unpeeled organic Granny Smith Apple, a little butter, brown sugar, cinnamon, chocolate chips and some pecans…and not even a full episode of Family Guy later, deliciousness for two. I love me some apple pie and so does my muffin top, so this was a good compromise. Glad I didn’t decide to make a full pie…I didn’t have to! The taste was definitely NOT compromised.
This is such a FOOL PROOF, RODENE PROOF dessert – try it if you love apples. WE love apples over here….might have to blog a Blueberry version.
My slow cooker is being put into action now that we’ve settled into our home a bit more. Slow cooking has been grrrrreat, our meals have been more flavorful…more tender…and leaves me more time to focus on making side dishes and dessert. OH, and depending on what you are slow cooking, talk about aromatherapy for the senses! To the MAX.
I have a long list of recipes to try, but am pacing myself here….don’t want to unhealthily fatten up my bf. There’s this root vegetable stew I hear is tasty, so I’m thinking of alternating between vegetarian and meaty dishes. We use quite a bit of chicken breasts in the house, so its important to keep things fresh and new…there is no specific name for this dish…..I just used seasonings I thought would go with the cajun rice.
Nothing like a nice, chunky oatmeal cookie on a Sunday night, Monday morning, or Tuesday afternoon, actually, ANYTIME is the right time for an oatmeal cookie. We’ve made them before, but never this thick and delicious. Oatmeal cookies have an incredible texture, and the way we make ‘em, pack a big punch of flavor with every bite.
This was such a simple recipe, its quite dangerous…dangerous in that, if you’re ever craving them, it’d only be but a hop, skip, and a jump away to make. Did that make sense? No, but you get it. Didn’t mean to make you do all that cardio. Anyway, we used the following: cup of all purpose flour, stick of butter, 2/3 cup brown sugar, an egg, teaspoon of vanilla extract, teaspoon of cinnamon, 1/2 teaspoon of nutmeg, 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda, a cup or so of quick oats, and depending on your taste, add some chocolate chips, and or your favorite nuts. Didn’t use raisins, I’m not a fan. As far as baking times, really depends on how thick and powerful your oven is…we baked at a temperature of 330 degrees and they were done in about 20mins.
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Happy baking!
xo,
Rodene
P.S. Sorry about the inconsistent colors in the photos..the lighting isn’t ideal in our kitchen in the evening.
P.P.S. These are so great crumbled over ice cream and oatmeal….droool.
Daily brunches for us consists of: carrots, apples, peppers, ginger, and sometimes a slice of toast. And if I’m feeling really guilty about not eating enough greens, I’ll go ahead and juice: broccoli, fennel, parsley, mustard greens, kale, spinach, lemon, celery, cucumbers and just about anything. If you can’t stand the taste of “dirt,” then throw in some kiwi, unless you hate that as well, I’d suggest skip juicing, go with steaming. Also, we drink our juice soon after we’ve made it, I hear that the nutrients in the juiced fruit and veges are sensitive to air, heat, time and light….so the sooner you drink, the better the benefits! Don’t let it slip away.
Breville is my brand when juicing, toasting, grilling, woking, or blending. They are so awesome, hands down my favorite kitchen appliance brand so far. Kinda pricey, but a good investment, for quality & longevity “tools.” I just wish they would clean themselves, it SUCKS bananas keeping these things clean, but maybe I’m just too o.c.d. when it comes to cleaning.
Hope you have fun juicing, don’t get stuck using the same ingredients, making the same juices, mix and match so you don’t get sick of it. Here’s to a long, healthy, happy life!
We had a bundle of asparagus just lying around in the fridge, so I figured, eh, let’s BAKE ‘em. I love fried foods, but I know I know, its terrible for you…but wait, I just read somewhere that if you use sunflower oil or healthy oils to fry, your body doesn’t react as bad. Was this real or a dream? Oh man, the possibilities once this is confirmed.
Until then, baking it was. Gave ‘em a good wash, threw ‘em in a slightly beaten egg, tossed ‘em around in some panko bread crumbs, and laid ‘em out. Because I was trying to be SOMEWHAT healthy, I didn’t add any salt, etc. Instead, served ‘em with a little chili sauce.
Supposedly, asparagus is a great source of Vitamins A, C, E, B, potassium and zinc. And I’ve heard it does something to your pee…or was someone lying to me? -__- Does it matter? No.
Try making them, they’re good and so easy breezy to bake. Happy Friday.
When you go to the Boiling Crab, order at the very least, a pound of shrimp with the whole SHA-BANG, which consists of garlic butter, cajun, lemon pepper and amazingness….
Also, be prepared to use your hands, you’ll be shelling these poor little ocean roaches yourself. (I did feel terrible about ripping the heads off of the little crawfish, so to my defense, I only had like two….) UGH! Pescatarianism is NOT fun sometimes, esp. because I LOVE to eat. -_-
Why didn’t we order the crab? Because we are piggies and want a lot of meat in our meals….even in the lobster and crawfish the meat is sparse. The oysters are okay, not juicy as the ones from other places we’ve been…they are big in size but small in flavor.
Order the sweet potato AND cajun fries, and make sure you tell them to throw in a couple of corn on the cobs. The bf ordered their sausages and had NO complaints.
Go during the week, avoid the crazy lines…AND, don’t wear anything you wouldn’t want to stain! OH OH and if you have a nice thick Sharpie Marker on hand, like I do because I carry around a little mobile office for business at any moment, they let you leave your mark on the walls. FUN.
My boyfriend is British, and has taken me over to London so many times within the last two years, that I think its accurate to say its our second home. I actually like it more than New York, and I love that city. London is a cleaner, more friendly version of New York, but I LOVE both. The only thing missing from London would be the people I love, so, if we ever decided to move there, I’d have to figure out a way to drag everyone else along. They are pretty darned important to me you know.
One of my favorite places in London is Brick Lane – like farmer’s market times 100. Its kinda better than Portabello Market…. anyway posted a really bad video online, and there it is, up above. If you’re ever in London and have time after seeing the Tower of London, Soho, London Eye, Hyde Park etc. etc. visit Brick Lane.
Just because you’re busy, doesn’t mean you can’t eat well, or healthy. A little bit of kale, peppers, corn, pasta and fish will do me just fine. Unless you’re allergic to these ingredients, why not right? So easy to prepare, and even pack for the next day. If you hate cooking, use a Breville Smart Grill, even though I love cooking, I love using new appliances.
…the hardworking people I work with sometimes. Its fun feeding people.
I love making cake pops, but can I just share that I hate melting white chocolate. I can only remember melting white chocolate successfully maybe…twice or something? The time before this was when I was trying to melt white chocolate chips for cake batter popcorn. Not SO sure what I did wrong, but microwaving them did NOT work, nor did double broiling. Maybe it was because the girls were here and we were too busy catching up, not paying attention to anything else? But melting chocolate, does it REALLY need THAT much attention? The answer is yes, when I do it, it does.
Vowing now not to make the same mistake twice…I did learn that if the white chocolate melting chips are overheated and are not smoothing out, add some vegetable shortening. Worked like a charm.
SO, I made chocolate cake pops with a white chocolate candy shell. Originally they were supposed to be happy, fat bear heads, but over the course of dipping and dripping, they morphed into scared and anxious bears.
Exploring in the garden with the Lensbaby Composer lens, lots of textures…lots of spiders…lots to photograph. Oh good grief, spiders, I hate bugs. I’ve got two nasty bites, the one on my arm was swollen last night. Luckily, it went down today, and I THINK its healing fine. UGH. SPIDERS!
OH, and depending on what you are slow cooking, talk about aromatherapy for the senses! To the MAX. 
Anyway, we used the following: cup of all purpose flour, stick of butter, 2/3 cup brown sugar, an egg, teaspoon of vanilla extract, teaspoon of cinnamon, 1/2 teaspoon of nutmeg, 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda, a cup or so of quick oats, and depending on your taste, add some chocolate chips, and or your favorite nuts. Didn’t use raisins, I’m not a fan. As far as baking times, really depends on how thick and powerful your oven is…we baked at a temperature of 330 degrees and they were done in about 20mins.
Also, we drink our juice soon after we’ve made it, I hear that the nutrients in the juiced fruit and veges are sensitive to air, heat, time and light….so the sooner you drink, the better the benefits! Don’t let it slip away.
