Delirity discussion

Have you made anything that's yummy? Post the recipe here so we can all try it.

Fruit Salsa

3 kiwis
1 orange
1 jalapeño (seeded)
1 cup strawberries
1 cup drained crushed crushed pineapple
1/4 cup sweet peppers
1 tablespoon lemon juice

Everything has to be finally chopped. Mix them together in a bowl. You could add other things like green onions or whatever, but I'm not an onion person. It's only good for about 24 hours. Put the strawberries in a few minutes before you serve the salsa. Don't let them sit for hours in the mixture. You could probably put this on a lot of things, but I like to just eat the mix or make cinnamon chips.

Cinnamon Chips

flour tortillas (I usually use 12-14 taco size)
butter
cinnamon and sugar mix

Brush the tortilla with butter, just enough to get it wet, then sprinkle your cinnamon and sugar mix on top. You can use as much or as little per tortilla. I generally do both sides and make sure most of the tortilla is covered; otherwise, I'm just eating a regular tortilla chip. Then, cut the tortillas into wedges like you would a pizza. 8 slices are good. Lay them on a baking pan and bake at 350 degrees for 5-10 minutes or until they start to get crisp. You'll have to bake several trays. Store in an air tight container. You can use them for about 3-4 days, or freeze them for about 2 weeks.

I have made fruit salsa before and was surprised at how good it was. You can use any fruit too. I loved the cinnamon chips too.

Cottage Pie:
Recipe: (Serves approx 4 people)
2oz (55g)butter
1 large onion, finely chopped
1 celery stalk, finely diced
1 large carrot, finely diced
1lb (450g)lean minced beef
1 tablespoon plain flour
8fl oz (240) hot beef stock
2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
1 tablespoon tomato puree
salt and pepper
2lb (900) floury potatoes, peeled
3-4 tablespoons milk
2 teaspoons spicy brown mustard

First step:Cut up the Carrot, Celery and Onion. Then melt the butter in a frying pan over moderate heat. Add the onion, celery and carrot. Stir occasionally. When The onion is soft.

Second Step: Add the minced beef and fry. Stir until thr beef is brown and crumbly.

Third Step: Sprinkle the flour evenly over the surface and stir evenly into the meat and veg.

Fourth Step: Gradually add the stock. Stir well. Add the tomato and puree. Add salt and pepper if needed.
Handy Hint: The Stock comes in a powdery form add hot water to it to prepare. Use measuring cup.

Fifth Step: Change fire to a simmer. Cover with a lid. Stir occassionally for approx 30 minutes

Sixith Step: Meanwhile, Cook the potatoes in boiling salt water until they are soft. Drain excess water.

Seventh Step: Put the potatoes in a bowl and mash them . Add butter and milk to make a soft fluffy texture. Add salt as required. Handy Hint: keep tasting mash - add as much butter and milk to your own personal taste

Eighth Step: Preheat oven at 400F/200C/gAS MARK 6

Ninth Step: Stir the mustard into the beef mixture. Take off the fire and put the mixture into a baking dish. Spread potatoe mix onto the beef mix.Cover entire dish especially the sides . Mark with forks if you want Bake for approx 20-25 minutes. Serve hot!

I've always called it shepherds pie. I love it for some reason, but I use peas instead of onions since I can't stand them. What's great is that you can experiment a bit and it's generally still good.

I know I love experimenting with food, Its my challenge for myself this summer!

Love Shepard's Pie... one of my favorite things to make! Just made it for St. Patty's day with a dark beer... YUMMY!

When I make shepherds pie I don't follow any recipe, I just make it.

WTF are floury potatoes? Lol.

Making Apple Turnovers. It's from a package so no recipe to give, but they're good anyway. I'm going to make cherry ones next.

Okay, I just saw how cows get slaughtered and I don't think I can eat meat for a while. I don't know if I could completely give it up long term sine I've tried before and failed, but if any of you are vegetarians and want to help me out a bit I'd appreciate it. I failed because I'm too picky of an eater to be able to replace the protein in my diet. I hate tofu, most beans, peppers, onions, zucchini, squash, a lot of seeds and nuts, along with all kinds of other stuff. I don't need to go vegan or anything, but I don't like cheese and eggs are only good in baked goods. =) I almost always have problems with there being something in a recipe that I don't like. So, I don't have a varied enough diet as is. This would make it that even harder, but I'm willing to give it a shot. At the very lease, I'd like to go to where I only eat meat 1-3 times a week instead of with 5-7 days. But, until I get those images out of my head, I'll be sticking to rice and veggies unless I can find something edible besides that.

I was in the middle of making mint brownies for V-Day and it turns out that I'm missing powdered sugar. I tried to tell my husband we were out, but he didn't believe me. He assured me that we had it. Now I'm done with the brownie part and looking to making the filling and he was so wrong! It's after midnight and I don't want to go to the store now and I work odd hours tomorrow so the odds are slim I'll finish it then. I'm kind of bummed. I knew I should have just thrown the bag into the cart.

If you aren't sure and it is something that won't spoil, it is always a good idea to just grab another one.

Of course sometimes that leaves you with like 4 bags of powered sugar, which has happened to me. :)

4 bags lol.

That stinks Heather. I hate when that happens. I am making Vday brownies too! I haven't had them in forever and my family loves them so I caved. I couldn't do no meat. I only eat it 2-5 days a week anyway. I crave a lot of veggies and make a lot veggie stir frys and even thai coconut chiken without the chicken lol.

Anybody have a good Italian tomato sauce recipe? I made some the other day but it was too sweet. I used organic canned plum tomatoes (up here tomatoes are imported right now and not very fresh), next time I'm thinking of using half plum and half regular and no stevia. If you want a sweet sauce this is how I made it:

2 cans of organic plum tomatoes
4 cloves of gargic
8 whole leaves of basil
2 sprigs of tyme
2 onions
2 bay leaves
1 tsp stevia leaf
1 carrot
1 stalk of celery
1 pound of ground beef (the sauce was good without it so you can leave it out. 1 pound makes a super thick sauce so you can add less for a bit thinner sauce)

Chop onions and garlic. Add a few tablespoons of olive oil to the bottom of your pot. Simmer the onions and garlic until onions are transparent. Put tomatoes and basil in food processor on high. Add tomatoes to the onions and garlic. Add in tyme, stevia, and bay leaves. Cut carrot and celery in half and add them to the pot. Simmer for 2.5 hrs. Cook ground beef, strain, rinse, and add to sauce. Cook for another hour. When ready take out the carrot and celery. Enjoy!

Perfect, I've been hunting around for a good sauce recipe. I always use a ready made jar and add my own embellishments. This sounds yummy with your modifications, not a fan of the sweeter sauces.

http://www.bettycrocker.com/recipes/c...

Here's the brownies I'm trying to make. I'll let you know if they're any good.


I've never been brave enough to try to make my own sauce. Although, I'm picky and don't like a lot of sauces so I'm afraid to experiment.

Those look really good!!

I just finished the topping so I'm going to have to let it sit for 2 hours before I can try them.

They were delicious. The top part was really rich.
My only comment is that you have to keep them cold or else the top part slides right off. Also, clean and wet the knife between every cut when you're slicing them into piece. It keeps the mint from getting on the chocolate pieces. I had to put it in the fridge about half way through to make sure it was cold all over again.

Glad to hear they were good!

Mmmmmm, yum.

Those look delicious. Love mint and chocolate together.

Mint+Chocolate= the besttt. I'm really in the mood for some mint choco chop ice cream with hot fudge on it from Friendlys with all this talk about those cookies!

Those look sooo good. I'm going to have to try them. Thanks for the recipe!

Jasmine ☮ ♡ ♔ wrote: "Mint+Chocolate= the besttt. I'm really in the mood for some mint choco chop ice cream with hot fudge on it from Friendlys with all this talk about those cookies!"

Omg, please don't mention Friendlys. I am in love with their peanut butter sauce. Holy crap, it is like heaven in my mouth. I have never found peanut butter sauce here in Canada. It is amazing with chocolate ice cream. I want it now, right now.

ahahah, my mom came back from India today, after being there for a little over 2 weeks, so I'm hoping to convince my parents to take me there to get some celebratory ice cream, hehe.

India, I'm jealous.

lol, I was too. She went for a wedding but I couldn't go because of school. :(

I have never heard of this Friendlys but I have a feeling I would like it!

I'm hoping to go to cold stone tonight :) yummy yummy

Friendlys is basically a resteraunt-type place but really laid back and mostly for kids. They also have pick up so I usually just go, get ice cream, and leave. I like them a lot more than Cold Stone because for me Cold Stone is too creamy. :( I tried they're mint ice cream and it didn't taste minty AT ALL. It was just really sweet. . .then again, they're Birthday Remix is AMAZING, so I still go for that once in a while.

I just had there mint ice cream but I always get it a half thing of mint and a half thing of chocolate so that it's minty and chocolatey and there ice cream is really creamy which I like but sometimes gets to be too sweet so I know what you mean :)

I made this, minus the mustard part and it was great

That is just a weird combo of food that I am surprised that it was any good. I sure wouldn't have even considered making it.

Neither would I, but the apricot mixed with the peanut butter was good. I'd just wouldn't use a regular red apple. I'd use something like granny smith, gala, etc. I think the cinnamon raisin bread makes it better too.

Hmmmm, looks like it would be ok. But I wouldn't use the lettuce or mustard.

I almost didn't use the lettuce, but it adds a texture that's needed. If you've ever had apples in your salad it's like that.

Yeah, I am picky. I don't like fruit in my salad or lettuce on any sandwich. I actually don't eat sandwiches since I don't eat bread very often, but I do occasionally.

I normally leave the lettuce off my sandwiches. I don't know why, but I just kind of started doing it one day.

I just finished making Peanut Butter Truffle Brownies. Hopefully they're yummy. I'm making cherry ones next.

Will you stop already with the yummy brownie recipes?! j/k ;) . I just finished working out and I have to think of healthy treats. I already had bread twice in two days, so I better crack down. I hate that I eat relatively well and work out, but I cannot get down to what I was before going through fertility treatments. I am going to have to basically eat nothing and work out every day.

ooooh cherry truffle brownies? That sounds delicious :)

My problem is that I love starches.
I'm making them since a lot of the people I work with are leaving so I've been spoiling them for a bit.
I was eating healthy snacks, but I ran out of them and my hubby keeps bringing home chips instead of snap peas and stuff like that.

If you're a brownie and red velvet fan, you can try this recipe for Red Velvet Swirl Brownies



I just added the cream cheese swirl to regular brownies and thought they were yummy. Not a big fan of food coloring, kinda grosses me out (not that I eat all healthy, just a weird quirk).

Wow, I'm on the fence with Red Velvet. It looks good.

If anyone makes the PB Truffle Brownies I suggest somehow adding peanut butter to the brownie itself. They were good, but it was missing something to make them great. I'm debating on whether Reese's chopped up and mixed in would be good, or probably even better, a peanut butter swirl. I'm not really sure how to do that easily though. I guess I could try an icing bag.

Oh you guys make me wish I had an oven...this is a brownie lovers torture room!

Here, no oven needed:
Berry Parfait
Mint Bars
Strawberry Pie

Ahh that's so sweet thank you :)

I made cabbage soup the other day and it was so yummy. I didn't make one with tomatoes, I used a beef broth. My boss used to make the best cabbage soup so I was kind of trying to copy his by guessing.

Cabbage Soup

6 onions
6 cloves of garlic
1/2 a head of cabbage
2 carrots
2 celery stalks
3 cubes of organic beef stock
10 cups of water

first I sauteed the onions and garlic in olive oil and water for almost an hour. You don't want them brown, you want them carmalized and you have to keep adding small amounts of water when they start to get dry.

Then I cut up the carrots and celery and in the pot I was going to cook the soup in I sauteed them in olive oil just a bit. Then I added my water to that pot and boiled the carrots and celery with the 3 cubes of organic beef stock (you can use vegetable if you want to do it truly vegetarian) for at least half an hour. Then cut up the cabbage and add it to the pot (while it's still boiling) add the onions and garlic as well. Boil for another hour then it's done.

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Curry Chickpeas

I also made curry chickpeas yesterday. A friend of mine gets me awesome authentic curry powder.

1 can of chickpeas
1 onion
2 cloves of garlic
1-2 tbsp of curry powder
1 tsp of soy sauce (I don't measure so I am not sure)
1 bay leaf
2 sprigs of thyme
Naan bread, pitas, or roti

First you need to cook the curry powder (at least a tablespoon, I use two because I love curry) with olive oil and water in a frying pan. You want enough water that the curry starts to cook to be like a thin paste or gravy. Add a bit of soy sauce (I use the gluten free soy sauce), thyme and a bay leaf. You simmer it for almost and hour and keep adding water every time it starts to get pasty. While it's cooking I cut up an onion and a couple cloves of garlic, then add it to the cooking curry. Then add a can of chickpeas (I use the juice from the chickpeas too, it will boil down like the water). While it's simmering you still need to keep adding water. It should be kind of like a thin gravy, if you need it thicker you can add a bit of corn starch.

When you are done you can wrap it in chickpea roti (OMG, these are my favourite), stuff it in a pita, or dip naan bread in it.

If you want you can add beef, chicken, or goat. Also, my friend who showed me how to make it uses potatoes when he makes it.

I think I am going to attempt to make french onion soup tomorrow. I love it but because of my allergies I can't eat it without a migraine. I got the idea when I was cooking the onions for the cabbage soup.

I've never tried cabbage soup. I have to find a way to make a meatless shepherd's pie and I'll be happy.
I had never thought about adding shredded cabbage to a stir fry until I got the most delicious veggie lo mein the other day. I tried to make it my own way and it was yummy. Although, I thought I had too much cabbage and I ended up not having enough. =) Also, I didn't chance making any sauce for it so I ate it plain. I'm so picky about sauces that I didn't want to ruin it.

Great cabbage soup recipe, I've been looking for a new one.