Sunday, January 8, 2023

Picadillo

 If you are familiar with 

Pork Giniling

It is absolutely one of my favorites.

And its pretty much similar to Picadillo,

Just few difference with Ingredients.

I just love how these dishes can be unique on their own.

I love Picadillo!

It's a good dish if you want something like Pork Giniling.

Let me know what you guys think!








Ingredients

  • 1 tablespoon oil
  • 2 cloves garlic minced
  • 1 small onion chopped
  • 2 pounds lean ground beef or pork or mixed
  • 2 tablespoon soy sauce (low sodium if preferred)
  • ¼ teaspoon ground pepper
  • 4 pieces ripe tomatoes seeded and chopped
  • 1 medium potato cubed
  • 1 medium carrot cubed
  • ½ cup water
  • ¼ cup raisins
  • ½ cup green olives 
  • ½ cup green peas
  • salt 

Instructions

  • Heat oil over medium heat and saute garlic and onion until aromatic. Add the ground beef and break into smaller pieces with a wooden spoon. Cook until no longer pink. Add soy sauce and ground pepper and stir several times until it turns brown.
  • Add the tomatoes and cook until tomatoes become soft and start to break down a bit.
  • Add the potatoes, carrots, raisins, olives, and green peas and mix. Pour in water and bring to a simmer until carrots and potatoes are cooked and liquids are almost gone. Season with salt as needed.
  • Transfer to a serving dish and enjoy.





So so good!!

xo




Saturday, January 7, 2023

Salted Caramel Chocolate Chip Cookies



If you guys have noticed,
Cookies are our go-to Dessert!
It's so easy to make and you can have it for Snack too!

I have made so many cookies and this definitely on one of my favorites!

The combination of Sweet and Salty is absolutely amazing!

Let me know what you guys think!

 



Ingredients

  • 1 cup butter {softened}
  • 1 cup brown sugar 
  • 1/2 cup granulated sugar
  • 4 tsp vanilla extract
  • 2 eggs
  • 3 cups flour
  • 4 tsp cornstarch
  • 1 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/2-3/4 cup chocolate chips
  • 25 individual caramels {cut into quarters}
  • kosher salt for sprinkling after baked

Instructions

  • In a bowl of a stand mixer combine butter, both sugars, vanilla and eggs.  Beat on medium speed until creamed. This will take about 5 minutes, but not skip this part.  Scrape down the sides of the bowl as necessary.
  • Add flour, cornstarch, baking soda and salt, mix until just combined.  Add chocolate chips and caramel quarters and mix until evenly incorporated.
  • Scoop cookies using a medium cookie scoop {or 2-3 tablespoons of dough}.  Place cookie dough mounds onto a parchment or wax paper lined pan and refrigerate for 2 hours or up to 5 days.
  • When ready to bake, preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Line cookie sheets with parchment paper or silicone mat.  Place 8 cookies per sheet and bake for 8-9 minutes or until the edges are set and the middle of the cookie is just beginning to set and barely brown.  Sprinkle cookies with desired amount of kosher salt immediately upon removing from oven.  They will look under baked but let them cool on cookie sheet for 5-10 minutes before moving them to cooling rack and they will firm up as they cool.
  • Store cookies in an air tight container at room temperature for up to a week or freeze for up to 3 months.





Enjoy!!

xo



Friday, January 6, 2023

Creamy Chorizo Dip


If you guys don't know yet,
We love Finger Food nights!
Especially on Fridays,
We made this and it was a hit.

Definitely going to be one of our favorites!



Ingredients

  • 1 tablespoon butter
  • 1 onion
  • 16 ounces ground chorizo sausage casings removed if necessary
  • 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
  • 1 ½ cups Milk
  • 2 1/2 cups Cheddar Shredded Cheese
  • 8 ounces cream cheese
  • 1 15- ounce can diced tomatoes undrained
  • 1 15- ounce can yellow corn drained
  • 1-2 fresh Roma tomatoes seeded and diced
  • 1 tablespoon fresh scallions or chives minced
  • Kosher salt to taste

Instructions

  • In a large skillet over medium heat, melt butter and add diced onion. Cook, stirring often, until soft; 3-4 minutes. Crumble in chorizo sausage and cook until no longer pink. Drain grease from the pan, leaving about a tablespoon.
  • Add flour and stir to coat. Cook for one minute.
  • Whisk in milk and simmer until thickened; about 3-4 minutes.
  • Turn heat to medium-low. Stir in 8 ounces of cream cheese until melted, then add tomatoes, corn and 6 ounces of Horizon Organic Cheddar Cheese (reserve a small amount for topping, if desired). Stir until melted and combined, and continue to cook, stirring often, over medium-low heat until cheese is melted and bubbly. Season with salt if desired.
  • Remove from heat and garnish with diced tomatoes, fresh chives and reserved cheese, if desired. Serve hot with tortilla chips for dipping.



So so good!

Perfect for Finger Food Night!



Let me know what you guys think!

xo



Thursday, January 5, 2023

Hibachi at Home

 Happy long weekend everyone!

How is your weekend so far?

We have been just chillin at home, of course.
It has been so cold so its just been better to spend time together at home.





Cheers to the long weekend!

Last weekend,
We made Homemade Hibachi.
I'm pretty sure at this point hubby can make anything we crave for,
This one was one of the best.
Maybe I can get him to write the Recipe,
But he never does.

But anyways, 
It wasn't as hard as you think it is!



We made this Homemade Crab Rangoons to.
Definitely recommend it.
So much better than the ones you get at the Chinese Restaurant!
You can use Real crab and it taste so much better!







Anyways,
This was definitely one of the best dinner.
I can eat it again and again!!





I hope you are having a great weekend!!

xo


Wednesday, January 4, 2023

1st Birthday

 


Don't blink they said,
They grow up really fast.

..And that really true!



I can't believe my Rainbow baby is now 1.
Oh how fast the time went by.
It is crazy.

We celebrated his Birthday this past weekend.
..And I for sure made it special as much as we can.

It was a fun time.
Even though it was just us.




Cake,
You cannot skip it!
The simpliest but the cutest Cake!




I love how all of this simple decorations came out!


And the Bib for the Birthday Boy!


It was such a special memory made.

We love you little man.





xo



Sunday, January 1, 2023

Happy 2023!

 





Happy New year!!

xo





New Year's Eve.


2023!!

I still can't believe that a New year is here. 
Feels like it we were just welcoming 2022.




Holiday's like these,
I like to make it special.
In the simpliest but nicest that I can.



Love the Table setting I did.
All from Hobby Lobby!




For Cupcakes,
Hubby picked it up from Hyvee
Good for the Kids!





For desserts this year.
I picked the easy ones.
Since I didn't have all the time to make Homemade desserts.
..And you know what,
It was nice!
I wasn't feeling pressured to get it done on time!

Of course, 
We had to have the Traditional Fruit Platter.



We had Champagne this year.
For a change!

It was ok.





For Appetizer.
Me and hubby made this Salami Roll ups.
Definitely challenging to make!
Recipe will be up soon!




For Side dishes I made my Favorite
Pesto Tortellini!
So so good!!



And we added some Shrimp platter.
We definitely tried to make this Dinner as the easiest to make!
Such a great idea!



We had dinner early and relaxed until the midnight!

It was a great New Year's Eve!!


xo

-Jen



 

Thursday, December 29, 2022

NEW YEAR, Absolutely no new for a NEW YOU.

 



"NEW YEAR,
Absolutely no need for a 
NEW YOU
Because you're super.
(In fact maybe just be even
more YOU)"

Sunday, December 25, 2022

Pandan Custard Cake

 

For this year's Dessert. 

I made something different. 

I thought the color of this will suit the occasion. 




I used the same recipe of making 

( Ube Flan )

..And it turned out as good!
The only difference I did was I used Pandan Flavoring,
Instead of an Ube!




It is definitely a lot of process making this
And it was so worth it!

Let me know what you guys think!

Enjoy!!!

xo