Valentine's Day Recipes

Valentine's Day Recipes

I made a couple goodies for Valentine's day.

White Chocolate Chip Cookies

What you Need:
1 cup butter
1 (and a little bit) cups sugar
2 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 teaspoon almond extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons coco powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup white chocolate chips

What you Do:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Combine all ingredients and fold in white chocolate chips.
3. Round into teaspoons and place onto un-greased cookie sheet
4. Bake for 8-10 (no more than 15) minutes, or until cookies are set
5. Cool for 5 minutes before removing.
6. Enjoy!

Romantic Cheesecakes for Two :)

What you Need:
1/4 pkg. of Philadelphia Brick Cream Cheese, softened
1 tablespoon sugar
1 square Baker's Semi-Sweet Chocolate, melted
1/2 cup thawed Cool Whipped Topping
1 teaspoon Oreo Crumbs or 2 Oreo Cookies

What you Do:

1. Beat cream cheese, sugar and chocolate in a bowl with whisk.
2. Stir in Cool Whip
3. Place cookie/cookie crumbs into a lined muffin cup
4. Top with cream cheese mixture
5. Refrigerate 2 hours
6. Enjoy!!

Both of these are super yummy. Enjoy!!


xoxo
DR

Lazybones Cheesecake

Lazybones Cheesecake

I just made cheesecake and it honestly took me 15 minutes to make...

What you need:
2 pkg. cream cheese
whipped cream
icing sugar
graham cracker pie crust
can of cherry filling (or whatever kind you want)
lemon juice

What you do:
*Disclaimer: I pulled a Rachael Ray and did not measure a single thing*


Combine softened cream cheese with about 1 cupish of whipped cream and 1 cupish of icing sugar. Add a little bit of lemon juice, but not enough to have any real effect. Mix together and pour over graham cracker pie crust.
Pour can of filling over cheesecake.
Put in fridge.
Enjoy!!!


xoxo
DR

Happy February!!

Happy February!!

It is officially February!! That means the disgustingness of January is over, reading week is soon, we're half way through the semester, Valentine's day, and (most importantly) SPRING IS ON IT'S WAY!!!!

This year I have tons of fun crafts, projects and recipes planned to get rid of the stupid cold blahs.

So we'll start with this: Last Years Recipe for Red Velvet Cupcakes. They're sooo good!

And to ring in February... enjoy

(in reality I hate this song more than anyone can comprehend...)


xoxo
DR

Super Easy Cake in a Cup

Super Easy Cake in a Cup

I found this yummo looking recipe for Chocolate Cake in a cup that you make in the microwave. In about 5 minutes you'll have this fantastic looking cake.

Try it!

http://www.sortedfood.com/page/cakeinamug

xoxo
DR

Italian Baked Chicken and Pastina

Italian Baked Chicken and Pastina

So I'm hungry and my mom hasn't cooked (uncool) so I've opted to make dinner. Since I have some orzo chillin in the cuppord, this is what I made for dinner.

Italian Baked Chicken and Orzo
What you need:

• 1 cup small pasta (I used orzo but pastina works too)
• 2 ish tablespoons olive oil
• 1/2 cup cubed chicked breast
• 1/2 cup diced onion
• 1 clove garlic, minced
• 1 cup shredding mozzarella
• 1/4 cup chopped parsley
• 1/4 tsp. salt
• 1/4 tsp. ground black pepper
• 1/4 cup bread crumbs
• 1/4 cup grated Parmesan
• butter

What you'll do:

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees
2. Bring medium pot of salted water to boil. Add pasted and cook till tender. About 5 minutes. Drain pasta into a large mixing bowl.
3. put olive oil in a medium sized saute pan over medium heat. Add chicken and cook for 3 minutes. Add onions and garlic. Stir until onions are soft and chicken is cooked through.
4. Put the chicken mixture over the pasta, add mozzarella, parsley, salt and petter. Stir to combine.
5. place the mixture in a buttered 8x8x2 dish.
6. In a small bowl, mix bread crumbs and Parmesan cheese. Sprinkle over the top of pasta/chicken mixture.
7. Dot the top with small bits of butter.
8. Bake until the top is golden brown, about 30 minutes.

Enjoy :)

xoxo

DR

Ratatouille-- and I don't mean the movie :)

Ratatouille-- and I don't mean the movie :)

I'm a huge fan of squash so I decided to make ratatouille for dinner... it turned out amazingly. Here's my recipe.

You will need:

• 1/4 cup olive oil, plus more as needed
• 1 1/2 cups small diced yellow onion
• 1 teaspoon minced garlic
• 2 cups medium diced eggplant, skin on
• 1/2 teaspoon fresh thyme leaves
• 1 cup diced green bell peppers
• 1 cup diced red bell peppers
• 1 cup diced zucchini squash
• 1 cup diced yellow squash
• 1 1/2 cups peeled, seeded and chopped tomatoes
• 1 tablespoon thinly sliced fresh basil leaves
• 1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley leaves
• Salt and freshly ground black pepper

What you gotta do:

1. Set a large 12-inch saute pan over medium heat and add the olive oil.
2. Once hot, add the onions and garlic to the pan. Cook the onions, stirring occasionally, until they are wilted and lightly caramelized, about 5 to 7 minutes.
3. Add the eggplant and thyme to the pan and continue to cook, stirring occasionally, until the eggplant is partially cooked, about 5 minutes.
4. Add the green and red peppers, zucchini, and squash and continue to cook for an additional 5 minutes.
5. Add the tomatoes, basil, parsley, and salt and pepper, to taste, and cook for a final 5 minutes.
6. Stir well to blend and serve either hot or at room temperature.

Since I'm also a fan of feta cheese, so I tried it with the ratatouille and it is AWESOME!!!

Enjoy!

xoxo DR

Happy Valentines Day to All, and to All a Good Cupcake

Happy Valentines Day to All, and to All a Good Cupcake

Tomorrow is Valentine's day, the first "holiday" of the year (other than New Years- obviously), and to celebrate I decided to make Red Velvet Cupcakes, and share my recipe with the world-- lucky you!

Red Velvet Cupcakes
What You Need!
1 pkg. chocolate cake mix (I used chocolate fudge for more chocolate fun)
2 Tbsp. red food colouring
1/2 pkg. Brick Cream Cheese, softened
1/4 cup butter, softened
1 1/2 cup icing sugar
1/2, COOL WHIP

Make It!
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. (Or 325 for medium sized cupcakes)
Prepare cake batter as directed on package for 24 cupcakes, blending food colouring into batter before spooning into prepared muffin cups.
Cool for a decent amount of time.

MEANWHILE, beat cream cheese and butter in bowl with mixer, until well blended. Gradually beat in sugar. Whisk in COOL WHIP. Spoon into resealable plastic bag; seal bag. Cut small corner off bottom of bag. Poke a hole in the top of each cupcake with handle of wooden spoon. Inseart tip of bag into hole of cupcake to pipe approx. 1 Tbsp of crosting into centre of cupcake.

Frost cupcakes with remaining icing.

If you want, you can top with white chocolate curls.

Keep refrigerated.


There you have it friends! Enjoy these cupcakes. THEY'RE FLIPPING AMAZING!! :D


Happy Valentines Day!!
xoxo
DR