Chicken with Mangoes

Just some lightly seasoned chicken thighs with sautéed onions and mangoes. Similar to my Chicken Mariposa but with mangoes instead of peaches.

Have a peek at the Mariposa recipe here🠇

https://hotandcoldrunningmom.blogspot.com/2015/11/chicken-mariposa.html

Ingredients:

6 chicken thighs (about 2 lbs)

Mrs Dash table blend or salt and pepper to taste

1 onion, diced

1 or 2 mangoes, sliced

1 tbsp butter

1 1/2 tbsps olive oil

1 cup chicken stock

1/2 tsp lemon zest

pinch of cinnamon

1/4 tsp dry parsley

Heat butter and oil in frying pan, season the chicken with Mrs Dash or salt and pepper and brown on all sides for 10 minutes. Remove and keep warm. In the same pan, sauté the onion until soft. Add the mango slices and cook just a minute on each side. Deglaze the pan with the chicken stock. Return the chicken to the pan and sprinkle with the lemon zest, cinnamon and parsley. Cover and simmer for 45 minutes. 

Serve with rice, couscous or quinoa.

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Peach Blueberry Cobbler

Crispy edged cobbler with sweet peach slices and plump, juicy blueberries. Just get me a big spoon!

Ingredients:

1 cup Bisquick baking mix (or homemade mix, see below)

2 tbsps oats

1 cup milk

1/2 tsp cinnamon

1/2 cup butter, melted

3/4 cup sugar

2 cups (14 oz) canned sliced peaches

1 1/2 cups blueberries (fresh or frozen)

Mix the Bisquick, oats, cinnamon and milk together, then stir in the melted butter. Pour into an ungreased 9" cast iron pan or 8" square baking dish.

Mix the sugar with the fruit and spoon it on top of the batter. Bake at 375°F for 50-60 minutes.

Serve warm ... plain or with a dusting of icing sugar, ice cream or whipped cream. 

Link to my Homemade Bisquick Baking Mix recipe:

https://hotandcoldrunningmom.blogspot.com/2016/03/homemade-bisquick-baking-mix.html

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Soft White Bread

Three lovely soft loaves of bread ... one for tonight and two to pop in the freezer for another day.

Ingredients:

3 cups all purpose flour

2 cups bread flour

1 tsp instant yeast

1 tsp salt

1 tsp sugar

1 1/2 cups water (105-110°F)

4 tbsps olive oil

sesame seed (optional)

Mix flours and salt in a large bowl. Make a well in the center and add yeast and sugar, then pour the warm water over the yeast and wait 15 minutes. Add the olive oil and mix together. Knead until a smooth ball is achieved then grease the dough ball and cover it in a bowl with a dish towel. Place in a warm spot for 1 hour to rise. You can sit the bowl in the microwave with a cup of hot water beside it. Once it has risen divide the dough into three pieces and form into balls. Take each one and roll out into roughly 8-9" circles.

Roll each circle into a log, tucking the ends in halfway through rolling. Dampen the edges with water and pinch together. Place the logs on a parchment lined baking sheet, seam side down. Make a fold in the parchment between each loaf so they don't stick together.

Cover and let rest 20 minutes then take a razor and slash 3 or 4 times, sprinkle with water and sesame seeds.

Now bake at 400°F for 30 minutes and cool almost completely before slicing.

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Bacon Veggie Quiche

Eggs are usually associated with breakfast egg-cept when you make this savory egg custard meal in a pie for supper!

Ingredients:

4 slices of bacon

1/2 cup chopped onion

1/2 cup chopped red pepper

1 cup roughly chopped baby spinach

2 green onions, sliced

4 eggs

2 cups shredded cheese (gruyère, cheddar or mozzarella)

1 1/4 cups milk

1 tsp smoked paprika

1 tsp onion powder

1 tsp Mrs Dash original blend (or salt and pepper)

2 tbsps crumbled feta

10" pie shell

If you don't already have a store bought and baked pie shell, just roll out your favourite pie dough and place it in a 10" pie plate. Prick all over with a fork then line with parchment and place a glass pie plate inside (or use beans or pie weights). Place in the fridge 15 minutes then trim the extra overhang of dough. Blind bake in a 425°F oven for 10 minutes. Remove from oven and carefully take out the extra pie plate and parchment. Return to the oven for 5 minutes.

While the pie shell bakes fry the bacon, then remove from pan to cool and crumble. Add the onion and red pepper to the same pan and cook just to soften. Cool.  Whisk the eggs, milk and seasonings together. Add the spinach and sliced green onions.

Sprinkle the bacon, onion and red peppers on the bottom of the pie. Top with shredded cheese then pour in the egg mixture. Sprinkle with crumbled feta and more tops of green onions if you like. 

Bake at 375°F for 45 minutes then let stand 10 minutes before slicing. Can be served hot or at room temperature.

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Slow Cooker Maple Pulled Pork

Keep up with your busy day while the slow cooker works it's magic. Served with rice or piled on a bun, this pulled pork is your perfect, cozy, comfort food!

Ingredients:

2 lb pork shoulder roast

1/2 cup pure maple syrup

1 tbsp brown sugar

1 tbsp dijon mustard

1 or 2 green onions

Place roast in an oiled slow cooker. Spread dijon over it then sprinkle the brown sugar on and spread evenly. Pour the maple syrup on top.

Cover and slow cook on low for 6-7 hours. Then take the roast out of the crockpot and shred the meat with forks.

Return the meat to the pot and add sliced green onion. Keep warm. Remove 1/2 cup of the juices to a small saucepan, cooking 5-10 minutes to reduce and slightly thicken.

Serve over rice and spoon some of the the thickened juices over everything. Or you can tuck into a hamburger bun stuffed with maple pulled pork, coleslaw and a little BBQ sauce! 😋 Serves 4

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Oatmeal Jam Cookies

Old fashioned gems filled with your favourite jam! 

Ingredients:

1 cup butter

1/2 cup shortening (Crisco)

1 1/3 cups granulated sugar

1 1/2 cups brown sugar

3 eggs

3/4 cup water

1 tsp almond extract

1 tsp vanilla extract

3 cups oatmeal

3 3/4 cups flour

1 1/2 tsps baking soda

1 1/2 tsps salt

1 tsp cinnamon

2/3 - 1 cup jam 

First cream the butter and shortening together in a large mixer bowl, then add both sugars. Add eggs one at a time, then carefully add in the water and extracts. Carefully because it might slosh out at first. Combine the oatmeal, flour, baking soda, salt and cinnamon in a large bowl, then add 1/2 this dry mixture to the wet. Once mixed pour the dough into the remaining dry mix and stir by hand until fully combined.

Take heaping tablespoons of dough and drop onto lined cookie sheets. Use a floured spoon or your thumb to make indentations in the cookies then fill with about 1/2 tsp of jam.

I added the zest of 1 orange to a quarter of the batter then filled those with orange marmalade. I also used some fig jam. You can use finely chopped nuts to dip the dough in before filling if you like. For these blackberry cookies I dipped them in the leftover oats/brown sugar left in the pan from my Date Squares before filling them with jam. See the recipe for those squares here:  https://hotandcoldrunningmom.blogspot.com/2014/05/date-squares-matrimonial-cake.html

Bake at 400°F for 10-12 minutes.

Once cooled I drizzled leftover icing (from Christmas !!?!) over some of them.

This recipe makes a whole bunch of cookies... 5 1/2 - 6 dozen.

They also freeze well.

You'll love 'em!

Adapted from: mennonitegirlscancook.ca

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Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Loaf

Is there not a better combination than peanut butter and chocolate?

Ingredients:

1 3/4 cups flour

1 tbsp baking powder

1 tsp cinnamon

1 tsp salt

1 cup peanut butter

1/4 cup honey

1/2 cup sugar

2 eggs

1 cup milk

1 tsp vanilla extract

1 - 1 1/2 cups chocolate chips and chunks

Whisk the flour, baking powder, cinnamon and salt together. In another bowl mix the peanut butter, honey, sugar, eggs, milk and vanilla together. Add the dry ingredients to the wet and mix just until combined. Fold in the chocolate. I used a mixture of mini chips, semi sweet chocolate chips and a few chunks and chopped chocolate. Chocolate's chocolate right!?

Pour the batter into a greased 9 X 5" loaf pan and bake at 350°F for about 60 minutes. Start checking with a cake tester at 55 minutes. It should come out clean. Cool in the pan 15 minutes before removing to cool completely on a rack before cutting.

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