Corned Beef and Cabbage with Herb Buttered Potatoes

Corned Beef and Cabbage with Herb Buttered Potatoes

Ingredients

Corned Beef:

3 pounds corned beef brisket with spice packet

2 carrots, cut into 2-inch pieces

2 medium onions, chopped

1 small head green cabbage, cored, roughly chopped

2 cups apple juice

1 cup water

Potatoes:

1 1/2 pounds baby red potatoes, sliced in 1/2

1/2 stick butter, softened

1 tablespoon chopped garlic

2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley leaves

Salt and freshly ground black pepper

Directions

For Corned Beef:

Put the carrots and onions on the bottom of slow cooker, and put the corned beef on top. Arrange the chopped cabbage around the beef. Add the apple juice and 1 cup of water along with the contents of the spice packet. Cook on low 6 to 8 hours until the beef is tender. Remove the beef and vegetables to a platter and keep warm.

For potatoes:

Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil and add the potatoes. Cook until the potatoes are tender, about 12 to 15 minutes. Drain and return them to the pot.

Add the butter, garlic, parsley, and salt, and pepper, to taste. Gently combine so that all the potatoes are evenly coated. Transfer to a serving bowl and serve with corn beef and vegetables from the slow cooker.

Recipe courtesy Sandra Lee

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Read more at: http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/sandra-lee/corned-beef-and-cabbage-with-herb-buttered-potatoes-recipe.html?oc=linkback

Peanut Butter Cookie Dough Brownie Layer Cake Recipe

Peanut Butter Cookie Dough Brownie Layer Cake Recipe

Yield: 8 inch cake

Ingredients

Brownies

1 1/2 cup vegetable oil

3 cups sugar

3 tsp vanilla extract

6 eggs

1 1/2 cup flour

1 cup cocoa (I use Hershey's Special Dark)

3/4 tsp baking powder

1/4 tsp salt

Cookie Dough

1 1/4 cup butter, room temperature

1 1/4 cup dark brown sugar

1/2 cup sugar

3/4 cup peanut butter

3 tsp vanilla extract

2 1/2 cups all purpose flour

3-4 tbsp milk

1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

Chocolate Ganache

12 oz semi-sweet chocolate chips, divided

1 cup heavy whipping cream, divided

Peanut Butter Frosting

1/4 cup butter

1/4 cup shortening

1/2 cup peanut butter

2 cups powdered sugar

1 tbsp water or milk

mini chocolate chips, for topping, if desired

Instructions

1. Line the bottoms of three 8 inch cake pans with parchment paper and grease the sides. Preheat oven to 350 degree.

2. Mix together the oil, sugar and vanilla extract.

3. Add eggs and mix until well combined.

4. Combine flour, cocoa, baking powder and salt.

5. Slowly add to the egg mixture until well combined.

6. Pour the batter evenly into the three pans and spread evenly.

7. Bake for 25-30 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out with a few crumbs.

8. Remove brownies from oven and allow to cool for about 10 minutes in the pan, then remove to cool on wire rack.

9. While brownies cool, make cookie dough.

To make the cookie dough:

1. Cream butter and sugars together until light and fluffy, about 3-4 minutes.

7. Mix in peanut butter and vanilla extract.

8. With the mixer on low speed, add flour.

9. Add milk to preferred thickness.

10. Stir in chocolate chips. Dough will be thick. Set aside.

To assemble cake:

Once the brownies are cool, it's time to put the layers together. You can pile the cookie dough onto the brownies, stack the layers and leave messy layers, or use the method I used for having clean edges/sides of the cake.

1. Place half of chocolate chips in a metal bowl.

2. Microwave half of the heavy cream until it starts to boil. Remove from microwave and pour over chocolate chips.

3. Cover bowl with saran wrap for 5-7 minutes.

4. Whisk chocolate and cream until smooth.

5. Using one of the same 8 inch cake pans that you baked the brownies in, put parchment paper or saran wrap in the bottom and up the sides of the pan. You will use it to lift the layers out of the pan.

6. Place the first brownie into the bottom of the pan.

7. Add about 3 tbsp of chocolate ganache on top of the brownie and spread into a thin layer. This will help the cookie dough stick to the brownie.

8. Put half of the cookie into the pan and spread evenly on top of the brownie.

9. Remove the first two layers from the cake pan and place on it's serving dish.

10. Repeat steps 5-8 with the second brownie and remaining cookie dough. Then remove from pan.

11. Put another 3 tbsp of chocolate ganache on top of the cookie dough layer from the first section of cake and spread thinly.

12. Place the second section of cake onto the first.

13. Put another 3 tbsp of chocolate ganache on top of the cookie dough layer on top (the fourth layer) and spread thinly.

14. Top with remaining brownie.

To finish off cake:

1. Place remaining chocolate chips in a metal bowl.

2. Microwave remaining heavy cream until it starts to boil. Remove from microwave and pour over chocolate chips.

3. Cover bowl with saran wrap for 5-7 minutes.

4. Whisk chocolate and cream until smooth.

5. Allow to sit for a few minutes until it just starts to thicken, then pour over the top of the cake.

6. Place cake in refrigerator and make the peanut butter icing.

7. To make the icing, beat the shortening and butter together until smooth.

8. Add the peanut butter and mix until smooth.

9. Slowly add the powdered sugar and mix until smooth.

10. Add water or milk.

11. Remove cake from fridge, and pipe icing onto the top edge of the cake and sprinkle with mini chocolate chips, if desired.

Beef Chow Fun

Beef Chow Fun

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 5 minutes

Total Time: 20 minutes

Serve: 2

Beef Chow Fun---Beef stir-fried with rice noodle, bean sprouts, spring onions and Chinese chives is a famous Cantonese dish.

INGREDIENTS

1/2 pound beef

1 pound wide rice noodle (ho fen)

1 small bunch of Chinese chive or scallion; cut into sections around 10cm long

1 small bunch of bean sprouts

1/4 middle size white onion, shredded

Marinade sauce

1 teaspoon light soy sauce

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 tablespoon oyster sauce

1 teaspoon sesame oil

1 tablespoon starch

Stir fry sauce

1/2 tablespoon light soy sauce

1 teaspoon dark soy sauce

1 tablespoon vegetable oil

1/2 teaspoon sugar

INSTRUCTIONS

Cut beef into thin slices, put into a bowl. And then add all of ingredients for marinade sauce to marinade for at least 15 minutes.

Heat up cooking oil in wok. Add beef slices in to cook around half minute or just until the color of beef slices changes. Transfer the beef slices out and also pour the oil out. Clean your pan or wok.

Heat up around 1 and 1/2 tablespoons cooking oil, add rice noodle and onion shreds and straight after that stir in the stir fry sauce. Keep tossing your pan or wok until the noodles are well coated with the sauce.

Return beef slices and bean sprouts to fry for another half minutes. Keep tossing your pan.

Add Chinese chives or scallion to fry for another 30 seconds.

Serve hot!

NOTES

I do not add salt in my stir fry sauce since my soy sauce contains salt. Do add some according to taste and the brand of soy sauce. Newly updated recipe on Nov. 2014.

Read more at http://www.chinasichuanfood.com/beef-chow-fun/

Korean-Style Short Ribs

Get your game-day grub on with this: Korean-style Short Ribs (made with a Coca-Cola reduction marinade)

KOREAN-STYLE SHORT RIBS

YIELD: Serves 6-8

Ingredients:

Short ribs

1 ½ cups Coke

3 tablespoons sugar

1/2 cup brown sugar, packed

1/2 cup soy sauce

1/3 cup mirin (sweet rice wine)

1 tablespoons minced garlic

1 tablespoons dark sesame oil

5-6 lbs. Korean-style short ribs or flanken

2 green onions, thinly sliced

¼ cup sesame seed, toasted and cooled

Onion rings (recipe adapted from Tyler Florence)

Oil, for frying

2 large sweet onions, cut inot 1/2 – inch thick ring, papery skins removed

1 cup rice flour, plus more, for dredging

½ cup finely crushed Ritz Crackers

1 tablespoon baking powder

1 tablespoon soda

1 egg yolk

1 cup beer (use enough until pancake batter consistency is achieved)

½ teaspoon salt, plus more for seasoning

Directions:

To make the short ribs:

Place Coke and sugar in a small saucepan and bring to a boil, continue to boil until the liquid is reduced by half, about 3-4 minutes.

Sprinkle brown sugar over beef, toss and rub into meat until evenly coated; set aside.

In a bowl, place Coke reduction, brown sugar, soy sauce, mirin, garlic and sesame oil and whisk to combine. Place beef in a sealable bag and add marinade. Press our excess air from bag, and seal. Marinate, chilled for at least 8 hours or overnight.

Heat grill to medium-high. Drain marinade off of meat. Grill ribs, turning once and cooking about 3-4 minutes on each side or cook to preferred doneness. Remove from grill and garnish with sliced green onions and toasted sesame seeds.

To make the onion rings:

Fill a large heavy bottom pan or fryer with oil and heat to 350 degrees F.

Sift dry ingredients into a large mixing bowl and create a well in the center. In a bowl separate lightly whisk the egg yolk with a fork to break it up. Add this to the well in the middle of the flour and slowly whisk from the center, and as you whisk, slowly pour in the beer. Gradually make wider circles with the whisk to incorporate the dry ingredients from the edges - this will minimize any lumps that may occur. Continue whisking until all the dry ingredients are mixed and the batter is of a smooth consistency.

Take the onion rings and remove the thin membrane between the layers; (this helps the batter stick better). In a large dish add some rice flour, and season with salt and pepper, to taste. Coat each ring in the flour. Dip in the batter and fry the onion rings in batches; cook until golden brown. Drain on paper towels and season with salt.

Are you ready for some Football!!! Here is a great recipe for the Super Bowl on Sunday

Chicken Wings

These wings are perfect for tailgating! The wing sauce gives them a nice kick while the blue cheese dressing cools them off. You might want to make a double batch.

INGREDIENTS

20 whole chicken wings, washed well and patted dry

1 cup all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon freshly ground pepper

1 teaspoon cayenne pepper

 Wing Sauce, 1 recipe: below page

Blue Cheese Dipping Sauce, for serving

DIRECTIONS

Separate the chicken wings into drummettes and wings, discarding the wing tip joint. Place chicken wings and drummettes into a large, zip-top plastic bag or large brown paper bag. In a small bowl, combine the flour, salt, pepper, and cayenne. Add the seasoned flour to the plastic bag and toss to coat well.

Pour the chicken pieces and excess flour onto a baking sheet and spread evenly. Allow the chicken to sit on the floured baking sheet to dry out for about 1 hour.

Preheat fryer or a large stockpot filled halfway with vegetable oil to 350 degrees F.

Add chicken to hot oil and fry until cooked through and crispy, about 10 to 13 minutes.

Wing Sauce:

This is a great sauce for wings or on pretty much anything.

DIRECTIONS

In a medium size sauce pan combine the hot sauce, apple cider vinegar, and sugar and bring to a simmer over medium heat. Reduce the heat to medium low and cook for until the sauce is slightly reduced, about 12 to 15 minutes.

Using a hand blender, slowly blend in the butter until the mixture is smooth.

The sauce can be served immediately or stored in the refrigerator in an air tight container for several months. The sauce can be reheated over a low heat while constantly whisking to reincorporate the butter.

INGREDIENTS

3 cups crystal hot sauce

2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar

3 tablespoons sugar

1/2 pound unsalted butter, cut into small pieces

Blue Cheese Dipping Sauce

INGREDIENTS

1 cup crumbled blue cheese

1/4 cup sour cream

1/4 cup mayonnaise

1/2 cup buttermilk

1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice

1/2 teaspoon minced garlic

1/2 teaspoon salt

Freshly ground black pepper

DIRECTIONS

Combine all ingredients in a small bowl and stir to combine. Serve immediately or store, covered and refrigerated, for up to 1 week before serving.

Ginger Beef, Mushroom and Kale Stir-Fry Recipe

GINGER BEEF, MUSHROOM & KALE STIR-FRY RECIPE

This delicious ginger beef, mushroom, and kale stir fry is quick to make and full of great flavor!

PREP: 5 MINS COOK: 25 MINS TOTAL: 30 MINS

INGREDIENTS:

MARINADE INGREDIENTS:

1/3 cup soy sauce (if making gluten-free, be sure to use GF soy sauce)

1/2 cup vegetable broth (or chicken/beef broth, or water)

3 Tbsp. rice wine vinegar

2 Tbsp. corn starch

2 tsp. ground ginger

1/4 tsp. freshly-ground black pepper

STIR-FRY INGREDIENTS:

1 lb. thinly sliced flank steak or sirloin, cut diagonally across the grain into thin strips

2 garlic cloves, minced

2 Tbsp. olive oil

8 ounces baby portobello or button mushrooms, halved

4 ounces shiitake mushrooms, halved

3 cups chopped kale

2 green onions, thinly sliced

DIRECTIONS:

TO MAKE THE MARINADE:

Add all marinade ingredients to a bowl and whisk to combine. Pour marinade into a large bowl or ziplock bag, then add in the steak and gently toss to combine. Cover/seal and refrigerate for at least 15 minutes.

TO MAKE THE STIR-FRY:

Once steak has marinated, heat 1 Tbsp. oil in a large saute pan over medium-high heat. Remove steak from marinade with a slotted spoon, reserving the marinade, and add to saute pan with garlic. Saute for about 2-3 minutes until browned, stirring occasionally. Remove steak with a slotted spoon and set aside.

Add mushrooms, kale, and reserved marinade to saute pan, and stir to combine. Cook for 3-4 minutes, until the kale is wilted, the sauce has thickened, and the mushrooms have cooked, stirring regularly so that sauce does not burn. Add in the steak, and toss to combine.

Serve immediately over rice or quinoa, garnished with chopped green onions.

DIFFICULTY: EASY INGREDIENTS: CORNSTARCH, GARLIC, GINGER, GREEN ONIONS, KALE, MUSHROOMS, RICE WINE VINEGAR, SOY SAUCE, STEAK, VEGETABLE BROTH

Bake Lemon Salmon w/ Creamy Dill Sauce Recipe

Baked Lemon Salmon with Creamy Dill Sauce

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 15 minutes

Yield: 4 servings

Ingredients

4 6-oz salmon fillets

2 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil

1 1/2 tsp lemon zest

2 Tbsp fresh lemon juice

Salt and freshly ground black pepper

Creamy Dill Sauce

1/3 cup fat free plain Greek Yogurt

3 Tbsp mayonnaise (full fat)

1 clove garlic, finely minced

1 Tbsp chopped fresh dill

2 - 3 tsp milk

1/2 tsp honey

Salt and freshly ground black pepper

Directions

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. In a bowl, whisk together olive oil, lemon zest and lemon juice. Grease a 13 by 9-inch baking dish and place salmon fillets in baking dish. Season tops of salmon with salt and pepper then rotate to opposite side. Drizzle tops evenly with lemon mixture and gently rub over salmon, then season tops with salt and pepper. Let rest at room temperature 10 minutes, then bake in preheated oven 12 - 16 minutes, or until salmon has cooked through (cook time will vary based on thickness of fillets and how well done you liked them). Serve warm topped with Creamy Dill Sauce.

For the sauce:

In a bowl, mix together Greek yogurt, mayonnaise, garlic, dill, honey, and enough milk to reach desired consistency. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Store in refrigerator, allow to rest at room temperature 20 minutes before serving (just so it's not ice cold over warm salmon).