I love making homemade oatmeal bars because they are a healthy and delicious snack! Also, most of the energy bars sold in the super market have SO much sugar that they can be considered desserts – yikes! If you look at the nutritional info and if sugar is the 1st, 2nd or 3rd ingredient – [...]
This is more of an everything but the kitchen soup because I didn’t look up a recipe and went to buy the veggies. Instead, I used all the veggies that were starting to wilt in it, saving food that would have otherwise gone to the trash and money! The beauty about buying seasonally or at [...]
Best Recipe For Hard Boiled Eggs Happy National Egg Day! Don’t you hate when you are making hard boiled eggs and they break against each other in boiling water? Or when they overcook and the yolk turns green and starts tasting like sulfur? This recipe is a mess-free and easy way of hard boiling eggs [...]
Follow my blog with Bloglovin Here is the my BusyGirl LunchBox for this week! For my lunch box I have seasonal, organic ingredients cook in a time-saving, healthy manner that are perfect to keep you nourished during a busy week at work. The total cost of this meal was $20 dollars and it took me 1 [...]
Baked sweet potatoes are a great snack for a Busy Girl’s Lunch Box because they are easy to make, pack a huge punch of antioxidants and are great for the waistline: Makes You Full For Longer. Sweet potatoes contain almost twice as much fiber as other kinds of potatoes. This fiber digest slowly, making you [...]
Ingredients 1 pounds carrots peeled 1 pounds of daikon radishes, peeled ½ red cabbage 1 cup plus 4 teaspoons of sugar 2 teaspoons salt 1 1/2 cups apple cider vinegar 1 cup rice wine vinegar 2 cups warm water About 3 pint jars Recipe Julienne the carrots, the cabbage, and the daikon radish. Cut them [...]
Hi everybody! The year 2012 has been a wonderful experience for me! I started this blog in an effort to document the recipes I made at home for my family and friends, but thanks to your kind comments and positive feedback, it has turned into so much more! As of today, Madame Croquette has had [...]
Ingredients 1 1/4 cup Champagne 1 cup Pomegranate juice 1/4 cup Rum 2 packets of gelatin and 3/4 teaspoon Directions In a small sauce pan, sprinkle the Knox and pomegranate and stir until completely dissolved. Over medium heat, mix the gelatin and juice until it’s disolved, about 5 minutes. Let sit for 1 minute, then [...]
Ingredients 4 cups Heavy Cream 2 teaspoon Cinnamon Ginger 3 pieces, peeled and sliced 1/2-inch thick 1/4 teaspoon Ground Nutmeg 1 1/2 cups Sugar 1 Vanilla Bean 12 large Egg Yolks 1 large Ripe Persimmon, peeled and sliced 1/4-inch thick Directions 1. Heat the oven to 300 degrees F. Place eight 6-ounce crème brûlée dishes in a roasting pan; set aside. 2. [...]
Ingredients One salmon fillet Ground ginger Salt and pepper For the marinade 4 cups of soy sauce 5 tablespoons honey 1 cup of sugar ½ ginger root, chopped 5 garlic cloves 1 cinnamon stick ½ bunch cilantro Directions Mix all ingredients in a saucepan and simmer for 10 minutes. Marinate the fish with the mixture [...]
Inspired by Alton Brown’s recipe Ingredients 1 pound leeks, cleaned and dark green sections removed 3 tablespoons unsalted butter 5 cloves of garlic Heavy pinch kosher salt, plus additional for seasoning 14 ounces, approximately 3 small, Yukon gold potatoes, peeled and diced small 1 quart vegetable broth, preferably homemade 2 cup heavy cream 1/2 teaspoon [...]
Ever now and again we are confronted with a culinary conundrum. What to do with too many lemons? To let them be or to let them bake? Ok, enough with lemon poetry and here is what happened. I went to Costco and got large quantities ingredients to make several dozens of these cute little goat cheese berry tartlets. I needed the lemons to make the [...]
INGREDIENTS 2 cups all-purpose flour, plus extra for rolling 1/2 cup grounded almonds. (You can replace it with almond flour) 1 cup (2 sticks or 8 ounces) unsalted butter 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon sugar 6 to 8 Tbsp ice water Directions A day before you plan to make the piecrust, cut butter into ½ [...]
Ingredients Hawaiian Poke 1 lb, fresh Ahi Tuna 3 green onions, sliced on a bias 1/2 ginger root, finely sliced julienne 3 garlic cloves, finely sliced on a bias 1 bunch cilantro, remove the stems and keep leaves 2 tablespoons, sesame seeds 2 cups, canned or fresh pineapple chunks cut in ½ inch squares 1 [...]
Instructions Cut the avocado in half and slice lengthwise. Then, slice the widthwise to make cute little squares. Use a spoon to scoop out the pulp. You are all done with no mess, enjoy! This is a great technique to use on mango or any fruits that have big pits.
Latin Style Crunchy Sweet Potato Fries Vegetable oil for parchment 2 large sweet potatoes (about 2 pounds) skins on, scrubbed and cut into 4-inch sticks, each 1/2 inch thick 3 large egg whites (a scant 1/2 cup) Cilantro 1 teaspoon each, of cayenne pepper, coriander, turmeric, cumin, and garlic powder. Cotija cheese or queso fresco. Sour cream Tapatio [...]
1 rack of pork ribs Ground ginger Salt and pepper For the marinade 4 cups of Soy sauce 5 tablespoons Honey 1 cup of sugar ½ Ginger root, chopped 5 Garlic cloves 1 Cinnamon stick ½ bunch Cilantro Mix all ingredients in a saucepan and simmer for 10 minutes. Never forget to cook with friends! A [...]
Ingredients 1/2 Cup White-wine vinegar 4 Eggs 4 slices smoked salmon 4 English muffins 1 bunch cilantro 1 avocado Meyer lemon grilled asparagus Hollandaise ingredients 3 Large egg yolks 1/2 Cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, cut into small pieces ¼ Cup freshly squeezed lime juice Dash cayenne pepper Coarse salt Warm water, if needed Directions Cook asparagus [...]
Ingredients: 24 oz pizza dough, room temp 1 cup grated parmesan cheese 6 oz fresh mozzarella, shredded 1/2 large onion, sliced thin 1 fennel bulb, shaved or thinly sliced 4 apple sausages, chopped Garlic cream sauce Seasonal herbs, I used: basil, ground fennel, and oregano. Salt and fresh ground black pepper to taste Sheet of baking [...]
Back to Basics: Roux In the section Back to Basics, I want to revisit many of the building blocks of culinary arts, such as basic French Cuisine, the flavor profiles and combinations of spices, tools and everything that comes to mind in terms of having a solid culinary foundation. For me, cooking is like [...]
Ingredients 6 ounces chocolate, chopped 3 ounces white chocolate, chopped 1 pound strawberries with stems (about 20), washed and dried very well Directions Put the semisweet and white chocolate into 2 separate medium bowls. Fill 2 medium saucepans with a couple inches of water and bring to a simmer over medium heat. Turn off [...]
Ingredients 1 can, black beans, rinsed and drained 2 ears of corn 1/2 red onion, chopped 1 bunch of cilantro 1 ancho chille 2 avocados 2 tomatoes 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cumin 1 1/2 teaspoons ground coriander 1 1/2 teaspoons ground hot paprika 2 teaspoons Tapatio (optional) 1 lime, juiced 2 tablespoons vegetable or olive oil, eyeball it [...]
Brussel Sprouts with Orange Vinaigrette (Adapted from Barefoot Contessa) Ingredients 1 1/2 pounds Brussels sprouts 3 tablespoons good olive oil Orange zest, roughly chopped Salt and black pepper to taste Directions Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Cut off the brown ends of the Brussels sprouts, pull off any yellow outer leaves and slice in half. [...]
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