Kale Chips

I found the best way in my opinion to make kale chips. I'm addicted to these little buggars!

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Ingredients:
Large Bunch of Kale
Olive Oil
Powdered Ranch Dressing or Sriracha

Directions:
Preheat oven to 325º. Tear the kale into pieces that look like they would be two bites (or however, I just like this size the best) avoid the rib! Toss in olive oil and sprinkle in however much ranch dressing powder you want, or mix in sriracha, I wonder if you combined the two if you could make some kind of BBQ ranch. Put kale in a fairly thin layer on a baking sheet, doesn't have to be perfect. Bake for about 15 minutes, or until crispy.

Kebabs!

Today I was looking at the Free People Blog (a blog I am hopelessly addicted to) and I saw a recipe post about kebabs and then I started really craving kebabs so I pulled out some skewers chopped up some veggies and threw those puppies on the grill!

The Ingredients

1/2 onion 

1/4 green pepper

1/2 butt end of squash 

hand full of tomatoes 

1/2 teaspoon curry

1/2 teaspoon of salt

1/4 teaspoon cayenne 

1/4 teaspoon chili powder

mix spices and salt. put the veggies on a skewer and brush with olive oil and sprinkle with spice mixture. throw on the grill turn every 2-5 minutes.

I ate mine with some brown rice, it was so good!

Enjoy!

Lime Tart

I just made a delicious tart! Teehee all of this Harry Potter reading is making me feel British, but I digress, the tart was really easy to make and only took about 30 minutes max and the cleanup was not bad at all, and this is coming from someone who loves to cook but hates cleaning so I just avoid cooking. After I made this I thought about how good it would be to put 1/4 cup of toasted coconut in the crust or bake in a surprise jam bottom between the crust and custard... mmm.

I tried to make it look pretty…

Ingredients:
7 Tablespoons Butter
1 1/2 Cups Crushed Graham Crackers
1/4 Cup Powdered Sugar
1 Cup Milk
5 Tablespoons Sugar
1 Tablespoon Cherry Vodka
3 Egg Yolks
1 Tablespoon Corn Starch
1 Tablespoon Flour
1/2 Lime

Directions:
Crust: Preheat the oven to 350º in a small saucepan melt 6 tablespoons of butter and add graham crackers and powdered sugar, mix until even in consistency. Put into a 8 or 9 inch pie pan (or spring form pan if you want it to look extra nice) and using the back of a measuring cup compact the crust and push it up the sides. I forgot to time how long I put it in the oven but I pulled it out when my kitchen smelled like graham crackers probably 7-10 minutes. Then put on cooling rack to cool

Filling: In the same saucepan (no graham cracker crumbs please!) put in 1 cup of milk 1/4 cup of sugar and the zest of half of the lime (make sure there is no rind or things will turn very bitter very quickly) bring to a boil. In a small mixing bowl put in 3 egg yolks and the remaining sugar and mix until thick, then add the cornstarch and flour, mix until well blended. Then add the boiling milk stirring constantly so you don't make your custard into scrambled eggs (I've done it) then strain back into the pan. Bring mixture to 160º and add in lime juice and vodka (I used my grandma's homemade) and dump into the crust and put in the fridge until chilled.


(Custard Recipe adapted from Martha Stewart)

Raspberry Chocolate Cookies

Ok so normally I would put up a picture but I'm going to be honest… These cookies are not pretty, they're delicious but not pretty. So here's a picture of just raspberries.

Ingredients: 
1 1/4 Cup of Flour
1/2 teaspoon of Baking Soda
1/2 teaspoon of Salt
1 Stick of Butter (room temp)
1/2 Cup of Sugar
1/2 Cup of Brown Sugar
1 Egg
1/2 teaspoon of Vanilla Extract
1/4 Cup of Raspberries
1/2 Cup of Chocolate Chips (white or semi-sweet)

Directions:
Preheat the oven to 375
Mix dry ingredients in a small bowl.
Using a stand or hand mixer cream the butter and sugars.
Next add the egg and vanilla and raspberries and mix until raspberries have broken up.
Add dry ingredients until well-incorporated.
Add the chocolate and hand mix the chocolate in.
Place on a well greased baking sheet and bake for 10-12 minutes.