Sesame Noodles

Well this is gonna be the last recipe of the year, so I was looking for something quick and easy to make. Surfing through the internet I found this recipe; simple sesame noodles. I must say it's an extremely easy recipe to make, so I was happy. Plus it was super delicious! I took this recipe from the pioneer woman, I didn't make it with exactly with the same ingredients, but I loved my version. Hope you guys enjoy it as much as my husband and I have enjoyed it. Until next year! 

P.S. I'm getting ready to start this new year full of energy and a lot of new recipes. Stay tuned!

Ingredients:

12 ounces of spaghetti noodles

1/4 cup of soy sauce

2 Tablespoons of sugar

4 cloves of garlic

2 Tablespoons of rice vinegar

3 Tablespoons of sesame oil

4 Tablespoons of canola oil

4 whole green onions

Procedure:

Make the pasta.

Mix every ingredient (except the green onions) in a bowl.

Add the sauce to the pasta and mix well. Lastly, garnish with the green onions.

Sometimes I also make chunk steak and put it on top.

Bananalicious Muffins

I must start with the title: Bananalicious! Why? Because if you are a banana lover you will love this recipe. It's chock full of bananas and it's delicious!!  I love making banana muffins, but the thing is that my husband doesn't really like bananas very much. So every now and then when he isn't home I make them and enjoy them all by myself. (It's one of my guilty pleasures.) Let me tell you, every time is worth the wait. Enjoy; bon appetite! P.D. I didn't put a better picture of a single muffin because my guests started to eat before I was able to snap a picture. 

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cups of all purpose flour
3/4 cup of chopped walnuts
3/4 cup of sugar
1 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda
1/4 teaspoon of salt
1/2 cup of canola oil
1 large egg
3 tablespoons of buttermilk
4 bananas mashed

Procedure:

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. and spray muffin pan with nonstick spray.

In a large bowl, combine all the dry ingredients. Add the all purpose flour.

Add the sugar

Add the baking soda and salt.

Add the chopped walnuts and mix well.

In another bowl put the four bananas.

Mash them well.

Add the canola oil.

Add the egg.

Add the buttermilk.

Mix all the wet ingredients.

Pour the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients and combine. 

Stir until the mixture is even.

Fill the muffin pan and bake for 20 to 25 minutes.

Honey Sesame Chicken

I was going through the blog and noticed that I have more desserts than food, oh my… well I’m not going to deny how fond I am of making sweets, but I’m fond of making delicious food too. So I decided to try posting more food recipes than desserts... for a week… I’ m going to try… I can’t promise anything... (let’s see how long that’s going to last.) I hope it lasts for at least 3 or 4 posts.

So let’s start with this one!  Two days ago I gave you my first slow cocker recipe and it was a hit! After the countless hours of cooking and feeling like I wasn’t really doing anything I’m starting little by little to grow fond of it. May I please repeat that, little by little! Ha ha ha. I’m definitely putting on my patience hat today. But don’t you even dare to think I’m going to spend those eight to nine hours again just waiting and waiting, oh no mister!

I spent some time researching for some recipes and voila! I found a recipe that won’t make me feel like I’m losing 8 to 9 hours; this one is only 3 to 4 hours on low or 1 ½ to 2 ½ hours on high! I’m thinking the 1 ½ to 2 ½ sounds better. Well, I may sound crazy but this kind of stuff excites me. It’s definitely not the same as waiting for 9 hours as two and a half, don’t you think? And yes I know there are people that just love the slow cooker because you just put everything in and forget about it; and that’s not a bad thing. I’m sure one day when I have kids you’ll be seeing new posts glorifying the slow cooker and thanking whoever invented it. But guys, for me, that’s a long way’s off. This love story is gonna be one recipe at a time.  It’s impossible to for me to stop being my usual controlling self from one day to another…

Oh well, enough with all this chitchat; let’s get down to business. Today’s star is the honey sesame chicken recipe! The house smells just awesome and the thighs taste just like it smells. I’m making rice to serve with the chicken.  My husband is even not letting me make the sauce he just wants to eat it all! Finishing this recipe I must admit I’m loving the slow cooker a little bit more. I hope you guys enjoy it as much as us!

Ingredients:

2.5 pound of boneless, skinless chicken thighs

Salt and Pepper (to taste)

1 cup of honey

½ cup of soy sauce

4 tablespoons diced onion

4 tablespoons ketchup

2 tablespoons of canola oil

2 cloves garlic, minced

½ teaspoons of red pepper flakes (optional)

4 teaspoons of cornstarch dissolved in 6 tablespoons of water.

Sesame seeds

Procedure:

Pat dry the chicken.

Season both sides of the chicken with salt and pepper (to taste)

Put into the slow cooker.

Cut the onion.

In a small bowl pour the honey.

Add the soy sauce.

Add the onion.

Add the ketchup.

Add the oil.

Add the garlic.

Add the pepper flakes (optional)

Mix all the ingredients well.

Pour the mixture over the chicken.

Cook on low for three to four hours or on high for 1 ½  to 2 ½ hours.

Remove the chicken from the slow cooker, leaving the sauce.

 

Dissolve the 4 teaspoons of cornstarch in the 6 tablespoons of water.

Pour the mixture of cornstarch into the slow cooker.

Stir it until combined with the sauce. Put the lid back on.

Cook the sauce on high for ten minutes or until slightly thickened.

Meanwhile, cut the chicken into bite size pieces.

When the sauce is cooked return the chicken to the pot.

Stir it a bit so the chicken can be cover with the sauce.

Sprinkle with sesame seeds and serve it over white rice.

Enjoy!!