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.

Cornmeal

I've always loved eating and making cornbread. Here in Puerto Rico we often make cornmeal for breakfast.  That said I'd never made it before, but I felt adventurous and decided to make it this morning. It's a very simple and easy recipe. It's just a "throw it all in" recipe. It's delicious! I'm trying to make hot cereals for breakfast at least 3 to 4 times a week. So I added this recipe to my regular menu. Hope you guys love it too!

Ingredients:

2 cups of 2% milk
1/8 teaspoons of salt
1/3 cup of cornmeal
1/4 cup of white sugar
1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
1 1/2 tablespoons of unsalted butter
Ground cinnamon (to taste)

Simple ingredients.

Add milk in a saucepan.

Add the salt.

Add the cornmeal.

Add the white sugar.

Add the vanilla extract.

Add the unsalted butter.

Mix at a medium temperature (5-6) 

Keep stirring. You will start to see bubbles.

It's gonna start to thicken.

Sprinkle cinnamon to taste.

Strawberry Sauce

Hi! I know, I know...  I haven't post anything yet... I'm in the middle of a little house renovation. It took longer that I had hoped for. But, at last, here's the  Strawberry Sauce recipe I promise you guys!  This is a very simple recipe, but a very tasty one.  I must say this sauce is very versatile. Not only is it amazing for meat but it's fabulous for desserts!! It tastes amazing on vanilla ice cream and great as a topping for cheesecake! (I will definitely be posting the cheesecake late on.) This post is gonna be a little short because my munchkin decided to wake up! See you next time!

Ingredients:

1pint of fresh strawberries
1/3 cup of white sugar
1 Teaspoon of vanilla extract

Simple ingredients for a great sauce!

Wash and cut the strawberries, and put them in a saucepan.

Add the sugar.

Add the Vanilla.

Mix all the ingredients in the saucepan.

Cook over medium high temperature. Stir occasionally. After a while juices will begin to form. Continue stirring and mash some of the strawberries, to help produce the syrup. Cook until the sauce thickens. (About 15 minutes.)

Remove from the heat. Puree a 1/3 of the sauce then mix it back in with the rest of the sauce.

Pour into a closed container and store it in the fridge until needed.

I'm Finally Back Full Time!

Heeelllooo to all my readers and to the month of December. X-mas is my favorite season, I just love the smell of my house during this season!

I know I've been gone for a long time and I want to explain what's been going on. About a year or two ago my camera broke, then my computer died. ;( When I'd started to save up for replacements my due date was looming closer than ever. After that, things got VERY hectic.

Fortunately things are finally starting to fall into a groove. I got a new camera and laptop and I'm finally gonna be able to start working on the blog. I'm so excited to be back at work on the blog!

I've been away for a while, but I've quietly been doing some planning and I'm back with a lot of fresh ideas. My baby is 5 months old today, he is gonna start eating solids next month so I'll be preparing some posts for homemade baby foods! I'm so excited about this new chapter in my life.
If you want me to try any new recipe, please comment under this post and I will definitely make it!

Have an amazing holiday!

P.S.
Coming soon: The strawberry sauce I promised in my last post!

Guava Sauce

 

This past Sunday we decided to have our baby's first BBQ gathering at my parent's house, but the weather didn't let us. So we decided to cook inside. My brother is obsessed with my savory mango sauce, but even though I love it too I wanted to make a variety of sauces because my sister was going to bring chicken wings. So I made strawberry sauce and a guava sauce to dip the wings in. Obviously I had to make the savory mango sauce for my brother regardless. If I arrived at my parent's house without that sauce he would've banished me from his life! The whole purpose of the BBQ in the first place was the mango sauce! So, I brought it and two new sauces for the wings. I must say both sauces were incredible! This post will be for the guava sauce and my next one will be for the strawberry sauce.

A while back  I was looking for a guava sauce recipe to fall in love with, but after researching (and being disappointed by) several recipes I decided to make my own. This is an extremely simple recipe because I love to let the guava be the star so using the least amount of ingredients lets the guava flavor shine! I really loved the result. However what really made my day was being able to be in the kitchen experimenting once again with my hubby watching and tasting everything I was doing. I must confess I'm the kind of girl that loves to entertain and loves making other people happy with my food. So watching my husband eating what I make is the best gift ever!  (Honey if you read this... it doesn't mean I don't love when you buy me cooking books, pot, pans or kitchen tools! Those are amazing gifts too!! Don't stop! ;) ) Now back to the recipe... lol After making this sauce and tasting it, I will probably make a few variations of this basic sauce. So it's probable that you guys will see at least two or three more guava sauces. 

You can use this sweet, simple sauce in meats and even desserts! The sky is the limit! Enjoy!!

Until next time.

Ingredients:

Three triangles of guava paste
1/4 cup of water
1 Tablespoon of brown sugar
1 Teaspoon of white vinegar

Procedure:

This is the guava paste I use.

When you open it you will see it's divided into triangles. Cut three of them into little pieces.

Put the guava paste into a saucepan. Add the water. Mix it at a medium temperature 5-6. Then add the light brown sugar and the white vinegar.

After a few minutes it will have rich, thick consistency. If by any chance you want the sauce a bit more runny add a little water, or remove from the heat sooner. Enjoy!

Vegetable Fritatta

I made this recipe for my hubby a while back, like... almost a year. It was before I got pregnant. I was on bed rest for a while and couldn't cook. After that I was too tired to even think about making elaborate recipes or anything that took more than half an hour to make, so my hubby had to eat spaguettis with chicken, mashed potatoes with chicken, quesadillas, sandwiches, rice with chicken or take out. He really loved this recipe though so I decided to make it again for him.

The first time I heard the name fritata I thought the recipe was gonna be hard to make. Sometimes they make the names more difficult than the recipe. So I took a aimple recipe and studied the basics. In a frittata the essential elements are: eggs, vegetables and the baking time. From there you can make a lot of variations. Have fun and make yourself, your partner, kids and friends some delicious and easy meals.
The traditional fritatta uses more eggs than what I used in this recipe. If you google images of fritatta recipes you will see that classic fritattas tend to be bigger and fluffier than in my recipe. The reason for the change is that I prefer using fewer eggs. But when my whole family comes for a visit, I just inclrease the eggs to make a bigger fritatta! So here is my combination for an all vegetable fritata. Hope you guys enjoy it as much as my husband and me!

Ingredients: (to taste)

Butter
Eggs
Garlic
White onion
Tomatoes
Green pepper
Red bell pepper
Cilantro
Salt
Ground black pepper


Procedure:  ( It's important to use an oven safe pan for this recipe!)

Put the butter in the pan. When the butter is melted add the garlic and cook it for a little while.

While that is in the skillet, cut the tomatoes, onions, cilantro and bell peppers.
Put all the ingrdients in, except for the cilantro. When the onions look transluscent add the cilantro. 

Mix up the eggs then pour them onto the vegetables and cook for two minutes.

Put the pan in the oven at 350 grades for 15 to 20 minutes. Take the pan out of the oven and it will look like the picture above or bigger depending on the quantity of the eggs.