Passion for food

This is my new favorite Turkey/Chicken and dumplings recipes! I love the fluffy soft dump style dumplings, and it's so quick and easy to make! You can easily have this Turkey and dumplings recipe ready to eat in 30 minutes! Turkey And Dumpling Recipe: 1-2 lbs turkey or other meat 1/2 cup chicken fat / or butter 1/2 cup flour 1 large onion 2 medium carrots 2-4 stalks celery  3 cloves garlic 8ish cups of chicken stock salt & pepper to taste For the dumplings: 2 cups flour 1 teaspoon salt 1 tablespoon baking powder 1 cup milk Simmer dumplings in soup 10-15 minutes. Enjoy!  

Today we make this wonderful Lemon Ricotta cake! This cake reminds me of a pound cake, but more moist! And the lemon is the perfect addition to make this cake extra special. And hey putting Ricotta in cake isn't weird, you're weird! Lemon Ricotta Cake Recipe: 1 ½ cups flour 2 teaspoon baking soda ¼ teaspoon salt 1 cup white sugar ¾ cup butter, softened (unsalted, or omit the above salt) 3 eggs at room temperature 1 (15 ounce) container whole-milk ricotta cheese 2 lemon, juiced and zested ½ teaspoon vanilla extract Glaze: 1 cup powdered sugar 2 tablespoons lemon juice Bake @ 350 for 40-50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the middle comes out clean.  Enjoy!

 This type of dish has several names, scalloped potatoes, funeral potatoes, potatoes au gratin, or au gratin potatoes. But this version has no dairy and is meant to taste like a Cornish Pasty, just without the pastry, and it DOES! Beef And Potato Gratin - Beef And Onions Scalloped Potatoes Recipe: 3-5 large potatoes, sliced into rounds 1-2 large onions, sliced into rounds 1 lb beef, ground (80/20) salt & pepper to taste Bake @ 425F covered for 30 minutes, remove foil covering and continue backing for another 30-40 minutes until top lightly browned. Enjoy!

  This was a fun food experiment that came out so well I just had to share the recipe! Nacho Pizza, Nachizza! It's got a great crunch and the nacho flavor is a simple but perfect blend of cheesy salty & spicy. I guess we could say this is NATCHO regular kind of pizza!  Nacho Pizza Recipe - Nachizza: For the dough: 2 cups flour 1 tablespoon sugar 1 tablespoon yeast 1 teaspoon salt 2/3's cup of warm water (110F) For the toppings: 8 oz Velveeta style cheese + 1/2 cup milk melted together ~1lb Mexican restaurant style ground beef 1 sliced onion ~4oz sliced pickles jalapenos  Enjoy!

 Today we make the king of sliders, I'll show you How To Make Chicken Parmesan Sliders! They will SLIDER right into your good graces, so need to be chicken about giving these a try! Chicken Parmesan Sliders Recipe: For the chicken: 1 chicken breast flour beaten egg panko bread crumbs oil for frying For the Marinara: 1 large onion 3-5 cloves garlic 2 cans of tomato 1.5 tablespoons italian seasoning 1 tablespoon salt 1 teaspoon pepper 1 teaspoon MSG (its fine, shhh)  Enjoy!

The South African Koeksister is a wonderful fried treat that's amazingly crispy on the outside but syrupy on the inside! Who even knew syrupy was a word?! Well it is! Koeksister dough:  cups self rising flour (or regular +3 teaspoons baking powder) 1/2 tsp salt 4 tablespoons cold butter, cup up 1/2 cup milk 1 egg Lemon Ginger Syrup: 3 cups caster sugar 2 cup water ginger, sliced 1 lemon peeled & juiced Enjoy!

  This beautiful Bacon and Eggs Fried Rice is amazingly tasty, and shocking quick and easy to make! And of course you can mix and match in whatever ingredients you like best, for me I love the simple crunch of corn and onions along with the salty bite of the bacon and those soft eggs!  Bacon and Eggs Fried Rice Recipe: 1/2 lb bacon 1 large onion 3 cloves garlic ~2 tablespoons sesame seeds 1 can of drained corn 1 cup of rice (cooked) 2 tablespoons of soy sauce