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Chorizo Cheese Dip Recipe
By Hester
1.Heat your grill direct cooking at 400º or your stove on high
- 1 Tablespoon unsalted butter
- 1 small finely minced white onion
- 1/2 large diced jalapeno seeded and deveined
- 6 cloves garlic, finely chopped
- 1 pound chorizo sausage meat
- 4-5 Tablespoons flour
- 12 ounces Mexican beer reserve 2 ounces
- 2 cups whole milk
- 3/4 cup sharp cheddar cheese, shredded
- 3/4 cup Swiss cheese, shredded
- 3/4 cup smoked gouda cheese, shredded
- 1 can original Rotel tomatoes drained
- 1/4 teaspoon, ground cumin
- 1 tablespoon cilantro leaves, coarsely chopped
- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- 3 teaspoons hot pepper sauce
Mustard Sauce
By Hester
Good with ham or sausages
- 2/3 cup white vinegar
- 2 eggs
- 4 tablespoons dry mustard
- 1 cup white sugar
Pork Souvlaki
By Hester
Prepare marinade by whisking together olive oil, lemon juice, oregano, thyme and garlic in a glass dish
- 1 1/2 pounds boneless pork sirloin, cut into 1" cubes
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 2 teaspoons dried oregano
- 1 teaspoon dried thyme
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 4 pita bread, halved
- 1 large tomato, seeded and diced
Petite Cherry Cheesecakes
By Hester
Mix first five ingredient until smooth
- 500 grams cream cheese
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 tin cherry pie filling
- 1 package vanilla wafer
Chocolate Sour Cream Cupcakes with Raspberry Cheesecake Buttercream
By Hester
For the Chocolate Cupcakes: Preheat oven to 350F
- For the Chocolate Buttermilk Cupcakes:
- 1/2 cup Chocolate Chips
- 1 cup Flour
- 1 1/2 cups Cake Flour
- 1 1/2 cup Cocoa (unsweetened )
- 2 tsp Baking Soda
- 1 tsp Baking Powder
- 3/4 tsp Salt
- 3 large Eggs
- 1 1/2 cups White Sugar
- 3/4 cup Butter (softened)
- 1 cup Sour Cream
- 1 1/2 cup Milk
- 1 vanilla bean (seeds only)
- Raspberry Cheesecake Buttercream:
- 3/4 cup Butter (softened but not warm)
- 1/2 cup (4 oz) Fat free cream cheese (softened but not warm)
- 4 - 5 cups Icing Sugar (or until desired consistency is reached)
- 4 ounces Raspberries (frozen (or fresh) thawed, drained and divided)
- 1 vanilla bean ((seeds only))
Mexican Jumping Beans
By Hester
In large skillet, heat oil; add oniion; Cook over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally, until onion is transluce...
- 1 Tbsp. canola oil
- 1/2 cup chopped onion
- 1 cup sliced mushrooms
- 1/2 cup chopped red bell pepper
- 1 small jalapeno pepper, finely chopped
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 8 oz. drained cooked soybeans
- 1/2 cup tomato puree
- 1/2 tsp. paprika
- 1/2 tsp ground black pepper
Three Onion Soup
By Hester
In a large soup pot, melt butter oven medium-low heat
- 1/4 cup unsalted butter
- 2 medium sweet onions, cut into 1/4 inch thick slices
- 2 medium red onions, cut into 1/4 inch slices
- 2 medium yellow onions, cut into 1/4 inch slices.
- black pepper, freshly ground
- 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 8 cups beef stock, unsalted
- salt and pepper
- 8 slices baguette, cut 1/2 inch thick and toasted
- 1 1/2 cups Mozzarella cheese, coarsely grated
Avocado Hummus
By Hester
An addictively good homemade creamy chickpea avocado hummus that is ready in less than 10 minutes!
- 2 (15 ounce) cans (~3 cups) chickpeas, drained and rinsed
- 2 medium avocados, peeled and stone removed
- 1/4 cup tahini
- 1/4 cup lemon juice (~1 lemon)
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- salt to taste
Mint Cream Cheese Brownies
By Hester
Preheat oven to 350F. Spray 8-inch square baking pan with watkins cooking spray
- 1 cup plus 3 Tbsp. sugar, divided
- 2/3 cup Watkins pure cocoa
- 1/3 cup plus 1 Tbsp. all purpose flour
- 1/2 tsp. Watkins Baking Powder
- 5 egg whites, divided
- 1/4 cup Watkins Original Grapeseed Oil
- 1 1/2 tsp. Watkins Vanilla, divided
- 3/4 tsp Watkins Peppermint Extract, divided
- 6 oz. fat-free cream cheese
Yogurt & Almond Chicken Curry
By Hester
Our ultimate Friday night food - just add naans
- 2 green chillies, roughly chopped
- 100 g ground almonds
- thumb-size piece ginger, grated
- 4 garlic cloves
- 200 ml single cream
- 2 tbsp vegetable oil
- 1 onion, finely chopped
- 3 cloves
- 2 cardamom pods
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 4 tsp garam masala
- 12 skinless, boneless chicken thighs
- 100 g full-fat natural yogurt
- 20 g pack coriander, chopped
- naan bread or basmati rice, to serve