Foodiewife's profile page
Recipes
Asian Salmon in Foil
By Foodiewife, A Feast for the Eyes
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F
- 1/4 cup honey
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 tablespoons reduced sodium soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon seasoned rice vinegar
- 1 tablespoon sesame oil
- 1 tablespoon freshly grated ginger
- 1 teaspoon Sriracha, optional
- Freshly ground black pepper, to taste
- 2 pounds salmon
- 2 green onions, thinly sliced
- 1/2 teaspoon sesame seeds
Buttercream Icing
By Foodiewife, A Feast for the Eyes
To make icing, cream together butter, icing sugar and whipping cream with an electric mixer until well blended
- 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1.5 cups sifted icing sugar
- .5 cup whipping cream
- .5 cup boiling water
Beef & Lentil Soup
By Foodiewife, A Feast for the Eyes
Season meat with salt & pepper and sear in vegetable oil
- 1 pound chuck-eye roast, cut into bite-size pieces
- 1 onion, diced
- 2 medium carrots, diced
- 3 celery stalks, diced
- 6 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 Tablespoon tomato paste
- 1 can rotel tomatoes
- 1 cup cilantro leaves, roughly chopped
- 2 cups chicken broth
- 2 cups beef broth
- salt & pepper
- 2 cups lentils, rinsed and sorted
Petite Nutella Pochettes
By Foodiewife, A Feast for the Eyes
In a medium bowl, using a hand mixer, cream the butter and cream cheese together until light and creamy
- 1 cup (2 sticks) butter, at room temperature
- 8 ounces cream cheese, at room temperature
- 2 cups flour
- 1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons chocolate-hazelnut spread (recommended: Nutella)
- Water, as needed
- 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar
- Special equipment: 3-inch fluted biscuit cutter
Carrot Cake Oatmeal Whoopie Pies, With Pineapple Cream Cheese filling
By Foodiewife, A Feast for the Eyes
I love carrot cake, especially with pineapple and coconut
- For the whoopies pies:
- 1-1/2 cups brown sugar
- 1/2 cup white sugar
- 1-1/2 sticks unsalted butter, room temperature (3/4 cup)
- 2 large eggs, room temperature
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2-1/2 cups flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp coarse salt (or 1/2 tsp table salt)
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
- 1/2 tsp ground ginger
- 2 cups quick cooking oats
- 1-1/2 cups grated carrots (about 2 carrots)**
- 1-1/4 cups golden raisins (optional)
- NOTE: **You could leave out the carrots, and these would simply be Oatmeal Whoopie Pies
- For the filling:
- 3 cups confectioners' sugar
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, softened
- 4 oz. cream cheese
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 3 Tablespoons pineapple jam (optional)
- 1/4 sweetened coconut, toasted at 325F for about 10 minutes and cooled (optional)
Pumpkin Cinnamon Streusel Pancakes
By Foodiewife, A Feast for the Eyes
The batter takes less than 5 minutes to make, and the streusel takes another 5 minutes
- CINNAMON STREUSEL:
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup brown sugar, packed
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 6 tablespoons cold unsalted butter, cut into chunks (grating ice cold butter makes combining it a snap!)
- PANCAKES:
- 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup whole wheat flour
- 2 tablespoons light brown sugar
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice**
- 1 cup milk
- 1/2 cup canned pumpkin (not pumpkin pie filling)
- 1 large egg
- 2 tablespoons canola oil
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- you can always make your own pumpkin pie spice blend with:
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1/8 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
Caramel Peanut Popcorn
By Foodiewife, A Feast for the Eyes
Adapted from David Guas and Raquel Pelzel’s “DamGoodSweet” Feel free to substitute toasted sliced almonds or
- 1 (3.5-ounce) package plain microwave popcorn (or 3.5 ounces of popping corn)
- 1 cup packed light brown sugar
- 1/4 cup light corn syrup
- 6 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 cup lightly salted peanuts, roughly chopped
Chicken with Coconut-Lime Peanut Sauce
By Foodiewife, A Feast for the Eyes
Note: You can adjust all the peanut sauce ingredients according to taste
- FOR THE SAUCE:
- 1/2 cups Natural Peanut Butter (I Like Crunchy)
- 1/2 cups Light Coconut Milk
- 1 Tablespoon Thai Red Curry Paste
- 1 Tablespoon Lime Juice
- 1 Tablespoon Soy Sauce Or Tamari
- 2 Tablespoons Fish Sauce
- 2 teaspoons Toasted Sesame Oil
- 1 pinch Stevia Powder To Taste (or Honey)
- 1 pinch Black Pepper
- 1 pinch Cayenne Pepper
- 1 pinch Cinnamon
- FOR THE CHICKEN:
- 1 teaspoon Unrefined Coconut Oil
- 1/2 cups Diced Onion
- 3 cloves Garlic Chopped
- 2 pounds Chicken Breast Cut Into 1 Inch Cubes
- 1 cup Chopped Asparagus Spears (1 Inch Pieces)
Asian-Inspired Napa Salad
By Foodiewife, A Feast for the Eyes
Melt butter and oil over medium heat in very large frying pan
- 2 Packages Ramen noodles, any flavor, uncooked. Throw away the seasoning packets.
- 3-4 Tablespoons butter (the original recipe calls for 1/2 stick of butter!)
- 3-4 Tablespoons light olive oil
- 1 cup slivered almonds
- 1/2 cup sesame seeds (or 1/4 cup sesame seeds and 1/4 cup raw sunflower seeds)
- 2 small heads of Napa cabbage (or 1 small head of Napa and 1 small head of Romaine), thinly sliced
- 1 bunch of green onions, thinly sliced, using some of the green
- 1 red bell pepper, thinly sliced (optional)
- Dressing (this will make enough to dress the salad and some left to serve on the side)
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1 cup canola oil
- 1 cup water
- 1/2 cup rice wine vinegar
- 2 Tablespoons soy sauce
- 1/4 teaspoon dried ginger or you can use freshly grated ginger to taste (about 1/2 teaspoon)
- 1/4 teaspoon dried garlic powder or 1 small clove freshly grated garlic
- 1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
Cherry Coconut Bars
By Foodiewife, A Feast for the Eyes
In a bowl, combine flour and confectioners' sugar; cut in butter until crumbly
- FILLING:
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 3 tablespoons confectioners' sugar
- 1/2 cup cold butter (no substitutes)
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 cup chopped walnuts
- 1/2 cup quartered maraschino cherries
- 1/2 cup flaked coconut