Marinated Pork Medallions

My sister-n-law sent a recipe that she said I could share on my blog. It sounds so yummy! I can't wait to try it out.

Marinated Pork Medallions

1/2 cup packed brown sugr
1/2 cup Italian salad dressing
1/4 cup unsweetened pineapple juice
2 Tbsp.soy sauce
Pork tenderloin, cut in 3/4 slices.

In small bowl, combine the brown sugar,salad dressing, pineapple joice and soy sauce.
Pour 1/2 marinade into a large resealable plastic bag. Add the pork, seal bag and turn to coat.
Refrigerate overnight.

Next day: Drain Pork from marinate. (Now is where I changed from the recipe,they just baked or grilled the pork)
tomatoes
green pepper
onion.
Put pork on Bar-B-Que long sticks, alternating items, about 3 piece pork to each.
Grilled out until Pork done. Doesn't take long, and the other stuff doesn't fall off

Served with Corn on the cob.

Sauteed Kale

I had a 1/2 bag of leftover kale and couldn't decide what to do with it. I used the first half of it to make a delicious soup a few days ago. I ended up coming up with the following recipe and it turned out quite well.

1/2 bag pre-washed kale
2 cloves garlic (peeled and sliced)
1 can 14 oz chicken stock
salt
pepper
3 tablespoon olive oil
1 tablespoon red wine vinegar

Pre-heat oil in frying pan and saute garlic. Cook about 2 minutes. Add kale, stock, salt and pepper. Let simmer on high until liquid is almost evaporated. Takes about 5 minutes or so to cook. When done sprinkle the red wine vinegar over the kale and serve.

Taco Ring

Most of you know that I am a consultant for The Pampered Chef. I just love cooking with stoneware. If you have never tried it before please contact me and I will be happy to send you a link to my website or a catalog.

Everyone loves Pampered Chef recipes and I get a lot of request for the Taco Ring recipe using the large round stone. I decided to share it with you here.

Taco Ring
¾ lb. ground beef cooked 1 packet taco seasoning
1 cup shredded cheddar cheese 2 TBSP water
2 – 8 oz. pkgs crescent roll dough (keep refrigerated until ready to use)
1 bell pepper
Shredded lettuce, chopped tomatoes, olives
1 cup salsa

Combine meat, cheese, taco seasoning, & water. Using a
round pizza pan layer the crescent triangles
in a circle with points in middle until you have a ring. Fill
middle of ring with meat mixture and fold over to close the ring.

Bake at 375 for 25 min or until brown. Cut top off pepper & fill with
salsa. Place in middle of ring & garnish with lettuce, tomatoes, &
olives. Serve with sour cream if desired.

Shepherd's Pie

Here is my recipe for Shepherd's Pie. My family does not like the version with canned or frozen corn in the mix so I leave it out and I cook corn on the cob as a side dish.

6-8 medium size potatoes; peeled and boiled until tender
Mash potatoes as desired. I use butter, salt, pepper, 1 tbsp. mayonaise, and milk.
Set aside.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees

1 lb ground beef
1 small sweet onion
1 tbsp of Worcestershire sauce
salt & pepper

Monterey Jack & Cheddar Cheese shredded

Cook ground beef and onion until done adding salt, pepper and Worcestershire sauce. Once cooked, drain beef and place in a baking dish spreading meat evenly on bottom. Spread mashed potatoes over the mix. Cover with desired amount of cheese making sure you cover all the potatoes. Bake for about 15 minutes or until cheese is melted and slightly browned. Serve with salad and corn.

Coconut Cake

I made a homemade from scratch coconut cake the other day using all wholesome and organic ingredients. The only thing that isn't organic is the actual coconut that I purchased from Angel Flake. The rest of the cake is made with whole wheat unbleached flour, coconut milk, buttermilk, and organic sugar and eggs. The 7 minute frosting I made using organic sugar too. Being that the sugar and flour are organic and whole wheat the cake came out with a creamy look rather than the normal solid white you see for coconut cakes. That tells me there is a lot of bleach in the original white flour/sugar recipes.

My dear husband loved the taste of this cake. It isn't as sweet as a the normal white coconut cakes but is very moist and refreshing. Overall, it is an excellent coconut cake.

By the way, my hubby brought me home a spring bouquet a few weeks ago. You can see in one of the pictures in the background that my flowers are still holding out.

Enjoy your weekend and Happy Easter!

Sneak Peak Product Review

We ladies have so many things to do in our busy lives. Laundry, cooking, cleaning, taking care of kids, husbands, pets and even outside jobs. It leaves very little time to ourselves. Most of you know that I love paper crafts, cooking and spending time with my family and pets. I also like time saving inventions that allow me more time to do the things I love. I managed to fumble around the internet and found a great site called CSN Stores that offers so many wonderful products from cooking gadgets, teapots to kids bedding.

CSN Stores also has a site called cookware.com. They have a terrific selection of many useful kitchen gadges from small appliances to dinnerware. I am so excited that I get to review this cool Cuisinart Egg Cooker. It boils up to seven eggs from hard to soft consistency and poaches up to three. We eat a lot of eggs in my house as they provide great protein for a healthy diet. I can't wait to try boiling eggs and thinking what a great item to have for spring.



I highly suggest you check out CSN Stores for your shopping needs. They can save you time to do things that you like in life. You can even get free shipping on many items. Have a fun filled day and happy shopping!

Quiche Pancetta with Spinach & Smoky Gouda

I experimented a little today and created the following Quiche dish. I wanted a quiche with a rich taste that incorporated spinach into the mixture. I wasn't sure how the following recipe would turn out but it was absolutely delicious! This recipe makes two deep dish quiches so remember to split the ingredients for both pie crusts. You can serve one and freeze the other for later if you like. Let me know if you try making this dish and if you liked it as much as I did.

Recipe as follows:

2 deep dish pie crust
8 eggs beaten
1/4 cup chopped onion
1/2 lb pancetta chopped
salt and pepper
16 oz of heavy cream
1/4 cup of milk
1 pkg frozen spinach, thawed and squeezed dry of juice
1/2 cup smoky gouda cheese sliced into slivers or thin cubes

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Saute onion and pancetta in skillet until onions are cooked. Add spinach to warm and remove skillet from stove. Mix beaten eggs, cream, milk, salt and pepper in mixing bowl. Using whisk mix ingredients well. Layer the pancetta/onion/spinach mixture in the pie crusts. Place cheese over top of mixture covering it across. My cheese was sliced and then crumbled. Pour egg and milk mixture over the top and bake for 45 minutes until browned as in the picture below. Let pie set up 5 minutes before serving. Serve with fresh green salad or fruit. Enjoy!