All You Magazine Recipes I have tested in my kitchen...
All You Recipe Week: December 17,2010 Issue- Recipe One through Six: Sparkling Breakfast Punch, Winter Fruit Salad,Seared Sesame Crusted Chicken,Garlic Mashed Potato Gratin,Lemony Greek Yogurt with Shortbread Cookies,& Asian Meatballs.
In this year of Test and Review 2011, today's recipe is a drink. Since
my husband will be celebrating his 35th on Saturday, I thought instead
of buying him clothes, I would test some recipes out.
Well one of the first recipes he and I will test from All You Recipe Week in our home, is a punch.
When I made this I found a short cut , that actually worked quite well, the recipe calls for separate orange juice, and pineapple juice quantities, so I got to thinking,"Doesn't someone make a orange/pineapple juice all in one?"So while going through the store last night, I go by the already made and packaged juices, and low and behold I find a combo juice, of what I am looking for.( I used 5 cups of the combo juice, in lieu of the amounts indicated.I always look how I can save on the grocery bill when it comes to recipes.)I put this together in my jug this morning, and it looks great, and taste yummy. I think the hubby will like it.
January 18, 2011- original date of post on my Tahlequah Tasty Tidbits blog on blogspot.com
Well one of the first recipes he and I will test from All You Recipe Week in our home, is a punch.
When I made this I found a short cut , that actually worked quite well, the recipe calls for separate orange juice, and pineapple juice quantities, so I got to thinking,"Doesn't someone make a orange/pineapple juice all in one?"So while going through the store last night, I go by the already made and packaged juices, and low and behold I find a combo juice, of what I am looking for.( I used 5 cups of the combo juice, in lieu of the amounts indicated.I always look how I can save on the grocery bill when it comes to recipes.)I put this together in my jug this morning, and it looks great, and taste yummy. I think the hubby will like it.
January 18, 2011- original date of post on my Tahlequah Tasty Tidbits blog on blogspot.com
For the All You Recipe Week in my husband's and my home, our second
recipe we will be testing leading up to his birthday is, the Winter
Fruit Salad.
This took me most of the morning to put together before, my husband made it home for lunch. I hope this is one, I can get him to try one spoonful of.
(He's a picky eater, so I thought he might try a salad that was not a lettuce base. )
The biggest time consuming part was the fresh pineapple, and getting it cut up.
But I think it will be worth it. I don't know what I will serve it with yet though.
January 18, 2011- original date of post on my Tahlequah Tasty Tidbits blog on blogspot.com
This took me most of the morning to put together before, my husband made it home for lunch. I hope this is one, I can get him to try one spoonful of.
(He's a picky eater, so I thought he might try a salad that was not a lettuce base. )
The biggest time consuming part was the fresh pineapple, and getting it cut up.
But I think it will be worth it. I don't know what I will serve it with yet though.
January 18, 2011- original date of post on my Tahlequah Tasty Tidbits blog on blogspot.com
As most of you know by now, it is All You Magazine Recipe Test Week in
my home, as part of the " Test & Review of 2011" journey. If not let
me quickly bring you up to speed, I have saved and pulled so many
recipes over the years from my favorite magazines, and from my family, I
decided to beat the "Winter Funk" I would start testing the recipes to
see if they were keepers, or hitting the landfill.Well the third recipe on this culinary journey, is once again from the
December17,2010 Issue of All You, and it is the Seared Sesame Crusted
Chicken(the original recipe calls for Salmon, but they say it can be
done with chicken, and since I or my husband is not a salmon fan we went
for the chicken.) Pictured in the magazine is light sesame seeds, but
when I went to make this chicken, I used what was available in my area,
which was black sesame seeds.All the recipes I am testing this week are leading up to my husband's
35th Birthday. Instead of getting him something material, I thought I
would try to expand his palette instead.
January 20, 2011-original date of post on my Tahlequah Tasty Tidbits blog on blogspot.com
January 20, 2011-original date of post on my Tahlequah Tasty Tidbits blog on blogspot.com
This recipe was found in the December 17,2010 Issue of All You Magazine
as what looked to be part of the article ": Build meals around inexpensive staples" it was
contributed to the magazine by I believe Dianna Ranere(her pic and comment was next to it). My husband is a potato
fan, so I decided to test and review this recipe on my
husband.(Everything I test this week is leading up to his 35th birthday
tomorrow, and me making him his birthday dinner & expanding his
palette for his birthday, instead of a material gift.) This recipe was
really easy to do once you get past the cleaning and dicing of the
potatoes.(One tip, make sure your shoulder's and upper body are in
shape. It took me a bit, with some breaks in between each potato, but I
got it done.) After that it is all clear sailing for the rest of putting
it together.(the mashing is a great stress reliever, if you have some
to work out.) The recipe came out really yummy and went good with the
sesame chicken recipe I tested previously.
January 21, 2011-original date of post on my Tahlequah Tasty Tidbits blog on blogspot.com
January 21, 2011-original date of post on my Tahlequah Tasty Tidbits blog on blogspot.com
If you haven't heard or don't know by now, 2011 in my household is the
year of "Test and Review". I am testing out recipes that I have pulled
from some of my favorite magazine's, and from family, etc... to see if
they get made again in my home for anyone.
Well , the 5th recipe I tested was the Lemony Greek Yogurt from the December 17,2010 Issue of All You, and it came out absolutely yummy ! I highly recommend this, if you are a yogurt fan. I tried to get the husband to try it, before his 35th, yesterday, but it was a no go, so I decided, this is something that could fit my diet instead.( Hey, I tried. My gift this year for him, was to try to extend his palette, and expose him to new food, instead of something material-clothing wise.)This recipe in the issue is really simple to prepare, and you will definitely enjoy it, if you can find a copy. You might have to search a bit to find the issue.
January 23, 2011- original date of post on my Tahlequah Tasty Tidbits blog on blogspot.com
Well , the 5th recipe I tested was the Lemony Greek Yogurt from the December 17,2010 Issue of All You, and it came out absolutely yummy ! I highly recommend this, if you are a yogurt fan. I tried to get the husband to try it, before his 35th, yesterday, but it was a no go, so I decided, this is something that could fit my diet instead.( Hey, I tried. My gift this year for him, was to try to extend his palette, and expose him to new food, instead of something material-clothing wise.)This recipe in the issue is really simple to prepare, and you will definitely enjoy it, if you can find a copy. You might have to search a bit to find the issue.
January 23, 2011- original date of post on my Tahlequah Tasty Tidbits blog on blogspot.com
This is the last All You recipe, for All You Recipe Week in my husband's
and my home, that is from the December 17,2010 Issue, and I made it for
my husband's b-day yesterday. It is the Tangy Asian Meatballs, and I
made white rice to go with it. Let me say up front, if you are not used
to having ground pork, or fresh ginger in your diet, then this recipe
will wreak havoc with your system.I thought for my husband's b-day I would make a version of Asian
take-out, I gave it the good ol' college try. But I had forgotten we
don't eat that much ground pork in this house, I think if I would had
changed out the ground pork, for a ground beef, or a ground turkey,added
more panko, left out the BBQ and hoisin, and just used 2 jars of plum
sauce, the recipe would had worked better.(I know the recipe calls for
certain amounts for each item, but I am not going to waste anything,
especially when I am making it to test once.)When this recipe cooks, the smell reminds you of what you smell, when
you walk into an Asian market. ( I say that ,because when it did cook,
it clicked in my brain last night, what I smell when I walk down the
Asian aisle, or into an Asian market, when I am in the city. When I do
either, I smell fresh ginger and pork. It may sound weird, but it's the
truth. Pay attention to your senses the next time you do either of the
mentioned.)According to my husband, this dish tasted worse than it smelled, he
didn't know what it was, but something was off. I tend to agree,
something was a bit off. We thought if it was reformulated, it would
make a lovely pet friendly dish, if someone was brave enough to re-work
it.
January 23, 2011-original date of post on my Tahlequah Tasty Tidbits blog on blogspot.com
January 23, 2011-original date of post on my Tahlequah Tasty Tidbits blog on blogspot.com
