Welcome to the last Ingredient Spotlight of 2013, and the last Ingredient Spotlight hosted here at Finding Joy in My Kitchen. Today, we’re sharing recipes using mint!
Here are some of our favorites:
What are your favorite recipes using mint?
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Wednesday, December 18, 2013
Wednesday, December 11, 2013
Ingredient Spotlight: Candy Canes
Candy Canes are such a fun Christmas tradition, and they are great in baking! Here are a few of our favorite recipes using candy canes.
Candy Cane Crunch Ice Cream Cake
Dark Chocolate Peppermint Truffle Hot Cocoa
Peppermint Marshmallow Sticks for Hot Cocoa
What are your favorite ways to use Candy Canes? Link up your recipes below! And, be sure to join us next week for Mint – our last Ingredient Spotlight of the year, and the last one hosted at Finding Joy in My Kitchen.
Wednesday, December 4, 2013
Ingredient Spotlight: Caramel
Welcome to the first Ingredient Spotlight of December! We’re talking Caramel today. Yum, yum.
Here are our favorite recipes using caramel:
Caramel Cranberry Chex Mix
Caramel Corn
Dark Chocolate Caramelitas
Butterscotch Cake with Caramel Frosting
Toasted Marshmallow S’more Bars
Join us next week for Candy Canes, and the following Wednesday for Mint!
Wednesday, November 20, 2013
Ingredient Spotlight: Turkey
This week, we’ve been focusing on Thanksgiving – breads and side dishes so far; today, we’re talking Turkey!
A few years ago, my dad suggested using bacon to self-baste the turkey; this resulted in a Bacon Wrapped Turkey with Bacon Infused Gravy. This has become our favorite.
A few other turkey recipes that look delightful:
- Applewood Smoked Turkey – from How Sweet it Is
- Amazingly Moist Turkey – from Simply Rebekah
For leftovers, we enjoy this healthier version of Turkey Tetrazzini.
Turkey & Pepper Stew is a unique way to use up your turkey.
A once-a-year tradition at our home: Kentucky Hot Browns. So good.
This Broccoli Hotdish was my favorite as a kid, and still is my favorite today.
The leftovers from the turkey go into our Turkey Soup with Homemade Noodles every year. So easy to make, and perfect for using the carcass too.
A Turkey Pot Pie allows you to stretch your turkey leftovers among lots of tasty veggies and herbed biscuits.
What are your favorite turkey recipes?
Wednesday, November 13, 2013
Ingredient Spotlight: Buttermilk
This week, we’re focusing on buttermilk. Up until about three years ago, I always used the lemon juice + milk buttermilk substitute. Then, I tried the real deal.
Fluffy and tangy pancakes, check!
My decision to try the real thing was helped by my friend Megan who told me you can freeze buttermilk! So, now we buy the half gallon (it’s cheaper per oz that way) and freeze the leftovers. That way, we can enjoy:
Whole Wheat Buttermilk Bread – This bread is outstanding. It is our favorite sandwich bread, grilled cheese bread, French toast bread and toasting bread.
White Whole Wheat Blueberry Buttermilk Pancakes – A delicious and easy buttermilk pancake recipe made a thousand times better by adding blueberries.
Buttermilk Mashed Potatoes – A fun way to change up Thanksgiving potatoes with these buttermilk chive mashed potatoes.
Buttermilk Doughnuts – So easy and delicious, we love these with the old fashioned glaze too.
Vanilla Buttermilk Ice Cream – A fun summer treat, especially delicious paired with fruit.
Buttermilk Waffles – A breakfast favorite around here. I pretty much make a batch of waffles every weekend. They freeze extremely well.
Oatmeal Cookie Pancakes – Want a healthy chocolate chip cookie? Look no further, and have it for breakfast while you’re at it.
Ranch Crackers – These crackers use powdered buttermilk to make a delicious light snack cracker. A perfect after school snack or Saturday baking experience with littles!
Whole Wheat Oatmeal Buttermilk Bread – Because of our love of wheat buttermilk bread, I decided to give this oat buttermilk bread a try and it was a great hit. Also excellent for sandwiches. Makes two loaves at a time.
Cheesy Chicken & Ranch Pasta Bake – Relies on powdered buttermilk and is a creamy and cheesy casserole for the winter months.
Do you go for the real deal when it comes to buttermilk, or does the substitute work for you?
Don’t forget to join us next week for TURKEY!!
Wednesday, November 6, 2013
Ingredient Spotlight: Lentils
Thanks so much for joining us this week! We had a blast last week focusing on Sweet Potatoes. There were so many delicious recipes linked up including Cranberry Sweet Potato Bread and Spicy Sweet Potato & Sausage Soup. Yum.
This week, we’re focusing on Lentils.
I know on the surface Lentils are not that exciting, but they are a super food just like the sweet potato. They are high in protein, have good nutrients for us (like fiber, iron & Vitamin B + 2 essential amino acids), and are dirt cheap. Yep. Lentils are one of the best ways to get your protein.
But, you have to soak lentils before you use them.
Why you ask? Well, it’s because lentils have chemical properties that actually work to inhibit our body’s enzyme trypsin. Trypsin is responsible for breaking down protein, so if you use lentils without soaking them, chances are you are not getting all that good protein from the lentils.
How to soak lentils
- Pour warm or boiling water over your lentils in a large bowl
- Keep them there for at least 15 minutes, and up to 24 hours.
Here are our favorite ways to enjoy lentils:
How do you like your lentils?
Wednesday, October 30, 2013
Ingredient Spotlight–Sweet Potatoes
I freely admit, I had to restrain myself with today’s Ingredient Spotlight because, well, sweet potatoes are one of my favorite ingredients. I love to use them in all sorts of dishes from soups to desserts. They’ve even found their way into sandwich bread from time to time too!
Sweet potatoes are an amazing veggie – in fact, in terms of nutrients, sweet potatoes come out on top. Yes, they are the best veggie you can eat. And, they are cheap too!
And, they make a great substitute for pumpkin:
- Sweet potatoes are naturally sweeter than pumpkin, meaning you can significantly reduce the sweetener in your favorite fall dish!
- Sweet potatoes are high in fiber (3x that of pumpkin).
- Sweet potatoes have 4x the amount of Vitamin A than pumpkins.
- Sweet potatoes have 3x the amount of Vitamin C than pumpkins.
- Sweet potatoes have more calcium & iron than pumpkins.
What are you waiting for? Make some sweet potato puree and get baking! You can find some of our favorite recipes here, and also below. Scroll down to the bottom to make sure you see recipes that others link up too.
Sweet Potato Pancakes with Apple Topping
Sweet Potato Mac & Cheese {your kids will LOVE this}
Sweet Potato Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Balls
Sweet Potato Pie with Gingersnap Crust & Spiced Whipped Cream
Sweet Potato Yeast Bread {makes amazing French Toast!}
Cranberry Sweet Potato Muffins
And, of course, Sweet Potato Casserole… so good, it can be dessert!
What are your favorite Sweet Potato Recipes?
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