I posted this Copycat Bonefish Grill Bang Bang Shrimp Recipe over on Eat This Up and wanted to make sure that you guys saw it! This is an appetizer that we eat as a meal! Go HERE to take a look!
Copycat Bonefish Grill Bang Bang Shrimp Recipe
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No Bake Desserts – No Bake Strawberry Twinkies Dessert
No Bake Desserts are the best! Well maybe not the best but they sure rank up there pretty high. It’s great to be able to throw together a quick dessert or even let the kids be in charge of dessert. This No Bake Strawberry Twinkies dessert is perfect for quick and easy enough for the kids! It has a very similar taste to strawberry shortcake or even a trifle but the Twinkies add something extra you will love!
No Bake Twinkie Strawberry Dessert
INGREDIENTS:
9 Twinkies
1 pkg Instant Vanilla Pudding
1 1/2 cup Milk
8 oz Cool Whip
16 oz Frozen Sliced Strawberries in Sugar (thawed)
DIRECTIONS:
In a 8×8″ pan arrange 9 Twinkies to cover the bottom.
Spoon strawberries and about half of the syrup over the Twinkies.
Beat pudding mix and milk until lightly set.
Spread pudding over strawberries.
Spread whipped topping over pudding.
Place in refrigerator to set for several hours.
Remove from refrigerator, cut and serve!
Store left over dessert in covered container in the refrigerator.
No Bake Strawberry Twinkies Dessert
Recipe Type: Dessert
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Serves: 12
This simple no bake dessert combines strawberries and Twinkies. It’s quick and delicious.
Ingredients
- 9 Twinkies
- 1 pkg Instant Vanilla Pudding
- 1 1/2 cup Milk
- 8 oz Cool Whip
- 16 oz Frozen Sliced Strawberries in Sugar (thawed)
Instructions
- In a 8×8″ pan arrange 9 Twinkies to cover the bottom.
- Spoon strawberries and about half of the syrup over the Twinkies.
- Beat pudding mix and milk until lightly set.
- Spread pudding over strawberries.
- Spread whipped topping over pudding.
- Place in refrigerator to set for several hours.
You could make some really great variations of this recipe too. Imagine chocolate pudding instead of vanilla! Trying a variety of fruits would be great too I’m sure.
Do you have favorites no bake desserts or desserts the kids like making?
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Mini Shepherds Pie
Sheperds Pie is a great meal for combining all your ingredients into one delicious dish. These Mini Shepherds Pies are tasty and adorable. The kids will love these perfect little pies!
Mini Shepherds Pies
INGREDIENTS
1 can Biscuits (10-12 ct)
1 lb Ground Beef
1/2 Onion, minced
1 tsp Salt
1 tbsp Black Pepper
1 tbsp Minced Garlic
2 tbsp Flour
3/4 cup Beef Stock
1 tbsp Worcestershire Sauce
1 cup frozen Peas and Carrots
1 tsp Dried Parsley Flakes
1 1/2 cups Mashed Potatoes
DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 425.
Spray a muffin pan with non-stick spray.
Flatten and mold biscuits into each muffin cup.
Bake 6-8 minutes, until light golden. If biscuits have risen too much to hold meat, press downsides and bottom while still warm
Brown ground beef in a large skillet and drain.
Stir in the onions, salt, pepper and garlic and allow to cook together for a couple of minutes.
Add flour to the mixture and stir until blended to a paste.
Add beef stock, worcestershire and vegetables. Mix well
Heat mashed potatoes in a microwave for 5 to 6 minutes stirring halfway through.
Spoon about 2-3 tablespoons of meat mixture into each biscuit shell.
Then top with equal amount mashed potatoes.
Sprinkle the top with dried parsly flakes. Place in oven and bake for 12-15 minutes.
Remove from oven and allow to cool slightly before removing individual pies.
Mini Shepherds Pie
Recipe Type: dinner
Cuisine: American
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Serves: 12
Mini Sheperds Pies are filling and delicious.
Ingredients
- 1 can Biscuits (10-12 ct)
- 1 lb Ground Beef
- 1/2 Onion, minced
- 1 tsp Salt
- 1 tbsp Black Pepper
- 1 tbsp Minced Garlic
- 2 tbsp Flour
- 3/4 cup Beef Stock
- 1 tbsp Worcestershire Sauce
- 1 cup frozen Peas and Carrots
- 1 tsp Dried Parsley Flakes
- 1 1/2 cups Mashed Potatoes
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425.
- Spray a muffin pan with non-stick spray.
- Flatten and mold biscuits into each muffin cup.
- Bake 6-8 minutes, until light golden. If biscuits have risen too much to hold meat, press downsides and bottom while still warm.
- Brown ground beef in a large skillet and drain.
- Stir in the onions, salt, pepper and garlic and allow to cook together for a couple of minutes.
- Add flour to the mixture and stir until blended to a paste.
- Add beef stock, worcestershire and vegetables. Mix well
- Heat mashed potatoes in a microwave for 5 to 6 minutes stirring halfway through.
- Spoon about 2-3 tablespoons of meat mixture into each biscuit shell.
- Then top with equal amount mashed potatoes.
- Sprinkle the top with dried parsly flakes. Place in oven and bake for 12-15 minutes.
- Remove from oven and allow to cool slightly before removing individual pies.
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Healthy Snacks – Apple Sandwiches
Healthy Snacks are important for kids and grown ups alike. These Apple Sandwiches are a great summertime snack as well as perfect healthy snacks for after school and as hard as it is to believe, back to school is just around the corner! They are easy to make, refreshing, and filling in addition to being a healthy choice.
Apple Sandwiches
INGREDIENTS
- 2 Apples
- 2-3 tbsp Peanut Butter
- 3 tbsp Granola
- handful Raisins
DIRECTIONS
Remove cores from apples and cut into 1/4-1/2″ thick slices
Spread apple slice with peanut butter.
Top with granola and raisins. You could add other dried fruits or nuts if you wanted to create a variety.
Place another apple slice on top and gently press together.
Repeat with remaining apple slices.
Healthy Snacks – Apple Sandwiches
Recipe Type: Dessert
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Serves: 4
Apples slices topped with peanut butter, granola, and raisins make a delicious and healthy snack.
Ingredients
- 2 Apples
- 2-3 tbsp Peanut Butter
- 3 tbsp Granola
- handful Raisins
- Apple Sandwiches
Instructions
- DIRECTIONS
- Remove cores from apples and cut into 1/4-1/2″ thick slices
- Spread apple slice with peanut butter.
- Top with granola and raisins.
- Place another apple slice on top and gently press together.
- Repeat with remaining apple slices.
The Cuisipro Apple Corer Makes the job of coring apples so easy! You’re able to remove the entire core neatly and without damaging the rest of the apple. You can get one by clicking here.
Do you have easy healthy snacks that are summertime favorites? What about for back to school? Remember that healthy snacks will keep you energized and going during those busy and sometimes long days!
While these look like an ideal snack for kids, they ate so good that mom and dad will love them too. Being energized all day is just as important for patents as it is for kids!
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Homemade Orange Creamsicle Recipe
A Creamsicle is a favorite frozen summer treats. Knowing what is in the the treats I eat and give my family is really important and the recipe for these Homemade Orange Creamsicles is easy and includes just a few simple ingredients. You could easily substitute other juices to make many flavors of creamsicles for variety.
Homemade Orange Creamsicle
INGREDIENTS:
- 1/2 cup Orange Juice
- 1 cup Heavy Cream
- 2 tbsp Sugar
- 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
Yields about 3 pops
DIRECTIONS:
If you are using a Zoku Quick Pop Maker:
Mix together cream, sugar and vanilla.
Pour Orange juice in maker up to fill line.
Place stick in position.
Wait 3 1/2 minutes.
Use suction tool to remove unfrozen juice from center of maker or carefully pour off unfrozen juice.
Fill this now empty space with cream mixture.
Wait 5 minutes or until cream in set (frozen).
Use tool to remove pop and place in freezer.
If you are not using a Zoku:
- Mix together cream, sugar, vanilla and orange juice.
- Pour mixture in popsicle molds or small paper cups.
- Place in freezer for 10-15 minutes or until mixture begins to firm.
- Insert sticks and return to freezer for several hours.
- Use hot water to release from molds.
Creamsicle ~ Homemade Orange Creamsicles
Recipe Type: Dessert
Cuisine: American
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Serves: 3
Homemade Orange Creamsicle is easy to make with ingredients you feel good about giving your family.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup Orange Juice
- 1 cup Heavy Cream
- 2 tbsp Sugar
- 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
Instructions
- If you are using a Zoku Quick Pop Maker:
- Mix together cream, sugar and vanilla.
- Pour Orange juice in maker up to fill line.
- Place stick in position.
- Wait 3 1/2 minutes.
- Use suction tool to remove unfrozen juice from center of maker or carefully pour off unfrozen juice.
- Fill this now empty space with cream mixture.
- Wait 5 minutes or until cream in set (frozen).
- Use tool to remove pop and place in freezer.
- If you are not using a Zoku:
- Mix together cream, sugar, vanilla and orange juice.
- Pour mixture in popsicle molds or small paper cups.
- Place in freezer for 10-15 minutes or until mixture begins to firm.
- Insert sticks and return to freezer for several hours.
- Use hot water to release from molds.
Do you have the Zoku Quick Pop Makers? If not, they are truly an amazing kitchen gadget! You can get them here.
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The Ultimate Sugar Cookie Recipe!
:: TODAY is National Sugar Cookie day! ::
I have a HUGE announcement to make…
I think I have finally found the Ultimate Sugar Cookie Recipe! I have been trying different ones and tweaking them a bit to try and come up with a recipe the same as the Lofthouse cookies in the grocery store. You know the ones I am taking about… the soft as a pillow, pilled high with frosting ones!
My sister gave me a recipe that I made a few batches from this weekend, I had a sneaky feeling the key ingredient was left out, and as soon as I added it in, they were PERFECT!
When I rolled these out, I used powered sugar and not flour. I also greased the pan. Roll out 1/2 thick, and use something round to cut them. I had a biscuit cutter that was the perfect size.
Ultimate Sugar Cookies
4 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
4½ tsp. baking powder
1/2 cup sour cream
¾ tsp. salt
1½ cups (3 sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature (I used salted because it was all I had, and then used a smidge less salt than called for, tasted great anyway)
1½ cups sugar
3 large eggs (room temperature)
4 tsp. vanilla extract
For the frosting:
2 1/2 cups confectioners’ sugar, sifted
2 1/2 tbsp. unsalted butter, melted
1/2 tbsp. vanilla extract
2-3 tbsp. milk
First, cream the butter and sugar together. Cream it on high for a good 4 minutes. Beat in the eggs one at a time, mixing well after each addition and scraping down the bowl as needed. Blend in the vanilla. With the mixer on low speed, add in the dry ingredients, mixing just until incorporated and evenly mixed. Lick the beaters clean. Cover and chill the dough for an hour. CHILLING IS IMPORTANT!
I found that pretty much whatever shape you put them on the cookie sheet, they stayed in that shape. Roll out 1/2 thick, and use something round to cut them. I had a biscuit cutter that was the perfect size. Bake them about 8-10 minutes, taking them out of the oven before they have brown edges. Brown edges=no good. I found with the first batch that if I could just barely touch the top of the cookie and it wasn’t doughy, they were perfect. Less cooked the better!
For the frosting: Start with the powered sugar and add the butter slowly mixing on high, until super smooth. Add the vanilla and milk. Now this is where you will need to just add more powered sugar if needed, the frosting needs to be stiff or it will just run off the cookies. Add food coloring if you want.
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Caribbean Pork Shoulder Roast Recipe
I was a rock star the other night when I made this Caribbean Pork Should Roast for the family. Do NOT let a multi-step recipe scare you! This will also take about 6 hours in the oven. Don’t let that scare you either. You only need to be around for the first 3.
I would always run from recipes that were more then a few ingredients and 1 dish. THIS IS WORTH IT!
I found this recipe and changed it just a little bit from Huppiemama.
Preheat oven to 350° and set a rack in a roasting pan.
Juice your lemon and oranges. In a small saucepan, heat the olive oil and add the onion cooking over moderate heat until softened, about 5 minutes. Add the garlic and cook until fragrant. Add the lemon and orange juices and simmer for 2 minutes. Add the vinegar. Put half of the liquid into a blender and refrigerate the remaining liquid.
I changed the recipe a bit here and omitted the pepper and added smoked paprika. Combine the garlic and onion powders, ground pepper and cumin. Add 2 tablespoons of the dry rub to the liquid in the blender. Add the Worcestershire and 1 tablespoon of salt and puree the marinade.
Above are the spices before mixing.
Now you will want to take the remainder of the rub and… RUB it all over the roast. I should back up and say I did 2 because there are a lot of us and I wanted leftovers for the next night (which we had pork tacos). I also could not find my roasting pan and so I had to use my lasagna pan. Oh well.
Then you will take the liquid from the blender and pour it over the roast, not all of it, but about 1/3.
I did not cover mine, and put it in the oven. Now you are going to go do something else for a while. Every hour pour a little more liquid over the roast.
After 3 hours take the roast out and stick a thermometer into the thickest part of the meat and you want it to register 150°.
When the roast gets to 150, reduce the oven temperature to 275° and roast the meat for about 3 MORE hours, until very tender and an instant-read thermometer registers 180°. Take the roast out of the oven and cover right away with foil. Let the meat rest for 30 minutes covered.
You always want to let the meat rest. We do this with everything we pull out of the oven or from the grill, it always tastes so much better.
Now, as you can see in the picture either slice or shred the meat. I sliced it the first night and poured the sauce over it from HERE. The next night I shredded it and we had it on tacos.
Let me tell you that we really love our BBQ here. My husband was SHOCKED I made this! Not that he doesn’t think I can cook, but it had such good flavor!
Caribbean Pork Shoulder Roast
From Huppie Mama
Ingredients:
- 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
- 1/2 cup minced onion
- 2 large garlic cloves, minced
- 1 cup fresh lemon juice
- 1 cup fresh orange juice
- 2 tablespoons distilled white vinegar
- 2 tablespoons garlic powder
- 2 tablespoons onion powder
- 2 tablespoons freshly ground pepper (I deleted)
- 2 tablespoons smoked paprika
- 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cumin
- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- Salt
- One 5-pound, bone-in Boston butt (pork shoulder, butt end)
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350° and set a rack in a roasting pan.
Juice your lemon and oranges. In a small saucepan, heat the olive oil and add the onion cooking over moderate heat until softened, about 5 minutes. Add the garlic and cook until fragrant. Add the lemon and orange juices and simmer for 2 minutes. Add the vinegar. Put half of the liquid into a blender and refrigerate the remaining liquid.
Combine the garlic and onion powders, ground pepper and cumin. Add 2 tablespoons of the dry rub to the liquid in the blender. Add the Worcestershire and 1 tablespoon of salt and puree the marinade.
Now you will want to take the remainder of the rub and… RUB it all over the roast. I should back up and say I did 2 because there are a lot of us and I wanted leftovers for the next night (which we had pork tacos).
Then you will take the liquid from the blender and pour it over the roast, not all of it, but about 1/3. Every hour pour a little more liquid over the roast. After 3 hours take the roast out and stick a thermometer into the thickest part of the meat and you want it to register 150°. When the roast gets to 150, reduce the oven temperature to 275° and roast the meat for about 3 MORE hours, until very tender and an instant-read thermometer registers 180°. Take the roast out of the oven and cover right away with foil. Let the meat rest for 30 minutes covered.
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Simple Berry Cheesecake Trifle Recipe {No Cook Summer FAVORITE!}
Last year the girls and I made a Berry Cheesecake Trifle, spur of the moment because we had some angle food cake and we knew it wasn’t going to go very far with all of us!
We were going to try and stretch it, to feed everyone!
It was too hot to turn the oven on, we had berries and some pudding so we whipped this yummy dessert up.
I had my oldest wash, hull and slice the strawberries.
The little ones tore up the angel food cake into bite size pieces and my middle daughter made 2 packages of cheesecake pudding.
We started with the angel food cake covering the bottom of a glass dish. Then we layered strawberries and blueberries to cover. Next was a layer of pudding and on top of that a layer of cool whip.
We kept layering until we were out of space!
To fill up a glass bowl like this one (Walmart for $8.99) we used 2 packages of strawberries, 2 boxes blueberries, 2 pkg. pudding, 1 carton cool whip 8oz. and 1 angel food cake.
Such a great dish to bring to a bbq or for the 4th of July!
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Better Than Megan Fox Cake?
This is what Paul requested for Father’s Day tomorrow, his favorite cake. This is a repost from YEARS ago! 🙂
This cake is my husbands favorite, he asks for it on his Birthday and Father’s day every year. I make it for him unasked if I am starting a new home remodeling project and have gotten in wayyy over my head…
I have heard it called all kinds of things, Better than Sex cake is the most common. Although, when I was younger I heard it called Better than Robert Redford cake a lot. Times have changed.
In front of the kids my husband refers to it as Better than Procreation Cake, this year he called it Better than Megan Fox Cake, I guess she is the new hottie. Whatever. I’d like to see what she looks likes after having 6 kids…
Anyway, on to the best cake EVER!
This is all you need:
Bake a chocolate cake according to directions, I like German chocolate. When it is hot and out of the oven, take a fork and poke holes all over it. Thousands of them! Don’t be shy let the cake have it, pretend it is Megan fox…
Next pour an entire 14oz. can of sweetened condensed milk over the top of the hot cake.
It will look like this… as it starts soaking in.
Next, and I am not joking, pour an entire jar of caramel syrup over the top. I like Mrs.Renfro’s, but had this on hand.
Now, amazingly, it will all soak in. Put it in the fridge to cool down. It is better if it sits a long time, like overnight before eating.
When cool, frost with cool whip and (if you are not lazy) chop up Heath or Skor bars to put on top. If you don’t have time dump a bag of Heath toffee bits on.
I can’ t even describe how good this cake is. Have you seen the Diner scene in When Harry Met Sally? That about says it all!
Have you had this cake before? What do you call it?
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Old Fashioned Banana Cake
The kids and I made Old Fashioned Banana Cake last night before we had some bananas that needed to be used up. I am also going through my Grandmothers recipe box and making one recipe a week this year. I will be photographing them and putting all the recipes into a cook book for my aunts, cousins and sisters.
Usually with overripe bananas I make my Cake Mix Banana Bread recipe, but with no cake mix on hand (BAD couponer! Bad! ) this sounded delicious! And, it was!
I doubled the recipe thinking I would get 3 layers, as the recipe said it would be for 2 8-inch pans. But when I used my Wilton cake pans, I only got enough for 2 9-inch, which was fine, I was just expecting more batter.
As always, I have a lot of help when it comes to the frosting… Not sure how they always know when I get to that part!
Oh, and for the flour, it calls for cake flour, I DID use cake flour.
I cut each round in half, so I had more layers of frosting… just because I have a sweet tooth! I also didn’t ice the sides, just in-between. When I look back at older photos of cakes, many times I see them with just icing in the middle and not on the sides.
I made a simple homemade cream cheese frosting, you can make a banana flavored frosting by using a little banana flavoring in place of the vanilla.
Everyone had a slice last night and again for breakfast. Hey! It is still the first week of summer, we are working it off! Give this one a try, it was REALLY good!
Old Fashioned Banana Cake
Ingredients
3/4 cup butter, softened
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
2 eggs
1 cup mashed ripe bananas (about 2 medium)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups cake flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup buttermilk
Cream Cheese Frosting:
8 ounces cream cheese room temperature
½ cup unsalted butter room temperature
Pinch salt
4 cups powdered sugar
1½ teaspoons vanilla extract OR banana flavoring
Instructions
In a large bowl, cream butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs, bananas and vanilla, beat for 2 minutes. Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt then add to creamed mixture slowly pour in buttermilk, beating well after each addition.
Pour into two greased and floured 9-in. round baking pans. OR a 9×13 pan. Bake at 375° for 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely.
Then frost with cream cheese frosting.
Products I used for this cake:
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