Asparagus tart

Today is Easter Sunday and I was thinking what to make, I wanted something that felt kind if like Spring and that was quick to make because I have been working so much. I came up with this tart, it was a very nice Easter treat. 

1 package Pillsbury crescent rolls

1/2 pound asparagus

1/2 cup mushrooms

1/2 cup tomatoes 

1 cup cheese, I used a smoked cheddar

goat cheese for sprinkling on the top

In a oven safe dish roll out the crescent roll dough, then layer asparagus. Add cheddar, then layer mushrooms, tomato and left over asparagus. I added goat cheese and baked it at 375 until the crescent dough was cooked.

Beautiful Easter flowers from my parents <3

Gumbo

  

I wanted to do an Easter dinner with friends, you know,  the lamb and whole shebang. Things are little busy lately so I wasn't able to get the day off and have time to go pick up everything I needed. The dinner shall still go on!!! I came up with the Idea to make gumbo, really it was the first thing that came to mind. SO here is my "Easter" (two days early) Gumbo or Good Friday Gumbo, both sounds good to me.

1/3 c butter

1/3 flour ( I used corn flour)

1 large onion

2 bell peppers (any color)

2 celery ribs 

4 cloves of garlic 

2 jalapenos 

1 lb chicken (I used thighs)

1 lb sausage 

1 lb shrimp 

2 tbsps Italian seasoning 

1 tbsps Old Bay seasoning 

1 tbsps onion powder 

1 tbspn garlic powered 

1 tsp ginger

2 tsps cumin 

2 tsps cayenne pepper 

salt and pepper to taste (1 tsp each)

4 c. chicken stock 

and rice to put everything over 

  

So what you do is, cut up all your veggies and cook all the meat (minus the shrimp) put them in the crock pot. While your doing that put your butter in a pan heat it up until melted and then add the flour to it  and mixing it all up for your roux. You are going to cook it for about 15-20 mins until chocolat brown, stir occasionally so it doesn't burn. Once it's done put it in the crock pot with the meat and veggies, then add your stock. Add your seasonings and cook 8 hours on low or 5-6 hours on high. Once you are about an hour away from being done add the shrimp. Also mine was a little thin, so I added an additional roux with corn starch to thicken it up.  

 My friend also brought dessert for us to enjoy, it was a tapioca pudding he made. Tapioca pearls with coconut milk and shredded coconut, topped off with fresh fruit and some maple syrup. It was light and just the right amount of sweetness. Amazing treat, great dinner and awesome friends.

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Veggie Stuffed Pepper

In the mood for something veggie, I decided to make stuffed peppers. I love how light and filling they are at the same time. Also I think peppers are coming into season, because the ones at the store are looking beautiful. 

4 bell peppers

2 cups quinoa

can of black beans

1 can of diced tomatos 

small can of corn 

3 cloves garlic

3/4 c shredded cheese ( I used a spicy pepper jack)

1 tsp cumin 

1 tsp paprika 

1 tsp ginger 

1 tsp cayenne pepper

salt and pepper to taste

and I topped it off with goat cheese

375 in the oven until it starts to brown. 

Pink Juice

Still playing around with my juicer I found this recipe on line and added a few things to it and made this wonderful pink juice. Pink Juice is what i am calling it, I know it's celever because the juice is pink when it's all mixed.

Half a cabbage  

3 carrots 

1 grapefruit 

2 thumbs of ginger 

3 cucumbers 

3 pears 

Pulled Pork

I have never made pulled pork before, but I was craving it after eating it at this sandwich place called HUBBUB. Best pulled pork sandwich I have ever had, truth be told I never really eat it but this sandwich changed my mind. So naturally on my food journey I had to try my own.

I got about three pounds of meat (Sorry Canada I haven't mastered the metric system yet) and I trimmed off the fat.

I made a dry rub of :

1 tspn cumin

1 tspn ginger

1 tbspn garlic powder 

1 tspn tummeric 

1 tspn cayan pepper 

1 tspn paprika 

1 tbspn smoked salt 

1 tbspn sea salt 

I let it sit for 24 hours in a bag

Then added two small cans of jalapeno peppers and an onion, I let them sit over night so I could just throw everything in before I left to work the next morning.

I added the meat to the onions and jalapeno peppers with a can of Coke and cooked it on low for about 12 hours....  It came out soo tender and yummy. I will for sure be making this again. 

Cucumber Spinach Juice

This juice is light and tasty, I feel like a million bucks after drinking it. 

handful of parsley

2 cucumbers 

1 lemon 

2 thumbs of ginger 

a whole bunch of spinach 

1 green bell pepper 

Cod with Tomato and red Pepper Sauce

First dinner I have made in awhile, I wanted something light and healthy. I was surfing the web for ideas and came across this http://anyzkowo.blogspot.ca/2012/07/ryba-w-sosie-pomidorowo-paprykowym.html . I dont even know know what it says, but from the pictures I was solid. So I just took what was there and made up my own.

4 Cod Filets 

1 can of stewed tomatoes 

1 small can of tomato paste

small onion 

red bell pepper 

3 cloves of garlic 

1 tspn cumin

salt and pepper 

1 tspn basil

1 tspn parsley 

1 tpsn oregno 

1 tspn ginger 

Green Cucumber Juice

So I have been MIA lately, I thought a good way to start posting again would be a healthy green juice. If you are a proud owner of a juicer like myself then you know how easy and fun it is to come up with different combinations of veggies and fruit to make a great tasting drink. The cucumber green juice I made here is light and very refreshing.

3 cucumbers

4 stalks of celery 

2 thumb sized pieces of ginger 

two lemons (peeled and seeds taken out)

and a cup of parsley