Cheddar Jalapeño Quiche

This is an amazing cheddar jalapeno quiche I made in when I was studying abroad in Australia. 

INGREDIENTS

• 9″ pie crust, homemade or storebought
• 1/2 cup cream cheese
• 2 jalapeños, diced, and 1 sliced into 6 rounds
• 1/2 cup cream
• 1/2 cup half-and-half
• 4 large eggs (or 5 small)
• 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/8 teaspoon paprika
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup grated cheddar-jack

DIRECTIONS

1. Turn your oven to 400 degrees F.
2. Thaw the pie crust for 10 minutes.
3. Prick the crust all over the bottom and sides with a fork to make tiny holes.
4. Bake it for 10 minutes.
5. Remove the crust and reduce the oven temperature to 350 degrees.
6. While the crust is hot, spread the cream cheese all over the bottom as evenly as possible.
7. Sprinkle that with the diced jalapeños (the rounds are for garnish later on).
8. Put the cream and half-and-half into a small pot and put it over medium heat about 5 minutes, or until tiny bubbles appear around the edges. This is called “scalding” – where you bring it to just under the boiling point.
9. Beat the eggs together in a bowl.
10. Add the hot cream mixture to the eggs and combine well.
11. Add all the spices and salt.
12. Pour into the crust and bake for 30 minutes.
13. After 30 minutes, arrange the jalapeño slices over the top in a circle and return to oven for 10 minutes.
14. Sprinkle with cheese and bake another 5 minutes.
15. Cool 30-45 minutes before serving or cool completely and serve it cold.
    
    
    I found this recipe here.

Oven Roasted BBQ Chicken

This is the finished product of the BBQ chicken I made.

All I added to that was onion, lemon, and bell pepper. I also marinated the chicken in BBQ sauce for a few hours for it to not have a dry taste.




I let it sit in the oven for about 30-35 minutes on 350F.

Banana Nutella Ice Cream

The ice cream turned out amazing. It had a really nice thick texture and the crushed almonds added a lot to it.

This is all I used!  +CRUSHED ALMONDS



I started by crushing up some almonds, and then I blended all the ingredients together. I used 4 bananas and about a 1/3 cup of Nutella. The ice cream turned out really well, and it's a bit healthier than most store bought ice cream.  

Same Old Enchiladas with a Different Sauce

I used 2 different peppers to spice things up.

Drum Stick Cooking Spoon that was a really awesome Christmas gift!

Mixing it all up

Topped it off with some pepper jack cheese and a mild enchilada sauce I bought.

One of the peppers had to be eaten before the picture was even taken!



The directions are the same exact way I made the ones before. It's a simple and easy recipe that anyone can cook!

Beef Enchiladas In A Mild Green Salsa

The sharp cheddar and the green enchilada sauce ended up to be a great match together.

Ingredients

• 1 pound lean ground beef
• 1 small onion, chopped
• 1 can of any green salsa
• flour tortillas
• 2 cups shredded Cheddar cheese
• 1 can of re-fried beans
• 1 cup of rice
  
  
  
  

  Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F . In a skillet over medium high heat, cook the ground beef and onion until beef is evenly browned and onion is tender.
  2. Prepare the enchilada sauce according to package directions. Pour 1/4 cup of the sauce into the bottom of a 9x13 inch baking dish.
  3. On each flour tortilla, place an equal portion of the ground beef mixture and about 1 ounce of Cheddar cheese, reserving at least 1/2 cup of cheese. Then tightly roll the tortillas and place seam side down in the baking dish.
  4. Pour the remaining sauce over the top of the enchiladas and sprinkle with the remaining cheese and olives.
  5. Bake in a preheated oven for 20 minutes, or until the sauce is bubbly and cheese is thoroughly melted.

Banana Bread

This ended up to be the final product.  I topped it off with some crushed almonds and some more Nutella on top.

Getting ready to put the mix in.

These are all the ingredients I used. I blended them all together and spread it apart evenly in the baking dish.

 This is what it looked like after I took it out of the oven.

 

                          
                                   Ingredients:
                                     
                                       1/2 cup  butter
                            1 tea spoon of vanilla extract
                                           2 eggs
                                        4 bananas
                                     1/2 cup Nutella
                               1 cup  all-purpose flour
                                    1 teaspoon  salt
                               1 teaspoon  baking soda
                           1 tablespoon  cocoa powder

 Directions: Mix with food processor or blender, pour into greased 9" x 14" pan bake at 325 degrees for 25-30 minutes until a knife comes out clean.
      

Rolling Up Some Sushi

Using a purple bamboo mat to roll up some sushi.

I put about an inch of rice on the sushi paper. 

This is one of my tuna salad rolls with shredded carrots in it.

These rolls look delicious!

I set up the table for the party. It was fairly quick to make and they were all gone by the end of the night.

                                   


               Ingredients:

                                                     
                                      1. Sushi rice

                                     2. Seaweed paper

                                     3. Crab sticks

                                  4. Shredded carrots

                                     5. Tuna salad

                                  6. Sliced cucumber

                                  7. Japanese Caviar

                                     8. Rice vinegar

                    9. Whatever else you feel like putting it.

 
Directions:
   
    First cook the rice, and after it is cooked add a little rice vinegar to it and let is cool for about 15 minutes. After that get all of your ingredients ready and start rolling up some sushi with your bamboo mat. All of these ingredients should run you at about $30 and will make about 8-10 rolls. It also only took me about 30 minutes to make all of it after the rice was ready.
                                                    

Tuna Salad!

These are all the basic ingredients.

  Lucy cant take her eyes off that sandwich!

               

                 

Quick sandwich I put together.

This recipe is another really easy one and only takes a few minutes to make. All you do is mix all of the ingredients together. 


Ingredients:
1. 2 cans of tuna
2. A cup of corn
3. About 5 mini dill pickles
4. About 2 tablespoons of mayo

Enjoying Some Tasty Wine

MMMMmmmmm

More recipes to come tomorrow...

Quick Tacos On The Go

I shredded some cheese over it and put the lid over it for about 5 minutes for the cheese to melt perfectly on there.

I made this from what I had lying around the kitchen and it turned out amazing. This is defiantly a fast and easy recipe any skill level cooker can make instantly.




Ingredients:
1. 2 Bell Peppers
2. Half packet of taco seasoning
3. Crushed red pepper
3.  About a pound of ground beef
4. Shredded Cheddar
5. Onoin


Directions:
1. Cook the ground beef on a skillet and mix in onion and bell pepper.
2. Then add in the taco seasoning with about 2 table spoons of water.
3. After everything is mixed well together and seems all the way cooked, add the shredded cheese on top and put the lid on for about 5 min to make the cheese melt perfectly.
4. Finally serve them all out to your friends!

Couscous Beef Stuffed Peppers Topped off With Cheddar

Ingredients:
1. 6 peppers
2. About 2-3 cups of Couscous
3. Cup of shredded cheddar
3. Bowl of guacamole. ( Recipe to it can be found in my earlier posts.)
4. 1 lb Ground Beef
5. Diced Onion
6. Hot Chili sauce
7. Sour Cream


Directions:
1. Cook the ground beef mixed with the diced onion.
2. After the beef is finished cooking toss in the cooked couscous and mix it in.
3. Cut all of the peppers in half and take out the inside.
4. Fill all the peppers with the mix.
5. Bake on 350F for about 20 minutes and then add the cheddar on top and leave in for another 10 minutes.
6. After that you can free style the guacamole, sour cream, and hot sauce.

Woops!

Been busy cooking so haven't been able to post in a while! Its a good thing I have Lucy helping me out.