Winter Sangria

 

WINTER SANGRIA 2 (750-ml) bottles of Dry red wine 1 cup Cranberries (thawed if frozen) 1 cup Orange liqueur 1/2 cup Aperol 2 oranges, thinly sliced and quartered 2 apples, cut into 1-inch pieces   In a large pitcher or punch bowl, combine the wine, cranberries, orange liqueur, Aperol, oranges, and apples. Refrigerate the sangria for 2 to 6 hours before serving.

CHICKEN TACO WONTONS

Ingredients

• 1 lb ground chicken
• 24 wonton wrappers
• 4T taco seasoning
• 1 cup black beans (drained and rinsed)
• 1 cup salsa (I like to use medium chunky)
• 12 teaspoon salsa con queso
• 4 oz reduced fat mexican cheese

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Preheat an oven to 375 degrees. Spray a muffin tin with nonstick spray and place 1 wonton wrapper in each container (12 total). Set aside
2. In a large skillet, heat the pan to medium heat. Add in the ground chicken and brown.
3. Once browned turn off the heat and mix in the taco seasoning, salsa, and black beans.
4. Place 1 teaspoon of the salsa con queso in each of the wonton wrappers, then add a layer of chicken bean mixture (use only half of the mixture). Sprinkle about half of the cheese on each of the tacos. Add 1 more wonton wrapper to each, followed by the remaining taco mixture and then the remainder of cheese
5. Bake the taco wontons for 18-20 minutes, or until the edges are golden brown. Let cool for 3-5 minutes before serving. Let cool completely before storing in an airtight container.

Garlic Green Beans

Maangchi

Ingredients

Serves 4

• 1 pound of trimmed green beans, washed, drained, and halved crosswise
• 1 teaspoon kosher salt
• 8 to 12 garlic cloves, sliced thinly
• 1 small onion (½ cup), sliced
• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 3 tablespoons soy sauce
• 1 tablespoon toasted sesame oil
• Reserved 1/2 cup cooking water

Directions

1. Bring 3 cups of water in a large pot to boil over medium high heat. Stir in the salt.
2. Add the beans and cook for 7 minutes, stirring with a wooden spoon to cook evenly.
3.  Remove from the heat. Drain the beans through a strainer over a bowl. Reserve ½ cup of the bean cooked water for later use.
4. Put the same pot back on the stove. Turn on the heat to medium high.
5. Add the vegetable oil and garlic, stirring with a wooden spoon for 1 minute, until the garlic start to get a little crispy and light brown.
6. Add the beans, the reserved ½ cup bean cooked water, soy sauce, and onion.
7. Cook for about 5 to 6 minutes, occasionally turning and flipping with the wooden spoon, until the soy sauce mixture boils down and the beans turn savory and tender.
8. Remove from the heat and stir in sesame oil.
9. Transfer to a serving bowl or plate and serve with rice. The leftovers can be refrigerated up to 1 week.

Probiotic Bircher from Zoe

Found this on Instagram - so good

1 Apple
100g Kefir
2 T greek yogurt
1 tsp cinnamon
50 g oats
50 ml milk or extra kefir
40 g mixed seeds
optional - 25g raisins

Grate the apple into a large bowl.  mix in the remaining ingredients.  Cover and refrigerate overnight or at least a couple of hours.

Hungarian Goulash from AMA Waterways

Hungarian Goulash recipe from AMA Waterways - enjoyed during July 2022 sailing

Ingredients

• 2 onions, sliced
• ½ cup¬corn oil
• 1 tsp. caraway seeds
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 2 lbs. boneless chuck roast, cut into bite size pieces
• 2 tbsp. sweet Hungarian paprika
• 2 cups hot water
• 2 tsp. salt
• 3 bay leaves

OPTIONAL: Potatoes, chopped fresh parsley

Preparation Method

Heat the oil in a heavy skillet; add the onions and sauté lightly. Add the garlic and continue to sauté. Next add the meat, stir well with the other ingredients, and season with salt. Cover and let cook gently until meat browns. Add the sweet paprika, caraway seeds and bay leaves. Cover and cook on low heat for 10 to 15 minutes until meat has picked up the flavor of the seasonings. Adjust heat so that the goulash simmers very gently and let it cook for approximately one hour, or until meat is fork tender. Serve over buttered noodles or rice.

Makes 6 servings..

One Pot Fudgy Brownies

ONE-POT FUDGY BROWNIES

1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, plus butter for greasing the baking pan (optional)

Nonstick cooking spray (optional)

3 ounces unsweetened chocolate

½ cup unsweetened Dutch-processed cocoa powder

2 ½ cups granulated sugar

½ teaspoon kosher or coarse salt

1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract

3 large eggs

1 ½ cups all-purpose flour

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Generously butter a 13-by-9-inch baking pan or spray it with nonstick cooking spray.

2. Place the butter and chocolate in a medium-size saucepan over low heat and let melt together, stirring until smooth. Remove the saucepan from the heat and stir in the cocoa powder, sugar and salt, then blend in the vanilla. Beat in the eggs one at a time, stirring to mix quickly so they don’t have a chance to cook at all before they are blended in. Blend in the flour.

3. Scrape the thick batter into the prepared baking pan and smooth the top with a spatula. Bake until the edges just begin to pull away from the sides of the pan and a wooden skewer or toothpick inserted into the middle comes out clean, 25 to 30 minutes.

4. Let the brownies cool in the pan on a wire rack. When completely cool, cut them into 12, 18 or 24 squares.

Fiber Fueled Sourdough Pizza Crust

 

Everyone loves pizza, but you will love it even more with a homemade sourdough pizza crust that you know has high-quality ingredients. Plus, when was the last time you could count even 1 Plant Point in your weekly pizza indulgence! I consider this a win-win anyway you look at it.

What you'll need ¼ cup sourdough starter discard (see pg. 314) ¼ cup whole-wheat flour 1¾ cups all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon kosher or fine sea salt 1 tablespoon olive oil

How to make it 1. In a large bowl, place the sourdough starter, whole-wheat flour, all-purpose flour, salt, olive oil, and ¾ cups of water. Use your hands to mix until fully incorporated. It will be shaggy, though if the mixture is too wet, add a little more flour. If too dry, then add in a teaspoon or two of water at a time. Cover the bowl and place in a warm location to ferment for 10 to 12 hours or overnight. 2. When batter has fermented, or the next morning, perform a series of stretches and folds. Lightly wet your hands to prevent the dough from sticking, then gently pull one side of the dough up and over itself, then turn the bowl and repeat with all four "corners" of the dough until you’ve completed the circle. At this point the dough is ready to bake or you can place it in the fridge for up to 36 hours. 3. Remove the dough and place on a lightly floured surface and let rest for 30 minutes. 4. Using lightly floured hands, shape the dough into a ball. From here, shape into pizza crust (I prefer using a rolling pin) and use in your favorite recipe. If you make this crust, feel free to tag me @theguthealthmd so I can enjoy it with you!

Dino's Bianca

Simple recipe from old college friend Dina D'Inocenzo, my favorite Italian!!

1 can tuna

oil, garlic, parsley, spaghetti, oregano

Put about 3 T olive oil in pan on medium heat.  Add tuna and garlic.  Simmer 5 minutes then add parsley.  Add 1 cup water and 1/4 cup oil.  Let simmer 15 minutes on low heat.  Add salt and pepper to taste.  Add oregano.  **Add 1 can minced clams along with tuna for more taste.  Cook pasta and combine!