Chocolate Lasagna

This long weekend was great and an opportunity for me to try a dessert recipe that I pinned. I pin a lot of desserts yet never seem to make them as much as the main courses I pin. My plan is to attempt more of the desserts!  ;-) This is Chocolate Lasagna! 

Now the photo doesn't look as awesome as the blogger that posted her's, however I bet you it tasted just as good. hee hee  You can find the recipe at Jaimelyn at I heart naptime HERE. The boys wanted more chocolate chips on top than the recipe initially called for hence the layer you see. I just scrapped half them off and ate the rest. It was DELICIOUS! Great for the BBQ we were at and its a cold dessert so even better with the hot weather. Thought I would share another foodie post. Have a wonderful Wednesday!  

Avacado Wrap Tasty

Good morning! I wanted to share with you a healthy foodie creation I did last week. This is an avacado wrap that I made at lunch. I made a standard guacamola salsa almost with avacado chucks, tomatoe, onion, cilantro, lime juice, salt and pepper. Yet I didn't want any chips but that crunch sound. I thought why not wrap it in lettuce like they have those lettuce wraps at PF Changs. So I grabbed a large leaf and put some of the mixture down and was thinking it needed a bit of protein as well. Had some shredded chicken breast in the fridge so I layered a little bit of that on top and wrapped up the sandwich. YUMO! Oh my goodness I didn't think it was going to taste as good as I wanted but it did. So I had this all last week for lunch. hee hee

For extra enjoyment for all of you I presented it on a Cars movie plate of the boys.  :-)  I know they are not this young anymore but I do love these kids plates and still use them. One day my new nephew will appreciate these plates to. hee hee  Thanks for stopping in today. Have a great day.

Turtle Cheesecake Truffles

Good morning. I promised photos and the recipe for the Turtle Cheesecake Truffles I made this weekend. The recipe and notes will be below for you to copy and paste as you wish. I will say this they are DELISH and I am not that great with the photo's of presentation on larger items.  :-)
Here is the first batch below. I basically did half one way and half another. The ones on the left are ones that are rolled into balls of just the filling. The right side are the filling balls rolled in the nuts. I wanted some with the nuts on the inside and some with the nuts on the outside.

 Here they are all rolled into balls. The pan got switched around when pulled out of the freezer so NOW the left side are the balls that were rolled in the nuts before freezing now covered in chocolate. The ones on the right are the ones that were just the balls of filling covered in chocolate and nuts added to the top. All of them are drizzled with melted caramel.

 Not a great picture, sorry about that. This is one of the balls that was the filling rolled in nuts with the chocolate outside with the caramel on top. So you either get a ball with the nuts under the chocolate on the inside or the  nuts on the chocolate on the outside.

Turtle Cheesecake Truffles Recipe:
8 oz Cream Cheese
1 sleeve of Graham Crackers (finely ground)
8 oz semi sweet Ghiradhelli Chocolate Chips
1 Teaspoon vegetable oil
6 oz chopped finely pecans
1/2 bag Kraft melting caramel squares

Directions:
Combine your cream cheese (room temp) to the finely ground graham cracker crumbs in food processor. This will look almost like an almond paste consistency. Use a teaspoon and form the size balls you would like. Place on a parchment lined cookie sheet. Place all the turtle balls into the freezer.

While these are freezing melt your chocolate in a double boiler with the vegetable oil and stir until melted. Take the balls out of the freezer and rolls in the melted chocolate and put back onto your cookie sheet. If you want the nuts on the inside you will roll them in your finely chopped nuts now and put on the cookie sheet. Back to the freezer they go.

While they are freezing once again you will melt your caramels. Unless you plan to really douse them in caramel you only need half the bag of caramels. You will only add half the water it requires for half the bag as well. Drizzle caramel over the top of each ball using a fork, and freeze one last time.

These are great if left out about 20-30 min before eating so they are a little soft. They can keep in freezer for about a week or so, but honestly I doubt they will last that long before they are all gone. HA!!  Enjoy!

Stuffed Goodness

Yummy to you all! Wish you had smellovision right now don't you??? ha ha   Since I am working on a creations for a few releases coming up,  I figured I would show you a stuffed French Toast I made Memorial Day weekend. Now this looks like regular french toast... but it has a secret on the inside and its yummy! The recipe is from non other than Food Network and its called French Toast filled with Strawberry cream cheese.

 Inside this texas toast is a strawberry filling that you stuff inside before you fry then french toast like normal. After its all cooked as normal you spread a little bit of the filling still in the bowl over the top, I add some fresh strawberries cut up and then whip cream. Now I omit the orange liquor it requires and use orange juice instead. Tasty and super easy! Hope you enjoy.

Winner winner and Cod dinner

Happy Saturday! I have the day off from picking, snipping, cleaning and canning today. I am more than thrilled as it is exhausting work yet so worth it all year long. Before I get to the delicious foodie post today I have a winner from the Bugaboo Christmas in July blog hop. And the winner is.....
Patty said...
You're right..all of the Deacon images are darling...I suspect I will be using many of them in my card making as I have three grandsons!!! Love how you changed it up using the pennant shape!!
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Congrats to Patty. I have already sent her the fun Deacon Elf that I used for my creation in the fun blog hop. Enjoy! Thank you for all your wonderful comments and for hopping along with us.

Now for the latest foodie post. For about a year now all I am hearing about is Fish taco's and how great they are. My middle sister goes on and on about them. So finally I thought I will just give a recipe a try. I could go to dinner and have some yet I really wanted to just make some here, so I did. These are Tex Wasabi's Koi Fish tacos a recipe by Guy Fieri from Foodnetwork. We actually got to watch this episode on a rerun of his show which was cool.

My take on my first fish taco ever.... DELISH! These were fantastic! These were crunchy and juicy all in one. The cabbage was amazing in the flavor it added. Who can resist homemade pico de gallo! I think all of this came together perfect and was so worth all the effort. Once again the kitchen was a mess and it was worth all the fuss. ha! A few suggestions on the recipe though I will change for the next time. The fish pieces were gigantic (a lot of guy's style of cooking is) I will cut them shorter. I got a large cod filet and cut it in 1 inch strips, well those as you can see are really long. You only get one piece of fish but man was it enough. I also am not a fan of the two shells and would stick with one. Now this recipe calls for Tequila. Uummm... we don't have any so hubby went out and bought some for this recipe. I was a little leary as I am not a fan of hard alcohol at all, but these were very tasty. No I wasn't drunk either, ha! They were very good and yes the tequila really did add a great flavor. ;0) Thanks for stopping in with me on my foodie post. Have a great weekend!

The Ultimate Barbecue

I am back with a foodie post today! We celebrated my father in laws 61st birthday last night and we had The Ultimate Barbecue. Tyler Florence from Foodnetwork is one of my all time favorite chefs and he isn't too hard on the eyes either. hee hee Not a single recipe of his have I tried and not absolutely loved. He has a way with flavors and I knew this Ultimate BBQ was not going to dissapoint. Here is a photo finish of the dinner.

We have The Ultimate Barbecued Ribs. This recipe says 2 racks of ribs total time 2 1/2 hours, well I did 3 racks and cooked them for 5 hours, low and slow. Any ribs recipe I have tried I always have to cook it longer and the meat just falls of the bones its so tender and delicious. Then the Ultimate Baked Beans. I have a favorite bean recipe that we all love, however I am always looking for a new one and this might be it. Now I do have to say I altered this a bit as I didn't have enough of the beans so I added 1 can of black beans. I forgot to add teh pancetta to the top of this for the photo. That salty and crispy pancetta was perfect for the beans. The recipe calls for individual crocks, however I made this all in one pan. Next was the Ultimate Coleslaw. I have never made my own nor have I found one that isn't all mushy and flavorless until now.... These were tangy, sweet and scrumptious. I would have to say I think I need to buy a bag with more red cabbage next time as this had little color. My dessert was a new one also it was Crock Pot Peach Cobbler. YEP! Can you believe you can make just about anything in that crock pot. Betty Crocker emails me with recipes and coupons every now and then. This one looked delcious and went perfect with my Ultimate BBQ dinner. I don't have a photo of the peach cobbler, but it was yummy. I even made homemade whip cream with some haeavy cream, vanilla and a bit of sugar. Whipped up and added to the peach cobbler. YUMO!!! Overall a delicious dinner and my FIL said he loved it. He has liked my cooking since DH and I started dating so I know he will appreciate all things I make. ;0) Hope you get a chance to try these delicious recipes and tell me your thought! Have a great day!

I have a confession.....

I am a total foodie! I love Foodnetwork, cookbooks, cooking channels all of it. On average we try about 3-4 new recipes a week in our house. The boys are really good about trying new things and DH loves it. Well this particular recipe I wanted to make was a craxy mess. Then it got me to thinking why don't I share these with you? I have friends and family who always ask for the recipe so now everyone can have them if they want. DH said not sure why you haven't done this the whole time. ha If you happen to stop by here and there you might start seeing a Foodie Post from me! Now for this crazy recipe!
A week ago I watched an episode of America's Worst Cooks on FN. Robert Irvine had this gorgeous Vanilla Brioche Bread Pudding with Peach Suzette Sauce recipe that I thought I would try. Now the bread puddings I have had are always dry or no flavor. Other than one time at this resort that was super expensive, that was delicious there. Well the judges on the show raved about this and Robert even said it was better than when he makes it. So.... I went with Dh to get all the ingredients on Friday. This recipe calls for Brioche bread? I have never heard of it and neither had the 3 stores I went to. We head back to the grocery store and DH looks on his phone for a Brioche bread recipe. If I am going to make this I want to make it right, this wasn't asking for any loaf of bread. It was a bit more specific and I didn't want to try and substitute. Anyways, we find a recipe and I made the bread.

This made 2 loaves and I have to tell you it doesn't look like much for all that work, right? After 3 1/2 hours making this bread I wanted it to look different I guess. It was a huge mess in making as it wants you to knead a cup of butter in stages into this bread. If you have kneaded bread you can only imagine how slimy and messy this was. I said to DH this better be worth it. It is now Saturday night and dinner time. Our new dinner recipe turned out awesome as well which was Slow Cooker Brisket sandwiches. Now we just had the brisket and all the sides etc, but you can use the Brioche bread with this as well.
Back to this bread pudding. The sauces are cooked and ready to slather on the scrumptious dessert or so we are hoping. This is the first dish served up, the little touch of Creme Fraiche on top and voila.....

The most delishes bread pudding I have ever HAD! It was so darn DELICIOUS.... I can't even begin to say how great this was. It was so creamy and moist, the creme fraiche was tangy and with the smooth sweet sauce it was awesome. Oh my goodness! I will gain 20 pounds if I make this a lot. Holy smokes! If you had smell-o-vision on the computer you would want to eat your monitor. ha! Now I have a whole loaf of Brioche bread to use and look what I found while finding these links for you all? A fabulous Tyler Florence recipe with guess what.... Brioche bread! Gasp! I adore Tyler as he has some of my favorite recipes so here is the next one I am trying with my Brioche Bread called Brioche and Berry Bread Pudding with Lemon Fondant! I will let you know how that turns out. Thanks for listening and seeing me ramble about my food addiction. hee hee Have a great evening.