Shrimp Quesidilla and Black Bean Salsa

After I made the cheese quesidilla for my girls since they don't like shrimps at all.

I thought why not to add those cumin flavored shrimps into mine -something different!

Also adding the black bean salsa surely bring a kick for more flavor with my shrimp quesidilla.

Easy to make the black bean salsa- very simple and same concept to make the salsa with tomatoes but a little bit different ingredients.

For shrimps:

Cook with the shrimp fully along with couple dashes of cumin powder and little bit of water.

On tortilla, sprinkle some shrimps and cheese until the cheese melts. Either way you can fold it into half or use two tortillas to flip over.

Black Bean Salsa:

1 can of black beans, drained

Some of thawed frozen yellow corn (no necessary to cook) or one ear of corn cob

1 or 2 stalks of finely chopped celeries

Half of finely chopped white onions

1 jalapeno, seeded and finely chopped

Half of lemon, freshly squeezed

A little bit of salt and ground pepper for taste

That's really simple and easy to make! You can even find this cooking really simple than what you thought of! :D

Chicken Schnitzel

As you know once you heard the word, schnitzel meaning it has to be veal..

I don't have veal in my refrigerator except those boneless chickens. I thought myself why not to twist it up by doing the same method..

It turned out very tasty meal along with rice pliaf and vegetables. Squirt of wedge of lemon on it actually pop out the flavor into my mouth. My eldest daughter would squirt more of those.

For chicken: you want to butterfly those chicken by cut into halves and remove any fats. Cover individuals with the plastic wrap and smash it into thin with the meat mallet or another blunt instrument.

You may want to get 3 trays in order to dip those chickens into

Some of all purpose flour

2 eggs beaten

Some of breadcrumbs

You can season your chicken with some salt and pepper if you want to. Dip the chicken into the flour first then egg second then breadcrumb the last one. Don't press it too hard.

Heat the oil in the skillet and melt the butter (1/3 stick). Fry it until golden-brown then turn them over to fry the other side. Put it into the paper towel to dry it up.

For rice pliaf, use the box of rice pliaf and add some of frozen peas and corn to cook it altogether.

Cut those lemons into wedges. Enjoy squirting it on your meal! :)

Peach Compote

I was trying to think what to make something for my girls for their lunch.

I thought of why not making the buttermilk pancakes (from the box) and homemade peach compote (those fresh peaches that I had handpicked from the tree in my backyard).

My two daughters really liked it especially with whipped cream on the top.

Really simple to make.. You can even replace it with apples, blueberries, strawberries or any other fruits by adding 3 really simple ingredients!

A little bit of water

Couple dashes of ground cinnamon

1/4 cup of brown sugar, you can even add little more to taste more sweeter

That's all you need to do.. If you accident had a little much water then don't worry, add more brown sugar to thicken it up.

Mix those 3 simple ingredients along with any fruit of your choice. I put those peach compote underneath 2 pancakes and as for topping too. Really delicious and healthy!

No Knead Rosemary Lemon Bread

Yes, you had heard it right, NO KNEAD!

It's really simple to make it but it takes hours to wait for the dough to rise into double before baking but it's all worth of your time!

My girls loved it! I like to toast it and spread out with a little bit of butter and able to taste the blurst of lemony flavors into my mouth.

It would be great for breakfast or along with your dinner meals.

Ingredients:

3 cups of all purpose flour

1/4 teaspoon active dry yeast

1 3/4 teaspoon salt

2 teaspoon chopped fresh rosemary

1 whole lemon for zest only (no necessary to use lemon juice)

In the mixer or large bowl, combine all of those ingredients above. Add 1 5/8 cup water by pour slowly until blended. It would be a sticky one! Cover it with a lid or plastic wrap. Let dough rest at warm temperature (about 70 degree or leave it on the counter) about 12 to 18 hours.

Place dough with a little bit of flour to shape up the dough into a ball and cover with the cotton towel to let it arise into double size, approximately 2 hours.

Turn on your oven at 450 degree. You can either put it into a loaf pan like I did or 2 3/4 quart cast-iron pot. Bake it about 15 or 30 minutes.

Cool it a little bit before removing it from the loaf pan or cast-iron pot then take it off. Put it on the plate or wire rack to cool it off more.

Asian Beef Salad

That meal is so RAVISHING! I even ate ALL of it!!

It's a very simple meal that you can even make without spending hours and hours!

Simple buy the bag of Asian style salad that comes with its own sesame ginger dressing, dried pineapple chunks, crispy noodles and thinly sliced almonds.

I created my own marinade for the steak and left it overnight! Oh my! it was so perfect to combine with the asian salad!

Marinade for the steaks:

Couple squirts of Bragg's Alternative Soy Sauce

1 teaspoon of minced garlic from the jar or you can even minced the fresh garlic cloves (2 or 3)

Couple squirts of yellow mustard

Mix it altogether and put the steak for overnight to cook the next day. You can put it into a bowl with cover on it or ziplock bag.

Really simple, eh? It doesn't have to make your hands more slave. Very simple and quick dinner to eat!

Enjoy it!

Cuban Hamburger Sandwich

You don't need to travel to Cuba :).

Have you EVER tried the original cuban sandwich before?

I wanted to do something different by adding little bit twist to the cuban sandwich by adding a juicy hamburger on it.

It's really simple to assemble by adding the slice of ham, slice of cheese of your own and two thin slices of pickles along with a fresh roll spread out with mustard or mayo (your choice).

For the hamburger:

1 pound of lean ground beef

couple dashes of garlic powder

couple dashes of dried dill

couple dashes of cumin powder or grind the cumin seeds into "powdery"

1 egg

couple squirts of Bragg's Alternative Soy Sauce

Mix it up and shape it into patties. Grill 'em whatever you like.

You can start assemble by spread the mustard or mayo on the roll. Put the slice of ham and cheese on the bottom then pickle then hamburger then put the top roll on it! Bingo, you have the twisty cuban hamburger sandwich.

Buen Provecho!

Minty Cantopeachy Smoothie

When I was cleaning out the refrigerator and found a half of cantaloupe and thought myself why not to make for a smoothie with that!

Cantaloupe contains Vitamin A and C along with fresh peaches that I had pulled out from the tree in my backyard and fresh mint leaves that I handpicked from the ground.

It's an interesting taste, to admit that! It came out with beautiful spark colors of green, red and orange as you can see it on the picture on the left side. It's not very sweet like other smoothies usually are. It's a well-balanced and it's good for people who are not too crazy for sweetnesses but it comes with lots of blurst of MINTY into your mouth YUM.

I had spiked some Bacardi Rum into mine and it tastes so GOOD! My girls LOVED that smoothies (of course without that rum)- I was so surprised :D.

Ingredients:

Half of cantaloupe- scoop out from the skin and chopped into pieces

Some of fresh mint leaves

10 small peaches or 5 large peaches, pitted and chopped into pieces

Put it into a large ziplock bag and freeze it until it's all ready for making smoothie

Dump it into the blender and you can even add either way:

1 cup of pineapple juice

1 cup of frozen pineapple chunks

Blend it until smooth. If it gets too thick, you can thin it out a little bit by slow adding the pineapple juice.

You can even add Bacardi rum into yours to make it a summery drink. Just a little bit of it to taste.. If you need more then add little bit more.

Enjoy it!