Coffee-Marinated Pork Slices

A while back I was browsing through my friend Catherine’s blog: Living The Gourmet and she had just posted this recipe that looked so delicious, so I ran to the store, bought the ingredients and fried it up in a pan. (Actually I marinated it in the morning before work and then cooked it up after work) but you get the idea. I made only a few adjustments because A) I forgot to get a jalapeno and B) we like a lot of spices!

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Coffee-Marinated Pork Slices

Yield: 3 servings

Ingredients:

1 1/2 pounds boneless pork loin-sliced about 1/4" thick
1/2 cup black coffee
2 tablespoons apricot preserves
1 tablespoon brown sugar
2 teaspoons crushed red pepper
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon cumin
Juice of 2 limes
Zest of 1 lime

Directions:

Combine all the marinade ingredients in a large zip-loc bag, add in the pork, zip the bag tight and marinate for at least 1 hour but up to 8 hours. I made mine in the morning before work and then cooked it up that night. Heat a frying pan over medium-high heat and place the marinated pork slices in one layer. Cook for about 5 minutes per side. Serve with rice, potatoes or sweet potatoes.

Thank you, Catherine, for sharing!!

German Apple Pancakes

Hello everyone and thank you for taking the time to stop by anniebakes! I was figuring since I am mostly German, I should really post a German recipe today, so here it is, my favorite German Apple Pancakes! It’s really just pancake batter with apples, but it is so delicious that you should probably make it this weekend, your tummy will thank you!

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German Apple Pancakes

Ingredients:

Batter:
4 eggs- room temperature
1/2 cup flour
1/2 cup whole mil
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
Apples:
5 tablesponns butter
3 apples- cored, peeled and sliced
2 teaspoons cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/4 cup brown sugar

Directions:

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. In a medium bowl, beat the eggs with a whisk. Add in the four, milk, salt and vanilla. Set aside to rest.

Heat an oven-proof skillet over medium-high heat and add the butter. Once melted add the apples and spices and cook, coverred 3-5 minutes. Then add the brown sugar cover, and cook for another 4-5 minutes or until the apples are soft. Remove from heat.

Pour the batter over the apples. Place in the oven and cook for 15-20 minutes or until the pancake is done and browned.

Serve with powdered sugar or maple syrup.

Pepperoni Pizza Ring

I have seen different versions of this for a while now, so when crescent rolls were on sale recetly, I grabbed a couple tubes and then couldn’t find any recipes to make this dish–of course! So I had to improvise. Now, it’s not complicated by any means and there are so many ways that you could make this to your own liking. I actually made two different ones-this plain Jane pepperoni variety and one more adult version, with mozzarella cheese, fresh garlic, baby spinach and sausage. I’ll just go ahead and tell you about the plain one and you can improvise as much as you want…

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Pepperoni Pizza Ring

Yield: 4 servings

Ingredients:

1 teaspoon butter
1 clove garlic-minced
1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste
3/4 cup water
3/4 teaspoon dried basil
1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
3/4 teaspoon dried parsley
2 tubes crescent rolls
1 package pepperoni slices
2 cups pizza cheese-shredded
dash of garlic powder
+Any other toppings you want

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

In a small saucepan, melt butter, add garlic and saute about 1 minute. Add tomato paste, water, dried basil, dried oregano and dried parsley. Stir until combined, while bringing to a boil. Once it is combined, remove from heat and set aside.

Seperate the crescent rolls into individual triangles and lay on a silpat lined baking sheet in a circle, with the long pointy end to the outside, overlapping each roll by about half.

Layer ingredients: cheese, pizza sauce, pepperoni, other toppings, more cheese and more pizza sauce.

Grab the outside tip of the crescent roll dough and fold into the center, pinching under itself on the inside, repeat until all crescents are folded under.

Sprinkle with garlic powder. Bake for 20-25 minutes, or until the rolls are golden. Slice and serve.

**We dipped ours in the leftover pizza sauce and Ranch dressing mixed together

Chicken Tamale Pie

Eventhough Cinco do Mayo has come and gone, I still have a backlog of wonderful Mexican dishes that I’ve been wanting to try, and this is one of those dishes. We loved this recipe and using store bought rotisserie chickens made it so easy to throw together on a busy week night. Another great feature is that it got BETTER as it sat overnight in the fridge, so it was a great lunch the next day as well…

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Chicken Tamale Pie

Ingredients:

1/3 cup fat free milk
1/4 cup egg substitute-I used one with green and red peppers in it
1 1/2 tablespoons taco seasoning, divided-I used my DIY version
1 (14 3/4 ounce) can cream-style corn-I used the one with red peppers in it
1 (7 ounce) box corn muffin mix
1 (4 ounce) can chopped green chilis-drained
1 (10 ounce) can red enchilada sauce
1 rotisserie chicken-shredded (or about 2 cups cooked up chicken)
3/4 cup white cheese-I used Cacique brand
Cotija cheese and sour cream for topping

Directions:

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

Combine milk, egg substitute, 1/2 tablespoon taco seasoning, cream style corn, corn muffin mix and green chilis in a large bowl, stirring until moist. Pour mixture into a pie plate coated with non-stick spray.

Bake for 15 minutes. Meanwhile, toss the chicken in the remaining 1 tablespoon taco seasoning. When the corn is done, it will be barely set and golden brown, pierce the entire surface with a fork. Pour enchilada sauce over the top. Top with chicken and sprinkle with cheese. Bake for an additional 15-20 minutes. Remove from oven; let stand for 5 minutes. Cut into wedges to serve and sprinkle with cheese and sour cream. I also topped it with pickled jalapenos-ewww, weee

Recipe adapted from Pinch of Yum!

Chocolate Peanut Butter NO Bake Cookies

Wow, I had heard of no-bake cookies, but had never tried them before–boy have I been missing out!! Have you tried no-bake cookies? Well, if you haven’t now’s your chance to throw these together real quick…

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Chocolate Peanut Butter NO Bake Cookies

Yield: 24 cookies

Ingredients:

2 cups sugar
4 tablespoons cocoa powder
1 stick butter
1/2 cup milk
1 cup peanut butter
1 tablespoon vanilla
3 cups oatmeal

Directions:

In a heavy saucepan place the sugar, cocoa, butter and milk. Bring to a boil, stirring. Let boil 1 minute then add the peanut butter, vanilla and oatmeal. On a sheet of waxed paper, drop mixture by the teaspoonful, cool until hardened

Recipe From Foodnetwork.com