Food Recommendations

Sam and I have been LOVING trying out new recipes here and there. We've also been lucky to find some very delicious treats we hadn't seen or heard of before and thought we would share them with you. Trust me... once you try these puppies you'll never be the same. (Or you will, but you'll just really like them :D )

RECIPE 1: "Mighty Meatballs with homemade Honey Mustard Dipping Sauce"
the recipes can be found here: http://acozyplacecalledhome.blogspot.com/2013/01/migthy-meatballs-honey-mustard-sauce.html. Sam took one bite and made his "I'm in heaven face." They are super tender, moist, and flavorful. We substituted a few ingredients with what we already had (spices, mainly) and added a little dollop of sour cream to the meat mixture. YUM!

RECIPE 2: Super Fast, Delicious, Easy, and Ooey Gooey Caramel Corn (from Allrecipes.com)

Serves: 10-12     Yield:12 cups

Ingredients:

1/2 cup butter

1 cup brown sugar

1/2 cup corn syrup

12 cups popped popcorn, old maids removed

Directions:

1.)    In a saucepan, bring to a boil butter, brown sugar, and corn syrup.

2.)    Place popped popcorn in large bowl and drizzle caramel mixture gradually over popcorn, while tossing and stirring to coat evenly.

3.)    Make sure to scrape the bottom as the mixture settles.

   

  RECIPE 3: AMAZING KEY LIME PIE

  This key lime pie is to die for! NOTE: if you freeze it and eat it partially frozen it's extra refreshing and not QUITE as rich... it is super rich, though, so be forewarned! Recipe here: http://babygabespage.blogspot.com/2009/06/key-lime-pie-yum.html

RECIPE 4: Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies (I think from Allrecipes.com too)

Original recipe makes 2 dozen

 1 cup canned pumpkin

 1 cup white sugar (*or half white / half brown sugar)

 1/2 cup vegetable oil

 1 egg

 2 cups all-purpose flour

 2 teaspoons baking powder

 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon (*add a little nutmeg too!)

 1/2 teaspoon salt

 1 teaspoon baking soda

 1 teaspoon milk

 1 tablespoon vanilla extract

 2 cups semisweet chocolate chips

Directions

Combine pumpkin, sugar, vegetable oil, and egg. In a separate bowl, stir together flour, baking powder, ground cinnamon, and salt. Dissolve the baking soda with the milk and stir in. Add flour mixture to pumpkin mixture and mix well.

Add vanilla, chocolate chips and nuts.

Drop by spoonful on greased cookie sheet and bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for approximately 10 minutes or until lightly brown and firm.

*NOTE: I like to substitute part of the oil or all of the oil with applesauce!

AMAZING TREAT FIND 1: Black Raspberry Dark Chocolate ice cream... WHOA. 

This is definitely one of my new all-time favorite ice creams! One spoonful and you're a changed person.

AMAZING TREAT FIND 2: Blood Orange Sorbet.

So refreshing! And blood oranges have such a beautiful color and wonderful flavor!