Cooking & Baking with Ali and Yvonne

A place to post my inspirational cooking and baking ideas. I like to be creative and I add anything I find in the pantry to my recipes that I know will taste terrific. I never use recipe books or measuring cups. Cooking and baking for me is my forte. I hope you enjoy following my blog and recipes. I will post a recipe or idea everyday. -Ali & Yvonne

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Gord's Garlic-Bacon-XXX Cheese bread

You will need

1 loaf of french bread

butter

garlic plus

three kinds of cheese-marble-cheddar-and what ever cheese you fancy!

real bacon bits

Butter all your french loaf slices...sprinkle garlic plus/add bacon and cheese. Bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes. WATCH your bread...it can burn quickly.

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Tomato Currie Chicken to die for...

January 27,2012

You will love this dish!! It is a real treat...

1 package of chicken thighs, or breasts

1 white onion`chopped

1 can of diced tomatoes

2tbs of currie

2tbs of butter

3tbs of olive oil

1/4 cup water

salt/pepper/garlicsalt

1 clove of garlic

1 dash of Frank's Hot Sauce

First wash chicken, chop onions,and garlic...put everything into a sauce pan and cook on medium heat for 1 hour. Then transfer into a baking dish and bake 1/2 hour. YUMMMY!!

ENjoy!

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BIG Bad Broccoli Salad...my specialty!!!!

January 23,2012

You will need;

1 head of broccoli

1 head of cauliflower

1 handful of red grapes

3 boiled eggs

2 stocks of green onion

1/4 cup of walnuts

1 clove of garlic

1/4 cup of feta cheese

1/4 cup Hellman's mayonaise

1/4 cup of Renee's Ceasar Dressing

dashes of garlic plus/salt/pepper

dash of Frank's Hot Sauce

1 cut up and peeled Honeycrisp apple

1 tbs of honey

1/4 cup grated marble cheese

2 tbls of sour cream

Combine all the ingredients, cut up all the vegetables, cut up eggs, add spices, cheese, chop up the apple in small pieces, crumble feta,  add honey and garnish with red grapes and grated cheese. Yum Yum!!!!

ENjoy!!!!

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Matt's Monster Milkshake..lol

January 21, 2012

You will need

1 cup vanilla ice-cream

1/4 cup 10% cream

1/2 cup frozen fruit~anykind

caramel syrup

2tbs of vanilla extract

2tbs sugar

1 cherry

dollop of whip cream

1 straw

Blend ice-cream, cream frozen fruit, on high for 1 minute in a blender. Top with caramel, and whip cream. YUMMY!!!

ENjoy!!

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John- John's Mushroom Meat and Sticky Rice Dish

Januarury 20, 2012

What you will need;

1 lb fresh ground beef

1 white onion~diced

2 stalks of celery~diced

2 tbs olive oil

a handful of button mushrooms~sliced

garlic salt/pepper/salt/ celery salt to taste

1 cup sticky rice

Italian parsley-garnish~chopped

In a frying pan sautee~onions, celery,olive oil,spices,ground beef, cook on medium heat until meat is thoroughly cooked.

In a medium pot of salted boiling water, add washed rice, cook on low heat for 17 minutes. Stir rice and cover till cooked. It should look fluffy and the liquid should be cooked off.

Plate your rice, and put your meat mixture on top. YUMMY!!

This is one of my favorite dishes.

Enjoy!!!

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Marilyn's Mega Mashed Potatoes

You will need;

6-8 Yukon potatoes

3tbs of salted butter

1/4 cup sour cream

2 tbs of mayonaise

1/4 cup 10% table cream

garlic plus(A FEW DASHES)

fresh dill( 1tbs)

1tsp dried parsley

salt/pepper to taste

Peel and dice potatoes(wash potatoes first)

Boil potatoes in salted water until soft

Mash the potatoes, and butter,cream,mayonaise,spices,and blend till fluffy. Keep mashing until the lumps are all gone, top with dallop of butter. Garnish with fresh dill.

ENjoy!!

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Shane's Spinach -Feta-Pine nutty dish

What's for diner tonight?? January 17, 2012.

You will need:

Three bushels of spinach, or a plastic container of organic baby spinach

1/4 cup of feta

1/8 cup pine nuts

2 tbs of olive oil

salt/pepper to taste

dash garlic plus/or garlic salt

In a frying pan put the olive oil, spinach (wash your spinach first),cook on medium heat for 3 minutes, add crumbled feta,pine nuts and spices. Cook for 2 minutes more combining the ingredients. Your done!

ENjoy!!

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Yvonne's Five Cheese decadent Omlete & tomato salad.

I have a treat for you, IT is a five cheese omlete!!!  Be ready to have people drooling at the breakfast table.

You will need

5 eggs

1/4 cup 10% table cream

1 cup of a mixture of all the cheese combined, grated together.

My favorite cheeses are gouda ,marblecheddar, mozerella, and an old cheddar. 

salt/pepper/and a dash of garlic plus/ or garlic salt to taste/freash Italian parsley-chopped. A 1/8 cup.

In a bowl beat eggs and spices, pour into a buttered non-stick frying pan and cook on low heat. Lift frying pan off the stove top and keep swirling egg mixture to the edges. Cook until egg mixture is cooked. Put the cheese mixture on the top of omlete and fold over. Your DONE!! Yeah!! lol

Tasty Tomato-cucumber -feta  Salad     

You will need

4 ripe diced tomatoes/grape tomatoes/cherry tomatoes-Any kind is ok...pick what one you prefer. 

1 clove of garlic, finely- choppped

1 cucumber (diced)

salt/pepper/parsley/celery salt

2 tbs olive oil

2 tbs vinegar

1/4 cup feta cheese(crumbled)or chopped in blocks.

Garnish with fresh dill/Italian parsley/fresh basil.

Add avocado if you want variation.

Combine all the ingredients in a bowl, and ganish with fresh Italian parsley/fresh basil.

ENjoy!!!

P.s. I have named all my dishes after friends and family.lol. This dish is for two.

See you tomorrow.

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Miss Yuki's Yum Yum Shepherd's Pie

January 15th, What's for Dinner?

This traditional home cooked meal will make anybody happy. It's so simple to make, and delicious. The savoury taste will be making you want to go back for seconds.

What you will need is:

2 pounds of ground beef

2 white onions thinly diced

1 clove of chopped garlic

3 stocks of chopped celery

salt and pepper to taste

5-6 potatoes depending on the size

1 can of sweet corn

1 can of mushroom gravy

2 tbsp of butter

4 tbsp of olive oil

1/2 package of onion soup mix

1/4 cup 10% table cream

2 tbsp of Hellman's Mayonnaise

In a large frying pan, sautee onions and garlic in olive oil together with your chopped celery, add your ground beef and brown for 15 minutes, stirring constantly.

Add salt and pepper and onion soup mix to your beef mixture.

In a pot full of salted water, boil your potatoes till soft, then mash with butter, cream and mayonnaise.

Now that everything is browned, pour your beef mixture in a deep casserole dish. Open the can of gravy and pour over the meat. Add your corn, and stir all ingredients together. Place your mashed potatoes over mixture, and spread it evenly. Then put a dollop of butter on top. 

Bake in the oven at 350 degrees celsius for 25 minutes!

ENjoy

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apple sharlotka, russian apple cake: recipe here

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Wicked Water

This is a refreshing delicious spin on Sassy Water. Guarantee you will love it!

Wicked Water is :

8 ounces of water

Half a cucumber thinly sliced

1 orange thinly sliced

1 lemon thinly sliced

1 lime thinly sliced

1 tbsp of honey

Combine all these ingredients in a pitcher. Let them sit overnight for best tasting results.

ENjoy!

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Bam Bam Banana Bread

To make my famous banana bread you'll need the following ingredients :

3 bananas

one can of diced pineapple

3 tbsp of vanilla extract

1 egg

1 cup of olive oil

1/2 a cup of 10% table cream

1/4 cup of Tropicana orange juice

1/2 of milk chocolate chips

a handful of chopped walnuts

2 1/2 cups of flour

a pinch of salt

1/2 tsp of baking soda

1/2 tsp of baking powder

1/4 cup of brown sugar

1 cup of white sugar

Sift all of the dry ingredients together and add wet ingredients, slowing folding with a spatula until all ingredients are well blended together.

Pour into a greased loaf pan and bake for 1 hour on 350 degrees celsius

Using a toothpick, check to see if the loaf is done by making sure no batter comes onto the toothpick.

PS. This is a great muffin recipe too! Line your muffin tray with muffin liners. Recipe will make one dozen muffins!

ENjoy!

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Friday the 13th Dinner - Inspired By Jacquie

It's Friday the 13th, what's cooking in the kitchen?

Tonight we made a delicious casserole dinner, with salad, meatballs, and banana loaf for dessert.

The casserole was made with elbow noodles, tomato chunks, cottage cheese, and a savoury home made cheese sauce, all topped with a dash of garlic powder and bread crumbs masking the top.

Cook the pasta noodles for 8 minutes in boiling salted water.

All the ingredients were mixed together in a casserole dish and baked at 350 degree Celsius for 20 minutes.

The cheese sauce used in the casserole was made with half a block of sliced aged cheddar, and I made a rue consisting of 2tbsp of butter, 2tbsp of flour, and half a cup of 10% table cream. Using a whisk constantly stir at a low stove top temperature. Note - cheese will burn if you do not monitor your sauce.

  The salad was made with baby spinach (or romaine lettuce), sliced carrot, celery, granny smith apple, feta cheese, chopped walnut, and green onion. After all of this, the salad was garnished with fresh Italian parsley.

The dressing for the salad was half a cup of Renee's ceasar salad dressing, half a cup of half the fat Hellman's mayonnaise, half a freshly squeezed lemon, and a quarter cup of 10% table cream. This was all whisked up to create a scrumptious tangy salad dressing to die for.

The meatballs were crafted with1lb medium ground beef/1/2 pound lean ground turkey, chopped white onions, dashes of salt, pepper, and garlic, 2tbsp of mustard,  1/4 of a cup of pasta sauce (any kind you prefer), one large whole egg, bread crumbs (any kind, you can make your own or store bought works as well), and finally a 1/4 cup of shredded parmesan cheese. If you don't want to add the spices, you can substitute them for a pack of Lipton's Onion Soup mix.

Optional : 1/4 tsp of nutmeg , and freshly diced Italian parsley or green onion

Knead all of the ingredients very well with your clean hands, or mix with wooden spoon. Take a large spoon full of the mixture and create meatballs. Place your meatballs on a lightly greased baking tray and put a 1/4 cup of water at the bottom of the pan. Bake for 50 to 60 minutes at 350 degrees Celsius. (cooking time depends on the sizes of your meatballs) Keep an eye on your meatballs LOL, every 15-20 casually turn them over.

Last but certainly not least......

Bam Bam Banana Bread !!!

This recipe will be posted tomorrow my friends.

I would love any feedback from my readers! All my recipes are inspired truly by my mother and grandmother.

See you tomorrow !