Recipe Friday: Dill Dip!

Well, I had planned to post a completely different recipe today. Had the post all ready to be posted at 11am this morning. Late last night, I cancelled it. If you follow my frequent updates on Facebook, you know that last evening I posted about craving dill and all the comments started about being pregnant. Oh. My. Word. If I am.....well, that is beside the point. I blame it on having made a cucumber dill dip the day before and devouring it. I went to check if I could scrape anymore of the dip from the sides of the container, but much to my dismay, I had already put it in the sink to be washed. Poo. So, I went on a scavenger hunt to find some dill weed in my local (non-Supercenter) Walmart, a Big Lots, and a $.99 cent store in order to make my own homemade recipe of dill dip (dill weed, sour cream, Worcestershire sauce and lemon juice perhaps?). Much to my disappointment, none of them carried dill weed. I'm thinking, COME ON! How hard can that be to carry DILL WEED?


I posted again today inquiring about where to find dill weed since it wasn't in my cheaper markets. I'm headed to Trader Joe's and Sprouts tonight to find some. I also figured that in lieu of making my own recipe and having it turn out like crap, that I'd search one out and adjust it to my taste.
Here is what I found! I plan on making it for dinner tonight, so I'll post an update and let you know how it tasted! If you try it, let us know how you like it!

Dill Vegetable Dip

Ingredients

• 1 cup sour cream
• 1/2 cup mayonnaise
• 1 tablespoon finely chopped onion
• 2 teaspoons dried parsley flakes
• 1 teaspoon dill weed
• 1 teaspoon seasoned salt

Directions

Combine the first six ingredients; mix well. Cover and refrigerate

*Note: I plan to leave out the mayo, because I detest its flavor. I also plan to use 1 tablespoon of dried onion flakes instead of a fresh finely chopped onion.

Recipes Friday: Eggy Doodle Sandwiches

This recipe comes from my good friend Andrew. His source is Allrecipes.com. 
I can't wait to try this one with my stepson. He absolutely LOVES going out to eat to get an egg sandwich. The website for this recipe can be found here.
Makes 2 servings, but if you go to the site, it lets you adjust the servings accordingly.


Ingredients
2 tablespoons butter

• 4 slices Texas toast thick-sliced bread

• 4 eggs

• 8 slices American cheese

• 4 slices smoked ham

• salt and pepper to taste

Directions

1. Melt butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Cut a hole in the center of each slice of bread with a round cookie cutter or the rim of a glass. Place the bread into the hot skillet, crack one egg into the hole of each slice of bread, break the yolk and cook until the white is mostly opaque. Flip the slices of bread over. Form sandwich halves by topping each piece of bread with 1 slice of cheese, a slice of ham, then another slice of cheese. Season with salt and pepper and cook until the eggs are fully set; remove from the skillet.

1. Make two sandwiches by putting together the halves. Place on a microwave-safe plate and microwave on high until the cheese is fully melted, 30 to 45 seconds.

*Side note:* I don't use a microwave (for one, we don't have one), so for step two, you can place the cheese on the eggs once the eggs are done and allow the cheese to just begin to melt before removing from the skillet. Then you can add the second piece of bread to make it a sandwich.
The review on the website says "It's like a fried egg sandwich on steroids! This sandwich has explosive layers of egg, cheese, and ham. Make this with your favorite meat and cheese, any combination will work. The Eggy Doodle makes a perfect snack or fast meal! Add more than one kind of meat and salsa for a MEGA sandwich."If you try it, comment, let me know how you like it, what you would change or add or take out or anything like that. Thanks Andrew for sharing!!

Recipe Friday: Banana's Foster

So, I've not gotten too much feed back on the categories, but I decided to make Friday's my blog posting day. It's usually my meal planning day for the following week in my family, and it's the day that I will usually have the most down time in the evening.
I normally will not be posting foods that contain alcohol. I actually am hesitant to do so, but I figure, we're mature adults here and if you choose to use it, fine, if not, fine. Besides, most of the time the alcohol is boiled out of the liquid while cooking.
What better food to start with than a bananas foster dessert! Yummy!
I'm already breaking one of my rules here by not having tried it yet, but hey, we're moving this month and I've been craving sweets. Though I've not tried it, it sounds DELICIOUS! This recipe is from Crockpot.com's site, and you can find more details about it here.

Ingredients

12 bananas, cut into quarters
1 cup flaked coconut
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup dark corn syrup
2/3 cup butter, melted
2 teaspoons grated lemon peel
1/4 cup lemon juice
2 teaspoons rum
12 slices pound cake
1 quart vanilla ice cream

Preparation

Combine bananas and coconut in CROCK-POT® slow cooker.
Stir together cinnamon, salt, corn syrup, butter, lemon peel, lemon juice and rum in medium bowl. Pour over bananas. Cover; cook on LOW 1 to 2 hours.
Arrange bananas on pound cake slices. Top with ice cream and pour on warm sauce.

12 servings

The website also states that the slow cooker size should be around 5-5.5 quarts. I've found that anything larger will also do just fine, but anything smaller, you may have to adjust your serving size and amounts to the correct size of your crockpot.

If you try it, leave a comment and let us know how it turned out!!

Also, if you want to submit a recipe, let me know. I've already got one ready for next week!! (Thanks Andrew!)

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