Stuff It: Guest Post TAMARA AKA CHEAPSKATE MOM

This post is from Tamara,

AKA Cheapskate Mom

and apparently she has included links to even ANOTHER blog for even MORE GREAT recipes!! Hope you ENJOY!! ;D

She had a WONDERFUL recipe for the stuffed mushrooms that I can't wait to try!!

HERE'S TAMARA!

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That's right I said Stuff IT!!

It's the theme over at Think Tank Mama's place! She does this fun weekly thingamajig called Share a Spoon and I told her to Stuff It and she did!



I love stuffing food. Esp in my face. So what better food to stuff your face with than stuffed food? Right??

Today's recipe is Stuffed Shrooms! I love mushrooms and recently my hubs and I went out on a date (seriously that like never happens) so we splurged and got appetizers before our meal. I ordered stuffed mushrooms and they came served with a lemon wedge. Oh it was scrumptious! The lemon gave the flavors a pow!

Of course I had to make these the very next chance I could. They turned out yummy!


Stuffed Shrooms

Ingredients18 fresh portabello mushrooms
2 tbsp olive oil
1 tsp garlic powder
2 tbsp chives chopped
1 tsp lemon juice
1/2 tsp dill
1/3 cup of cream cheese (for lower calories you can use reduced fat)
1/3 cup of shredded parm/romano cheese blend
1/4 cup of panko crumbs
salt and pepper to taste
parsley
2 lemons

Preheat oven to 400 degrees
Wash mushrooms and pat dry
Gently remove stems from the caps by pulling them with your fingers
Finely chop stems
In a large saute pan heat olive oil
Add chopped stems
Add garlic powder
Add chopped chives, lemon juice and dill
cook until fragrant
remove from heat and set aside
in a medium bowl combine cream cheese, shredded cheese, salt, pepper, and panko crumbs
add mushroom stem mixture and mix well
prepare a large baking sheet with cooking spray
stuff mushrooms generously with mixture
Garnish with parsley. I usually sprinkle a little more cheese on top as well.
Bake in center rack approx 10-15 minutes or until tops are golden brown.

Cool about 5 minutes before serving with a lemon wedge.

You can add crabmeat or artichokes for a more hearty appetizer. I like to mix up my spices so sometimes I add paprika or red pepper flakes. Sometimes a dash of hot pepper sauce or white wine instead of lemon juice. It's really all about making the recipe your own!

For more great Stuff It recipes and to add your own please visit Think Tank Mama's place!

Pico de Gallo to DIE For

Recipe/Post/Photos are ALL courtesy of Courtney at One Fine Wire! 


Thank you Courtney!! YUMMY!!!  ;D
Now go check out Courtney's blog as a THANK YOU!!  ;D

Pico de Gallo:

First you need to chop up (dice):

*5 Roma Tomatoes

*1 Jalapeno

*1/2 of a Sweet Onion

*A handful of Cilantra

Make sure to de-seed each item.  Here are our leftovers.

Once you have diced everything, simply squeeze three Limes all over!

Doesn't that look beautiful and oh so colorful!?

Then you take your Tostito's Scoops chips and dip away!  

It's such a refreshing snack for the summer!  

You can't go wrong with those natural flavors :)

"Dan's" Chocolate Cake from Am @ The Family Trifecta

Right from the top, this is NOT MY post!!

We have AMY at The Family Trifecta to thank for this lovely post.

Thanks for letting me share, Amy!

Now everybody thank her by checking out her AWESOME blog! ;D

Dan’s Chocolate Cake

Many of you have commented on how delicious Dan’s cake looks and wondered if it was as tasty as it was beautiful.  The answer is yes.  And the best part about it is that it is super easy to make…

1. Use any chocolate cake recipe (Dan used a devil’s food boxed cake mix) to make two 9″ cakes. 
2. Create four layers by slicing each cake in half. 
3. Spread seedless raspberry jam on each layer 
4. followed by a thick layer of chocolate ganache 
5. use whatever bittersweet chocolate you prefer and heat half as much cream, 
6. add the broken chocolate to the hot cream and let it sit until melted, 
7. when all melted stir together. 
8. Spread the ganache over the top and sides of the assembled cake. 
9. Grate white chocolate and coat sides of cake. 
10. Add fresh berries and a sprig of mint as a garnish. 
11. Top each slice with fresh whipped cream.

So, there you have it.  Easy and Yummy.
~Amy @ The Family Trifecta