Tasty Tuesday...Skillet Taco Pie

Saw this on Pinterest...I think it's time to give it a try!!

Click Here for the recipe.

Are you trying anything new this week?

Tasty Tuesday...Iced Chai Tea Latte

Gotta give this a try!!

I made the sweet cream last night.  Now I just have to find the Chai tea bags.

Click here for the recipe

I made something from Pinterest!

So, I saw this on Pinterest...

A recycled tshirt scarf.

and I noticed that one of my blogging friends made one

so I decided to give it a try in yellow

If you would like to make one the tutorial is here.

All you need is an old t-shirt and a pair of scissors...no sewing required!

Tasty Tuesday and the pursuit of the perfect cookie

I found this chart on Pinterest and it explains the various problems of each of the cookies pictured below.
The credit for this chart goes to The Perfect Chocolate Chip Cookie website.  I hope it helps you as much as it has helped me!  Be sure to check out their website for more helpful hints and recipes.

source

There are many variables in baking. Pictured are cookies with various problems using the same dough (with flour adjustments in numbers 3 &4).
1. This cookie is done just right. It is pictured to compare with the rest.
2. This dough was not refrigerated. It is still good but a little flatter than it should be.
3. This dough contained too much flour and did not spread much at all. It is interesting to note that the dough looked identical to the correct dough, but was much stiffer and drier.
4. This dough had too little flour. It spread too much and didn’t bake evenly.
5. This dough was over-mixed. It had a poor color, baked flat and had a strange consistency.
6. This dough was formed too small. It was overcooked at eight minutes. It is fine to make smaller cookies, just bake them for less time.
7. This dough was formed too large. The outsides were done while the middle was too high and underdone.
8. This dough was baked in an oven 25 degrees too hot. The outside was overdone and the inside was slightly underdone.
9. This dough was baked in an oven 25 degrees too cool. It fell flat and became too crisp without much of an inside.
10. This dough was frozen when baked. It took longer to bake and didn’t cook as evenly. To use frozen dough, set on cookie sheet at room temperature while oven is preheating, 15-20 minutes. It takes the frost off and bakes perfectly.

Tasty Tuesday...

Mexican Green Rice Salad 

Ingredients

3 cups cooked rice

1 – 9 oz package fresh spinach

1 small bunch fresh cilantro

the juice of one lime

3 tablespoons olive oil

1 medium onion, diced

1 jalapeno, diced very fine (optional)

Method
1. Take fresh spinach, in batches, and pulse in food processor until finely chopped. Add cilantro to food processor and pulse until finely chopped also.
2. Add cooked riced, chopped spinach and cilantro, lime juice, olive oil and diced onion to a large bowl. Add jalapeno if using. Toss to combine. Serve room temperature or chilled.


I have this recipe pinned on Pinterest and if I can find spinach and cilantro at the market today this will be part of the menu for tonight's dinner!

Tasty Tueday

Found these on Pinterest...my favorite hang out!

We had these cookies Sunday night after dinner and we all really loved them.  The recipe makes two dozen and the three us devoured them.  If you like oatmeal and peanut butter you will enjoy these yummy cookies!

Instant Oatmeal Cookies

1.5 cups quick cut oats

1/4 cup white sugar

1/2 cup brown sugar (unpacked)

1/2 tsp. salt

1 tsp. baking powder

1 tsp. vanilla extract

2 eggs

1/2 cup peanut butter

Preheat the oven to 350°. Mix the dry ingredients then add the eggs, vanilla extract, and peanut butter. Mix by hand until well combined.

Spoon onto baking sheet lined with parchment paper with 2” between each cookie. Bake 15-20 minutes until slightly set. Let cool to set completely.

Enjoy!

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Tasty Tuesday

I have finally joined Pinterest and oh my goodness is it addictive!

Friends kept mentioning it...and I resisted for as long as possible.  Resistance is futile.  What I like about this virtual cork board is that anything I find of interest on the internet can be pinned there.  A recipe, a photo. a video, a book I am thinking of purchasing...can all be stored in different categories without having to bookmark each individual site on my computer.

What a great concept.  And so far I am finding all sorts of treasures on my own and from things my friends have pinned on their boards.  Check it out if you dare...  just remember it will be hard to back away once you get started!

You can see the recipes I have pinned in hopes of trying by clicking here

I am especially eager to try this Chicken Parmesan Burger:

Recipe here

Happy Tasty Tuesday!