Recipes

Strawberry Cheesecake Chimichangas

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A delicate yet simple Dessert that is great for gatherings:

What you need:

1 package of cream chease

1 cup of sour cream

1/4 cup of sugar

2 cups of fresh strawberries- hulled and halved

12 small flour tortillas

brown sugar

cinnamon

oil for frying

Step 1

Mix cream cheese, sour cream, sugar, 1 cup of strawberries in a standing mixer.  About 2 minutes and until smooth.

In a separate bowl combine brown sugar and cinnamon and set aside.

Step 2

Place strawberry cream cheese mixture on one side of a tortilla and roll.  As you roll half way, fold in sides as if you were making a burrito.  Try not to over fill otherwise you will have the mixture ooze out of the sides.

Once rolled, to keep in intact- use a toothpicks to hold everything in place

Step 3

Heat oil on medium high heat in a small sauce pan.  Make sure to cover the entire bottom of the saucepan and then some  (about 2 inches). Once hot (and I mean hot and bubbly) begin to fry. I tend to get excited and rush and end up with soggy chimichangas.  I timed its to about 2 minutes on one side and 1 1/2  on the other.  Once browned throughout.

Step 4

Let cool for a couple of minutes.  Carefully roll your fried chimichanga in the sugar mixture and place on a cookie sheet to dry and cool off

Step 5

Dress with the remaining strawberries.

Step 6

Remove toothpicks and Enjoy!

Let me know what you think!

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Greek Quinoa Salad

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I love cooking, especially creative vegetarian meals.  Being married to someone that has to have "meat" with every meal, can be quite challenging to come up with vegetarian entrees that Michael would enjoy, especially with quinoa.  However last night, Michael was at his monthly Poker Game, so I could make ANYTHING!

So I made a Greek Quinoa Salad.  This easy, protein heavy, meal simply hits the spot with all its flavors.

Recipe follows:

Greek Quinoa Salad

1 serving of cooked quinoa

handful of baby kale

handful of diced cucumbers

handful of halved cherry tomatoes

a couple of rings of onions

1/3 can of chickpeas- drained and rinsed

1/4 cup of feta cheese

3 tbsp of lemon juice/ or a vinaigrette

2 tbsp of olive oil

1/2 tsp garlic

1/2 tsp oregano

Place the kale as your bottom layer.  Next, mix all the ingredients thoroughly and spoon desire amount on top of the kale.  Voila!

I made twice the amount so I could have some for lunch.

Enjoy!

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