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Hi everyone!

Today's recipe is a Delicious and super easy Apple Crisp Pie. I'm making everything from scratch, but feel free to buy the pie Crust if you don't want to make one!

I hope you like this one. This is my family's favorite recipe!

Ingredients for the Pie Crust (Feel free to buy yours at the grocery store if you want)
2 cups all purpose flour
1 tablespoon granulated sugar
3 tablespoons cold vegetable shortening
1 stick cold unsalted butter
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
5 to 6 tablespoons of cold water

Ingredients for the filling:
4-5 green apple
1/2 cup sugar
2 tablespoons flour
2 tablespoons unsalted butter
1 tablespoon of Cinnamon
pinch salt
1 pinch ground all spice
1 pinch ground nutmeg
zest of 1 lemon
1-2 tablespoon lemon juice
1/4 cup apple juice
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Ingredients for the Crisp:

1 1/2 cups old fashion oats
3 tablespoons  flour
1 1/2 tablespoon cinnamon
1 pinch nutmeg
1 pinch salt
1/3 cup brown sugar
1/3 cup unsalted butter


Crust Preparation:

In a large bowl mix the flour, salt, sugar and cinnamon. Mix until the all the ingredients are well combined and then add in the butter cut in pieces, also add the vegetable shortening, mix with a fork or with your hands until the flour gets the texture of coarse bread crumbs. (mix in an electric mixer if you prefer). Slowly add the cold water and knead until all the ingredients come together to form a soft dough. Refrigerate for 30 minutes to 1 hour.(use a electric mixer if you want.)


Filling Preparation:

Wash, core and slice the apples in 1/4 inch slices. In a large bowl, combine the apple slices with the lemon zest and the lemon juice. Season with the sugar, flour, cinnamon: and a pinch of each: salt, nutmeg and all spice. Also add in the Vanilla extract and the apple juice. Mix all the ingredients together and set aside until you are ready to fill the pie.

Crisp Preparation:

Melt the butter.

Combine the old fashion oats with the flour, brown sugar, salt, nutmeg and cinnamon. Mix together, and add in the melted butter. Stir all the ingredient until well combine and set aside until you are ready to use.

Time to make a pie:

Preheat the oven to 400°F

Spray pie pan with cooking spray.

Divide the dough into two equal size sections. Roll out one of the sections on a lightly floured surface. Roll it out enough to line your pie pan. (Half the dough should be enough to cover a 9-in pie pan.) Freeze the rest of the dough or use it to top the pie instead of the crisp. Dough can be frozen for up to 10 days.

Line your pan with the dough and fill with the apple mixture and dot with 2 tablespoons of butter.

Reduce the oven temperature to 375°F and bake the pie for 35 minutes.

Reduce the oven temperature to 350°F. Top the apple pie with the crisp and dot with 1 tablespoon of butter. Continue to bake at 350°F for 15 minutes or until the Crisp is golden brown.

It can be serve warm or cold and if you want you can serve with some ice cream or whipped cream.

Enjoy!

To watch this video recipe please click HERE


To celebrate 400 subs! One of my favorite dishes, super easy and super delicious! Turkey Cutlets and Garlic Roasted Potatoes! I hope you like it!


Ingredients for the garlic roasted potatoes:
1 1/2 pounds red potatoes
4-5 garlic cloves (3-4 per pound)
1 tablespoon fresh thyme
2 tablespoon of olive oil
2 slices of bacon
1/4 cup green onions
1/3 cup fresh parsley

for the turkey cutlets:
1 package of turkey cutlets, about 1 half pounds.
1/2 tablespoon heavy cream
1 package Stove Top stuffing mix
1/2 cup flour
1 egg

Start with the potatoes because they will take a little longer to cook.

Cut the potatoes in half, then each half in quarters. Finely chop the garlic, remove the thyme leaves from the sprig. Combine the potatoes with the garlic and thyme, cover with about 2 tablespoons of olive oil, mix everything together, make sure every piece of potato is covered with the oil, garlic and thyme. Season with salt and ground black pepper, about 1/2 tablespoon of each. Add some crushed red pepper to add heat if desired. Toss everything together and bake at 400°F for about 15-20 minutes

Cook the bacon until brown and crispy.(cook it with the potatoes if you want, but only for 6-10 minutes)

Once the potatoes are done. Garnish with fresh parsley, green onions, large bacon pieces and about 1/2 tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil, add more salt and pepper if needed, give everything a quick toss and that's it. Ready to serve.

Turkey Cutlets:

Blend the stuffing mix in a blender or food processor, just blend until it becomes a fine powder and set aside.

Beat the egg with 1 tablespoon of heavy cream to make an egg wash. Set aside.
The Stuffing mix has tons of flavor, so there is no need to season the egg wash or the flour at all.

Dust the cutlets with flour on both sides, then dip them into the egg wash, and finally coat them with the stuffing mix powder.

Continue to repeat these steps until you are done with the cutlets. (cover in flour, dip in the egg wash and coat with the stuffing mix.) Spray with cooking spray on both sides and bake at 400º for about 12-16 minutes or until the cutlets are completely cooked.

Serve with the Garlic Roasted Potatoes and enjoy!

To watch this video recipe click HERE!

Hey everyone: Today I'm bringing you another granita! Summer is almost over, but before it's gone, you have to try this Raspado! Nothing better than frozen coffee to cool down the heat during the last few days of summer! It is super easy and super delicious!

Ingredients:

(if you have any leftover coffee from the morning you can use that.) or
1 small package (1.75 oz) Gourmet flavored coffee  (any flavor you like.)
4 cups boiling water
1/4 cup of granulated sugar


if you are using espresso, or unflavored coffee and you want to spice it up a little bit you can season it with:

1 teaspoon cinnamon (more to taste)
1 teaspoon of vanilla extract (more to taste)
1/2 tablespoon of cocoa powder. (more to taste)

Stir the sugar and coffee into the boiling water, stir until the sugar has dissolved. The coffee, wont dissolve completely, that's the kind of texture I want. If you prefer, you can brew the coffee in a coffee machine.  (I'm using about 2-3 tablespoons of coffee for every cup of water, but be free to add as much or as little coffee as you like. The same goes to the sugar, add as much as you like.

Let it cool a bit, pour into a plastic container, cover and feeze for about 2 hours.

After 2 hours in the freezer the coffee should be frozen but not all the way through, break the ice with a fork to make the granita and place back into the freezer for about an hour.

Once again, break the ice with a fork,and you are ready to serve.


Garnish with whipped cream, sprinkle with a little more coffee or cocoa powder.
Enjoy!

To watch this video recipe please click HERE

 
I made this the other day and my family loved them! I hope you like them too.

Makes 4-6 fat large tacos (serves 3-4 people)
Ingredients:
2 cups diced potatoes
1 1/2 cups chopped sausage (bacon, ham or leftover chicken or any other meat)
4 large eggs
2 tablespoons heavy cream
1/4 cup finely chopped onions
2 teaspoon of minced garlic
1 tablespoon unsalted butter
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
Flour tortillas
Salt and ground black pepper to taste
1 tablespoon of olive oil.

In a large skillet at medium low heat, combine the olive oil and butter, let the butter melt and add the onion and garlic, cook for about 2 minutes or until the onions become transparent. Add in the potatoes, season with salt and pepper to taste
stir together, put on the lid and let it cook for about 10 minutes or until the potatoes become a little bit tender.

After the potatoes have been cooking for about 10 minutes, season the Worcestershire
sauce, stir well, and also add the chopped sausage,continue to cook until the sausage has brown a little bit and the potatoes are completely cooked. (for about 6-8 more minutes)

While the potatoes and sausage continue to cook. Make a simple omelet.
Beat the eggs with the cream, season with salt and pepper, add some Tabasco sauce to add a little heat. Cook the omelet at medium low heat, on a non-stick skillet for about 2 minutes on each side. (cook longer if you want the eggs to be really well done). Divide the omelet in four sections, 1 for each taco.

Warm up the tortillas in the microwave.

The first layer of the Taco is the flour tortilla, followed by the omelet, top it with the potatoes and sausage mixture and sprinkle with shredded cheddar cheese, roll it up and that's it!
Enjoy! Serve with your favorite salsa and if you want, you can add a small salad to go with it!

To watch this video recipe please click HERE


Hey everyone! I hope you are all doing great! Today I'm bring you a delicious and super easy Tuna Salad! My eating healthy-diet kind of thing is still going on... I lost a couple pounds and hopefully by the end of this month I will be in my ideal weight! So I'm really excited, anyway,let's go to the recipe!

Serves 2
Ingredients:

2-4 leaves of lettuce (Optional. Any kind you like, I used Iceberg Lettuce)
1 can tuna in water
2/3 cup corn kernels
2/3 cup diced cooked potatoes (can potatoes, or leftover cooked potatoes)
1/3 cup red bell peppers chopped in small pieces
1/4 cup diced cooked carrots (can carrots, or leftover cooked carrots)
1 avocado
2 Campari tomatoes cut in quarters
Cilantro for garnish
1 lime for garnish

Dressing:
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1 tablespoon mayonnaise
1/2 tablespoon Dijon mustard
Ground black pepper and crushed red pepper to taste.

Dressing: Combine all the ingredients together, mix well, taste the flavor add more ground black pepper and crushed red pepper if needed. Set aside.

Salad: In a bowl combine the tuna, corn kernels, red pepper, carrots and potatoes, stir together. Pour the dressing over the tuna mixture, stir, taste and add salt, ground black pepper and more crush red pepper if needed.

Serve on a lettuce leaf, or a bed of chopped lettuce. Garnish with avocado slices, tomato wedges and chopped cilantro, squeeze a lime over the lettuce, avocado and tomato, season with salt and ground black pepper.

That's it. Enjoy!
To watch this video recipe click HERE


Today I'm bringing you a special dinner to celebrate anything you want! This one is perfect for any kind of occasion, if you change the chicken for turkey, it will definitely make a terrific Thanksgiving Dinner or Christmas Dinner!

It might not be as easy as the rest of my recipes, but it is worth the extra time and effort! Your family, friends and/or guests would be very surprised with this dinner! This one is under $15 dollars, and will feed up to 6 persons! I hope you like it!
Chicken was $4.99 potatoes were .99c a pound and the corn were 3 ears $1. Herbs were 1.99 for the 3 of them.

Serves 4-6
Ingredients:

1 whole chicken
1 1/2 tablespoons of fresh rosemary
1 1/2 tablespoons of thyme
1 tablespoon of sage
2 tablespoons of minced garlic
3 whole cloves (optional)

1/3 of cup of unsalted butter, soften
2 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil
Zest and juice of one orange
Zest and juice of one lemon
tablespoon of smoked paprika

salt and ground black pepper to taste

Optional
3 ears of yellow corn cut in quarters
1 pound of red and white potatoes cut in quarters (half a pound of each)
1 large red onion chopped in big chunks

Chop the fresh herbs, rosemary, thyme and sage.

In a bowl combine the butter with the olive oil, the fresh herbs and minced garlic. Add in the orange zest, lemon zest and 1/2 cup of orange juice plus 1 tablespoon of lemon juice. Season with 1/2 tablespoon of each, salt, ground black pepper and smoked paprika. Stir everything together. Taste for flavor, add more salt and pepper if needed. Set aside.

Rinse the chicken with cold water, rinse it inside and out. Pat it dry with some paper towels.

In order to get all the flavor into the meat and not only the skin, loosen the skin from the body a little bit. Place your index finger in between the skin and the meat
and start working your way up to the neck and sides of the chicken. Push between the skin but be careful not to remove the skin or tear it apart. Continue doing this until you have loosen the skin from the whole chicken.

Using a knife, poke the chicken several times, this is just to make sure, all the flavors will be absorbed into the rest of the meat.

Rub the butter mixture under and on the skin. Make sure to massage it really well under the skin first. We want all those delicious oils from the fresh herbs and the rest of the flavors to fully impregnate the meat making it just as delicious as the skin itself. So rub the mixture under the skin really well.

Pour whatever is left on the chicken, and rub it very well on the skin
don't forget to do the back as well and also rub some of the mixture inside the chicken cavity.

Season with salt, ground black pepper and paprika, about 1/2 tablespoon of each on each side, give it one last rub. Refrigerate for 4 hours before cooking. (Overnight will be better)

Optional
This extra step takes less than 5 minutes and it will make the chicken 10 times more
delicious and juicy.

Fill the chicken cavity with one half of the orange that we used earlier, also add the remaining half of the lemon and 3 garlic cloves and if you have any left over herbs also insert them in the chicken cavity. Refrigerate for 4 hours before cooking. The flavors would be even better if you refrigerate overnight.

Bake at 400° for 30 minutes. Turn around and continue to bake for 25-30 more minutes, or until the chicken is completely cooked.

If roasting potatoes and corn with the chicken
Bake the Chicken at 400° for 30 minutes. Turn around, add the potatoes, corn and onions, season with extra virgin olive oil, salt and ground black pepper. Continue to cook for 25-30 minutes or until the chicken is cooked.


Transfer the chicken to a serving plate, remove everything you put inside the chicken cavity: orange skin, lemon wedges, herbs, garlic, etc.

Stir (bathe) the potatoes, corn and onions in the chicken juices, then transfer to the same serving plate with the chicken and that's it, enjoy!



To watch this video recipe click HERE!

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