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Sunday, September 29, 2019

Glazed Pumpkin-Pecan Cakes, Better Homes and Gardens

Prep:
30 mins
Bake:
30 mins at 325°
Cool:
10 mins
Servings:
10
Yield:
10 mini cakes or 1 large cake

Ingredients

Directions

  • Preheat oven to 325°F. Generously grease and flour ten 3 3/4- to 4-inch fluted individual tube pans or one 10-inch fluted tube pan. Remove 2 tsp. zest and squeeze juice from orange. Set juice aside for glaze.
  • In a large bowl combine orange zest and next six ingredients (through vanilla). Stir in next five ingredients (through salt) until combined.
  • Sprinkle about 1 Tbsp. pecans in bottom of each prepared individual pan and top with about 1/3 cup batter. Or sprinkle all of the pecans in 10-inch pan and top with all of the batter. Bake 30 to 35 minutes for mini cakes, 45 to 50 minutes for 10-inch cake, or until a wooden skewer comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack 10 minutes for mini cakes or 20 minutes for large cake. Remove from pan(s); cool completely on wire rack.
  • Meanwhile, for glaze, in a medium bowl stir together powdered sugar and enough of the orange juice (3 to 4 tsp.) to reach drizzling consistency.
  • Drizzle cake(s) with glaze and, if desired, sprinkle with additional pumpkin pie spice.

Nutrition Facts

341 calories, (2 g saturated fat, 6 g polyunsaturated fat, 5 g monounsaturated fat), 37 mg cholesterol, 255 mg sodium, 54 g carbohydrates, 3 g fiber, 33 g sugar, 5 g protein.

Saturday, June 8, 2019

Chicken Salad Sandwiches

2-3 cups chicken, shredded or cut into bite size pieces
1 t salt
2 T lemon juice

Refrigerate for several hours. Just before serving add:

1 cup seedless grapes
11 oz can of mandarin oranges
1/2 cup mayonnaise
1/2 cup slivered almonds

Wednesday, January 2, 2019

Kale Salad and Dressing

KALE BRUSSEL SPROUT SALAD

For this salad I simply add chopped brussel sprouts and roasted almonds. I keep the base mixture of chopped kale and Brussel sprouts in a bowl in my fridge. They are both sturdy greens that last which makes it easy to keep on hand for a quick mid-day salad. I roast and chop almonds and keep them in a big Tupperware in my pantry. Then it’s always so easy to throw together the greens, dressing, almonds, + a little parm.

KALE
DRESSING
CHOPPED BRUSSELS SPROUTS
CHOPPED ROASTED ALMONDS
PARMESAN CHEESE

KALE SALAD DRESSING

2 Tbsp Mayo

2 tsp Dijon Mustard

2 Garlic Cloves

Fresh squeezed lemon juice- 2 lemons

1/2 tsp Salt

1/2 tsp Fresh ground pepper

1 cup extra light olive oil

1/2 cup parmesan cheese