Cherry Fluff

Remember that cherry fluff I talked about at Thanksgiving?  Well, here it is.  This is a tradition with our family, we have it at any holiday gathering.  I love to eat it with ham (sweet and salty) or just by itself!  It is so fluffy and delicious.  Hope you enjoy it as much as my family does.

The lighting isn't great in this picture, so it doesn't do it justice!

Cream together cream cheese and sweetened condensed milk

Add cherry pie filling, crushed pineapple, and nuts.  Stir and add whipped cream and marshmallows!

 YUM, dreamy fluffy goodness

Grandma's Cherry Fluff

1 block cream cheese (8oz), softened to room temp

1 can sweetened condensed milk

1 can cherry pie filling

1 large can crushed pineapple, drained very well

2/3 cup chopped nuts

1 small tub cool whip

1 cup marshmallows

Cream together cream cheese and sweetened condensed milk with beaters.  Stir in cherry pie filling, nuts and pineapple until well combined.  Fold in cool whip and marshmallows.  Eat immediately to make sure it takes right Chill in fridge for at least 4 hours.  I usually make it the day before to make things easier.  Enjoy!!!!

Merry Christmas Everyone!!

God bless you all and I wish you the best.

Baked Zucchini Fries

I have had Zucchini Fries at a couple different restaurants, and let me just say I thoroughly enjoy them.  I am not the type to pig out on appetizers (surprising I know), because I usually want to be hungry for dinner, but when zucchini fries are ordered, I change my mind as soon as I try them.  Who cares about dinner when you get to eat zucchini fries before, they are the best dipped in ranch.  I don't even want to think about how unhealthy they are, they are a vegetable right?  Okay, so I saw these the other day and immediately knew I needed to make them.  They are really easy and we had them 2 days in a row because they are really good.

 Warm and toasty baked zucchini fries

 Toss your raw zucchini in flour to coat.  Then dip in egg wash and then breadcrumbs

 Place on a large cookie sheet and bake!

Delicious, healthier alternative to the deep fried, battered zucchini fries you can get at restaurants.

Baked Zucchini Fries
1 1/2 cup panko breadcrumbs
1/3 cup Parmesan cheese
2 tsp. Italian seasoning
1/2 tsp. Tony's Creole Seasoning
Garlic powder and pepper to taste (just a good sprinkle)
1 large egg
1/4 cup milk
1/2 cup flour (may need more or less)
2 medium zucchini

Preheat your oven to 425 and lightly grease a large cookie sheet.  Cut your zucchini in the shape of fries.  Put flour in a medium bowl, set aside.  Whip egg and milk in a bowl (a wide shallow bowl will work).  In a larger shallow bowl mix all the ingredients above garlic powder, this will be your breadcrumb coating.  Make a little assembly line starting with cut up zucchini, then flour, egg, breadcrumb mixture and pan.  Place in bowl with flour and toss to coat.  You want all of them to be coated with flour, then take a few at a time and dip them in your egg wash.  From there dip them in the breadcrumbs and make sure they are coated well.  Place them on greased cookie sheet and bake for 20 minutes.  After ten minutes, mix them around and flip them.  They are good dipped in ranch or marinara sauce.  Enjoy!

Happy Friday, have a great weekend.

Garlic Parmesan Orzo

Last night I made an amazing side dish...I could have eaten it for my meal.  Have you ever heard of orzo?  It looks similar to rice but it is actually a pasta and I love it (well, last night was the first time that I tried it, but you get the point).  This Garlic Parmesan Orzo recipe is fast and easy.

 Served with crock-pot chicken and green beans.

 This reminded me of a light, creamy mac and cheese.

 Please try this recipe!

Garlic Parmesan Orzo

1 cup uncooked orzo pasta

2 tsp. minced garlic

2 Tbsp. butter

2 Tbsp. grated Parmesan cheese (I just used the stuff you put on pizza)

2 Tbsp. grated cheddar

1/4 cup milk

1 Tbsp. parsley/Italian seasoning

1/2 tsp. salt

pepper to taste

Cook orzo according to package directions.  When the orzo is almost done, saute garlic in butter until tender.  Drain orzo and add it to the garlic and butter.  Stir in the cheese, milk, and seasonings.  Mix well and heat through.  Enjoy!

Simple as that!  I will be making this again and again.  Sadly, I used all my orzo so it may be a little while.  In the afternoon yesterday I worked on my cards and made chocolate milkshake cereal.  Man I love this stuff.  I have also been hooked on earl grey tea with milk and sugar in the afternoons.

 I suppose I need to post this recipe in the recipe page...I will do that soon.

This morning I woke up feeling pretty groggy.  I am having allergies for the first time in my life and it is not my favorite.  I did pilates (lol I could do it in my sleep I think), then made myself a warm bowl of my instant oatmeal with fresh strawberries.  I went to Walmart to get some household stuff and they had the most amazing smelling strawberries (only $1.78), so I bought more!  I will continue to have my strawberry breakfasts for a while!

As always, there is a glob of peanut butter under those strawberries and that coffee times 2.

Hope everyone has a great Wednesday!