Cream Cheese Frosting

Ingredients:

¾ cup unsalted butter, softened
2cups icing sugar
1package cream cheese
1tsp vanilla
1tsp nutmeg

Directions:

In a mixing bowl, combine cream cheese, icing sugar and butter and beat until creamy. Add vanilla and nutmeg and mix well.

Tam’s Red Velvet Cake and/or Cupcakes

Ingredients:

2cups flour, sifted
3tsp cocoa
1cup white sugar
2 eggs
2tblsp brown sugar
1cup unsalted butter, softened
1¼ cup butter milk
2tsp red food color
½ tsp salt
1tsp baking soda
1tsp white vinegar

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 deg.

Mix flour and cocoa and set aside. Mix buttermilk, food color and salt and set aside. Mix white sugar, brown sugar and butter until creamy. Beat in eggs to creamy batter one at a time until well blended. Alternately mix in flour and cocoa mixture and buttermilk mixture to the creamy batter. Beat until well blended and creamy. Mix vinegar and baking soda and fold in to cake batter.

This batter will make two cakes or 24 cupcakes. Pour batter for cake into two cake pans and bake for 35 minutes. When toothpick comes out clean, remove cake from oven and let stand for 10 minutes. Remove from cake pan and cool on wire rack before frosting.

For cupcakes, place cupcake cups into slots and fill up to ¾, leaving an edge. Bake for 25 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean. Remove from pan and cool before frosing.

*side bar*
For a little bit of oomph you can add ½ cup of red wine or Bailey’s Irish cream

Enjoy!

Coleslaw Recipe

Ingredients:

4 1/2 cups finely shredded cabbage (1/2 of a medius size cabbage)
2 cups shredded carrots (4-5 large carrots)
2 tsp black raisins
2 tsp golden african raisins
1 tsp chopped onions
*Mix ingredients in a bowl and set aside for dressing.

Dressing:
1 cup mayonnaise
2 tbsp brown sugar
1 tspn white cane vinegar
2 tbsp olive oil
1/4 tspn kosher salt
1/4 tspn white pepper

*mix thoroughly and pour over cabbage & carrot mixture. Stir evenly, cover and refrigerate for at least 3 hours before serving.

Serves 4-6

Tam's Chicken Alfredo

This is a really delicious dish...I am salivating just writing this


2 chicken breasts
1 tspn montreal chicken spice
1/4 tspn paprika
1/2 tspn black pepper
1/4 tspn kosher salt

Directions: rinse and pat dry chicken breast, rub on the chicken spice, paprika, salt and pepper. Fry slowly in
frying pan, covered halfway for about 20-25 minutes. Once fried, place the chicken breast on a cutting board and
slice in strips. Place the chicken strips in the pot that will be used to blend the ingredients

3 cups penne pasta. Cook pasta in boiling water for about 8-10 minutes. Once cooked, drain water and set aside (make
concurrently with the sauted vegetables so that it will still be hot)

2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
5-6 thinly sliced mushroom caps
1 onion, sliced
2 red bell peppers, sliced semi thick
5 stalks asparagus, chopped in 1" lengths
1 cup spinach
4 slices of back bacon, chopeed in 1" lengths
2 tbsp olive oil
1 shot of vodka
3 cups of cream
1 cup grated parmisian cheese
3 tbsp butter
pinch of kosher salt
1/4 tspn white pepper


Directions: Heat the olive oil and garlic, add the bacon and vegetables and saute for 5 minutes. Add the sauted
vegetables to the chicken pot. Add the vodka, stir occasionally. After 3-4 minutes, stir in the penne. slowly add
cream and parmisian, stiring occasionally. add the butter, salt and pepper, remove from heat 1-2 minutes later.

Enjoy with garden salad and garlic bread.

Serves 4-6

Tam's Butter Chicken Recipe

Step 1: Marinade & Ingredients

-3 chicken breasts, cut into bite sized strips/pieces

- dilute the juice of one lemon in enough water to rinse the chicken strips, then drain

Add the following ingredients:

-1 tsp paprika

-1/2 tsp cinnamon

-1/2 tsp black pepper

-1/2 tsp kosher salt

-1/2 tsp chilli powder

-1 clove garlic, finely chopped

-1 tsp fresh ginger, finely chopped

-4 tsp yogurt – plain or vanilla

-4 tsp coconut milk or ½ & ½ cream

-1 tsp olive oil

Mix all the above in a bowl, cover and let sit (in or out of refrigerator) for 20 – 30 minutes.

Step 2: Preparation

-1 onion, diced or finely chopped

-1 clove garlic, finely chopped

-3 tsp margarine

-2 tbsp butter chicken curry paste

-1 can of diced tomato (preferably tomato without any added salt or special flavors)

-fresh parsley, oregano and basil – a pinch or dash of each

Add margarine, garlic and onion to sauce pan or pot and sauté for 2 – 3 minutes, then stir in the curry paste and sauté for 2 more minutes. Add the chicken, stirring constantly until all the pieces are cooked. Add the diced tomato and stir in evenly. Add the fresh parsley, oregano and basil to taste. Cover and simmer for 10 – 15 minutes on low heat.

Enjoy with basmati rice and/or naan bread

Irish Coffee

...for cold days like today you just might want a 'special' coffee

Irish Coffee

Ingredients:
1 cup of strong hot coffee.
1 tablespoon of Irish whiskey.
1 tablespoon of cream.
1 tablespoon of sugar.

Instructions: Make coffee as normal. Once the coffee is ready, add the whiskey, sugar and cream. Serve.

so simple. enjoy

JT's Bacon Brussels Sprout Delight

This recipe is so delicious. Even if you don't eat or enjoy brussel sprouts, just give this recipe a try, it will certainly change your mind. If you don't enjoy this brussels sprout dish, then it really is not for u.

½ lb back bacon

1 lb brussels sprout, cut in halves with excess stem and outer leaves removed

1 clove garlic, finely chopped

2 tbsp olive oil

Fry the bacon until half-way cooked then remove from frying pan and set aside (in microwave to keep warm). Heat olive oil and sauté the chopped garlic for 2 minutes, add the brussel sprouts and cover, stirring occasionally so it doesn’t stick, cook over low heat for 5 minutes or until tender. Cut the bacon in bit size pieces and add to the pot, stir fry for about 2-5 minutes or until bacon is at your desired preference.

Do not overcook the brussels sprouts as this will release the sulpher smelling glucosinolate and sinigrin, which will give them a sharp taste; good news is however, the bacon and garlic add such great flavor and taste, u probably wont notice :)

serves 4-6

Tam’s Banana Bread

Ingredients

3 ripe bananas
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup sugar (preferably brown)
2 eggs
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
½ tsp baking soda
½ cup butter
¾ cup Chocolate Chips
¾ cup Raisins

Direction:
Heat oven to 350 degrees. Combine and mix all ingredients together in a large mixing bowl. Place batter in a greased bread pan. Bake for 55 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes then remove from pan. Complete cooling on a wire rack.

Greek Salad

1 seedless cucumber sliced
1 large ripe tomato, sliced or cubed
1/2 green bell pepper, thinly sliced
1/2 red onion, thinly sliced
12 kalamata olives
1/2 lb feta cheese
2 tbsp olive oil
1 tsp oregano
dash of salt and black pepper
lettuce (optional)

Directions: if using lettuce...wash and chop the lettuce into bite size pieces and place on the bottom of the salad bowl, drain off excess water. Put the sliced cucumber, tomato, bell pepper and onion on top of the lettuce. Add the kalamata olives. Cut up the feta cheese into bit size squares and add to salad. Drizzle the olive oil over the salad and sprinkle on the oregano, salt and pepper.