Doin' it Home-Style

Just some picture of the food my random brain has created...


Chicken pot pie topped with cranberry biscuits


Roasted turkey, pan gravy, broccoli cheese casserole & sweet potato hash



grilled peppercorn crusted rib eye in a sherry mushroom cream sauce



Vegetarian lasagna in a multigrain noodles, homemade pasta sauce. Along side is crab cheese bread.



Feta stuffed organic chicken breast pan fried & baked in panko on a wild green salad tossed in a tomato vinaigrette. Dried cranberries & almonds.


Salmon in croute, garlic white wine sauce.



Blood orange vinaigrette




Homemade ricotta perogies with an apple compote.

Get Rich or Get Fat Tryin'

Submission test recipes I created for the Pillsbury Bake off


pumpkin pie stuffed cinnamon rolls in a pumpkin icing







Brownie fluffernutter bites


More pumpkin pie in a cinnamon roll, one with pecans and one without.


Pumpkin pie cookie ice cream sandwiches with homemade carmel sauce


angel food cake bread pudding with mixed berries

Gluten free for you & me

Creamy quinoa stuffed squash with spicy baked tofu


Kale chips with nutritional yeast



sweet potato chia spiced pudding


Fried artichokes atop jalapeno humus & scordalia


Sushi balls- tempura battered


Tiger prawns in a guava sauce with coconut cashew cilantro jasmine rice

Sweet N' Sassy

Breakfast banana spring rolls in a star anise coconut sauce


Lemon squares



Harvest Pumpkin Bars - my recipe
1 earth balance stick "butter"
1 cup brown sugar
1 egg
1- 15oz can organic pumpkin
1 3/4 cup AP flour- (i use king Arthur flour)
1 Tablespoon pumpkin spice mix
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 cup chopped nuts & dried fruit of choice (i used cherries,cranberries,walnuts,pistachios & almonds)
1/2 cup chocolate chips or Cinnamon chips

put butter in a microwave ready bowl or heat on stove, melt. Add brown sugar & mix thoroughly.. get to a boil and cool to touch. Place in a mixing bowl and or stand mixer. Mix in baking powder, spice mix & egg. Add pumpkin, then add flour. Lastly add nuts/fruits/chips.

Bake at 350 for 40 min in a square pan of choice or until done- check with toothpick, do not over cook. ENJOY!

Fun with eggs

vegetarian chorizo sliders


vegetarian chorizo egg cups


homemade flax bread & eggwhite sandwich- protein times 1000!


BBQ chicken frittata cups, herb hash & jalapeno cheese cornbread



prosciutto omelet stuffed crumb cake

OoOoOo baby I like it raw

1/4 cup natural peanut butter- smooth, no sugar
1/4 cup natural soy nut butter- no sugar
2 table spoons agave nectar
...4 table spoons peanut flour
and semi sweet chocolate chips to your liking

They cure any sweet tooth, and have tons of protein. You can substitute peanut flour for coconut flour too. I used soy nut butter for kicks, but it is not necessary.




Raw chocolate date balls
1cup raw walnuts
1/4cup dates
1/4cup cacao nuts

blended and formed into a ball






Creamy cashew chowder- vegan


Peanutbutter chocolate banana pudding- vegan

Low carb & lovin' it

Niki's waffles

2 eggs
1/4 cup milled flax
1 TBLs oat bran
1 TBLs olive oil
1 tsp grade B maple syrup

Mix all ingredients, throw it in a waffle press. Impress your loved ones with waffles that don't taste nearly as bad as they look & are healthy ;)





For this bad boy I did not measure the ingredients, I am bad like that but it tasted amazing. I made it for my lovely Michelle, aka Aunt Michelle.

Spin Dip contains spinach, parm, pepper jack, asiago, mozz, sour cream & mayo... it's as though the angels sing and the gates of heaven open just me as I slowly pulled it out of the oven. (can you sense my sarcasm?)





Spinach Dip Stuffed Portabella Caps

"stuffing"

pulled chicken
Portabella caps
fresh chopped spinach
fresh garlic
low fat parm
2% swiss cheese
light mayo
salt & pepper

I created this dish for the South Beach dieter in mind.

First be sure to clean your caps of the gills and stems. Lightly spray with oil and place on a baking sheet. Mix all ingredients above and fill caps. Bake at 425 for 15 min, and broil for extra browned tastiness.







No carb French toast:

"bread"
1/3 cup flax meal
1 egg
2 Tblsp olive oil
1 tsp baking powder
pumpkin pie spice
vanilla extract

Mix all the above ingredients together, pour into a microwave ready pan. Microwave for 1 minute, allow to cool.

for the batter:
1 egg
2 Tblsp fat free half & half
pumpkin pie spice
vanilla extract

Dunk in batter, fry on hot pan using stick free spray. I topped mine with light earth balance and honey roasted sunflower seeds- DELISH!


Green Berry Smoothie
1 cup mixed berries
1 cup soy milk
3/4 cup chopped raw kale
1/2 cup water

Place all ingredients in the vitamix or blender









Pumpkin Bake

8oz cream cheese, softened
5 eggs
1/2 cup sweetener of choice, or a couple packets of Stevia (taste often to sweeten to preference)
canned organic pumpkin, unsweetened (15 ounce)
vanilla extract
pumpkin pie spice
cinnamon


Combine all ingredients in a blender. Pour into prepared baking dish. Bake at 350 until puffed (about 40 mins), check to make sure it is done with a toothpick. Allow to cook, cut and enjoy.









Turkey sandwich, Min. flax "bread" and creamy broco-slaw

"bread"
1/4 cup flax meal
1 tbsp margerine or oil of choice
1 egg
1 tsp baking powder
pinch of salt

Mix all the above ingredients together, pour into a microwave ready pan. Microwave for 1 minute, allow to cool.

add your favorite sandwich ingredients & brown on a non-stick pan.

The slaw is just pre packaged broc-slaw with a low calorie ranch.





Califlower Pizza Nicole Style

"pizza dough"


2 cups frozen cauliflower
2 cup shredded lowfat mozz
2 eggs
dried orgenano, parsley, chili flakes and assorted italian spices
salt & pepper


Thaw frozen cauliflower. Throw all ingredients in Vitamix, food processor or blender. Pulse until coursely chopped. Pour into a bowl and mix throughly. Pour onto a sprayed baking sheet and bake at 450 for 15 min. Flip over crust and cook an additional 4 min.

In a pan cook shrimp in some light butter with garlic and parsley. Cut turkey bacon and cook in small strips. Add cooked ingredients on top of pizza. Scatter a small amount of shaved parm and broil til' golden brown.