Walnut Shrimp

    This is a recipe that I feel defines my culinary life. It is one of the most delicious refreshments so I usually use this recipe to entertain guests on holiday. My uncle was a cook who worked for 20 years. He gave this recipe to me and I liked it very much. Walnut shrimp is not only healthy but also delicious.

Ingredients:
3 Tbsp mayonnaise
1 Tbsp balsamic vinegar
1 lb vegetable oil
1 Tbsp sweetened condensed milk
2 Tbsp cornstarch
1 1/2 Tbsp Sugar
Broccoli
1 small pack of walnut halves
1 egg
1 lb shrimp

Instructions:
1. Mix cornstarch and egg whites together with shrimp until they become thick.
2. Fry shrimp in the hot oil until golden brown and then place them on a plate.
3. Fry walnuts until golden brown and then place them on a plate to let them dry and cool.
4. After boiling broccoli, cut them into pieces and then place it on a plate.
5. Mix shrimp, mayonnaise, sugar, balsamic vinegar, and sweetened condensed milk in a bowl until smooth.
6. Place the shrimp on a plate and then add walnuts and broccoli.

Mash Potato Delight

Mash Potato Delight is a delicious dish I invented one lazy afternoon. I had just gotten home from school and I had a ton of homework to do. I was so hungry but didn’t want to make something that would take hours to cook. I started looking inside the refrigerator and thought “hey! Potatoes! They’re quick and easy to make; plus with salami and vegetables, how delicious would that taste.” This dish has become a common meal to cook whenever I’m in a hurry or just want something quick to eat.

Ingredients:
• 1 to 2 Potatoes cut into four quarters
• 1 Roma Tomato cut in four slices
• 4 Cucumbers cut in four slices
• 10 baby carrots cut in half
• 4 Broccoli florets
• 5 Salami cut in four slices
• 1 Teaspoon of salt
• 1 to 2 spoonful of butter
• 2 to 3 spoonful of milk

Instructions:
1. Boil a pot of water, heat on high, add the 1 Teaspoon of salt and then add the chopped potatoes, until soften.
2. On a different burner boil another pot of water on high and add the baby carrots and broccoli florets.
3. In a small pot cook the sliced Salami and Tomatoes on medium heat.
4. When potatoes are soften, drain the water out and add the milk and butter into the pot. Then with a potato masher, mash the potato as you please; then place onto eating plate.
5. Drain the vegetables and place onto the side of eating plate.
6. Do the same with the salami and tomatoes.
7. Finish decorating your plate with the sliced cucumbers and now your ready to enjoy Mash Potato Delight!

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Easy-to-make Banana Cream Pie 

             

          Ever since I was a child, my grandmother always made the best pies. It didn’t matter what type of pie you wanted; she would make it. One of my favorite pies that she made was Banana Cream. This is a simpler version of the more complex recipe of Banana Cream Pie. You can find all of the ingredients at your local supermarket.

Ingredients

1 Egg

Milk

Whip cream

Bananas

Premade piecrust

2 boxes Jell-O Banana Pie filling mix

Directions

1. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. 2. Crack one egg into a bowl then scramble it. 3. Use a brush to coat the piecrust with the egg mixture. 4. Place the piecrust into the oven for 10-13 minutes or until the crust is golden brown. 5. For one pie, pour two boxes of Jell-O instant Pie filling and four cups of milk into a bowl, mix for two minutes or until the filling is creamy. 6. Take your piecrust out the oven and let it cool. 7. Pour one layer of your banana pie filling into the piecrust; then cut 2-3 bananas into thin slices. 8. Place the banana slices on top of the first layer of the filing in a circular fashion. Repeat the process a second time then finish with the last layer of filling on top. 9. Add whip cream on top of the pie if desired. The last step requires a fork – eat up!!!!!!!! Or just pie someone in the face. 

                                                                                                                                                                                

The Best Pizza Ever!!!

Eddie’s Delicious Home Made Pizza Recipe

For my Culinary Design Project, I decided to go along with making pizza. Not just any

pizza however, but home made pizza with whole wheat pitas, shredded whole milk cheese, and

any kind of tomato sauce. This can then be baked in your oven to your perfection. This particular

kind of home made pizza is significant to me because its the way my mom always makes pizza

and I grew up with it. I have ate it with friends and family throughout my life very often, and still

enjoy it this everyday home made appetizer at least once a week in my current life. It is very

easy to make since it uses common fridge items that you might already have, is very cost

effective, and tastes great at the end.

Ingredients

1) Whole Wheat Pita (6 per packet) -Preferred

2) Francesco Rinaldi Sweet and Tasty Tomato Sauce (24oz.) -Preferred

3) Polly-O Whole Milk Mozzarella (32oz.) -Preferred

Instructions

Step 1) Gather materials. Pita Bread which can be bought at many places these days, same as

             with tomato sauce and mozzarella cheese. You might also have these materials in your

             fridge, since they are very common use food products.

Step 2) Grind up the mozzarella cheese in a big bowl so that you have the most difficult and time

             consuming part done with.

Step 3) After this open the Pita Bread. Lay a couple of pitas out on a thin metal sheet or plate

             which is commonly found in many house hold ovens.

Step 4) Open the tomato sauce and spread it over all the pitas with a spoon.

Step 5) Spread the previously shredded mozzarella cheese over the tomato sauce covered

             pittas.

Step 6) Turn on your oven to any temperature above 300 degrees so your pizza can cook well

             and quick to your perfection.

Fruit Cake

Fruit Cake

I chose this recipe because it's very easy to make. If a bunch of your friends were to drop by unexpectedly, you could whip this cake up within an hour. It doesn't require any fancy, or hard to find ingredients. Most importantly, it's delicious! 

I usually prepare it over the weekend and enjoy it with my family and friends.

Ingredients:

2 eggs

8.5 oz milk

2 sticks of butter

10.5 oz sugar

17.5 oz flour

vanilla extract (optional)

fruit of your choice

 powdered sugar (optional)

Directions:

1. Cream the butter and the sugar using a mixer.

2. Add the milk and the eggs. Mix thoroughly.

3. Add the flour and vanilla.

4. Pour the mix into a cake pan and decorate with the fruits you've chosen.

5. Bake for about 50 minutes on 440 F.

6. Add some powdered sugar on top.

 

Enjoy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Red Velvet Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting

For our culinary project, I decided to do something that I know the best which is baking. I decided to make Red Velvet Cupcakes, the recipe isn't mine.  I got the recipe from food network.com, it is from Paula Deen.  I chose this recipe because it's very close to my heart.  The first time I made this recipe it was for my boyfriend's birthday but it also was the first time I was meeting his family and friends.  I wanted to make something that was different from regular chocolate or vanilla cupcakes so I made Red Velvet Cupcakes.  I must of done a good job in making these cupcakes because they were a hit with his family and friends.  I have to say that I feel as if I won them over with these cupcakes.

The recipe goes as follow...

Ingredients

• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon cocoa powder
• 1 1/2 cups vegetable oil
• 1 cup buttermilk, room temperature
• 2 large eggs, room temperature
• 2 tablespoons red food coloring
• 1 teaspoon white distilled vinegar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

For the Cream Cheese Frosting:

• 1 pound cream cheese, softened
• 2 sticks butter, softened
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 4 cups sifted confectioners' sugar
• Chopped pecans and fresh raspberries or strawberries, for garnish

Directions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line 2 (12-cup) muffin pans with cupcake papers.

In a medium mixing bowl, sift together the flour, sugar, baking soda, salt, and cocoa powder. In a large bowl gently beat together the oil, buttermilk, eggs, food coloring, vinegar, and vanilla with a handheld electric mixer. Add the sifted dry ingredients to the wet and mix until smooth and thoroughly combined.

Divide the batter evenly among the cupcake tins about 2/3 filled. Bake in oven for about 20 to 22 minutes, turning the pans once, half way through. Test the cupcakes with a toothpick for doneness. Remove from oven and cool completely before frosting.

For the Cream Cheese Frosting:

In a large mixing bowl, beat the cream cheese, butter and vanilla together until smooth. Add the sugar and on low speed, beat until incorporated. Increase the speed to high and mix until very light and fluffy.

Grab a nice cold of milk and a cupcake .... Enjoy!

Candy-Coated Bacon

This is an original recipe I created a few months ago. This recipe combines two of my favorite ingredients that are equally delicious on their own, but together make a surprisingly tasty snack. The crunchy bacon, covered with the chocolate and M&M's mixed together make a salty sweet desert. This desert isn't calorie conscious and is best served with any juice or soft drink.

Ingredients:
-4 slices, Oscar Meyer thick cut bacon
-1 cup, Baker's chocolate chunks
-1 bag, plain M&M's
-Wooden skewer sticks

Directions: 1)Place bacon strips flat in frying pan. 2)When bacon has cooked, quickly slide bacon on to wooden skewer sticks. 3)Bring 3cups of water to a boil. 4)Pour 1cup of chocolate chunks into glass bowl and set in boiling pan. 5)Stir continually until chocolate is fully melted and smooth.6)Poor chocolate over bacon. 7) Place M&M's on top of chocolate while it is still warm. 8) Place in refrigerator for 30mins or until chocolate hardens.

How To Eat Jaws: Fried Shark by Justyn Richardson

Sharks are known to live in warmer waters, so places like the West Indies, and in Florida, Australia, Hawaii are known to have them. In the West Indies however one of the few places known to eat sharks. Here is a recipe that can work for almost every type of shark including “Jaws” the famed white shark. The best shark to cook is the white shark. This recipe is a tradition that is been popular in every family in Trinidad and Tobago, where I am from this has been cooked in many family events, Sunday dinner, or for a holiday. It has been passed down from generation to generation and I am no exception to this. I have enjoyed this dish for all twenty-one years of my life and it means as much to me to cook as it is to eat it is my favorite dish and it is one of the first dishes I was thought by both my grandmother and my mother.  Fried shark can be eaten with plain rice (white rice), fried rice, or even with French fries. To drink fried shark is good with a glass of wine white or red, sparkling wine or juice, or even a tall glass( or bottle)  of beer for kids it goes well with soda ( all kinds) , juice (which ever you like). This is a very vise tile dish and can be used under every occasion. A little known fact about shark and other fish it is a good source of Omega-3 which is good for your brain and taste good too.

Ingredients list:

1.  Shark of your choice (get shark skinned and sliced by your local fish market due to the skin of shark is very rough and may cut skin)

2.  lemon juice

3.1 size appropriate bowl to place shark in when cut.

4. 1 size appropriate plate to place shark when done seasoned.

5. 1 size appropriate plate to place shark when done fried.

6. 1 role of Paper towel

7.  1 Fork

8.  Vegetable oil

9. Iodized salt

10. Black pepper

11. Seasoned Salt

12. Adobo

13. Granulated Garlic

14. Fish Fry

Cooking Instructions: Note number of pieces of sharks may call for more or less of these ingredients.

Step 1: remove pieces of shark and place in the cooking bowl.

Step 2: Rinse pieces of shark under warm water and

Step 3: cut lemon in half and carefully sprinkle on all the shark pieces

Step 4: add 1 tea spoon of Iodized salt

Step 5: add 1 tea spoon of Black pepper

Step 6: add 1 tea spoon of Seasoned Salt

Step 7: add 1 tea spoon of Adobo

Step 8: add 1 tea spoon of Granulated Garlic

Step 9: then when steps 4-8 are completed mix with hands until ingredients are settled into the shark

Step 10: get sizable plate and poor fish fry into plate the more the better

Step 11: take pieces of shark and sprinkle fish fry on the shark and make sure to get both sides ‘t and don’t be shy to use a lot of fish fry.

Step 12: get frying pan and poor vegetable oil until the oil reaches halfway point in the pan.

Step 13: then set to medium and pre heat for 2-3 minutes

Step 14: when ready place pieces of shark in pan and wait 3 minutes then turn shark to other side using a fork and wait 3 minutes

Step 15: when shark is cooked turn off pan and place 2 sheets of paper towel over the size appropriate plate and place shark on top of paper towel

Step: 16 wait 2-3 minutes to cool

Step 17: Enjoy!!!!  

Chocolate Marshmallow Souffle

I chose this particualr recipe because I love desserts and this is one of my favorite because it has both chocolate and marshmallows!This chocolate marshmallow souffle was introduced to me by my younger sister. She is studying to become a chef and I knew she would be the perfect person to help me prepare it. Although she's done it several times she let me do all the work while she took pictures and I actually enjoyed it. My family is familiar with this recipe and we like to enjoy it every once in a while. I also love it because this recipes makes us come together as a family as we enjoy this delicious dessert.

Ingrediants :

3 tbsp. butter

3 tbsp. flour
1/4 tsp. salt
1 c. milk
1/4 c. sugar
3 oz. unsweetened chocolate grated
30 marshmallows
3 egg yolks, beaten
1 1/2 tsp. vanilla
3 egg whites, stiffly beaten

Directions:

1.First you melt the butter in a saucepan, and than you stir in the flour and salt. After that you add milk and cook it over low heat while stirring constantly until it's thick and smooth. 2. After that you add sugar, chocolate and the marshmallows and you stir until the marshmallows are completely melted. 3. You than remove it from the heat and slowly add the egg yolk and vanilla and blend it well. Than let it cool. 4. When it's finally cool, you carefully fold in the egg whites into the chocolate marshmallow mixture. 5. Next you pour it into a casserole or a souffle dish, you than place it in a pan of boiling water and bake it in a 350 degree oven for about one hour or until it's set. 6. After it's done you can serve it with whatever you may like, such as whip cream on top or marshmallows and a strawberry like I did.