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Heat Wavy Easy Meal

Heidi Benson

I have a super easy supper idea for those who are struggling with this ugly heat wave?

This idea is a great idea for an easy meal to prepare without heating up the house to do so.

Grab a meat of your choice, some shrimp and your grill. Then barbecue away. It does not take long for this to cook and you kept your house cooler as well. I call that a double win.

Well, actually a triple win because I was put on grill restriction a long time ago, so I personally did not even have to go outside to cook it either.

Now our house is still cool, supper is done, and the kitchen was an easy clean up.

Enjoy your easy grilled idea if you chose to make it too.

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Fun and Easy Cake Balls

Heidi Benson

Are you looking for a fun and easy finger dessert food to serve at a gathering or party?

I made these personally requested cake balls and chocolate covered pretzels for my nieces baby shower.

You can easily makes these as well.

All you need are these few ingredients…

    Your favorite cake mix
    1 tub of frosting (vanilla works best with most cake flavors)
    3 packages of flavored and colored melting chocolate

Directions

Make and bake your cake according to the directions on the package.

When complete, remove from the oven and tear the cake apart into crumbles.

Mix in a tub of frosting and blend together until the crumbles corn a huge ball of cake.

Form into small balls and place on wax paper.

Place in a freezer to coat with chocolate later.

When you are ready to coat in chocolate, melt the chocolate for 30 second intervals, while stirring between melting cycles.

*To make chocolate thinner, add a tsp of coconut oil and mix well.

Lastly, remove the cake balls from the freezer and add one at a time to the chocolate. Tap off extra chocolate and place on wax paper to dry.

If you wish to add pretty topping, be sure to add before the chocolate dries.

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Ribs and Veggies

Heidi Benson

Here is another simple, yet healthy meal to consider this summer.

Grab a package of ribs, grill them and add simple vegetables such as tomato and cucumber and blueberries.

You will walk away satisfied, while skipping the full feeling.

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Summer Burger

Heidi Benson

Do you need a fresh supper idea?

Try this one. Grilled angus burger topped with cheese. Place it on a bed of lettuce and add a fresh tomato to the side.

Do not be afraid to add a few baked fries seasoned with garlic salt, onion powder, and basil.

Lastly, add a few slices of fresh watermelon.

It is a filling meal, but not as bad as a traditional hamburger and French fries.

Enjoy this lighter twist to a traditional summer meal.

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Homemade Steak Nachos

Heidi Benson

Healthy Steak Nachos.

I made with sautéed onion, peppers of every color, kale, and steak. Topped with diced tomatoes, queso cheese, sour cream. Serve on a bed of lettuce, tortilla chips, or on soft taco shells.

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Bacon and Spinach Dip

Heidi Benson

Delicious Bacon and Spinach Appetizer

Are you looking for an easy and delicious appetizer and you love bacon? Try this one. I made it for my family and they loved it.

Ingredients

    • 1 package of bacon
    • 3 tablespoons coconut oil
    • 3 tablespoons flour
    • ½ teaspoon salt
    • 1 teaspoon dried parsley
    • 1 cup chicken broth
    • 1 cup almond milk
    • 1 1/2 cup shredded mozzarella & Parmesan cheese, divided
    • 1 1/2 cup shredded Queso Quesadilla cheese, divided
    • 2 cups chopped fresh spinach
    • 1 (8oz) package cream cheese
    • Fresh parsley
    • 1 Roma tomato
  • 1-2 Fresh Baguettes

Directions

  • Preheat oven at 365 degrees.
  • Place package of bacon on baking sheet. Bake for 15 minutes.
  • In a medium skillet over medium heat, melt coconut oil. Whisk in flour until smooth.
  • Add salt, dried parsley, cook for 1 minute or until smooth.
  • (When bacon is cooked, remove from oven and pre-heat oven to 400 degrees.)
  • Add chicken broth and almond milk to skillet, whisk until combined.
  • Cook over medium heat, whisking often until thick and smooth.
  • Stir in 1 cup of mozzarella and fresh Parmesan cheese and 1 cup Queso Quessadilla until melted.
  • In a medium bowl, beat cream cheese with an electric mixer until smooth.
  • Add Alfredo sauce and beat until combined.
  • Break up cooked bacon and mix until blended.
  • Add remaining cheeses and mix until blended.
  • Add 2 cups of cut up spinach and mix until blended.
  • Place mixture in an oven safe baking dish.
  • Top with fresh parsley.
  • Bake for 20 minutes.
  • Remove from oven and garnish with cut up Roma tomato.
  • Cut and serve with fresh baguette.
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Crab Bombs

Heidi Benson

Easy Seafood Recipe

Keeping It Real

Crab Bombs

This is a really easy recipe I made for my family last night. If you like seafood and crabs, then this is a must to try.

I included a link on the title to access the recipe from Skinnypoints.com.

I am “Keeping It Real” by sharing my not so pretty image of my first ever made Crab Bombs. My family liked them so I will be making these more often and hopefully the more I make them, the prettier they will look.

Ingredients:

1 lb. Crabmeat

1 Egg, beaten

1 cup Ritz Crackers, crushed

1 tsp. Yellow Mustard

2 tbsp. Fresh Lemon Juice

2 tbsp. Fresh Parsley, chopped

1 tsp. Old Bay Seasoning

1 tbsp. Worcestershire Sauce

Directions:

Place crabmeat in a mixing bowl, picking any stray shell fragments out. Add crushed crackers, Old Bay Seasoning & parsley to the crab.

In a separate bowl, combine egg, mustard, lemon juice and Worcestershire sauce. Whip with a whisk until smooth.

Pour egg mixture over the crabmeat and crackers and gently mix careful not to break up large lumps of crabmeat.

Mold into golfball sized balls and place on a cookie sheet.

Bake @ 350 degrees for 30 minutes. Drizzle w/ melted butter and allow to cool.

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This is what I paired my Crab Bombs with; shrimp, stuffed mushrooms, green beans, and grapes. It was a filling but light healthy meal.


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Apple Cinnamon Rolls

Heidi Benson

25 Day Christmas Countdown

Day 24

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Apple Cinnamon Rolls

This is a Christmas morning recipe to make for your family so you are not feeling stuck in the kitchen cooking while the family is enjoying the festivities of Christmas.

My picture doesn’t make them look pretty, but they are delicious. One thing with my baking, cooking, and blogging, what you see is what you get. I am what I call raw and honest. I do not just post what looks pretty or what looks or sounds good all the time. Life as well as baking and cooking is sometimes messy. You will get what is real and if this is not so pretty or down right ugly, this is what you see as you continue to follow me.

Ingredients

2 apples (peeled and diced)

Pie Dough

2 1/2 c flour

1/2 c shortening (coconut oil works too)

1 Tbsp flaxseed

dash salt

3/4 cup Cashew milk (any milk of your choice) (add enough milk to make dough sticky)

Cinnamon Sugar

1 c sugar

2 tsp cinnamon

1/8 c flour

Egg Wash

1 egg yolk for white wash

1/2 tsp water

Directions

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Line cookie sheet with parchment paper.

Peel and dice apples.

Make you cinnamon sugar by mixing sugar, cinnamon, and 1/8 cup of flour together and set to the side.

Mix all remaining dry ingredients together. Cut in the shortening until flakey, add milk a little at a time until dough is sticky.

On a lightly floured surface, roll out dough into a long rectangle about 1/8 inch in thickness. White wash with egg mixture and add cinnamon sugar mixture on top of egg wash. Gently roll the dough into a log. Cut into 1 inch rolls and place on parchment paper. If you have any remaining egg wash brush on to each individual roll.

Place in preheated oven and bake for approximately 20 mins or until golden brown. Remove from oven and cool on a cooling rack and enjoy.

I’m very sorry I didn’t get this posted in time to use it Christmas morning, but it can be used any morning or New Year’s morning as well.

Happy Baking!

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Chocolate Trifle

Heidi Benson

25 Day Christmas Countdown

Day 22

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Here is a really easy recipe if you need to take a light and airy desert to someone’s Christmas Eve party today.

Ingredients

1 batch of pre-baked brownies

2 large boxes of chocolate pudding

4 cups milk (do not use soy or alternative milks as the pudding doesn’t set properly)

1 large tub whipping cream

Flavored candy of your choice (chocolate chips, peppermint chocolate chips, ground Butterfingers , ground Reese’s peanut butter cups…. anything you want)

Directions

If you haven’t done so already, bake a batch of brownies (I have an easy brownie recipe posted under recipes already if you need one.

Mix the pudding and the milk and chill in the refrigerator. Crumble your cooled brownie.

A large clear bowl works beautifully for this recipe so you can visibly show off your layers.

Begin constructing your trifle. Layer your crumbled brownie, pudding, whip cream, candy, then begin the layers over and over until the bowl is full.

Disclaimer – I do not have my own picture as I have not made this yet, but when I do I will post my picture.