Food Recipes For Dinner: January 2013

Thursday, January 31, 2013

Slow Cooker Honey Soy Chicken

It seems like we are always having asian style dishes at our house. But honestly, they are our favorite. I am not about to spend a ton on getting take out and so I make delicious restaurant quality meals in my slow cooker. I usually make an Asian style dish once a week because I know that the picky one will love it. And he did. The flavor of this chicken was amazing. It was so simple and easy and we all loved it!

Rating: 5 stars Difficulty of Recipe: 2 stars
Review: This reminded me a lot of the delicious chicken with noodles at Pei Wei. I used chow mein noodles and the honey soy sauce was perfect throughout. This is definitely one we will be making again!

Ingredients:
3-4 Boneless, skinless chicken breasts
1 1/4 cup low sodium soy sauce
1/3 cup honey
1/4 cup rice vinegar
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 tablespoon chili sauce
2 teaspoons dijon mustard
1 teaspoon pepper
1 (8 oz package) Soba Noodles
2 Tablespoons sesame seeds

1. Lightly spray your slow cooker with cooking spray and lay the chicken inside.
2. In a bowl whisk together soy sauce, honey, rice vinegar, garlic, chili sauce, mustard and pepper. Pour over the chicken.
3. Cook on high 3-4 hours and low 5-6 hours.
4. Shred the chicken and return to the slow cooker.
5. Cook the noodles according to the package directions and drain. Add in the cooked noodles to the slow cooker with the chicken and sauce and stir to combine.
6. Garnish with sesame seeds and serve.
Recipe from Six Sisters

Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Blondies

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You had me at peanut butter chocolate chip, blondie. And I instantly fell in love. My two favorite combinations in one delicious blondie. Then drizzled with chocolate on top? Yum. I knew when I saw this recipe on a friends blog I had to make it. And how cute are these for Valentines day cut into a heart shape? My oven seems to be going on the fritz lately. Very frustrating for a food blogger. So I couldn't fully enjoy this amazingness of this blondie. Hopefully soon I can get my oven looked at so that I can make these again and have them baked to perfection.

Rating: 3 stars (only because of oven issues) Difficulty of Recipe: 2 stars
Review: I doubled the recipe because I wanted to make a 9x13. Because of my oven I have to make these again because it cooks very unevenly. I still loved the bite that I had and they are seriously so good with the peanut butter and chocolate flavor combo. I will definitely be making these again!

Ingredients:
3/4 cup creamy peanut butter
1/3 cup vegetable oil
1 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup milk
2 teaspoons vanilla
1 cup all purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 cup peanuts
1/2 cup chocolate chips (You will divide in half 1/4 cup set aside to drizzle on top.)

1. Start by preheating your oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 8x8 baking dish.
2. In a large bowl, mix peanut butter, oil and brown sugar until combined. Stir in milk and vanilla.
3. Mix in the flour, salt, and baking powder. The batter will be very thick.
4. Spread into your 8x8 baking dish. Sprinkle the peanuts and chocolate chips on the top pressing them into the batter lightly.
5. Bake them for 22-25 minutes. The edges need to be lightly brown and the top will look soft.
4. Let them cool and cut them into square or hearts.
5. Melt the remaining 1/4 chocolate chips (I just did in the microwave) and drizzle the melted chocolate on top!
Recipe from Sally's Baking addiction

Monday, January 28, 2013

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Friday, January 25, 2013

The Best Superbowl Snacks

I will be the first one to admit that I am not a football fan. I am not even sure who is playing this year! But I look forward to the superbowl every year for one reason. All of the delicious snacks! It is so fun to get together with friends and family and have tons of yummy snacks and fun together. And it is always so fun to see the highly anticipated Superbowl commercials. Food, family, fun and football is always a great time!

This year you don't have to wonder what you are going to have at your superbowl party because I have rounded up the best snacks from all of your favorite bloggers! Take a look around, find your favorites and I hope you have a great time!