Saturday, July 17, 2010

Chicken Breast stuffed with Ricotta, Mozzarella and Parmesan Asiago Cheese wrapped in Bacon!

So here's was the latest creation for dinner. It was a chicken breast stuffed with Ricotta cheese, Parmesan Asiago cheese and Mozzarella cheese. All that, and then wrapped in bacon and glazed with honey! Some "potato chips" were added in along with cooked mushrooms and steamed carrots and broccoli. A big thanks to Terra for cooking the chips!













That's about it for now, I'll have to come back to this post when I can find where I put my recipe for it, so, until next time...

Saturday, July 10, 2010

....and the winner is......

ME!! Yay for me and the fam. I baked a delicious dinner tonight which was Parmesan Asiago breaded Pork Loin with mashed potatoes with white gravy and broccoli. Quite a simple recipe for the pork loins so here it goes:

What you'll need:
- Boneless Pork Loin cutlets about 1/2 inch to 1 inch thick
- 1/4 cup flour
- Salt & pepper to taste
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp water
- 1 cup bread crumbs
- 1/3 Parmesan Asiago cheese
- 1 tsp butter
- 3 tbsp vegetable or canola oil

For the white gravy:
- 1/4 cup vegetable or canola oil
- 3/4 cup flour
- 1 tsp pepper
- 1 tsp salt
- 4 cups milk

Note: This recipe makes a lot of gravy so be prepared to save some for biscuits and gravy in the morning!

What to do:
For the cutlets:
1. Mix the flour and salt and pepper in a small bowl. Set aside.
2. Mix the egg and water in a small bowl and stir until well mixed for approx. 1minute. Set aside.
3. Mix the bread crumbs, Parmesan Asiago cheese, salt and pepper in small bowl. Set aside.
Note: I also added in some garlic powder for the heck of it.
4. Line up bowls in order of flour mix, egg mix and bread crumbs mix.
5. Set cutlets in flour, flip over and shake off excess flour. Dip both sides in the egg mix and then drag both sides through bread crumb mix.
6. Heat large skillet over medium heat and add butter and oil to skillet. When warm, place cutlet in skillet cooking on each side for approx. 3 minutes or until cooked thoroughly.

For white gravy:
1. Heat medium skillet over medium heat and add oil to skillet.
2. Stir in flour, salt and pepper until smooth.
3. Slowly add milk and stir mixture. If final product is still too thick, add more milk.

Obviously use what ever recipe you want for mashed taters. The wife cooked them so that's why I didn't add the recipe in here. So here's a picture of the dish. :















If you try it out, I hope you enjoy it!! Until next time.....

Danny Crocker

Thursday, July 8, 2010

Peanut Butter Cup Brownies

So my first recipe that I'm adding on here was something I am baking today. Peanut Butter Cup Brownies. This idea was brought to me by a friend of mine, Kevin. Thanks Kevin! It's a simple recipe and here it goes:

What you'll need:
- Box of your favorite brownie mix
- Reese's Peanut Butter Cups or Reese's Mini Peanut Butter Cups
-- Quantity based on how much you want in your brownies
---I used 16 Regular Peanut Butter Cups

What to do:
1. If you use regular Peanut Butter Cups cut each Cup in 4 pieces and place them in a small bowl in freezer and allow enough time for pieces to freeze
2. Make brownies as instructed on box, but before you place in the oven...
3. Gently press frozen Cups into brownie mix so they are just under the surface of the mix.
4. Bake as instructed based off of brownie mix box.
5. Serve and enjoy!











Well, that's it. Quick and easy. The picture you are feasting your eyes on right now isn't my finished product. I didn't have time sorry. When I make these again, and I will, I will take pictures, I promise. Until next time......

Danny Crocker

Grand Opening

Well this is my first post for my new blog. So thank you for stopping by for the "Grand Opening"! This page is mainly for me to share my love for baking and cooking with everyone who cares to read about it. Please don't hesitate to comment on anything I bake or cook and let me know what you think about it or if you have any ideas that could possibly improve what I'm doing. Thanks again!!

Danny Crocker