Stuffed hot peppers with roasted red pepper and tomato sauce
Jul 29, 2010 Appetizers, Pastas and Sauces
Reader beware: consuming hot peppers with this delicious filling and sauce creates the powerful and hard to resist “addicting-spicy”. This is when something is spicy but delicious at the same time, and you are physically unable to stop eating the spicy food. Your hands simply will not stop grabbing the fork and lifting it to your mouth. The disease has not yet known to be fatal, but is sure to last until the last bite has been consumed.
Consider yourselves warned.
Peach week is over, although the peaches are not all gone. I froze some and plan to use them for something fun soon. After all the cool peach desserts, I decided it was time for something hot.
Tags: baked peppers, bobby flay stuffed peppers, stuffed jalapenos, stuffed peppers
Sweet Peach Popsicles and Sweet Peach Tea
Jul 26, 2010 Desserts, Drinks, Peaches, Snacks
To continue with peach week I have something to keep cool with. I had originally planned on making shortcakes with peaches and raspberries and marscapone cream, which I may still do, but I was too hot this weekend to turn on my oven. Maybe tomorrow I’ll get inspired to bake something, but yesterday I was more in the mood for something cold. Very, very cold.
I am normally never, ever, in the mood for a popsicle. Yesterday, however, I found myself flipping through the latest Bon Appetit and saw a recipe for Blackberry popsicles. They looked amazing. I wanted one, but I didn’t have blackberries. I did, however, have perfectly sweet and wonderful peaches.
Tags: home made popsicles, iced tea drinks, peace ice cubes, peach pops, peach popsicles, peach tea
Peach Pie with Mixed Berries
Jul 22, 2010 Peaches, Pies and Tarts, Strawberries
Ok, I’m excited.
Really, really excited.
The reason I’m excited is because this pie recipe, is MINE. I created it- and … it tasted fine! It fell apart, but I didn’t mind. I was just happy there weren’t any major disasters.
I decided to make my own recipe… TIME OUT: I want to say right now that creating a pie recipe isn’t necessarily rocket science…. just know that I’m aware of that. Now, where were we? … because I wanted a pie, but I didn’t want it to have a pie crust top, I wanted streusel instead. I also wanted to add mixed berries instead of just blueberries or just blackberries to the peaches, and I couldn’t find a recipe that did those things. I also didn’t want to make my own pie crust… so the dough boy and I teamed up on this.
I used a mixture of the peaches I got last weekend in Porter, which were both the Bellaire and the Red Haven variety. Now, the Red Haven peaches are not particularly sweet, so I added more sugar that I probably would have if I had been using really sweet peaches. Next month, if I make this, I’ll probably use only 1/4 cup sugar instead of 1/2 cup. Just use your best judgement. If you want a sweeter pie, use more sugar.
Look at all the delicious fruit inside.
Tags: Peach Pie, peach pie with berries, peach pie with mixed berries
Peach Week Kickoff with Peaches in Wine
Jul 20, 2010 Appetizers, Desserts, Drinks, Peaches, Snacks
I hereby call this week… (drumroll please…)
Peach Week.
The reason?
I have a ton of peaches.
I know I’m starting this sort of in the middle of the week so it’s not really Peach Week, more like Peach mid-week or Peach Weekend, but nevertheless, we are going to talk peaches for a few posts. Since I’m drowning in peaches over here I feel like it’s all I can think about, therefore it’s all I am going to write about for a few days.
I hope that’s ok with you.
Tags: bellaire peach, peach dessert, peaches and wine, peaches in wine, peeling a peach, peeling peaches, Porter peach, Red Haven Peach, wine poached peach
Beignets disguised as Cinnaminions
Jul 18, 2010 Breads, Desserts, Snacks
The fun thing about having kids around is that you make things that you wouldn’t normally think to make. For example, I never would have thought, on my own, to try and make home made Cinnaminions.
“What’s a Cinnaminion? That’s a weird word. I think you’re making things up!” you might say.
I-Hop has been promoting these sugar coated iced donut things for a while and calling them Cinnaminions, a play off of Despicable Me‘s Minions, which are the little yellow guys you see running around on all the previews.
These guys right here:
