CGG Cubes

1 cup of chili

¾ cup of garlic
¾ cup of ginger

Prep them for blending (wash the chili, remove the skin from the garlic and ginger). Blend into a paste (as smooth as possible). You will have more than you need any given recipe. I usually freeze mine in ice cube trays so I can have it ready for the next time I need it. It’s the best trick ever. I swear I am a more efficient cook because of it.

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Asian Salad

Yields 6-8 servings

• ¼ cup bok choy (Chinese cabbage)
• ¼ Radicchio (or purple cabbage)
• 1 cup any lettuce, mixed greens (chopped)
• 1 cup grated carrots
• ½ cup edamame
• 1/4 cup bean sprouts (adjust amount to suit your taste)
• ¼ cup peanuts (chopped)

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17th Meet - IndoChinese

 

Jalpa hosted this exchange at her house.  We had decided to do an Indo-Chinese exchange a while ago but had to keep postponing it for different reasons. Jalpa welcomed us with her own concoction of a non-alcoholic beverage. Something she, a new preggo, and the rest of the girls can enjoy. We swapped kid stories and their antics, some tips and tricks to use around the house, and pretty much lot of laughs. We decided next time all of us have to come to the exchange with a household cleaning tip. Something that you think the other girls may like to know.  I am looking forward to seeing what everyone comes back with. We have also decided  this blog is a good platform for sharing information – so moving forward we are going to share tips, tricks, stories, and of course our beloved food recipes.

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Chocolate Chip Vanilla Cake

To make CAKE
Ingredients:

• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 cup(s) sugar
• 1/2 stick of butter (add 1 stick if you're not afraid of the extra calories)
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• Pinch salt
• 1 cup milk
• 1/2 cup water
• 3/4 cup oil
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 3 large eggs
• 1-1 1/2 cups mini–chocolate chips

Directions:

• Heat oven to 350ºF. Coat with cooking spray or butter, 9inch or 10inch round cake pan.  I separated the batter into two cake pans to create a "layered cake" (Yes, you can say I'm fancy lol :)
• Mix flour, sugar, baking powder and salt in a large bowl. 
• Whisk milk, water, oil, vanilla and eggs in a 4-cup liquid measuring cup or medium bowl.
• Slowly pour in the milk/water mixture in the flour mix. Whisk well. 
• Stir in chips.

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Spinach-Cheese Swirls

This recipe is from the back of the box with minor changes.  It was too hectic with finding and making the ugly sweaters and our husbands joining us that I had to cheat.

Thaw: 40 mins Prep: 20 min Bake: 15 min  Makes: 20 pieces

INGREDIENTS

1 sheet Pepperidge Farm Puff Pastry Sheets (2 sheets in a package)
1 egg
1 tbsp water
½ cup shredded Muenster cheese or Monterey Jack cheese
¼ cup grated Parmesan cheese
1 green onion, chopped (I sautéed in butter but you don’t have to)
1/8 tsp garlic powder
1 package (about 10 oz.) frozen chopped spinach, thawed, well drained

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Cannoli Cake

 {I borrowed this recipe from here. I made slight variations}

Ingredients

• 1 package French vanilla cake mix (regular size)

FILLING:

• 1 carton (16 ounces) ricotta cheese
• 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon almond extract
• 1 teaspoon rum extract
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

 

FROSTING:

• 2 cartons (8 ounces each) Mascarpone cheese
• 3/4 cup confectioners' sugar, sifted
• 1/4 cup whole milk
• 2 teaspoons almond extract
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 tablespoons miniature semisweet chocolate chips

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Pan fried Onion Dip

2 large onions

½ teaspoon of chili pepper (you can use cayenne too)

1 teaspoon of salt

1 teaspoon of black pepper

4oz crème cheese

½ cup sour crème

½ cup of mayo

2 table spoon butter

 

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