Betty's Happy Jalapeno Poppers Recipe

This easy New Year's Eve recipe for Betty's Baked Jalapeno Poppers is tasty and healthy and can be prepared in advance so that all you'll need to do is pop the poppers into the oven for about 15 minutes.




Ingredients (this recipe appears to make about 12 jalapeno halves)

6 nice-sized jalapeno peppers

2 slices of bacon (chopped before frying)

1/2 T extra virgin olive oil

1/4th cup mushrooms (finely chopped)

1/4th cup onions (finely chopped)

4 oz cream cheese

1/4th cup Monterey Jack cheese

1/4th cup Mozzarella cheese

Directions

Preheat oven to 350-degrees. Spray your Pyrex dish or baking sheet with cooking spray. Set aside.

Remove stem end from jalapeno, wash, slice lengthwise, remove seeds, and dry.

Fry the chopped bacon until brown and crispy. Place on paper towels to drain. Remove bacon grease from skillet and add about 1/2 tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil to pan.

Add finely chopped mushrooms and onions to heated pan and saute for a couple of minutes until onions are translucent.

Allow cooled bacon, mushrooms and onions to a large mixing bowl. Add softened cream cheese and blend together with other ingredients. Add both remaining cheeses to bowl and blend well.

Using a teaspoon, fill peppers as shown in video and place in prepared baking dish (Betty was able to fit 16 poppers in her Pyrex dish).

Bake in preheated oven for 15 minutes. Transfer to serving platter and serve with your choice of dipping sauce. Or choose from Betty's suggested sauces... chunky salsa, taco sauce, guacamole, or sour cream. I would also add sliced black olives for a contrast in color.

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6 Recipes To Jazz Up Ramen Noodles

Since I love to eat Ramen Noodles from time to time... I think that this Howcast video is informative and that the recipes are probably very tasty.

In Japan, each ramen noodle shop tries to distinguish itself by making a unique variation of the dish.

Here’s how to recreate the experience at home.

How To Jazz Up Ramen Noodles on Howcast

Your Ingredients

You will need packages of ramen noodles with seasoning packets (chicken, pork, and beef flavors)

eggs

chopped onion, carrots, and celery

fried pork chop

Alfredo sauce

soy sauce

sliced beef

mustard

chicken

Directions

Step 1: Add an egg

Egg it up! Bring the soup water to a boil. Add a chicken seasoning packet and a beaten egg and simmer until the egg is cooked. Add the noodles and cook them until tender.

Step 2: Make chicken soup

Try a chicken soup version. Bring the soup water to a boil. Add a chicken seasoning packet, chopped onion, carrots, and celery, and simmer until the vegetables are nearly cooked. Then add the noodles and cook them until tender.

Step 3: Add a fried pork chop

Try a pork addition. Cook the noodles according to the instructions, and then drain. Add a pork seasoning packet and top the noodles with a fried pork chop.

Step 4: Add Alfredo sauce

For an Italian flair, cook and drain the noodles, and then add Alfredo sauce.

Step 5: Serve with thinly sliced beef

Add punch with meat. Bring the soup water to a boil. Add beef seasoning packets, soy sauce, and thin slices of beef and simmer until the beef is cooked. Add the noodles and cook until tender.

Step 6: Add mustard and chicken

Spice it up! Brown chunks of chicken in a frying pan. Cook and drain the noodles, and then add a chicken seasoning packet, mustard, and the cooked chicken chunks.

Did you know? Ramen noodle soup was originally imported to Japan from China.

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Betty's Fresh Fruit Pizza Dessert Recipe

Here's another one of Betty's delicious desserts. She shows us how to prepare this easy recipe of Fresh Fruit Pizza just in time for the upcoming summer season. I hope you enjoy.

Ingredients for Pizza Crust

1 roll of store-bought cookie dough (Betty is using Pillsbury Chocolate Chip)

Directions

Preheat oven to 400-degrees.

Slice chilled cookie dough as shown in the video and place rounds in a concentric layer until you cover the entire pizza tray.

Using your hands, press down dough until it's all together to make one large cookie.

Place in preheated oven and bake for 10 to 14 minutes.

Remove from oven and set aside to cool.

Pizza Topping Ingredients

1 stick butter or margarine

1 (8 oz) package cream cheese

1 (1 lb) box confectioners' sugar

1 tsp pure vanilla

strawberries (rinsed and halved)

fresh pineapple (peeled, cored and chunked)

kiwi fruit

blueberries (in season) or seedless grapes (rinsed and halved)

Directions

Place room temperature butter and cream cheese into a large mixing bowl.

Slowly add confectioners' sugar to cream cheese mixture and beat with an electric mixer until smooth and creamy.

Spread mixture over baked cookie dough leaving a bit of crust to show.

Arrange strawberries (or largest fruit) around the perimeter of the fruit pizza.

As shown in video, continue adding each fruit in circular layers until pizza is attractive and filled in.

Using a pizza cutter or long knife, cut and place triangles on serving plates.


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Paula Deen's Peanut Butter Balls

Just like me... when Paula makes this simple Peanut Butter Ball recipe... it takes her back to her childhood. When I saw this recipe, I thought waaay back and conjured up these little balls although I think that my mom finished them off by dipping some of them in chocolate. I hope you enjoy!



Ingredients

1 cup creamy peanut butter
1 cup Tupelo honey (if you can't find it... use another good quality honey)
1-1/3 cups powdered milk
1-1/2 cups crushed nuts or cereal

Directions

Mix ingredients and refrigerate for 2 hours so that you can mold them into balls.

Remove from refrigerator and mold into balls about the size of a quarter then roll them in your crushed cereal or nuts (of your choice).

Cover a cookie sheet with plastic wrap and fill the sheet with rolled peanut butter balls.

Place in the refrigerator for a couple of hours and enjoy.

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Keith Snow's Snow Pea & Carrot Stir Fry

A simple but delicious Snow Pea & Carrot Stir Fry recipe featuring snow peas, carrots and ginger. Takes just 2 minutes to cook, a vegan’s dream.



Ingredients

2 cups fresh snow peas
1/2 cups julienned carrot
1 teaspoon fresh ginger
2 tablespoons low-sodium soy sauce
1 pinch Harvest Eating house seasoning or salt and pepper

Directions

1. Heat your wok or pan over high heat.

2. Add oil, then vegetables. cook for 1 minute.

3. Add ginger, soy sauce cook 1 more minute, no more.

Chef Snow's Note: The stir fry method requires the discipline to cook for less time than you think it needs. Crunchy vegetables are perfect.

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Keith Snow's Baked Ziti Recipe

This Baked Ziti recipe is another terrific comfort food from Keith Snow. This Italian pasta dish with three yummy cheeses is simple to prepare and quite delicious.



Ingredients

1/2 lbs whole wheat penne or ziti cooked
2 cups Mozzarella cheese, shredded
1/4 cup Parmesan cheese, grated
1 1/2 cups whole milk Ricotta cheese
5 cups tomato sauce
1 T Herbs de Provence (recipe follows)
salt and pepper to taste

Directions

In a large bowl add cooked pasta, douse with 2 cups sauce and ricotta cheese, mix well.

Start layering pasta in baking dish, add more sauce, mozzarella cheese, herbs, salt & pepper plus Parmesan cheese.

Repeat layers topping dish with remaining mozzarella cheese.

Bake for 35 minutes or until bubbly, melted and starting to brown a touch.

Serves 4

From Wikipedia: The Herbs de Provence mixture typically contains savory, fennel, basil, thyme, and lavender flowers and other herbs.

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Paula Deen's Crab Salad Martini Recipe

Paula Deen makes this recipe for fresh Crab Salad not only tasty but also an attractive addition to your table.



Ingredients

Paula Deen Seasoned Salt (or Lawry's)
Paula Deen Lemon Pepper Seasoning (or Lawry's)
1 lb claw crabmeat, clean, picked and cooked
1 lb lump crabmeat, cleaned, picked and cooked
1 lemon, zested and juiced, plus more for dipping martini glass
2 to 3 small tomatoes, diced
2 tablespoons spicy or Dijon mustard
1 cup mayonnaise
12 to 15 fresh asparagus stalks
Paula Deen House Seasoning
crab boil seasoning (recommended: Old Bay)
lemon wedges, for garnish
olives, for garnish

Directions

In a large pot bring salted water to a boil and blanch the asparagus by placing them in boiling salted water for 1 minute, and immediately shocking them in a bowl of ice water.

Trim the very bottom of the asparagus and discard. Cut off the top 2-inches of the asparagus and set aside for garnish. Finely chop the remaining asparagus.

In a medium bowl, combine the asparagus with the mayonnaise, mustard, tomatoes, and lemon zest and lemon juice. Gently fold the crabmeat into the asparagus mixture and season to taste with Lemon Pepper Seasoning, Seasoned Salt and House Seasoning.

Using the extra lemon juice wet the rims of the martini glasses and dip them into the crab boil seasoning. Put the crab salad mixture into the prepared glasses and serve with the asparagus tops, lemon wedges, and olives as garnish.

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