NY Buffalo Chicken WIngs

NY Buffalo chicken wings are amazing. I mean basically you wanna eat even the bones, that is how good they are.

I did this recipe this summer and forgot to jot it down here. My recipe is a mix of this recipe and this recipe because I baked them. So here it is.

INGREDIENTS:

-15 chicken wings cut in half.

-Salt and pepper.

-1 heaped spoonful of flour.

-1 heaped spoonful of baking powder.

-1 teaspoon of teaspoon of cayenne powder.

-1/2 teaspoon of sweet paprika.

-1/2 teaspoon of spicy paprika.

For the sauce:

-2oo ml of ketchup.

-75 grams of butter.

-1 teaspoon of sugar.

-1 teaspoon of garlic powder.

-1 teaspoon of cayenne powder.

-1 teaspoon of spicy paprika.

-1 spoonful of tabasco sauce.

-1 spoonful of cornstarch.

-some pepper.

STEPS:

1. Mix the chicken wings with salt and pepper and then with the rest of the ingredients above, flour, baking powder, cayenne powder and paprikas. Coat all of them well. The trick for them to be crispy is to use baking powder.
2. Stick them in oven for 30 minutes to 200 degrees (with fire from below) and then turn on the grill and grill for 30 minutes at 200 degrees. Once they are golden get them out.

3. In the meantime prepare the sauce. Melt the butter first and then add all the ingredients and stir for 10 minutes until it is all come together.

4. Now get the wings out of the oven and add them in the hot sauce and coat them well, stir well. 

5. Now place them in the oven tray in foil paper and put them in the grill of the oven for 200 degrees until they caramelize for about 20 minutes. 

And that's it. They are soooooooooo good. 

           

Spinach Salad for Thanksgiving

Another Thanksgiving classic recipe of my friend Julie:

INGREDIENTS:

- 2 bags of salad.
-1 package of feta cheese 
-1/2 red onion thinly sliced
-3 handfuls of cranberries.
-Almonds sliced or walnuts crushed a bit.
-4 spoonful of balsamic vinegar 
-1/4 of a glass of olive oil.

-5 spoonful of raspberry jam. 

-salt and pepper.

-1 tspoon of sugar if it is too acidic.

STEPS:

1. Place all salad in a bowl.

2. Add all ingredients, the red onion sliced and the feta cheese.

3. Now mix the balsamic vinegar, the jam, the olive oil and salt pepper. It should be a mix of sweet and salty.

4. Season with the dressing, and with the cranberries.

5. The sliced almonds/walnuts are the superb finish but not necessary. 

So so festive. Perfect for Christmas too.

Green Bean Casserole for Thanksgiving

Another great and easy recipe for Thanksgiving and for bland green beans, who knew beans could taste so good, seriously.  Unfortunately this is the only photo I have of the beans, but you can see how yummy it all looks.

INGREDIENTS:

-French cut beans (from bottle already cooked or fresh ones). 
-1 can of condensed mushroom soup (Campbell's).
-Onion flakes (the type you buy).

STEPS:

1. Put the beans in glass container and then pour the mushroom soup and mix everything. 

(If they are fresh boil them for 10 minutes but don't let them get too mushy). 

2. The day of Thanksgiving, place green beans of oven dish and add the entire mushroom Campbell soup and toss so that they are all covered in the sauce. 

3. After 20-30 minutes in 180 degrees baking, add and then and only then, the onion flakes on top and grill for 5 minutes.  Be careful with the order of this step.

4. Be careful with the flakes, they burn in NO TIME.

Sweet Potatoes with Marshmellows--Thanksgiving

 

This dish of the Thanksgiving dinner is one of my favorites. The thing about this dish is that you can make it good or so so good, and it all depends on these little things that make it taste from another world (but also more fattening too). I got the recipe last year from this site. 

INGREDIENTS:

-6 sweet potatoes. 

-50 grams of brown sugar.

-1/4 teaspoon of ground cinnamon.

-250 grams of white marshmallows.

-1/4 teaspoons of all ground spice or pumpkin spice.

-1/2 teaspoon of salt.

-2 handfuls of pecan nuts.

STEPS:

1. Peel and boil the sweet potatoes for 20 minutes and then roast them in low heat for 2 or 3 hours until they are very very soft.

 

2. Now mash potatoes and mix with the sugar, cinnamon, salt, and all ground spice. Make sure it is neither too sweet not too salty. 

It has to be balanced because of the layer of sugar you are adding next with the marshmallows.

3. Now add to a baking dish and cover with a little bit of brown sugar and some pecan nuts and then a layer of marshmallows. 

(This step is totally optional).

4. Now add a layer of marshmallows and stick in oven in top grill for 5 minutes, but be REAL CAREFUL, they burn in NO TIME.

This dish is Thanksgiving in a nutshell. 

Mashed Potatoes--Thanksgiving

A while ago, my friend Julie gave me some great Thanksgiving recipes. I wanted to keep them all together in one place. They were very good and easy.  So here they are in the next posts, even if it is not for a Thanksgiving dinner, this one will spice up your mashed potatoes. 

INGREDIENTS: 

-7-8 big potatoes. (1,5 kg).

-200 grms. cream cheese.

-2 spoonfuls of butter.
-1,5 teaspoons of salt.
-2,5 spoonfuls of onion powder.

-0,5 teaspoons of garlic.

-a few chives or herbs for decoration.

STEPS:

1. Peel the potatoes, boil them and smash them, really, really, really well.
2. Add the butter, cream cheese, onion powder, garlic powder and salt. Keep adding up more of these spices as you like, but be careful it is not super oniony or salty.
3. Mix it all up until is super creamy and then decorate with some chives or some green neutral herb on top.
 
You can also use Ranch dressing with the mashed potatoes if you want to go crazy american. 

American chocolate chip cookies

A classic here from the US.
I did this recipe while living in San Joaquin 3 years ago with my roommates and Nicole. It was a fun time. These are the ingredients and pictures will tell the rest of the story:

 

INGREDIENTS:

1 cup of margarine

3/4 cup of white sugar

3/4 cup of brown sugar

2 eggs

1 tsp. vanilla

1 tsp. baking soda

2 and 1/2 cups flour

1 and 1/2 of chocolate chips

STEPS:

1. Mix it all.

2. Bake at 350 degrees for 12-14 minutes, until it is all lightly golden.

strawberry french toast-french toast de fresas

Una receta genial para un desayuno familiar o de varias personas. Lo hice el otro dia para unas amigas que vinieron a mi casa. Estaba muy muy buena y es muy facil.

Necesitas:

• 1 barra de pan y media.
• 6 huevos
• 3 "cups" americanos de leche.
• 1 "cup" de azucar moreno.
• 1/2 cucharadilla de vainilla.
• 1/4 cucharadilla de nuez moscada.
• 1 "cup" of nueces.
• 2 "cups" de fresas cortadas en trocitos.

1.Pon el pan en una bandeja cortado en rodajas. 

2. Mezcla la leche, el azucar y los huevos y la vainilla y la nuez moscada. 

3. Ahora pon todo el liquido por encima del pan y pon por encima las fresas y las nueces y metelos en los agujeros que quedan entre las rodajas de pan.

4. Dejalo todo reposar  por 30 minutos para que el pan absorba bien el liquido  y el pan quede mejor.

5. Y ahora pon un poquito de azucar moreno por encima de todo para que se tueste (este es un buen toque) y metelo en el horno 30 minutos, a 190 o asó por encima  y por debajo y luego bajalo a 160 o así un ratito más...se tiene que tostar por animar pero no lo quemes. 

6. Ya está, estaba buenisimo, pruebalo. Tuve que hacer muchas fotitos :)

 La mesa de desayuno con mantel bonito es mejor

yum

Huevos de Pascua rellenos

Una receta divertida para esta época del año. La había visto en Pinterest y quería hacerla. Es muy fácil y divertida. Y ¿porqué coloreamos huevos en la Semana Santa? Pues es una tradición de la iglesia histórica. El color rojo, que es el color con el que se solían pintar los huevos antes, representa la sangre de Jesús en la cruz. Y ¿Por qué huevos? Pues porque los huevos representan la vida nueva que vino a nosotros cuando Jesús resucitó y salió de la tumba, que es lo que representa el cascarón del huevo.

Pues me lo pasé bien haciendo esta receta. Solo necesitas...

•  4 huevos.
• Colorantes de varios colores.
• Una cucharada de mayonesa.
• 1 cucharadita de Vinagre por cada color que te utilizes.
• Un vaso de agua para cada color.

estan ahí dentro, ¿los ves?? flotando en el fondo...

1. Muy fácil  cocina los huevos. ¿Y cómo se hace? yo no lo sabía lo confieso...tienes que poner los huevos en agua fría y poner al fuego. 
2. Déjalos hervir por 5 o 7 minutos mientras hierven y ya está. Estarán cocinados por dentro. 
3. Pon un vaso de agua con una gotita de colorante y una cucharadita de vinagre de vino. Como aquí abajo.
4. Ahora sumerge los huevos que has cortado por la mitad (y sin yema) en el agua con colorante y déjalos dentro del agua por 5 o 10 minutos. Sacalos con una cuchara para ver si han cogido el color deseado. Yo lo hice de colores pastel, porque así son los tonos de los huevos de Pascua.

5. Ahora por los huevos en una toallita para que absorban el color restante y se sequen. 

6. Mientras prepara el relleno. Coge las yemas y desmenuzalas con el tenedor. Ponle una cucharada sopera de mayonesa y si quieres un poco de mostaza (como ves en la foto si te fijas, como una cucharadita) y un poco de sal. Remuevelo todo y ya está. 

7. Pues ya está con una manga pastelera, coloca el relleno dentro de los huevos y ponle un poco de pimentón dulce encima para decorar. 

8. Super ricos, y bonitos y simbólicos. Esta la repito seguro. 

I made a ton more for church