Jazzed up Deviled Eggs

I personally love deviled eggs year round, I think they are great to bring to BBQ's, family get together's, church socials etc. With these you can almost always guaranty you'll head home from the event with an empty plate. 

I like to make a statement when I bring these delicious little morsels with me...for Easter or any function really...adding a splash of color to your deviled eggs makes a fun statement.

Start by filling a few cups with plain vinegar. Add regular food coloring to each cup and insert peeled hard boiled eggs one at a time. Leave in the vinegar until you have reached your desired color (this won't take long so don't worry...you're not pickling the eggs)

Next...slice eggs in two, remove yokes and create standard deviled eggs filling (use your favorite recipe). Fill each half with the creamy mixture and a dash of paprika for color. Enjoy!

I've also colored the eggs after they were sliced in half to color the whole visible surface area. It's entirely up to you :-)

Chinese Fried Rice via the Mayo Clinic

This is directly from the Mayo Clinic website.  you can see this recipe and the nutrition facts HERE

1 1/3 cups water
3/4 cup rice
3 tablespoons peanut oil
4 green onions with tops, chopped
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 carrots, finely chopped
1/2 cup finely chopped green bell pepper
1/2 cup frozen peas
1 egg
2 tablespoons reduced-sodium soy sauce
1 tablespoon sesame oil
1/4 cup chopped parsley

In a saucepan, bring the water and rice to a boil, stirring frequently. Reduce heat to low, cover and simmer until the rice is tender and has absorbed all the liquid, about 20 minutes.
In a large heavy skillet or wok, heat the peanut oil over medium-high heat. Add the cooked rice and saute until lightly golden. Add the green onions, salt, carrots, peppers and peas. Stir-fry until the vegetables are tender-crisp, about 5 minutes.
Hollow out a circle in the center of the skillet by pushing the vegetables and rice to the sides. Break the egg into the hollow and cook, lightly scrambling the egg as it cooks. Stir the scrambled egg into the rice mixture. Sprinkle with soy sauce, sesame oil and chopped parsley. Serve immediately.

Thanksgiving in a burger!

1 lb. Ground Turkey
1 sweet apple; grated
1/2 onion
1/2 C chopped Celery
1/2 pkg dry stuffing
1 egg
1/2 C dry bread crumbs
Poultry seasoning.

Combine ingredients and shape into a ball. Divide into 4ths and make into patties. Fry over med-high heat flipping periodically until heated through. Remember with all poutry to be very sure the meat is fully cooked.

Top with Cranberry sauce or this fantastic Cider Gravy by Rachel Ray. It is super easy and while it makes the burger a bit messy is, as RR would say: YUM-O!

Hard-boiled Eggs

Obviously if you get water hot enough, it boils.  But adding salt seems to make it boil faster.  Unlike with pasta, you add the eggs BEFORE you turn on the unit.  Once the eggs and water start to boil, set a timer for 8-10 min.

Remove pot and place under cold running water.  Don't know if your eggs are boiled?

Here's a trick with boiled eggs:

Place egg on the counter on it's end and spin it.  A hard boiled egg will spin in circles, a raw egg will wobble and stop.

Hungry man's breakfast

 I stopped to watch a show on the Travel channel a while back.  Man vs. Food.  It take this Joe Schmoe guy and has him going all over the country eating all kinds of food in HUGE quantities.  There was once episode that had me drooling.  I did my best to recreate it with what we had and it turned out really well.

I was adding quantities at random, so here are the ingredients and you can eyeball it.


Dice up potatoes and brown them in butter
Season the potatoes with chilipowder and Pepper with a hint of Tobasco
Scramble eggs with milk, onion, green peppers and ham or bacon and Pico de gallo/salsa
Dump eggs onto potatoes and layer with shreeded cheese
cover and let sit until cheese melts.

Serve!

Breakfast sandwiches

Fry an egg
Toast some bread and butter it
Slice cheese enough to cover the bread
slice of ham
Stack it together.

I like to have a runny egg, myself.  I break the yolk before closing the sandwich.
Do this on an English muffin and Poof!  A really inexpensive Egg McMuffin