Balsamic honey baked Brie

Super easy super yummy appetizer, goes amazing with wine

1 whole Brie wheel
1/2 cups balsamic vinegar
1tbs sugar
1tbs honey

Heat balsamic, honey and sugar together in a sauce pan, 5-10 minutes, stirring constantly until desires thickness
Bake brie on serving plate for 10mimutes at 350
Remove Brie from oven, pour sauce over top
Serve with crackers


Picture to come soon, making this tonight

Proscuitto Wrapped Pork Tenderloin with Thyme Roasted Apples

Something completely different and still weight watchers friendly.

Ingredients:
Pork Tenderloine (2lbs)
5 thin slices proscuitto
1tbsp dijon
1tbsp white balsamic vinegar
2 apples slices thick
4 fresh thyme sprigs
salt
pepper
1tbsp olive oil

Pre-Heat oven to 425
Toss apples in olive oil, thyme, and a little bit of salt and pepper
Bake for 10 minutes in a deep baking dish
Meanwhile, coat pork in balsamic and mustard mixture
Wrap with proscuitto
Remove apples from oven, place pork in the middle of the apple mixture
Return to oven and bake another 20 minutes

This is an amazing dish, the sweetness from the apples really adds to the flavor of the pork. I served it with garlic sauteed carrots and green beans.

Beurre Blanc (white wine sauce)

One of my new years resolutions is to get back on weight watchers and drop 40lbs, another one is to blog more... But obviously I'll be
cleaning up my recipes. Today I made a Beurre Blanc sauce to serve on chicken breast. I served it with whole wheat
pasta tossed with spinach, tomatoes and artichokes. Here's my light Beurre Blanc recipe:

Ingredients:
2tbsp diced onions
2 diced garlic cloves
4 sprigs of fresh thyme
1cup chicken broth
1/4 cup white wine
1tbsp butter
Salt and pepper to taste
Cooking spray

Spray a deep pan with cooking spray
Sauté onions until just browning
Add garlic, cook 2 minutes
Add chicke broth, cover and simmer at medium for 5minutes
Add full thyme sprigs, cook another 2-3mimutes
Add white whine, cover and simmer 5 minutes
Remove from heat, add butter, stir until blended
Sprinkle with salt and pepper to taste

It's not a thick sauce like most, but the flavor makes up for it.
I baked my chicken breast then poured the sauce on top before serving, but you could also bake your chicken in the sauce.

Lomo Saltado

My first attempt at peruvian food...

3 thin (fast fry) steaks
3 plum tomatoes
1 small hot pepper
1 large onion
1/4 cup red wine vinegar
4 tbsp soy sauce
1 tsp cumin
1 tsp corriander
1 package frozen fries


Marinate steak, cut into strips, in red wine vinegar, soy sauce, cumin and corriander for 4hrs-overnight

Heat a dip frying pan over medium heat
Add steak and marinade
Cook until no longer pink
Add onion and hot pepper
Meanwhile, bake fries in oven as directed
Add tomatoes to frying pan
Cover and simmer for 10 minutes
Once fries are done, toss them into steak mixture
Toss to coat
Serve over rice

mmm

beer brined pork chops

4 Chops, bone in
1 Bottle beer
2 Cups water
3Tbsp salt
1Tbsp sugar

Place pork chops in a bowl that they will be completely submerged in brine.
Mix together other ingredients
Pour over chops
Cover and refrigerate at least 4 hours

Grill and enjoy. I'm serving mine with tomato zucchini salsa :)

fresh tomato zucchini salsa

The garden is huge again this year and producing more veggies than I know what to do with. So today for dinner I'm making beer brined pork chops on the BBQ with tomato zucchini salsa to go with it.

1 Cup chopped baby tomatoes
1 Medium zucchini diced
1 Green onion, diced
1 Clove garlic
1 Jalapeno (or 1 tbsp dried)
1 Sweet red pepper,diced
1 Tbsp brown sugar
2 Tsp lime juice
2 Tsp cider vinegar
1 Tsp dried cilantro
Salt and pepper to taste

Mix all ingredients together, cover and refrigerate at least 4-8hrs

Stuffed Red Peppers SLOW COOKER style :)

Decided to try stuffed red peppers in the slow cooker for the first time.

Ingredients:

3 TBSP Olive Oil
2 red peppers
1 chicken breast, sliced into small pieces
2 cups cooked brown rice
2 cloves garlic
1/2 cup diced cherry tomatoes (I used fresh yellow and red tomatoes from my garden)
2 TBSP Italian Seasoning
1/4 cup white wine
1 can diced tomatoes
salt and pepper to taste

In a deep frying pan, heat oil over medium high heat
Add chopped garlic, and italian seasoning, cook 2 minutes
Add salt and pepper to taste
Add chicken, mix well, cook covered until chicken just begins to brown

Meanwhile, cut tops off of red peppers and bottoms (only to make them sit without falling over)
Chop up the top and bottom of red pepper and add to chicken mixture
Saute chicken and red pepper mixture until cooked, 5-10 minutes
Pour white wine into chicken mixture, scraping pan with spoon
Cover and simmer until liquid is reduced (5-10 minutes)
Once liquid is reduced, add cooked brown rice and stir
Stuff red peppers with mixture
Pour diced tomatoes into slow cooker
Place stuffed red peppers in sauce and cook 6-8hrs

Enjoy :)