Apple cake pops

 These are some of my little chefs, Montana, Bianca, Jessee, Blake, Ava and Kate. For Teacher's Appreciation day they made apple cake pops for their teachers and parents. And we made Coconut Pineapple upside down cake in a jar for Mother's day. These are the pictures they used for the Mother's Day card.

Apple Cake Pops

1 pound cake or any white cake (crumbled)

1/2 cup of white frosting (you might need a bit more)

1/2 cup of unsweetened coconut

red sprinkles or red sugar, small green candies, pretzels sticks (cut in half)

mix the cake frosting and coconut until its the consistency of a dough but not really sticking to your hands Then make small balls about the size of a lime, sprinkle them with red sugar or sprinkles, place the pretzel in the top just like the stem and the candy next to it. Enjoy!

EASTER/SPRING INEXPENSIVE DECORATIONS

all the things used were from the 99c store and a piece of ribbon

Egg shell, acorns, pine cones and needles and piece of hard scrapbook paper

Bianca made a picture and we used one of her frames

construction paper, stickers, ribbon

paper lanterns were from Big Lots, acorns painted like eggs 

subway decor from me, if you want it I can email it to you or see if you can printed

paper cup, construction paper and a piece of ribbon, you can add any candy or crackers 

The Lorax goodie bags and trufulla tree pops / The Lorax sorpresas

  

for the cake pops I used white frosting and cotton candy/ para los pops the queque use crema dulce blanca y algodon dulce

all the print outs are from/ todos las paginas y fotos son the http://www.hp.com/hho/hp_create/themes_celebrities_drseuss.html?hhosnl=hpn_2231%7C771638%7C864A12E3812793C0%7CFDA96ECBDFDE8A0202C7B47A843F698F&rid=C1AEE8F08157A17EA33CF529186852E4

we had a great time with the Girl Scout Troop #257 and the movie was one of the best movies I have seen, the message is great!!! really important to take the time to explain our kids the message/ lo pasamos muy bien con las Girl Scouts #257 y la pelicula es una de las mejores que he visto y les deja un mensaje maravilloso, importante conversar y explicarles el mensaje Life is Beautiful!!!!!:o)

spring is almost here!!! :o)

Almond flour crepes (low carb)

Almond Flour Crepe with Ricotta and Cheese Sauce

Crepe

1/4 cup of Almond Flour

2 egg white or 1 whole egg

a bit of almond milk

Sauce

(for top and filling)

1/3 cup of almond milk

1/2 cup of mushrooms

2 TBS of green beans or spinach (cut small)

1 TBS of minced onion

1 garlic clove minced

1/4 cup of your favorite cheeses (I used Asiago and Gorgonzola)

 

Filling

1/4 cup of Ricotta Cheese

1/2 cup of green beans or spinach

Instructions 

Crepe

Mix the egg and flour and add the milk little by little until it's thick but less thicker than regular pancakes. 

Spray the pan with a little of oil, when hot pour the mix and cover the whole bottom with circular movements. When it dries all around the edge it's time to turn it around, leave it for a minute or two (golden color).

Sauce

Brown the mushrooms until they are golden brown, add the onion and garlic until they are golden. Add the rest of ingredients and let it get to boil if it is too watery you can let it be in the heat for a while or add 1 tsp of cornstarch or flour.

Final Touches

Cover the whole crepe with ricotta cheese, then cover half or the whole crepe with your vegetable, cover half with the sauce, fold it in half, and top it with the rest of the sauce. You can side it with a tomato, small salad or saute zucchini. Now sit and enjoy a healthy low carb meal!

Chicken Parmesan with Vegetables and Cream Sauce

Chicken Parmesan

3 Chicken breast

2 low carb slices of bread

1 egg

spices (garlic, parsley, basil, oregano, sea salt)

vegetables

4 pieces of fresh garlic

3 Zuchinni sliced *different colors

1 orange pepper sliced

1 1/2 cup of sliced mushrooms

Sauce 

1 cup of cream

1/4 cup of almond milk

1/4 cup of parmessan cheese

basil, pepper and salt

First toast the bread and then grind it in the food processor, place in a bowl and add your favorite spices. Sliced each chicken breast in 3 pieces. deep it in the egg and then cover them with the bread crumb mix. To cook you can deep fry them or cook them in the oven at 400 for about 30 minutes.

While the chicken is cooking saute your vegetables in a wok, just to make them tender but not soft.

Put all the ingredients for the sauce in a microwave safe container and warm it up in your microwave, one minute at the time.

When the chicken is ready, serve the vegetables on the bottom, one place of chicken in the middle, and pour a little of sauce on the chicken and vegetables. To finish put some fresh parmesan cheese, now Enjoy!!!!

low carb pizza

Some of you know,I lost some weight and now it's the hard part, keep it off!! So I have been researching about food that it's low carb but natural :). Yesterday I found a blog that talked about a cauliflower pizza crust, I know!! I thought the same but I was willing to try it.
I changed a little the ingredients because I didn't have the exact ingredients and it turned out really good.

1 head of brocoflower almost 3 cups (I think it will better with regular Cauliflower )
3 eggs
2 cups of Colby cheese (Monterrey Jack or Mozzarella could be yummy too)
4 garlic gloves chopped and grilled
Spices rosemary, basil

Toppings
First pizza
Bacon bites
Grilled Onions
Second Pizza
Fresh Spinach
Fresh Mozzarella
Fresh tomatoes
Third pizza
Blue cheese
Buffalo wings sauce

Instructions
Wash and cut the florets off the brocoflower and then pulse it in the food processor not too long so it is not puree. Then cook it in the microwave for 8 minutes. In the blog I read it said 20 minutes at 400 F and 20 minutes at 350 F for my taste it was like an hour at 400.
After is cook let it cool down a little bit and then mix all the ingredients, I put aluminium foil for less clean up, spray a lot of Pam and cover the bottom of the pan and press it down a bit, then put it in the oven for 40 minutes at 400 F (check it during that time) when it's golden brown (I like mine brown) take it out and put toppings like cooked meats, vegetables, different cheeses, etc. And place in the oven for another 15 minutes.