3 ingredient pie

Oct 3 posted by
Do you love cookies and cream? I bet you don’t love it as much as Andy! He really, super duper, extra loves cookies and cream ice cream. (And chocolate malts.) This pie is a cookie and cream lovers dream, but my favorite part is you only need 3 ingredients… yep, 3! You need a pie crust, ice cream, and COOL WHIP. This is, hands down, the easiest pie you’ll ever make. No baking involved.
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Jalapeno Hummus

Jun 18 posted by

Need a tasty, healthy treat for summer time? Here you are my friend…! Although, if your not into spice this might not be the snack for you.

 

Here is what you need for one batch. I usually make at least 2 batches at time. Obviously, you can adjust to the spice to your liking.

jalapeno hummus ingredients
Ingredients: 
  • 1 can of garbanzo beans (drained)
  • 1/4 cup of Tahini
  • 2 T of lemon juice
  • 1/2 of a can of diced jalapenos (We like it spicy)
  • 1 clove of garlic (Andy is a garlic baby so I only use a tiny bit)
  • 1 T of red pepper flakes
  • 2 t of cumin
  • salt to taste
Instructions
  1. Drain garbanzo beans add to your food processor
  2. Add tahini, garlic, cumin, jalapenos, red pepper flakes, and lemon juice
  3. Turn on that food processor!
  4. Taste it, add salt, red pepper flakes until your happy.

Dump all the ingredients in the food processor…

how to make jalapeno hummus

Turn that sucker on… taste test. Add more salt, garlic, or red pepper flakes.

how to make jalapeno hummus

Eat it up. We eat it with carrots and/ or pita chips. Any veggie or chip works in my book!

how to make jalapeno hummus
On a side note: Do you find taking pictures of food super tricky? Me too. You have no idea how many pictures I have of this ol’ batch of hummus, and while I’m still not 100% happy with the above pic, I did try my very best :) Do you have any photo food taking tips? I asked C.R.A.F.T. facebook readers and they gave me some good hints…
how to take pictures of food
The patterned fabric was a big help I think. Thank you, Tawnya. 
how to take pictures of food
And not using the carrots because they are too bright. Thank you, Aunt B.
Thank you, everyone, for reading C.R.A.F.T. and helping me with all of my issues on C.R.A.F.T. facebook : ) Anyone else have a handy food photographing tip? Or amazing hummus recipe?
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Andy’s Favorite: Lasagna

Mar 30 posted by
He loves lasagna… really freakin’ loves it. I like Stouffers for 2 reasons…it’s tasty and most importantly, super easy! I figured since lasagna is his favorite it would be a good dish to start  with. I’m not a good cook, but practice makes perfect, right? I’m domestic in a crafty way, recipes don’t always love my creativity :)   I mixed this and this recipe together to create a healthier, easier lasagna that we both love. It’s nice because I made one big lasagna and then we eat that sucker for 3 days!

 

 Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 minced cloves of garlic
  • 1 1/2 pounds ground turkey
  • 1 28-ounce can crushed tomatoes in tomato puree
  • 1 6-ounce can tomato paste (I’ve left this out before and it was no big deal)
  • 4 tbsp Italian seasoning
  • 2 tbsp brown sugar
  • salt and pepper
  • 12 whole wheat lasagna noodles
  • 15 ounces ricotta cheese
  • 1 cup grated Parmesan, plus 1/4 cup for sprinkling
  • 1 cup of 6 cheese Italian cheese
  • 1 large egg 
  • 9×13 glass baking dish (I’ve used bigger with this recipe, but I like the 9×13 best!)

Instructions

  1. Preheat your oven to 400 degrees.  
  2.  Fill your baking dish with the hottest tap water. Add the noodles and allow them to sit in the water for 20 minutes. Drain.
  3. Next start making the sauce… heat the olive oil in a large skillet. Cook the garlic for about a minute and add ground turkey. Break it up and cook until it is all brown. About 8 minutes.
  4. Add the crushed tomatoes, Italian seasoning, salt, pepper, and brown sugar.
  5. In another bowl, combine the ricotta, 1 cup of Parmesan, the egg, the remaining 2 tablespoons of Italian seasoning, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and 1/4 teaspoon pepper. Set aside.
  6. Add a little bit of sauce to the bottom of the dish. Add a layer of pasta, 1/3 of the ricotta, and 1/3rd of the sauce. Add a layer of pasta, ricotta, and sauce. One more layer just like that last! Sprinkle with 1/4 cup of Parmesan (or more, to cover the surface) and bake for 30 minutes until the sauce is bubbling.
Step 2: Soaking the noodles…

Step 3:  Start making the sauce. I love this little garlic contraption for mincing. It looks a lot like this garlic press from Amazon. It works wonders. You don’t even have to peel the garlic.

 
Still working on Step 3…
Step 4: The sauce making. I didn’t put parsley flakes or crushed red pepper in the ingredient list above… this is where my creativity can get the best of me :)

The 20 minute timer will go off right in the middle of sauce making, and you need to drain your noodles! Don’t mind the random colored noddles… I used leftover noodles and then needed more so I bought whole wheat noodles :)

Step 5: Cheese concoction. In a bowl, combine the ricotta, 1 cup of Parmesan, the egg, the remaining 2 tablespoons of Italian seasoning, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and 1/4 teaspoon pepper.

Step 6: This one is my favorite. You get to put it all together in pretty little layers. My layers go like this… a tiny bit of sauce on the bottom, noodles, sauce, cheese, noodles, sauce, cheese, noodles, sauce, cheese, extra cheese!

Enjoy your masterpiece for a few mights to come. I think lasagna almost gets better the second night :)  

Bake that sucker for 30 minutes or until you see it bubbling. Take it out and let it cool down a little. I think it’s easier to cut when it is not so hot. Are you proud of me for making home made lasagna? I am pretty proud of myself over here! Do you use a garlic press or mince by hand? Do you have a secret sauce ingredient? Is it brown sugar? Do you think lasagna is better the second night? I’d love to hear…

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