Thursday, February 18, 2010

Sloppy Noodles


Ingredients:
1 clove garlic, minced
1/2 onion, diced
1 lb ground turkey
1 1/2 tbsp ground cumin
1 tsp black pepper
2 tbsp BBQ sauce
1 tbsp sour cream
1 tbsp parsley, finely chopped
2 cups spinach, roughly chopped

Kandice: Ok, ok. The name of this recipe does not sound the most appealing or appetizing, but hear me out. The day that I created this recipe I had a real hankering for some noodles and a sloppy joe (or steamer as some people call it). I didn’t want the extra calories from the buns of the sandwich, so I thought that I would try creating a sloppy joe mixture and put it on my penne pasta. Thus the creation of Sloppy Noodles came to be.

It’s actually very good despite how the name sounds. To make Sloppy Pasta I first minced the garlic and chopped the onion and placed them in a bowl together. In another bowl I combined the spinach and parsley. Preparation done; simple right? Then over medium-high heat, in a non-stick pan I poured a little oil and added the onion and garlic mixture. I sautéed these ingredients until they were slightly browned. Next I added the ground turkey and spices. Once the turkey was fully cooked I poured on the BBQ sauce. I let the flavors of the BBQ cook into the turkey a little before I added the sour cream. After combining the sour cream into the pan, I stirred in the parsley and spinach. I cooked the spinach until it was wilted, which was approximately 2 – 4 minutes. Once the spinach is cooked, I served my “sloppy joe” over some noodles.

If you or your family enjoys sloppy joes then this is definitely a recipe for you. It is very simple and quick recipe to make. Everyone will love it. I made this recipe two times over the week. The second time I made it I added some green beans into the mixture to add more greens. This is recommended, but for those who don’t like green beans it is optional. I do hope that you enjoy this sloppy recipe. ^_^

Monday, February 8, 2010

Blizzard of 2010



Hello, everyone. Josh here. Kandice and I decided to post a little update to let you guys know what's going on with our lives outside of recipes and baking.

As a lot of you may have heard, the Northeastern USA was hit with a ton of snow recently. Kandice and I live in Pennsylvania and Maryland, respectively, so we got buried. We both got around 2 FEET of snow! It was so much snow that we could barely see our cars! Kandice and I were both lucky because we stayed up and got to watch the storm as it was progressing. In the morning, Kandice went outside and took some nice pictures of all the snow. She told me that, while she was walking around, the snow came halfway up her thighs! She also stated that it took her 45 minutes to go down to the park near her house and back when it’s normally a 10-15 minute walk. Seriously, this was some really deep snow!

Luckily it stopped snowing in the afternoon and the sun came out. The sun didn’t melt much snow so there’s still a lot of it out there. It’s all very beautiful. Kandice and I hope to go snow tubing here soon; though we still have to unbury our cars before we can go anywhere. But when we do we’re going to go tubing, build snow forts, and have a snowball war! We hope that you enjoy the pictures and if you’re anywhere near us look us up you can join in our war.










Kandice's car : \

Saturday, February 6, 2010

Four Colorful Smoothies

Josh: What is something good to drink when you’re on-the-go or when you just want to relax? Smoothies!

Kandice: Smoothies aren’t something you would normally think about making during the dead of winter, but they’re a great way to jump-start your morning or brighten your day. They bring vivid colors and fresh flavors to your kitchen.

Josh: Normally when I think about having a smoothie, I think of the summer, but I also find that they provide a nice way to cool down and relax after a good workout. The added bonus is that the fruits and/or veggies within the smoothie will provide me with a renewed boost of vitamins and energy.

Kandice: I like to have a smoothie in the mornings for breakfast. Usually I’m not a big breakfast person and unfortunately I’m allergic to eggs, so that makes choices for something to eat in the morning fairly limited. When I have the time, I will eat a small bowl of Special K or Life (totally my favorite!) cereal. But when I’m busy, which is most of my time, I will make a smoothie.

Josh: Smoothies are fairly simple to make. All you really need to have is a blender and some fruits and/or vegetables. For making smoothies, it’s all about the combinations that you create. Some fruits have a strong taste to them while others don’t. The key to making them is to create it so that all of the individual flavors blend into one giant, delicious flavor that “wows” your taste buds!

Kandice: Everyone’s different and we all like different flavors. Josh and I really like our fruits so we decided to provide you with a colorful array of smoothies that all have their own unique taste. We hope and encourage you to try them out.

Acai & Fruit Smoothie

Ingredients:
8 oz. Acai juice
8 oz. Soy milk
1 Banana, cut in chunks
8 oz. (approx 14) Strawberries
1 Peach, seed removed
8 oz. Blueberries

Josh: This recipe came from the show Good Eats, hosted by my idol, Alton Brown. We altered it just a little because we unfortunately forgot to add the peach. Oops. Yet, in spite of our mistake the smoothie still came out very good.

Groovy Green Smoothie

Ingredients:
1 Banana, cut in chunks
1 cup Grapes
1 (6 ounce) tub Vanilla yogurt
1/2 Apple, cored and chopped
1 1/2 cups Fresh spinach leaves

Kandice: When I first came across the recipe for this smoothie I was like “OMG! It’s green … and it has spinach?!” Spinach is definitely not something I would have ever considered to include in a smoothie, but I figured that I would try it anyways. When Josh and I made this smoothie we combined all of the ingredients into our blender and mixed them until smooth. One thing that we had to remember to do, while we were blending everything, was to use a spoon to push down the spinach that kept sticking to the walls of the blender. Once it was done we had a taste test. I found that the smoothie is actually pretty good. It’s clearly a way to disguise eating your spinach for those of us that don’t particularly care to eat it. : )

JK's Mango Delight

Ingredients:
1 cup Soy milk
1/4 Papya, seeds removed
1 Mango, peeled 
1 Banana, cut into chunks



Josh: This one we decided to go tropical. It turned out really well, and It's definately one of my favorites. If you wanted to, any tropical fruits such as Kiwi, Nectarine, or passionfruit would make a great substitiution or addition. Make sure to pit the mango and deseed the Papya. I'm sure this is common knowlege, but just in case.

Strawberry Oatmeal Breakfast Smoothie

Ingredients:
1 cup Soy milk
1/2 cup Rolled oats
1 Banana, cut into chunks
14 Frozen strawberries
1/2 tsp Vanilla extract
1 1/2 tsp White sugar

Kandice: Out of all of the smoothies I’d have to say that this one and JK’s Mango Delight are my favorites. I love this one because it’s a terrific “on-the-go” breakfast treat. The oatmeal within the recipe makes it truly filling. The only thing that I could recommend that would improve this recipe would be to use more strawberries.

Josh: You can't go wrong with smoothies. It's basically endless possibillities.

Kandice: Like bananas and blueberries? Put them in a smoothie and build flavors around that.

Josh: Or something mroe tropical, like we did.

Kandice: We really hope you'll try some of these, and make some of your own!

Josh: We'd love to hear about your smoothie recipes. Feel free to comment, or send us an E-mail at jkdailyspecial@gmail.com!

Thanks for reading!