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Game Day: Pizza Puffs

01 Friday Feb 2013

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Pizza Puffs

I think the only thing I like about football games is the opportunity to make awesome finger foods and appetizers to drink with copious amounts of tasty beer. Unfortunately, we tend to do things like go skiing on football days, so I haven’t made as many delicious things as I would like…

When I saw this quickie recipe in Southern Living I had to make it right away since:
A.) Pizza is probably my favorite food
B.) This recipe is super easy to make
C.) They come out as cute tiny minis!

Pizza Puffs

Recipe
Pizza Puffs
Adapted from Southern Living
Makes 24 Puffs

Ingredients

  • 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
  • 3/4 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon garlic salt
  • 3/4 cup milk
  • 1 egg, lightly beaten
  • 1 cup (4 oz.) shredded mozzarella and/or cheddar cheese
  • 1/4 cup sauteed mushrooms
  • 1/4 cup sliced black olives
  • 1/2 cup mini pepperoni
  • Vegetable cooking spray
  • Jarred pizza sauce, warmed

Preparation

  1. Preheat oven to 375°. Whisk together flour, baking powder, and garlic salt in a large bowl. Whisk in milk and egg. Stir in cheese, mushrooms, olives, and pepperoni. Let batter stand 10 minutes, and stir until blended. Coat cups of a 24-cup mini muffin pan well with cooking spray. Spoon batter into muffin cups. Bake 15 to 18 minutes or until puffed and golden. Serve with warm pizza sauce.

Cottage Cheese Salad

28 Tuesday Feb 2012

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A healthy weeknight alternative to your average salad.

Cottage cheese just ain’t for canned pineapple and peaches anymore…Who knew it would taste so good mixed with veggies? I certainly didn’t. I feel like everyone I know hates cottage cheese. In fact, I had completely forgotten it existed until I stumbled upon this super easy recipe.

start by slicing your veggies - cucumbers, grape tomatoes, black olives, and green onions.

Scoop on about a cup of cottage cheese - give or take. Depends on preference.

sprinkle on some seasonings...

The recipe I found called for Za’atar, which according to the “always accurate” Wikipedia is a mix of Middle Eastern herbs. I couldn’t find it at the store, so I improvised and added some dried oregano, basil, thyme, salt and pepper. Not sure if they all had the same effect but everything still ended up tasting great!

Recipe

Cottage Cheese Salad

from Kalyn’s Kitchen

Ingredients:

  • 4 small Persian (also called mini) cucumbers, cut in fourths lengthwise and then into slices. (Regular cucumbers work here as well, but only use 1)
  • 1 cup diced fresh tomatoes (grape tomatoes work great!)
  • 1/4 cup thinly sliced green onion
  • 1/2 cup sliced black olives
  • 1 cup low-fat cottage cheese
  • about 2 T olive oil
  • sprinkle of herbs (oregano, basil, thyme, salt & pepper. OR Za’atar if you can find it)

Instructions:

Cut the cucumbers into fourths lengthwise and then cut into slices. Dice the tomatoes, slice the green onions, and slice the olives.  Combine the vegetables in a salad bowl, large enough to toss the ingredients together.

Put the cottage cheese on top of the tossed vegetables.  Drizzle with a generous amount of olive oil, sprinkle with herbs to taste, and toss again. Great right away but I might even like it better the next day…