Do you have chocolate bunnies and various other chocolates leftover from Easter? It’s all good, but maybe all you crave are those delectable peanut butter eggs. What if you could have your peanut butters eggs and feel good about eating them?
You can take a few simple ingredients and create an amazingly healthy version of one of our favorite treats. I often make my own peanut butter, but there are several good natural peanut butters in the markets now. And for that matter, you can use any nut butter you prefer to customize your own version of the chocolate covered candy.
Most natural peanut butters purposely contain very little added sugar. I sweeten this recipe up a bit by adding a very small amount of date syrup or maple syrup. Almond flour thickens the filling mixture and makes it easier to shape.
After molding the candy by hand, and coating in chocolate, I sprinkle on a tad of flakey sea salt, or chopped peanuts for added flavor and texture, but this is completely optional. The shape of this candy can be completely freeform and any size or form you desire.
Milk chocolate may be used in this recipe, but the benefits of dark chocolate elevates the nutrition in each bite so I can feel even better about partaking in this exceptional treat.
Enjoy food made fresh!
Peanut Butter Fingers
2/3 cup creamy natural peanut butter
4 tablespoons almond flour, plus more as needed
1 tablespoon date or maple syrup
5 ounces dark chocolate pieces
Flakey sea salt or chopped peanuts for topping, optional
In a small mixing bowl, combine peanut butter, almond flour, and date or maple syrup. Stir vigorously to combine. If the mixture is too sticky, an additional half tablespoon of almond flour at a time may be added until the mixture can be handled, (it will vary depending on the consistency of the natural peanut butter).
Line a small baking sheet or large dinner plate with parchment paper, or lightly grease with butter. Divide peanut butter mixture into 8 equal portions. Shape each one into fingerlike bars, or your desired shape. Place into the freezer for approximately 20 minutes.
Place chocolate pieces into a small microwavable dish. Heat in the microwave on high for 30 seconds. Stir vigorously to ensure all the bits are melted and combined until creamy and smooth. Let cool for about 10 minutes.
Using a fork, carefully roll each peanut butter shape in the cooled melted chocolate, (if the peanut butter filling does not peel off the parchment paper or greased surface easily, place them back into the freezer – you can work in batches to keep them cool).
As you roll the shapes in the chocolate, gently scrape any excess off as you go. Place the coated candy back onto the parchment paper or greased dish. Top with any desired toppings and place in the freezer until ready to serve. Serve cold. Make 8 treats.
ANGELINA LARUE is a food writer, recipe developer and author of “The Whole Enchilada Fresh and Nutritious Southwestern Cuisine.”
A popular dish in the southwestern United States, cowboy beans are a massive pot of convenience. Not very baked beans and not pretty chili, this dish is a relationship of beans, bacon, and beef in a sweet and tangy barbecue sauce. What could be much better? Flavored with smoky spices, peppers, and onions, these beans are a great side dish for any barbecue, cookout, or potluck. Pair with spicy smoked brisket, a significant bowl of cool and creamy potato salad, some crunchy coleslaw, and all your favourite summertime desserts for Memorial Working day, Fourth of July, or anytime you get a hankering for barbecue classics. Dig in!
What is in cowboy beans?
As with any good dish, this recipe starts with bacon thick slash, if possible. Just after finding it a small crispy and rendering that valuable extra fat, the bacon can take a split from the pot and will make space for plenty of onions and bell peppers. After individuals are smooth and golden, lean floor beef and garlic get cooked down and flavored with smoky chili powder and paprika.
Then, the star of the show: beans. A lot of beans. 4 unique sorts of beans, in reality! Not only do they get a portion of the time (compared to dry), canned beans open up the risk of multiple kinds of bean! Generally, cowboy beans are manufactured up of pinto beans or even the nifty pork n beans. For a variety of colours and textures, this recipe phone calls for pinto, cannellini, kidney, and black beans. Truly feel no cost to substitute everything that suits your fancy, as extended as it ends up remaining 4 (15-ounce) cans.
A person of the most outstanding flavors in this dish is a homemade barbecue sauce combination. This is produced of the normal ketchup, brown sugar, cider vinegar, mustard, Worcestershire, and very hot sauce. Come to feel cost-free to include an added dab of mustard or sizzling sauce if the temper strikes. Combine it all up with the reserved bacon and pop it in the oven. This is extremely critical: Do not. Fail to remember. The Bacon.
Why are they referred to as cowboy beans?
In accordance to net lore, the remedy to this problem is a significant ‘ol shrug. Beans are cost-effective, filling, delicious, and great for touring extensive distances. This dish is very likely named for the cowboys and pioneers that traveled across the land, fueled by the musical fruit.
Can cowboy beans be made in advance?
Cowboy beans are an excellent dish to make forward of time. They will do in particular perfectly when warmed in a slow cooker for a potluck. As the outdated adage goes, stews and chilis only deepen in flavor more than time so feel cost-free to whip these beans up the evening just before. Stir in 1/4 cup to 1/2 cup of drinking water to loosen the sauce, if wanted.
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Tinned beans, jarred beans and dried beans: happily, there is use for them all. For convenience, it’s tinned all the way. Jarred, meanwhile, have the benefit of being big, buttery and instantly ready, so they are most definitely your friend. Last, for when you have some time, and want the beans to absorb the flavours of whatever they are cooked with, it’s dried for the win (but get them soaking and cooking sooner rather than later, because they need time to reach their full potential). Regardless of which type you go for, however, there are myriad ways to incorporate the humble bean into your day-to-day.
Cannellini beans with grilled tomatoes and crisp oregano (pictured top)
Grilled red peppers work as well as the tomatoes here, if you want to play around. For a quick midweek meal, grill the tomatoes the day before or use jarred red peppers. Either way, serve with plenty of grilled bread and a green salad.
Prep 15 min Cook 20 min Serves 4
4-5 plum tomatoes (600g) 3 mild red chillies (60g) 100ml olive oil 30g oregano, leaves picked (15g) 7 garlic cloves, peeled and cut in half lengthways 1 x 660g jar cooked cannellini beans, or other white beans – I like Bold Bean Co 1 lemon, zest peeled off in 5 wide strips, then juiced, to get 45ml 2 tsp fennel seeds, toasted and lightly ground in a mortar Salt and black pepper
Put a griddle pan on a high heat and, once smoking, lay in the whole tomatoes and chillies, and grill, turning often, until their skins are blackened all over – the chillies will take two or three minutes and the tomatoes seven to 10. Lift out of the pan with tongs, set aside and, once they are cool enough to handle, peel off all the skins. Cut each tomato into four chunks and tear each chilli into three or four long strips (if you prefer less heat, scrape out and discard the seeds and pith).
Put 70ml oil in a small saucepan on a medium-high heat and, once hot, fry the oregano leaves for a minute, until crisp and deep green in colour. Pour into a sieve set over a small bowl and leave to cool.
Meanwhile, put the remaining 30ml oil and the halved garlic cloves in a medium saucepan on a medium-high heat and cook for a minute or two, until softened and starting to brown around the edges. Tip in the beans and the liquid from the jar, add 120ml water, the strips of lemon zest, half of the fennel, half a teaspoon of salt and plenty of cracked black pepper, stir gently and warm through for just three or four minutes.
Spoon the bean mix on to a serving plate. Add the tomatoes, chillies and lemon juice to the oregano oil bowl, with a quarter teaspoon of salt and plenty of cracked black pepper. Mix gently and spoon this over the beans. Serve with the crispy oregano leaves and remaining fennel seed scattered on top.
Cannellini beans with clams and spiced tomato (pictured top)
Photograph: Louise Hagger/The Guardian. Food styling: Emily Kydd. Prop styling: Jennifer Kay. Food styling assistant: Kristine Jakobsson
Although I love the convenience of tinned beans, there is no comparison in taste to cooking them from scratch. There’s no set time for how long it will take your beans to cook, as beans differ in variety and age. Just beware of using old beans, as however long you soak and cook them, they will never become tender. I’ve used cannellini beans, but feel free to use different kinds of beans, such as butter or haricot.
Soak 8 hr+ Prep 10 min Cook Up to 2½ hr Serves 4-6
400g dried cannellini beans, soaked for at least 8 hours 1 medium onion, peeled and finely chopped (150g) 1 whole garlic head, top 2cm cut off to reveal the cloves 1 cinnamon stick 750g clams, or mussels 100ml olive oil 2 tsp cumin seeds 10g fresh ginger, peeled and finely chopped 2 tomatoes (180g), cut into 2cm pieces 2 tsp paprika ¼ tsp ground cinnamon Fine sea salt and black pepper 4 tsp apple cider vinegar 20g coriander, roughly chopped, plus 1 tbsp extra to serve 2 tbsp fresh lemon juice
Drain the soaked beans, then put them in a large cast-iron saute pan for which you have a lid. Pour in enough water to cover the beans by 5cm, then bring to a boil. Skim any froth that rises to the top, then turn down the heat to medium-low, stir in the onion, garlic and cinnamon stick, and cook for up to an hour and three-quarters, or until the beans are soft and cooked through – check them at the hour mark, and then every 15 minutes thereafter. Top up the water as necessary, so the beans are always submerged.
Meanwhile, put the clams in a large bowl, cover with very cold water and discard any with broken shells or that refuse to shut. Agitate the clams so they spit out any sand, then drain and repeat until the water runs clear. Strain, transfer back to the bowl and refrigerate until needed.
Put 70ml oil in a small frying pan on a medium heat, then add the cumin seeds and cook for a minute, until fragrant. Add the ginger, cook, stirring, for a minute more, then stir in the tomatoes and cook for one minute. Stir in the paprika, ground cinnamon, a quarter-teaspoon of salt and a good crack of pepper, cook for another 30 seconds, until fragrant, then take off the heat.
Once the beans are soft, strain them through a colander set over a bowl to catch the cooking liquor. Return the solids to the casserole, squeeze in the garlic flesh, then add 100ml of the reserved cooking liquid, the remaining two tablespoons of oil, the vinegar and three-quarters of a teaspoon of salt. Return the pan to a high heat, boil for three minutes, until until the sauce is almost completely reduced, then add the clams. Cover the pot and cook for three minutes, shaking the pan occasionally to encourage the clams to open and to stop the beans from sticking. Once all the clams are open (discard any that do not), take off the heat and stir through the coriander.
Scoop out two tablespoons of tomato pieces from the tomato mixture and stir them through the clams along with the lemon juice.
To serve, drizzle the rest of the tomato topping all over the top, sprinkle on the extra tablespoon of coriander and serve directly from the pan.
Cannellini bean and sweet potato dip with lemon, olive and urfa sauce
Yotam Ottolenghi’s cannellini bean and sweet potato dip with lemon, olive and urfa sauce. Photograph: Louise Hagger/The Guardian. Food styling: Emily Kydd. Prop styling: Jennifer Kay. Food styling assistant: Kristine Jakobsson
This dip and sauce pairing is a real treat – creamy and sweet from the dip, sour, hot and acidic from the sauce – but they also work well individually, if you have any of either left over. The sauce is great on all sorts, especially grilled fish or veg, so make double, if you like. Serve as part of a spread with flatbreads.
Prep 15 min Cook 75 min Serves 4
For the dip ½ whole garlic bulb, cut in half widthways 1 large sweet potato (400g) 1 x 400g tin cannellini beans, drained and rinsed (240g) Salt 1 tbsp tahini ½ tsp lemon juice 2 ice cubes
For the sauce ¼ tsp ground cinnamon ½ tsp cumin seeds, coarsely ground in a mortar ½ tsp caraway seeds, coarsely ground in a mortar ½ tsp coriander seeds, coarsely ground in a mortar ½ tsp urfa chilli flakes ¾ tsp rosemary leaves, finely chopped 1 tbsp tomato paste 1½ tsp olive oil 1 tbsp lemon juice 40g pitted kalamata olives, roughly chopped 20g picked flatleaf parsley leaves, roughly chopped
Heat the oven to 210C (190C fan)/410F/gas 6½. Wrap the garlic in foil and put this on a roasting tray alongside the whole sweet potato. Roast for 40 minutes, until the garlic is soft and golden, then take out the garlic parcel and roast the sweet potato for another 20 minutes (turn it after it’s had half an hour), until cooked through.
When the garlic is cool enough to handle, squeeze the flesh from the papery skins (discard the skins). Peel off and discard the sweet potato skin, then put the flesh in the bowl of a food processor and add the roast garlic flesh, the drained beans and a quarter-teaspoon of salt. Blitz for a minute, until smooth, then add the tahini, lemon juice and ice cubes, and blitz for another minute, until smooth.
To make the sauce, put a small frying pan on a medium-high heat, add all the spices and the rosemary, and toast, stirring frequently, for two minutes, until fragrant. Turn down the heat to medium, add the tomato paste and oil, and cook, stirring constantly, for two minutes. Add two tablespoons of water, simmer for two minutes more, then take off the heat and stir in the lemon juice. Leave to cool for 10 minutes, then stir in the olives and parsley.
Transfer the dip to a shallow lipped bowl with a lip, make a well in the centre, spoon in the sauce and serve.
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Chicken Schnitzel
1 boneless chicken breast, 4 oz.
1 fresh egg, beaten
1 teaspoon of table salt
1 teaspoon of ground black pepper
1 ½ Tablespoon of flour
¼ cup of panko bread crumbs
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Pound out chicken breasts by placing between 2 layers of plastic wrap (on a cutting board) and flatten with a meat tenderizer (hammer) to approximately 1/4 inch thick.
Beat egg in a bowl.
In another bowl, combine seasoning with panko bread crumbs.
Set up a standard breading station: flour, egg mixture, and seasoned panko.
Dredge chicken in flour, then place in egg mixture, followed by coating in seasoned panko.
Place breaded chicken on sheet tray and bake in oven until golden brown and internal temperature reaches 165 degrees F, approximately 10-12 minutes.
Country Gravy
2 cups of whole milk
1 cup of chicken broth
1/8 teaspoon black pepper
1/8 teaspoon of table salt
Unsalted butter ½ teaspoon
Prepared Hot, Chilled for Cold Storage. Refer to HACCP Plan Form HFS# 001: Prepared Hot for Hot Service.
In cast iron skillet over medium heat, melt the butter, Next, add the flour to skillet to make roux. Continue to cook for 7 to 8 minutes, stirring frequently. Do not allow to brown.
Combine broth and milk in stockpot. Bring to a simmer to make stock.
Add the hot stock slowly to roux, stirring constantly to make a smooth gravy.
Add pepper to skillet. Stir well to blend.
Baked Sweet Potato with Whipped Goat Cheese
3 cups red grapes
1/4 cup olive oil
3 Tbsp. fresh thyme or oregano
1/2 tsp. black ground pepper
2 oz. walnuts, toasted, broken into pieces
2 sweet potatoes, medium
2 Tbsp. salt
8 oz. goat cheese
Whipped Goat Cheese
1 Tbsp. olive oil
½ tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. black ground pepper
3 Tbsp. chives
Herb Salad
2 oz. each mix of herbs: parsley, dill, cilantro, chives & mint
1/2 tsp. Kosher salt
1/2 tsp. extra virgin olive oil
Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.
Line a sheet pan with foil.
For the Roasted Grapes
In a medium bowl, toss the whole red grapes with olive oil, fresh thyme or oregano, salt and pepper. Pour onto the prepared sheet pan and place in the oven for 15-20 minutes until the grapes are soft, slightly charred and some have popped open.
Scrape the grapes and accumulated juices into a small bowl and stir in the toasted walnuts. Set aside.
Turn the oven down to 350 degrees F.
For the Sweet Potatoes
Wash the unpeeled sweet potatoes, and while they are still damp–rub the skins with the salt for an even coat on the surface. Place in the oven and roast until they are completely tender throughout, about 40 minutes.
For the Whipped Goat Cheese
While the sweet potatoes are roasting, whip the goat cheese with the olive oil, salt, and pepper. Stir in the chives and set aside.
For the Herb Salad
Combine the herb leaves in a small bowl and refrigerate until ready to use.
To Assemble
When the sweet potatoes are fully cooked, split each down the middle and squeeze and push the ends together, slightly to open them.
Toss the herb leaves with olive oil and Kosher salt.
Stuff each sweet potato with ¼ of the whipped goat cheese, a big pinch of the herb salad, and a scoop of roasted grapes. Drizzle with the leftover grapes juice and some extra virgin olive oil. Serve immediately.
Best Green Smoothie
1 ½ cup milk (dairy or dairy-free)
2 cups baby spinach
1 frozen banana
1 apple
¼ avocado
plus optional add-ins
Add all of the ingredients to a blender and blend on high for 30 seconds, or until creamy.
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