Baked Ricotta mini doughnuts w/ maple glaze

From Instructables.com w/ some tweaks

FOR THE DOUGHNUTS

INGREDIENTS

3/4 Flour
1/4 cup Sugar
1 teaspoon Baking Powder

1/4 teaspoon Salt
1 Large Egg, Lightly Beaten
1/2 cup Ricotta Cheese, Whole Or Part Skim
1/2 cup Milk
1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract

DIRECTIONS

Preheat oven to 350ºF. Lightly grease a doughnut pan

In a large bowl combine flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. Make a well in dry ingredients and add in eggs, ricotta cheese, milk and vanilla extract  and blend with a hand mixer or with large spoon until combined.

Spoon batter into donut pan halfway full. Bake in preheated oven for 12 minutes until lightly brown and firm. Cool on a wire rack.

FOR THE GLAZE

INGREDIENTS

1/4 cup butter
1 cup powdered sugar

1/2 cup Maple syrup

1 teaspoon vanilla

DIRECTIONS

Melt the butter and stir in powdered sugar. maple syrop and vanilla until smooth.

Dip doughnuts and let rest on a rack until glaze dries.

Blue cheese Buffalo chicken breasts

From foodnetwork.com courtesy George Duran w/ some tweaks

INGREDIENTS

4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
1/4 pound blue cheese
Kosher salt
Freshly ground black pepper
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 stick unsalted butter
1/4 cup hot sauce (salsa buffalo)
2 tablespoons white vinegar

DIRECTIONS

Heat the oven to 350 degrees F.

Using a sharp knife, cut a pocket into each chicken breast. Stuff 1/4 of the blue cheese into each breast. Secure the openings with toothpicks and season with salt and pepper. Heat the oil in a nonstick, oven-proof skillet over medium heat and sear the chicken on both sides until browned, about 3 to 4 minutes per side. Put the chicken into the oven until it is cooked through, about 8 to 10 minutes.

In a small pot, add the butter, hot sauce, and white vinegar and cook over medium heat until bubbling. Pour half the sauce over the hot chicken and cook over medium heat for 1 minute. Remove the toothpicks and serve with extra sauce.

Serve with Skinny mashed potatoes and salad.

Zucchini & carrot salad w/Feta Cheese

From Pinterest w/ some tweaks

INGREDIENTS:

1 large raw zucchini
1 medium raw carrot
salt
Pepper
Olive oil
Balsamic vinegar

DIRECTIONS:

Wash zucchini and carrot and peel them.
After peeled, keep going with the peeler trying to make long stripes, add salt, pepper, vinegar, Olive oil and sprinkle with some Feta Cheese.

Serve chilled.

Agua Fresca de Fresa (Strawberry)

From somewhere on the web

INGREDIENTS:

1 lb strawberries, stems removed and sliced in half
3-4 tbs sugar

2 1/2 cups cold water

DIRECTIONS:

Puree the strawberries in a blender or food processor. Force puree through a fine mesh strainer to get rid of all the seeds. Pour all the sugar into the seedless puree and let it sit in the fridge for 2 hours.

Add the water to the strawberry mixture, stir well and serve.

Salsa Tampico

From me myself and I

Salsa tampico is a dressing used in Mexico.

INGREDIENTS:

4 bars of chopped surimi (fake crab)
1/3 cup mayo
1/4 mexican cream
1/4 chopped onion
1 chopped serrano chile

DIRECTIONS:

Put the chopped onion and serrano in a food processor and pulse 8-10 times, add chopped surimi and pulse again for 8-10 times and finally add mayo and cream and mix on high until all ingredients are well blended. Add salt if needed.

You can top deep fried sushi with this dressing or serve it over white or fried rice, DELICIOUS!

Manchego a la Mexicana

From: Ricardo Bailon

VERY VERY VERY easy breakfast!

INGREDIENTS:

1 very thin sliced tomato
1/4 very thin sliced onion
1 sliced serrano chile
1/2 cup stock (chicken, beef, etc...)
6 slices 1/4'' thick of Manchego cheese (serves 2)

DIRECTIONS:

In a large skillet fry the onion on some olive oil, once it starts getting translucent, add the serrano and stir for about 1 min, then add the tomato and the stock and let simmer on low heat until the sauce thickens, the tomatoes are blended in and add salt to taste.
When the sauce has the consistency you want, add the Manchego slices and cover for about 1 min.
Don't wait too long or the cheese will melt all over the sauce, it has to be soft but able to take out of the skillet.
Once served, pour some sauce over the cheese and add some refried beans on the side and flour tortillas.

Pierna de puerco (Cuban Style)

From Bere Alvarez via "Alvaritos"


INGREDIENTS

1 6lbs bone in pork leg
1 garlic head
¾ cup of sour orange juice (naranja agria)
1 tbs of oregano.2 tsps of cumin
½ tsp of pepper
2 tbs of salt
1.5 lbs of onions



DIRECTIONS


Clean the leg and pierce in several parts with a knife.
Crush the garlic with the salt, oregano, cumin, pepper and add the sour orange juice and sliced onions.
Rub and cover the leg with this marinade and place in the fridge for 12 hours, at least.
Bake covered at 325 °F for 2 hours and take foil off 1 hrs before done, baste every 20 min or so.

(Think aprox 20min/pound or internal temperature of 160ºF-170ºF)