10/10/13

Tangerine Mimosas

I love Brunch. You get a mix of breakfast, lunch, and it’s the only acceptable time to order a drink at 11AM.

I actually got the idea for beer Mimosas from Das Biergarten. They made their mimosas with orange juice, but I thought I’d change it up with tangerines. These tangerines were so juicy and sweet, I couldn’t pass them up.

Cigar City is a local beer but any Belgian, Wheat, or White Ale would work great.

Mimosas would be a great addition to Sunday Brunch. I also recommend trying one of my other Breakfast recipes:

Pumpkin Beer Cinnamon Rolls

Bluebeery Muffins

These are not beer recipes but still worth posting.

Baked Eggs in a Ham Basket

Baked French Toast Sticks

 

In Other News

I’m blogging at work:

I’m currently on my lunch break. I’ve had my real job for almost 3 months now. It’s time to find a balance. I love blogging, and I’m determined to keep doing it! And do it good.

We went to Oktoberfest:

We went to Oktoberfest in West Palm this weekend. It made us both even more excited for our trip next year!


I’m not sure what my favorite part was, the food or Greg’s dancing skills?!

Halloween:

We have a busy Halloween weekend planned. Zombie Pub Crawl and MoonFest! All on the same weekend. Last night, I practiced my zombie makeup. It’s easy to look dead when you’re as pale as me. I also watched a few YouTube videos on making fake wounds using glue, toilet paper, and makeup. We’re headed to the Goodwill when I get off work for our zombie crawl clothes.

Do you dress up for Halloween?

We’ve dressed up for Halloween every year we’ve been together. I don’t care how old I get; I still enjoy dressing up.

Tangerine Mimosa

Ingredients

  • 1 Part Fresh Squeezed Orange Juice (Chilled)
  • 1 Part Beer of Choice (White Ale, Wheat, or Belgian)
  • Orange, Lime, or Lemon Slices (For Garnish)

Directions

Combined equal parts Tangerine and Beer {12oz of beer with 12 oz of juice}
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08/5/13

Baked Beer Batter Blooming Onion

That was a mouth full. I’m not a fan of Outback Steakhouse, but I LOVE their Blooming Onion. I mean come on… Deep Fried Onion! What’s not to love?

Baked Blooming Onion Beer Batter Text

{Please excuse the burnt tips… They added texture!}

This recipe was inspired by an Outback commercial. I was determined to make one without all the fat. Though nothing baked is every as good as the fried version, this is really close. I love tender sweet onions. I’ll usually find me picking the onions out of the fajitas before I even tough the shrimp or chicken.

Baked Blooming Onion Beer Batter

My food photography skills suck are not developed enough to get a good picture of the texture. All my overhead pictures came out blurry. Sorry. I really did try. Either way, it was good and you should try it.

I’m not a fan of frying so I’m always experimenting with ways to “fake” fry stuff in the oven. The Panko really helped to get that crunch I love about the original Blooming Onion.

I also made a simple dip to go along side. I haven’t had a Blooming Onion in.. years maybe, but I remember it being served with a spicy mayo sauce. The commercial helped me remember that, too. My dip is made with Plain Greek Yogurt instead of Mayo. Less calories and fat! This blooming onion is almost healthy… Not really, but close.

So what did you learn today? Yep, I’m a genius.

My advise, if you’re going to make this, trim the tops more than I did. After I made this, I Googled how to properly cut a Blooming Onion. This video was helpful and seems WAY easier.

Oh, and I do not have a recipe for the dip. It has Greek Yogurt, Hot Sauce, and Ketchup in it but I didn’t measure anything. It was kind of a last minute addition.

In other news…

I spent all afternoon, yesterday, on the phone trying to fix my blog. This weekend one was my recipe was featured on some popular Facebook page, and I received WAY more views than I normally would. This whole weekend was big for LF&B. Lots of people checked out my recipe for the Margarita Cake and the post about Huck. It only makes since that my site would start acting up.

Hopefully, everything is back to normal now. Fingers crossed. One day, I can pay someone to do this stuff for me… One day!

I’ll leave you with a collage of our weekend, not spent in the hospital…

PicMonkey Collage

Watching Huck lick the cheese dip bowl was the highlight of my week. He was so excited to eat.

Baked Beer Batter Blooming Onion

Ingredients

  • 1 large Vidalia Onion
  • 1 cup Flour
  • 1/2 cup Beer of Choice
  • 1 teaspoon Paprika
  • 1 teaspoon Garlic Powder
  • 1 teaspoon Onion Powder
  • 1 teaspoon Ground Pepper Powder (Optional)
  • 3/4 cups Panko
  • 2 large Eggs
  • Cooking Spray

Directions

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Cut onion into blooming shape. {See video link in post}
Combined Flour, Beer, and Seasonings into a large bowl.
Whisk eggs together in a large bowl. Add Onion and fully coat in egg.
Dip Onion in Beer Batter to fully coat. Make sure batter gets into all opens.
Lay Battered Onion on a plate and sprinkle with Panko. Open up the different layers of the Onion to fully coat.
Spray a foil lined baking sheet with Cooking Spray and place Onion in the center. Using more foil, create a tent over the onion, and place in the oven {I didn't have any foil to do this with but I highly recommend so your tips do not burn too}
Cook Onion for 15 minutes, remove foil and continue cooking for 10-15 minutes or until onion is tender and outside is crispy.

Remove from oven and enjoy!
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07/31/13

Shrimp Fajitas with Lettuce Wraps

Shrimp Fajitas with Lettuce Wraps text

I’ve told you guys the story before. I can’t eat the same thing all the time. I get SO bored with food. I feel like I should be more adventurous. I should be trying more exotic foods. I should be traveling around the world right now eating everything. But then I go to the grocery store and buy the same old thing.

I haven’t found any hole in the wall, authentic, restaurants since I’ve been in South Florida {I’m start to think we do not have any}, and most of my recipes are “safe”. It’s in part because I’m lazy and part because Huck is fine eating the same, normal, food. Tacos are on our list of dinners every week.

I watched No Reservations, on the Travel Channel, for a little while yesterday. Never a good idea, by the way! I spend the whole episode wishing I was Anthony Bourdain. I want to see the world like he does. He doesn’t go to the touristy places. He has dinner with real people in their homes. He helps/watches Grandma make a traditional dinner, that her Grandmother taught her, in her own kitchen. I hate that show!

I have a list a mile long of stuff I want to do: business ideas, blog ideas, recipes to make, places I want to see, food I want to try, but it’s so easy to push them off: I’ll do it next week, I’ll do it next year, I’ll travel when I’m older, I’ll travel when I have more money, I’ll wait until I have more money to start this project.

I’m not saying I’m not happy with my life. I’ve accomplished some of my goals and traveled to some pretty awesome places in my 28 years here. But I have more things I want to do, places I want to see, and food I want to eat.

Life is so short. I don’t want to wake up 20 years from now, still pushing off the stuff I wanted to do when I was 28.

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Over the last couple weeks, I’ve really been thinking about how short life really is. I need to stop being lazy. I need to push myself to accomplish my goals. Even if they suck or I fail, I’ll never now unless I try.

No more excuses! No more being lazy! I only get one life, and it’s up to me to make the best of it, because in the end, the only person I have to blame, is myself.

Now I’m going to share a non-adventurous recipe with you!

I don’t usually plan what my blog post will be about. I know what recipe I’m doing, but not what I’ll talk about. I started typing this post and that’s what I was left with. Again, I’m not complaining about my life. I have a great husband, and I’ve done lots of great things. I just need to stop making excuses for the other stuff in my life I want to do.

And this recipe is really good, even if it’s not authentic and didn’t come from Grandma’s kitchen.

Shrimp Fajitas with Lettuce Wraps

I really liked using the Lettuce instead of tortillas. I didn’t plan to take pictures of this meal as I was making it. I just wanted to test the recipe, and it just so happen to taste great and the sun was still shining. Not bad for last minute :)

Challenge for Next Week

I challenge you to do one thing you’ve wanted to do but keep pushing off. It can be something small or big.

Shrimp Fajitas with Lettuce Wraps

Ingredients

  • 1lb Shrimp (Peeled and Deveined)
  • 2 teaspoons Garlic Powder
  • 1 teaspoon Onion Powder
  • 1 teaspoon Red Pepper Powder (Optional)
  • 1/4-1/2 teaspoon Cumin
  • 1/3 cup Wheat Beer (Optional)
  • 1 medium Lime- Juiced
  • Cooking Spray
  • 1 small Red Onion (Sliced)
  • 1 large Bell Pepper (Sliced)
  • Favorite Taco Toppings (Lettuce, Tomatos, Onion, Salsa, Cheese, Sour Cream/Greek Yogurt, ect.)

Directions

Combined Seasonings and Beer. Add Shrimp and marinate in the refrigerator for 20 minutes.
Preheat large skillet over medium heat and spray with Cooking Spray. Add Onions and Peppers and saute until tender. Remove from pan.
Increase heat to Medium High. Remove Shrimp from mixture and shake off extra liquid. Add to pan and sear on both sides. Add Pepper and Onions back to pan to reheat.
Serve with favorite Taco Toppings.
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