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Easy Thai Inspired Meatball Recipe

Thai Inspired Meatball Recipe

This easy Thai meatballs recipe is a simple dinner that is sure to please. It is the perfect dish to serve with fried rice. These meatballs also make an awesome appetizer!

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Tools needed to make Thai Meatballs

Ingredients:

For the Sauce:

For the Meatballs:

  • 2 pounds ground beef (or ground meat of your choice)
  • 5 garlic cloves, minced
  • 4 Tablespoons Cilantro
  • 1 teaspoon pepper
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
  • 1/4 cup of the sauce

How to make Thai Meatballs

Start by making the sauce. Mix the duck sauce, teriyaki sauce, lime juice and brown sugar until well blended.

Thai meatball sauce

Hint: Get more lime juice by microwaving the sliced lime for 15 seconds before squeezing it.

Home to get more lime juice

In a large mixing bowl combine the ground beef with garlic, seasonings and 1/4 cup of the sauce. Use your hands to mix until well combined.

Meat with garlic and cilantro
Meat with garlic and cilantro
Add the salt, pepper and cayenne pepper.
Add the salt, pepper and cayenne pepper.
Add 1/4 cup of the sauce to the meatball mixture
Add 1/4 cup of the sauce to the meatball mixture
Mixed Thai meatball mixture
Mixed Thai meatball mixture

Form the meat mixture into 1 inch balls and place them into the 9 x13 inch Pyrex baking dish.

Thai meatballs ready to bake

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Bake the meatballs for 30 minutes or until the internal temp reaches 165 degrees F.

Meanwhile warm the remaining sauce in a saucepan until warm and bubbly, stirring occasionally.

Serve the meatballs with the warm sauce. Fried rice is an awesome side or these meatballs.

Homemade Fried Rice – Better than Take-Out

Printable Thai Meatballs Recipe:

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Recipe By Kristin
Course: Dinner Cusine:Thai Difficulty:Easy

Servings

8 minutes

Preparing Time

15 minutes

Cooking Time

30 minutes

Calories

kcal

INGREDIENTS

  1. 1 Cup Duck sauce

  2. 1 Cup Teriyaki sauce

  3. Juice of 1 lime

  4. 1/4 cup brown sugar

  5. 2 pounds ground beef (or ground meat of your choice)

  6. 5 garlic cloves, minced

  7. 4 Tablespoons Cilantro

  8. 1 teaspoon pepper

  9. 1 teaspoon salt

  10. 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper

  11. 1/4 cup of the sauce

DIRECTION

  1. Start by making the sauce.

    Mix the duck sauce, teriyaki sauce, lime juice and brown sugar until well blended.

  2. Make the Meatballs

    In a large mixing bowl combine the ground beef with garlic, seasonings and 1/4 cup of the sauce. Use your hands to mix until well combined.
    Form the meat mixture into 1 inch balls and place them into the 9 x13 inch Pyrex baking dish.

  3. Bake the meatballs

    Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Bake the meatballs for 30 minutes or until the internal temp reaches 165 degrees F.
    Meanwhile warm the remaining sauce in a saucepan until warm and bubbly, stirring occasionally.
    Serve the meatballs with the warm sauce.

NOTES

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Desserts Recipes

Best Sugar Cookie and Royal Icing Recipe

Sugar cookies with royal icing

Sugar cookie cut outs are so much fun to decorate for many different holidays. This sugar cookie and royal icing recipe is perfect for any occasion. Just add your seasonal cookie cutter and color the icing any color you wish.

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Tools Needed:

Sugar Cookie Ingredients:

  • 12 ounces of butter, softened
  • 1.5 Cups sugar
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla
  • 2 eggs
  • 4 cups of flour

How to make Sugar Cookie Dough

First cream the butter, sugar and salt in a stand mixer using the paddle attachment. In a separate bowl lightly whisk the eggs and vanilla. Gradually add the eggs and vanilla to the butter mixture. Finally add the flour a little at a time, mix until the dough begins to pull away from the sides of the bowl.

Wrap the dough ball in plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 2 hours before rolling it out.

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

Remove the dough from the refrigerator. Roll the dough out on a lightly floured surface to about 1/4 inch thickness. Use the cookie cutter of your choice to cut out your cookies. Use a dough scraper if needed to transfer the cut outs to a parchment lined cookie sheet.

Transferring cookie cut outs
Cookies ready to bake

Bake the cookies for 8-12 minutes or until lightly browned.

Royal Icing Ingredients:

  • 2 and 2/3 Cups Powdered Sugar
  • 5 Tablespoons water
  • 2 Tablespoon Meringue powder

How to make Royal Icing

Combine the meringue powder with the powdered sugar. Add the water and mix until combined. Whip the frosting using a stand mixer with the whisk attachment on high for 2-3 minutes. Store in an airtight container until ready to use.

Add water a couple drops at a time until the icing is the desired consistency. If you need to thicken the icing add a tablespoon of powdered sugar at a time until the icing is the desired consistency. Color as desired and place into piping bags or icing bottles.

Printable Recipe

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Recipe By Kristin
Course: Dessert Cusine:American Difficulty:Easy

Servings

minutes

Preparing Time

minutes

Cooking Time

minutes

Calories

kcal

INGREDIENTS

  1. 12 ounces of butter, softened

  2. 1.5 Cups sugar

  3. 1/4 teaspoon salt

  4. 2 teaspoons vanilla

  5. 2 eggs

  6. 4 cups of flour

  7. 2 and 2/3 Cups Powdered Sugar

  8. 5 Tablespoons water

  9. 2 Tablespoon Meringue powder

DIRECTION

  1. To make the cookie dough

    First cream the butter, sugar and salt in a stand mixer using the paddle attachment. In a separate bowl lightly whisk the eggs and vanilla. Gradually add the eggs and vanilla to the butter mixture. Finally add the flour a little at a time, mix until the dough begins to pull away from the sides of the bowl.
    Wrap the dough ball in plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 2 hours before rolling it out.
    Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
    Remove the dough from the refrigerator. Roll the dough out on a lightly floured surface to about 1/4 inch thickness. Use the cookie cutter of your choice to cut out your cookies. Use a dough scraper if needed to transfer the cut outs to a parchment lined cookie sheet. Bake the cookies for 8-12 minutes or until lightly browned.

  2. To make the frosting

    Combine the meringue powder with the powdered sugar. Add the water and mix until combined. Whip the frosting using a stand mixer with the whisk attachment on high for 2-3 minutes. Store in an airtight container until ready to use.

NOTES

    Add water a couple drops at a time until the icing is the desired consistency. If you need to thicken the icing add a tablespoon of powdered sugar at a time until the icing is the desired consistency. Color as desired and place into piping bags or icing bottles.

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Easy Roasted Turban Squash Seeds Recipe

roasted turban squash seeds

All squash seeds are edible and delicious. Don’t waste those tasty seeds when you roast your squash. This easy roasted turban squash seed recipe can be used for any squash seed.

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Tools you need:

Ingredients:

  • Seeds From 1 Turban Squash
  • 2 Tablespoons olive oil
  • Salt to taste

How to Make Roasted Turban Squash Seeds:

scoop the seeds from the turban squash

First clean the seeds thoroughly. Simmer the seeds in salty water for 10 minutes.

Ready to simmer
Ready to simmer
simmering the seeds
simmering the seeds

Drain the water and dry the seeds.

Drain the seeds

Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F. Toss the seeds in olive oil and salt to coat. Place the seeds on a parchment lined sheet pan.

Turban squash seeds before roasting
before roasting
Turban squash seeds after roasting
after roasting

Bake 45 minutes. Note: Some of the seeds will pop, it will sound like popcorn.

roasted turban squash seeds

Printable Recipe

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Recipe By Kristin
Course: Side Cusine:American Difficulty:Easy

Servings

minutes

Preparing Time

minutes

Cooking Time

minutes

Calories

kcal

INGREDIENTS

  1. Seeds From 1 Turban Squash

  2. 2 Tablespoons olive oil

  3. Salt to taste

DIRECTION

  1. First clean the seeds thoroughly. Simmer the seeds in salty water for 10 minutes. Drain the water and dry the seeds.<br>Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F. Toss the seeds in olive oil and salt to coat. Place the seeds on a parchment lined sheet pan. Bake for 45 minutes.

NOTES

    Some of the seeds will pop, it will sound like popcorn.

    This recipe can be used for any squash seed.

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Easy Homemade Vegetable Stock Recipe

Homemade vegetable stock

It’s so easy to make homemade vegetable stock with this recipe. It’s also a great way to use up some vegetable scraps that would normally be discarded. Surely homemade vegetable stock will save money. You can also choose to add flavors depending on what you plan to use it for.

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What tools do you need to make vegetable stock?

Vegetable stock ingredients:

  • 3 quarts of water
  • Leafy tops from one bunch of celery
  • 1-2 large carrots, quartered
  • 2 medium onions, peeled and halved
  • 1 teaspoon whole peppercorns
  • 5-6 garlic cloves, peeled and smashed
  • 2 teaspoons sea salt
  • Fresh herbs of your choice (cilantro stems, a small bunch of thyme, parsley, green onion tops, a bay leaf etc…) Optional

How to make homemade vegetable stock:

Place all of the above ingredients in a large stock pot.

vegetable stock

Bring to a boil. Reduce the heat and simmer for 1-2 hours.

vegetable stock

Strain out and discard the vegetables. A mesh strainer works best to make a nice clear stock. Season as desired and use in your favorite recipes.

Vegetable stock

How to store vegetable stock

Store stock in an airtight container in the refrigerator for a few days. If not used in that time it can be frozen. If you use mostly 1 cup servings for your recipes you can freeze the stock in Souper Cube trays then transfer the 1 cup cubes into freezer bags for later use.

Recipes to use your vegetable stock:

Use this homemade vegetable stock in place of vegetable broth or vegetable stock in any recipe. Here are a few great ones to get you started.

You can also use this tasty vegetable broth in place of chicken or turkey stock in these delicious recipes:

Printable Recipe

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Recipe By Kristin
Course: Side Cusine:American Difficulty:Easy

Servings

minutes

Preparing Time

minutes

Cooking Time

minutes

Calories

kcal

INGREDIENTS

  1. 3 quarts of water

  2. Leafy tops from one bunch of celery

  3. 1-2 large carrots, quartered

  4. 2 medium onions, peeled and halved

  5. 1 teaspoon whole peppercorns

  6. 5-6 garlic cloves, peeled and smashed

  7. 2 teaspoons sea salt

DIRECTION

  1. Place all of the above ingredients in a large stock pot. Bring to a boil. Reduce the heat and simmer for 1-2 hours. Strain out and discard the vegetables. A mesh strainer works best to make a nice clear stock. Season as desired and use in your favorite recipes.

NOTES

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Best Jam Thumbprint Cookie Recipe

Thumbprint cookies

This thumbprint cookie recipe is a perfect cookie for any occasion. Buttery, nutty, crumbly perfection with sweet jam. You can choose any jam to fill the center, and any nut to coat the cookies. For this recipe I chose seeded raspberry jam and crushed pecans.

Tools need to make thumbprint cookies:

Ingredients:

  • 2/3 cup unsalted butter, softened
  • 1.5 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 2 egg yolks
  • 1.5 teaspoons vanilla
  • 2 slightly beaten egg whites
  • 1 cup finely chopped pecans, or nut of your choice
  • 1/2 cup seeded raspberry jam, or jam of your choice

Instructions:

Start by beating the softened butter with an electric mixer in a large mixing bowl.

cream the butter

Add 3/4 cup of the flour to the butter.

add the flour

Mix well, then add the sugar, egg yolks, and vanilla. Beat until thoroughly combined. add the remaining flour and mix. Cover and refrigerate the dough for at least 1 hour.

Remove the dough from the refrigerator. Shape into 1 inch balls.

roll into 1 inch balls

Roll each ball in the egg whites, then roll in the pecans to coat.

dough, pecans, egg whites

Place the balls on a parchment lined cookie sheet.

dough balls rolled in nuts

Make an indentation into the center of each cookie with your thumb.

thumb prints

Bake at 375 degrees F for 10-12 minutes or until the edges are lightly browned. Place the cookies on a wire rack to cool.

baked thumbprint cookies

Right before serving, fill the indentation with jam of your choice.

Thumbprint cookies ready to serve

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More Cookie Recipes

Recipe By Kristin
Course: Dessert Cusine:American Difficulty:Easy

Servings

minutes

Preparing Time

minutes

Cooking Time

minutes

Calories

kcal

INGREDIENTS

  1. 2/3 cup unsalted butter, softened

  2. 1.5 cups all-purpose flour

  3. 1/2 cup sugar

  4. 2 egg yolks

  5. 1.5 teaspoons vanilla

  6. 2 slightly beaten egg whites

  7. 1 cup finely chopped pecans, or nut of your choice

  8. 1/2 cup seeded raspberry jam, or jam of your choice

DIRECTION

  1. Start by beating the softened butter with an electric mixer in a large mixing bowl. Add 3/4 cup of the flour to the butter. Mix well, then add the sugar, egg yolks, and vanilla. Beat until thoroughly combined. add the remaining flour and mix. Cover and refrigerate the dough for at least 1 hour.<br>Remove the dough from the refrigerator. Shape into 1 inch balls. Roll each ball in the egg whites, then roll in the pecans to coat. Place the balls on a parchment lined cookie sheet. Make an indentation into the center of each cookie with your thumb.<br>Bake at 375 degrees F for 10-12 minutes or until the edges are lightly browned. Place the cookies on a wire rack to cool.<br>Right before serving, fill the indentation with jam of your choice.

NOTES

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Homemade Fried Rice – Better than Take-Out

home made fried rice

If you love fried rice with your Chinese take-out you will love this homemade fried rice recipe. It is certainly better than take out. It’s so quick and easy to make at home and makes a perfect side for chicken, pork, shrimp or roasted vegetables.

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Tools needed to make homemade fried rice

Homemade Fried Rice Ingredients:

  • 1 Cup rice (uncooked)
  • 1 medium onion minced
  • 2 eggs
  • 3-4 Tablespoons butter
  • 1/4 cup soy sauce
  • 1 teaspoon sesame oil
  • 2 cups frozen mixed vegetables
  • 2 tablespoons sesame seeds

How to make fried rice

Use a mesh strainer to rinse the rice, then cook the rice according to package directions. 1 cup of uncooked rice makes approximately 2 cups of cooked rice. Set the rice aside.

Meanwhile, sauté the onions in 1 tablespoon of butter. Remove the onions from the pan and set aside.

Use the same pan to scramble the eggs in 1 tablespoon of the butter.

Scramble the egg with butter

Once the egg is cooked, add the rice and remaining butter. Toss to coat the rice with the butter and break up any clumps.

Rice and egg with butter

Add the soy sauce and sesame oil, continue to toss the rice until evenly coated with sauce. Add the mixed vegetables and toss until the vegetables are heated through. Return the onions to the pan and mix.

Add the onions

Finally add the sesame seeds and mix until well combined.

fried rice with sesame seeds

Serve with baked chicken, pork, beef, shrimp, or roasted vegetables.

Serving Suggestions

Serve you fried rice with:

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Recipe By Kristin
Course: Side Cusine:Chinese Difficulty:Easy

Servings

minutes

Preparing Time

minutes

Cooking Time

minutes

Calories

kcal

INGREDIENTS

  1. 1 Cup rice (uncooked)

  2. 2 eggs

  3. 3 Tablespoons butter

  4. 1/4 cup soy sauce

  5. 1 teaspoon sesame oil

  6. 2 cups frozen mixed vegetables

  7. 2 tablespoons sesame seeds

DIRECTION

  1. Start by cooking the rice according to package directions. 1 cup of uncooked rice makes approximately 2 cups of cooked rice. Set the rice aside. <br>Meanwhile, sauté the onions in 1 tablespoon of butter. Remove the onions from the pan and set aside. <br>Use the same pan to scramble the eggs in 1 tablespoon of the butter. Once the egg is cooked, add the rice and remaining butter. Toss to coat the rice with the butter and break up any clumps. Add the soy sauce and sesame oil, continue to toss the rice until evenly coated with sauce. Add the mixed vegetables and toss until the vegetables are heated through. Return the onions to the pan and mix.  Finally add the sesame seeds and mix until well combined.<br>

NOTES

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Healthy Recipes Recipes Salads

Best 4 Bean Salad Recipe, Simple and Delicious

Easy 4 bean salad

Beans are the most underutilized, economical superfood. This 4 bean salad recipe is not only simple and delicious, it is also low cost and very healthy. It is a perfect side for any meal, makes a tasty and healthy addition to packed lunches, and it is easy to take to a party.

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Four Bean Salad Ingredients:

  • 1 – 14.5 ounce can cut green beans, drained
  • 1 -14.5 ounce can cut wax beans, drained
  • 1 – 15.5 ounce can kidney beans, drained and rinsed
  • 1 – 15.5 ounce can garbanzo beans, drained and rinsed
  • 1 yellow bell pepper, diced
  • 1 small onion, diced
  • 1/2 cup seasoned rice wine vinegar
  • 1/4 cup olive oil
  • Fresh ground pepper to taste

How to Make Four Bean Salad

Open the green bean and wax bean cans, drain and place in a salad bowl.

green beans and wax beans

Next, open the kidney bean and garbanzo bean cans, drain and rinse the beans. Add the kidney and garbanzo beans to the salad bowl.

kidney beans and garbanzo beans

Dice the yellow pepper and onions. Add to the salad bowl.

peppers and onions

Add the dressing (recipe below), mix and refrigerate for at least one hour before serving. Mix well immediately before serving.

4 bean salad

How to make 4 bean salad dressing:

Combine the seasoned rice wine vinegar with the olive oil. Add fresh ground pepper to taste. Mix and pour over the salad.

four bean salad

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Recipe By Kristin
Course: Salads Cusine:American Difficulty:Easy

Servings

minutes

Preparing Time

minutes

Cooking Time

minutes

Calories

kcal

INGREDIENTS

  1. 1 – 14.5 ounce can cut green beans, drained

  2. 1 -14.5 ounce can cut wax beans, drained

  3. 1 – 15.5 ounce can kidney beans, drained and rinsed

  4. 1 – 15.5 ounce can garbanzo beans, drained and rinsed

  5. 1 yellow bell pepper, diced

  6. 1 small onion, diced

  7. 1/2 cup seasoned rice wine vinegar

  8. 1/4 cup olive oil

  9. Fresh ground pepper to taste

DIRECTION

  1. Open the green bean and wax bean cans, drain and place in a salad bowl. Next, open the kidney bean and garbanzo bean cans, drain and rinse the beans. Add the kidney and garbanzo beans to the salad bowl.<br>Dice the yellow pepper and onions. Add to the salad bowl.<br>Add the dressing (recipe below), mix and refrigerate for at least one hour before serving. Mix well immediately before serving.

    To make the dressing: Combine the seasoned rice wine vinegar with the olive oil. Add fresh ground pepper to taste. Mix and pour over the salad.

NOTES

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