Honey BBQ Spicy Chicken Wings!!

HELLO EVERYONE!!!!

It's been sooo long since my last post!! But here is a simple, inexpensive meal that I'm sure you all will LOVE!!

Ingredients!
Chicken Wings (as many as you want!! I did about 8)
1 cup BBQ Sauce
1 tbsp of Red Chile Flakes
1 tsp of Olive Oil
1 tbsp of Honey
Pepper
Salt

Directions!!
Now before you start your grill, you should prepare the meat first! That way it can marinate for about 30 minutes!

When you are working with poultry, make sure you run the meat under warm water and cut any access fat off that you don't desire. FIRST! Take your salt and pepper and season your chicken to your liking! Next, take your red chile flakes, BBQ sauce, olive oil, and honey, and put all your ingredients on your chicken! HINT HINT: The olive oil helps your meat stay moist!!!  Mix the ingredients together very well so every spice hits each chicken leg!

Make sure that EVERYTHING THAT TOUCHED RAW CHICKEN IS PUT IN THE SINK AND WASHED!!!! 

After you have all the ingredients in the bowl, cover the bowl and place in refrigerator to let sit and soak in all the yummy goodness!!

Grill until the chicken in COMPLETELY DONE and clear fluid is coming out of the meat!!

once that is done..... ENJOYYY!!!

And yes, I realize an AFTER COOKING picture is missing, but that is just because we devoured the meal so fast I didn't have time to take a picture!!!

I hope you all enjoy this recipe!!

LOVE AND HAPPY COOKING TO YOU ALL!!! 

The Joys of Seasoning!! :)

Cooking tip #2!!!

SEASONING!!! When you are seasoning ANYTHING  if you cannot see your seasoning, you DID NOT put enough in.

For example, I was just making a tomato sauce and I added pepper and parsley (real light seasoning). Once I stirred my sauce, the seasoning disappeared! So what do you do when that happens??? ADD MORE OF COURSE!!!! Add more pepper and more parsley! Add another teaspoon or so and then stir your sauce or whatever you are seasoing, and if you can fantley see it you did great!!! The parsley made my dish pop with color as well as adding nice aromatics!! :)

If you are marinating any meat, put a healthy coat of dry rub on BOTH sides!

Your dishes will taste so flavorful and even when you make a simple tomato sauce like I did, that seasoning will take it to the next level! Just make sure you add enough or your meal will taste...just...average..and NO ONE wants that!!!

HAPPY COOKING!!!! 

Cooking Tips!

Cooking tip #1:

BUTTER BUTTER BUTTER! 

In my opinion you can NEVER have enough butter!! So, with that said, enjoy the fatty flavor of butter! When you cook any meat, inclduing fish, you can stick about 1 tbsp of butter right on top or, if your cooking chicken, stick the butter underneath the skin.

Butter will make your recipe POP! 

I learned to show respect for butter from watching Paula Dean's cooking shows on the Food Network!

For those of you who hate butter, tell me what you substitue your dishes with!! 

I will now start putting recipes AND cooking tips for you all!! :) 

Spicy Shrimp Alfredo!!

HEY EVERYONE!!!! Ready for another recipe!!???

When I was in 7th grade I was in charge of making little snacks for my sisters first homecoming group! SOOOO I decided to make sauteed shrimp! After they began sautéing for a little bit, I began adding spices and it turned out great!! And now I just keep making different concoctions to see what I can come up with!!

And out of all the different ways I've tried this recipe, this has to be my favorite!! HERE WE GO!!!!!!!

INGREDIENTS!!!
1 pkg of angel hair pasta
1 pkg of deveined, peeled, shrimp
1/8 tsp of minced garlic
1 tblsp of red pepper flakes
1 jar of alfredo sauce (or homemade alfredo)

DIRECTIONS!!!
Alright!!!! So lets begin!!! Before you even begin cooking, thaw out the shrimp and remove the tails. After that, start to boil the water for your angel hair pasta! (you can use spaghetti, but angel hair works better with the shrimp and it doesnt take long to cook!)

Once your water is almost up to a boil, put butter in a sautee pan and let it melt. Once the pan is heated up, add the shrimp. Once you have added the shrimp, put your pasta in and let that cook to your liking!

Once your shrimp has cooked for about 5 minutes, add the red pepper flakes (I like to cover the shrimp in the red pepper flakes, it gives it a little bite!!), and add the garlic! Once that has sauteed for about a minute, add the alfredo sauce and cover to let simmer until your pasta is done!

After your pasta is finished, YOU'RE ALL DONE!!!!!!!!!!!
I love this recipe and I really hope you guys find this delicious!!! This simple recipe has so much flavor and it's also a very filling meal! SO WHO WOULDN'T LIKE THAT!!!!!!!??????

You can garnish this with parsley, basil, or more red pepper flakes!!! 

HAPPY COOKING!!!! :)

Blackened Tilapia Sandwiches!!!

This is such a yummy fish recipe!!! :) I'm not one to eat talapia a lot but evey now and again I really enjoy it!!! This recipe has made me want it more often! :) Plus it's made with my homemade tartar sauce!!! :D This dinner is low in calories and very satisying!

Ingredients!
Fish!
3 Tilapia Filets
2 eggs
little shot of milk
flour
pepper
blackening seasoning
Cooking oil (for frying)
Lettuce

Tartar Sauce!!
1 cup of mayonnaise 
1 whole dill pickle
1 tablespoon of snipped parsley
1 teaspoon of shredded onion

Directions:
First you need to make the tartar sauce and then put in the fridge!
So FIRST THINGS FIRST! Spoon out about a cup of mayo and put in a bowl you are going to serve the tartar sauce in! Next, take a whole dill pickle and chop it to your liking! If you like big chunks of dill then do a rough chop, but if not, finely chop the pickle :) Next shed your onion with a cheese grater! (if you have a food processor go ahead and do a rough chop of both the pickle and the onion and process it that way!!)  NEXT add the tablespoon of parsley and stir away!!!!

NOW FOR THE FISH!!!!
So first you need to get a bowl and crack the eggs and add the shot of milk, and mix it. After that, get your flour and put it on a plate along with the pepper and blackened seasoning! (Make sure you mix the flour and pepper and seasoning so it gets on all the fish!) First dunk the fish in the egg wash and make sure it's coated well, after that put the flour on the fish! During this time, you should be heating your oil in a pan or on your fryer as well!!

When the fish is almost done frying, toast the bread in the oven and shred your lettuce! That way you are ready to indulge when the fish gets out of the fryer!!! 
YOUR FINISHING PRODUCT SHOULD LOOK LIKE THIS!!!!! :)

I absolutely love this dinner :) I hope you all enjoy this dish as much as my family has!!! :) 
ENJOY EVERYONE!!!

Yummy Yummy Spicy Rigatoni!! :)

Okay here we go with ANOTHER pasta recipe :)

This one is very easy as well as the last one I posted!!

INGREDIENTS:
1/4 cup oil
1/2 tbs crushed red pepper
1/8 tsp salt
1/8 tsp black pepper
1 tbs chopped (or minced) garlic
6 oz of chicken, sliced
1 jar of marinara sauce
1 jar of alfredo sauce
2 tsp butter (or more, you can never have enough butter!!)
1/4 cup peas
1 pkg of Rigatoni pasta, cooked to your liking!

DIRECTIONS!!! :) 
In a saute pan, heat oil over medium heat. I even went more then a 1/4 cup and I just made sure the bottom of the pan was covered :) Next, add your red pepper flakes, garlic, salt, and pepper. Saute the seasonings until the garlic has a carmalized look to it! add the sliced chicken in the saute pan and mix it all together so the spices get into the chicken! (you will know when to add the chicken when you can hardly stand over the pan anymore because all the spices are letting their flavor go!)

After you let the chicken sit for a little, add the marinara and alfredo sauce! :) Cover the saute pan and let that sit till you are ready to add the peas!

NEXT!! Go ahead and start boiling the water to cook your pasta. Once that is all ready to go, put your pasta in and let it cook!! Once your pasta is all done cooking, drain it and then put it in a large serving bowl. Before you drain the pasta however, turn the stove off under the sauce and add your butter and peas then cover again. (I always like to rinse off my noodles under warm water to get the extra startch off!) Once the butter is melted, pour the sauce right on top of the noodles sitting in that serving bowl! AND ENJOYYY!!! :) 

This was a recipe I've always wanted to try!! :) Now that i did, it's going in my recipe book :) I hope you all enjoy this dish as much as my family and I :)

Spaghetti Carbonara!!!

Okay everyone!! Recipe #3!! My husband absolutely LOVES this recipe! Now lets get started with exactly what you will be needing :)

Ingredients: 

1/2 lb of bacon
4 eggs
1 pkg of spaghetti
Parsley for garnish


I know only 3 ingredients!!! This recipe has been a night saver in our house when we need to go grocery shopping, but we haven't been paid yet!!

Directions: 

First, you want to defrost your bacon (it makes it easier to cut into chunks). Start boiling your water and heating your frying pan at the same time! Once your bacon is all defrosted, take it out of the package and but it into about 1 inch chunks! Once that is all done, put your bacon in your pan over medium heat (we dont want to burn the bacon!!). And at that same time, put your noddles in their pot!!

Cook your spaghetti (or you can even use angel hair pasta) to your liking. Alos, make sure you keep a close eye on your bacon. It will stick to the bottom of the pan if you are not careful!! Now while you are waiting for the pasta and bacon to be done, get out 4 large eggs and mix them in a small bowl. (I usually use a fork to scramble the eggs.) And once that is done put it aside. 

Now it's time for the action!!! Most likely your pasta will be done before the bacon so drain your pasta and put i back into the pan with a generous helping of butter, so the noodles wont stick!! Once your bacon is done, put all the bacon chunks into the spaghetti pan and also add about a tablespoon of the bacon grease! (I know it sooo unhealthy but it's super yummy and also makes the eggs stick better!!) Once you have that in, immediately add the eggs!!! Now once you add the eggs you need to grab tongs and start folding the spaghetti! Make sure you dont handle the pasta too much because you will have scrambled eggs! :) 

AND WA-LA!!!! You have a simple, easy and cheap recipe to make :) And like I said above, use parsley for garnish!! It makes it really pretty!!! :) 

I hope everyone loves this recipe as much as my husband and I do :) HAPPY COOKING!!!!! :D