Monday, June 4, 2012

Parmesan-Crusted Tilapia

Parmesan-Crusted Tilapia
Made frozen tilapia very tasty. Out first go around we somehow didn't come home with the basil from the grocery and I think we compensating with a little too much cheese. The touch of lemon at the end made a big difference. Simple dinner.

Huspuppies and spinach salad make great sides!

Pimento Cheese Devlied Eggs

OK I know this sounds weird, but you have to give it a shot. As I prepared to mix the cheese into the egg mixture, I was certain I was about to make a big mistake and the eggs would be a disaster. As a Southern girl, I felt like I was about to commit a crime attempting to change up this traditional side dish so drastically. Fortunately, after I had decided to continue with this strange recipe and mixed everything together, I tasted the concussion and was immediately overjoyed with the result (seriously, I was a little too excited about it).
This is where I originally found the recipe: Pimento Cheese Deviled Eggs
Instead of making up the pimento cheese, I cheated and bought the kind at the grocery that's already made up. I buy it all the time anyway. For the egg mixture, I boiled a dozen eggs, took out the yolks, mashed them up, put in salt and pepper, put in about a cup of mayonnaise, then put in a couple dollops of the pimento cheese. This measurement will probably be to taste depending on how much of the cheesy taste you want in there.
I brought these to a get together with some friends and one of the girls ate like 6 of them. Haha she probably wouldn't appreciate me sharing that but I thought it was a good representation of how good they turned out. 



Brookie Cups

I found this recipe on Pinterest (shocker!) but cannot find where it was originally pinned from. So I made up my own juvenile name for these delicious dessert by combining the names of the ingredients. It's basically brownies, chocolate chip cookies, and Reese's peanut butter cups put together for one tasty bite.

I just had to take a bite of one to give you a glimpse at all the layers inside. Here's what you do if you'd like to make this rich treat:
Preheat oven to 350; smoosh 1.5 squares of break-apart refrigerated cookie dough into the bottom of each well. Place Reese cup upside down on top of cookie dough (or an Oreo!). Top with prepared box brownie mix, filling 3/4 full. Bake for 18 minutes! HEAVEN.
http://pinterest.com/pin/153685406004238660/