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Broccoli Rabe White Beans & Sausage

Fresh Broccoli Rabe in Garden

Broccoli Rabe White Beans & Sausage is perfect spring dish, enjoying the bounty of the garden. Broccoli Rabe is a healthy cruciferous vegetable part of the turnip family with broccoli like buds. Matching the power packed white beans and some grilled sausages makes a very filling and tasty meal.

Choosing the right beans:

The beans in this recipe is an important component, providing protein, high fiber and carbs. Choosing the right bean is a personal choice, the great northern beans are easy to find in store and work very well. The Cannelloni bean is a classic mediterranean white bean, with meaty texture. Cannelloni beans are harder to find, and usually canned form. Canned beans is supermarket shortcut, but not as flavorful as using homemade beans.

Making homemade beans from dry beans is fairly easy using the instant pot. Saving hours of cooking time, and making a more flavorful tasting beans. Just a simple sorting and wasting beans before cooking them in instant pot. The traditional cooking process recommends soaking beans overnight, then rinsing beans off after soaking. Then traditional boiling beans until tender consuming many hours of time. Therefore instant pot technology is faster and more simple process.

  • Instant Pot Setting for cooking beans.

Seasoning the great northern beans when cooking them in the instant pot is key to successful tasty beans. To the make the beans use chicken base, some Italian Seasoning, dry great northern beans, garlic and water. Setting the instant pot on beans for 30 minutes, then when beans cooking time finished release valve. This is really nice method because preparing other ingredients while beans are cooking.

Broccoli Rabe Prep:

Broccoli Rabe is easy to prep, but needs to be trimmed and washed well. When trimming broccoli rabe remove all thick stems, trimming leaves, stems and florets to 3 inches lengths. Place all broccoli rabe in colander or salad spinner to be washed with cold water. The salad spinner does great job because it spins most water out of leaves. The broccoli rabe ready for cooking, or can be stored in zip lock bags for up to week.

Optional ingredients that can be added:

There so many possibilities that can be added to broccoli rabe white beans & sausage recipe. Start with some good fundamentals, onions, sweet peppers, mushrooms for good foundation. Next select type of sausage, good choice is rope smoked sausage. Really the type sausages is your taste preference.

Seasoning is equally important, a good choice is garlic, Italian Herbs, parsley, oregano, basil, salt and pepper. Fresh herbs are great, often fresh herbs might not be available when broccoli rabe ready. So dry herbs work well also, they always on hand in pantry. Finally kick this up a little with some chilies pepper flakes, this boost the flavor.

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Broccoli Rabe White Beans & Sausage is perfect spring dish, enjoying the bounty of the garden. Packed with great nutritious broccoli rabe, high fiber beans and tasty sausage.
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2 Serving 15 Minutes
Cook Time Passive Time
30 Minutes 15 Minutes
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2 Serving 15 Minutes
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30 Minutes 15 Minutes
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Broccoli Rabe White Beans & Sausage is perfect spring dish, enjoying the bounty of the garden. Packed with great nutritious broccoli rabe, high fiber beans and tasty sausage.
Servings Prep Time
2 Serving 15 Minutes
Cook Time Passive Time
30 Minutes 15 Minutes
Servings Prep Time
2 Serving 15 Minutes
Cook Time Passive Time
30 Minutes 15 Minutes
Ingredients
Cooking beans:
Preparing Broccoli Rabe White Bean’s & Sausages:
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  1. Wash the great northern beans well, then place the beans into instant pot. Next add seasoning, Italian herbs, chicken base and water. Close lid on instant pot and make sure valve stem is closed, note this is for first generation instant pot. Set to beans for 30 minutes, allowing pressure to come down naturally. This could take around 15 minutes extra time it’s worth the time especially if you’re starting from dry beans not pre-soaked.
  2. Remove the lid of instant pot and stir beans. Drain off any excess cooking liquid, reserving liquid for adjustments to final dish.
  3. In large 12 inch braising pan add oil and garlic, cook until fragrant.
  4. Next add the onions and sweet peppers to braising pan and cook until tender. This could take about 5 minutes on medium high heat.
  5. Now add seasoning, Italian herbs, salt and pepper to the vegetables in braising pan.
  6. Continue by adding cut sausages to vegetables in braising pan. Sir fry on medium high heat until lightly browned.
  7. The next step is to add the cooked northern beans to cooked mixture, stirring well. Continue cooking until beans are simmering.
  8. Now add the cleaned and trimmed broccoli rabe to cooked mixture, pilling all broccoli rabe high. Note it takes a lot of broccoli rabe to make this dish, it will cook down to almost 2/3.
  9. Cover the braising pan and turn down heat to simmer, about medium low. Cook the broccoli rabe and mixture for 7 to 10 minutes.
  10. Remove the lid from braising pan, stir well and adjust seasoning with salt and pepper and cooking liquid if needed.
  11. Serve in wide rim bowl placing broccoli rabe in center and vegetables and sausage around the rabe. Garnish with freshly grated Parmesan Cheese.
  12. Substitute cooked penne pasta for cooked white beans.
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No kneading Bread

No kneading bread is simple and only takes 4 ingredients. This bread makes wonderful leaves of bread that can be baked daily. Just cut size portion of the dough needed, shape, let rise until doubled, and bake. This process only takes 2 to 3 hours. The wait is well worth the time the bread takes to make, a crusty, moist bread.

No kneading bread loaf 14 ounces baked to golden brown

Four simple ingredients to No Kneading Bread:

There is just four ingredients to make No Knead Bread. The key ingredients are flour, yeast, salt and water. Choosing the right flour determines the type bread. If you like rustic bread, the best flour to use is Bread Flour it has 12 to 13% gluten. Then if you want pan bread use unbleached all-purpose flour, this has 10 to 12% gluten. Gluten is what forms structure of the bread, more gluten higher, better shaped loaf. Where the all-purpose flour will be flatter and less height loaf bread.

No Knead Bread sliced using bread flour, see the height and structure.

Right Yeast for no kneading bread:

Yeast is also extremely important this is leaving agents for the bread. The most popular type yeast used is instant fast rinse yeast. This is super yeast giving you a better rise quick and easy. Red Star Premium Instant Yeast is best. But any good in code yeast will work. Note if your yeast date has expired do test to see if it is still active. The test is cup 100 degree water 1/2 teaspoon yeast and 1/2 teaspoon sugar. Let test yeast activate this should take about 10 to 15 minutes maximum. If there is no activity, bubbles and foam form at top, throw it away it’s dead yeast.

Importance of Salt:

Salt is also a very important part of making bread. Choosing a salt that isn’t iodize, just plain salt works well. The purpose of salt is flavor, control grown of yeast and helps developing gluten. Without salt the texture would be off, and bread would be very bland. Be sure that the salt doesn’t come in direct contact with yeast. Putting salt on the other side of flour away from yeast, this keeps yeast from slowing down.

Why water is important:

Final key ingredient is water, having the temperature at just right level. The water should be just warm to the touch, somewhere between 100 to 110 degrees. Using a digital thermometer is wonderful way to make sure the temperature isn’t too high. Too high of temperature will kill yeast, about 115 degrees the threshold in killing yeast.

Making the No kneading bread dough:

Measuring all the four ingredients accurately is very important. Using a digital scale is best way to measure the ingredients. Digital scales are far more accurate then using volume measurements, in cups, pints, quarts and gallons. Setting the scale to grams is easy way to measure the bakery goods, it’s very accurate. Still USA hasn’t really adopted the metric measures in baking, still this is a great way to measure ingredients. The recipe for no kneed bread will be in both metic and USA measures.

First measure all ingredients accurately, starting with bread flour first, then instant yeast, followed by salt, finally the warm water (105 degrees). These ingredients can be put into a large 6 quart mixing bowl. Be sure to put the yeast on one side of the flour and salt on the other side of the flour. Stir the dry ingredients together. Next add the warm water (105) degrees in middle of the dry ingredients.

Mix add the four ingredients for the bread with spoon or heavy duty rubber spatula. Stirring the bread dough ingredients until well combined and dough becomes elastic. This takes about 1 to 2 minutes of stirring, the dough will become hard to stir as bread dough becomes elastic. Next cover dough with plastic or lid that fits the bowl. Let the bread dough go through the first rise, about 2 hours. The dough should double in size, punch the dough down. Cover the dough again and refrigerate, for up to 5 days.

Rested No Kneading Bread in 6 quart bowl for two days.

Shaping, Proofing and Baking:

Cutting bread dough into portions with bowl scraper into desired size. The portion size can range from 8 ounces to 16 ounces. Shaping bread dough into rounds by using your hands, by working into tight ball. Pushing the dough with hands under until the dough gets into tightly shaped round ball.

Shaping bread dough into very tighter ball

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No kneading bread is simple only uses four ingredients. A big batch of dough that keeps in refrigerator for 5 days. Cut portion of dough, then shape, proof and bake. Results into tasty country style bread loaf.
Servings Prep Time
4 Loafs 10 Minutes
Cook Time Passive Time
20 Minutes 24 Hours
Servings Prep Time
4 Loafs 10 Minutes
Cook Time Passive Time
20 Minutes 24 Hours
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No kneading bread is simple only uses four ingredients. A big batch of dough that keeps in refrigerator for 5 days. Cut portion of dough, then shape, proof and bake. Results into tasty country style bread loaf.
Servings Prep Time
4 Loafs 10 Minutes
Cook Time Passive Time
20 Minutes 24 Hours
Servings Prep Time
4 Loafs 10 Minutes
Cook Time Passive Time
20 Minutes 24 Hours
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Servings: Loafs
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Mixing No Kneading Dough
  1. Measure all the ingredients accurately, starting with the water first. Be sure water is about 105 degrees, put in a 6 quart bowl. Next measure flour and put into the bowl over water. Continue measuring salt put on one side four. Finally measure the yeast and put on the other side of flour, making sure that yeast doesn’t touch the salt
  2. Sir the bread ingredients with heavy duty spoon until all ingredients are combined and gluten is developing. This takes about 2 minutes to mix and develop gluten.
  3. Next cover bread dough in mixing bowl with plastic wrap or lid. Leave the bread dough out at room temperature for first rise. This takes about 1 to 2 hours, depending on room temperature.
  4. After the first rise punch the dough down. I like using bowl scraper, but using hands lightly greased will also work too. Note the dough is very sticky because of its high moisture content. This deflates the bread dough and develops more gluten.
  5. Cover the dough and refrigerate for at least 24 hours to develop flavor. This dough can be refrigerated for up to 5 days.
Shape and Bake
  1. Remove bread dough from refrigerator, and cut a portion of the dough off. This could weigh about 12 to 14 ounces for nice loaf of bread.
  2. Shape the cut portion with greased hands, by folding dough under the both hands. Keep fold the dough under until it forms tight ball. The is called rounding bread dough up.
  3. Place rounded bread dough onto a sheet pan lined with parchment paper.
  4. Sprinkle flour over each bread loaf, coating tops well with flou
  5. Next cover bread loafs with plastic and let the bread do it’s final rise, until doubled. Then slash with sharp knife at least three times, to allow bread to expand as it’s baking.
  6. Bake in 425 degrees convection oven or 450 conventional oven. Set a rack in the middle of oven, place the sheet pan with bread on that rack. With water in a pan, to provide steam as it is baking, put it on the bottom rack or floor of the oven.
  7. Bake the bread loafs for about 20 minutes or until center of the loafs reaches a internal temperature of 190 to 200 degrees. Remove bread from oven onto cooling rack.
  8. Allow bread to cool before cutting, about 15 to 20 minutes. Cut with bread knife into desired portions.
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Bacon Tomato Rice Stuffed Chicken using Air Fryer

Bacon Tomato Rice stuffed Chicken Breast

Bacon Tomato Rice stuffed Chicken Breast is a perfect healthy meal choice. Using a air fryer speeds up cooking time and helps keep the stuffed chicken stay moist and tender. This recipe uses healthy brown rice, fresh tomatoes, with some bacon to added A little extra boost to the flavor profile. Serve this Bacon Tomato Rice Stuffed Chicken with some tomato sauce and choice of green vegetable. Making a wonderful satisfying comfort healthy meal in under an hours time.

Perfecting a rice stuffing:

Choosing the right rice keeping healthy and flavorful is key to successful stuffing. The grocery store has large sections of shelves with all different choices. A big portions of selections are pre-cooked or instant rice. These are good choices if you want quick preparation. But all too often you loose flavor and texture, if you need Stuffing in just minutes take good look these varieties.

The Brown Basmati Rice or Brown Jasmine Rice are too wonderful choices, they are very aromatic and have outstanding flavors. But they have a very long slow cooking time about 45 minutes. Wow 45 minutes to cook rice is too long for most fast paced families. The solution is using the Instant Pot, in about 10 minutes of cooking time and about 15 minutes overall time to make perfect rice. That’s cutting the cooking time down to a third of the time.

Just plain Brown Basmati Rice needs more supporting flavors for the stuffing. Bacon, Tomatoes, Onions and garlic are wonderful flavor boosters. The combination of these flavors transform this into a classic taste often called Spanish Rice or Mexican Rice. Adding just a few spices like cumin, chili powder and some herbs, oregano, cilantro finishes the rice profile.

Fabricating Chicken Breasts:

Butterfly Boneless chicken breasts

Fabrication is fancy terminology used if trimming and cutting chicken to meet preparation needs. Sanitation is upmost importance, when handling poultry products. First start with wiping down all areas including cutting boards with sanitizer (1 tbsp bleach with gallon water). Be sure to let the sanitizer stand on surface for 15 to 30 seconds, before wiping dry. Put on some disposable gloves before handing chicken.

Butterfly chicken breasts with sharp knife, a pairing knife or boning knife. Cutting the chicken breast almost in half horizontally, so opens up like butterfly wings. Then place a piece of plastic wrap over chicken and pound with meat mallet until evenly flat. The breast should be about half inch thick, with no holes in meat.

Pounding chicken breasts covered with plastic wrap

Stuffing Chicken Breasts:

Scoop 1/3 cup of Bacon Tomato Rice Stuffing onto chicken breasts

Stuffing chicken breasts is made easy by using a number 12 scoop of the Bacon Tomato Rice Stuffing. Then carefully wrap chicken breasts around stuffing. Be sure to season both sides of the chicken breast with Mexican seasoning. Store bought Mexican Seasoning works out as quick short cut or make your own blend.

Air Fryer Pizza Stuffed Chicken Breast
Try this Air Fryer Pizza Stuffed Chicken that tastes like Chicken Parmesan Pizza

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Bacon Tomato Rice stuffed chicken breast using Air Fryer makes a delicious moist and tender entree cooked in 20 minutes. Enjoy having all flavors of chicken and rice in one encased breast.
Servings Prep Time
2 Portions 35 Minutes
Cook Time
20 Minutes
Servings Prep Time
2 Portions 35 Minutes
Cook Time
20 Minutes
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Bacon Tomato Rice stuffed chicken breast using Air Fryer makes a delicious moist and tender entree cooked in 20 minutes. Enjoy having all flavors of chicken and rice in one encased breast.
Servings Prep Time
2 Portions 35 Minutes
Cook Time
20 Minutes
Servings Prep Time
2 Portions 35 Minutes
Cook Time
20 Minutes
Ingredients
Bacon Tomato Rice Stuffing:
Stuffed Chicken Breasts:
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Bacon Tomato Rice Stuffing:
  1. In heavy duty sauce pan cook the diced bacon with some olive oil. Cook bacon until it’s crisp, about 5 minutes.
  2. Drain off excess bacon fat leaving just small amount fat left in sauce pan with crisp bacon pieces.
  3. Next add onions, peppers and garlic to bacon. Cook vegetables mixture for about 2 to 3 minutes on medium heat, stir often.
  4. Continue cooking mixture adding rice, stirring well to coat all rice well. This should take about 1 minute.
  5. Now add the stock and tomatoes chili sauce to rice mixture stirring well. Season this mixture with Mexican seasoning, taste liquid mixture to see if seasoned properly. Adjust with Mexican seasoning and salt to taste.
  6. Cover rice mixture with lid and turn the heat to medium heat. When steam comes out, reduce heat to low. Cook on low for 18 to 20 minutes.
  7. Remove the lid from rice and fluff with fork. Set aside while fabrication of chicken breasts.
Chicken Fabrication
  1. Using a sharp knife butterfly chicken breasts. Cutting half way through middle almost to end opening chicken breast like butterfly.
  2. Next cover butterfly chicken with plastic wrap, pound with meat mallet. Just pound hard enough to flatten chicken breasts, but do not put holes into breasts.
  3. Remove plastic wrap that covers chicken, sprinkle with Mexican seasoning generously.
  4. Now scoop 1/3 cup of bacon tomato rice stuffing into center of the chicken breasts.
  5. Rap the chicken breasts around rice stuffing, then sprinkle generously with Mexican seasoning.
Cooking Bacon Tomato Rice stuffed chicken breast:
  1. Place the stuffed chicken breasts into air Fryer basket. Spray with olive oil. I like to use EVO sprayer to spay oil onto food. Push basket into air fryer
  2. Set air fryer temperature to 350 degrees.
    Air Fryer temperature set to 350 degrees
  3. Set timer to 20 minutes, this is just guidelines for cooking time depending on size of stuffed chicken could take longer.
  4. Use a instant reading thermometer, place probe into thickest part of breast. The temperature should read at least 170 degrees.
  5. To serve cut stuffed chicken breasts in half on bias. Serve with green vegetables of your choice. Be creative with sauce, my favorite Sriracha sauce.
Recipe Notes

Nutrition Facts
Bacon Spanish Rice stuffed Chicken in Air Fryer
Amount Per Serving
Calories 615 Calories from Fat 207
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 23g 35%
Saturated Fat 8g 40%
Polyunsaturated Fat 1g
Monounsaturated Fat 6g
Cholesterol 130mg 43%
Sodium 1180mg 49%
Potassium 151mg 4%
Total Carbohydrates 56g 19%
Dietary Fiber 1g 4%
Sugars 3g
Protein 44g 88%
Vitamin A 21%
Vitamin C 59%
Calcium 4%
Iron 6%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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Swedish Buns filled with Smoked Root Beer Ham and Cranberry Jam
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Swedish Buns

Swedish Buns brings back fond memories of my mom making these wonderful soft enriched dinner roll buns. It was a traditional holiday favorite buns that she made every Thanksgiving and Christmas as far back as I can remember, somewhere around late 1950’s. The family would get together around your farmhouse dining room table that could hold 18 relatives. I can still remember the basket of these buns on the table along with all the traditional trimmings. 

All about the buns:

Swedish Bun recipe has evolved over years, I have made thousands of Swedish Buns around the holiday’s a whole speed rack of rolls at a time. That’s 4 dozen rolls on sheet tray and rack holds 22 sheet pans or 1056 rolls one batch. We would sell these to raise money for Bakery Program around Thanksgiving. So my mom’s recipe evolved making large quantity had to do some modifications to original recipe. This recipe is modify version on mom’s recipe using ingredients that we have today. We had fresh cream and butter, cage free eggs, lard and basic all-purpose flour. These where staples in farm house kitchen. 

These Swedish Buns is enriched dough with lots of milk, heavy cream, fresh eggs, butter, lard, all-purpose flour and salt. Now day’s it’s hard to find fresh cream in glass bottle, so I use heavy cream between 36 to 40% butterfat. Today there are more cage free eggs available but it’s expensive, large AA eggs will be fine. Good whole milk 3% works best,  be sure to scald the milk to 165°F and cool down to 80°F.

Use good quality unsalted butter, over the years the lard was replaced with healthy shortening like Crisco. The flour is important part of recipe, all-purpose flour will work, but it needs to be a strong bread flour like King Arthur Unbleached. This flour is close to 13% protein which will make a good Swedish Bun dough. Remember do not forget the salt, use plain salt that doesn’t have iodine. 

Swedish Buns filled with Smoked Root Beer Ham and Cranberry Jam
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Swedish Buns is a enriched roll that is perfect for the Holidays. Based on my mom's recipe that dates back to 1950's. Mom made these for so many family gatherings on Thanksgiving and Christmas. If you are looking for a wonderfully sweet tasty dinner roll this is the one for you. I have made thousands of these Swedish Buns over many years, so many always asking for more.
Servings Prep Time
24 rolls 30 minutes
Cook Time Passive Time
18 minutes 3 hours
Servings Prep Time
24 rolls 30 minutes
Cook Time Passive Time
18 minutes 3 hours
Swedish Buns filled with Smoked Root Beer Ham and Cranberry Jam
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Swedish Buns is a enriched roll that is perfect for the Holidays. Based on my mom's recipe that dates back to 1950's. Mom made these for so many family gatherings on Thanksgiving and Christmas. If you are looking for a wonderfully sweet tasty dinner roll this is the one for you. I have made thousands of these Swedish Buns over many years, so many always asking for more.
Servings Prep Time
24 rolls 30 minutes
Cook Time Passive Time
18 minutes 3 hours
Servings Prep Time
24 rolls 30 minutes
Cook Time Passive Time
18 minutes 3 hours
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sponge dough
  1. Start the yeast with first amount of warm water in bowl. This activates yeast for faster rise.
    Dry Instant Yeast hydrated with warm water and small amount of sugar.
  2. Scald milk over medium heat until the milk reaches 165°F. A skin will from on top of milk. Remove from the heat and cool to 110°F.
    Scalded milk with butter and shortening cooled to 110°F
  3. Pour the cooled down milk, soft butter, shortening, activated yeast and water mixture and first amount of flour to mixer bowl. With paddle attachment attached to the mixer beat on medium speed until soft dough is formed. This should take about 3 minutes to mix. Remove the paddle from dough and scrap clean. Cover soft dough with plastic wrap and let sponge ferment for 45 minutes.
Swedish Bun Dough
  1. Scald the heavy cream to 165°F and cool while the sponge dough is fermenting.
  2. After the sponge dough has fermented, add cooled scalded cream, eggs, sugar, salt and remaining bread flour. With dough hook attachment mix on medium speed the dough. This should take about 10 minutes, the dough will be sticky but should be too sticky to fingers. If very sticky mix a little longer, caution not to add too much flour this makes a heavy dough. Stretch dough to see if it will form thin window pain like structure. If it doesn't form the gluten is not developed enough. Note this is enriched dough so it takes lots of mixing to achieve proper structure.
    Mixing Swedish Bun Dough with hook attachment for 10 minutes. See the gluten developed.
  3. Cover dough and let raise for 30 to 40 minutes. Then refrigerate for 8 to 12 hours, this allows dough to develop flavors and dough is easier to handle. The Swedish Bun Dough doubled in size. Notice the finger print holding shape.
  4. Cut to dough into 2.5 ounce portions and shape into balls. Use your hands cupped slightly rolling on board to shape into rounded balls.
    Swedish Bun shaped into round balls by rolling on board with hands cupped.
  5. Place on prepared sheet pan with parchment paper.
    Place the rounded buns onto sheet tray lined with parchment paper.
  6. Cover Swedish Buns with sprayed plastic wrap while final raising. and let raise until double in size. This should take up to 60 minutes in warm place.
  7. Bake in 350°F oven. About half way through baking rotate pans for even baking. Swedish Buns take about 12 to 15 minutes to bake.
  8. They should be nice golden brown but not too brown. Brush with melted butter to nice shine.
  9. Serving suggestion, Smoked Root Beer Ham with Cranberry Jam. Perfect for the Holidays and New Year Parties.
    Swedish Buns filled with Smoked Root Beer Ham and Cranberry Jam
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Air Fryer Taco Zucchini Boats

Air Fryer Taco Zucchini Boats

Summer is here and garden has lots of zucchini, so this is quick and easy way to use up those zucchini. Pick the zucchini before they get too big, about 2 inches in diameter is perfect. They are tender not too seedy and make perfect shape for a Air Fryer. My 3 1/2 quart PowerXL Air Fryer can handle 2 nice size portions at a time. The nice thing about using a Air Fryer is not heating up the kitchen to air fry Taco Zucchini Boats.

Taco Please:

Everyone loves tacos, by using supermarket short cuts with taco seasoning makes the filling in a snap. To keep the taco meat healthy I use lean ground turkey. Be careful not to use too lean of meat it can end up being too dry, my choice is 93% lean. Adding some chopped onion and chopped zucchini to taco meat as it’s cooking helps build better flavor profile. If you like sprinkle a little chipotle powder for extra Smokey and spicy flavors. This taco meat filling is quick easy and only takes 10 minutes to make.

Stuffing the Zucchini Boats:

Select the right size zucchini to fit your Air Fryer Basket is important. Too small of zucchini makes it hard to stuff with Turkey Taco Meat. Large zucchini can be trimmed to right length. Too overgrown zucchini are seedy, the zucchini should be tender. Scooping zucchini out with tomato shark tool works the best. This tool is scoop with serrated teeth on edge to help scoop out zucchini flesh. I saved scooped out zucchini and chopped flesh up to put in turkey taco meat mixture. This keeps the taco fill nice moist.

After zucchini boats hollowed out fill with cooked taco mixture, then sprinkle shredded Monterey Jack Cheese over top of each stuffed zucchini boat. Note it is easier to top stuffed zucchini boats with cheese in Air Fryer Basket. 

Cooking Taco Zucchini Boatins in Air Fryer:

Set Air Fryer to 370°F for 10 minutes, this should be about right for average size zucchini boat. After zucchini boats have cooked for 10 minutes check and see if cheese is melted and is a golden brown. If Taco Zucchini Boats don’t have a good golden brown color cook them for another 2 to 4 minutes. The cooking time depends on size and amount zucchini in Air Fryer. Time to enjoy a healthy way in having tacos.a healthy way having Tacos. 

Air Fryer Taco Zucchini Boats
Air Fryer Taco Zucchini Boats

Fresh from garden zucchini is best, with their bight yellow blossoms. Interesting only a few of the blossoms form zucchini. The zucchini starts very closely to base of the stem. It’s interesting how they develop, watch them closely because the become very big quickly. 

Zucchini Blossoms

  • Bee and Squash Blossom
    Bee pollinating Squash Blossom

Taco Zucchini Boats

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Air Fryer Taco Zucchini Boat is simple quick recipe that uses fresh garden zucchini as a boat shaped base for turkey taco meat. Using supermarket short cuts and 93% lean ground turkey meat you can have a healthy meal in less then 30 minutes. Using Air Fryer to cook Taco Zucchini Boats in about 10 to 12 minutes at 370°F.
Servings Prep Time
2 Servings 15 Minutes
Cook Time
12 Minutes
Servings Prep Time
2 Servings 15 Minutes
Cook Time
12 Minutes
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Air Fryer Taco Zucchini Boat is simple quick recipe that uses fresh garden zucchini as a boat shaped base for turkey taco meat. Using supermarket short cuts and 93% lean ground turkey meat you can have a healthy meal in less then 30 minutes. Using Air Fryer to cook Taco Zucchini Boats in about 10 to 12 minutes at 370°F.
Servings Prep Time
2 Servings 15 Minutes
Cook Time
12 Minutes
Servings Prep Time
2 Servings 15 Minutes
Cook Time
12 Minutes
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  1. Using small scoop hollow out medium size zucchini. They should look like small boat shape zucchini that will fit your air fryer basket. Chop the scooped out zucchini into small pieces to be cooked with ground turkey meat.
    Scooped out zucchini boats
  2. Brown ground turkey, chopped fine onions and chopped zucchini pieces that was scooped from zucchini boat. Add the taco seasoning mix to browned ground turkey misture.
    Taco seasoning added to cooked ground turkey with onions and chopped zucchini.
  3. Add water to turkey taco meat mixture and cook for 5 minutes. The mixture should be nice and thick.
    Cooked Turkey Taco Meat Filling in skillet
  4. Place the hollowed out zucchini boats into the air fryer basket. Fill each boat with as much filling as can. Then top with shredded Monteray Jack Cheese. Note you will have some left over Taco Turkey Meat which can be used for other dishes.
    Stuffed Zucchini Boats with Turkey Taco Meat topped with cheese.
  5. Place air fryer basket with Taco Zucchini Boats into Air Fryer set for 10 minutes at 370°f. Check after 10 minutes cooking time and adjust extra amount of cooking time if need. This all depends on size of zucchini boats.
    Air Fryer Taco Zucchini Boats
  6. Plate cooked zucchini boat and drizzle with favorite hot sauce or salsa. My favorite is sriracha sauce garnished with cherry tomatoes and cilantro.
    Platted Taco Zucchini Boat
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Buckwheat Crepes Ham Swiss Cheese Asparagus

Buckwheat Crepes Ham Swiss Cheese Asparagus:

What to do with Buckwheat Crepes?

My first thought was to use Buckwheat Crepes fresh berries filled crepes with whipped cream. Wow was that wonderful, but why not try Savory Crepes? This prompted me to go back to the classical egg, ham and cheese, crepes and change it up a little.

Poaching Asparagus Spears in white wine.

Poaching Asparagus Spears in white wine.

Spring is here, but it’s April 9th and we have 2+ inches of fresh snow on ground. It’s time to think Spring, and take the eggs out of the crepes and replace with some fresh Asparagus spears. Then poaching the Asparagus spears in white wine with lemon pepper for about 5 minutes. Now that’s feeling like being more spring like.

 

Wrapping Crepes with Ham Swiss cheese and asparagus filling.

Keeping it simple, is the key to making quick filled crepes. To do this heating a non-stick skillet with few sprays of canola oil, then lightly brown thin sliced ham. Next is to add some Swiss cheese and let it melt, followed by topping with some poached asparagus. This is quick easy and fast in about 3 minutes ready to roll the ham and cheese around the asparagus.

Place the rolled ham cheese and asparagus on top of Buckwheat Crepe and roll crepe. That was simple the Buckwheat Crepes Ham Swiss cheese Asparagus was born. But wait it needs a little something.

Aioli Sauce:

Aioli sauce  yea is a perfect choice to compliment flavors. Aioli is garlic mayonnaise with little lemon zip. A light drizzle or dollop will be just right amount for crepes. Remember Aioli is mayonnaise with oil and vinegar emulsion with lots of garlic. Store bought short cut is to use 1 cup mayonnaise, three large cloves garlic minced and 2 tablespoon of fresh squeezed lemon juice, and dash Worcestershire sauce. Oh my it’s so Good with these crepes.

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Take the filled rolled Buckwheat Crepes and cut them in half on diagonal. Arrange so one half Crepe rest on other standing up onto the other crepe. This gives height and able to see the fillings. Next drizzle small amount of Aioli Sauce over Crepes. Garnish with some Asparagus tips. Keeping it simple so it’s quick but still attractive too.

 

Bon appétit

Nutrition Facts
Buckwheat Crepes Ham Swiss Cheese Asparagus
Amount Per Serving
Calories 409 Calories from Fat 153
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 17g 26%
Saturated Fat 5g 25%
Polyunsaturated Fat 1g
Monounsaturated Fat 3g
Cholesterol 40mg 13%
Sodium 789mg 33%
Potassium 206mg 6%
Total Carbohydrates 47g 16%
Dietary Fiber 8g 32%
Sugars 3g
Protein 19g 38%
Vitamin A 9%
Vitamin C 4%
Calcium 21%
Iron 16%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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Buckwheat crepes is a classic Brittany French Crepe that is healthy and very delicate in texture. Filled with hot ham, Swiss Cheese and Asparagus. Served with drizzle of Aioli Sauce to compliment flavors.
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6 servings 10 Minutes
Cook Time Passive Time
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2 minutes each 2 hours

Buckwheat Crepes Ham Swiss Cheese Asparagus

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Buckwheat crepes is a classic Brittany French Crepe that is healthy and very delicate in texture. Filled with hot ham, Swiss Cheese and Asparagus. Served with drizzle of Aioli Sauce to compliment flavors.
Servings Prep Time
6 servings 10 Minutes
Cook Time Passive Time
2 minutes each 2 hours

Servings Prep Time
6 servings 10 Minutes
Cook Time Passive Time
2 minutes each 2 hours

Ingredients
Buckwheat Crepe Batter

Ham Swiss Cheese Asparagus


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Instructions
Making Buckwheat Crepe batter
  1. Gather all ingredients to make Buckwheat Crepes Batter. Measure all the ingredients properly.
    Gathering all ingredients measured to make Buckwheat Crepes.

  2. Place the dry ingredients (Buckwheat flour, white whole wheat flour, salt and nutmeg) into mixing bowl.
    Place Buckwheat Crepes dry ingredients into mixing bowl.

  3. Whisking dry ingredients together until combined.
    Whisking dry ingredients together until combined.

  4. Add the milk to dry ingredients and whisking until blended.
    Add milk and whisk to make thick batter.

  5. Next add one egg at a time into batter, whisking well after each additions of eggs.
    Whisking the eggs one at a time into batter.

  6. Drizzling melted butter into crepe batter, then whisking until combined.
    Adding the melted butter into the crepes batter.

  7. After final whisking the crepes batter should have this consistency from whisk.
    After whisking butter into crepes batter this is consistency of the batter.

  8. Cover and refrigerate crepes batter for at least 2 hours to relax and develop flavors. After refrigeration the batter will become thicker as shown in photo.
    Buckwheat Crepe Batter's consistency after refrigerated.

  9. Thin the Buckwheat Crepes batter with cold water, the consistency should be like pouring thick heavy cream.
    Adding water to Buckwheat Crepe batter.

  10. Whisking batter adding more water as needed to achieve thin crepe batter.
    Whisking the water into buckwheat crepe batter until to get right consistency

  11. The consistency of the batter should pour from whisk like light cream.
    As batter pours off whisk it should look like light cream.

Making Buckwheat Crepes
  1. Spray the non-stick skillet with oil using EVO sprayer or brush with oil. Heat skillet over medium high setting about 375°F.
    Spray the skillet with oil.

  2. Pour 2 tbsp of buckwheat crepe batter onto hot skillet, swirl batter until it covers the bottom of skillet. Note it should have light coating of batter. Adjust consistency of batter with water if too thick.

  3. Flip the buckwheat crepes when the bottom of crepe is light brown color. Use a spatula carefully lifting crepes and turning them over to cook on other side.
    Flipping crepe over with spatula when crepe bottom is light brown color.

  4. Cook the buckwheat crepes on the other side for about 45 seconds to minute. Remove crepe from skillet carefully and place on plate to rest. Repeat making crepes until you have enough crepes.

  5. If you have any remaining crepe batter pour into contain, label and date. Keep the extra batter for one week in the refrigerator.

Assembly Buckwheat Crepes
  1. Trim the woody ends off Asparagus spears, cut spears in half if they are long. Then poach Asparagus in white wine and lemon pepper for 5 minutes. Keep warm.
    Poaching Asparagus Spears in white wine.

  2. Heat skillet with spray of canola oil, add 1 oz ham slices and cook until lightly browned.

  3. Flip ham slices over and add slice Swiss Cheese, melt cheese.

  4. Next add poached Asparagus spears on top of ham and Swiss Cheese.

  5. Roll ham and cheese around Asparagus.

  6. Place hot ham, Swiss cheese and asparagus roll on Buckwheat Crepe.

  7. Roll Buckwheat Crepe around Ham Swiss cheese and asparagus. Cut filled crepe in half diagonal wise.

  8. Plate crepes so the have good height, crosswise over each other. Squirt some Aioli Sauce over Crepes and garnish with Asparagus tips.

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Buckwheat Crepes Fresh Berries

Buckwheat Crepes

Looking for a very tasty Buckwheat Crepes Recipe, is inspired by using healthy buckwheat grains. Buckwheat groats is ground into a dark flour which  is gluten free and full of nutrients and antioxidants. If you look closely to many pancake mixes they often have some buckwheat flour added into the mixture. The Buckwheat Crepe recipe is 100% buckwheat flour, fresh eggs, unsalted butter, milk, water and salt. This Brittany French based crepe recipe is a very thin batter that needs to rest for 2 hours before making into crepes. By allowing the batter mixture to relax, the buckwheat flour has a chance to absorb all it’s moisture.

Buckwheat Crepe Batter's consistency after refrigerated.

Buckwheat Crepe Batter’s consistency after refrigerated.

Choosing the right Buckwheat Flour

Go to the local grocery store and look in the health food isles, they have Organic Buckwheat Flour from Bob’s Red Mill Natural Foods. This is a dark Buckwheat flour, but has good protein content, low in fats but does have good carbohydrates. This recipe uses 1 cup of Buckwheat flour which is 84g of carbohydrates and 16g of protein. If you was to use whole wheat pastry flour instead it has 92g of carbohydrates and 12g of protein. So you can see the benefits of using Buckwheat flour has less carbohydrates and more protein with added benefits of antioxidants. Also Buckwheat is considered to be an ancient grain which is considered to be a more healthy choice. That’s why making Buckwheat Crepes taste so good.

Challenge making crepes

Flipping crepe over with spatula when crepe bottom is light brown color.

Flipping crepe over with spatula when crepe bottom is light brown color.

Making the batter is easy but cooking buckwheat crepes without them breaking or cracking is challenging. The first few crepes might break as you adjust temperature of skillet, to right amount of heat. I found that if you try to turn crepes too early they crack or split while in turning process. Be patient and let them cook, they need to be light golden brown on cooking surface before flipping over with spatula.

Buckwheat doesn’t have any gluten it produces a extremely tender crepe that breaks or cracks. Solution is to put 1 part white whole wheat flour with 2 parts buckwheat flour into the batter. The white whole wheat flour adds some gluten to hold crepes together. But the drawback is crepes are now not gluten free. Another solution is to add some xanthan gum into batter rather then wheat flour, to add extra elasticity to the crepe batter. But with each variable there is challenges, achieving the right viscosity of crepe batter is important. The crepe batter needs to spread a thin even layer of batter onto the skillet.

Filling Buckwheat Crepes with fresh fruit

Spring is here so the fresh berries are coming into season. You can use almost any fruits, like poached pear slices, strawberry slices, raspberry, blackberry and blueberry are all great choices. Keeping everything simple by holding fresh fruit together with whipped cream. Try Store Short Cuts by using Ready Whip Cream it has fewer calories then Cool Whip Topping. Layering fruits and whipped cream make it easy to roll.

To put the finishing touches after plating crepes drizzle some glaze over  Buckwheat Crepes Fresh Berries. I used a black raspberry vinegar and apple juice reduction into glaze. This complements Buckwheat Crepes with berries balancing sweet and sour profile. Adding some strawberry fans and few fresh berries for color to bring everything into prospective.

The Buckwheat Crepes Fresh Berries has around 350 calories not bad for enjoying refreshing dessert that is healthy.  Bon appétit

Nutrition Facts
Buckwheat Crepes Fresh Berries
Amount Per Serving
Calories 341 Calories from Fat 99
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 11g 17%
Saturated Fat 5g 25%
Polyunsaturated Fat 1g
Monounsaturated Fat 3g
Cholesterol 22mg 7%
Sodium 286mg 12%
Potassium 222mg 6%
Total Carbohydrates 56g 19%
Dietary Fiber 12g 48%
Sugars 8g
Protein 11g 22%
Vitamin A 6%
Vitamin C 56%
Calcium 13%
Iron 13%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

 

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6 servings 10 Minutes
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Buckwheat crepes is a classic Brittany French Crepe that is healthy and very delicate in texture. Filled with fresh berries and whipped cream makes this wonderful light dessert or breakfast a feast.
Servings Prep Time
6 servings 10 Minutes
Cook Time Passive Time
2 minutes each 2 hours
Servings Prep Time
6 servings 10 Minutes
Cook Time Passive Time
2 minutes each 2 hours
Ingredients
Buckwheat Crepe Batter
Berry Filling
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Instructions
Making Buckwheat Crepe batter
  1. Gather all ingredients to make Buckwheat Crepes Batter. Measure all the ingredients properly.
    Gathering all ingredients measured to make Buckwheat Crepes.
  2. Place the dry ingredients (Buckwheat flour, white whole wheat flour, salt and nutmeg) into mixing bowl.
    Place Buckwheat Crepes dry ingredients into mixing bowl.
  3. Whisking dry ingredients together until combined.
    Whisking dry ingredients together until combined.
  4. Add the milk to dry ingredients and whisking until blended.
    Add milk and whisk to make thick batter.
  5. Next add one egg at a time into batter, whisking well after each additions of eggs.
    Whisking the eggs one at a time into batter.
  6. Drizzling melted butter into crepe batter, then whisking until combined.
    Adding the melted butter into the crepes batter.
  7. After final whisking the crepes batter should have this consistency from whisk.
    After whisking butter into crepes batter this is consistency of the batter.
  8. Cover and refrigerate crepes batter for at least 2 hours to relax and develop flavors. After refrigeration the batter will become thicker as shown in photo.
    Buckwheat Crepe Batter's consistency after refrigerated.
  9. Thin the Buckwheat Crepes batter with cold water, the consistency should be like pouring thick heavy cream.
    Adding water to Buckwheat Crepe batter.
  10. Whisking batter adding more water as needed to achieve thin crepe batter.
    Whisking the water into buckwheat crepe batter until to get right consistency
  11. The consistency of the batter should pour from whisk like light cream.
    As batter pours off whisk it should look like light cream.
Making Buckwheat Crepes
  1. Spray the non-stick skillet with oil using EVO sprayer or brush with oil. Heat skillet over medium high setting about 375°F.
    Spray the skillet with oil.
  2. Pour 2 tbsp of buckwheat crepe batter onto hot skillet, swirl batter until it covers the bottom of skillet. Note it should have light coating of batter. Adjust consistency of batter with water if too thick.
  3. Flip the buckwheat crepes when the bottom of crepe is light brown color. Use a spatula carefully lifting crepes and turning them over to cook on other side.
    Flipping crepe over with spatula when crepe bottom is light brown color.
  4. Cook the buckwheat crepes on the other side for about 45 seconds to minute. Remove crepe from skillet carefully and place on plate to rest. Repeat making crepes until you have enough crepes.
  5. If you have any remaining crepe batter pour into contain, label and date. Keep the extra batter for one week in the refrigerator.
Assemble Buckwheat Crepes Fresh Berries
  1. Wash berries in cold water and place on paper towels to dry. Slice large berries. Note you can added extra sliced fruits like poached pears.
    Berry Filling for Buckwheat Crepes
  2. Place the berries and fruits in center of each crepe. Note do not over till crepe with fruits because it makes it hard to roll up.
  3. Spritz whipped cream over center of the berries. Note don't put too much whipped cream so able to roll crepe.
    Adding whipped cream on top of the berry filling crepes.
  4. Roll filled crepes carefully up and place on dessert plates.
  5. Drizzle black raspberry glaze or any berry glaze over crepes.
    Drizzle the Black Raspberry Glaze over crepes.
  6. Garnish with extra whipped cream, fanned strawberries and other fresh berries in season. Enjoy.
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Plated Air Fryer Potato Crusted Fish Filets with Baked Tomatoes and Asparagus
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Plated Air Fryer Potato Crusted Fish Filets with Baked Tomatoes and Asparagus

Plated Air Fryer Potato Crusted Fish Filets with Baked Tomatoes and Asparagus

Potato Crusted Fish Filets using Air Fryer accomplishes quick and easy way to prepare fish filets with manual use of oil. Baking fish filets takes time and heating up oven and the kitchen. Using the Air Fryer to fry bake fish accomplishes quick and crunchy top crust with moist tender and delicious fish filets.

Choosing the right fish filets to Air Fry is all the preferred taste. If you are on a budget Pollock Fish Filets are very inexpensive about $4.00 a pound. That’s 4 servings of Fish at $1.00 is a great value. Cod Filets are around $7.00 to $8.00 a pound almost double the cost. Tilapia Filets are around $7.00 a pound again this depend on if you buy fresh or frozen. Remember sometimes what seems a good value could end up not being very good quality.

Pollock Fish Filets

Pollock Fish Filets

For this test I choose Pollock Filets surprising they tasted very good for price. The key to having good tasting fish is preseason filets. Just using simple good quality lemon pepper will do wonders. I use my own lemon pepper seasoning called Citrus Blast sprinkled on each filet of fish.

Encrusting the fish filets with mashed potatoes is next step. Potato mixture enriched with egg yolks and hint of nutmeg and dill. This keeps the a fish filets from over cooking and maintains it’s moisture.

Potato Filling coating the fish filets.

Potato Filling coating the fish filets.

A quick and easy way to make potato mixture is to use dry instant potato flakes, salted boiling water, dill weed, nutmeg and fortified with egg yolk. This sounds like a lot on ingredients to put into potato mixture, but it’s very important to build potato mixtures flavor profile.

Let the mixture cool and spread a even half inch coating of this mixture onto seasoned fish filets.

The final step is to put a crunchy crumb topping over potato crusted fish filets. This step gives Air Fryer Potato Crusted Fish Filets to super crunchy texture. It’s a simple extra task but well worth the extra step process. The crumb topping contains primary Panko bread crumbs.

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Air Fryer Potato Crusted Fish Filets recipe has super crunchy air fried fish filets. They have a topping crisp with a moist creamy potato filling that’s covering fish filets.
Servings Prep Time
2 Servings 15 Minutes
Cook Time
10 Minutes
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2 Servings 15 Minutes
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Air Fryer Potato Crusted Fish Filets recipe has super crunchy air fried fish filets. They have a topping crisp with a moist creamy potato filling that’s covering fish filets.
Servings Prep Time
2 Servings 15 Minutes
Cook Time
10 Minutes
Servings Prep Time
2 Servings 15 Minutes
Cook Time
10 Minutes
Ingredients
Fish Filet Prep
Potato Filling
Crunchy topping
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  1. Portion fish filets into 4 ounce filets, note the fish filet pieces if they are small can be placed together to from one fish filet. Next sprinkle the tops and bottoms of each filet with lemon pepper seasonings and dill weed. Place the seasoned fish filets on greased sheet pan.
    Pollock Fish Filets
  2. To make the potato filling bring water to boil in pan. Mean while as water coming to boil mix potato flakes, dill weed, onion powder, garlic powder together in mixing bowl.
  3. Pour the boiling water over the top of the seasoned potato flake. Stir potato mixture until mashed potato filling mixture is formed. Add the egg yolks and stir until all the yolk is evenly mixed into mashed potato filling. Cool seasoned potato filling mixture for 5 to 10 minutes.
    Pouring boiling hot water over potato filling ingredients
  4. Spread a even coating of the seasoned potato filling covers each fish filet about 1/2 inch thick. My favorite way to cover filets using pastry bag fitted with wide decorator tip filled with potato mixture.
    Potato Filling coating the fish filets.
  5. Combine in small bowl panko breading, paprika, parmesan cheese mixing ingredients well. Next sprinkle the Crunchy topping over top of each potato filling covered fish filet.
    Breading ingredients mixed in a small bowl.
  6. Spray canola oil over top of the Crunchy Topped Fish filets. I recommend using the EVO Sprayer filled with canola oil. Each pump of sprayer is 1/4 tsp of oil. This way you can control the amount of oil evenly sprayed onto Fish filets. About 2 pumps of spray per fish filet works very well.
    Spray canola oil onto fish filets.
  7. Carefully lift the fish filets with fish spatula or off-set spatula off the tray into the Air Fryer basket. Set the Air Fryer to as hot as it can go 400°f. Air Fry for 10 to 12 minutes the top crunchy topping of the fish filets should be golden brown. A alternate method of cooking fish filets is in 375°F convection oven on greased sheet tray for 20 minutes or until golden brown color.
    Air Fried Potato Crusted Fish Filets finished cooking.
  8. Plating the Air Fryer Potato Crusted Fish Filets onto warm plate with baked tomatoes and asparagus spears.
    Plated Air Fryer Potato Crusted Fish Filets with Baked Tomatoes and Asparagus
Recipe Notes

A wonderful baked tomato is perfect accompaniment to Potato Crusted Fish Filets. Cut Roma Tomatoes in half lengthwise. Sprinkle with kosher salt, black pepper, garlic powder and Herbs Provence.

Seasoned Tomato Halves with kosher salt, pepper, garlic powder and Herbs Provence.

Then sprinkle seasoned bread crumbs mixture over top. Panko Breading works perfectly this can be same breading mixture used to coat the tops of Air Fryer Potato Crusted Fish Filets.  Using EVO oil sprayer pumping 2 to 4 sprays of canola oil to just coat top of each tomato. Note each spray only uses quarter teaspoon of oil. Bake on sheet tray for 25 to 30 minutes at 400°F. The tops of tomatoes should be golden brown with soft center, a knife should go through center easy.

Spray oil onto prepared tomato halves using EVO Oil Sprayer.

Spray oil onto prepared tomato halves using EVO Oil Sprayer.

Adding cooked asparagus spears gives Air Fry Fish and Baked Tomatoes good balance of flavors and colors. Trim asparagus spears removing excess woody bottoms. Then cut asparagus spears in half lengthwise. Cook asparagus in skillet with small amount of water along with some Herbs Provence or Penszey's Sunny Paris Seasoning. Heat to simmer for about 5 to 8 minutes covered on medium heat. The asparagus should be nice and green and tender texture.

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Marshmallow Creme Recipe

Marshmallow Creme recipe is that ho so wonderful fluffy Creme between those whoopee pies. This is a fairly easy recipe to make, based on a cooked sugar meringue. Marshmallow Creme is similar to marshmallows but there is a slight difference. Marshmallows are made with whipped gelatin, when cool the cut marshmallows will hold it’s shape. But Marshmallow Creme is made with cooked sugar whipped into egg whites. This produces a wonderful light fluffy Creme that stays somewhat pliable.

Whipped Marshmallow Creme

Placing the fluffy Creme between two soft cookies is one of may childhood favorites. So my thoughts come to mind, mixing things it up a little, playing off cake balls concept. Why not crush cookies and bind it all together with the homemade Marshmallow Creme recipe. Scooping them into balls and coating with chocolate. The possibilities are so many. Nutter Butter Truffles made with crushed Nutter Butter Cookies and Marshmallow Creme, dipped in white chocolate. What about Red Velvet Cookie Truffles made with Red Velvet Oreo Cookies and Marshmallow Creme, then dipped in white chocolate. OMG a cookies and cream Truffles made with crushed Oreos and Marshmallow Creme, dipped in Milk Chocolate.

We’re on a roll now, another classic from childhood is homemade chocolate fudge. Mom and I made fudge with evaporated milk, semi sweet chocolate, using lots butter and sugar and adding store brand Marshmallow Creme. The memories of each Christmas making candies and cookies with Mom.

Here is perfect recipe to bring back those classics and turn them into new wonders. Opening up the doors to endless possibilities, letting your creative work flourish.

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Marshmallow Creme Recipe that makes most fluffy creme for those whoopie pies, chocolates and fudge recipes. Easy better tasting recipe that beats store brands.
Servings Prep Time
3 pints 10 minutes
Cook Time
20 minutes
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3 pints 10 minutes
Cook Time
20 minutes
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Marshmallow Creme Recipe that makes most fluffy creme for those whoopie pies, chocolates and fudge recipes. Easy better tasting recipe that beats store brands.
Servings Prep Time
3 pints 10 minutes
Cook Time
20 minutes
Servings Prep Time
3 pints 10 minutes
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20 minutes
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Cooked Sugar
  1. 1. Cook sugar, corn syrup, water and xanthan gum in 4 quart sauce pot. Stirring often, and brushing sides with water using pastry brush to prevent sugar crystals from forming. Cook sugar mixture to 240°f. Pull off range.
Beating Marshmallow Creme
  1. 2. When cooked sugar reaches 230°f start beating egg whites in stand mixer with whisk attachment on high speed. At the point of eggs white reach foamy stage add cream of tarter. Continue beating to soft peak stage.
  2. 3. Add cooked 240°f sugar in steady stream while egg whites are beating on high speed. Continue beating on high speed for 5 minutes until marshmallow creme constancy is achieved.
  3. 4. Store the marshmallow creme in pint or quart mason jars. Secure with lid and ring, label and date each jar.
  4. Label Jars
Recipe Notes

The marshmallow creme is good for months refrigerated.

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Kicking Hot Canadian Bacon with Naglah Brown Peppers

Chef Dave’s Creative Foods brings to you some really spicy hot Canadian Bacon with Naglah Brown Peppers. Naglah Brown peppers has lots more flavor in comparison with Carolina Reapers, yet not as much heat. By using Naglah Brown Peppers in the curing bine brings Canadian Bacon to a whole new tasty and hotter level.

The Naglah Brown Peppers have a fruity and slightly sweet flavor pepper with lot’s of good kicking heat. Just chopping these peppers with gloves the room filled with a fruit and chili aroma just enough to make you cough. By adding just one finely chopped Naglah Brown Pepper to the curing brine made of water, curing salt, pickling spice and Sugar In the Raw kicks up the flavor and heat. Marinate the pork loin with this spicy cure for 5 to 7 days in zip lock bag refrigerated for best results.

Smoked Canadian Bacon infused with Naglah Brown Peppers

Naglah Brown Cured Pork Chops

This same brine can also be used to cure boneless pork chops. Brine these chops for only 2 days with a vacuum marinated container. This method is a quick and easy way to make smoked pork chops. That takes about 45 minutes, by using a slow 225 degrees Smoking temperature.

Kicking Hot Canadian Bacon with Naglah Brown Peppers has a surprisingly wonderful profile. Traditionally Canadian Bacon has a mild flavor profile.  Where Kicking Hot Canadian Bacon has not only good flavor with some kicking heat. A few slices of this Kicking Hot Canadian Bacon and you will never go back to old grocery store standby. This is Chef tested and enjoyed, even my wife Cindy will agree. The Kicking Hot Canadian Bacon with Naglah Brown Peppers is two thumbs up of enjoyment.

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Using simple curing brine and adding finely chopped Naglah Brown Chilies to brine used to cure pork chops or pork loin.
Servings Prep Time
8 people 10 minutes
Cook Time Passive Time
1.5 hours 5 days
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8 people 10 minutes
Cook Time Passive Time
1.5 hours 5 days
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Using simple curing brine and adding finely chopped Naglah Brown Chilies to brine used to cure pork chops or pork loin.
Servings Prep Time
8 people 10 minutes
Cook Time Passive Time
1.5 hours 5 days
Servings Prep Time
8 people 10 minutes
Cook Time Passive Time
1.5 hours 5 days
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  1. Combine together the Morton Quick & Tender Salt, Turbinado Sugar, Pickling Spices, minced fine Naglah Brown Chilies and water together in quart container.
  2. Stirring until all the curing salt, sugar is dissolved into the water.
  3. Tenderize the pork loin with bladed meat tenderizer, cutting hundreds of channels into pork loin.
  4. Place the pork loin in vacuum container or zip lock bag and pour curing brine over pork. Vacuum air out of the container or push excess air out of zip lock bag. Refrigerate for 5 to 7 days.
  5. Alternate way is to place boneless pork chops in vacuum container and pour brine over pork. Vacuum air out of the container, refrigerate for 2 days.
  6. Place pork loin or chops in smoker at 225°F with apple wood chips over coals. I use Green Egg smoker, BBQ Grill with drip pan right under pork filled with beer. This keeps nice moist flavorful smoke as pork cooks to internal temperature of 150°F.
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