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Quick Summer Time Meals

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This post was sponsored by Heluva Good! Cheese as part of an Influence Central campaign and all opinions expressed in my post are my own. #HeluvaGoodSummer #IC

 

I love the Summertime. I just want to be outside and spend time with family and friends and enjoy the pool and the wonderful weather. This usually means spending less time in the kitchen and more time outside. Heluva Good!® Block Cheese (http://goic.io/vZoULi) is perfect for any snack or meal that you might want to serve.

The first thing that I love to prepare is a simple cheese, cracker and fruit plate.

I start with what everyone loves, cheese, crackers and fruit. There is so much to choose from with Heluva Good! (http://goic.io/vZoULi) cheese, cracker and fruit plate. It is always a perfect way to get everyone to eat while enjoying the outside. It is one of my go to snacks and so easy to prepare that everyone loves it. It is a great source of calcium and protein.

The ingredients I used were really simple, your favorite crackers, Heluva Good! Pepper Jack (http://goic.io/vZoULi) and strawberries. It was easy to make just slice up some Heluva Good! (http://goic.io/vZoULi) Pepper Jack cheese, wash your fruit, grab a pretty plate, place your cheese around the plate and add your cheese, then incorporate your favorite cheese and enjoy. You can also grab a drink to make it all perfect.

Here is another dish that I love to make with cheese: Cheesy Vegetable-Stuffed Pork Chops

Ingredients

2 tablespoons butter or margarine
1 medium celery stalk, chopped (1/2 cup)
1 medium onion, chopped (1/2 cup)
1 small carrot, shredded (1/2 cup)
1 small green bell pepper, chopped (1/2 cup)
1 cup shredded pepper jack  cheese (4 ounces)
1 1/2 teaspoons chopped fresh thyme leaves or 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme leaves
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/8teaspoon pepper
6 pork rib chops, 1 1/4 to 1 1/2 inches thick (4 pounds)
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper

Steps

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  • 1 Heat oven to 350°F.
  • 2 Melt butter in 12-inch skillet over medium heat. Cook celery, onion, carrot and bell pepper about 5 minutes, stirring occasionally, until vegetables are tender; remove from heat. Stir in cheese, thyme, 1/4 teaspoon salt and 1/8 teaspoon pepper.
  • 3 Cut a deep pocket horizontally in each pork chop on the meatiest side of the bone. Fill pockets with vegetable mixture. Secure openings with toothpicks.
  • 4 Heat oil in same skillet over medium heat. Cook pork in oil about 5 minutes, turning once, until light brown. Sprinkle with 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper. Place in ungreased rectangular baking dish, 13x9x2 inches.
  • 5 Cover tightly and bake 30 minutes. Uncover and bake about 30 minutes longer or until pork is slightly pink when cut near bone on the unstuffed sides of chops

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What are some of your favorite recipes to make, let me know.

 

KITCHENAID ICE CREAM MAKER ATTACHMENT

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Disclosure: As a member of the KitchenAid ambassador program. I received the product for my time and efforts in creating this post. All opinions are my own.

The weather’s warmed up enough for dinner on the deck. You’ve pulled out the grill and picked up some fruit. Guests are on their way for a cookout, and you want to wow them all with freshly churned ice cream.

You’re not quite ready to shell out a few hundred bucks on a self-refrigerating model, but oh could you go for some homemade ice cream. If your kitchen is equipped with a KitchenAid stand mixer, then the 2-Quart Ice Cream Attachment just might be the way to go.

Available affordably in comparison to many freestanding ice cream makers, this device is the ideal machine to test out your frozen dessert skills.

Just a bit larger than your standard KitchenAid bowl, this attachment can find a home in your cupboard, pantry, or freezer. Made entirely of plastic to slow down the freezing process (while this might seem to be a potential downside for your impatient taste buds, it actually improves the texture), the bowl works on both tilt-head and bowl-lift models.

The bowl must be frozen at least 12 hours in advance, but if space allows, storing it in the freezer means you can churn a fresh batch whenever the mood strikes. Simply snap the bowl into your mixer, insert the dasher (a fancy word for the paddle) and clip in the drive assembly.

Slowly add your chilled ice cream or sorbet base  while the motor churns, and in 20 to 30 minutes, dessert will be ready.

If patience is an issue for you (like it is for me), just set a timer while you go off to dream of the array of toppings that might enhance your frozen snack. Eat immediately after churning for a soft-serve experience, or return to the freezer for an hour if you’re after a more solid, scoopable texture.

The freezer bowl model works by incorporating air into the ice cream base, while the chilled bowl slowly brings the temperature down. The constant churning prevents large ice crystals from destroying the smooth creaminess. Whether making sorbet, sherbet, ice cream, or frozen yogurt, this method consistently provides the ideal texture.

At 11×10.3×10.3” and 6 pounds, the freezer bowl takes up just a bit more space than the machine’s regular mixing bowl.

Churning 2 quarts of finished product using roughly 1 quart of batter, this machine can provide up to 8 servings of dessert per use.

In addition to the freezer bowl, dasher, and drive assembly, the attachment comes with a recipe booklet, a user care guide, and a one-year warranty.

Because the bowl is insulated with a freezing gel, it needs to be washed by hand with warm, soapy water. Be careful not to submerge under water or run through the dishwasher as this might cause the insulation to leak.

While the dasher and attachment are not quite as delicate, they too should be washed by hand. Fortunately, that’s a quick and simple task. Ensure that the bowl has dried thoroughly before returning it to the freezer.

To ensure your ice cream freezes correctly without warming the bowl, make sure your frozen dessert mixture has been chilled fully. One way to do this quickly is to use an ice bath: Pour your sorbet, ice cream, or yogurt base into a storage container nested in a larger bowl of ice. Stir every ten minutes to cool down evenly, and you will have a nicely chilled base in just an hour or two.

Silikids-Sippy Cup Review-The New York Baby Show

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Disclosure: This is not a compensated or sponsored post. I was provided the product for review purposes only. All opinions expressed here are my own.

If you haven’t heard of Silikids before you are not alone, I just learned about this great company and I want to yell out how much I now love them.

Silikids is a mom created business brand, founded in 2006, that has children’s products made completely out silicone.  Silikids main focus is on creating modern, practical & SAFE products, and they want to be the leading brand in this new and upcoming industry.

The Siliskin  Sippy Cup is a perfect for little ones.  The 8oz cup is perfect for your little one, aged two plus.  The silicone skin and the top combine are perfect.  The top is kept in place using air suction, trust me I attempted to get this cup to leak, turning it upside down and shaking vigorously, it didn’t leak a drop.

Sippy Cup is  dishwasher safe and can be boiled to sterilize.  You can buy the Siliskin Sippy Cup is just one of their amazing products that Silikids has to offer – you won’t be disappointed.