Kale Apple & Walnut Salad with Honey Dressing#Foodieextravaganza

This delicious salad is dressed with a tasty sweet honey vinaigrette. Cubes of feta cheese and raisins laced throughout add sweet and tangy flavor. This is a healthy salad low in sodium and gluten-free. This salad with our honey dressing is just perfect for clean eating, it’s very filling, light, healthy, fiber rich and gluten free. That’s the beauty of homemade salad recipes .

Pick up the leaves gently between your thumbs and fingers.
Gently massage the kale between your fingers until you feel the leaf start to soften.
Massage the leaves until you like the softened texture. DON’T over do it. Or your salad will be unpalatable and mushy. 

Ingredients
5 Cups Chopped Kale
2 Cups Chopped Butter Head Lettuce
1 Large Apple - thinly sliced
¼ Cup Raisins
½ Cup Toasted Walnut - roughly chopped
1oo Grams Feta Cheese - diced
For The Dressing
3 Tablespoons Honey
3 Tablespoons Olive Oil
1½ Tablespoons Apple Cider Vinegar
1/8 Teaspoon Pink Himalayan Salt
1/8 Teaspoon Freshly Ground Black pepper 

Method 

Pull the leafy part off the kale ribs. The ribs are tough and very chewy. Rip them off!
Before you begin making your salad, massage the kale with little salt and oil to make them softer.
Place the kale and butter head lettuce leaves in the bottom of a bowl followed by the rest of the ingredients.
Whisk together the dressing ingredients and pour them over the top of the salad. 

Refrigerate before serving. Enjoy! Very tasty salad and so easy to make.

My Notes
If you prefer to have a softer leaf in your salad you may massage the kale. This is done after you remove the leaf off the ribs of the kale. The process takes about 3 minutes.
Put the kale leaf in a bowl with a bit of oil and a pinch of salt.
Now dig in with your hands. Pick up the leaves gently between your thumbs and fingers.
Gently massage the kale between your finger until you feel the leaf start to soften.
Your kale is massaged as much as you want to continue this process. 

Labels: Foodie Extravaganza Party, Kale, Apple,, Honey, Dressing, Salads, Healthy,

• Barley Salad with Apple and Cranberry from Palatable Pastime
• Chatpata Hot Honey from Magical Ingredients
• Honey BBQ Seasoned Deviled Eggs with Bacon from Faith, Hope, Love, & Luck Survive Despite a Whiskered Accomplice
• Honey Glazed Salmon from A Day in the Life on the Farm
• Honey Oatmeal Sandwich Bread from Karen's Kitchen Stories
• Kale Apple & Walnut Salad with Honey Dressing from Sneha's Recipe 

Winter Bahar#Improv

This is a perfect winter drink (home remedy) to warm up the chest and throat. Give ¼ cup of this warm drink to kids having cough, cold and this will give them great relief. We love to have this instead of our evening tea in winters. Make this fresh for health benefits. 

Ingredients
1 Tablespoon Cumin seeds
1 Inch Piece Ginger - lightly crushed
2 Cups Water
Few Pieces Of Lemon Grass Leaves
3 Tablespoons Honey
½ Teaspoon Lemon Juice

Method  

Heat a saucepan add cumin seeds and dry roast till it releases an aroma, then add ginger , this also roast, take off flame then add water 2 cups and let it sit for 4 minutes then so that cumin flavor is infused in the water. Then boil it at fresh lemon grass and let ti boil then remove the leaves and strain add Honey mix well add lemon juice. 

Serve warm!! This is perfect to drink when having cold, cough and will give relief.
Labels: Juices, Lemongrass, Homemade, Honey, Ginger, Improv Cooking Challenge 
January Improv Cooking Challenge 

Honey & Ginger 

Honey Ginger Chicken Stir Fry by A Day in the Life on the Farm 

Sesame Ginger Honeynut Squash by Maigcal Ingredients

Winter Bahar by Sneha’s Recipe  

Fried Chicken Wings - Korean Style#SundayFunday

I had local dark soy sauce so the color turned blackish, use light soy sauce. If you do not have light soy sauce then reduce the quantity of soy sauce to half. I used potato starch this made the chicken wings nice and crispy . I have also refried them. First fry them till they are nearly done or 80% done and keep aside. When your are ready to serve, heat the oil again and re fry them on medium high flame. They will be crunchy and crispy.

Ingredients 
¼ kg Chicken Wings
3 Tablespoons Soy Sauce - use Light Soy Sauce
1 Tablespoon Rice Wine Vinegar
1 Tablespoon Sesame Oil
1 Tablespoon Honey
1/3 Cup Potato Starch Or Corn flour
Grind To Paste
5 Cloves Garlic
1" Piece Ginger
2 Fresh Red Chillies
For the Honey Dip
¼ Cup Honey
1 Tablespoon Water
1 Tablespoon Hot & Sweet Sauce
1 Tablespoon Soy Sauce
Method

In bowl add, ginger, garlic paste, soy sauce, vinegar, sesame oil, fresh red chillies and honey, mix well, Add chicken wings and toss them well. Add in the potato starch and mix well till they coat the chicken. Keep this aside for at least an hour.
Heat oil in a deep frying pan, fry chicken wings till 80% done.
When your are ready to serve, heat the oil again and refry them on medium high flame till crispy and done. Drain on paper towels.
For the Honey Dip

In a small sauce pan add all the given ingredients and cook till it comes to a boil. Cool.

Serve the Chicken Wings with Honey Dip
These are so crunchy and crispy.
Labels : Chicken Wings, Deep Fried, Appetizer, Soy Sauce, Dipping Sauce, Honey, Sunday Funday, Korea, Asian Cuisine

Sunday Funday

Recipes with Umami

• • Umami Bomb Tomato Sauce from Making Miracles
  • Steaks with Gouda Sauce from Amy's Cooking Adventures
  • Tomato and Blue Cheese Salad from A Day in the Life on the Farm
  • Chorizo Chickpea Tomato Pasta from Food Lust People Love
  • Fried Chicken Wings - Korean Style from Sneha's Recipe
  • Umami from the Sea: Sea Palm-Kale Salad and Uni Handrolls from Culinary Adventures with Camilla
  • Patatas Bravas from Mayuri's Jikoni
  • Easy Vegan Pad Thai from Cook with Renu

Glazed Carrots With Cinnamon & Honey#Improv

Made this for dinner, but before I could take a pic, half of them were over.  These are so delicious and easy to make.

Ingredients

1 Teaspoon Sea Salt
250 Grams Baby Carrots
2 Tablespoons Butter
1 Tablespoon Heaped Honey
A Dash Freshly Ground Black Pepper

1 Teaspoon Heaped Cinnamon powder
Chopped Coriander leaves to garnish

Method

In a medium saucepan, bring water to a boil. Add salt and then carrots and cook until tender, 5 minutes ( do not cook the carrots fully they should have a bite). Drain the carrots and add back to pan with butter and honey. Cook until a glaze coats the carrots, 2 minutes. Season with salt, cinnamon and pepper.  

Garnish with coriander leaves

Labels : Easy, Honey, Carrot, Main course, Side Dish, Cinnamon, Gluten free, Improv Cooking Challenge, Salads

October Improv Cooking Challenge

Carrots and Cinnamon
• • El Salvadorian Pollo en Chicha by Pandemonium Noshery
  • Banana Carrot Muffins by Making Miracles
  • Curry Roasted Carrots by Palatable Pastime
  • Glazed Carrots With Cinnamon & Honey by Sneha’s Recipe
  • Candied Carrot Coffee Cake by Sid's Sea Palm Cooking
  • Carrot Cake Overnight Oats by Cookaholic Wife

Honey Chicken Wings In Potato Baskets#Foodieextravaganza

These honey chicken wings are deep fried till crisp, golden and then coated in a  honey glaze sauce.  These are so addictive and delicious.
Ingredients
300 Grams Chicken Wings
For the Marination
1 Tablespoon Hot & Sweet Sauce

1 Tablespoon Dark Soy Sauce
1 Tablespoon Worcestershire Sauce
1 Tablespoon Hot Sriracha Sauce
½ Teaspoon Ginger Garlic Paste
½ Teaspoon Himalayan Salt
All Purpose Flour - for coating
Oil as required to deep fry

For The Honey Glaze
¼ Cup Honey 

1 Tablespoon Water
1 Tablespoon Hot & Sweet Sauce
1 Tablespoon Soy Sauce

For The Potato Baskets
2 Medium Potatoes - grated

1 Tablespoon Corn Flour
Salt to taste

Method
For the Marination

Wash and rinse chicken wings and pat dry.

Marinate the chicken wings in the given ingredients under marination. Keep this marinated chicken wings in the refrigerator overnight or for at least an hour.

Dredge them in flour. 

Deep fry them on medium low flame till crisp and golden.
                             

Perfectly fried crispy wings
For The Honey Glaze

In a small sauce pan add all the given ingredients and cook till it comes to a boil. Cool and serve it along with the chicken wings.

For The Potato Baskets

Grate the potato and place them in water for an hour. Wash it in fresh water twice. Then squeeze out all the water. Add cornflour and salt to taste. Mix well. 

Take two tea strainers. Press a ball of grated potato mix on to one strainer, make a thick baskets by pressing it on the walls of the strainer. 

Deep fry on medium high flame till golden.  

Dip each wing in the sauce.

Serve the chicken wings in potato baskets.
Labels : Foodie Extravaganza Party,  Chicken Wings, Honey, Potato, Starters, Chicken, Deep Fried

Since September is National Honey month for Food Extravaganza Party our Host Rebekah Rose Hills of Making Miracles / http://rebekahrose.blogspot.com asked us to "Bake / cook / grill a dish that utilizes honey, and showcases this deliciously sticky natural sweetener "  

• Honey Chicken Wings In Potato Baskets by Sneha's Recipe
• Honey Roasted Figs by Palatable Pastime
• Honey Soy Baked Chicken Thighs by Making Miracles
• Hot Honey Chicken Wings by Karen's Kitchen Stories
• Mustard Honey Buttered Carrots by Food Lust People Love
• Sticky Soy Spare Ribs by Culinary Adventures with Camilla

Sorrel/Hibiscus Fruit Bundt#BundtBakers

Sorrel /Hibiscus, also known as Flor De Jamaica (pronounced HA-maica), sorrel, Ambadi flowers, karkade and other names in different countries is an edible flower sold most often in dehydrated form abroad, here we get fresh flowers and only in this season. 

To make this cake, I soaked the flowers by steeping them in boiling water, honey,  for about 2 - 3 hours. 

Once soaked, I removed the petals of the flowers, strained the liquid and then just pulsed the petals it in the blender.  

The flowers were vibrant and saturated with not so  deep "ruby red" liquid as the flowers looked.  Dried flowers impart more red color than the fresh ones.

This cake was  delicious and  when I took this for our breakfast party no one believed that this was made of the flowers that we see every day in the forest. 

This cake did not have the color, that I, wanted , however, it was  delicious as any cake could be!

Ingredients 
30 Sorrel/ hibiscus flowers (see notes)
½  Cup Boiling Water
3 Tablespoons honey
200 Grams All-purpose flour
1 Teaspoons Baking powder 
½ Teaspoon Baking soda
150 Grams Salted Butter, at room temperature
150 Grams Caster sugar
3 large Eggs
2 teaspoons Vanilla essence
125 Grams Mixed Fruits

Method

Combine the flowers, boiling water, honey, in small bowl, mashing with fork to ensure flowers absorb liquid evenly. Allow flowers to steep until softened and liquid has been almost completely absorbed, about 2 to 3 hours.  

Once soaked, I removed the petals of the flowers, strained the liquid and then just pulsed the petals it in the blender. 

I had 275 Ml sorrel Puree with the Honey.

In medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda,  set aside. 

In large bowl, beat butter on medium speed until creamy. Add sugar, continue to beat until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, continue to beat until completely incorporated. 

Add flour mixture in three batches, alternating with the puree. Scrape sides and bottom of bowl with rubber spatula. Fold the mixture well. Add vanilla and mixed fruits,  mix just to combine.

Pour batter into prepared 10" bundt pan. Bake  in a preheated oven at 170°C for 35 to 40 minutes or until, cake tester inserted in center of cake comes out clean. 

Transfer cake to cooling and cool in pan overnight.  Invert cake onto plate . 

Slice the cake,

Enjoy!!

My Notes

Dried flowers impart more red color then fresh. Next time I, am going to make this with dried flowers and double the quantity. 
For the mixed fruits , I used candied cherries, mixed peels, raisins and nuts.

See what our other bakers have baked this month , the theme is "Fruit Bundt" our host is Stacy Thank you for hosting this event.  Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all.


Applejack Bundt Cake from Palatable Pastime
Cake aux Fruit Bundt from Patyco Candybar
Cranberry and Apricot Fruit Bundt Cake from Making Miracles
Dried Fruit and Pecan Bundt Cake from I Love Bundts
Dried Fruit Bundt Cake from Living the Gourmet
Gram's Famous Fruit Cake from Food Lust People Love
Macadamia and Tropical Fruit Bundt Cake from All That's Left Are The Crumbs
Sorrel/Hibiscus Fruit Cake from Sneha's Recipe
Spiced Rum Cake from A Day in the Life on the Farm

#BundtBakers is a group of Bundt loving bakers who get together once a month to bake Bundts with a common ingredient or theme. You can see all of our lovely Bundts by following our Pinterest board. We take turns hosting each month and choosing the theme/ingredient. Updated links for all of our past events and more information about BundtBakers, can be found on our home page.
Labels: Sorrel Flowers, Candied Fruits, Bundt, Bundt Bakers, Honey

Honey Apple Dessert Bundt#BundtBakers

September is National Honey Month. For Bundt Bakers event we are celebrating Bundts sweetened with Honey and our host is Wendy Klik. 

This is an easy, sugar free and a one bowl dessert. Serve this with vanilla custard or whipped cream or ice cream since this a dry dessert bundt.

Ingredients

2 Apples - peeled & diced
1 Apples - peeled & sliced
½ Cup Raisins
¼ Cup Honey
1 Teaspoons Cinnamon powder
¼ Cup Butter - melted
¼ Cup Yogurt
1¼ Cups All Purpose Flour
½ Teaspoon Baking powder
For the Creamy Vanilla Custard

250 Ml Full Fat Milk
2 Tablespoons Heaped Sugar
1 Tablespoons Heaped Vanilla Custard Powder
100 ML Fresh Cream
Method

Sieve cinnamon, baking powder and flour well
Clean and wash the raisins.

Add a tablespoon of flour with the raisins, keep aside.
In a large bowl mix apples, raisins, butter, honey and yogurt. Add sieved flour, to the apple mixture and mix in well. It's a dry lumpy batter, so do not add any additional liquid. 

Arrange the sliced apple in greased 7 inch bundt. 

Pour the batter in the bundt and level it with a spatula. 

Bake at 180°C for 45 minutes. 

Cool and then un mould.

Slice it..

Serve hot with warm custard.

It's delicious!!

For the Creamy Vanilla Custard

Mix in vanilla custard 2 tablespoons water or cold milk  till it dissolves.
Heat milk, add sugar and bring it to a boil, keep stirring in between so that is does not burn at the bottom. When it comes to a boil, add the custard powder mixed in cold milk, stirring continuously , cook till sightly thick and creamy . Take off flame and whisk it well to make smooth and silky. Add the fresh cream and whisk to mix well. Keep aside to cool.

Labels : Apple, Sugar Free, Dessert, Honey, Raisins, Creamy Vanilla Custard, Bundt Bakers, Sweets & Desserts



For this month’s Bundt Baker group event, our host, Wendy of A Day in the Life on the Farm, challenged us to bake a Bundt sweetened with honey. Check out all the other honey Bundts in the list below.

Honey Apple Dessert Bundt from Sneha's Recipe
Honey Babka from A Day in the Life on the Farm
Honey Elderflower and Marmalade Bundt Cake from Nunca es demasiado dulce
Honeyed Apple Bundt Cake from Making Miracles
Lemon Honey Olive Oil Bundt from Food Lust People Love
Pear Honey Rosemary Bundt Cake from All That's Left Are The Crumbs
Sweet Honey Cornbread Bundt Cake from Patty's Cake

#BundtBakers is a group of Bundt loving bakers who get together once a month to bake Bundts with a common ingredient or theme. You can see all our of lovely Bundts by following our Pinterest board. We take turns hosting each month and choosing the theme/ingredient.

This wonderful group is administered by Stacy of Food Lust People Love. Updated links for all of our past events and more information about BundtBakers, can be found on our home page.