Savory Chicken Muffins For Two#SundayFunday

You can have this for breakfast or as a filling brunch or even for evening snacks or Hi Tea party. These are so easy to make, just keep all ingredients chopped and the bread slices cut and pack them into a air tight container or zip lock bag. Whenever your wish to make these, just whisk the eggs lightly , assemble them and bake. Your done with a filling and healthy breakfast. Another thing about these muffins is that you can use whatever veggies you have or liked by you. 

Makes 6 muffins

Ingredients 
100 Grams Chicken Mince - cooked
¼ Teaspoon Level Salt
¼ Teaspoon Level Black Pepper powder 
2 Eggs
1 Small Tomato - de seeded and chopped into tiny cubes
1 Small Onion - chopped into tiny cubes
2 Green Chillies - finely chopped
3 Mushrooms -finely chopped   

6 Bread Slices
¼ Teaspoon Level Black pepper
¼ Teaspoon Level Mixed herbs
¼ Teaspoon Level Mustard sauce 

Cheddar Cheese Slices

Chopped Coriander leaves 
Method
Cook the chicken mince with salt and pepper powder. ( I pressed this into a pan & steamed it for 20 minutes) Then cut into small pieces. 
Pre-heat oven to 180°C with both elements on.

Cut the bread slices with a round cutter.

Slightly roll bread slices with rolling pin.

Apply butter to the slices on both sides ( top and bottom). 

Place the each slice into cups of tray.

Fill with chicken pieces, all the chopped veggies.

In a separate bowl, beat the eggs, add salt, pepper and mustard and mixed herbs pour equally into muffin cups, add pieces of cheese slices on top, sprinkle with coriander leaves.

Bake for 8 minutes.

Ready.. Enjoy!!

Labels : Baked, Bread Slices, Chicken Mince, Capsicum, Onion, Tomato, Eggs, Healthy, Savory, Muffins, Cheese, Mushroom, Breakfast, Brunch, Hi Tea, Snacks, Sunday Funday 

Sunday Funday

Main Dish in a Muffin Tin

• Bacon Cheeseburger Cups by Amy's Cooking Adventures
• Personal Mini Ravioli Lasagnas by Food Lust People Love
• Pizza Cups by Our Good Life
• Poke Cups by Culinary Cam
• Savory Chicken Muffins For Two by Sneha's Recipe
• Sloppy Joe Cups by A Day in the Life on the Farm
• Teriyaki Chicken Cups by Karen's Kitchen Stories
• Tuna Noodle Casserole Cups by Palatable Pastime

Gluten Free Beef Empanadas#SundayFunday

These are delicious, gluten-free empanadas made with with my homemade gluten free flour blend. They flaky and buttery, you will love these. Gluten free pastry dough is difficult to work with. It tends to crack easily but feel free to patch up the cracks or tear. 

Makes 5 - 6 Empanadas
Ingredients
For Pastry Dough
300 Grams Homemade Gluten Free Bread Flour + extra for dusting
170 Grams Salted Butter - chilled butter cut into cubes
1 Egg- beaten
½ Tablespoon White Vinegar
1½ Tablespoons Ice water or as required to make a dough 
For The Beef Filing
2 Tablespoon Olive oil
500 Grams Boiled Beef Mince
1 Medium Onion - finely chopped
3 Cloves Garlic - finely chopped
½ Inch Garlic - finely chopped
1 Green Chillies - finely chopped
2 Teaspoons Heaped Red Chilly powder
Salt to Taste
¼ Teaspoon Garam Masala powder

Method

In the bowl, place homemade gluten free bread flour and add butter and using your fingers, fork or a pastry blender

blend into butter until the size of large peas.  

Pour the vinegar and beaten egg into the bowl and to combine with a fork, slowly add water a few teaspoon at a time. You may not need the full amount of water, depending on your climate.

When the mixture comes together in the bowl, stop mixing. To note gluten free pie crusts do better when they are slightly wetter (because the flour will soak up some of the liquid).

Divide the dough between two sheets of plastic wrap, flattening each into a round disk. Chill in the refrigerator for about 20-30 minutes. I used half of the dough the other half went into the freezer for another use.

Roll out the dough with a rolling pin onto a cling wrap or parchment paper cut into 5" round circle, moving constantly to avoid sticking.

Put a tablespoon or two of the beef filling and top it with shredded cheese in the center, double/fold over in a semi-circle, and seal the border pressing it with a fork.

Trim the edges using a small bowl or cutter and crimp the edges. Place the empanadas in a lined baking tray. Like wise make all and place the tray in the refrigerator and chill for about an hour or in the freezer for about 20 minutes.

Prick it with a fork. Brush the top with beaten egg ( this is optional).

Preheat the oven to 180°C. Bake for approximately 15 to 20 minutes, until the edges start to brown.

Let it cool for 5 to 7 minutes. Carefully lift it from the remove the parchment paper. Serve warm.
Enjoy these flaky and gluten free empanadas.

Labels: International Cuisine, Baked, Sunday Funday, Empanadas, Mince, Gluten free, Beef, Sugar Free, Savory 

Empanadas for #SundayFunday  

• Beef & Cheese Empanadas by Amy’s Cooking Adventures
• Empanadas: A Journey from Galicia and All Around Latin America by Culinary Cam
• Gluten Free Beef Empanadas by Sneha’s Recipe
• Lamb Empanadas by A Day in the Life on the Farm
• Mini Chicken Empanadas by Karen’s Kitchen Stories
• Spinach and Cheese Empanadas by The Mad Scientist’s Kitchen

Pannekaken - Norwegian Pancakes#SundayFunday

These Norwegian pancakes are thinner, lighter, delicate, and yet hearty. Pancakes are ideal for breakfast, for a brunch or a perfect sweet for dessert after a meal or savoury toppings and fillings for lunch boxes. Since I, was making this sweet, added vanilla extract.
Makes 8 pancakes used a 10" skillet
250ml Cup
Ingredients
2 Eggs
1 Cup All Purpose Flour
1½+- Cups Milk
¼ Teaspoon Salt
¼ Teaspoon Vanilla Extract
1 Tablespoon Caster Sugar
Butter for greasing the pan

Method

Whisk the eggs, salt, sugar, milk until they turns frothy, now add the flour and whisk everything into a thin batter. Let this rest for 10 minutes.

Heat a greased non stick pan with butter on medium flame, spoon the batter and move the griddle to form a thin circle.

Cook on on low flame until they turns light golden in color from the bottom. Then flip and let is cook for a minute. Remove to a plate. Repeat with remaining batter.

Serve warm with powdered sugar, jam or Nutella.
These were great! Thin and tasty, not very sweet, perfect with sweet toppings or savory fillings! A must try recipe!

Labels: Pancake, Norwegian, Sunday Funday, Breakfast, Brunch, Savory

For Sunday Funday we are Cooking for Leif Erikson Day

Meatball Lefse Wraps from Amy’s Cooking Adventures

Crispy Green Herb Patties from Food Lust People Love

Kjøttkaker med brunsaus (Norwegian Meatballs) from A Day in the Life on the Farm

Norwegian Havre Kjeks (Sweet and Salty Oatmeal Rounds) from Karen’s Kitchen Stories

Pannekaken - Norwegian Pancakes from Sneha’s Recipe

Suaasat, a Greenlandic Christmas Stew from Culinary Adventures with Camilla

Swedish Pickled Herring Appetizer from Palatable Pastime

Colcannon#Foodieextravaganza

This traditional Irish food staple, Colcannon, an essential Irish St. Patrick's Day potato recipe it’s a mixture of creamy mashed potatoes with veggies.

Ingredients
1 Cup Shredded Cabbage
3 Medium Potatoes
1 Leek  - chopped

½ Cup  Green Peas - boiled 
A Pinch of Nutmeg powder
1 Tablespoon Heaped Butter

1 Tablespoon Level All Purpose Flour 

250 to 300 Ml Milk 
Salt to taste
Black pepper powder  to taste
3 Tablespoons Grated Cheddar cheese

Method

Boil the potatoes till they are  are fork tender. Peel them and then grate or use a ricer, keep them aside. 

In a heavy bottom pan add the butter, flour and roast till flour for 3 to 4 minutes  or till it releases an aroma.  Add the milk and make a thick smooth sauce.   Add the veggies and cook till they are  wilted  or for 3 -4 minutes. 

Keep stirring continuously  till the sauce thickens. Add the black pepper, nutmeg powder,  cheese.  Taste for salt and then add the mashed potatoes and stir it till thoroughly mixed.  

Serve it immediately garnished with chopped scallion greens, a dash of nutmeg and black pepper powder. 

 This is the ultimate comfort food, its creamy and delicious.

Labels: Irish, Ireland Vegetarian, Foodie Extravaganza Party, Cabbage, Potato, Green Peas, Leek, Butter, Cheddar Cheese, Savory, Side Dish, Salads,International Cuisine 

March 17 is National Irish Food Day, or National "Eat Like an Irishman" Day. My #FoodieExtravaganza friends and I are all sharing Irish themed recipes to celebrate! Karen of Karen's Kitchen Stories, is our host. Check out this collection of recipes celebrating Irish food:
Beef and Smoked Sausage Cabbage Rolls from Food Lust People Love
Colcannon from Sneha's Recipe
Colcannon (Irish Potatoes and Cabbage) from Caroline's Cooking
Cold Irish Day Cocktail from Our Good Life
Dublin Coddle - Irish Bacon, Sausage, and Potato Stew from Karen's Kitchen Stories
Instant Pot Dublin Coddle from A Day in the Life on the Farm
Irish Cheese and Walnut Biscuits from Simply Inspired Meals
Irish Coffee from Tara's Multicultural Table
Mushy Peas from Pandemonium Noshery
Shepherd's Pie from Palatable Pastime
Traditional Shepherd's Pie from Cookaholic Wife