Yummy Yum Yum Jalepeno Popper Dip recipe via the hubby bub.

Another recipe brought to you by my handsome hub Mike, The Paper Papa. ;D So, I know you can probably find about 1 million recipes of this dip around the internet... but, I didn't even know this came in dip form until last year.... and, it's a must in your life. Cheese... spice... bread crumbs! With chips! I mean really.... Below is how Mike puts together his recipe...

Jalepeno Popper Dip

By, Mike... the Paper Papa

Ingredients:

2 (8 oz) packages of cream cheese, room temp

½ cup mayonnaise

½ cup low fat sour cream

1 cup shredded cheese (combine: monteray jack, pepper jack, mozzarella, chedder)

1/2 cup finely grated parmesan cheese

1 (4 oz) can of green chiles

1 (4 oz) can of jalepenos

1-2 cups panko bread crumbs mixed with additional 

½ cup of finely grated parmesan cheese

½ stick melted butter

Combine first 7 ingredients in food processor and blend until smooth and everything is mixed.  Transfer mixture to your serving dish (flat casserole dish works well) with room at the top to eventually put bread crumb mixture.  Cover mixture with plastic wrap and put in fridge for a few hours at least (tastes better if made a few hours ahead). 

An hour or so before baking, take mixture out of fridge.  Melt butter in microwave.  Mix panko and ½ cup parmesan together and then mix with butter until all coated.  Transfer panko mixture to top of dip and spread evenly making sure to pack it down well. 

Bake when ready at 375 F for about 15-20 minutes or until a butter knife placed down in center of dip mixture comes out very warm. 

Oh man! Please enjoy! Seriously!

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♡ Chelsey

Recipe: Mmmmmm.... Potato Pizza by, Mike!

Mike's been making this homemade bread... and, it's so simple and delicious! Sunday night instead of bread... he used it for pizza dough! That pizza was delicious! We did a simple pepperoni and feta pizza... and then Mike got creative with a potato pizza! That was pretty delicious. Mike wanted to share the potato pizza recipe with you guys... along with the link to the simple dough recipe he found (this is as far as he'll go with guest posting. hee. just posting recipes through me). 

Mike's Potato Pizza

By, The Paper Mike... ha ha ha! Or... maybe The Paper Dada? Hmmm. :D

• 5 small Yukon Gold Potatos (pre-boiled whole for 10-15 minutes, and refrigerate for 1 - 2 hours before slicing)
• 1/4 cup Homemade herb blend: Fresh Rosemary, Fresh Parsley, Red Pepper Flake, Salt, Fresh Garlic blended together (measurements are to taste, he pulsed them together in the food processor until fine)
• 1/2 cup feta
• 1/2 cup parmesean
• 3/4 cup mozzarella
• 1/2 white onion (sliced VERY thin) 
• Salt
• Pepper
• Splash of olive oil

Directions:

- 30 minutes before you make the pizza, take the whole potatoes out of the fridge and slice as thin as possible and put a small splash of olive oil, a pinch of salt and pepper. Then put together the white onions with a splash of olive oil, salt, pepper, and a couple pinches of the homemade herb blend.

- Roll out the pizza dough on a well floured surface (Mike rolls it out on the back of a sheet pan... easier to transfer this way) to the size of your pizza stone.

- Cover the center of the rolled out dough with a splash of olive oil and 3 pinches of the homemade herb blend.

- Layer the potatoes, place some onions to taste, half of the cheeses, a little more of the herb blend and then repeat this layering one more time. 

- Transfer to stone. Ready to bake. 500 degrees for at least 18 - 20 minutes (until you start seeing little brown spots on the cheese and dough. Mike said that the pizza should make a tapping sound when you tap it and it's done).

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So, the dough recipe isn't mike's... but, I though I'd share just a quick snip it of what's involved... so simple. There's a link below to take you to all the directions for the dough.

Simple Pizza Dough 

as tested out by, The Paper Mike (recipe originally found here)

The important thing about this dough is to really follow the ratio: 100 parts flour, 1.5 parts salt, 1 part instant yeast, and 70 parts water. You can make any size loaf of bread as long as you follow that. The following is about enough to make one loaf of bread.

• about 2 cups bread flour or all-purpose flour
• about 3/4 teaspoon salt
• about 1/2 teaspoon yeast
• about 1 cup minus 1.5 tablespoons water

You have to let it sit in a covered bowl for about 3 days. So, plan ahead! Start it today (I'm sure almost everyone has those ingredients in their cupboards) and you'll be ready for pizza by the weekend! :D

Since this wasn't Mike's recipe I'll just direct you to where he found the recipe. Over at Serious Eats. One of Mike's favorite websites.

Let me know if you try it! Pizza is fun, and you can pretty much throw ANYTHING on it! We will be making this again... AND, Mike has even offered to create a video of how he transfers the pizza dough to the stone... he loves cooking. :D

What Mike recipe is up next? Are you ready for this? Jalepeno Popper Dip!!!! Yuuummm. Not healthy by the way. :D

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♡ Chelsey

Wordless{ish} Wednesday: Baking experiment. {Recipe}

{So... the following cookies are a recipe that Mike originally adapted from one of his favorite cookbooks, The Ultimate Cookbook. It's normally FULL of butter and more sugar... but, I didn't really want that in my house (even though it's DELICIOUS!!!). I replaced the butter with pumpkin puree and apple sauce. The cookies were still pretty dang good! I think maybe next time I'll try and put more applesauce for more moisture. I'd like to cut out more of that brown sugar too!}

{Butter-Free Chocolate Chip Cookies}

{(adapted from recipe in The Ultimate Cookbook)}

Ingredients
2  cups all-purpose flour
1  teaspoon baking soda
1  teaspoon salt
10  Tablespoons Pumpkin Puree

3  Tablespoons apple sauce
1  cup packed light (or dark) brown sugar
1/3  cup peanut butter (can be creamy or chunky)
2  large eggs
1  tablespoon vanilla extract
2 ½  cups rolled oats (do not use instant or steel-cut)
2 cups bittersweet or semi-sweet chocolate chips

{Position racks in the top and bottom thirds of the oven.  Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Whisk the flour, baking soda and salt in a medium bowl and set aside.
Beat the pumpkin puree and apple sauce in a large bowl with electric mixer at medium speed until slightly softened, about 2 minutes.  Add the brown sugar and peanut butter, continue beating until creamy, pale brown, and very light, about 4-8 minutes.}

{Beat in the eggs one at a time, scrape down the sides of the bowl, and then beat in the vanilla until smooth.}

 
{Beat in the oats just until uniform.  Turn off the beaters, add the prepared flour mixture, and beat at a low speed just until a dough begins to form.   Scrape down the beaters, remove them, and fold the chocolate chips in with a rubber spatula making sure that there are no dry patches of flour left and the chocolate chips are evenly distributed.  
Decide how big you want the cookies and drop balls of cookie dough onto lined baking sheet.   Space balls 2-3 inches apart.  Cookies should be done in 18-23 minutes, or until the top part of the cookies start to turn slightly brown in places.  Take out of the oven and let rest before transferring to cooling rack.  Repeat.}

{Let me know if you try this recipe out! AND, if you change anything!!!}

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❤ Chelsey


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Wordless{ish} Wednesday: Bacon of hearts.

{What do you do for your sweetheart when you're on a budget for Valentine's Day... and, you are not a chef and only sort of know how to work the oven? How about Valentine's bacon? Yes! Need a recipe? Ok!}

{Bacon of Hearts
- 12 slices of bacon
- ... that's it!
Directions:
Preheat oven to 400. Cut your bacon slices in half. Using two pieces of the cut in half bacon... shape them into a heart on a sheet pan (make sure this pan has sides so the grease doesn't get all over your oven!). Bake for 18 - 25 minutes (or until done). Serve on a fancy plate or a pretty box and share with your loved one. Extra credit if you dip the bacon in chocolate! Yum! :D}

{Above is what I had waiting for Mike when he got home from work... a glass of wine, a card from Ruari, a smelly candle, some cheap chocolate and an amazing bacon heart! Ha ha. Mike made VERY yummy steak with blue cheese, rice, and salad (topped with a bacon heart) for me for Valentine's day... along with some ice cream sandwiches. Valentine's on a budget! Perfect. I hope you all enjoyed your day! Whether you celebrate Valentine's or not. :)}

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❤ Chelsey


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