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Hump Day Treat : Updated Grilled Cheese

Happy Wednesday! One of my favorite lunch meal at sleep away camp was the day we would have grilled cheese with tomato soup. I was never a big grilled cheese eater as a little kid until sleep away camp. There are so many different ways to reinvent a simple grilled cheese sandwich. For today’s hump day treat I want you all to try either of these combos: sharp white cheddar with avocado ( you add the avocado on top after you obviously melted the cheese)  or brie with raspberry jelly. If you are eating it with tomato soup my favorite thing to do is add shaved cheese on the soup while it’s still warm so it melts inside. I know exactly what I am having for dinner tonight :-). Hope everyone had a great day and for those of us in New York City I hope you are enjoying this beautiful weather we are having right now. <3


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Hump Day Treat: Whole Wheat Lasagna

Hi Everyone! Hope everyone is having a great Wednesday so far and for all of us in New York City is getting back into the swing of things after Stella rolled through yesterday with all of her snow and in some places hail. EEK! One of my favorite things to do on these snow days is to cook a hearty meal that will keep me warm and is something that I can easily heat up the next few days without too much hassle. I love lasagna just like Garfield it is easy to make and something that you can easily reheat in the oven if you want to make sure each layer is fully warm. If you don’t have the time to do that you can simply re heat it in the microwave or simply eat it cold. There is no right or wrong way to re eat lasagna leftovers. Fun fact for everyone I used to think you had to cook the noodles prior to making the lasagna because no one had told me otherwise. However, when I picked up the box of whole wheat lasagna noodles at the store on Monday I discovered that you can simply put the noodles in the pyrex not cooked and it will cook itself while in the oven! An extra step gone from this process. Here is what you need

 

Ingredients:

-ingredients to make bolognese sauce ( I have previously posted my recipe, but any recipe you may have will work perfectly 🙂 )

-3 cups of ricotta cheese

-12 ounces of shredded mozzarella cheese

-¾ cup of grated parmesan cheese

-2 eggs

-box of lasagna noodles

 

Directions

1.Cook the bolognese sauce that I previously posted on my blog 🙂

2.Preheat the oven to 400 degrees

3.In a bowl mix the ricotta cheese, mozzarella cheese, ½ cup of parmesan cheese and the 2 eggs. Set aside once it’s fully mixed

4.In a pyrex dish first grease the pan with pam cooking spray

5.Take a large scoop of the bolognese and layer the bottom of the pyrex

6.Top it with lasagna noodles normally its two full noodles

7.After the noodles put thin layer of the cheese mixture normally about 1 ¼ cups

8.Repeat the layers until you are the top of the pan. Once at the top top with the 2 remaining lasagna noodles. If you wish cover the top of the noodles with parmesan cheese

9.Bake in the oven for 30 minutes until hot and bubbling. After taking it out of the oven let it cool for 10 – 15 minutes.

10.Cut into squares and if you wish make some garlic bread and enjoy!
Hope everyone had a fun snow day yesterday and for most of us a great day working from home. Enjoy today’s hump day treat!


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Hump Day Treat – Chicken in The Pot

Happy Wednesday! Sorry I have been so MIA here on Just Jodi Style. I flew last weekend to Scottsdale to see one of my best friends get married. I also had the honor of signing her Ketubah which when she asked me to do it I cried in the middle of SoulCycle. Thanks Sara <3. Anyways I am finally back in New York and ready for the week. When I was younger my Mom always cooked us dinner during the week on top of working every single day. We all had our favorite meals that she would cook us and this one was one my favorites. She always made up names for the dishes she made since we were young and didn’t fully understand everything. This dish she called chicken in the pot. It is a whole chicken that you put into a dish as shown in the image above called a deep dish corning-ware or you can also make this in a crock pot! I have done that as well before and it is delicious. Here is what you need:

 

Ingredients:

1 package of baby carrots

1 package of celery

1 whole chicken

Paprika

Garlic salt

Morton’s Seasoning

1 small spoon of crushed garlic

1 deep dish corning-ware (size depends on the size of the chicken you wish to cook)

 

Instructions

1.Heat the oven to 350 Degrees.

2.Clean out the chicken and pat it dry. Then place it in the deep dish corning-ware or crock pot.

3.Take the celery and cut it up  into small pieces. Once the chicken is in the deep dish corning-ware or crock pot scatter around the celery and carrots. You can also place some inside the chicken. Once this is done then take one small spoon of crushed garlic and put it on the inside of the chicken.

4.Once you have added all the veggies and the crushed garlic cover the whole top of the chicken with paprika seasoning. Then add a dash of the garlic salt and a dash of the morton’s seasoning.

5.If your chicken doesn’t have one of those poppers to tell you when it’s done please be sure to add it now. This is important in order to know when your chicken is fully cooked.

6.Take a measuring cup and fill the dish with water just to the point that it’s not covering the chicken. I’d say about close to half way up the chicken.

7.Place chicken in the oven. Make sure if you are using a dish like the one in my image that you cover it as well as your crock pot for it to cook.

8.Depending on how large the Chicken is it will take  at least 3 – 4 hours to cook.

9.While the chicken is cooking I would cook your sides. I personally love white rice and peas with this dish.

10.Once the popper has popped on your chicken you are ready to go! It should be moist and if you cooked it in a crock pot the chicken usually just falls right off the bone.
Hope you all enjoy!!!

 


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Hump Day Treat – Vegan Sloppy Joe’s

Happy Wednesday! For today’s hump day treat I wanted to share a recipe that everyone has been asking me about since I posted it in my instagram story on Monday night. For those of you who were asking they are vegan sloppy joe’s. You read that right vegan sloppy joe’s! I personally have only had sloppy joe’s maybe twice in my life and that was during summers at sleep away camp, but I had never had vegan sloppy joe’s until recently. A group of my friends we all get together every Monday night to watch The Bachelor and all the other shows including The Bachelorette and Bachelor in Paradise. My friend Ashley is a vegetarian and one of our other friends Riki is also vegetarian, but on top of that is gluten and dairy free. We all take turns making different dishes, but it has been a challenge finding something that everyone will and can eat. This dish that Ashley made is probably one of my favorites and is so filling that I personally didn’t even eat dessert! That is something that is very abnormal for me if you know me well. Here is what you need to make these delicious vegan sloppy joe’s:

Ingredients: (serves about 6)

1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil

1 small onion, diced

1 red or yellow sweet pepper, diced

2 sticks of celery, finely chopped

1 teaspoon ground cumin

1 teaspoon chilli powder

1 cup (200g) French lentils

1- 28oz (796ml) can tomato sauce

3 tablespoons tomato paste

1 teaspoon Sriracha sauce

1 teaspoon salt

2 teaspoons balsamic vinegar

6 whole-wheat or sprouted grain buns, sliced in half or you can also use lettuce cups instead!

*If you want add additional toppings such as avocado, cheese, pickles, or sliced onions. Whatever you want!

Directions

1.Heat the olive oil in a medium, heavy-bottomed pot over medium heat.

2.Add the diced onion, pepper and celery. Cook for about 5 minutes and stir it all around until they are soft.

3.Then sprinkle in the cumin and chilli powder. After this let it cook for about a minute.

4.Add the lentils. Mix everything around.

5.Then add 3 cups of water, tomato sauce, tomato paste and sriracha. Mix it all around

6.Increase the heat to high and bring everything to a simmer. Cook this way for about 30 minutes uncovered stirring occasionally. If you notice that the level falls below the lentils then you can add more water.

7.Now do a taste test and if they lentils are tender then add salt and balsamic. Stir it all together and let it cook for one more minute after stirring.

8.Then serve and enjoy!
Hope you guys enjoyed today’s recipe! If you are in New York City like I am hope everyone is ready for the snow storm we are about to have tomorrow 🙂 <3

Here is the link to the full recipe as well Vegan Sloppy Joe’s


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Hump Day Treat- Superbowl Ready

Happy February!! With Superbowl being this Sunday I thought that I would share with you a recipe that all of your guests would enjoy. I have added a little twist to the simple potato skins. Now as a kid I never really liked bacon. I know crazy right! However, recently I have discovered my love for Duck Bacon. Yes you read that correctly Duck Bacon. It was in my local Fairway Grocery store and it is delicious. Here is what you need to make these most delicious potato skins.

Ingredients:

4 – 6 Idaho potatoes depending on how many people you are having

1 package of duck bacon

1 chives

1 sour cream

1 package of sharp cheddar cheese ( I purchased kraft that was already shredded)

 

Directions:

1.Preheat the oven to 400 degrees

2.On a cookie sheet put down some aluminum foil. Pierce your potatoes all over. Line the aluminum foil with baking spray. Place the pierced potatoes on the cookie sheet and put them in the oven for an hour. (They should be able to be pierced with a fork)

3.When the potatoes have about 10 minutes left in the oven cut up the Duck Bacon into small pieces and fry them in a pan until crispy. Turn the heat down so they stay warm.

4.Once potatoes are done remove them and let them cool down for about 10 minutes.

5.Once they are cooled down cut them half lengthwise. Then scoop out the center not so that you see the bottom of the skin just enough so you can fill it with the cheese and bacon. You can use the excess potato insides for mashed potatoes or even gnocchi!

6.Put the sliced potatoes back on the same cookie sheet they just came off of. Cover them with cheese and the bacon. Put the broiler on in the oven and place them inside. I left mine in the oven for about 8 minutes even though the cheese was bubbling.

7.Remove from the oven and if you want cut them in half depending on if you want them into smaller bite sized treats.

ENJOY!!!!!


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Hump Day Treat: Salmon Patties

It’s Wednesday and you all know what that means it’s time for a hump day treat recipe. One of my favorite childhood memories of my Grandparent’s is how my Grandma would always make us lunch whenever my brother and I went over to my Grandparent’s apartment. Now since my grandparents kept kosher inside their home there was certain things that we weren’t allowed to eat while we were there because of it. She figured out quickly something that was easy to make for her and something that all the grandchildren would eat. Mac n Cheese with Salmon Patties! They were really salmon burgers but she liked calling them patties for us. So now she would make us the standard kraft macaroni and cheese from the box which we all know is a classic. Today I personally love to make the Cracker Barrel white cheddar mac n cheese. If you haven’t tried it already you need to do it right away! Now for the salmon burgers here is what you will need if you are cooking for yourself:

Ingredients:

1 can of pink boneless skinless salmon

Bread crumbs (I use the Italian ones)

2 eggs

Vegetable oil

Plastic gloves

Directions:

1.Put on the plastic gloves. Open the can of salmon and drain out the liquid. In a mixing bowl place the salmon that you have removed and drained from the can. Using your hands that have gloves on them mix it so it’s in small pieces.

2.Crack two eggs over the salmon. Now mix it all together with your hands so that the egg is all mixed in with the salmon.

3.After you have mixed the egg in pour a little bit of Italian bread crumbs in the bowl. My brother Ira always says more bread crumbs, but you don’t want it to be too much so that the patties are now dry. I always say add a ¼ of a cup at a time. When the salmon has a good consistency where it’s still a little sticky enough to make burgers then you have added enough.

4.In a frying pan heat up the vegetable oil. Once it is heated up place the salmon burgers in the pan. Once you see that the patties are getting brown on one side flip them over so the other side gets golden. Do that about 4 times so each side cooks 3 times on each side.
Hope you all enjoys today’s recipe and are having a great day! <3


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Hump Day Treat! One tray meals

Happy Wednesday everyone! Hope everyone is having a great hump day and enjoying their week so far. Today I want to talk about cooking in general. Now the other night when I made my friend cauliflower pizza for dinner if you ask my friend Rachael, who so graciously let me use her kitchen that night, I used every dish / pot / pan possible that she had. I am one of those people that I hate eating a meal after cooking without cleaning up after myself beforehand. So I have discovered ways to make it easier for myself and for my sanity while cooking and cleaning. Yesterday for lunch I wanted some roasted broccoli, but I also wanted some salmon. So instead of cooking the salmon on the stove I put it in aluminum foil almost like a pouch. I then place it on a cookie sheet that was lined with aluminum foil and sprayed it and laid my veggies on the side of it. It also makes it an easy clean up if you are using sauces with your meat / fish that you are cooking. For example I used a sesame ginger glaze for my salmon and cooking it this way i can just pick up the “salmon pouch” that i made using aluminum foil and place it direct onto my plate. At the end of the day I used max 3 things for this meal including a cutting board, a cookie sheet with aluminum foil and then the plate I used to eat my meal. There are so many things you can cook together on a cookie sheet in the oven that you may realize now. Hope you all have a great day and if you are interested in seeing things for hump day treats comment below and let me know!


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Hump Day Treat – New Years Appetizers

Happy Wednesday! With New Years Eve fast approaching I know that everyone who is throwing parties or having people over before a night on the town are trying to get all the last minute goodies together. One of my favorite appetizers to make is a baked brie. I have featured the recipe here on Just Jodi Style, however it is a bit of a messy clean up especially when you may be leaving to go out right after. One of the best things that I have found to use for any kind of appetizer are pre made filo cups that you can find in any freezer section at your local grocery store. I personally keep one package always on hand in my freezer just in case. Now there are so many things you can do with these filo cups. You can fill them with brie and jelly, spinach, cheddar cheese with bacon or even chocolate! There are so many options that you can do it just all depends what you want to have for your party. I have used this when I don’t want to make the whole baked brie and it is the easiest clean up. My only warning is you don’t realize how hot it is when you bite into it so don’t serve them straight from the oven. Give them at least 5 minutes to cool before serving. Otherwise based upon personal experience you will burn the roof of your mouth. OUCH! If you are making it in the oven I suggest putting it in the oven at 375 degrees for about 20 minutes with any dish. Hope everyone is having a great Wednesday! <3


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Hump Day Treat – The French Apple Tart

Happy Wednesday! Today is my Mom’s birthday and in honor of that I wanted to share with you one of her recipes that she recently made this past Thanksgiving. Now my Mom and I both love sweets, but when it comes to the holidays my Mom is the master at dessert. I have always loved apple pie, but no one other myself would eat it. So this past Thanksgiving my Mom made a thin french apple tart and when I tell you that it looked like a work of art I am not joking. It was so thin and delicious that it didn’t even feel like you were eating anything. I honestly now prefer this than an apple pie. It was that good! Here is the recipe for this amazing dish.

Ingredients:

½ (15 ounce ) package refrigerated pie dough ( pillsbury has these)

¼ cup sugar

½ teaspoon ground cinnamon

2 pounds Golden Delicious apples, peeled, cored and thinly sliced (Try to make them as thin as possible)

2 ½ tablespoons honey

½ teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions:

1.Preheat oven to 425 degrees fahrenheit

2.Place dough on a lightly floured surface

3.Roll into a 12 inch circle and place on a 12 – inch pizza pan

4.Combine sugar and cinnamon and sprinkle 1 tablespoon of the sugar mixture over the dough

5.Arrange apple slices spokelike on top of the dough. Do this by working from outside edge of the dough to the center

6.Sprinkle app over the remaining apple slices that are now on the dough the remaining sugar mixture

7.Place in the oven for 30 minutes

8.Right before  you are about to take the apple tart out of the oven combine the honey and vanilla in a microwave safe bowl

9.Microwave on high for 40 seconds

10.Take the tart out of the oven. While the tart is still warm brush honey mixture over it.

11.Serve this dessert warm and if you like with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. ENJOY!

Hope you all enjoy my mom’s recipe on her birthday <3 Love you mom!


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Hump Day Treat – Father Christmas Hats

 

Happy Wednesday! It’s time for another hump day treat recipe here on Just Jodi Style and today’s theme is Christmas. I personally don’t celebrate the holiday, but I do love all of the delicious treats that come along with it. This recipe I found from Tastemade and they look absolutely adorable! Check out the recipe here below.

Ingredients:

  • 24 strawberries
  • For the cake
  • 200g unsalted butter, softened
  • 25g vegetable oil
  • 260g caster sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 300g plain flour
  • 1 ½ baking powder
  • 2 tbsp cocoa powder
  • ⅓ cup whole milk
  • For the frosting
  • 125g unsalted butter
  • 200g icing sugar
  • 100g cream cheese

Directions:

  1. Preheat the oven to 356 degrees .
  2. Cream together the butter, oil and sugar until pale.
  3. Add in the eggs one at a time, mixing well between each one. Turn the whisk right down, if using an electric one, and add in the milk.
  4. Sift in the dry ingredients and fold through the mix.
  5. Grease the mini cupcake tray, and place a teaspoon amount of the mix into each of the cake holes.
  6. Place in the hot oven for around 12 minutes until fluffy and cooked through. The way to check if they are cooked all the way through is to poke the cupcakes with a toothpick. If the toothpick comes out clean then it is cooked!
  7. While the cupcakes are baking, make the frosting.
  8. Whisk the butter with an electric whisk until very pale. Then on a low speed, whisk in the icing sugar and once combined, whisk in the cream cheese till just mixed. Place in a piping bag with a round hole nozzle attached or simple cut off the end of the piping bag.
  9. Once the cakes are out and cooled, pipe a spiral shape on the top of the cakes. Start from the outside and slowly work your way into the centre.
  10. Trim the top of the strawberry and place on top. Finish with a blob of frosting on the top.

And there you go! Hope you all enjoy and have a great Wednesday <3

Link to the TASTEMADE website <3

image taken from google


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