Perfect Pretty Pleasing Puffy PCookies

Ingredients

7 oz. shredded sweetened coconut

2 C. flour

½ tsp baking powder

½ tsp baking soda

½ tsp salt

¾ C. butter, melted

½ C. white sugar

1 C. packed brown sugar

1 T. vanilla extract

1 egg

1 egg yolk

2 C. chocolate chips

1 C. chopped walnuts or pecans

Preheat the oven to 325 degrees. 

Evenly spread coconut across 1 cookie sheet and place in preheating oven. As coconut begins to brown, use wide spatula to to flip. Remove when golden brown and set aside. Next, roast chopped nuts on cookie sheet for approx 10-15 min.

In a small bowl, sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.

In a large mixing bowl, combine butter, brown sugar, and white sugar until well blended. Add vanilla, egg and egg yolk until creamy. 

Mix in the sifted ingredients until just blended. add chocolate chips and chopped nuts by hand using a wooden spoon. When completely mixed, gently stir in toasted coconut. 

Drop cookie dough ¼ C at a time onto the cookie sheets. Cookies should be about 3 in. apart.

Bake for 15-17 minutes, or until the edges are lightly toasted. The center may still have a wet/doughy look but will firm up when cool. Cool on baking sheets for 3-4 min before transferring to wire racks to cool completely.

Enjoy!

Super Rice with Yummy Yellow Curry

It was the day before Valentine's in Seattle. It was cold and dark and bitter, and that was just last night's dinner. In a city that knows how to keep its secrets, one man is spilling his metaphorical guts. "Super rice." 

Super Rice

Ingredients

4 Tbs olive oil (divided)

1 Lbs. ground turkey

2 oz. sun dried tomatoes

5 Cups cooked jasmine rice

1/2 Cup lemon juice

3 Eggs

2 Tbs Tarragon

2 Tbs onion powder

2 Tbs garlic powder

2 Tbs chili powder

1 Cup Water

Heat 2 Tbs. olive oil in skillet over medium/high, add ground turkey and cook until browned. Remove ground turkey. Reheat skillet with remaining olive oil. Add sun dried tomatoes and sear. Add cooked rice and sear, stirring continuously. Whip eggs then stir in until cooked. Add tarragon, onion powder, garlic powder, chili powder. Add water to deglaze bottom of pan. Mix in ground turkey and serve.

Yummy Yellow Curry

Ingredients

(For a healthy version, exclude sour cream and use an additional cup of buttermilk.)

2 Tbs olive oil

1 bay leaf

1/4 small onion diced

2 Tbs minced garlic

1 Cup sour cream

1 Cup Buttermilk

2 Tbs Coconut oil

1 teaspoon cinnamon

1 teaspoon smoked paprika

1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper

4 Tbs lemon juice

Salt & pepper to taste

Heat olive oil and bay leaf over medium heat. Saute onion and garlic until onion is soft.  Add remaining ingredients and turn heat down to low.Cover and simmer for 15 min. 

Enjoy!

Perfect Braised Pork Loin

THE PREP

Pork Loin

1 tsp. Liquid Smoke

1 Cup Honey

1 clove garlic - crushed

3 bay leaves

1 Cup warm water

1/8 cup dried crushed red pepper

zest of 2 limes

Port (for braising)

Put all ingredients (excluding port) into ziploc bag. Make sure to dissolve honey (the warm water helps). Marinate pork loin overnight. 

COOKING THE MEAT

Preheat oven to 375

Remove pork loin from marinade and use paper towel to remove crushed red pepper from pork loin. Pat dry and sprinkle with Kosher salt. Sear all sides of pork loin in olive oil. Add bay leaves to pan and sear them as well. put pork loin in casserole dish add 1 cup marinade and seared bay leaves. Add port until liquid comes no more than 1/3 of the way up the meat. cover with tinfoil and put in oven for 45 min. Baste every 15 to 20 min.

Enjoy!