Any Home Bakers Here?

[rjohns39]

I haven't baked much but I'd like to. Been wanting to get a tortilla press and make tortillas

Tortilla's are pretty easy if you have a good press. Mine busted during our last move.

 

[rjohns39]

Slow cooker Paella,

This one is a bit interesting, I first decided I wanted to make this from a recipe on Delish (one of Rachel Ray's websites)... Got to looking closer and it basically had a one star rating because the rice didn't cook properly. So I started digging and landed on this recipe, which is from the Rachel Ray Magazine website. I must have looked at more than a dozen recipes. All that had successful reviews used the method outlined in the recipe I used. I did not add salt (we're watching sodium closely here and there's plenty in the tomatoes and sausage). Used equal parts black pepper and paprika. I also added a tsp of chipolte pepper for a little kick. Half the recipes with successful ratings browned the sausage with the chicken, the other half did not. So I browned half the sausage with the chicken (I wanted to infuse some of that flavor into the rice). Next time I think I'll brown all of the sausage with the chicken. I worked the rice like making a risotto for 3 minutes as the recipe calls for and added it to the crock pot. I used the chicken stock to deglaze the skillet (since I was doing rice I chose a stainless steel saucier). I used a medium grain parboiled white rice because that's what I had. It turned out wonderfully.

 

[wyoDreamer]

That sounds really good.
The Paella recipe my sister gave me has sausage, chicken and shrimp! DH won't eat it and I just never think to make it when he is not home. Too many other things that I want to make that he won't eat.

 

[rjohns39]

That sounds really good.
The Paella recipe my sister gave me has sausage, chicken and shrimp! DH won't eat it and I just never think to make it when he is not home. Too many other things that I want to make that he won't eat.

That's what this recipe has. I read somewhere today that there's a seafood company out there somewhere that sells a frozen Paella mix of seafood including Shrimp, scallops, muscles, and squid. Not much chance of me finding it here, but that's how the little guy used to make it for me in Germany. It was very similar in Spain, but generally included what ever was fresh caught that morning. I'm not sure how easy this recipe would be to scale down to one, but you could certainly freeze individual portions.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Thanks for recipe Bob not sure when I will make it but sounds Great! and Yummy!

 

[ronott1]

One of the things I like about that recipe, it made 20 using the smaller tortillas, so we had some for dinner last night, a few for lunch today and there's a pan of 8 unbaked ones in the freezer. Love to have dinner made and in the freezer, it makes things easy.

It does sound like a big recipe!
I would cut it in half for here

 

[ronott1]

Slow cooker Paella,

This one is a bit interesting, I first decided I wanted to make this from a recipe on Delish (one of Rachel Ray's websites)... Got to looking closer and it basically had a one star rating because the rice didn't cook properly. So I started digging and landed on this recipe, which is from the Rachel Ray Magazine website. I must have looked at more than a dozen recipes. All that had successful reviews used the method outlined in the recipe I used. I did not add salt (we're watching sodium closely here and there's plenty in the tomatoes and sausage). Used equal parts black pepper and paprika. I also added a tsp of chipolte pepper for a little kick. Half the recipes with successful ratings browned the sausage with the chicken, the other half did not. So I browned half the sausage with the chicken (I wanted to infuse some of that flavor into the rice). Next time I think I'll brown all of the sausage with the chicken. I worked the rice like making a risotto for 3 minutes as the recipe calls for and added it to the crock pot. I used the chicken stock to deglaze the skillet (since I was doing rice I chose a stainless steel saucier). I used a medium grain parboiled white rice because that's what I had. It turned out wonderfully.

Nice Bob!

 

[Aria]

These were very good for dinner last night! I tweaked the recipe a bit to our liking so that's what is shared here:

3 boneless, skinless chicken breasts cooked & shredded (could use a rotisserie chicken)
1 8oz package of cream cheese, softened
4 cloves garlic, crushed
1 Tablespoon ground cumin
2 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon ground black pepper
1 15oz can petite diced tomatoes, drained
1 7oz can diced green chilies
1/2 Cup chopped fresh cilantro (or 1 Tablespoon dried cilantro)
1/4 Cup lime juice
2 Cups shredded Cheddar cheese (or half Cheddar and half Monterey Jack)
10 large flour tortillas (or 20 small tortillas)
1 15oz jar or can green enchilada sauce

* Preheat oven to 350*. Grease a baking dish. (I did a 13x9" pan and a 9" square pan because I made 20 of the smaller enchiladas)

* Beat cream cheese, garlic, cumin, salt and pepper together in a bowl. Stir in tomatoes, green chilies, cilantro and lime juice. Add 1 Cup of shredded cheese and fold to integrate.

* Stir shredded chicken into cream cheese mixture. Spoon about 1/2 Cup of the chicken mixture into the center of each tortilla and roll up; place seam side down in the baking dish. Top tortillas with remaining shredded cheese and green enchilada sauce.

* Bake until hot and cheese is melted, about 25-30 minutes.

Topping ideas: shredded lettuce, diced tomato, guacamole and sour cream on the side.

Thanks for posting the Recipe. Aria

 

[Aria]

My maple pound cake is on hold for a little while.
It was my moms 72nd birthday this weekend and I was instructed by my bossy sister to bring fruit for the picnic. Just buy a watermelon she says. I bought blueberries, raspberries and strawberries. And a water melon. The strawberries were sliced and 2 teaspoons of sugar to help them juice up. I mixed the rest of the berries in with the strawberries and bought an angle food cake and canned whipped-cream. I know my mom is trying to loose weight and that is fairly diet friendly. Well, my other sister brought zuchinni cake and cream-de-menthe cake (I love that stuff) and my mom made banana bars with peanut butter frosting.
Long story short, watermelon never go cut and we have lots of cake at the house now, lol. Somehow they snuck the leftovers into my cooler before we left.

Looks like most of us have a "bossy" one in our family. YES. Aria

 

[N F C]

Slow cooker Paella,

This one is a bit interesting, I first decided I wanted to make this from a recipe on Delish (one of Rachel Ray's websites)... Got to looking closer and it basically had a one star rating because the rice didn't cook properly. So I started digging and landed on this recipe, which is from the Rachel Ray Magazine website. I must have looked at more than a dozen recipes. All that had successful reviews used the method outlined in the recipe I used. I did not add salt (we're watching sodium closely here and there's plenty in the tomatoes and sausage). Used equal parts black pepper and paprika. I also added a tsp of chipolte pepper for a little kick. Half the recipes with successful ratings browned the sausage with the chicken, the other half did not. So I browned half the sausage with the chicken (I wanted to infuse some of that flavor into the rice). Next time I think I'll brown all of the sausage with the chicken. I worked the rice like making a risotto for 3 minutes as the recipe calls for and added it to the crock pot. I used the chicken stock to deglaze the skillet (since I was doing rice I chose a stainless steel saucier). I used a medium grain parboiled white rice because that's what I had. It turned out wonderfully.

Paella is one of our all-time favorite dishes! We used to make it often when we lived in FL. I love mussels in it.

Did the rice come out ok? I like it kind of on the crispy side.