How to Make Oreo Truffles

This is very easy to make truffles,  you will need 1 large pack of oreo cookies, 1 pack cream cheese and a pack of white chocolate.

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Home Made Sausages

Making home made sausage is fun and can be frustrating at the same time.  Luckily we have this sausage maker attachment to our kitchen aide mixer, which does made life a little bit easier.  At first it was tricky but then we figure out some cheats to do it a little bit faster.  It should be fun to make it with the family as doing it alone isn't really that fun with all the mess you have to deal with, but at the end of the day you realize its is really worth it.  You can control the seasonings, amount of fat that goes in that sausage, and best of all,  no preservatives and the relief that you know what is in that sausage you are having on the table.

Here is a quick video of what we've done.

We are often frustrated with store-bought sausage, most of the times, there is so much fat in it. You can see as it you cook further, the amount of fat you that goes to the sides of your pan, which i usually spoon out to the drain. Aside from that amount of fat, sometimes it just have a nasty smell of "not so good" meat then you start to wonder, what is in this sausage?

Collagen Casing

For our homemade sausage, we used pork loin and shoulders (less fat).  For the casing we used the collagen casing  which is ready made and it is available in barbecue aisle of most shops, we bought ours from Academy Sports + Outdoors.

sausage making kit attachment

Kitchenaide mixer with attachment

finished product: homemade sausages

So, there won't be any recipe for this post as everything weren't measured, but bare in mind that when you make sausages, you better make a lot as it is a lot of work.  Freezing them makes it convenient. I hope to update this post with specific measurements, but for the time being we didn't bother to measure. All ingredients were estimated as per proportion of the meat.  We certainly used lean meat, cut it in cubes, seasoned it with salt and pepper, a little bit of paprika, cayenne pepper,  garlic powder, and onion powder.  Then comes mine and daughter's favorite part being the critic plays the crucial part. Tasting!  Hubby did a mini burger and cooked it over a heated pan subject to our criticisms.  Hubby then adjusts what is needed and if agreed with satisfaction, the fun begins with stuffing the casing.  I haven't took the video during stuffing as we were all got busy hands.

We usually serve sausage with salads and vegetables, or with egg for breakfast.  L loves it with a hotdog bun for school.  Sometimes pasta, or it is also good just as it is.

Thanks to hubby, who did most all of the job.  We were just helpers on the side waiting for his command. We really enjoyed making it for the 2nd time now, and i guess it won't be the last.  Rest assured, we won't be buying sausage from stores anymore.

Cookie making..

Leila is so quirky and funny in a lot of ways!  I'm always amazed with the way she is.  On the otherhand,  i swear I didn't see the doubled chin in me! hahaha  Oh well, next time, i know where to prohibit an angle. :-)  Eventually it will soon improve with the improvised tripod holder for the ipad.  Bare with our first time video together.. "there's always the first time"

We used the basic cookie recipe that I have tried before and it always works well. We just reduced the amount of sugar as we don't like overly sweet cookies.

Cookies

1 Cup butter/margarine

1 Cup Sugar
2 t. Vanilla extract
1 Cup self raising flour
1 3/4 Cup plain flour
1/2 Cup Corn flour
2 pcs. Egg Yolks

Method:
Beat butter, sugar, eggyolks and vanilla extract until light and fluffy. Fold in flour mixture and mix well until dough doesn't stick to the hands. Roll out dough to 6mm thickness and cut with cookie cutter. Place on baking try and bake in preheated oven 170 degrees Celcius for 20 minutes or until golden brown.

Cookie Making (teaser)

An afternoon of baking with my daughter was fun, as long as you deal with the mess, that is.  Well, the delight on her face was priceless.

Summer isn't over in this part of the world yet, so the kid needs some entertainment in the kitchen... here's what we did one afternoon, after we realized the cookie that we bought last week, was really bad, like we cant even barely finish one piece. I guess its about time she has to know that the sometimes, the best things are made at home.

Here is the teaser as we are still editing the full video.  I hope it will be finished soon (crossing fingers). Mommy is still learning the craft, so there's so much to learn.  We have converted our kitchen into a D.I.Y Studio.  More fun in the kitchen indeed.

Thanks for watching.

Note to self. I just learned that uploading videos in youtube is better than FB.

Crispy Chicken Strips

Crispy Chicken strips

Crispy Chicken Strips

This is so simple and easy to make.  I like the versatility you can do with this.  Can be served with any of your favorite sauce or dip, or salad, potatoes, or rice. The cornmeal is the essential ingredient for its crispiness that you don't have to worry if it sits for awhile, without getting soggy.  I guess i don't have to elaborate more on the quantity as it is self-explanatory.  The more chicken, the more flavoring and coating you need.  Rough estimates won't do harm.

Ingredients:

Chicken Breast (sliced into thin strips)

dried oregano

pepper (freshly ground)  ( i used pepper grinder all the time)

salt

oil for frying

Season the meat with salt and pepper, add a generous amount of oregano,  Give it a little rub so it will stick to the meat.

In a bowl, place the corn meal,  Add the meat and set aside. Shake each strip to get rid of extra cornmeal before frying.

Heat the pan and add oil for frying.

shake to get rid of extra cornmeal before frying.  Shallow fry for about a minute each side until golden brown.

watch the video:

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