Blog recommendations !

Hey guys,

I love finding new blogs, especially insipiring food and nutrition blogs to keep my meals interesting.

Here are my top three favourites. All three feature delicious, healthy and quick recipes that are sure to delight your taste buds. Add them to your RSS feeds.

Vitamin G, Everyday Food, In Good Taste

Gingerbread House

Christmas is getting closer (17 days and counting!)

I must admit , with all these exams I definately have not had time to build my own gingerbread house but I did find a fun video online. It shows Martha Stewart and designer Isaac Mzrahi building an entire town-square out of gingerbread !


Check it out, it is sure to make your mouth water !

Ricotta and Herb Spread

I stumbled upon this recipe in Real Simple magazine. I have yet to try it , but it seems pretty much fool-proof.

Ingredients

- 2 cups of fresh ricotta cheese

- 2 tables spoons of fresh chives

- a dash of salt and pepper

- 1 small baguette, sliced and toasted

Directions

- Mix the ricotta and herbs - place in a serving bowl

- lightly toast the baguette slices under the broiler

Chocolate Dipped Pretzel Sticks

These pretzel sticks are always a crowd favourite. The combination of sweet chocolate and salty pretzels tastes like heaven!

What you'll need

- pretzel sticks

- large milk chocolate chips or melting disk chocolate

- white chocolate
- baking sheet lined with wax paper

Steps

1. Melt the chocolate- boil water over the stove or in the kettle and pour into a large stainless steel bowl, then add a smaller bowl with the chocolate in it. Allow the hot water in the large bowl to melt the chocolate in the smaller bowl & stir so that it is melted evenly.

(do NOT put the chocolate directly over heat in a pot, it will burn, and smell bad, and taste worse)

2. line the baking sheet with wax paper and lay the pretzel sticks out on it.

3. Pour the milk chocolate over the top half of the pretzel stick (so that you can hold the bottom with your hand)
4. let it cool for about half an hour , and drizzle the melted white chocolate over top of the milk chocolate.

You can also be creative and add chopped nuts, or candy cane pieces for a different taste!

Impressive Holiday Recipes

Now that the holiday season is officially upon us, so is the holiday party circuit. Stay tuned to The Plastic Spoons for some of the most simple, yet impressive holiday recipes ever.

Prosciutto & Parmesan Pinwheels

These pinwheels are super easy but look very professional. Show up all of your friends at your next holiday party by arriving with these savoury h'ors D'eurves


Ingredients

- 1 package of thinly sliced prosciutto
- 1 package of FRESH Parmesan cheese
- Dijon or Honey Mustard
- 1 package of pre-made puff pastry

Assembly

- follow instructions on the puff pastry for de-thawing (it typically takes about 2 hours to de-thaw a frozen roll of pastry) - Makes sure that you are working with the pastry while it is still cold.
- Roll out the pastry on a cold baking sheet and spread the mustard evenly across the surface
- sprinkle cheese and lie strips of prosciutto evenly across pastry
- roll pastry so that it forms a spiraled tube (along the long side)
- cut tube into 1/2 inch pinwheels with a cold knife

Bake at 350 degrees F on a lightly oiled baking sheet for 10-12 minutes (watch them closely!)
heat them in the oven for a few minutes before serving and watch your guests swoon!