Egg Roll In A Bowl

Hello my friends!  I do hope this new recipe finds you enjoying the beginning or summer and warm weather!

This is a recipe I was introduced to by my friend Nacine.  She follows a ketogenic way of eating and this recipe was a must make from the moment I saw it.  I know there are 10,000 versions but I wanted to make this one.  Nacine and I have collaborated by picking a recipe of each others and making it.  Check out her channel and see what she thinks of my Quick Pickles!  You can click here.

This turned out just as amazing I thought it would.  It literally tastes like the inside of an egg roll and I love egg rolls!  I want to note a couple of things I did differently. She used broccoli slaw and I used cabbage slow mix.  Whichever you use, it will be amazing.  I used ground turkey and she used ground beef.  Again....whatever you choose is going to be perfect.  Ready for it?  Me too!

You will need:
1lb ground beef, turkey or pork
1, oz16 pkg slow mix (cabbage or broccoli)
2-3 stalks of celery chopped
1 cup shredded carrots (2-3 or cheat and use already grated!)
2 tsp minced garlic
1/2 tsp pepper (black or white)
2 tsp onion powder
1 1/2 Tbsp soy sauce

In a high sided pan brown your ground meat.  If you ground meat rendered a lot of fat, drain it off!  Add in onion powder, garlic, pepper and veggies.  Mic until completely combined, stirring on medium heat.  When all ingredients are combined, taste it, see if you need to adjust any seasonings.  When you have it just perfect, turn heat to LOW, put the lid on and let sit for 405 minutes.  If you want very soft veggies let it go about 7 minutes.

This is really delicious and it will be a staple in our house from now on!  I hope you enjoy it too!

Might I saw, you could roll this up in some egg roll wrappers and have legit delicious egg rolls too!

Italian Style Meatloaf

Good Saturday evening my friends!

Oh what a beautiful day it has been!  I have 3 of my grandchildren today and overnight and the sun is shining and they took a long nap and ahhh......

My husband has been asking me to make him Italian meatloaf and I have been poopoo'ing him off a bit.  THEN, I was asked by one of my dear YouTuber friends if I was interested in doing a meatloaf collaboration video.  She had gotten 4 of us together and we each would share a version of meatloaf we enjoy!  It was the perfect opporutniy to share my Italian Meatloaf AND make my husband happy!  Win! Win!

This meatloaf might seem a little out in left field for you but if you aren't ready to try it with the eggs, do it without.  I encourage you though, to try it.  While I shouldn't give such secrets away, this mixture will make meatballs that your family and friends will beg you to make again and again!

2lbs ground beef
1lb Italian sausage
1cup breadcrumbs (plain or seasoned)
1/2 cup shredded or grated Parmesan cheese2 eggs
2 tsp salt
1 tsp granulated garlic
1 tsp Italian seasoning
1/4 cup marinara sauce
4-6 hard boiled eggs

Topping:
1/2 cup mozzarella
1/2 cup marinara

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. 
In a stand mixer or large mixing bowl combine all ingredients, for the meatloaf.  Mix with a hand mixer or let mix for 3-4 minutes (see video).

Place meat mixture into a backing pan and form into a loaf.  Make an indention in the middle and place eggs in a row.  Cover with meat mixture well to try and avoid it cracking.  If it does crack, no big deal!

Now to top the meatloaf, pour over 1/2 cup marinara, and bake for 66 minutes.  Remove meatloaf, add shredded mozzarella cheese and back another 10 minutes. 

Let rest for 5 minutes and enjoy!

Pistachio Oreo Fluff

Happy June everyone!  Can you believe it is already here?  School is out for most of you, graduations, summer sports, days at the beach, swimming and more will quickly begin!  But alas, it is also bathing suit season.  This terrifies me in ways I can't explain.  I know!  Let's have dessert and not think about it!

It is also time for lots of BBQ, picnics, family reunions, etc.  You will likely already have a stocked arsenal of recipes for such events, but please, let me share with you something new, SUPER easy, and delicious.  It isn't so overly sweet, but light and creamy and fluffy and OH SO GOOD!  This recipe was just inspired by a recent collaboration video I did on my YouTube Channel!  I taste tested the new Pistachio Oreo Thins!  My husband is a pistachio lover, and these thin Oreo's were no different.  I wanted to come up with something easy for summer, no baking or cooking, simple, not many ingredients and so here we go.

1 pkg Pistachio Oreos
1 3.4 box INSTANT Pistachio Pudding
2 cups Heavy Whipping Cream
1/3 cup SHELLED Pistachios (adjust to your taste)

In a bowl combine pudding, and heavy whipping cream.  Using a hand mixer or stand mixer if you are doubling or tripling the recipe for a larger group, mix until creamy and stuff peaks are formed.  Take approx 10-15 Oreos and crush them with your hands into the mixture.  Fold mixture to combine.  Cover and chill at least 1 hour, more is better!  Before serving, crumble over a handful more Oreo cookies and your chopped pistachios for a wonderful salty crunch!

Like I said, this is not a super sweet dessert.  It is just perfect and the texture is delightful!  The occasional chunk of cookie, or salty crunch of the nuts.....perfection!

Enjoy this dessert.  I wrote this amount for a small group, doubling or tripling is easy and better suited for a larger amount of people!

Give this a try!  Let me know how you liked it!