Dulce de leche Apple Wontons

I know it's technically Pumpkin season, but I've always been more of an apple girl.  Those are coming into their own too, and I love nothing more then a good apple pie.

I wanted to make something a little more portable, and also something that would be great for a party.  These are so delicious!  Crispy, creamy, sugary with just a little bit of tart.  This is my new favorite make to take!

Ingredients:

3 Granny Smith Apples
3 Gala Apples
2 teaspoons lemon juice
1 cup Dulce de leche
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoons cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon Cardamon
1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 tablespoon all purpose flour
46 wonton wrappers
1/4 cup Wildtree Natural Grapeseed Oil

Method of Prep:

Core and peal apples, and dice into 1/2 inch chunks.  Place apples in a large mixing bowl and toss with lemon juice.  Add sugar, spices and flour and mix well with your hands making sure all apples are covered and mixture is incorporated fully.

Line a slow cooker with foil and put 1/3 mixture in the bottom.  Add 1/3 cup of Ducle De Leche. Add the second 1/3 mixture of apples and follow again with Dulce De Leche.  Continue with last of apples and top with last of Ducle De Leche.  Cover and cook on high for an hour.  With a spoon stir your apple pie mixture.  Taste for firmness.  Some may like it more mushy or with more of a crunch.  I think I ended up cooking mine about an hour and a half, but I could have stopped at an hour.

While your apples are cooking pre-heat oven to 400 and brush wontons with Grapeseed Oil on both sides,  Gently press them into a mini muffin pan, forming a cup.

Bake for 5-10 minutes.  Keep an eye on them because they can burn quick,and all ovens are different.  When they start turning golden brown they are done.  Mine were perfect at 7 minutes. You can also sprinkle them with sugar and cinnamon before they bake.  I chose not to do this because the mixture is already so sweet.

You can pour your Dulce de leche apples into a bowl and place your wontons around it, creating a make your own apple pie bar.  Hell you can keep the apple mixture in the crock pot to keep it all warm and ooey gooey and hot.  Warm apple pie on demand?  Yes please!

There are lots of things you can set out with it too.  Crumble topping, nuts, and whipped cream are just a few things I can think of off the top of my head.  It's just so. good.

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Smokey S'mores Popcorn Bars

Google S'mores recipes and you'll come up with an avalanche of cookies, cupcakes, cheesecakes, brownies, tarts....well you get the picture.  If it is in food form there is a recipe for it.

A lot of them forget one key ingredient to a great S'mores.  The campfire.  Sure, some of them have you either toasting the marshmallow part with a torch or broiling them in the oven, but I wondered if there was a way to get that without the flame.




Ingredients:

16 Ounces of marshmallows (I used homemade following Alton Brown's recipe. It's easy and it makes a huge difference!)

1 cup unsalted butter

1 cup brown sugar

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1 cup crushed graham crackers

6 tablespoons unpopped popcorn

2 tablespoons Wildtree Hickory Smoked Grilling Grapeseed Oil

1 cup chocolate chips (dark chocolate, mild chocolate, semi-sweet - pick your poison)

1 cup mini marshmallows

First you are going to make your popcorn.  I did it old school on the stove in a large dutch oven.  Heat oil on meadium high heat and add popcorn. Cover and shake until popping stops.  That's it, and you get a popcorn with a hint of smoke.  Campfire problem solved!

Place popcorn in a large, and I mean like the largest bowl you have.  You will need it for the mixing.  Melt butter in large sauce pan on medium high heat, and add brown sugar, stirring frequently until all sugar has melted into the butter.  Add the marshmallows, stirring constantly until everything is liquid.  Add cinnamon and stir to combined.  Turn off heat add pour mixture over popcorn, stirring to incorporate.  Gently stir mixture, adding graham cracker crumbs a little at a time so that they are evenly distributed.

Poor into a large, parchment covered cookie sheet.  Spread until it is evenly distributed, and top with mini marshmallows and chocolate chips.

Let cool completely and gently cut into bars.  This is so delicious and I must warn you, highly addicting.  I would say you can save it in an air tight container for a few days, but trust me, it won't last that long!

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Peanut Butter Cup Chocolate Cupcakes

Ok, so every once in awhile you have to make something decadent. .. delicious ... scrumptious.

It's all about balance, right? This is what I like to make when I'm needing a chocolate fix!

Can you say delicious?  It is also incredibly easy!

Ok, so I cheat and use a box mix cake. There are plenty of things you can do to spruce up a cake mix. I replace the liquid with strong coffee when I'm making a chocolate cake. I also use Wildtree organic coconut oil instead of vegetable oil.

The coffee brings out the chocolate flavor, and the coconut oil makes the cake moist and fluffy. I simply follow the rest of the directions on the box and make my cupcakes.

For the peanut butter filling and icing I combined one 8 ounce cream cheese, one and one fourth cup confectioners sugar, and 1 cup peanut butter.

Once the cupcakes have cooled I use an apple corer or you can use a knife and I cut the center out of the Cupcake. Depending on how much filling you want is how big you make the hole.

In a bowl I put crushed peanuts and chocolate sprinkles. Fill your cupcake with the peanut butter mixture. You can pipe it in in a pastry bag, or just use a knife like I do. Pipe or spread the mixture over the top. Again this depends on how much peanut butter to chocolate you want in your cupcake.

Once this is complete simply roll your cupcakes in the bowl of peanuts and sprinkles. For those of us that lack the patience for proper piping skills this gives you a professional looking cupcake without the skills!

Trust me people will rave about these cupcakes. They will swear you bought them from your favorite bakery they are that good!

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Garlicky Broccoli Chicken Alfredo Bake

Oh it is glorious #cheatday!  If I’m going to cheat, I’m going to CHEAT!  This is my go-to cheat meal.  It is decadent, cheesy, gooey, buttery, garlicky...I could go on and on.

Just because it's cheat day doesn't mean I'll consume a bunch of toxic ingredients, and this Alfredo mix I have from Wildtree could go head to head against any Alfredo I've had in any restaurant.  It is seriously that good!

Ingredients:

12 Oz your favorite noodles (I use egg noodles)

1 pound boneless skinless chicken breasts

18 oz broccoli florets

1 cup milk

1 cup mozzarella 

8 tablespoons butter

1 cup Wildtree Alfredo Extraordinaire

1 tablespoon Wildtree Garlic Galore Seasoning Blend

2 teaspoons Wildtree Natural Grapeseed Oil

Salt to taste

Method of Prep:

Marinate chicken breasts in Garlic Galore and oil for at least an hour.  Bake at 350 degrees or until chicken reaches an internal temp of 165.  Roast your broccoli at the same time for 20 minutes.  I add light salt to the broccoli.  Cut chicken into 1/2 inch cubes once cooled.

Prepare noodles to package directions minus a minute or so.  In a sauce pan melt butter and add milk.  Whisk in Wildtree Alfredo Extraordinaire until mixture starts to simmer.  Add noodles, broccoli and chicken to sauce and combined fully.  Sprinkle mozzarella and combine.  Pour finished product in a pan sprayed with non-stick spray and bake for 20 minutes at 350.  Choose your pan side on how much "crispy" you want.  I use a deep glass dish when I make this!

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Stuffed Eggplant

One of the best things about summer is all the delicious things you can make with fresh veggies.  This recipe is an all-time favorite!  Click each slide for a larger view and step by step pictorial directions!

Chicken Quesadilla Muffins

So i love Mexican food.  Seriously love Mexican food.  As I try to clean up my eating habits I've been challenged to find a way to still have things I enjoy that are just a bit more healthy.

Chicken Quesadilla's are a favorite of mine, but I wanted to replace the shell with a more complex carb option.  I also love single serving type recipes, so I came up with this!

I could totally binge on these - they are so freakin' good!  I say could because they are so incredibly filling that there is just no way that's going to happen!

The beautiful part of this recipe is that most of it came out of my freezer and was cooked in the crock pot!

Ingredients:

For Chicken Filling:

1 ½ lbs. boneless skinless chicken breasts 

1 (10 ounce) can Rotel tomatoes 

1 (4.5 ounce) can diced green chilies 

2 teaspoon Wildtree Chicken Bouillon blend 

¼ cup Wildtree Fiesta Salsa blend 

For Corn Muffin:

4 cups water

1 cup corn meal

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon fresh ground pepper

2 eggs

3 tablespoon milk

Reserved:

1 teaspoon Wildtree Grapeseed Oil

1 cup cheddar jack cheese

1/4 cup sour cream

I make my Polenta ahead of time.  Actually I always try to have some polenta in my refridgerator for recipes like this!  Bring water to a boil, and slowly, and I mean slowly whisk in corn meal.  If you add to much at once it will clump, and trust me, you do not want that!  Cook on low, stirring constantly for about 10 minutes, until it is really hard to stir and it pulls away from the side of the pan.  If making that day bring to room temp before adding eggs and milk.

Combine polenta with eggs and mild.  Best way to do this?  The good old fashioned way with your hands!  Now I use the large silicon muffin pan, so I put about 1/2 cup polenta into each slot.  If you don't use silicon I would recommend lining your pan for easy removal.

Lightly brush Grapeseed Oil in each muffin slot, and add polenta.  I cover a spice bottle with plastic wrap and gently press down, making an indentation.  Bake for 10 minutes at 350 to set.

Chicken Filling:

Combine all ingredients for chicken filling in a large Ziploc freezer bag and freeze if preparing later. When ready to cook, empty thawed bag into crockpot, add ½ cup water, cover, and cook on low for 8 hours. At serving time, shred the chicken with a fork, add ½ cup sour cream, and stir. Let simmer an add’l 5-10 min. 

Fill each muffin with chicken filling.  I get about 8 muffins using my large muffin pan.  Bake 25 minutes or until top of corn muffin starts to brown.  Sprinkle with cheese and cook for a few more minutes, until cheese melts.

With a few substitutions this recipe is awesome for people doing the Weight Watcher Simply Filling Technique.  Hell it's good for the points system too!  It is so delicious and filling!

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Blueberry Chicken Salad with Strawberry Balsamic

So this guy I work with brought me a big bag of fresh blueberries.  Let me tell you, I am a blueberry fanatic.  I eat them Every. Day.  I wanted to try something a little different then a muffin or cereal.

I think I found my new blueberry addiction!

Blueberry Chicken Salad!  

I don't think I can describe how delicious this is!  Packed with protein, whole ingredients and flavor that makes you mouth sing this is one of the best things I've made in a long time, and it took no time at all!

There are a few substitutions you can make, and I'll probably try in the future.  I usually put onions in my chicken salad, but with the addition of Feta I decided it would be to much.  I think it is a one thing or the other type deal.  Pick your poison.

Ingredients:

1 pound poached skinless chicken breasts

2 Tbs Wildtree Coconut Citrus Blend

1/2 Tsp Salt

2 stalks celery, chopped

1 cup Blueberries

2 Tbs Wildtree Apple Balsamic Vinegar

1 Cup FF Greek Yogurt

3 Oz Feta Cheese

Method of Prep:

My Mom taught me a long time ago that while poaching chicken you had the perfect opportunity to "perfume" it.  Place chicken breasts in the bottom or a pot or deep skillet.  Sprinkle salt and Coconut Citrus Blend on chicken, and cover with water until it is about a 1/2 above the chicken.  Bring to a slow rolling boil, cover and cook for five minutes.  Remove from heat, keeping it covered.  Check temperature of chicken in about 10-12 minutes.  It should reach 165 and be perfectly poached with a hint of citrus!  Let it rest until it cools to room temperature, and shred or cube, whichever is your preference.

Which Apple Balsamic Vinegar and Greek yogurt together.  Mix in with chicken, celery, and feta.  Once incorporated well gently fold in the blueberries.

Eat on a lettuce wrap or your favorite bun!

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