Ultimate Sloppy Joes with Butternut Squash Colslaw

YUM YUM YUM! And what a perfect day we had in Florida to end with such a Fall inspired meal! I have been wanting to make this coleslaw for over a week now and just been really busy. I didnt have to time to go get the ingredients!

I saw this recipe on Tyler's Ultimate on Food Network and it just screamed you have to try this. It contains cranberries, walnuts, and a creamy goat cheese vinaigrette. It was super delightful, either by itself or smack right on top of the sloppy joe between the two buns!

The sloppy joe was so super simple to make I figured why not give it a try too. It was the best sloppy joe I've had in a while and it was made from scratch. Goodbye, Manwich! Hello, Homemade!

I'm going to go ahead and post the link to both recipe here!

In the sloppy joes I used lean ground beef but to make it healthier definitely use the lean turkey meat he uses.

Sloppy Joes:

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/tyler-florence/the-ultimate-sloppy-joes-recipe/index.html

Butternut Squash Coleslaw:

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/tyler-florence/butternut-squash-coleslaw-with-honey-goat-cheese-dressing-recipe/index.html

I hope everyone enjoys!

Walnut crusted Mahi Mahi with Curried Couscous

The other day I stopped in at my favorite meat market off Woodbury in Waterford Lakes and grab a few things for the week, one being Mahi Mahi. I knew I wanted to make fish but had no idea what I wanted to make but I definitely didnt want to make any salmon or tilapia so I went with this.

Today, while Brayden napped I was searching the foodnetwork website and saw Macadamia Nut crusted Mahi Mahi, knew I didnt have macadamia nuts or the coconut milk the recipe called for so I decided let me try to it with walnuts and just not worry about the coconut milk since it wasnt a lot. I decided as I was putting it together to add a little coconut flake in the crusting for that sweet coconut flavor.

I decided to pair the fish with a couscous because I saw another recipe for a coconut style mahi with curried couscous. I already knew how to make a curried couscous so I decided lets do it too. I originally got the recipe for this couscous from Publix but tweeked it a little to be my own and what flavors I like to have.

Needless to say this dish turned out so yummy! And I hope this will help bring a little different flavor profiles into your kitchen.

Walnut crusted Mahi Mahi
4- 6-8oz filets Mahi Mahi
1/2 cup panko bread crumbs
1 1/4 cup walnuts, ground (I used the food processor to grind it up, I left some chunks)
1/4 cup butter, melted
2 tbls flour
1/4 cup coconut flakes
Salt, pepper, and olive oil for seasoning

Preheat the oven to 425 degrees.

Take the Mahi season with salt and pepper (or nature's seasoning, is what I used) and a little coat of olive oil over the fish on both sides. Spray sheet pan down with cooking spray. Place fish spread out evenly on the pan. Let sit while preparing the crust.

To make crust combine all the ingredients together.

Place mahi in oven for 5 minutes. Bring back out of the oven and put the crust on top of each filet evenly, some may fall off but thats ok. Press down so the it adheres to the fish. Place back in the oven for 10 minutes, until crust is golden brown. Once its done, let it sit for 10 minutes.

Curried Couscous:
1 cup chicken broth or water
2 tsp olive oil
1tbls curry powder
2 tbls brown sugar
2tsp garlic powder
2tsp ground ginger
1/2 cup golden raisins
1/2 cup walnuts, chopped
2/3 cup couscous
Salt and pepper to taste

Bring chicken broth and olive oil to a boil. Add in curry powder, brown sugar, garlic powder, ginger, raisins, and couscous. Once couscous is added, cover the pot and remove from the burner. Let sit for 7 minutes. Once its done, flake with a fork and add in walnuts for some added crunch! Add salt and pepper, if needed.

I hope you all enjoy! Now I'm off to boot camp and get to actually enjoy this meal afterwards!

Mama's Lasagna

Not my mama's but the ever popular Neely's on Food Network's Mama's Lasagna. And OHHH it was soo soo soo good. Generally, you will look up recipes on Food Network that look good but read the reviews and you just get turned off by the negative reviews from some of the people. This recipe had a 5 star rating and every single review was " This is the best lasagna I have ever eaten!" So of course I couldn't not try it.

Like I have said in the past, I'm not a huge down home kind of cook, I normally don't cook all your typical homey foods. But tonight I was stumped and had ground beef out, so I turned to my favoritest site EVER, FOOD NETWORK. I went on the website and searched under beef, dinner, and in 30 minutes. Well a few steak ideas came up and then I saw lasagna rolls and decided let me search Lasagna. I went down the list and this popped out to me so I read it, then read the reviews and decided Lasagna is "what's for dinner!"

Let me just reiterate when I say best Lasagna I have ever had, I mean BEST I HAVE EVER HAD!

I served it with steamed broccoli and cauliflower mix, and Cuban bread baked in the oven with garlic butter on top.


The Cuban bread is easy and oh soo yummy! Get a fresh loaf of Cuban bread from your local grocery store, soft butter in the tub, and 4 gloves of garlic. With the garlic you are going to peel, and mash, grate, mince (whatever is easiest for you) mix it together with about a 1 cup of butter. Once the lasagna is done, cut the loaf in half lengthwise, smear the butter mixture on top and place both halves in the oven until golden brown 5-10 minutes. This is how my Mima makes her garlic bread whenever we go to her house!

I hope you all enjoy it and try it out! You will not be sorry if you do!

www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/neelys/mamas-lasagna-recipe/index.html