Tomato Basil Mozzarella Caprese, 3 ways!

Tomato basil mozzarella caprese!

THE BEST chicken pot pies!

Mini Chicken Pot Pies

I decided to follow the trend of baking everything in cupcake tins.. and these came out AMAZING! They are perfectly moist.

* Adapted from http://allrecipes.com/recipe/chicken-pot-pie-ix/

Honey Boba Green Tea Smoothie

When looking at this title, you probably know and love 3 out of the 4 ingredients listed above.  If you aren't familiar with boba or bubble tea, you haven't lived!

The boba are those black tapioca bubbles at the bottom of the smoothie.. they have a jelly like consistency and are usually drank along with the tea using a bubble tea straw.

Here is a picture of the boba, that can be bought online or in Asian supermarkets:

 And yes, that is Chardonnay that you see in the background.. not an ingredient in this recipe, but always a great thing to have around ;P

Anyway, here are the ingredients that you need to make two sixteen oz smoothies:

-Blender
-Saucepan with a lid
-5 cups water
-1/2 cup dry boba pearls
-16 oz Brewed green tea, chilled. or you can just buy some UNSWEETENED iced green tea from the store.  I used Wegmans brand called simply green tea,
-Honey.  As much as you want.  Honey is the sweetener in this recipe.  I used 1/2 cup, plus more to drizzle on top in a cool starbucks-like design.
-Sweetened condensed milk or 2% milk.  Going below 2% will make the smoothie less creamy and frothy.

Directions:

-If brewing your own tea boil water and put enough tea bags in to make 16 oz.
For boba:

-Bring 5 cups water to a rolling boil
-gently pour 1/2 cup boba into boiling water and stir softly
-Once boba has become plump, reduce heat to medium and cover pan for 5 minutes
-Drain boba and set aside, coat in honey for to give it more of a taste
For tea:
-Place 1 cup ice cups into a blender
-Pour 16 oz green tea over ice cubes
-Add 1 cup milk, or 1/2 cup sweetened condensed milk, you can always taste and add more
-Add 1/2 cup honey to start, you can always add more to adjust flavor
-Blend ingredients together until well blended, you may have to scrape honey off the sides of the mixer from time to time.
-Add boba pearls to 16 oz glasses, and spoon tea mixture over pearls
-Enjoy with a boba tea straw.

Red Lobster Cheddar Biscuits

After searching far and wide, I have finally found the perfect recipe for the coveted Red Lobster Cheddar Biscuits!

Red Lobster Cheddar Biscuits:

Recipe after the break!

Buffalo Chicken Dip

The most addicting dip that I've ever tasted... after many recipes and tweaks, this is the best!

Buffalo Blue Cheese Chicken Dip

And yes, I know that my camera phone does not do it justice!

Cheeto Brittle

Because the BEST kind of brittle... has CHEETOS!!

Whiny willowy skinny people should avert their eyes (Not that I haven't tried to be willowy on many occasions).... go visit hungry-girl.com or something.. I LOVE hungry girl by the way.. but I wanted to eat some food that reminded me of my childhood... so here we go!

Cheeto Brittle!

Pretzel Fried Chicken (Honey Mustard Pretzel Chicken)

I have perfected honey mustard pretzel chicken.

Uhhh.. yummmm!

 

This is super easy to make.. and the ingredients will last you forever!

Low Calorie Frothy Green Tea Frappuccino

 

Cosmopolitan Cupcake Pops

Merry late Christmas and Happy almost New Year!

I've always loved cooking.  Last year, I started a food blog (phoodandphashion.blogspot.com), but being the person that I am, I basically dropped off the face of the earth and stopped posting.  So here's to a fresh start.  Since I know pictures tell the story more than words, I'll get right into the recipe for Cosmopolitan Cake Pops:

  So I know they aren't perfect, don't judge! It was my first time making cake pops.

For the recipe on the Cosmopolitan Cake pops, follow me after the jump: