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Thai Stir-fried Noodles – Guest Post

by Ashley Mullen Leave a Comment

Thailand is famous for its food culture and the incorporation of salty, sweet, bitter, sour and spicy into all of its dishes. This unique combination of flavors makes Thai food so multi-dimensional and delicious, and is the perfect addition to your recipe box. Thai Stir Fried Noodles is one of the staple dishes from this region and it is extremely easy to make at home! This post comes from Victoria at How Daily.

Thai Stir-Fried Noodles

Thai Stir-fried Noodles

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A Taste Of Thailand

Thai stir-fried noodles actually have roots in Chinese cuisine. It is thought that Chinese trader brought the dish to Thailand’s old capital Ayutthaya. Although Bangkok is the capital of Thailand today, you can still visit the old capital and get traditional stir-fried noodles while wandering around the ancient ruins.

If a plane ticket is not in your future, don’t worry! You can still make an authentic version at home from ingredients you can find right at your local supermarket.

The Ingredients You Will Need

The first thing you will need is a good wok. Frying pans will not work for making Thai stir-fried noodles. For the true taste, invest in wok. You will be able to use it for any number of additional delicious recipes so it is a great piece for your kitchen.
Prep time:  10 mins  | Cook time:  30 mins | Serves: 2 – 3

Ingredients:

  • 16 oz rice noodles
  • 2 or 3 cloves of garlic depending on your taste
  • 1 shallot or small onion
  • Meat of your choice- if you are vegetarian you can substitute tofu or just load up on additional veggies
  • 2 eggs
  • 4  tablespoons brown sugar (do not use white sugar)
  • 3  tablespoons of soy sauce
  • 3  tablespoons of fish sauce (available in the international aisle of your supermarket)
  • The juice of one lime
  • Vegetables of your choice
  • Bean sprouts

To make it really authentic, add the following:

  • 1 tablespoon of oyster sauce
  • Fresh cilantro
  • Ground peanuts

Do not be put off by the smell of fish sauce. Your final dish won’t have that fishy flavor.

Thai Stir-Fried Noodles

Instructions:

  1. Cook the noodles according to the package and set aside.
  2. Heat your oil and add garlic, onion, oyster sauce and your meat (if you’re using it). Cook your meat all the way through.
  3. Throw in your eggs and mix everything together.
  4. Add the noodles, all additional ingredients except for the cilantro and lime juice and cook together until the vegetables are done but still crispy.
  5. Transfer your noodle mixture to a bowl and garnish liberally with cilantro and a generous squeeze of lime.
Thai Stir-Fried Noodles

Thai Stir-fried Noodles

Yield: 4
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 30 minutes

Ingredients

  • 16 oz rice noodles
  • 2 or 3 cloves of garlic depending on your taste
  • 1 shallot or small onion
  • Meat of your choice- if you are vegetarian you can substitute tofu or just load up on additional veggies
  • 2 eggs
  • 4 tablespoons brown sugar, do not use white sugar
  • 3 tablespoons of soy sauce
  • 3 tablespoons of fish sauce, available in the international aisle of your supermarket
  • The juice of one lime
  • Vegetables of your choice
  • Bean sprouts
  • To make it really authentic, add the following:
  • 1 tablespoon of oyster sauce
  • Fresh cilantro
  • Ground peanuts

Instructions

  1. Cook the noodles according to the package and set aside.
  2. Heat your oil and add garlic, onion, oyster sauce and your meat (if you're using it). Cook your meat all the way through.
  3. Throw in your eggs and mix everything together.
  4. Add the noodles, all additional ingredients except for the cilantro and lime juice and cook together until the vegetables are done but still crispy.
  5. Transfer your noodle mixture to a bowl and garnish liberally with cilantro and a generous squeeze of lime.
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 4 Serving Size: 1 grams
Amount Per Serving: Unsaturated Fat: 0g
© Ashley Mullen
Category: Main Course

Serving Suggestions And Accompaniments

Your stir-fried noodles will be delicious as is, but if you are looking for a traditional experience feel free to sprinkle on some dried or fresh chilis or even another dash of fish sauce. Add extra peanuts on top for a satisfying crunch and enjoy your taste of the far East!

Thai Stir-Fried Noodles

Guest Post Bio

Victoria is a home cooking mom and food blogger behind How Daily. She loves to share her recipes and culinary tips from her diversified experience of multi-culture.  She’s most interested in cooking and creating authentic and original taste from traditional recipe. Follow her on Pinterest.

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Pepper and Egg Cups for Breakfast

by Ashley Mullen Leave a Comment

Breakfast time! Come and get it! Though I rarely actually have to call anyone to the table to eat. These pepper and egg cups are delicious and filling. While my kids don’t care for these, they are against egg, but Hubby and I enjoy having them ready to heat up each morning. Hubby can grab them on the way out the door on his way to work.

Pepper and Egg Cups for Breakfast

Pepper and Egg Cups for Breakfast

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These are easy to make, healthy, and they are extremely filling. They taste great as is, along with other breakfast foods, and they are amazing in an English muffin, making your own version of an Egg McMuffin.

What you need:

  • 1 ⁄2 cup Hormel Bacon bits
  • 1 ⁄2 cup uncooked bell peppers
  • 10 eggs
  • 1 ⁄4 cup plain unsweetened almond milk – or your choice of milk
  • 4 oz shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese
  • 1 tsp basil

How to make breakfast egg cups:

  1. Grab a large bowl, crack 10 eggs into it.
  2. Add in your milk, 3/4 of the shredded cheese, diced peppers,  basil, and bacon bits into the bowl too.
  3. Mix everything together really well.
  4. This part is important: spray your muffin tin really, really well with non-stick spray. These will stick. They’ll stick slightly even with spraying well. I get between 10-12 cups, depending on whether I go overboard with peppers.
  5. Sprinkle remaining cheese on top.
  6. Bake at 375 for 30 minutes.
Pepper and Egg Cups for Breakfast

Pepper and Egg Cups for Breakfast

Yield: 10
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 30 minutes
Total Time: 40 minutes

Make ahead egg breakfast cup for breakfast on the go.

Ingredients

  • 1 ⁄2 cup Hormel Bacon bits
  • 1 ⁄2 cup uncooked bell peppers
  • 10 eggs
  • 1 ⁄4 cup plain unsweetened almond milk - or your choice of milk
  • 4 oz shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese
  • 1 tsp basil

Instructions

  1. Mix together all ingredients minus 1oz of cheese.
  2. Divide into greased muffin tin. Sprinkle a little cheese on top.
  3. Bake for 30 minutes
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 10 Serving Size: 1 grams
Amount Per Serving: Unsaturated Fat: 0g
© Ashley Mullen
Category: Breakfast

These pepper and egg cups are perfect for making up ahead of time. Either throw a couple into the microwave or oven to reheat for breakfast on the go. These are the perfect make ahead breakfast for Christmas morning.

I bought silicone muffin liners to see if there was a difference in ease of getting the breakfast egg cups out, and the answer is: yes. And no.

The trick to getting them out without breaking them up is this: let them cool completely. When they are still hot they fall apart. I know how hard it is to just leave them be because they smell so good.

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Easy Balsamic Veggie Pasta

by Ashley Mullen Leave a Comment

When you add a puppy to your family things get a little out of whack and you forget to think about things like supper. Eventually however, people need to be feed, no matter how much fun we’re all having playing we need to eat. This balsamic veggie pasta is easy to make, easy to throw together when you have forgotten to make supper.

This is a great budget friendly, meatless meal. Healthy and filling.

Easy Balsamic Veggie Pasta

Easy Balsamic Veggie Pasta

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We have been becoming big on roasted veggies. I buy bags of frozen mixed veggies from Costco, frozen because there is less chances of them getting lost in the fridge and going bad.

But also, frozen veggies have a more likely chance of being used in a meal instead of my kids snacking on them instead. Big vegetable eaters my kids. Which, I love, but sometimes it’s nice to actually have the vegetables for meal time too.

What you need:

  • 3 cups pasta
  • 1 ⁄2 tsp Sriracha hot sauce
  • 1 Tbsp EVOO
  • 1 ⁄4 cup soy sauce
  • 2 Tbsp balsamic vinegar
  • 1 ⁄2 tsp ground ginger
  • 4 cups uncooked mixed vegetables

How to make Easy Balsamic Veggie Pasta:

Take a cookie sheet and line with parchment paper. Bake in your oven at 425. This is how we all love our veggies at supper time. We’ll actually “fight” over them, that’s how much we love them.

We don’t like mushy vegetables, we like them roasted and delicious. This is how I made them for this pasta dish as well. Simply bake until golden brown and slightly crispy.

Easy Balsamic Veggie Pasta

Cook 3 cups of pasta following the directions on your pasta.

While the pasta and veggies are cooking, mix up the sauce. Simply just toss all the ingredients together in a bowl, or measuring cup.

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All very simple, and not time consuming at all. Perfect for those days when you kind of forget to make supper until the last minute.

When the vegetables and pasta are cooked, toss everything together in a bowl (or large pot). We added a little bacon bits to the top of ours for a little extra.

Another you could top this with would be French’s Crispy Fried Onions. We actually have an auto subscribe set up for these.

Easy Balsamic Veggie Pasta

I hope you enjoy this as much as we do.

Easy Balsamic Veggie Pasta

Easy Balsamic Veggie Pasta

Yield: 8
Prep Time: 2 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 22 minutes

Ingredients

  • 3 cups pasta
  • 1 ⁄2 tsp Sriracha hot sauce
  • 1 Tbsp EVOO
  • 1 ⁄4 cup soy sauce
  • 2 Tbsp balsamic vinegar
  • 1 ⁄2 tsp ground ginger
  • 4 cups uncooked mixed vegetables

Instructions

  1. Bake vegetables at 425 for 15 minutes or until cooked the way you like.
  2. Boil 3 cups of pasta.
  3. Mix together remaining ingredients together in a small bowl. This is the sauce.
  4. Once pasta is cooked, drain.
  5. Mix together pasta, vegetables and sauce.
  6. Serve while hot.
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 8 Serving Size: 1 grams
Amount Per Serving: Unsaturated Fat: 0g
© Ashley Mullen
Category: Main Course

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Easy Slow Cooker BBQ Meatballs

by Ashley Mullen Leave a Comment

BBQ meatballs are always a hit in my house, it never fails that everyone will eat all there is, there will not be one leftover meatball in the house by the time the meal is over. They tend to be my go to when Gauge hasn’t been eating well at supper time, which is exactly why I dug out this bbq meatball recipe the other day.

Easy Slow Cooker BBQ Meatballs

Easy Slow Cooker BBQ Meatballs

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Normally I would rather buy pre-made meatballs because I hate to touch raw meat, plus it makes the throwing something together that much easier and faster. However, one I didn’t have any pre-made in the freezer, and we are trying to eat a little healthier right now, so homemade meatballs it was, and wow, so great!

What you need:

  • 1 lb ground beef
  • 1/4 cup seasoned bread crumbs
  • 2 egg whites or 1 egg
  • 2 cups of onion divided
  • 2 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
  • 2 cloves of garlic minced
  • 1/2 cup BBQ sauce
  • 1/2 cup beef broth

How to make Slow Cooker BBQ Meatballs:

Toss together, your ground beef, bread crumbs, egg whites, Worcestershire sauce, 1 cup of thinly diced onions, and garlic.

Mix it really, whether with your hands, or with a potato masher like I use.

Easy BBQ Meatballs

Form into 2″ balls. Set aside. I do wish I had thought to use my food processor for the onions in the meatballs, didn’t think of it until later.

Easy BBQ Meatballs

In your slow cooker mix together BBQ sauce of your choice, beef broth, and the remaining onions.

Drop your meatballs into the sauce, give them a gentle stir to make sure they are fully covered in sauce.

Cook on low for 3-4 hours. Depending on how tightly you pack your BBQ meatballs together, they shouldn’t fall apart.

Enjoy with some delicious mashed potatoes, some veggies. Over some rice.

Easy BBQ Meatballs
Easy BBQ Meatballs

Easy Slow Cooker BBQ Meatballs

Yield: 16
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 4 hours
Total Time: 4 hours 20 minutes

Ingredients

  • 1 lb ground beef
  • 1/4 cup seasoned bread crumbs
  • 2 egg whites or 1 egg
  • 2 cups of onion, divided
  • 2 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
  • 2 cloves of garlic, minced
  • 1/2 cup BBQ sauce
  • 1/2 cup beef broth

Instructions

  1. Toss together, your ground beef, bread crumbs, egg whites, Worcestershire sauce, 1 cup of thinly diced onions, and garlic. Mix it really, whether with your hands, or with a potato masher like I use.
  2. Form into 2" balls. Set aside.
  3. In your slow cooker mix together BBQ sauce of your choice, beef broth, and the remaining onions.
  4. Drop your meatballs into the sauce, give them a gentle stir to make sure they are fully covered in sauce.
  5. Cook on low for 3-4 hours.
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 16 Serving Size: 1 grams
Amount Per Serving: Unsaturated Fat: 0g
© Ashley Mullen
Category: Main Course

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Healthy Banana Chocolate Oatmeal Muffins

by Ashley Mullen Leave a Comment

I’m sharing another muffin recipe with you because we love how easy they are to grab and go in the mornings around here. These ones are healthy banana, chocolate oatmeal, yum! We grab them before sitting down to our read aloud, which is how we start our school mornings, Hubby can grab one on the way out the door for work.

Healthy Banana Chocolate Oatmeal Muffins

Healthy Banana Chocolate Oatmeal Muffins

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My first tip would be, I only had regular semi sweet chocolate chips, and I wanted smaller pieces so I threw them into my little food processor. Best choice. It gave a consistent chocolate through the muffin, plus I sprinkled a little over the tops, delicious.

What you need:

  • 1 ⁄2 cup uncooked quick oats
  • 1 ⁄2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 large banana, mashed
  • 1 1 ⁄4 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1 ⁄4 cup unpacked brown sugar
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 1 ⁄2 tsp baking soda
  • 1 ⁄2 tsp table salt
  • 1 ⁄2 cup mini chocolate chips, divided
  • 8 fl ozplain unsweetened almond milk

How to make Banana Chocolate Oatmeal Muffins:

  1. Preheat oven to 375ºF. Coat 12 muffin holes with cooking spray.
  2. In a large mixing bowl, milk, oats, vanilla extract and egg; set aside 5 minutes for oats to soften and then stir in banana.
  3. In a separate bowl, stir together flour, brown sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
  4. Stir flour mixture into yogurt mixture to moisten ingredients (do not beat – the dough will be very thick).
  5. Reserve 1 tablespoon chips; stir in remaining chips.
  6. Spoon batter by heaping tablespoons into prepared muffin holes; sprinkle each with a few reserved chocolate chips.
  7. Bake until golden brown and a tester inserted in center of a muffin comes out clean, about 15 to 18 minutes.

These are simple to make. Very quick, so quick I didn’t take any photos during the making process.

Simply toss and mix all the ingredients together in a bowl. Either line your muffin tin with liners, or grease your muffin tin. If you use liners, give them a spray with non-stick spray. These are very sticky.

Healthy Banana Chocolate Oatmeal Muffins

Healthy Banana Chocolate Oatmeal Muffins

Yield: 12
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 18 minutes
Total Time: 28 minutes
Healthy Banana Chocolate Oatmeal Muffins

Ingredients

  • 1 ⁄2 cup uncooked quick oats
  • 1 ⁄2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 large banana, mashed
  • 1 1 ⁄4 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1 ⁄4 cup unpacked brown sugar
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 1 ⁄2 tsp baking soda
  • 1 ⁄2 tsp table salt
  • 1 ⁄2 cup mini chocolate chips, divided
  • 8 fl ozplain unsweetened almond milk

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 375ºF. Coat 12 muffin holes with cooking spray.
  2. In a large mixing bowl, milk, oats, vanilla extract and egg; set aside 5 minutes for oats to soften and then stir in banana.
  3. In a separate bowl, stir together flour, brown sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Stir flour mixture into yogurt mixture to moisten ingredients (do not beat - the dough will be very thick). Reserve 1 tablespoon chips; stir in remaining chips.
  4. Spoon batter by heaping tablespoons into prepared muffin holes; sprinkle each with a few reserved chocolate chips. Bake until golden brown and a tester inserted in center of a muffin comes out clean, about 15 to 18 minutes.
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 12 Serving Size: 1 grams
Amount Per Serving: Unsaturated Fat: 0g
© Ashley Mullen
Category: Breakfast

These are perfect for making ahead on the weekend for the week ahead. they make a great breakfast on the go, a nice snack to pack as you head out the door running errands or head to different extra curricular activities.

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