Fish and Shrimp soup

I was lying in bed when I felt a sudden craving of fish and shrimp soup. I remember I had atlantic salmon fish and shrimp in the freezer I immediately take it out and waited to thaw it. I prepare the necessary ingredients like bokchoy, onion and garlic past and little salt. I just boil the water first when it is boiling I put the fish and shrimp when the shrimp turns orange I put the white part of the bokchoy then the onion and the garlic paste. I waited till the fish and shrimp is cooked then I mix the green part of bokchoy seasoned it with salt and voila my hot fish and shrimp soup is ready to eat!

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Apple Butter

                                                                  I made Apple Butter!

5-7 lbs Jonathan, Red Delicious apples
2 1/2 cups granulated sugar
2 tbsp cinnamon
1 tbsp grated lemon zest
1 1/2 ground cloves
1/2 tsp salt

1. Cut unpeeled apples into quarters and remove cores. I put them in a crock pot. Add apple cider. Place over medium heat for the whole night.

2. I process the apple mixture in the blender until smooth.

3. I combine the apple mixture, granulated sugar, cinnamon, lemon zest, cloves and salt in a big saucepan and mix well.

4. Place in a medium heat. Bring to a boil until thickened then turn the heat off.

5. Scooped into a sterilized pint jae, leaving 1/2 inch handspace. Seal with 2-piece lids. Store in pantry or refrigerate.
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Spaghetti Squash Parmesan

Today, I amde spaghetti squash parmesan. This is my second time I cook with spaghetti squash. I never know this kind of squash existed until my DIL told me about it. So here is my Spaghetti Squash Parmesan.

Bake the spaghetti squash for an hour upside down. Photo above that is how it looks after an hour.

hot water with chicken bouillon cubes

See how it look like when it is shredded. It looks like spaghetti.

Here it is my spaghetti squash parmesan

Ingredients:

1 (2 lbs) spaghetti squash
4 tbsp butter
6 tbsp all purpose flour
2 chicken bouillon cubes
1/2 cup hot water
1 1/2 cups milk ( I used skim milk)
1/2 cup parmesan cheese
2 tbsp parmsan cheese (to used later for browning)

Directions:

1. Preheat the oven to 350F
2. Cut the squash in half lenghtwise; remove and discard seeds. Place squash on a baking sheet. Bake until tender or about 1 hour. Separate the strands of squash with a forl and place in a medium bowl; discard shells. Maintain the oven temperature.
3. Melt butter in a large saucepan over medium heat. Stir in flour. Reduce heat to low. Cook mixture, stirring continually, for 5 minutes.
4. Dissove bouillon cubes in hot water. Stir into flour mixture. Add milk gradually, whisking continually.
5. Cook the sauce, stirring frequently, until thickened, about 10 minutes. Stir in 1/2 cup Parmesan.
6. Add squash to the sauce and mix well. Spoon into a 3-quart baking dish. Sprinkle with the remaining Parmesan. Bake until bubbly and golden, about 30 munutes or a little more.

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Oatmeal with Apple

              Because we try to be healthy and lose weight we started our morning with some healthy food.

1 glass of warm water with lemon juice and I put one slice of lemon
   oatmeal cooked
1 small apple, chopped
   dash with cinnamon
   a little dash of lemon jest to taste
1 cup of fresh brewed cocoa

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Apple Crumble

Hubby love anything with apple specially if it is for dessert. The other day I found this simple recipe for Apple Crumble. I check my pantry of course I do not have  Granny Smith apple. I drove to a nearest farm and found out they also do not have Granny Smith yet instead they refer me another kind of green apple and the name is Goldenrod.  I taste it and it was almost the same taste as Granny smith. So I went home and immediately get busy baking for my honey. Here is my Apple Crumble.

Ingredients:
Topping:
2/3 cup all-purpose flour
1/3 cup rolled oats
 3 tablespoons granulated sugar
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter

Filling:
4 large apples, such as Granny Smith (I  used Goldenrod)
2 tablespoons firmly packed brown sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon

Procedure:
1. Preheat oven to 425F. Grease a 2-quart baking dish.
2. For the topping, place the flour, rolled oats, granulated sugar and butter in a large bowl. Mix well.
3. For the filling, peel, core and slice the apples. Layer the apple slices in the prepared baking dish. Sprinkle the brown sugar and cinnamon over the apple slices. Sprinkle the topping mixture over the top.
4. Bake until the apples have softened and the crumble is lightly golden, 20- 25 minutes. Serve warm.

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