Strawberry Frozen Yogurt Made with Fage Yogurt

Frozen Yogurt in November? Am I serious? Yes and yes, but only because it's SERIOUSLY hot right now. So, if you're experiencing the West coast heat wave this is for you. If you're experiencing cold temperatures this strawberry frozen yogurt recipe is also for you in case you're forgetting what summer feels like.

I am a frozen yogurt fanatic. I can't digest ice-cream so I have to go wih substitutes and in my opinion the best is frozen yogurt, strawberry frozen yogurt to be exact, thick, thick, thick, frozen yogurt. Recently I posted a creamy blackberry frozen yogurt that I made using yogurt cheese. And for a September Foodbuzz 24,24,24 I made vanilla frozen yogurt, also from yogurt cheese. This week I didn't have time to make yogurt cheese so I used the Fage yogurt, which by the way is on my top ten most delicious foods out there, high-five to Fage yogurt. If you don't have access to Fage get a substitute Greek style yogurt or better yet make your own yogurt.  


Strawberry Frozen Yogurt with Fage

• 3 cup strawberries sliced
• 1 cups sugar
• 3 cups Fage yogurt

1. Place your sliced strawberries in a small saucepan with sugar and bring to a boil.
2. Let it cool down completely.
3. Once it is cool place the strawberries in a blender and puree on high for 30 seconds.
4. In a mixing bowl fold the puree into the yogurt.
5. Place the yogurt mixture in your ice cream maker and follow the directions found in your ice cream maker manual. Every ice cream maker is different.

Enjoy!

I usually make Strawberry frozen yogurt with sweetened condensed milk. If you want to use sweetened condensed milk instead, then substitute the sugar for the sweetened condensed milk and skip the boiling part. Just puree the milk with the strawberries in a blender.

Emile Henry Tarte Tatin Pan- Product Review and a Giveaway

(picture released by Emile Henry)

Have you ever had a Tarte Tatin? This upside down apple tarte, where the apples are caramelized in butter and sugar before it is baked, is seriously decadent.

Emile Henry released their Tarte Tatin pan this year and since I have more apples than I know what to do with I was eager to try out this recipe and this pan.

(Do you love the red? I love it!)

This pan is so practical. Emile Henry Flame-Top dish can go on the stove top, which allows you to make the caramel right on the stove and in the oven. You can prepare the entire dish with just one pan.  So, we prepared the dish.

I had never made a Tarte Tatin before but I followed the simple recipe that comes with the pan and voila!

(This is right before we flipped it. Christian wanted me to get a picture of the pretty crust.)

Do I love the pan?

yes!

I love it!

Is it expensive?

yes, it's $120 so if you're on a student budget it's expensive.

However, I've owned my Emile Henry quiche pan for over a year and it's still in perfect condition even though I use it all the time. The thing that I love about Emile Henry products is that it doesn't scratch. It's very high quality, so much so that I can microwave it and just wash it with my other dishes and not really have to worry about it.

In keeping with FTC regulations I have to disclose that Emile Henry sent me this pan for free. However, they did not pay me for the post and the opinions expressed in this post are my own.


GIVEAWAY- I'm hosting a giveaway of this pan on The Little Foodie blog. Make sure to enter the giveaway for a chance to win.

Lamb Stew with Green Onions

I've been loving lamb specially lamb stews because they're easy to make and they make my entire house smell good.

I am chronically anemic. It's a real drag and I've been taking iron supplements for years now.  I eat meat but for some reason my body just doesn't absorb all the iron that I need. Any suggestion?

Anyway, I've been trying to eat healthier meats and I think lamb has become my new favorite. The thing about lamb is that they (the huge-o food indurty folks) haven't figured out a way to feed lamb grains and plump them up in inhumane ways so for now all lambs are grass fed. I get my lamb at Costco because it's inexpensive, compared to other places, and the quality is just as good.

If you haven't tried lamb yet or if you're unsure how to cook it I suggest making this stew because all you need to do is throw everything in the crock-pot and it's easy to make variations to this recipe adding ingredients that you like. I made this a couple nights ago after taking care of 2 kids solo all day. So I just added 2 of everything that I had in my fridge. This is what happens when I'm exhausted and can't think complicated things like measurements beyond 2. This is also when I bust out my crock-pot.

Lamb Stew with Green Onions

• 2lbs lamb chopped into cubes
  
• 2 cups diced butternut squash
• 2 large potatoes
• 2 large green onions
• 2 tablespoons butter
  
• 1 large onion chopped
  
• seasonings (use what you like. I used salt, pepper, and ground sumac)

throw everything in the crock-pot and cook on low for 6 hours. Stir after 3 hours just to get some of the juices from the bottom to the top. Serve warm with rice.

Enjoy!

Holiday food ideas and a winner

Thanks everyone for your comments on the Uprinting Postcard Giveaway
Pecan Pie was a winner for most favorite Holiday food.
Mary was also a winner based on random.org.

The Little Foodie

After a year of brainstorming and slacking and then brainstorming again my friend and I are launching a new food blog that focuses on kids.

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today I posted these spooky sandwiches

I have lots of Halloween treats to share with you (no tricks I promise)

Pumpkin Snickerdoodles

It's that wonderful time of year when we have more pumpkins than we know what to do with. This week I tried adding some pumpkin puree to a classic snickerdoodle recipe and the end result was a success. Earlier in the week it was cold so we had warm pumpkin snickerdoodles with hot apple cider. Yesterday and today was super hot and we had popsicles. Go figure!

Pumpkin Snickerdoodles 
yield 2 dozen cookies

• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/2 cup pumpkin puree
  
• 3/4 cup granulated sugar
• 1 egg
• 2 cups flour
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon cream of tartar

• 1 tablespoon granulated sugar
• 1 tablespoon cinnamon
  

1. Cream the butter, sugar, and pumpkin puree 
2. Add the egg to the creamed mixture and beat it all together
3. Sift the dry ingredients into a bowl
4. Dump half of the sifted ingredients into the egg mixture. Stir with a mixing spoon. Then add the rest of the sifted ingredients and stir some more
5. Cover the mixing bowl and put it in the refrigerator for one hour
6. preheat oven to 400*
7. mix one tablespoon of sugar and one tablespoon of cinnamon on a small plate
8. Break off a bit of cold dough, about the size of a walnut, and roll it into a ball
9. Roll the ball around in the dish of cinnamon-sugar.
10. Put it in the cookie sheet and make more balls the same way.
11. Leave a lot of room around each one on the cookie sheet.
12. bake for 10 minutes. These cookies are really soft when you take them off the cookie sheet. lift them up carefully with a spatula and set them on a wire rack to cool.

Giveaway! 100 Personalized Postcards

Giveaway Prize: 100 Postcards for One Reader
Size:  4x6; Paper:  14pt Cardstock Gloss; Printing: Full color both sides    
Shipping: FREE UPS Ground Shipping in the US (Canadian residents pay shipping and taxes. Offer not available to residents outside of the US and Canada)

I'm thinking these postcards would be great as invitations for Holiday dinner parties. Because I get to host this giveaway I will also be receiving 100 postcards and I will definitely use it as invitations. I love the Holidays and I love hosting parties so these will be great.

For more information about these postcards check out the uprinting site. Uprinting also makes great business cards, as I've already mentioned, and have a series of products. Check out their website to see what they have to offer.

To enter the giveaway

Leave a comment on this  post by October 28th telling me what your favorite Holiday food is. For additional enteries you can

• follow this blog
• folow me on twitter
• tweet this giveaway
• subscribe to this blog

just make sure you you leave me ectra comments for the extra things that you do!

winner will be announced on October 29th. Make sure you leave a way for me to contact you.
good luck