Strawberry Cake Like Scratch

19 But you, O LORD, reign forever; your throne endures to all generations. 

20 Why do you forget us forever, why do you forsake us for so many days? 

21 Restore us to yourself, O LORD, that we may be restored! Renew our days as of old- 

22 unless you have utterly rejected us, and you remain exceedingly angry with us.  - Lamentations 5:19-22

If you love scratch cakes, this ones for you.

Takes like you took hours making but it was just a few minutes!!!

1 Duncan Hines Classic White Cake Mix

1 small box strawberry jello, 3 oz.( I used Aldi brand)

4 eggs, beaten

1 c olive oil

1/4 c water

1 c mashed fresh strawberries

Mix cake mix and powdered jello mixture together with a whisk.

With a wooden spoon stir in eggs, water and oil.

Then gently stir in mashed strawberries.

13x9 pan 350 degree preheated oven 35-45 minutes or until toothpick stuck in middle comes our clean.

Bake.

Cool before glazing.

1/2 stick cream cheese, softened

1/4 c butter, softened 

1 c powdered sugar

1 t vanilla 

1 T milk

With hand held mixer, whip cream cheese and butter. 

Add powdered sugar, vanilla and milk. 

Using mixer, whip until incorporated. 

If too thick add 1/2 t milk.

Spread on cooled cake.

Cover.

Refrigerate. 

My Take on Yucatán Style Citrus Pork Street Tacos

12 Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned-

13 for sin indeed was in the world before the law was given, but sin is not counted where there is no law.

14 Yet death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those whose sinning was not like the transgression of Adam, who was a type of the one who was to come.

15 But the free gift is not like the trespass. For if many died through one man's trespass, much more have the grace of God and the free gift by the grace of that one man Jesus Christ abounded for many.

16 And the free gift is not like the result of that one man's sin. For the judgment following one trespass brought condemnation, but the free gift following many trespasses brought justification.

17 For if, because of one man's trespass, death reigned through that one man, much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and the free gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man Jesus Christ.

18 Therefore, as one trespass led to condemnation for all men, so one act of righteousness leads to justification and life for all men.

19 For as by the one man's disobedience the many were made sinners, so by the one man's obedience the many will be made righteous.

20 Now the law came in to increase the trespass, but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more,

21 so that, as sin reigned in death, grace also might reign through righteousness leading to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. - Romans 5:12-21

Saw this on Cook's Country!!

Made some changes according to what I had on hand!

Tortillas, soft, crunchy or black bean tostado chips

3 lb country pork ribs cut into chunks

2 T oil

1/4 of a diced red onion, reserve rest for pickled onions

3 T roasted garlic

1 t toasted cumin

1 t oregano

1/2 t cinnamon 

1/2 t  allspice 

1/4 c tomato paste concentrate 

1&1/2 c water

1/4 c orange juice

2 T white vinegar

1&1/2 T Worcestershire sauce

5 bay leaves

2 t sea salt

1 t black pepper

Heat oil to medium,add onion and slightly brown.

Add cumin, oregano, allspice and cinnamon.

Bloom spices in oil-onion mixture for 30 seconds.

Add garlic to mixture.

Add tomato paste to heat and stir.

Next add water, oj, vinegar, Worcestershire, salt, pepper and bay leaves.

Cook until slightly thickened.

Add pork.

Cook in a 325 degree oven, uncovered for 1 hour and 30 minutes.

Then for an additional 30 minutes bump up heat to 425 degrees.

Remove bay leaves, mash with potato masher.

On medium heat, cook until some of juice is dissipated.  

To finish add 1 T white vinegar.

Serve on tortillas with pickled onions and habanero sauce.

Pickled onions

3/4 of red onion, thin sliced with mandolin 

1 c white vinegar

1/3 c sugar

1/4 t salt

Bring to boil.

Pour over onions.

Refrigerate.  

Roasted Poblanos sauce 

1/2 c water

1 chopped tomato

1/2 chopped carrot

1/2 of a roasted poblano, seeded and chopped

1/4 c onion, chopped

1 T roasted garlic

1/2 t salt

1/2 t pepper

Pinch of sugar

Boil 10 minutes, cool for 10 minutes.

After it cools, add 1 T vinegar and 1& 1/2 t lime juice.

Reserve juice to add back in if needed.

Spoon veggies into a mini food processor, process until it's a pulp.

Add some juice if needed.

Typical  Toppings

Pickled red onions

Poblanos sauce or Habanero sauce

We added cheese and lettuce!

So very delicious!

Spicy Honey Salmon Creamy Sushi Roll

11 You clothed me with skin and flesh, and knit me together with bones and sinews. 

12 You have granted me life and steadfast love, and your care has preserved my spirit. 

13 Yet these things you hid in your heart; I know that this was your purpose. 

14 If I sin, you watch me and do not acquit me of my iniquity. 

15 If I am guilty, woe to me! If I am in the right, I cannot lift up my head, for I am filled with disgrace and look on my affliction.  - Job 10:11-15

An ej original recipe!

This was so delicious!

I made baked Cajun Salmon and used the left overs for sushi.

Trader Joe's frozen microwave white jasmine rice to which you add 2 T seasoned rice vinegar

Black sesame seeds

Cajun Salmon (recipe this blog under fish/shrimp tab)

Seaweed wrappers Nori ( got at Sprouts)

** See note on rolling sushi 

Cream cheese spread

Carrots, sliced into tiny matchsticks 

Sweet and sour cucumbers, left over from gurkensalat, thin sliced dried in paper towels, cut into strips

Condiments 

Soy sauce 

Wasabi 

Pickled ginger

Slice cold salmon into strips.

Drizzle with honey.

With a spoon, mash into cream cheese spread.

Set aside.

Prep veggies and set aside.

Make rice, add vinegar and black sesame seeds.

Set aside to slightly cool.

Cut nori sheets in half.

Cover bamboo mat with plastic wrap for easy clean up.

Using wet hands, pick up a hand full of rice and put on nori.

Hands must be really wet.

Pat down, flip.

Come 2 inches from edge and put a strip of creamy salmon.

Add carrots and cucumbers.

** Look on YouTube and find how to roll inside out sushi.

I like Kikkoman's site.

To cut, wet sharp butcher knife, cut in half then the size you want.

Set on ends to serve.

Serve with condiments.

Skinnier Lighthouse Inn Potatoes

1 Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth! 

2 Serve the LORD with gladness! Come into his presence with singing! 

3 Know that the LORD, he is God! It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. 

4 Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise! Give thanks to him; bless his name! 

5 For the LORD is good; his steadfast love endures forever, and his faithfulness to all generations.  - Psalms 100

I really wanted to cut the fat in the original recipe. You will find the original recipe on this blog under the Potatoes tab.

8-10 medium to large Yukon Gold potatoes, cut into 1 inch chunks

2 c evaporated milk

1/2 water

1/8 t baking soda

2 T butter

2 t salt

1 t pepper

2 T diced roasted Poblanos 

Add ingredients to medium large pot.

Bring to boil on medium heat.

Adjust heat to low boil and stir constantly with a metal spoon. 

This will stick and burn so you must stay with it.

Cook 20 minutes or until potatoes are knife tender.

You want the potatoes not to be soft.

Add topping.

Dump into 13x9 casserole and bake preheated 375 degree oven, middle rack, for 20 minutes.

Topping 

3 T melted butter

1 c panko

1 c grated Parmesan  

Mix with a fork.

Whiskey Chicken in Bean Sauce Mexican Pizzas

22 And I saw no temple in the city, for its temple is the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb.

23 And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gives it light, and its lamp is the Lamb.

24 By its light will the nations walk, and the kings of the earth will bring their glory into it,

25 and its gates will never be shut by day-and there will be no night there.

26 They will bring into it the glory and the honor of the nations.

27 But nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who does what is detestable or false, but only those who are written in the Lamb's book of life. - Revelation 21:22-27

An ej original recipe!

Makes 5-6 pizzas according to the amount if filling you use

Soft white corn tortillas, lay on rack of a preheated 350 degree oven.

Dry out for 5 minutes.

Remove to a plate.

In a small skillet, add oil and heat.

Fry tortillas until crispy, flipping to crisp both sides.

Drain on paper towels.

Filling

1 t peanut oil

1/2 of a onion thin sliced

3 left over fried chicken tenders, slice thin and chop

1/8 c mild enchiladas sauce

1/8 c Jim Beam

1/8 c water

3 T bean dip (Frito Lay)

Sauté onion in oil.

Add chicken, then the bean dip, stir around.

Add enchiladas sauce, whiskey and water. 

Cook down till sauce is thickened.

Place chicken in bean sauce onto the tortillas.

Top with chopped lettuce, shredded cheese and chopped tomatoes.