Ghost Pepper & Garlic Hot Sauce

This is really good, and it will probably be even better when I make it next time and follow all of the directions!  I did not cook my fresh chili peppers, I have a stash of frozen peppers to make salsa with and I used 2 green jalapeno's and a habanero pepper. after they thawed out.  I also passed on the onion since I was out but I know that would have added a lot more flavor as well.  So needless to say, mine has a little kick to it, but not too hot since I used the jalapenos.    

Ghost Pepper & Garlic Hot Sauce

1 tsp. vegetable or olive oil
1/2 cup minced onion
1/4 cup minced fresh chile peppers
6 Ghost Chili pods, rehydrated, minced
6 cloves fresh garlic, peeled, minced
2 cups water
1 tsp. Salt
1/2 tsp. Black Pepper
1/2 tsp. Ground Cumin (optional)
1 cup white vinegar

1. In a nonreactive saucepan over medium-high heat, cook onion, fresh chiles, and garlic in oil until onions are translucent, about 4 minutes.  

2. Add remaining ingredients, except vinegar, to saucepan; reduce heat to medium-low; simmer for 20 minutes, stirring often. Remove pan from heat and allow to cool to room temperature.
 
3. Pour saucepan contents into a blender or food processor; puree until smooth.  Add vinegar to mixture; blend until combined.  Pour mixture into a sterilized jar with a lid.  Will keep in the refrigerator for 1 year.

Notes: For a mild sauce, use Anaheim, Poblano, or Jalapeno. For a medium sauce, use Serrano, Cayenne, or Tabasco. For a very hot sauce, use Habanero, Scotch Bonnet, Thai, or Pequin.

My pin list

On to this weeks "pin list" of things to make and do...first off I have a few Ghost Peppers that have been whispering my name...so since I am all out of hot sauce, that is what I plan to make with them...we will see if I regret it or not...lol...I already had to open some windows upstairs to ventilate the house since I am rehydrating these babies...cough, cough, cough...I love anything spicy, so I can't wait...

 

Next on my list...I am not the normal coffee girl, I like my drinks fluffy and sweet...so I think this is in order...I love it when my husband buys these and I will sip off of his, but his is usually way to strong for me, I am a weakling and don't like to taste a glass full of coffee beans in my cup...

As of late my sewing machine has been whispering my name as well...I made my first ruffly skirt, well ruffle bottom anyways, for Miah the other day and I have a huge pile of jeans to upcycle into skirts.  I was going to do a normal jean into skirt transformation until I came across this pic...and have decided to try this instead :)

And last but definitely not least...This adorable car seat swaddler.  It gets kind of cold here in Montana so I have decided Joci needs one of these to keep her warm, that way she will not kick off her cover like she loves to do...

So, once these have all been done, I will update you all with my successes (hopefully successes...)

BLT Salad

Who is not a fan of bacon?  If you are not, I think there is something wrong with you... (That would be the half of my family on my fathers side...for religious reasons) But seriously, I L.O.V.E. maple bacon...I mean what is better than a sweet strip of crispy mapley bacon?  Mmmmm, I so loved the smell of my house when I made this.  And can't wait to make it again.  I love BLT sandwiches, but I think I love this salad even more...I think I had (I know I did really) three HUGE helpings of this for dinner, and I wanted even more, but had to refrain...that was very hard to do...anyways, I am smelling that bacon just thinking of this...please do try (and bring me some left overs!)

Ingredients

3 pounds Yukon Gold potatoes, peeled and cut into bite-sized pieces (about 1 to 1/2 inches)
1/4 cup white wine vinegar
12 slices bacon, cut into one inch pieces, cooked and drained
3/4 cup mayonnaise
6 scallions, sliced into thin circles
2 tablespoons dill pickle relish
1 head of romaine lettuce, outside leaves and tops removed and saved for another use (you want the firm inside leaves only), torn into bite-sized pieces
12 ounces cherry tomatoes, halved
1/4 cup chopped fresh chives
Salt and pepper to taste 

Directions

1. Cover potatoes with cold water in a large pot. Add 2 tablespoons vinegar and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer until tender but not mushy, 12-15 minutes. Drain, place in large mixing bowl and toss with 1 tablespoon vinegar. Cool for 10 minutes. 

2. Whisk mayo, scallions and remaining vinegar and season to taste with salt and pepper. 

3. Add bacon, lettuce and tomatoes to the bowl with the potatoes. Gently mix in the dressing, and then scatter the chives on top.

Here is one of my girls after she snuck 3 suckers into her mouth at the same time...lol, kids...

Snicker's Caramel Apple Salad

Mmm mmm good :)  I wanted something different than a normal caramel apple to bring to our harvest party.  Boy am I glad I found this recipe :)  I love sour apples so I used Granny Smith's but this would be good with almost any kind of apple you like.  Next time I will try it with Honey Crisp apples...But hey, who can go wrong with apples, snickers, cool whip, caramel???  That is what I thought.  This is a wonderful fall dessert salad that I am sure you will all love. 

• 6 regular size Snickers Candy Bar
• 6 apples I used Granny Smith
• 1 (5 oz.) package Vanilla Instant Pudding dry, do not prepare
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1 (12 oz.) tub cool whip
• 1/2 cup caramel ice cream topping

Instructions

1. Whisk vanilla pudding packet, 1/2 cup milk and cool whip together until well combined.
2. Chop up apples and Snickers.
3. Stir chopped apples and Snickers into pudding mixture.
4. Place in a large bowl and drizzle with caramel ice cream topping.
5. Chill for at least 1 hour before serving.

She even she thought this was a good recipe :)  

Pinterest Picks

Monday Madness turned into Turbulent Tuesday for this week...My plate is very busy this week but all is good.  So my Pinterest picks for this week are....drum roll please...

Snickers Carmel Apple Salad

for our harvest party at church

on Friday

Mac-n-cheese Pizza

from Framed Cooks blog

BLT Salad

from Framed Cooks blog

Take some really cute pics

of my girlies

And make a skirt or two like this 

for my girls

Pinterest Pin Updates

So this week I have done/started 3 of my 5 pins....Last night I went to a friends house to eat diner and hang out since my husband is out hunting for the weekend.  So I decided to try the Chicken Club Egg Rolls at her house.  They were yummy but the next time I make them I will tweak them just a little bit.  I love cream cheese so I will definitely add that, maybe some green onions and/or cilantro and some sugar to the mixture.  I am looking forward to making these again!!!!  I ate the left overs for lunch today and liked them even better...wish my kids didn't like theirs so I could have eaten more...lol

I have also started my crusty bread.  I kept meaning to do this all week long for I love bread,  I. LOVE.  BREAD.  So I will probably stay up late tonight to make this after it has sat for about 12 hours....then make more tomorrow.  I made it plain this time but next time I plan on jazzing it up some :)

And I started my Naked Egg Expiriment with my two little girls yesterday.  It is going a little slower than I thought it would, but I do see the egg shell slowly breaking down...the kids are going to love it!  The egg is a lot more bubbly than in the picture below and I can see spots where the egg shells is already dissolved...kids think this is way neat :)

So...I will hopefully update tomorrow with a new naked egg pic and my bread pic...(If I can refrain from eating it first...)

 So here is my end result of my bread :)  Yummy!  Can't wait to make it again...

The pink egg is Hannah's, it was dyed with some beet juice :)   She then slid it around in this tub and it broke, then of course she had to play with it...

This one is Miah's egg, she threw it in the tub and watched it break.  the girls really enjoyed doing this :)

Monday Madness

After a nice relaxing Sunday it is back to the grind! And since I do not post nearly enough I am going to start something new on Mondays...I will be posting links, more than likely Pinterest links, of things that I either want to cook, sew, make, or try this week.  I don't promises to get to them all, but when I do I will give my thoughts on them :)  So here is what I have planned for this week!