Yay for Fiber (One that is)

So this months assignment for the AllRecipes Allstars Brand Ambassadors was to make Fiber One Chocolate Peanut Butter Haystacks.  These were so easy to make.  No bake, and you can involve your kids in this project.  They turned out really well.  I took them to work and everyone loved them.  I did put a twist on some of them and made them with white chocolate and Heath's Toffee Bits sprinkled on the top.  Hubby loved these and kept a few back for himself.  Here is the picture

 http://allrecipes.com/recipe/fiber-one-chocolate-peanut-butter-haystacks/detail.aspx

We were then challenged to create our own recipe using Fiber One.  I decided to make a savory recipe and here is my creation:

http://allrecipes.com/personalrecipe/63100879/spicy-shrimp/detail.aspx

This was surprisingly good.  A little sweet for me but then most things are.  I definitely do not have a sweet tooth.  I served them as an appetizer with some zesty ketchup.  They could easily be served as a main course with the addition of rice or pasta maybe.

Me being the person that I am, could not just stop there, could I.  No, I had to take it to the next step..  could not stop while I was ahead,  so, I decided to make some turnovers.  I had some fresh pineapple and oranges in the fridge, so I thought they would make a good filliing.  I make a quick puff pastry that is fairly easy thaat uses about 2 and 1/2 cups of AP flour.  I decided to replace one cup of the flour with Fiber One cereal crushed in my food processor.  Here is the result.

To be fair they did taste fine, it is just that the pastry did not "puff"  You won't find a link because I didn't post this recipe.  Had tons of fun cooking though and my hubby and friends had tons of fun eating the results.  I am looking forward to next month's assignments.  Will let you know the results.  Thanks for reading my blog

I am an Allrecipes Allstar Brand Ambassador(a voluntary position) and I’m not compensated for my work with Allrecipes.com. Products received from advertiser are only used for experienced-based reviews on AllRecipes.com - Thoughts from my Kitchen. The reviews, content and opinions expressed in this blog are purely the sole opinions of me, pelicangal aka Jan Elton 

We Are The Super Bowl Winners

As part of our AllRecipes Allstar program, a bonus task for this month is to make 3 faceless recipes and photograph them.   As my BIL and SIL were coming over and a friend from California was coming up, that this would be a perfect time to do a Faceless Super Bowl buffet.  So Saturday, I scoured AR to find the perfect recipes.  I knew that I had to do chicken wings so looked for them first.  This is the recipe that I came up with.

http://allrecipes.com/recipe/jerrys-wings/detail.aspx


These were very good.  I did change it up a little however, only slightly.  I used Frank's Red Hot Thick Sauce rather than the regular thin sauce and found that with using that one I did not need to use the butter.  Everyone raved about them.  Perfect amount of heat.

My next recipe was a tough one for me to make as I cannot handle eating savory and fruity together,, but I had one lonely avocado sitting in the fruit bowl alongside a juicy fresh pineapple that I had just picked up.  I got lucky and spotted a recipe for Tropiguac.  Here it is

Needless to say I just could not take a bite so had to rely on the comments of my hubby and our guests.  They absolutely loved it.  Here is the link
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/tropiguac-hawaiian-style-guacamole/detail.aspx
Onto my next faceless recipe.  Southwest Baked Chili Dip.  This is a super dip.  When I asked for ratings on this dish everyone gave it a 5 including me.  My SIL gave it 167 stars.   What more can I say.  Here it is

http://allrecipes.com/recipe/southwest-baked-chili-dip/detail.aspx

My final faceless recipe was also given 5 stars by everyone.  It is this one.

http://allrecipes.com/recipe/cheddar-jalapeno-shrimp/detail.aspx



I can honestly say that we were the winners at this Super Bowl.  Thanks to all the awesome cooks/members of AllRecipes that love to share their special meals with us all.  Great job everyone.
Thank you
I am an Allrecipes Allstar Brand Ambassador(a voluntary position) and I’m not compensated for my work with Allrecipes.com. Products received from advertiser are only used for experienced-based reviews on Thoughts From My Kitchen.   The reviews, content and opinions expressed in this blog are purely the sole opinions of pelicangal (Jan Elton)