Okay, we once again find ourselves taking a turn for the foodie. If you're one of those people who reads and thinks, "What the heck- why is she talking about recipes when she *should* be talking about the nannying life?" well then I apologize- but *guarantee* that this recipe will not disappoint!
This weekend sheer laziness resulted in a miracle- quite possible the most delicious thing I have ever cooked in my what, 6-7 years of serious cooking? I gift you the recipe for fried chicken pumpkin ravioli. It will change your life as you know it. Don't believe me? I dare you to try!
So- how did this come up? 2 days ago I bought a rotisserie chicken- why? I don't exactly know- I never buy them, but kind of had that "I want a home cooked meal but I don't want to cook" attitude so wahlah- chicken! But then yesterday came around and I was like, "welp- now I have 6/7 of a rotisserie chicken left...what the heck am I going to do with that?"
A while back I had heard that you can use wonton wrappers for making homemade ravioli- I had my doubts- and then I decided to give it a try. I don't know if you could exactly call this a ravioli (fried ravioli, actually). But that's what I'm going with! I may have picked up some wonton wrappers last time I was at the grocery store- so I thought what the heck- lets make some ravioli. Next thing I know I'm throwing some spices and pumpkin into some chicken- cooking it up hoping it won't be God-awful and then boom. Magic. It would be a sin for me not to share- so without further ado, here's the recipe:
*Recipe is for 8 fried raviolis (which I consider a meal for 1- obviously how much you want to eat is up to you!)* Also, I almost forgot to mention: Unstarted to plated= about 10 mins- so yeah, easy peasy lemon squeezy!
Ingredients:
-canned pumpkin (3/8 C)
-leftover chicken (I used white meat from a rotisserie) (3/8 C)
-cinnamon (3/4 t divided)
-nutmeg (1/8 t)
-vanilla extract (1 t divided)
-wonton wrappers (can find at almost any grocery store- check by the tofu which is usually by produce or dairy section) (8 wrappers)
-vegetable oil (1 T)
-onion (1/4 C chopped)
-butter or margarine (1 t)
-sugar (1/4t)
Step 1: shred up/finely cut up chicken and combine with pumpkin, 1/4 t cinnamon, 1/4 t nutmeg, and 1/2 t vanilla
Step 2: Put out 8 wonton wrappers. Divide the pumpkin/chicken mixture evenly between the wrappers by dropping ball of filling into middle of wrapper
Step 3: Wet your finger and wet the bottom and right edge so that when you fold over wrapper (making triangles)- it will seal. Repeat on each wrapper and fold over and seal all edges.
Step 4: Next, take a fork and press along edges (this will help seal and also adds decorative touch).
Step 5: Next up, heat 1 T oil (I used vegetable oil) over medium or medium-low heat . When warm put the raviolis into pan
Step 6: Cook until crisp/browned on one side and then flip (need about 1-2 mins per side) Once done, remove and put raviolis on paper towels to drain. In the same pan on low heat melt the 1 t butter (or margarine) and add the onions and 1/2 t vanilla. Cook until onions are translucent.
Step 7: Pour the butter sauce and onions over the raviolis, sprinkle with some cinnamon (about 1/4 t) and 1/4 t sugar. Eat ASAP!
Put it all together and what do you get? One happy Rachel!
ENJOY!!!!
Well hey there!
HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY! It has been quite some time since an update...Life.is.good. This past weekend we had a Valentine's Tea for Jill and her group of girlfriends. I spent lots of time baking and preparing, which was awfully fun! And today the kiddos started off the day with a nice Valentine's breakfast- pink chocolate chip heart pancakes or pink heart waffles. I mean, if you're not going to be festive, then what's the point?
Everyday that our dad dropped us off at school he would tell us to learn something and not talk to boys. So whenever Jill leaves for school I also tell her not to talk to boys. I would usually be returned a dirty look or a disgusted sigh. But then Jill got clever and started returning my comment with, "well no talking to boys and no texting boys!" In honor of Valentine's Day, we both have today to break the rule so we can "meet our lovie dovie" as Jill said. So things might get crazy, I mean, the seven-year-old gave me permission to meet my lovie today- so I need to go talk, fall in love, and elope all prior to midnight, or it's another 365 days until I'm allowed to talk to boys again...what can ya do?
Mickey and Minnie actually gave me concert tickets last weekend so I got to see Bon Jovi in DC! It was so incredible! (And so outrageously generous of them!) I was a Bon Jovi fan back in the day, (like 10 years ago) but didn't keep up with them. I knew more songs than I realized I would- and really enjoyed seeing the concert with some friends!
Other updates: I finally decided to join the gym close by and go almost every day. I am absolutely in love with the yoga classes which are on Mondays and Fridays- talk about the perfect way to start and end each week! LOVE IT! I've also taken up some semi-regular ice skating (by which I mean, I go once a week). I may end up trying to take a learn-to-figure-skate class in March. I just would love to be good enough that I don't ever worry about falling or feel wobbly. I'm already much better than I was, but of course there's always room for improvement!
That's all for now!
Rachel
