Egg Skillet Dish With Roasted Red Pepper

Too hot outside to turn on the oven? Check out this veggie-based egg skillet dish that is perfect for summer. Loaded with plenty of flavors from tomatoes, roasted peppers, and eggs. 

 Summer is here and the weather is hot. The hot weather makes typical dinner options unappealing as who wants to turn on the oven when it is 80 degrees outside? So that leaves you with cold sandwiches, pasta, and frozen microwave dinners. Or worse yet, a bowl of cereal! So if you are looking for an exciting dinner option that can be made in a skillet on the stove, you need to check out this Roasted Red Pepper Eggs.

This quick and easy recipe is a delicious option for everything from brunch to dinner, it features a premium marinara sauce, protein-rich eggs, and sweet, aromatic roasted red peppers. Made in a skillet and cooks in under 15 minutes. Preparation is super easy and the best part is, this recipe will not heat up the house. This Roasted Red Pepper Eggs Skillet Dish is perfect for breakfast, brunch, lunch, and dinner. Make it for your next party or for the family. It is the best veggie-based dish just in time for summer!

Roasted Red Pepper Eggs Skillet Dish is

+ Healthy

+ Vegetarian

+ Perfect For Summer

+ Quick & Easy Recipe

+ Protein Rich

+ Delicious

+ Serve for Breakfast, Brunch, Lunch, or Dinner

+ Full of Flavor

Super easy to make in less than 15 minutes

 When dinner time rolls around and your family is hungry, don't reach for the phone for takeout. Instead, grab your favorite skillet and make this delicious red pepper and egg dish in no time. The secret is stocking your pantry and fridge with a few simple ingredients, so you can make this simmering-in-tomato sauce egg dish anytime. You will love the over-easy eggs that are covered with the right amount of marinara sauce and a sprinkling of flavorful salt.

 The ingredients that you should keep in your pantry for last-minute dinners are flavorful tomato sauces. I like keeping pouches of a variety of tomato sauces so I can grab them to make so many easy dinner recipes like Spanish Rice.

Ingredients needed for Roasted Red Pepper Eggs Skillet Dish

+ Onion

+ Olive Oil

+ Salt

+ Marinara Sauce

+ Roasted Red Peppers 

+ Eggs

Simple cooking instructions 

To make this delicious vegetarian recipe is super simple. Just grab a large skillet or cast iron pan. Then saute some garlic and onion in olive oil. Stir in the roasted red peppers and Jersey Tomato Co. Marinara Sauce. Simmer the sauce to thicken and crack in the eggs. Once the eggs cook to perfection, sprinkle some sea salt over the dish. Serve with your favorite homemade bread recipe and enjoy.

Check out some other recipes for summer

+ Spicy HARISSA Hot Chili Hummus 

+ Roasted Tomatoes Made In The Air Fryer 

+ Easy Two Ingredient Bagel Recipe In The Air Fryer 

+ Mock Chipotle Pinto Beans 

+ Slow Cooker Vegetarian Tamales

+ Dairy-Free Homemade Doughnuts Made In The Air Fryer

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Sweet Balsamic Strawberries For Strawberry Shortcake

Looking for a dessert for your Easter Meal? Strawberry shortcake is a delicious spring dessert that everyone will love. Add a special touch to your strawberry shortcake with sweet balsamic strawberries. A touch of balsamic vinegar brings out an incredible sweetness to the sliced strawberries. Keep reading for the delicious recipe.

  Are you looking for a healthy dessert with incredible flavor? Sliced fresh strawberries are always a delightful dessert for a spring meal. I want to share with you a trick that will give your strawberries an amazing sweetness and color. The secret is a splash of balsamic vinegar and pure vanilla paste. You won't taste the balsamic vinegar but it will bring out a sweet taste to berries. The vanilla paste will give the berries a nice vanilla taste and an enticing visual flair. 

These berries have enough great flavor to serve by themselves or you can top them with some homemade whipped cream. For a spectacular strawberry shortcake, that is so easy to make, just add some homemade sweet biscuits or store-bought shortcakes. You could even spoon the strawberries and the sweet juice over angel food cake.


Pure vanilla paste adds an enticing visual flair

 Pure vanilla paste has that classic vanilla taste with the addition of specks of vanilla beans. This flavorful vanilla extract gives desserts like ice cream and creme brulee that wonderful look that just says vanilla. If you have ever had a dish of vanilla bean ice cream, you know what I mean. The sight of those vanilla bean specks just adds a special touch to desserts.

Sweet Balsamic Strawberries

~ Are delicious

~ Easy to make

~ Full of sweet flavor

Strawberries and whipped cream are a match made in heaven 

 Whenever I see fresh strawberries in the store, my mind starts thinking about homemade whipped cream and strawberry shortcakes. I reminisce about the sweet homemade drop biscuits that my mom would make for summer desserts. My mom would always have a big box of biscuit mix in the pantry that she would use to make everything from pancakes to sweet drop biscuits. My mom would pull the sweet shortcake biscuits out of the oven and then split them in two. My mom would then spoon the sliced strawberries over the shortcakes along with plenty of the sweet syrup. Then she would add a spoonful of whipped cream on top of the strawberries. This was a sweet dessert that I enjoyed. I think it was the only way that I would eat fruit as a kid. Get the recipe for my homemade sweet biscuits HERE

Homemade Dairy Free Whipped Topping 

  I like to whip up a batch of dairy-free whipped topping for my strawberry shortcakes as I have dairy allergies. I always keep a couple of cans of coconut milk in my pantry so I can make this delicious plant-based, dairy-free vegan topping. This whipped topping has a great sweet taste and will make all the difference in the appearance of the delicious strawberry shortcakes. Get the recipe for my dairy-free coconut cream whipped topping HERE.

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Go here for a delicious dairy-free strawberry shortcake recipe
https://www.momknowsbest.net/2019/03/dairy-free-strawberry-shortcake-with.html

Yield: 1 quartAuthor: Mom Knows Best

Sweet Balsamic Strawberries

A splash of balsamic vinegar adds an incredible sweet flavor to sliced strawberries. Adds some homemade whip cream and a sweet biscuit and you have the best strawberry shortcake.

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ingredients:

• 1-quart fresh strawberries, sliced into quarters 
• 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla paste

instructions

 Remove the stems from the strawberries and slice strawberries them into quarters.

1.  Remove the stems from the strawberries and slice strawberries them into quarters.
2.  Place the strawberry slices in a bowl and mix in the balsamic vinegar and vanilla paste. Gently stir to coat the berries.
3.  Place the berries in the fridge for a couple of hours so the berries and soak in the flavors.
4.  Serve the berries with whip cream or spoon them over sweet biscuits for strawberry shortcake.

Calories
249.74

Fat (grams)
2.09

Sat. Fat (grams)
0.10

Carbs (grams)
56.87

Fiber (grams)
13.96

Net carbs
42.91

Sugar (grams)
37.05

Protein (grams)
4.76

Sodium (milligrams)
11.04

Cholesterol (grams)
0.00

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Plant Based Crab Cakes That Are Vegan

Looking for vegan options for seafood? A couple of unique ingredients are all it takes to make a vegan dish that tastes and looks like crab cakes.

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 These vegan "crab" cake look-alikes have amazing texture and flavor, one bite and you will think they are the real thing. The plant-based version of seafood cakes is whole food, oil-free, sugar-free, and the recipe uses no processed ingredients or artificial ingredients, or colors. They are so easy to make, and you will agree that a vegan diet can be delicious. Following a plant-based diet is simple and delicious when you have the best recipes and some unique ingredients.

Plant-Based Crab Cakes

~ Are vegan

~ Looks and tastes like traditional crab Cakes

~ Delicious

~ Healthy

~ Can be made gluten-free

~ Dairy-free recipe

Check out the 5 unique ingredients

Unique ingredient ~ #1 Heart of Palm

The main ingredient in these wonderful "crab" cakes is hearts of palm. 

Heart of palm is a vegetable harvested from the inner core and growing bud of certain palm trees. This nutritious veggie is a great source of fiber, iron, and zinc. The heart of palm has a texture similar to crab and is usually sold in cans and glass jars. 

This recipe uses the canned version of hearts of palm. Hearts of palm in a can are packed in water or brine. This delicious vegetable gives the texture that is needed for the vegan "crab" substitute for this vegan recipe. Heart of palm can be found in most grocery stores and online.  

Unique ingredient #2 ~ Old Bay Seasoning

 The Old Bay Seasoning is another key ingredient, as it has the perfect blend of spices that gives the "crab" cakes the seafood flavor. Old Bay Seasoning is a seasoning blend that is often used in seafood recipes. This flavor spice of 18 spices can also be used to season chicken and veggies. So don't worry about buying a whole container of Old Bay Seasoning, as you will find many uses for the spice blend, and it is reasonably priced.

Unique ingredient #3 ~ Aquafaba

 I am sure most of you have never heard of Aquafaba. This vegan egg substitute is a wonderful liquid that is made from cooking dried chickpeas or dried garbanzo beans. This gel-like liquid is what most people pour down the drain after opening a can of garbanzo beans to make an easy hummus recipe.

 This unique liquid from cooking chickpeas can be whipped like egg whites to make vegan chocolate mousse or used like eggs to make vegan scrambled eggs. So for this recipe, you are going to need 1/4 cup of chickpea liquid or Aquafaba, so save that awesome vegan egg liquid from your can of chickpeas (store it in the fridge for up to 2 weeks) or make homemade Aquafaba from dried chickpeas in your Instant Pot. Making Aquafaba is so easy in an Instant Pot. Get the homemade Aquafaba recipe here.

Unique ingredient #4 ~ Chickpeas

 If you decide to make your own Aquafaba, then you will be using the cooked chickpeas from that recipe. If you are using a can of chickpeas, then make sure to save the liquid from the can. The cooked chickpeas in this vegetarian recipe give the crab-like texture so it tastes like the real thing. I think when you make your favorite foods vegan, the texture is just as important as the taste.


Unique ingredient #5 ~ Panko

 To get the crispy crust on these delicious plant-based "crab" cakes, you will need some Panko crumbs. Panko crumbs are a coating used in many recipes, like fish. Panko is simply bread crumbs, so they are not gluten-free. If you need this recipe to be wheat-free, then use gluten-free bread crumbs.

A simple vegan recipe

 I was searching for how to make vegan mayo with Aquafaba when I came across this vegan "crab" cake recipe. Discovering vegan recipes like vegan tuna salad has made it so easy to swap out my favorite foods to eat more meatless meals and follow a plant-based diet.

So, make your Aquafaba and gather up the rest of the ingredients that you need for this delicious vegan recipe. You will also need a food processor to make the right texture for the cakes. If you don't have a food processor, you can use a fork to smash the chickpeas, but a food processor is an awesome small appliance to have in the kitchen for vegan cooking. 

Now is the perfect time to splurge on a food processor!

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Plant Based Chinese Dumplings With Spicy Chile Sauce

Forget the take-out restaurant for dumplings. These potstickers are so delicious and made with plant-based ingredients. Learn how easy they are to make at home. Keep reading for the recipe.

 One of my favorite places to eat is always some type of Oriental restaurant. I like these eating establishments as they have unique foods that are not that simple to make at home. Also, the meals come with plenty of vegetables. So I am glad that my husband also enjoys eating Chinese and Thai food so he always agrees with me when I select these restaurants. I enjoy the food so much that I always want to eat it again later that week. The problem is the leftovers go fast, my husband takes them in his lunch for work. So I have to always recreate the delicious Chinese meals at home.

 Last month I recreated the Pad Thai dish that I had on New Year's day at the local Thai restaurant. I made my recipe into a keto recipe so it was healthier. Check out my Keto Pad Thai recipe Here. Several years ago, I learned how to make vegetarian egg foo young and fried rice. I now make egg foo young several times a month as it is so easy to make. Yes, these dishes take longer to make than picking up Chinese food but it is so much cheaper to make Chinese meals at home.

  

So my latest Oriental craving started with seeing a plant-based recipe on Oprah's website for Chinese dumplings. Her recipe or should I say her chef's recipe for potstickers had ingredients in it that I could not serve to my family. The recipe had beets and eggplant in it. These are vegetables that I love but not my family. So I decided to modify Oprah's plant-based Chinese dumpling recipe with ingredients that I knew my family would enjoy. I omitted ingredients and added different vegetables. This was the first time that I had made and tasted potstickers. I have never tried the potstickers at my favorite Chinese place because they have meat in them and I do not eat meat. Potstickers just look so delicious to me and anything that comes with a dipping sauce has my vote or should I say taste buds.

Chinese Dumplings are easy to make

 Chinese dumplings are not that hard to make. Sure, it does take time to make the filling and fold all the little bundles of goodness. These dumplings remind me of tamales as both take some time to assemble but it is so worth it. Once you get the hang of folding the wonton wrappers, you will see that homemade potstickers are so worth the time. The plus side of making them at home is that you can make the potstickers vegan, try ordering plant-based Chinese dumplings at a Chinese restaurant.

Round wonton wrappers are better

 I prefer using round wonton wrappers for my dumplings but square wonton wrappers work just fine. You can find wonton wrappers in the produce section at your grocery store. My store only had the square wonton wrappers so my Chinese dumplings may look different from what you find at the Oriental restaurant. I need to make a shopping trip to the international store to stock up on my favorite Chinese ingredients like bean sprouts, seaweed, ramen, and specialty sauces. Do you have an Oriental store near you? If so what are your favorite ingredients to buy?

If your wonton wrapper is round, fold the wrapper over the filling to create a half-moon shape, pinching the edges to seal.

How to fold square wonton wrappers

  If you can only find the square wonton wrappers, don't fret as folding them for the dumplings is not that hard. You just have to fold them in a different way. The best way to make the dumplings with square wonton wrappers is to lay the wonton so it looks like a diamond shape. Then add a tablespoon of filling to the center of the wonton. After moistening the edges of the wonton wrapper, fold it over to look like a triangle, make sure to press on the edges so they stick to each other. Then grab the corners of the wonton and fold them over to look like a purse. Then press the edges together. The first couple of wonton wrappers may seem hard to fold but you will get the hang of it. Don't worry too much about how your dumplings look as they will still taste so delicious.

Freeze the dumplings for later

These Chinese dumplings freeze so well and can be cooked at a later time. So you can make a double batch of the potstickers and freeze some of them for later. Just place the uncooked dumplings in a single layer on a cookie sheet and freeze for about 30 minutes. Then place the dumplings in a ziplock baggie, where they can be frozen for up to 3 months.


Steaming the wonton dumplings

You have several options when it comes to cooking the Chinese dumplings. You can pan-fry, steam, or boil them. I like the pan-fry and steam method the best and it gives the dumplings a nice brown bottom. My recipe has this method but if you want to just steam the dumplings, just place them in a steamer basket in a simmering pot of water for eight minutes. To boil the dumplings just toss them into your favorite broth-based soup for wonton soup.

Potstickers need dipping sauces

The best part of eating Chinese potstickers is dipping them into sweet chili sauce or soy sauce. I included an easy-to-make recipe for the sweet chili sauce in my below recipe. For the chili part of the recipe, I used crushed red pepper flakes. The best crushed red pepper flakes come from the pizza place. So next time you order a takeout pizza, make sure to ask for the red pepper. They always give you way too many packages of red pepper so stick the extra packages in your fridge for later. The extra-sweet chili sauce can be used on ramen noodles or cooked vegetables.

 So now that you have learned how to make potstickers, you need to make these with other Oriental dishes for a complete homemade Chinese takeout meal. You could just serve these delicious Chinese potsticker dumplings with a bowl of rice or you can serve them with a homemade vegetarian egg foo young and Keto Pad Thai. I included the links for these delicious recipes below.

Make my homemade vegetarian egg foo young!

https://www.momknowsbest.net/2016/12/vegetarian-egg-foo-young.html

Make my Keto Pad Thai

https://www.momknowsbest.net/2020/01/keto-friendly-pad-thai-with-malaysia.html


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Plant Based Chinese Dumplings With Spicy Chile Sauce

Yield: 36

Author: Mom Knows Best

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Skip the take-out order, Chinese Dumplings (also commonly known as potstickers), are easy to make and taste much better when you make them homemade!

ingredients:

dumpling filling

• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 tablespoon sesame oil
• 1 tablespoon minced fresh ginger
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 12 ounces plant-based ground meat, I like Lightlife
• 1 cup green cabbage leaves, finely shredded
• 1/2 cup green onions, minced
• 1 cup shredded carrots
• 3 tablespoons soy sauce
• 36 wonton wrappers
• small bowl water for assembling the dumplings
• 2 tablespoons olive oil for cooking the dumplings

sweet chili sauce

• 1/2 cup rice vinegar
• 3/4 cup water
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 5 garlic cloves, finely chopped
• 2 tablespoon soy sauce 
• 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
• 4 teaspoons cornstarch
•  2 tablespoons water

instructions:

How to cook Plant Based Chinese Dumplings With Spicy Chile Sauce

To make the dumplings

1. Heat the olive oil and sesame in a pan over medium-high heat.
2. Add the garlic and ginger and saute for a minute.
3. Then add the remaining ingredients, except the wonton wrappers, small bowl of water, and additional olive oil. Stir and cook the ingredients for 5 minutes or until the vegetables are soft and the plant-based ground meat is slightly cooked.
4. To assemble to wontons: Clear a large space and gather wonton wrappers, prepared filling, and the small bowl of water.
5. Begin by filling the middle of a wonton wrapper with about a tablespoons worth of pork filling. Wet your finger, and run along the edges of the wonton wrapper. .
6. If your wrapper is round, fold the wrapper over the filling to create a half-moon shape, pinching the edges to seal. If your wrapper is square, then fold the edges into a triangle. Then fold once more, see the step by step images of how I fold my dumplings in the above photos.
7. Repeat the process until all wonton wrappers are filled. Once you have filled the dumplings you can freeze them or cook them.
8. Heat a large frypan over medium-high heat. Add 2 tablespoons of olive oil to the skillet and place dumplings in an even layer. Fry for a few minutes until bottoms are golden.
9. Add 1/3 cup of water and cover with a tight-fitting lid. Reduce the heat to medium and let the dumplings steam for 3-4 minutes. Remove from pan and serve with soy sauce and sweet chili sauce.

To make the sweet chili sauce

1. Add the vinegar, water, sugar, garlic cloves, soy sauce, and crushed red pepper flakes to a non-stick pan.
2. Heat over medium heat while stirring, to dissolve the sugar. Increase the heat to medium-high and bring it to a boil. Let it simmer for about 2 minutes.
3. Let it cook for a few minutes until it’s slightly thickened (3 minutes)
4. Mix the cornstarch and water together and add this to the sauce as well.
5. While stirring frequently (to prevent the sauce from burning at the bottom), simmer the sauce for a further 3 minutes or until it reaches the desired thickness.  If it thickens too much, add a little extra water to thin it out. 
6. Cool to room temperature and store in the fridge.

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Easy Sweet Shortcake Biscuits For Dairy Free Strawberry Shortcake

Looking for a easy to make recipe for strawberry shortcake? These sweet biscuits are dairy-free and delicious. They are perfect for strawberry shortcake recipes.

 I am waiting for the warmer days of spring. I have been thinking about spring desserts, and the one that I have been wanting to make is strawberry shortcake. It must have been from seeing all the fresh strawberries in the store. My youngest son was with me last time I went shopping, and he, too, was getting excited about fresh strawberries and asked if we could make strawberry shortcakes for Sunday dessert.

 I told my son, yes and he then grabbed several containers of fresh strawberries. My son started looking for shortcakes but could not find any in the store. I am not sure why stores only sell those little shortcakes in the summer. I was ok with the store not having any shortcakes, as they are usually overpriced and bland. So I told my son that we would make some sweet homemade biscuits and use them for our strawberry shortcakes. My son liked that idea and asked if he could help make the biscuits.

Easy Sweet Drop Biscuits For Strawberry Shortcakes Are

  ~ Dairy-free

  ~ Delicious

  ~ Easy-to-make 

  ~ Perfect for dessert

I love that my son enjoys cooking
  

My youngest son is ten, and he is becoming a great cook. He loves to bake cookies and other sweet treats. He has even learned how to use the stove and makes his own grilled cheese sandwiches. I love teaching him how to cook other foods.

The other day, I called him from the gym and enlisted his help for dinner. So while my husband and I were exercising, my son thawed the fish and roasted the potatoes. When I got home from the gym, my son helped me bread the fish and cook it in the air fryer. I am thinking of letting him cook the fish all by himself next time, so I can come home to dinner after working out. My husband also loves coming home to dinner after the gym.

Ingredients Needed For Dairy Free Strawberry Shortcake

~ Flour

~ Sugar

~ Baking powder

~  Salt

~  Vegan butter

~ Plant-based milk

Sweet biscuits need sweet balsamic-glazed strawberries

 These sweet biscuits are delicious by themselves, but are even tastier when topped with sweet balsamic sliced strawberries. One would think that balsamic vinegar would give a strange taste to strawberries, but instead, it brings out an enticing sweet flavor. These strawberries are perfect for a spring dessert like a strawberry shortcake. Get the unique recipe for glazed strawberries HERE.

Don't forget the dairy-free coconut whipped topping

 Strawberry shortcake needs a delicious homemade whipped cream, and you can make a dairy-free version with a can of coconut milk. The secret is chilling the coconut milk overnight. Chilled coconut milk whips up into a deliciously creamy dairy-free topping that is perfect for a dairy-free dessert like strawberry shortcake. Get the unique recipe for Homemade Vegan Coconut Whipped Cream HERE.

Here are the links for the other recipes to make this delicious dessert.

  ~ Sweet Balsamic Strawberries 
https://www.momknowsbest.net/2019/03/sweet-balsamic-strawberries-for.html

  ~ Homemade Vegan Coconut Whipped Cream
https://www.momknowsbest.net/2019/03/homemade-vegan-coconut-whipped-cream.html

Yield: 6 biscuitsAuthor: Mom Knows Best

Easy Sweet Drop Biscuits For Dairy Free Strawberry Shortcake

These sweet drop biscuits are perfect for strawberry shortcake

ingredients:

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 cup cold vegan butter
• 1 cup plant-based milk

instructions

1. In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. Cut in vegan butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Gradually stir in plant-based milk until a soft dough forms.
2. Drop the dough by heaping tablespoonfuls into six-eight mounds on a lightly greased baking sheet. Bake at 425° for 12-15 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool on a wire rack.
3. To use for strawberry shortcake, split the biscuits in half and place the strawberries on the bottom half of the biscuit. Then top with whip cream and the other biscuit half.

NOTES:

Calories
257.72

Fat (grams)
8.86

Sat. Fat (grams)
5.41

Carbs (grams)
38.65

Fiber (grams)
1.13

Net carbs
37.52

Sugar (grams)
4.29

Protein (grams)
5.81

Sodium (milligrams)
502.97

Cholesterol (grams)
23.60

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