Air Fryer Cream Cheese Bagel

Think warm and toasty cinnamon cheesecake but topping a chewy bagel. In like 5 minutes! New favourite breakfast right here 🡻

Ingredients:

Bagel, any flavour (I used cinnamon bagel this time)

Cream cheese, again any flavour you like

Cinnamon sugar

Honey

Slather your cream cheese on each bagel half then sprinkle with a good amount of cinnamon sugar (make a batch of about 1/2 cup sugar with 2 tbsps cinnamon and keep it in a shaker). Give it all a drizzle of honey and it's ready for the air fryer.

Line the bottom of the air fryer with parchment paper and sit the bagel halves in the basket. Air fry at 390°F for 5 minutes.

Gotta say this strawberry cream cheese on raisin cinnamon bagel was delish!

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Dad's Meat Sauce

In our house, when Dad's cooking, he makes this mighty meat sauce!

Ingredients:

1 1/2 lbs lean ground beef 

1 tbsp vegetable oil

1 onion, diced

1/2 red pepper, diced 

2-3 tsps minced garlic 

1 - 28 oz can diced tomatoes

1 can condensed tomato soup (don't add water)

1/2 - 5.5 oz can tomato paste

1 tsp dry oregano

1/4 cup chopped fresh basil 

Salt and pepper to taste

1 carrot

In a skillet heat the oil to medium and add the ground beef. Cook and break up until no pink remains then add the onion and red pepper for 2-3 minutes. Add the garlic for 1 minute.

Add the canned diced tomatoes, tomato soup, tomato paste, oregano, basil, salt, pepper and 1 whole carrot.

Bring to a gentle boil then reduce to low, cover and simmer a couple of hours or until the carrot is tender. 

Serve on top of your favourite pasta with a piece of the cooked carrot.

Makes 4-5 servings

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Spicy Chili Oil Shrimp

Just enough spicy chili oil to knock your socks off!

Ingredients:

300g (11 oz) 16/20 sized shrimp

2 tbsps chili crisp oil, divided

1 tbsp vegetable oil

1/2 cup sliced celery

a handfull of green and/or yellow beans, julienned

1/2 cup julienned carrots

1 tsp minced garlic

1/2 tsp minced dry onion

salt and pepper to taste

2 tbsps water

black sesame seeds to garnish

 

Clean the shrimp and pat dry. Toss with 1 tbsp chili oil (don't forget to stir it first). Refrigerate for about 30 minutes. And just a note here: your Spicy Chili Crisp Oil may NOT be peanut free!

Heat vegetable oil in a skillet to medium. Add celery, beans, carrots, salt and pepper cooking 4-5 minutes. Add the garlic and minced onion for 1 minute then add the water . Remove to a bowl and keep warm.

Heat 1 tbsp chili oil in the same skillet to medium high. Add the shrimp in a single layer and cook 2-3 minutes without moving them. After 3 minutes flip them for another 2-3 minutes, then toss in the vegetables and heat through. 

Plate and garnish with sesame seeds.

Serves 2

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Lemon Roasted Cauliflower

Tender crisp slightly charred cauliflower florets with zippy lemon to wake up your taste buds!

Ingredients:

4 cups cauliflower florets

4 tbsps olive oil, divided

1 tsp dry oregano

1 tsp garlic powder

1/2 tsp dry minced onion

zest of 1 lemon

juice of 1/2 a lemon

salt and pepper to taste

1/4 cup crumbled feta

fresh chopped basil and/or mint

 

Toss the cauliflower with 2 tbsps olive oil. Place on a lined baking sheet and sprinkle with oregano, garlic powder, minced onion and lemon zest. Roast at 425°F for 25 minutes turning over halfway.

Toss with lemon juice and 2 tbsps olive oil, then sprinkle with feta, salt, pepper and fresh chopped herbs.

This may be served warm or at room temperature.

Serves 4

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