••••BENEFITS OF KALE🌳!!••••

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****BENEFITS OF KALE!!

 

****MOST POWERFUL ANTIBIOTICS IN FOOD🍎🍯🌰🌶⚙️!!••••

••••HAPPY VALENTINES DAY❤️🥂🌹🍫🎁🍾🍷!'••••

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****HAPPY VALENTINES DAY❤️!!

 

 

••••RESERVE ANGUS STEAKHOUSE ROAST🐄🌰🍮!!••••

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****RESERVE ANGUS STEAKHOUSE

****ROAST!!

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Reserve Angus Steakhouse Roast

What You Will Need:

• kosher salt/black pepper
• 2 teaspoons fresh thyme
• 1 tablespoon ground mustard
• 2 cloves garlic - minced
• 4 tablespoons olive oil - divided
• 4 pound Harris Teeter Reserve Angus Steakhouse Roast
   
  ****PERFECT FOR YOUR 
  ****VALENTINE❤️

What To Do:

1. Preheat oven to 250 degrees.
2. Into a small bowl combine: salt, pepper, thyme, mustard,garlic and 1 tablespoon of oil Season roast on all sides with mixture.
3. Place remaining oil into bottom of deep sided roasting pan. Heat stove top over medium-high heat. Sear all sides of roast. 
4. Place roasting rack underneath roast and transfer to oven. 
5. Cook until internal temperature reaches 135-140 degrees for medium - rare. 
6. Remove from oven, cover with foil and allow to rest for approximately 15 minutes prior to slicing.
   

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••••MEAT TIP🐔🐷🐂🐄🐓🍗🍖!!••••

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****MEAT TIP!!

****WHEN DEFROSTING MEAT FROM

****THE FREEZER,  POUR SOME 

****VINEGAR OVER IT.

****NOT ONLY WILL IT TENDERIZE

****THE MEAT BUT IT WILL ALSO

****BRING DOWN THE TEMPERATURE 

****OF THE MEAT AND CAUSE IT TO

****THAW FASTER.

••••FRENCH TOAST WITH CANDIED BACON AND CHERRY BOURBON SYRUP🍒🥃🍎🍊🌶🍳🥛🍞🧀🥓🥚🍮!!••••

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 ****FRENCH TOAST WITH CANDIED

****BACON AND CHERRY BOURBON

****SYRUP!!

Recipe provided and printed with permission from Robard’s Steakhouse at The Woodlands Resort & Conference Center.

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French Toast with Candied Bacon and Cherry Bourbon Syrup

What You Will Need:

• 4 ounces bourbon
• 1/2 cup dry tart cherries
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup apple juice
• 1/2 cup pure maple syrup
• 1/2 teaspoon orange zest
• 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
• 4 slices applewood bacon
• 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
• 1 tablespoon packed brown sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon dried thyme
• 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
• 2 large eggs 2 - beaten
• 1/2 cup whole milk
• 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extracts
• dash freshly grated cinnamon
• dash freshly grated nutmeg
• 8 -1" thick bias cut slices of Challah bread
• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
• gorgonzola cheese 
  

  
  ****PERFECT FOR VALENTINES 
  ****DAY BREAKFAST!!  

What To Do:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a rimmed baking sheet with aluminum foil and a baking rack and set aside. 
2. Into a large saute pan over medium heat add: bourbon, cherries, sugar, apple juice, maple syrup, orange zest and pepper. Mix to combine. Simmer until syrup is reduced by 1/3. Set aside. 
3. WHILE syrup is cooking, place bacon slices onto rack. In a small bowl mix together Dijon and brown sugar. Using a silicon pastry brush, brush mixture on bacon. Sprinkle thyme and red pepper flakes onto bacon. Bake for approximately 15-25 minutes or until to desired doneness. 
4. Into a large shallow dish add: eggs, milk, vanilla, cinnamon and nutmeg. Whisk to combine. Set aside. 
5. When ready to assemble. Place slices of challah into milk mixture. Allow to soak on both sides. 
6. Heat a non-stick skillet over medium heat. Add butter. Cook slices (in batches) 
7. Cook slowly until light brown, flip and continue cooking until firm.
8. Transfer to plate. Top with slices of candied bacon and crumbled Gorgonzola cheese, add cherry syrup.

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••••BOURBON CHERRY FILLED DONUTS🍒🥃🥚🍩🥛🍳🍊🍚!!••••

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****BOURBON CHERRY 🍒 FILLED

****DONUTS!!

 

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 Bourbon Cherry Filled Doughnuts

What You Will Need:

• 1 packet avice dry yeast
• 3-4 cups all purpose flour - divided
• 1 tablespoon plus 1/4 cup sugar
• 2 large egg yolks
• 1 large egg
• 1/2 cup whole milk - warm
• 1/2 teaspoon dried orange peel
• 2 tablespoons orange juice - pulp free
• 1 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1/2 teaspoon PURE VANILLA EXTRACT
• 6 tablespoons unsalted butter - cubed
• 8 cups vegetable oil 
• 1 cup cherry preserves 
• 3-4 tablespoons DIY VANILLA SPICED BOURBON
• powdered sugar - for dusting
   
  ****AMAZING!!

What To Do:

1. Into bowl of your stand mixer combine: yeast, 1 tablespoon flour, 1 tablespoon sugar, t tablespoon warm water. Let sit until yeast begins to foam. Approximately 5 minutes. 
2. Whisk in: eggs, milk, orange peel, orange juice, salt, vanilla, 2 cups flour and remaining 1/4 cup sugar. Mix on low speed with dough hook until combined. 
3. Add butter, 1 piece at a time mixing well between additions. Gradually add remaining 2 cups flour. NOTE: you may not need all of it. Mix until dough is soft, smooth and shiny. Continue kneading until no longer sticky. Approximately 5 minutes. 
4. Remove dough from bowl. Spray bowl with non-stick cooking spray. Return dough to bowl. Cover with a kitchen towel. Allow dough to rise until doubled in size. Approximately 1 hour. 
5. Roll dough onto a lightly floured clean surface until 3/4" thick. Using a round cutter (or a juice glass) cut our rounds of dough twisting cutter to release dough. Re-roll scraps and continue. 
6. Transfer rounds of dough to a parchment lined baking sheet. Cover with kitchen towel and allow to rise until doubled in size . Approximately 45 minutes. 
7. Into a large heavy bottom pan heat oil over medium heat until it reaches 340 degrees. Working in batches fry dough until golden. Flip during frying to cook evenly on both sides. Transfer to a paper towel lined baking sheet to cool. 
8. Place cherry preserves and bourbon into blender. Pulse until smooth. Transfer filling to a piping bag. 
9. Using a pastry tip, gently poke a hole into the middle of each doughnut. Fill with cherry filling. 
10. Dust each with powdered sugar. 

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