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Cookie Salad

Beat the heat with this delicious summer treat! Our girlfriend Claire sent us this recipe and it sounds absolutely wonderful. This recipe would make a great treat to take to any picnic or family gathering that you might be attending!
 
Cookie Salad
 
1 cup buttermilk
1- 3.5 ounce package vanilla pudding mix
8 ounces Cool Whip
16 ounces mandarin oranges, drained
16 ounces chunk pineapple, drained
14 fudge-striped cookies, broken
 
Mix buttermilk with pudding mix.  Add cool whip, oranges and pineapple.  Shortly before serving, add cookies.
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Andy’s Cheese Cake

Cheese Cake is one of my most favorite desserts. When Andy and I started dating he made me this cheese cake for me and I knew he was a keeper. I like a plain cheese cake with NO Fru- Fru on top. This cheese cake is so rich and creamy and I love it.
Andy’s Cheesecake

Ingredients:
1 ½ cups chocolate sandwich crumbs (Oreos) or graham crackers
2 ½ tablespoons unsalted butter, room temperature
1 tablespoon sugar, plus 1 ½ cups
5 blocks cream cheese, room temperature
1 lemon, zested
1 orange, zested
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3?tablesppons flour
5 eggs, room temperature
2 egg yolks, room temperature
½ cup sour cream

Directions:
Position rack in the middle of the oven and preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Finely grind cookies in food processor, add butter and 1 tablespoon sugar; blend until moist clumps form. Press crumb mixture onto the bottom of a buttered springform pan. Bake until set, 8 – 10 minutes. Cool the crust completely. In a mixer on medium speed combine cream cheese, 1 ½ cups sugar, zest of lemon and orange and vanilla. Mix until the cream cheese mixture is light and creamy. Add the flour to the cream cheese mixture and then add eggs and egg yolks one at a time. Mix well before adding another egg. After all eggs have been added, add sour cream and mix until smooth. Pour cheesecake batter into the prepared pan. Wrap pan in aluminum foil and place on a broiler pan. Add enough hot water to broiler pan until it is half way up the sides of the pan. Bake the cheese cake for 1 – 1 ½ hours or until cake is light brown and the middle jiggles. Remove from oven and allow cooling in the pan on a rack completely. Cover cheesecake with plastic wrap and refrigerate the cheese cake overnight. Remove spring form pan and serve.

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Step inside the Wacky World of The Sister’s Cook Book!

Just wanted to say how grateful we are for the doors of opportunity–and for the friends who oil the hinges.

Good Morning to all you Grocery Lovers!

Just wanted to drop a couple of lines this morning and whisper in your ear all the fantastic shenanigans the sister’s have been up to.

You know sometime life gives you lemons and you are supposed to make lemonade. Well the sisters not only make lemonade we make lemon pie, lemon lush, lemon cake, lemon chicken, lemon meringue, lemon bars, lemon curd well you get the picture. We never do anything half-hearted we take it over the top.

We have absolutely thrown ourselves into trying to finish our cookbook and can we just say we have had a blast. This year has proven to be a world wind of anticipation, excitement and also struggles. With every struggle somehow God provided us with an opportunity. Within this year we have managed to keep up with a blog, formulate recipes, carry on with our catering, work full time jobs, take care of our families, write a cookbook, appear on the Food Network “Paula’s Best Dishes” three times, perform a speaking engagement for some wonderful women in Jasper Georgia and last but not least take our beautiful Journey back to our heritage in Louisiana. Out of all the incredible opportunities, we would have to say Our Journey was the best thing since color TV!

There is something about getting on an open road with your favorite people and laughing hysterically, acting so silly and literally eating so much that you throw-up! Sounds fun doesn’t it? We have sincerely been so blessed this year and just are so excited to finally draw a little closer to our dream.

Our cookbook will feature superb recipes from our Southern and Cajun Heritage along with our amusing stories. Writing these stories and reminiscing over our lives have been priceless. We feel that this will be a little different from your ordinary cookbook; along with having fan-freaking-tastic recipes that will leave your mouth-watering. Our stories could bear a resemblance to a comedy show. We ain’t joking, it is so darn hysterical. We are about to bust a gut to share all this goodness with all you beautiful grocery lovers. At this time we are working with a publisher and working hard to bring you the best of the best stories and recipes that will surely make you lick your lips in anticipation. Just sit tight and we will update you as soon as this masterpiece is available.

We would like to thank each and every one of you for stopping by and allowing us to share with you the little things that make us tick; from all our crazy videos to our new and exciting recipes. We hope you have enjoyed it as much as we have. Keep coming back, because We have only just begun!

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Go on and Get You Some! The Sisters dirty rice stuffed peppers!

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Watermelon Salad

Watermelon Salad

Ingredients:
1 seedless watermelon, cubed
1 medium Vidalia onion, sliced thin
½ red onion, sliced thin
Kosher salt to taste
¼ cup extra virgin olive oil
¼ cup lime juice
3 tablespoons honey
2 tablespoons cilantro

Directions:
Cube watermelon into bite size pieces and toss with onions and salt. Combine olive oil, lime juice, honey and cilantro. Pour over watermelon and toss.

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Honey Mustard Salmon and Asparagus Bake

Ingredients:
2 ½ pounds fresh salmon
2 pounds fresh asparagus ends trimmed
Salt and pepper to taste
Garlic powder to taste
3 tablespoons olive oil
3 tablespoons Dijon mustard
3 tablespoons honey

Directions:
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Place salmon on a baking dish with aluminum foil, using enough to make a packet around the salmon and asparagus. Season the salmon with salt, pepper and garlic powder. In a small bowl combine 1 tablespoon of olive oil, mustard and honey. Coat the salmon filet with honey mustard mixture. Using the remaining 2 tablespoons of oil, toss the asparagus and season with salt, pepper and garlic powder. Place asparagus around the sides of the salmon and fold foil around the salmon and asparagus. Bake the salmon and asparagus for 15-20 minutes or until salmon is flakey.

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Shrimp and Vegetable Soup

Shrimp and Vegetable Soup

Stock
Ingredients:
2 tablespoons of vegetable oil
Shells from 1 ½ pounds shrimp
1 stalk celery, rough chopped
1 carrot, rough chopped
1 onion, rough chopped
2 bay leaves
4 cups water
3 chicken bouillon cubes

2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 onion, diced
4 cloves garlic, minced
2 stalks celery, diced
2 zucchini, diced
2 carrots, diced
8 ounces mushrooms, rough chopped
½ cup chopped fresh basil
2 sprigs of thyme
1 14.5 can diced tomatoes
1 14.5 ounce can chick peas, drained
1 14.5 ounce can cannellini beans, drained
1 ½ pounds shrimp, deveined
2 cups baby spinach
Salt and pepper to taste
Parmesan cheese

Directions:
For the Stock- In a large skillet heat the oil and add the shells, carrot, celery, onion, and bay leaves. Sauté the vegetables for 5 minutes. Add water and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low and simmer for 45- 50 minutes. Add bouillon cubes and stir until cubes have dissolved. Strain and reserve the stock.
In a large Dutch oven add oil, onions, garlic, celery, zucchini, carrots and mushrooms and sauté for 8-10 minutes or until tender. Add basil, thyme, tomatoes, chick peas and cannellini beans. Simmer for 45 minutes. Add shrimp, spinach, salt and pepper and cook until shrimp are done. Top bowls of soup with parmesan slivers. Serve with crusty French bread or cheese toast.

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Our Weekend in Jasper, Georgia with Beautiful People!

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This weekend we had the privilege to travel to Jasper, Georgia to the Salvation Army camp. What a beautiful weekend for the sisters! Our very good friend Stormnhad asked us to come and do a cooking demonstration for all the women that were attending the retreat for the weekend. We of course were honored and said yes! />
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We left Friday afternoon and began an extremely comical voyage. Words can’t describe the enjoyment the sisters have on the road. We always hit the super slab with complete gusto! It’s like we leave our age at home and reflect on being a teenager again. It is first-class therapy for the soul. We laugh and cut the fool just like we did when we were teen-agers. The time goes by so fast when you get older and it is just brings comfort to know we still can be so silly again. Our road trip was, to say the least, an “untamed adventure”.

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On Saturday we were to go on stage and demonstrate how to make a wonderful BLT potato salad and strawberry trifle. We had everything set up and all our ingredients ready to show all these magnificent ladies how it’s done. With butterflies doing somersaults in our bellies we came on stage and did our thing. We asked them to play the song “Don’t Stop Believing” as we entered the stage to get the ladies hyped up a little. Really and truly it was to get us hyped up to do our thing. Don’t stop believing is our theme song. It’s something that we continue to do each and every day of our lives. We keep pushing and believing so that one day we may accomplish our dream.


This is from a previous road trip that the sisters took.

We had such a great time with all of these ladies. What a delight it was to entertain all these ladies. We just want to thank them for the astonishing response that they gave us. We were overwhelmed with excitement! Our Cup Runneth Over! Beyond a doubt these ladies, God and prayers gave us the confidence to get up on that stage and share what we love to do! Cook, eat and perform! It was just a magical weekend all together.

The ride home took us 10 hours when it should have only taken 4! But we took the time out to see the sights and ride through the town of Jasper. Can we just say it was breath taking? The beautiful picturesque scenery was just awe-inspiring. We had the windows down and the music playing as we traveled through the mountains, and it was like we didn’t have a care in the world! Life was complete! We had shared the afternoon with beautiful women and doing what we love, it just couldn’t get any better than that! God is GOOD!

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Chicken, spinach and Mushroom Puffs

This is a great sandwich..

Ingredients:

2 -3 chicken breasts

¾ cup Italian dressing

2 tablespoons butter

1 tablespoon olive oil

1 large onion, cut in half and sliced thin

2 cups fresh mushrooms, rough chopped

4 cups baby spinach

¼ cup parmesan cheese, plus 2 tablespoons for sprinkling

8 slices Muenster cheese

Salt, pepper, and garlic powder to taste

2 sheets Puff pastry, thawed

1 egg

1 tablespoon water

Directions:

Marinate chicken breast in Italian dressing for 4-8 hours. Remove chicken from marinade, discard marinade. Bake the chicken in a 350 degree oven for 45 minutes-1 hour or until chicken is done, increase oven temperature to 400 degrees. Allow chicken to rest for 5 minutes and then cube chicken. Meanwhile, in a large skillet, melt butter and oil, sauté onions over medium high heat for 8-10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Reduce heat to medium and continue cooking onions for an additional 5 minutes. Add mushrooms to the onions and continue to cook for 7-10 more minutes. Add spinach and cook until wilted. Add parmesan cheese and cubed chicken to spinach mixture and season with salt, pepper and garlic powder. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper. Place one puff pastry on cookie sheet and place 4 slices of cheese on tops. Spoon ½ of the spinach and chicken mixture on to the sheet of puff pastry. Roll puff pastry up like a jelly roll. Brush roll with egg mixture and sprinkle garlic powder and parmesan cheese on top. Repeat using second sheet and the rest of chicken and spinach mixture. Bake for 35-40 minutes or until golden brown

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