Jazz Up Your Poutine! #PGMom

Did you know that Poutine is a traditional Canadian dish?

FUN EVENT - June 5th, 2013On Wednesday, June 5th, Food Network’s John Catucci will be hosting Dine & Dish with Dawn - a pop-up poutinerie at Yonge-Dundas Square in Toronto, where the poutine is free if you clean your own dish with Dawn Ultra. That’s right; if you eat it –you clean it!

Leading up to this event, PGMoms were invited to create their own poutine recipes! Of course, with poutine comes a huge, messy cleanup. We put Dawn to the test and had a super easy and efficient clean up!

Jazz Up Your Poutine!

Here are some unique poutine ideas that we came up with:
Click on the images for the recipes.


Poutine a la Stroganoff

Poutine with Mushroom Gravy

Poutine with Slow Cooked Beef

All tidied up!

How do you like your poutine?

---

We are P&Gmoms. As part of our affiliation with this group we receive products and special access to P&G events and opportunities. The opinions on this blog are our own.

Donuts

I had no idea how quickly you could make donuts at home, it's been fun experimenting with different coatings!

Recipe - Donuts

Ingredients

• 1 can refrigerated biscuits
• oil for frying
• coatings such as cinnamon and sugar or powdered sugar

Step 1
Heat about 2 inches of oil in a deep frying pan or pot

Step 2
Open a can of refridgerated biscuits, separate circles, then make circles in them with a small cup (I used a shot glass)

Step 3
When oil is hot drop the donuts and holes in the oil, they only take seconds so be ready to flip them right away, remove when brown, you might take a few tries to get the timing right

Step 4
Drain on paper towel then cover in cinnamon and sugar or powdered sugar.  I put my coating in a bowl them flipped the donuts around

Step 5
Best served soon after making them

Family Thoughts

Well the kids just loved then of course! A fun afternoon treat and the kids can do the toppings themselves!

Kraft #PhillyChocolate and Breakfast in Bed

Have you seen what Philly has on the shelf for us?  Chocolate Philly!  Can you believe it?  It is so good, easy to spread and with Chocolate Philly you get the dairy goodness of Philly plus the deliciousness of pure milk chocolate – with half the sugar and calories (per 1 tbsp. serving) of the other guys!

You have got to try it Canada!  Head over to Philly Canada’s Facebook page and take advantage of their limited time coupon!  While you are there check out their Breakfast in Bed Challenge, that's right, you deserve to have a delicious treat in bed once in awhile!  Here's how it works:

1. Post a Facebook status update with something to the effect of “If I get 20 Likes, I am getting Chocolate Philly delivered in bed tomorrow morning, what could be better. Help a mama out!”
2. Your friends will start liking your post and it's all up to your family now! 
3. When your family serves you breakfast in bed with Chocolate Philly, take a photo and submit it to the Philadelphia Cream Cheese Canada Facebook page - how fun is that?! 

I decided to do a taste test in bed with my little man and it was deeeeelish!  Every once in awhile we spend Sunday mornings with all the kids piled on our bed with books, a family movie, drinks and snacks.  How perfect would it be to enjoy Chocolate Philly on toast, or maybe dip some strawberries in it, yum!

Let us know if you take Philly Canada's Breakfast in Bed Challenge, and don't forget to grab the coupon!

Bacon Wrapped French Toast Cups

I love traditional breakfast, brunch and "breakfast for dinner" foods! I think it's that combination of salty and sweet that gets me every time. This is why Bacon Wrapped French Toast Cups are so appealing to me.

This recipe got a huge thumbs up from my Mom, sister and my kids! We all loved it.

Bacon Wrapped French Toast Cups

Main Ingredients:

• 1/2 lb bacon, uncooked
• 1 French loaf (the large, wide white freshly baked loaves), cubed
• 2 1/2 cups milk
• 6 eggs
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 Tbsp vanilla
• 1 tsp cinnamon

Topping Ingredients:

• 1/4 cup butter, cubed
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 1/4 cup flour
• 1/4 tsp cinnamon

Directions:
Step 1:
Fry bacon strips for a couple of minutes (should not be fully cooked) in a fry pan or in the oven.

Step 2:
Pat any grease from the bacon with a paper towel.

Step 3:
Wrap bacon inside muffin tins (we use our stoneware muffin pan, but if you are using metal, you may consider lightly greasing the sides first).

Step 4:
Whisk together the milk, eggs, sugar, vanilla and cinnamon. Add bread cubes and combine well.

Step 5:
Fill muffin cups with egg/bread mixture and press down (cup should be approximately 3/4 full).

Step 6:
Combine the topping ingredients, use a pastry mixer or a fork until butter is pea sized or smaller and sprinkle on top of each muffin cup.

Step 7:
Bake in 350° oven for approximately 35 minutes or until tops are browned.

Serving Notes:
These are delicious served with fresh fruit and pure maple syrup!

Family Thoughts:

This is a super fun way to serve French Toast to the family. This version is sweeter than your traditional French Toast because of the added sugar and the crumbly topping. It makes for a great brunch item!

Shanghai Noodles

I love homemade Asian style meals, here's my recipe for Shanghai Noodles.

Recipe - Shanghai Noodles

Ingredients 

• udon noodles
• 2T hoisin sauce
• 2T soy sauce
• 1/2T sesame oil
• 1/2t white sugar

Step 1
Mix together hoisin sauce, soy sauce, sesame oil and sugar in a small bowl

Step 2
Boil udon noodles for approx 3-5 minutes, drain (or udon noodles can be pan fried)

Step 3
Mix noodles with sauce and serve

At this point you can serve or add anything you want such as bok choy, bean sprouts, green onions or water chestnuts would all make great additions!

Family Thoughts

We love these noodles and have them often, so easy to change up the taste and ingredients.