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Get this Cookbook: Siriously Delicious

I am a big fan of the Today Show on NBC.  When I was given the opportunity to review Siri Daly’s cookbook “Siriously Delicious,” I was so excited. The recipes she cooks up on the Today Show always have my mouth watering.

It is one thing to watch her make these recipes, it is quite another to experience her creations.  This book is filled with recipes for the healthy eaters to the not so healthy eaters.  For those who have special diets like Glow 15, Whole 30, vegetarian or vegan, she has you covered with so many options.

One thing that she points out in her “Spinach, Chickpea, and Tomato Frittata” recipe is that some of these recipes were borne out of finding what she had around her kitchen, especially on those days when the fridge was practically empty.  Keeping that in mind, you have permission to swap out ingredients to go with either what you have or to match what your diet allows.

One recipe you will want to try is her recipe for Greek Nachos.  Although, when I made this, I discovered my Feta had gone bad, so I substituted it with Bleu Cheese and it was amazing!

This recipe is perfect for at home tailgating or just about any party.  Never mind that they’re super healthy!

I made her Buddha Bowl, but went with what I had and stuck to my Glow 15 lifestyle.  Instead of wild or brown rice, I used black rice with coconut oil.  Instead of broccolini, I used lemon braised kale.  I had some roasted butternut squash leftover, so I opted to use that instead.  The avocado?  Well, that’s the Avocado Glow version (from Glow 15).  The only thing that stayed true to her recipe were the chickpeas…and I highly recommend making the chickpeas.  I used her original recipe as a guide to building my own Buddha Bowl and I have to say it was absolutely delicious!

When I saw the Pan-Roasted Brussel Sprouts recipe, I knew I had to try this and this recipe did not disappoint.  It was so good.

Another favorite recipe is her Miso Tzatziki.  I never would have thought to put miso and tzatziki together.  I mean, it was excellent!

When I made Siri’s recipes, it happened to be on my no to low protein day, so basically my vegetarian day.  My cheat day was the next day so I tried to make the Daly Fried Chicken to an epic fail.  I have to go back and try to make it again.  There were several mistakes I made.  The first one being that I did not notice that the drumsticks did not have their skins when I dumped them into the buttermilk (damn Whole Foods).  My second mistake was trying to use coconut flour instead of all-purpose flour (I ran out of all-purpose flour).  So the next time I want to try the fried chicken recipe again, I am sticking to the recipe.

I will be trying her Buffalo Baked Cauliflower, Asian Beef Lettuce Wraps and Spinach Balls this weekend.

If you want a recipe book that is packed with delicious healthy (and not so healthy) recipes that are packed with flavor, this is the book for you.  It is family friendly, and includes plenty of recipes for the various diets and lifestyles out there.  If you are a foodie (like me), you will be happy with how every single dish is bursting with flavor.

The majority of the recipes are very simple to make, but more importantly, it is designed to cater to what you have in your home.   So many of the ingredients can be swapped out for like ingredients, which means you do not have to adhere 100% to the recipe.  Siri had that in mind when she put this cookbook together, because when you have a family of 5 waiting for dinner, you can’t always drop everything to run out and get a missing ingredient.  She gives you a guidebook on how to create each dish, but knows you may need to work with what you’ve got.

Since the publisher shared her Greek Nachos recipe on Amazon, I am going to share it here as well.  Like the book says, if you make anything in this book, let it be the Greek Nachos.  I highly agree with that statement!

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Print Recipe
Siriously Delicious's Greek Nachos
Course Appetizer
Cuisine Greek
Servings
people
Ingredients
  • 6 5 inch pita rounds
  • 3 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons paprika
  • 1 teaspoon kosher salt
  • 1 1/2 cups crumbled feta cheese
  • 1 large red bell pepper, chopped
  • 1 medium red onion, finely chopped
  • 1 medium tomato, chopped
  • 3/4 cup sliced kalamata olives
  • 3 tablespoons fresh chives, thinly sliced
Dressing
  • 1 cup plain whole-milk Greek yogurt
  • 3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
  • 1 tablespoon honey
  • 1 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
Course Appetizer
Cuisine Greek
Servings
people
Ingredients
  • 6 5 inch pita rounds
  • 3 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons paprika
  • 1 teaspoon kosher salt
  • 1 1/2 cups crumbled feta cheese
  • 1 large red bell pepper, chopped
  • 1 medium red onion, finely chopped
  • 1 medium tomato, chopped
  • 3/4 cup sliced kalamata olives
  • 3 tablespoons fresh chives, thinly sliced
Dressing
  • 1 cup plain whole-milk Greek yogurt
  • 3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
  • 1 tablespoon honey
  • 1 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
Instructions
  1. Make the Dressing: Whisk together all of the ingredients until smooth.
  2. Make the Nachos: Preheat the oven to 400°F. Cut each pita into 8 wedges. Arrange the pita wedges in a single layer on an aluminum foil-lined rimmed baking sheet. Brush the pita wedges with the oil and sprinkle with the paprika and salt. Bake until crisp, 10 to 12 minutes.
  3. Remove the pita wedges from the oven. Increase the heat to a high broil. Sprinkle the wedges with the feta, bell pepper, and red onion. Broil until the cheese starts to melt, about 3 minutes. Remove from the oven.
  4. Sprinkle with the tomato, olives, and chives. Transfer the dressing to a squeeze bottle, or spoon into a plastic ziptop bag and snip 1 corner to make a small hole. Drizzle the nachos with your desired amount of dressing. Reserve any remaining dressing for another use.
Recipe Notes

Siriously Mini:

To make this more kid-friendly, top the toasted pita with store-bought hummus, feta, and diced avocado.

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Mouth Watering Slow Cooker Portuguese Ribs

I’ve been wanting to share this recipe for such a long time. Amazon Prime put three racks of ribs into my hands last week, and I knew it was time to share my recipe for Slow Cooker Portuguese Ribs.

First, for those who are Amazon Prime subscribers and live in or near a major city, sign up for the Amazon Treasure Truck texts [signup is located at the top of the linked page].  The morning the Treasure Truck is in town, they will send you a text with their current deal.  If you want the deal, just click on the special link in the text, select the time and location that works for you based on where the truck will be, checkout, then meet up with the truck.

Before Halloween, their special deal was a 160 piece bag of candy and a pumpkin of your choosing for $8.  The candy alone usually goes for $18, the pumpkin for $13.  Talk about an excellent deal!

Last Friday, I got three racks of ribs for $15.50.  That is a great price considering they usually go for $8+ per package.

So with three racks of ribs, I decided to finally share this recipe.  I took one picture of the ribs before Surita (Matthew’s 19 year old sister) destroyed the set.  Matthew came running in after it happened.  He’s usually a great set assistant, not so much on recipe days.  Surita devoured the ribs.  As skinny as she is, I have no idea where she puts it.

Luckily, I did get to try it before she ate them.  So mouth watering good!

The Original Recipe

I found this recipe for Portuguese Dry Rub Pork Spare Ribs and Spicy Sweet Piri Piri BBQ Sauce a few years ago from Tia Maria’s blog.

In the original recipe, Tia Maria bakes the ribs.  So if you want to go the old school method, or throw them on the grill, follow her recipe.  If you want to go the slow cooker route, follow the recipe below.


The Slow Cooker Recipe

Unlike most slow cooker recipes, this isn’t a dump into the crock pot, wait a few hours and then it’s done.  This is a process (but very simple).  What you’ll wind up with in the end is the juiciest, mouth watering, meat falling off the bone, best pork spare ribs you’ve ever tasted.

This recipe is adapted for the slow cooker from Tia Maria’s original recipe.  Only the BBQ sauce stays true to her recipe.  Please note that if you want to bake or grill, please follow Tia Maria’s recipe in the link.

Print Recipe
Slow Cooker Portuguese Ribs
Course Main Dish
Cuisine Portuguese
Servings
Ingredients
  • 1 rack ribs (3-4 lbs, depending on the size of your slow cooker)
  • 1/4 cup white wine [You can use cooking wine, or wine vinegar]
  • 2 cloves garlic (chopped)
  • 1 tablespoon salt
  • 1 tablespoon paprika
  • 1 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 1 teaspoon cumin
  • 1 teaspoon black pepper
  • 1 tablespoon Piri Piri [substitution: Tabasco sauce]
  • 1 cup ketchup
  • 3 tablespoons brown sugar
  • 1 teaspoon granulated sugar
  • 1 tablespoon worcestershire sauce [substitution: soy sauce]
  • 1 tablespoon Piri Piri [substitution: Tabasco sauce]
  • 1 tablespoon white vinegar
Course Main Dish
Cuisine Portuguese
Servings
Ingredients
  • 1 rack ribs (3-4 lbs, depending on the size of your slow cooker)
  • 1/4 cup white wine [You can use cooking wine, or wine vinegar]
  • 2 cloves garlic (chopped)
  • 1 tablespoon salt
  • 1 tablespoon paprika
  • 1 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 1 teaspoon cumin
  • 1 teaspoon black pepper
  • 1 tablespoon Piri Piri [substitution: Tabasco sauce]
  • 1 cup ketchup
  • 3 tablespoons brown sugar
  • 1 teaspoon granulated sugar
  • 1 tablespoon worcestershire sauce [substitution: soy sauce]
  • 1 tablespoon Piri Piri [substitution: Tabasco sauce]
  • 1 tablespoon white vinegar
Instructions
  1. [Prep ribs]. Place ribs in crock pot. Pour wine over the ribs and rub the chopped garlic over the ribs. Place cover over the crock pot and let the ribs marinate in the refrigerator for 1 hour.
  2. [Mix the seasonings]. Meanwhile, in a small bowl mix the salt, paprika, garlic powder, cumin, black pepper and Piri Piri (or Tabasco sauce), until you have a paste. Set aside.
  3. After the ribs have marinated for an hour, take the ribs out of the refrigerator, and rub the spices into the spare ribs using your fingers.
  4. Cook ribs on the High setting.
  5. [Prepare the BBQ Sauce]. Mix together the ketchup, brown sugar, sugar, worcestershire sauce, piri piri and white vinegar. Put aside.
  6. At the 1 hour and 15 minute mark, add the BBQ sauce to the ribs.
  7. Cook for another 1 hour and 45 minutes to 2 hours (or until the meat is falling off of the bone).
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The Best Meatball Recipe You Will Ever Try

I am not a huge meatball fan.  That is, not until I tried this recipe.  There are two ways you can try this recipe, you can either stuff them with cheese or go sans cheese.

The bonus to this recipe is that it is a crockpot recipe.  During the summer months, I try to stay away from the oven and find other methods to cook up delicious meals.  This recipe takes 15 minutes or so to prep.  The end result is everything.

You can eat the meatballs with spaghetti or zoodles.  I am a huge fan of making meatball subs with them to add a little variety.

I recommend doing a mix of cheese stuffed meatballs with regular meatballs.  The cheese gives the marinara sauce an extra oompf.  Feel free to experiment with different cheeses.  When I do a mix, I cut up one mozzarella cheese stick and stuff the meatballs with that.  I am considering trying this recipe with pepper jack cheese some day.

I recommend starting with the basic recipe first so you can really get the feel for how amazing this recipe is.  Later, feel free to experiment with different cheeses.  Also, if you are a mushroom fan, feel free to dump a small can on top with the marinara sauce.

This recipe was originally posted by Tasty (Mozzarella-Stuffed Slow Cooker Meatballs).

 

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The Best Meatball Recipe Ever
Cuisine Italian
Servings
Ingredients
  • 1 lb ground beef
  • 1 lb hot Italian sausage
  • 1/2 tsp garlic powder
  • 2 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp black pepper
  • 1 cup bread crumbs
  • 1/4 cup grated parmesan
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/2 cup milk (you can use whole, soy or almond milk)
  • 1/2 cup parsley
  • 1 jar spaghetti sauce
Cuisine Italian
Servings
Ingredients
  • 1 lb ground beef
  • 1 lb hot Italian sausage
  • 1/2 tsp garlic powder
  • 2 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp black pepper
  • 1 cup bread crumbs
  • 1/4 cup grated parmesan
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/2 cup milk (you can use whole, soy or almond milk)
  • 1/2 cup parsley
  • 1 jar spaghetti sauce
Instructions
  1. In a large bowl, combine all of the ingredients
  2. With your hands, mix all of the ingredients together.
  3. Scoop up a small portion and create a small ball by rolling the meat around in your hands. Place in crockpot.
  4. After all of the meatballs have been placed in the crockpot, add the marinara sauce on top.
  5. Cook on high for 2.5-3 hours.
Recipe Notes

*If you are making stuffed cheese meatballs, follow these additional instructions.

[All Cheese Stuffed meatballs = 1 pound of cheese.
Small Batches = use cheese sticks.]

[Note: Best cheese to use is mozzarella, but feel free to try other kinds of cheeses like cheddar or pepper jack.]

A. Cut up the cheese into small bite sized pieces.
B. After mixing the meatball ingredients from (#1-2) above, take a small amount of the meat mixture in the palm of your hand, place the cheese cube in the middle and roll the meat around it, forming a ball.
C. Place meatball in crockpot. Continue following instructions (#4-5) above.

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