Raspberry Tartlets

Ingredients:

3 oz. cream cheese
1/2 c. unsalted butter
1 c. all purpose flour
1 pinch salt
1 12-14 oz. jar of raspberry preserves
1 tsp. orange zest
1 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
2 tbls. sugar
milk (if needed)
fresh raspberries (optional)

Directions:
Preheat oven to 375 F.
- Mix cream cheese and butter
- Add flour, salt, orange zest, baking powder and sugar to cream cheese and butter
- Add vanilla extract and milk (if needed) to make a crumbly dough
- Roll into balls and make an indentation to place the raspberry preserves in
- Mix raspberry preserves with fresh raspberries
- Place tartlets onto a floured baking sheets
- Place raspberry preserves in the tartlets
- Bake for about 10-15 minutes










I really suck at organizing my blog post to make it look prettier... how do I make the pictures line up side by side?  Anyway, I've found a lot of pictures I have taken of food but I just never got around to posting them online.  Unfortunately, I don't always write down the recipe so having the pictures don't really mean anything if I can share the recipe with everyone either.  Fortunately, this was one recipe that I happen to write down and have pictures of so I hope you enjoy it!

Broccoli Casserole

Ingredients:
2 c. broccoli florets (if fresh, steam them; if frozen, let them thaw- no need to use a steamer)
1 c. shredded sharp cheddar cheese + extra cheese for topping
1 c. milk
2 tblsp. flour
salt and black pepper for taste
olive oil
1/2 c. onion chopped
bread crumbs

Optional ingredients:
Red pepper, garlic powder and onion powder to taste

Directions:
Pre-heat oven to 350 F.
Heat oil in pan
Place chopped onions in pan, wait until translucent, then add milk
Add flour through a sifter to make sure no clumping occurs
Add desired spices
Stir constantly
Add grated cheese
Mix in broccoli
Place in casserole dish or loaf pan
Sprinkle cheese on top
Sprinkle bread crumbs over cheese
Bake for ~45 minutes


Yum! delicious!  I don't really like broccoli (bad experience once with Chinese food and broccoli) but if you drench it in cheese, it tastes really good!  Definitely making this again!  Although, probably not that healthy for you.  I tried to minimize the amount of cheese used as much as possible.  You can also add some Parmesan cheese if you want to use less cheese since Parmesan has a stronger flavor.  As you can see from the picture, I already dug in before I could take nice artistic pictures... it turned out that well!