SactoMoFo's Food 4 Fido Food Truck Event

SactoMoFo's Food 4 Fido Food Truck Event

 

 

SactoMoFo was very proud to announce a partnership with the Front Street Animal Shelter - City of Sacramento and Chef Michael's. They produced three events where you could bring your dog to the food trucks to get some awesome grub and the opportunity to bring a new furry friend home with you. They had a goal of getting 30 dogs adopted. It was a HUGE turn out at the Fair Oaks Park event I attended so I'm sure it was a success!!! I know I was successful with getting some good eats while Kaia and Raider had a fun time with all the other pups around...

 

 

Baconmania's Brownie Bites (moist and chocolatey, wrapped in bacon & deep fried, served on a pillow of whipped cream and drizzled with Hershey’s chocolate syrup) and Bacon Mac 'n Cheese...

 

 

Krush Burger's Ninja (Certified Angus Beef Marinated, Thin Sliced & Grilled Korean Shortribs, Asian Slaw, Pea Shoots, Crispy Scallions + Sriracha Aioli) and Buffalo Chicken (Fried Buffalo Chicken, Slaw + Blue Cheese Sauce) Burgers...

 

 

Drewski's Prius (Sliced and Grilled Granny Smith Apples, Wild Flower Honey, Smokehouse Almonds, Double Creme Brie Cheese Grilled on 9 Grain Sliced Wheat) and Mustang (Korean Braised Beef, House-Made Kimchi, Shredded Diakon, Sriracha-Wasabi Aioli, Aged Havarti and Swiss Grilled on Sliced French Bread) Sandwiches...

 

 

OMG! Yogurt's Belgian Waffle with Vanilla Frozen Yogurt, Strawberries, Whipped Cream and Chocolate Sprinkles...

 

 

...until my next SactoMoFo food truck experience...

 

Pillsbury Link-Up Party with Cooking Contest Central: Crescent Biscuit Cream Dogs with Raspberry Mustard Dip

Crescent Biscuit Cream Dogs with Raspberry Mustard Dip

 

 

Serves: 4-8

Prep: 15 minutes

Cook: 11-13 minutes

 

1 (8oz.) can Pillsbury Crescent Rolls

3 hot dogs, sliced in 1/3

½ c. cream cheese

¾ c. Smuckers raspberry jam

¼ c. yellow mustard, or spicy brown mustard

 

    Preheat oven to 375 degrees.  Place hot dog slices and cream cheese 1 inch from top of crescent dough.  Roll as directed until complete and seal edges shaping dough into a crescent form.

    Place on an ungreased baking sheet and cook 11 to 13 minutes until fluffy and light golden.  In the meantime combine raspberry jam and mustard in a small bowl and mix well. 

    Remove cream dog stuffed crescents from oven to warm platter and serve with dip. 

 

* http://cookingcontestcentral.com/blog/ 

Foodie.com iPAD App for Valentine's Day Recipes

Announcing the Foodie.com iPAD App - Valentine's Day Edition

 

This Valentine’s Day, show your love with the perfect meal. This collection of romantic recipes will help you craft a dinner to remember, from cocktails and appetizers to entrees and desserts. Each romantic recipe is designed to excite the palate and impress the eye—ideal for a candlelit dinner for two!
Each recipe has easy to follow, step-by-step instructions enabling the perfect meal for two.
A new edition every other month
Seasonally inspired and beautifully designed, Foodie cookbooks are filled with top recipes for every time of year to motivate cooks everywhere. Each edition includes a new set of the best recipes from the editors and bloggers at Foodie, ensuring fresh, new ideas and creative ways to make mealtime more delicious.
New recipes on various themes are released on a regular basis, from back to school meals in under 30 minutes, to summer BBQ favorites and everything in between, helping you build a collection of curated, winning recipes with just one app.
Stay tuned for new editions every other month.



This sponsorship is brought to you by GLAM Media Inc. who we have partnered with for this promotion.



Foodie.com iPAD App for Super Bowl Game Day Recipes

Foodie.com iPAD App for Super Bowl Game Day Recipes

 

Superbowl weekend is coming up and as part of our partnership with Glam Media we are excited to present you with the Foodie.com iPAD app!

This app has got you covered for Superbowl weekend, with an ultimate Game Day Guide featuring a selection of 40 recipes to inspire your Super Bowl party menu. Guaranteed to keep guests chanting, cheering, and licking their fingers clean, our winning dips, snacks, and bites are a sure-fire win.

Each recipe has easy to follow, step-by-step instructions enabling party perfection. New recipes on various themes are released on a regular basis, from back to school meals in under 30 minutes, to summer BBQ favorites and everything in between, helping you build a collection of curated, winning recipes with just one app.

Stay tuned for new editions every other month.

Although I personally don't own an iPAD I wanted to share with you this new app. Whether or not your football team wins the big game, you can ensure your guests will be won over by serving these dishes.

 It only takes a few minutes to download the app, so tackle it!!!

 

 

*This sponsorship is brought to you by FBR who I have partnered with for this promotion.



In Memory of the Victims at Sandy Hook Elementary School

The Great Food Blogger Cookie Swap 2012

The Great Food Blogger Cookie Swap 2012

 

The Great Food Blogger Cookie Swap brings together food bloggers from around the world in celebration of all things scrumptious. The premise is this: sign up. Receive the addresses of three other food bloggers. Send each of them one dozen delicious homemade cookies. Receive three different boxes of scrumptious cookies from other bloggers. Eat them all yourself (or, you know, share. If you want. No judgement either way.) Post your cookie recipe on your blog. See everyone else’s cookie recipes. Salivate. Get lots of great ideas for next year's cookie swap. Rinse and repeat.

This year they partnered with Cookies for Kids' Cancer, a national non-profit organization committed to funding new therapies used in the fight against pediatric cancer, which claims the lives of more children in the US than any other disease.

Want to get in on the cookie swapping fun next year? Visit http://eepurl.com/qCABj for more information and to sign up!

Here is the cookie recipe I baked this year to share with my fellow participants... Being the Secret Ingredient, A Couple in the Kitchen and Lou & Esi. It's a favorite of my little girl, Kaia, hence it was titled as so...

 

Kaia's Dreamy Cranberry and Dark Chocolate Chip Cookies

 

 

Makes: 12 cookies

Prep: 10 minutes

Cook: 8-10 minutes

 

¾ c. brown sugar

½ c. unsalted butter, softened

½ egg, beaten

½ t. vanilla

1 c. all-purpose flour

½ t. baking soda

¼ t. salt

½ c. dried cranberries

1 c. dark chocolate chips

 

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.  In a large bowl beat brown sugar, butter, egg and vanilla until smooth.  In a separate bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda and salt then add to wet ingredients.  Stir until mixed well before stirring in dried cranberries and chocolate chips. 

Evenly spoon six cookies onto two baking sheets and baking until slightly golden about 8 to 10 minutes.

Cool on sheet a few minutes before transferring to cooling rack.  Continue to cool another 10 minutes or so.  Store in an airtight container for a few weeks or freezer up to two months.   

 

*In return I received a few different batches of delicious cookies as well and I'd like to thank all three of you for being my secret cookie pals!

A variety of macaroons from A Taste of Koko

 

 

Peppermint Chocolate Cookies from Jenny Rambles

 

 

Salted Caramel Chocolate Chip Cookies from Living With a Boy

(though they did arrive a bit crumbled the flavor was still perfection)

SactoMoFo's Truck and Mortar Throwdown

 

SactoMoFo's Truck and Mortar Throwdown

 

 

 

This was a tasty experience and awesome opportunity to support local restaurant and food truck chefs as well as kids charities. There were five teams of two each consisting of one restaurant chef and one food truck chef, who together prepared a savory and a sweet dish using the secret ingredients of the day, PORK and HONEY! Check out their creations... 

 

Team 1- Ella & Chando's

Savory: Pozole Rojo-traditional Mexican holiday pork and hominy soup with slow-cooked pork butt, red chilis and spices, garnished with shredded cabbage, pico de gallo, avocado, sliced radishes, line and a little TLC

Sweet: bacon churros drizzled with a honey ganache

 

 

 

Team 2- Ettore's & Drewski's

Savory: Cochininita Pibil- braised pork shoulder in banana leaf with citrus and achiote on white rice, with pickled red onion, micro cilantro and crispy seasoned chicharones

Sweet: "The Last Twinkie"- honey Twinkie with bacon-bourbon mascarpone filling

 

 

 

Team 3- Grange & Coast to Coast

Savory: British banger and Scotch eggs with charred jalapeno-honey remoulade

Sweet: bacon funnel cakes with persimmon-honey compote

 

 

 

Team 4- Kru & Krush Burger

Savory: mini crunchy taco with pickled red onions, micro greens, and a fire roasted tomatillo and avocado sauce

Sweet: pork belly with barley congee, sansho pepper teriyaki and crispy pork rind

 

 

 

Team 5- The Golden Bear & Simply Southern

Savory: ten-hour smoked pulled pork shoulder slider ith homemade Southern style honey BBQ sauce

Sweet: honey-glazed pork belly with house made sweet chevre, roasted beets and grits with chocolate mint

 

 

 

And the winners are...

 

For the SAVORY category: Team 4- Kru & Krush Burger (which I voted for)

 

For the SWEET category: Team 2- Ettore's & Drewski's (although I voted for Team 5- The Golden Bear & Simply Southern who prepared, in my opinion, the most upscale dessert there, the glazed pork belly with house made sweet chevre, roasted beets and grits with chocolate mint. Go figure the majority would go for "The Last Twinkie" as Honstess recently went out of business)