Asian Wings

Recipe from Just a Taste

What you need:

2 1/2 lbs chicken wings (drumettes and wings separated)

1 TBsp vegetable oil

1 Tbsp Chinese 5 Spice or other Asian spice blend

1/3 cup Hoisin sauce

1/4 cup blackberry jam

How to make them:

Preheat oven to 400˚F.

Rinse wings and drumettes, pat dry.

Transfer to a large bowl and toss with vegetable oil and Chinese 5 Spice until well coated.

Position wings on baking racks in a single layer ensuring that wings are touching.

Bake rotating pan half way through, until fully cooked, about 45-50 minutes.

Remove wings from oven and transfer to a large bowl.

In a small sauce pot, whisk together the Hoisin and blackberry jam over medium-low heat until warm.

Drizzle sauce over wings, tossing to coat well.

Serve immediately and ENJOY!

July Ladies Crafternoon

    This month was my turn to host our monthly Ladies Crafternoon.  With it the recent holiday I, of course, themed it all 4th of July.  We enjoyed red, white, and blue food and drinks and did a fun patriotic craft.

We made Stars & Stripes Wine Bottles

Here are the ladies putting on the star stickers

Then we went outside to spray paint the white and blue bottles.

We headed inside to enjoy some yummy snacks while the bottles dried.

We had Red, White, & Blue-Berry Bruschetta,

Fruit Salad (Marisa brought),

Patriotic Macarons,

Snow Cone Cupcakes

and some Sangria Sparklers!

Marisa enjoying a cupcake!

After some snacks we went back outside to check on the bottles.

They peeled off the star stickers from the blue bottles.

Then taped some stripes on the white bottles and sprayed them red.

They ALL turned out very beautiful!

 We all had a great time!

Looking forward to next month's Crafternoon!

Red, White, & Blue-Berry Bruschetta

     

Found on Jehan Can Cook.

Ingredients:

1 loaf Italian Bread (I used a French baguette)

1 1/2 cup grape tomatoes (chopped in quarters)

3/4 cup blueberries

1 tsp olive oil, plus 1/4 cup

3/4 cup feta cheese (crumbled)

1 clove garlic

black pepper to taste

How to make them:

Preheat oven to broil.

Slice bread into 1/2 inch thick slices.

Lightly brush both sides of slices of bread with olive oil.

Place on a baking sheet, bake for 7-10 minutes or until golden brown.  

Remove rom oven and rub one side of bread with garlic.

Allow to cool before topping.

Mix tomatoes, blueberries, 1 tsp olive oil, feta cheese and black pepper in a bowl.

Place a spoonful onto each slice and Enjoy!