Get ready for an exciting show! Join us Friday, July 9 at 12:30 p.m. ET on http://www.blogtalkradio.com/sportscynts! We’ll talk about NBA Basketball and the LeBron Lottery, the MLB All Star festivities and other sports topics of the week! This week’s recipe is Fried Mozzarella Sticks!
If you would like to follow along with the recipe during the show, here are the ingredients you’ll need:
Fried Mozzarella Sticks
2 eggs, beaten
1/4 cup water
1 1/2 cups Italian seasoned bread crumbs or plain bread crumbs mixed with italian seasoning
1/2 teaspoon garlic salt
2/3 cup all-purpose flour
1/3 cup cornstarch
1 quart oil for deep frying
1 (16 ounce) package mozzarella cheese sticks (very cold or frozen)
If you're not able to connect online or you won't be near your computer, you can always call in to listen to the show at (347) 215-7080 (long distance rates apply).
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Thursday, July 8, 2010
Friday, February 19, 2010
Sports Cynts Show for February 19, 2010
Today’s show was great! The main topic was Tiger Woods and his press conference. I don’t think Tiger owed anyone an apology except his family and maybe his sponsors. No matter what he said or how he was going to do the press conference, it was going to be analyzed, scrutinized, over analyzed and over scrutinized. My being a fan of his has nothing to do with his personal life, only what he does on the golf course.
I also gave my opinion on the Winter Olympic Games. Who came up with Curling and why is it a sport, not to mention an Olympic Sport? I don’t watch much of the Olympics, but I do keep up with the medal count. As of show time, the U.S. was ahead of all other nations in total number of medals (18) and in each medal!
Stars not participating in the NBA Slam Dunk Competition made it boring and the upcoming NFL Combine and Draft were other subjects of the show.
The appetizer for today was Chicken Pockets and today’s dessert was Apple Pockets. The recipes are below.
Chicken Pockets
4 servings
3 oz softened cream cheese
2 tablespoons milk
¼ teaspoon salt
Dash black pepper
2 cups cooked and diced chicken
2 tablespoons finely chopped green onions
1 8-ounce tube refrigerated crescent rolls
2 tablespoons melted butter
Mixing bowl
Parchment paper
Baking sheet
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Place a sheet of parchment paper on the baking sheet.
In a medium mixing bowl, combine the cream cheese and milk. Stir in the salt, pepper and green onions. Add the chicken and mix thoroughly.
Unroll the crescent rolls and place them on the parchment-covered baking sheet, but don’t separate the dough into the crescent roll triangles. Press the dotted seams between each crescent roll until the line splitting the crescent rolls is not visible.
Place ¼ of the mix in the center of each rectangle and bring the corners up to the center. Press the seams to seal.
Brush the top of the pockets with the melted butter. Bake in the oven for 25 minutes until the pockets are brown.
Apple Pockets
16 servings
4 apples - peeled, cored and chopped
¼ cup brown sugar
¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
¼ teaspoon nutmeg
2 packages Pillsbury refrigerated rolled pie crust – 4 pie crusts
2 tablespoons melted butter (optional)
Cinnamon-sugar (optional)
Mixing bowl
Parchment paper
Baking Sheet
Preheat oven to 350 degrees and cover the baking sheet with parchment paper.
Place the apples in a large bowl and toss with the brown sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg.\
Unroll and divide each pie crust into quarters. Place an even amount of the apple mixture in each quarter. Fold the corners and sides up until completely sealed. Make a small slit in each pocket for a steam vent. (Optional – Brush the tops of the pockets with melted butter and sprinkle with cinnamon sugar).
Bake in the oven for 30 minutes until golden brown.
Please give me your feedback on the show and the recipes and join us next week for more sports and more food!
Thank you for your support!
I also gave my opinion on the Winter Olympic Games. Who came up with Curling and why is it a sport, not to mention an Olympic Sport? I don’t watch much of the Olympics, but I do keep up with the medal count. As of show time, the U.S. was ahead of all other nations in total number of medals (18) and in each medal!
Stars not participating in the NBA Slam Dunk Competition made it boring and the upcoming NFL Combine and Draft were other subjects of the show.
The appetizer for today was Chicken Pockets and today’s dessert was Apple Pockets. The recipes are below.
Chicken Pockets
4 servings
3 oz softened cream cheese
2 tablespoons milk
¼ teaspoon salt
Dash black pepper
2 cups cooked and diced chicken
2 tablespoons finely chopped green onions
1 8-ounce tube refrigerated crescent rolls
2 tablespoons melted butter
Mixing bowl
Parchment paper
Baking sheet
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Place a sheet of parchment paper on the baking sheet.
In a medium mixing bowl, combine the cream cheese and milk. Stir in the salt, pepper and green onions. Add the chicken and mix thoroughly.
Unroll the crescent rolls and place them on the parchment-covered baking sheet, but don’t separate the dough into the crescent roll triangles. Press the dotted seams between each crescent roll until the line splitting the crescent rolls is not visible.
Place ¼ of the mix in the center of each rectangle and bring the corners up to the center. Press the seams to seal.
Brush the top of the pockets with the melted butter. Bake in the oven for 25 minutes until the pockets are brown.
Apple Pockets
16 servings
4 apples - peeled, cored and chopped
¼ cup brown sugar
¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
¼ teaspoon nutmeg
2 packages Pillsbury refrigerated rolled pie crust – 4 pie crusts
2 tablespoons melted butter (optional)
Cinnamon-sugar (optional)
Mixing bowl
Parchment paper
Baking Sheet
Preheat oven to 350 degrees and cover the baking sheet with parchment paper.
Place the apples in a large bowl and toss with the brown sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg.\
Unroll and divide each pie crust into quarters. Place an even amount of the apple mixture in each quarter. Fold the corners and sides up until completely sealed. Make a small slit in each pocket for a steam vent. (Optional – Brush the tops of the pockets with melted butter and sprinkle with cinnamon sugar).
Bake in the oven for 30 minutes until golden brown.
Please give me your feedback on the show and the recipes and join us next week for more sports and more food!
Thank you for your support!
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Sports Cynts Show Recipe Ingredients for February 12, 2010
Please join me tomorrow – February 12 at 12:30 p.m. ET - for a great show at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/sportscynts. We're going to talk about the NBA All-Star game and athletes going from high school or college to the pros. This is another one of those topics that I want us to have more time to discuss, so we’ll only be preparing 1 quick Valentine’s Day Dessert.
If you want to follow along, below are the ingredients you'll need to prepare tomorrow's recipe.
Cyntsational Strawberry Shortcake w/Chocolate-dipped Strawberries
1 pound of strawberries (washed with stems removed)
2 8 oz tubs of whipped topping (I used Cool Whip)
1 pkg Sara Lee frozen pound cake.
Hershey’s chocolate bar
Mixing Bowl
1 cup of semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 TB vegetable shortening (I use Crisco butter flavor)
6 fresh strawberries
Wax paper
Plate
If you're not able to connect online or you won't be near your computer, you can always call-in to listen to the show at (347) 215-7080 (long distance rates apply).
I hope you’ll join us!
If you want to follow along, below are the ingredients you'll need to prepare tomorrow's recipe.
Cyntsational Strawberry Shortcake w/Chocolate-dipped Strawberries
1 pound of strawberries (washed with stems removed)
2 8 oz tubs of whipped topping (I used Cool Whip)
1 pkg Sara Lee frozen pound cake.
Hershey’s chocolate bar
Mixing Bowl
1 cup of semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 TB vegetable shortening (I use Crisco butter flavor)
6 fresh strawberries
Wax paper
Plate
If you're not able to connect online or you won't be near your computer, you can always call-in to listen to the show at (347) 215-7080 (long distance rates apply).
I hope you’ll join us!
Friday, January 29, 2010
Sports Cynts Show for January 29, 2010
We had a great show today. We discussed the NFL Conference Championships, the Pro Bowl Game, the NFL overtime and the upcoming NBA All-Star Game. We also baked Chris Bars and Snug Snacks to enjoy.
Today’s discussions: Will Brett Favre come back next year? I’ll wait and find out once next season starts. Will Kurt Warner retire? Probably, since he’s holding a press conference (he announced his retirement Friday afternoon) I like the Pro Bowl game and I think the players who were voted in should be made to play and if they don’t want to play, then they should at least be required to attend. Bring back the skills competitions, the strongest and fasted man competitions and the obstacle course from Superstars! Change the overtime. Make it an extra quarter – not a full15 minutes – 8 minutes. Give each team the opportunity to get the ball. Right now it’s basically the team that wins the coin toss will win, unless they don’t get good field position for some reason. The NBA All Star game will be played in Cowboy Stadium on Valentine’s Day. There are 6 first time players on the roster. I think LeBron should participate in the Slam Dunk competition since he hasn’t done it before. I’m looking forward to the weekend’s festivities.
Here are the recipes for the appetizer and dessert we prepared today.
Snug Snacks
Ingredients:
1 12-ounce package cooked sausage or cooked hot dogs
1 8-ounce sheet frozen puff pastry, thawed
Dipping sauce of your choice - mustard, bbq sauce, ketchup
Parchment paper
Baking sheet
Preheat oven to 400° F.
Cut the sausages/hot dogs in quarters lengthwise, then in half crosswise.
Cut the puff pastry into strips 3 inches long and 1 inch wide. Roll the hot dog/sausage pieces in the pastry strips.
Place on the parchment lined baking sheet and bake 15 - 20 minutes until puffed and golden brown.
Serve with your choice of condiments for dipping.
Chris Bars
Ingredients:
1 ½ cups Graham Cracker Crumbs
1 - 12 oz pkg of Reese’s Peanut Butter Chips
2 - 12 oz pkg of Nestle’s Milk Chocolate Chips
1 - 14 oz can Eagle Sweetened Condensed Milk
1/2 stick of Butter
1 - 8 oz pkg of Heath Toffee Chips (opt.)
1 cup pecans (opt.)
1 glass 9 x 13 casserole dish
Parchment or aluminum foil paper
Preheat the oven to 325 degrees.
Line the bottom and sides of the casserole dish with the parchment or foil paper. Put the butter in the lined dish and place in the oven until the butter is melted.
Spread the graham cracker crumbs in the bottom of the dish, mixing them in with the butter until they completely cover the bottom of the dish.
Pour the sweetened condensed milk over the graham cracker crumbs completely covering them. Spread the chocolate and peanut butter chips over the condensed milk pressing down slightly to settle the chips into the condensed milk. If you choose to use them, sprinkle the pecans then the toffee chips on top.
Place in the dish in the oven and bake for 25 to 30 minutes or until the toffee is melted or the condensed milk begins to bubble through the chips and brown slightly. Do not overbake or the graham cracker crust will burn.
Remove from the oven and cool for 5 to 7 minutes then cut through the bars to make them easier to cut when completely cooled.
Once the bars are completely cooled, cut and store in an airtight container.
You can also use white chips and butterscotch chips or your choice of nuts as the toppings.
Thank you for joining us!
Make your presence a blessing to others!
Today’s discussions: Will Brett Favre come back next year? I’ll wait and find out once next season starts. Will Kurt Warner retire? Probably, since he’s holding a press conference (he announced his retirement Friday afternoon) I like the Pro Bowl game and I think the players who were voted in should be made to play and if they don’t want to play, then they should at least be required to attend. Bring back the skills competitions, the strongest and fasted man competitions and the obstacle course from Superstars! Change the overtime. Make it an extra quarter – not a full15 minutes – 8 minutes. Give each team the opportunity to get the ball. Right now it’s basically the team that wins the coin toss will win, unless they don’t get good field position for some reason. The NBA All Star game will be played in Cowboy Stadium on Valentine’s Day. There are 6 first time players on the roster. I think LeBron should participate in the Slam Dunk competition since he hasn’t done it before. I’m looking forward to the weekend’s festivities.
Here are the recipes for the appetizer and dessert we prepared today.
Snug Snacks
Ingredients:
1 12-ounce package cooked sausage or cooked hot dogs
1 8-ounce sheet frozen puff pastry, thawed
Dipping sauce of your choice - mustard, bbq sauce, ketchup
Parchment paper
Baking sheet
Preheat oven to 400° F.
Cut the sausages/hot dogs in quarters lengthwise, then in half crosswise.
Cut the puff pastry into strips 3 inches long and 1 inch wide. Roll the hot dog/sausage pieces in the pastry strips.
Place on the parchment lined baking sheet and bake 15 - 20 minutes until puffed and golden brown.
Serve with your choice of condiments for dipping.
Chris Bars
Ingredients:
1 ½ cups Graham Cracker Crumbs
1 - 12 oz pkg of Reese’s Peanut Butter Chips
2 - 12 oz pkg of Nestle’s Milk Chocolate Chips
1 - 14 oz can Eagle Sweetened Condensed Milk
1/2 stick of Butter
1 - 8 oz pkg of Heath Toffee Chips (opt.)
1 cup pecans (opt.)
1 glass 9 x 13 casserole dish
Parchment or aluminum foil paper
Preheat the oven to 325 degrees.
Line the bottom and sides of the casserole dish with the parchment or foil paper. Put the butter in the lined dish and place in the oven until the butter is melted.
Spread the graham cracker crumbs in the bottom of the dish, mixing them in with the butter until they completely cover the bottom of the dish.
Pour the sweetened condensed milk over the graham cracker crumbs completely covering them. Spread the chocolate and peanut butter chips over the condensed milk pressing down slightly to settle the chips into the condensed milk. If you choose to use them, sprinkle the pecans then the toffee chips on top.
Place in the dish in the oven and bake for 25 to 30 minutes or until the toffee is melted or the condensed milk begins to bubble through the chips and brown slightly. Do not overbake or the graham cracker crust will burn.
Remove from the oven and cool for 5 to 7 minutes then cut through the bars to make them easier to cut when completely cooled.
Once the bars are completely cooled, cut and store in an airtight container.
You can also use white chips and butterscotch chips or your choice of nuts as the toppings.
Thank you for joining us!
Make your presence a blessing to others!
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Sports Cynts Show Recipe Ingredients for January 29, 2010
Please join me Friday, January 29 at 12:30 p.m. ET - for a great show at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/sportscynts. We're going to discuss the NFL Conference Championships, the Pro Bowl and the NBA All-Star Game. We're also going to prepare 2 recipes to get you ready for your Superbowl and All Star parties.
If you're not able to connect online or you won't be near your computer, you can always call the show at (347) 215-7080 (long distance rates apply).
All the recipes we’ll prepare are quick enough to finish during the show with the exception of any cooling that will need to be done once the recipe is complete. On this show we will be preparing Snug Snacks and Chris Bars. I cannot guarantee that your oven or stove will cook at the same pace as mine, but be assured that every recipe I bring you has been tested and tasted personally by me.
If you want to follow along, below are the ingredients you'll need to prepare tomorrow's recipes.
Snug Snacks
Ingredients:
1 12-ounce package cooked sausage or cooked hot dogs
1 8-ounce sheet frozen puff pastry, thawed
Dipping sauce of your choice - mustard, bbq sauce, ketchup
Parchment paper
Baking sheet
Chris Bars
Ingredients:
1 ½ cups Graham Cracker Crumbs
1 - 12 oz pkg of Reese’s Peanut Butter Chips
2 - 12 oz pkg of Nestle’s Milk Chocolate Chips
1 - 14 oz can Eagle Sweetened Condensed Milk
1/2 stick of Butter
1 - 12 oz pkg of Heath Toffee Chips (opt.)
1 cup pecans (opt.)
1 glass 9 x 13 casserole dish
Parchment paper
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/sportscynts
(347) 215-7080.
I'm looking forward to you joining in!
If you're not able to connect online or you won't be near your computer, you can always call the show at (347) 215-7080 (long distance rates apply).
All the recipes we’ll prepare are quick enough to finish during the show with the exception of any cooling that will need to be done once the recipe is complete. On this show we will be preparing Snug Snacks and Chris Bars. I cannot guarantee that your oven or stove will cook at the same pace as mine, but be assured that every recipe I bring you has been tested and tasted personally by me.
If you want to follow along, below are the ingredients you'll need to prepare tomorrow's recipes.
Snug Snacks
Ingredients:
1 12-ounce package cooked sausage or cooked hot dogs
1 8-ounce sheet frozen puff pastry, thawed
Dipping sauce of your choice - mustard, bbq sauce, ketchup
Parchment paper
Baking sheet
Chris Bars
Ingredients:
1 ½ cups Graham Cracker Crumbs
1 - 12 oz pkg of Reese’s Peanut Butter Chips
2 - 12 oz pkg of Nestle’s Milk Chocolate Chips
1 - 14 oz can Eagle Sweetened Condensed Milk
1/2 stick of Butter
1 - 12 oz pkg of Heath Toffee Chips (opt.)
1 cup pecans (opt.)
1 glass 9 x 13 casserole dish
Parchment paper
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/sportscynts
(347) 215-7080.
I'm looking forward to you joining in!
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
For the Love of Football?? Or Something Else?
The NFL has made a major change to the Pro Bowl and I'm not happy about it!
No, it doesn't bother me that they've moved it from Hawai'i (I wasn't going anyway - at least not this year). What bothers me is that they've moved it to the week before the Super Bowl. The week BEFORE???? What the ****?? (insert your own 4-letter word)
Do you know what that means? It means that any player from the 2 best teams in the league won't get to play in the Pro Bowl - even if they wanted to.
Let's say that the Saints and the Colts (2 previously undefeated teams) win their respective championships and get to the Big Game. The quarterbacks of those 2 teams (Peyton Manning and Drew Brees) were selected as starters to the Pro Bowl. Do you seriously think Sean Payton and Jim Caldwell are going to let the anchors of their teams play in an All-Star game the week before the Championship?? I don't think so!!! Would you if you were the coach of the team? Not to mention all the other players from those 2 teams who were selected.
Why would the NFL make this change? Because they want to bring more credibility to the Pro Bowl? Naw that can't be it, because if anything, they've made the game even less credible because many of the elected starters may not be available to play in the game.
Maybe they want to make sure you watch the game and it doesn't coincide with a wrestling pay-per-view or a major basketball game. If I were the NBA or WWE, I'd schedule an event the week between the championship games and the Super Bowl. Plus, if you want to watch wrestling or basketball, you're going to do it no matter what else is showing.
Football fans will need something to hold them over so we have to keep it the NFL going without a break and we don't want to lose the die-hard football fan? Really? The die-hard football fan is going to watch it no matter which week the game is on.
The week leading up to the Pro Bowl wasn't just about the game. It was also about the skills competitions, the fan events, the season wrap-ups on ESPN, the NFL Network, Sporting News Radio, etc. It was about having fun and relaxing after the Championship!! AFTER!!! It was also about the possibility of everyone who was able to play getting a chance to play because it's the last game of the season!!! Yeah, there is always a chance one of your favorites wouldn't play because they don't want to, but more often than not, you got to see the best of the AFC against the best of the NFC. What are you going to see on January 31, 2010??? Some good players of the AFC against some good players of the NFC. Yahoo...whoopty doo!
Bring on the NFL's fastest man contest! Oops wait, if Adrian Peterson or DeSean Jackson is playing in the Superbowl, we won't get to see him in that race. Ok how about the passing competition. Oh dangit, Philip Rivers could be in the Super Bowl too? How about the NFL's best hands competition - Oh hold up, Larry Fitzgerald and Reggie Wayne won't be able to participate if the Cardinals or Colts make the Super Bowl. The NFL Strongest Man contest? Dwight Freeney, Alan Faneca or James Harrison might not be available because of the Super Bowl. Dang! When is the next WWE Pay Per View?
Ok I've vented enough. I'm only one person and I'm sure Commissioner Roger Goddell isn't interested in my opinion...at least not until I can get a one-on-one with him! Anyone with any NFL Connections are welcome to send him my way! I'll be available on February 14 - AHA! Now I know the reason the game was changed! In that case...good looking out Commissioner Goddell!
No, it doesn't bother me that they've moved it from Hawai'i (I wasn't going anyway - at least not this year). What bothers me is that they've moved it to the week before the Super Bowl. The week BEFORE???? What the ****?? (insert your own 4-letter word)
Do you know what that means? It means that any player from the 2 best teams in the league won't get to play in the Pro Bowl - even if they wanted to.
Let's say that the Saints and the Colts (2 previously undefeated teams) win their respective championships and get to the Big Game. The quarterbacks of those 2 teams (Peyton Manning and Drew Brees) were selected as starters to the Pro Bowl. Do you seriously think Sean Payton and Jim Caldwell are going to let the anchors of their teams play in an All-Star game the week before the Championship?? I don't think so!!! Would you if you were the coach of the team? Not to mention all the other players from those 2 teams who were selected.
Why would the NFL make this change? Because they want to bring more credibility to the Pro Bowl? Naw that can't be it, because if anything, they've made the game even less credible because many of the elected starters may not be available to play in the game.
Maybe they want to make sure you watch the game and it doesn't coincide with a wrestling pay-per-view or a major basketball game. If I were the NBA or WWE, I'd schedule an event the week between the championship games and the Super Bowl. Plus, if you want to watch wrestling or basketball, you're going to do it no matter what else is showing.
Football fans will need something to hold them over so we have to keep it the NFL going without a break and we don't want to lose the die-hard football fan? Really? The die-hard football fan is going to watch it no matter which week the game is on.
The week leading up to the Pro Bowl wasn't just about the game. It was also about the skills competitions, the fan events, the season wrap-ups on ESPN, the NFL Network, Sporting News Radio, etc. It was about having fun and relaxing after the Championship!! AFTER!!! It was also about the possibility of everyone who was able to play getting a chance to play because it's the last game of the season!!! Yeah, there is always a chance one of your favorites wouldn't play because they don't want to, but more often than not, you got to see the best of the AFC against the best of the NFC. What are you going to see on January 31, 2010??? Some good players of the AFC against some good players of the NFC. Yahoo...whoopty doo!
Bring on the NFL's fastest man contest! Oops wait, if Adrian Peterson or DeSean Jackson is playing in the Superbowl, we won't get to see him in that race. Ok how about the passing competition. Oh dangit, Philip Rivers could be in the Super Bowl too? How about the NFL's best hands competition - Oh hold up, Larry Fitzgerald and Reggie Wayne won't be able to participate if the Cardinals or Colts make the Super Bowl. The NFL Strongest Man contest? Dwight Freeney, Alan Faneca or James Harrison might not be available because of the Super Bowl. Dang! When is the next WWE Pay Per View?
Ok I've vented enough. I'm only one person and I'm sure Commissioner Roger Goddell isn't interested in my opinion...at least not until I can get a one-on-one with him! Anyone with any NFL Connections are welcome to send him my way! I'll be available on February 14 - AHA! Now I know the reason the game was changed! In that case...good looking out Commissioner Goddell!
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