Cuban Sandwiches with Sriracha Mayo

Living here in Florida has helped introduce me to many new foods, one of which is the Cuban Sandwich.
I tried to avoid the Cuban for years,  (not a huge sandwich fan) but recently on a visit up to UF I had one and FELL IN LOVE! Of course me being me I had to change it up a bit. I'm not into swiss cheese so I substitute mozzarella and for me the pickles are a personal choice. The sriracha mayo adds a super kick and you've gotta give this sandwich a try!
Cuban bread is super easy to find here in Florida, every grocery store carries it, but if you can't find it, (it looks like a baguette) try french bread or an italian baguette.

Ingredients
Shredded Pork
 ( my hubby smoked some pork but you can cook your own or even use two different kinds of ham)
Sliced Ham
Mozzarella cheese, sliced
Pickles
Mustard
2 TBSP Sriracha Sauce
1/2 c Mayo
1 Loaf Cuban Bread


Heat sandwich press (skillet if you don't have a press). In a small bowl mix mayo and sriracha sauce and set aside. Take loaf of bread and cut into 4 large pieces, slice lengthwise.  Spread sriracha mayo on one side of bread, and mustard on the other. Place cheese, shredded pork, ham slices and pickles on sandwich.  Shut the sandwich and grease sandwich press with butter, place sandwich on press and close lid. Let cook until insides are melted and bread is crunchy, about 5-10 minutes. Slice cooked sandwich on the angle and serve with more sriracha mayo.
Makes 4

Ingredients

My sandwich press

Mayo and Sriracha

Mix

Slice bread lengthwise

Spread Sriracha Mayo on one side, mustard on the other

(my personal preference is no mustard)

Add ham and cheese

Spread shredded pork on top

Place sandwiches on buttered gill

Cook

Ready to take off

So delicious!

Enjoy!

Cake Batter Rice Crispy Squares

First of all I need to apologize for being AWOL for so long, I'm having internet issues on my personal computer...so today I hijacked my hubbys :)  I know it's a little strange to post 2 rice crispy recipes so close to one another, but I stumbled across this recipe and had to share it with you. It has just enough cake batter flavor to make it standout from regular rice crispy treats. You've got to give it a whirl, I know you'll love them.

Ingredients
1 16 ounce bag Marshmallows
1/2 c Yellow Cake Mix
1 Box Rice Crispy Cereal
1 stick Butter ( I like more butter in my rice crispy's)
Sprinkles

In a large sauce pan melt butter and marshmallows until melted, slowly stir in cake mix until completely incorporated. Take off heat and add rice cereal and sprinkles, mix together. Pour into a greased 9x13 pan. Wet your hands to push down cereal mixture into pan. Let cool completely before cutting.

Ingredients

Cake Mix

Add cake mix once butter and marshmallows are melted

So cute ands tasty!

Enjoy!

Rice Crispy Cheer Treats

I am the official treat maker for my daughter's cheer team, and every week I try and come up with something creative and yummy. This week I made regular old rice crispy treats, but then drizzled them with red melting pieces and then sprinkled them with black sprinkles. (can you tell our colors are red and black?) These are darling and were super easy to make! I made two huge batches and was able to cut 16 large squares per pan.

Ingredients
1 1/2 bags of 16 ounce bag Marshmallows
1 1/2 boxes24 ounce Rice Crispy Cereal
1 1/2 Sticks Butter
Red Candy Melts (color is your choice)
Sprinkles

For a regular sized batch follow this link 

In a large pan slowly melt butter and marshmallows over medium heat until smooth. Cover large cookie pan with parchment paper. Pour cereal into melted marshmallow mixture and stir until incorporated. Pour into cookie sheet and then with wet fingers press down on cereal to compact. Let sit until firm.

Lift parchment paper out of cookie sheet and I used a pizza cutter to cut my pieces. I wanted big ones so I only cut 16. Spread them out a little bit so they aren't touching each other. Place candy melts into a microwave proof squeeze bottle ( I bought mine at Joanne's) and heat for 30 seconds. Stir with knife then place cap on top of bottle. Slowly drizzle melted candy on to tops of rice crispy squares then quickly dust with sprinkles.

Let completely dry before bagging the treats. I bought some clear bags in the cake baking section at Wal-Mart and used curing ribbon to secure them. I then printed out a sheet of 30 return address labels with my saying on them. They turned out so cute, I can't wait to see the cheerleaders reactions!

I made 2 large pans of treats, I doubled the recipe

A pizza cutter works great for cutting

Look at this cute squeeze bottle!

Drizzle candy melts over top of treats then sprinkle jimmies over wet candy

I bagged them up while watching tv

Enjoy!

Chocolate Covered Marshmallow Pops

Our PTSA had a bake sale last week and I always try to contribute something unique, this time I made these yummy chocolately marshmallow goodies. I had some jumbo marshmallows in the pantry along with some melting chocolate so I thought why not? The school kids quickly gobbled these up  and it made me re-think my .50 price tag :)  What a fun and quick treat!

Ingredients
Jumbo Marshmallows
Meting Chocolate
Plastic Picks
Jimmies

Ready to dip!

In the microwave melt chocolate according to package directions. Next stick picks into marshmallows, make sure they are in straight. Next dip marshmallow into melted chocolate and shake off excess chocolate, quickly dip bottom into bowl of jimmies and place on parchment paper to dry. Store in a cool place, I actually bagged mine up once they were dry and placed them in the fridge overnight.

Place marshmallow on pick and dip into melted chocolate

Let excess chocolate drip off before dunking into jimmies

Place on parchment paper to dry

Enjoy!