Saturday, November 28, 2009

Cinnamon Rolls

Mix in some shortening and egg yolk and more...
Add yeast, milk, flour...
Roll out into big sheet. Spread butter, sugar, cinnamon on top.
Roll into LARGE roll. Cut small slices...
And prepare to eat. I did top with a powdered sugar/milk mixture, but didn't document that.

Monday, November 16, 2009

Olive Garden

We hadn't been out to eat in a long time and we both love Olive Garden, so when they had their all you can eat pasta, we signed up. I had one plate and took the second plate home.
Bridget enjoyed herself too.
I was full here after only one plate.
Should I try to finish the second plate.
My stomach said no way.
Here is a video that Bridget took of me sampling the hot pasta.

MRE Night

It's been more than a while since I blogged about my food adventures, so I'm going to catch up this week. This was an MRE (Meals Ready to Eat) night that we had. The MRE's, if you didn't know, come in a sealed package which lasts for years. Bridget and I each had one.
Inside the package are individually packaged bread, drink mixes, main dish, spreads. Certainly, the person who designed this was not concerned with the human footprint like Al Gore...
You fill this bag with water and a chemical heater which is activated by water. After about 8 minutes, the main dish is warm, and you didn't have to light a fire.
Me opening the package...
The presentation of the MRE meal. It's actually quite good.

Friday, September 18, 2009

Grilling Chicken Fajita Meat

I love food and HEB had a sale on chicken fajita meat, 99 cents per pound. So we bought like 3 bags. Well, my cousin and his girlfriend (now wifey) were coming over for dinner and chicken fajitas is a easy large meal to make. First, I marinated the chicken for about 4 hours in Italian dressing.

Then, I grilled them up and sprinkled some Montreal chicken seasoning.
Then, bring them into the kitchen and cut them into thin slices.
Unfortunately, I didn't take pictures of the fixings. This meat is also good in quesadillas.

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Cream Puffs

These cream puffs are delicious. They were made for us when Ashton was born, and, I was in love. I've made them with chocolate filling before, just replace the vanilla with chocolate. So here's the ingredient list; Milk, heavy cream, instant pudding (vanilla), eggs, bread flour, butter, water, salt.

First, mix the instant pudding, milk, and heavy cream together in a bowl.

After it's mixed thoroughly, set aside in the refrigerator.
Put butter and water in a pan...
and bring to a boil.
Add the salt and bread flour...
Grab a wooden spoon and vigorously stir the mixture. The bread flour soaks up the liquid very quickly. Stir, stir, stir the mixture. When it seems like all of the liquid is soaked up...
Transfer to a mixing bowl. Finish rolling the lump of dough around trying to spread the moisture around.
Beat in the eggs one at a time until completely mixed.
Spoon onto a tray in about 1 inch dollops.
25 minutes in the oven and the pastries look inviting. Allow them to cool for a few minutes.
Put the pudding mix in a Ziploc bag and snip a corner off with some scissors.
Cut a slit into each puff, and squeeze the cream into each one.
The last step is to eat them. I never forget this step, lol.

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Chicken & Rice

This dish is wonderful. I love it so much. Wanna come over for dinner?
Brown some rice...
Chop some onion... slice it up finely...


Add onion, cream of mushroom, and chicken broth to rice...

Pour into a 13x9 pan...

Add chicken on top, cover with foil and bake for 2 hours...

And then eat it up.

Brownies

I made some brownies on Saturday. There sure go good with vanilla ice cream, yum.

Have you met my friend Pam?

Saturday, May 9, 2009

Warm Chocolate Melting Cake

One of my favorite desserts is warm chocolate melting cake. It's low calorie (NOT!!). The recipe is very simple; eggs, flour, sugar, chocolate, and butter.



Pour them into buttered ramekins.
Serve warm with cold vanilla ice cream.

and sprinkle powdered sugar on top. yummy