We got a sushi kit.
I read several recipes, and we watch many cooking shows.
My brother, mom, and I missed the local Asian buffets that served sushi.
I love Alaska roll. Salmon is one of my favorite fish. I also enjoy crab.
So we got a kit, I found Nori (seaweed), and we got crab, avacodo, and cream cheese.
We made a few rolls, it was messy and it really is an art. It gave me a new respect for those would make sushi.
I have a waffle iron and I made a chocolate cake batter (yes from a box.)
I sprayed the iron and made chocolate waffles.
I melt butter and mix 1-2 tablespoon of hot cocoa mix. I made like a glaze.
There is a term I heard called food porn. I laugh at the term, but today I took some shots if the food we made. . .
Steak. Yumm.
Phase one of dark forest cake (chocolate and cherries)
Sweet potato fries
Yummy amazing food.
I made a mixture of a coffee cake idea with a banana bread idea.
I took a yellow cake mix adding made coffee, a package of hot cocoa mix, and several bananas. I put the mixture in the crockpot for three hours.
It smelled so good while cooking.
Then I added whipped cream. It was sweet, moist, and comforting.
The other day. . . I through several dozen chicken wings in the crock pot with some spices and butter. . . for a few hours.
Then I put them on the panini press for grill marks and tossed them into BBQ sauce. (My brother made his own hot sauce with melted butter. )
I took the broth from the chicken wing and used it to make butter noodles with corn.
They turned out really good and I would defiantly make them again.
I have learned you can always get creative and use everything we have.
I have some German roots in my family . . . (Slovak, German, English, Scottish and Irish. . . it’s just a huge mixture. I also like to cook Italian and have had my food been approved by my Italian friends.)
Anyway, my mom always like when I make my sauerkraut with pork chops.
I always make mashed potatoes so that can mix my sauerkraut in.
I took the crock pot (slow cooker) I put the pork chops in with the sauerkraut with a pitch of season salt and 2 tablespoons of sugar for about four hours. . . the pork chops fell apart and have the flavor of the sauerkraut.
I even left the skins on the potatoes as they felt heartier.
If I had a fryer right now, I would make the left over into sauerkraut balls. I love those.
Theme: Bacon
Zero, Turtle and I got another change to work in the huge kitchen again. Saturday we made so much. It was a really nice night, and we accomplished so much.
Zero made Mayo and BBQ chicken with homemade mashed potatoes.
The mayo chicken was creamy and really good with some black pepper over those mashed potatoes.
Then we got out the bacon. . .
Zero made two meatloaves . . . Plain BBQ glaze and cheesy stuffed bacon wrapped one.
I personally loved the bacon wrapped meatloaf just a bit more. (It was even better the next day.)
Turtle made a roasted chicken with bacon and green pepper stuffing.
It was really good and very juicy. I also didn’t realized that green pepper was that good in stuffing. I learned a few things this weekend.
We also got a bag gruyere cheese from a friend as they have extra. We took the cheese sauce with thinly sliced potatoes and of course bacon and made our own homemade au gratin potatoes.
We also made bacon saute yellow squash and french fries.
We had so much food left over. I didn’t have to cook on Sunday. We had left over for dinner and still some left. Yay.
It was nice that we put down the Internet and the phone and just focused on the food. Sometime we need to forget everything around us and focus on what in front.
By the way, I love bacon!
I am making Chicken a la King
It’s one of my mom’s favorite dishes.
My recipe is very easy. . . (recipe made for 3 to 4 people)
Chicken a La King
Pound of chicken (cubed or shredded as long as it’s cooked)
Two small cans of cream of mushroom soup
2 cans of milk (after emptying the soup)
Can of peas
Extra mushrooms or grilled onions (optional)
I usually put this over rice. However I using egg noodles instead of rice. (You can also put this over potatoes.)
Today I am getting creative.
I have an extra biscuit roll, so I taking the chicken broth making extra chive dumplings for a side dish.
Take biscuits cut them into small pieces
Cook them in boiling broth until they cooked through and tender (stirring every few minutes.) You can put the sauce from Chicken A La King or just add butter.
It’s a simple dinner and it’s easy way to get your family member (kids and adults) to eat their peas.
Note: the original recipe has peas, but I have replaced peas with corn or green beans in the past.
Out kitchen situation is very complicated. We got an opportunity to be in a kitchen large enough for all three of us to cook. So Saturday (March 9th) we decided to make stew and soups.
Zeroman made Stew. It was extremely peppery and favoriful. It should be sold in diners. It was a bit thin on the first day, but it thicken up by the second day. I forgot to get a picture.
Turtle, Zeroman, and I made cheesy broccoli soup and Clam chowder. They were awesome and lasted almost four days. We also made biscuits and fish with it.
Cheesy Chicken and Broccoli Soup. It was very creamy and rich. I had hold myself back from over eating. I enjoyed the larger chunks of broccoli and chicken.
Clam chowder. It was full of clam and had amazing rich and flavorful creamy broth. It was a bit thinner than I want. However it turned out awesome for our first try at Clam Chowder.
To end an awesome Soup and Stew Saturday,
I even made a fruit cocktail yellow dump cake.
It’s simple empty a can or two of fruit cocktail on the bottom with the liquid. Then make a yellow cake mix and pour over.
Bake at 350 just as cake box suggests.
You can serve with ice cream or whipped cream.
Sunday (March 10Th) Turtle and I took left over biscuits, some ham, 3 minute eggs, and then drizzled the left over cheese soup over all of it. It was our simplified Eggs Benedict for breakfast. . . it was awesome. I almost just as good as a hollandaise sauce.
Beck
Pastas: Lasagna, Mac N Cheese
I love sandwiches: Grilled cheese, Monte Cristo
Soups: Cheesy Broccoli soup, Cheesy Potato
(All of my foods usually have some kind of cheese in it)
Chocolate: cakes, ice cream etc
Turtle
Chicken Cordon Blue
Tacos
Chicken dumpling
Zeroman
Corn-beef Reuben
BBQ ribs
Bacon Mac N’ Cheese (with shredded BBQ ribs in it)
Cooking Improv 