Today, I took lemons and lemon pepper seasoning and put them in the boil water to cook the chicken thighs.
I pulled the thigh out when I felt they were cooked but not over cooked.
Then I took 1/2 cup of veggie oil, butter and infused lemons in it.
I fried the outside of the chicken thighs with the lemon oil. I fried the lemon halves.
I made the skin crispy.
It turned out really good. It was tart and with the grill marks had like a BBQ feel to it.
I made Tilapia fish with a butter Moro blood orange sauce.
It was a very simple meal cook the fish in butter squeezing the blood oranges over the fish.
Once the fish is out if the pan squeeze more oranges and put the pulp in the pan with the butter and fish juice.
Note: Do not put a juicy orange on your computer. (orange in color or blood . . . its’ a moro as there are several types of blood oranges) I just did this to show the color.
We had it over stuffing with side of Asia cabbage salad mix.
I love to cook, and I usually cook at least one meal 5-6 days out of the week on average.
However I also love to bake. Usually those around me have to exercise or they end up gaining weight.
I used to make a joke if I can’t lose weight, I will just make everyone else around me weight more.
Seriously I enjoy baking cookies. My favorite cookie to make and eat are my chocolate chip oatmeal cookies. (I’ll give you a secret, I use the “The Joy of Cooking” Oatmeal cookie recipe. I just add a lot of chocolate chips. ) They are soft, chewy, and or course have chocolate.
I also love to bake cakes. I prefer chocolate, but I have made layered cakes and even pineapple upside down cake.
I will be honest though I’m not that great at decorating cakes, but family are just happy that is edible, not burnt, and tastes good.
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.
Zeroman and went shopping last Friday (so we could what I posted about Soupy Saturday.)
We got store brand cheap biscuits, but all he did was melt a bit of butter and made biscuits that would have costed us two dollars of more a roll.
There are only a few things I will buy that are name brand
(soda: I’m a Pepsi or 7up girl, Tide, I love the smell and it doesn’t make me
itch, and usually coffee I love Maxwell house.)
Growing up, I didn’t usually use too many fancy stuff. We would add things and make things look fancy.
A simple roll of biscuits can do many things.
We had sausage gravy over the same buttery biscuits.
You can make dumplings, mini pizza, hot dog rolls, semi-homemade cinnamon rolls. (All you need are just a few extra ingredients).
I couldn’t believe we just paid sixty-nine cents per roll.
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)
I’m Beck.
However since I’m about to invite you into my virtual kitchen, I like to be on
personal first name basis.
You can call me Beck, just do not call me late for dinner. LOL. (I’m corny,
just a warning.)
My
best dish is my seven layer lasagna.
I bake as well as cook.
I usually do NOT do my cooking alone.
I also cook with my brother, we call him Turtle.
His best dish is Chicken Cordon Blue.
And our neighbor we call him Zeroman.
His
best dish is seafood pasta salad.
We all have different backgrounds in cooking and have all started to cook at
very early ages.
Zeroman went to school for culinary.
My brother and I both have pulled our cooking skills from different family members.
If know what is in something, we can pretty much make anything.
Random things
Turtle loves his spicy foods. I cannot do hot.
I love comfort foods and many sweets.
Zeroman usually has a mixture of sweet and salty snacks when we hang out.
So I like to share our culinary and food interests with others out there.
We all need food, so we might as well enjoy it.
Next to writing, cooking and baking are my next enjoyments in life.
My brother and neighbor also cook.
We cook for each other and sometimes cook together. . .
I feel I should share my (our) ideas, recipes, and experiences with food.
Every eats, food should be enjoyed: cooking it or eating it!
Cooking Improv 