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gillian and i made a large feast of food today. there is not much to do where we live and we both love to cook so we collarborated. she made swedish meatballs and collard greens and i made potato au gratin and blueberry delight. also her man's cousin brought bread he baked. it was a great meal!
Au Gratin Potatoes
* 2 cups milk
* 4 cups peeled and diced potatoes
* 1 teaspoon salt
* 1/8 teaspoon pepper
* 2 tablespoons butter
* 1 cup shredded Cheddar cheese
* 2 tablespoons flour
Measure milk into a 2-quart saucepan. Add potatoes, salt, pepper, and butter. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer until almost tender, about 6 minutes. Remove from heat, add cheese, and stir carefully until just melted. Sprinkle flour over the surface, stir gently then pour into a greased 2-quart casserole. Bake at 4
00° for 20 minutes, until browned.
Au gratin potato recipe serves 6.
we doubled the recipe when we realized more people were coming over. the first batch i used a chedder/jalapeno jack cheese mix, whole milk and unbleached flour. the second batch i used chedder cheese, fresh milk and whole wheat flour and just dumped that right on top of the first batch.
the blueberry delight recipe is from ryan's grandma. it's his favorite dessert from her. it's simple and it's a very 1950's kitchen recipe. she actually calls it peach delight because she uses peaches, but i had some leftover blueberries so i used them instead.
*1 package yellow cake mix
*3/4 cup butter, melted
*1 lb peaches (or substitute fruit)
*2 cups sour cream
*1/4 cup sugar
*3 egg yolks
*cinnamon
Combine cake mix & butter. Spread on botton of lightly greased 9 X 12 inch pan. Layer peaches or fruit on top, blenc sour cream, sugar & yolks. spoon over peaches. sprinkle with cinnamon. bake at 350 degrees for 30-35 minutes. cool and enjoy!
i've been baking a lot of pies lately. i love that pies can be sweet an savory. i tried this custard pie recipe because i've never made custard before, and i feel like this will bring me one step closer to try and make flan or creme brulee.4 cups milk 6 large eggs 2/3 cup sugar 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 tablespoon vanilla Directions 1. Heat the milk until hot, two or three minutes in the microwave. 2. Whisk the eggs until smooth. Combine the eggs and the milk. 3. Add the sugar, salt, and vanilla and stir until dissolved. 4. For a smoother custard, pour the mixture through a strainer. Stir again. 5. Pour the custard into custard dishes, a casserole dish, or a pie shell. 6. Bake at 325 until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean. In individual servings, that should be about 30 minutes. In a single dish, about 60 minutes. 7. Cool before serving. Traditionally, custards are served with caramel sauce. Sliced strawberries or fresh blueberries also work well with custard.i took this recipe and cut it in half because i knew it would only fit in a deep dish pie and all i had was a premade graham cracker pie crust. next time i would add a little bit more sugar. i only baked it for 40 minutes. this pie does taste good with caramel sauce mmm
i had an extra premade pie crust leftover from the apple crumble pie so i made a quiche. i love quiche because it uses 4 eggs and a couple of slices of bacon but lasts at least 8 servings (about 4 days of breakfast for ryan and i). usually we use 4 eggs and 8 slices of bacon for breakfast everyday. plus quiche is delicious. i used this recipe before and it's really good. last time i made the pie crust from scratch. this time i wanted to add green chiles to the quiche, but i checked my fridge and it had become rotten.
Bacon and chedder quiche (filling only)
*8 strips lean bacon, cooked and crumbled
*4 large eggs
*1 1/2 cups milk
*1/4 tsp thyme
*1/8 tsp pepper
*1 cup shredded chedder
Mix together eggs, milk, thyme and pepper. Pour into pie crust. Crumble bacon over mixture, then top with shredded cheese. Bake at 375 degrees for 30 minutes until top is lightly browned.
the only changes i made to the recipe was that i replaced the thyme with italian seasoning. i also used a chedder/jalapeno jack cheese mix instead of just chedder. soo yummy!
i love apple pie. i also love apple crumble. this is the best of both worlds:
Apple Crumble Pie
*1 pie crust
*5 cups apple (peeled, cored and thinly slice)
*1/2 cup sugar
*3/4 tsp cinnamon
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*1/3 cup sugar
*3/4 cup flour
*6 tbsp butter
Preheat oven to 400 degrees farenheit. arrange sliced applies in pie shell. Mix 1/2 cup sugar & cinnamon. sprinkle over apples. Mix 1/3 cup sugar with flour. Cut in butter until crumbly. Spoon over apples. Bake for 40 minutes.
This is such a great recipe. i used a premade pie crust because i was too lazy to make it myself. i used both granny smith and red delicious apples. instead of sprinkling the apples with the cinnamon sugar mix, i tossed the apples in it and then placed it in the pie shell. i figured all the apples would be nicely coated in the mix. i also let the butter sit out for too long so it melted a bit and the topping was more like a dough than crumbly. after baking, it didn't really make a difference except that it was more chunky.
these cupcakes are the cupcakes that started it all. a couple of years ago i stumbled upon a recipe for a cupcake that was based on the elvis sandwich. it was a banana cupcake with peanut butter frosting. what the fuck? how can you call it something based on the elvis sandwich when there is no bacon on it. so i used the recipe, tweaked it just a bit and added bacon on top. the first time i made them was for alison's birthday because she works at a vegas themed bar. it was quite a hit. i've made it a bunch of times since then and i've experimented in all different way on how to mash the bananas (puree, chunky, etc.) and garnish the bacon (sliced, chopped, crumble). today i settled on the pureed banana/ crumble the bacon combination.
i made the cupcakes for a craft fair in town. my friend has a big table for hats & pot holders she crochet. we quickly realized that not much was going on. i had a sign up that listed what the cupcakes are and i even made some without bacon (blasphemy!) but i only sold about 5 of them. oh yea, and the people that bought them happened to be my friends. for the most part people would walk up to the stand, read the sign, laugh and then walk away. some people even told me they didn't like bacon (what the fuck?) and even didn't like cupcakes (jump off a bridge!). gillain didn't have much luck with her sales either. the best part is that we have to do it all over again tomorrow. happy happy joy joy!
ryan had a craving for buffalo wings last night. i made buffalo wings a few months ago that were really good. we haven't been able to find anywhere out here with good buffalo wings so i made them for him. supposedly this recipe is the original anchor bar recipe but i'm not sure. all i know is that this sauce is delicious:
*1 stick butter or margarine
*10 tablespoons hot sauce
*2 tablespoons vinegar
*2 teaspoon cornstarch (optional)
melt and simmer together in a kettle. shake salt and pepper on chicken before frying . when chicken is done toss in buffalo sauce. serve with blue cheese.
two of my favorite things to bake with: blueberries and cornmeal. i found this recipe and i had to make it. i had all the ingredients in my house except for the yogurt, so i ran out, bought it and baked this.*3/4 cup blueberries (fresh or frozen, not thawed)
*1 1/2 cup flour
*1/3 cup cornmeal
*1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
*1/2 teaspoon salt
*1/2 cup plus 1 tablespoon vanilla or plain yogurt
*1 tablespoon lemon juice
*3/4 cup sugar
*1/4 cup oil
*1 egg
*1 egg white
*1/4 tsp cinnamon
*2 teaspoon sugar
Toss blueberries in 1 tablespoon flour and set aside. Stir remaining flour, cornmeal, baking powder and salt. whisk together yogurt and lemon juice in seperate bowl. whisk in 3/4 cup sugar and oil then beat in whole egg followed by egg white. add dry ingredients and yogurt mixture slowly. mix until just combined. gently fold in blueberries. spoon into lightly greased loaf pan. combine remaining sugar & cinnamon then sprinkle over batter. bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes. then loosely cover with foil and bake an additional 25-35 minutes. i had to bake my loaf an additional 45 minutes because it wasn't ready yet. then i let it sit for a few hours to cool down. when i finally tasted it, it was magical. i know i'll definitely bake another one as soon as this loaf is finished. probably tomorrow because i'm gonna eat it all today.
