Beef Stroganoff 08/14/2009

Hey ya'll. I haven't blogged in forever! I have only cooked a couple of times since the last time. Sorry! I will try to keep it up from now on! I have a couple of pics!!! YAY! So tonight I made beef stroganoff. It was really simple, but yummy.

Brown one pound of stew meat (beef. seasoned with salt, pepper, TC and garlic powder) in dutch oven. About 5 mins. Then add 2 cans of Progresso cream of mushroom soup. Pour it in the dutch oven with the meat. Bring to a boil, turn to medium low and simmer for about an hour and a half to 2 hours. (You don't have to simmer it that long. I do so that the meat would be more tender for my mom). About 20 mins before it's done, put hot water in a pot, along with egg noodles, and bring to boil. Boil until tender. Drain. Put stroganoff over noodles. It is yummy! I also cooked sweet peas as the veggie.

Well folks, hopefully all the pics attatch! Goodnight and good eating! :)

a pic of my bella. the one who is always at the edge of the kitchen while i'm cooking!

grilled burgers 08/07/2009

Hey ya'll. Tonight I grilled hamburgers. I am totally the grill master! But I did not realize just how quickly hamburgers cook on the grill. But they turned out great. The bad thing is, though, there were a couple of earwigs on the grill! YUCK! I hate those evil little things! I know they are not poisonous, but they are SO creepy! 

I also baked some potatoes. I just peeled them, and sliced them. Then tossed them in olive oil. Then I seasoned them with salt, T.C., garlic powder and paprika. Then tossed again. Then baked them at 475 degrees for about 27 minutes. 

I also sauteed some asparagus. I didn't eat them though. I don't like that stuff! But my mom loves it. 

And what I said in my other blog about not putting how I made the food on here, I will. Well folks, I'm watching Friends, so I'm out! Goodnight and good eating! :)

oh! and another thing!

I lost my digital camera while I was visiting my aunt in Atlanta in May. But I bought a new one, so I should be able to start posting pics as well! WOO HOO!

sorry folks!

Hey ya'll. Sorry about the lack of blogging lately. I have been extremely tired and worn out for some reason. But I think I'm back to good again. I don't think that I am going to do anything extraordinary tonight. Mom wants me to grill burgers. They will be pre-made burgers. 

You know, I saw the Julie&Julia movie today. It was pretty good. Not exactly what I expected, but, it was alright. When I got home I looked up the blog "The Julie/Julia Project" It is an actual blog. This movie was 100% true story! So I read a few of Julie Powell's entries and it made me realize, THAT is more of how I should blog. Cook and just write about it. Just for kicks. Not going into detail about the recipes and stuff. She is an awesome writer and I think that might be a little better. 

Now, if someone reads the entry, and wants to know how i made something, I will do my best to tell them. I think it will be nice to experiment like this for a bit! I have a few cookbooks, but I would like more! I wouldn't mind having the Julia Child cookbook. It seems pretty neat to me. Plus, if I do end up going to school in France, it might be helpful! (The plan is to go to school in France next year, if I have the money.) The cookbook is French cuisine. Why the heck not? Anyway folks, I am off to do something, such as cleaning the house perhaps? Good times! 

Chicken Curry 08/02/09

Hey ya'll. Dinner tonight was great! I haven't made this since I was about 19 or 20. This is going to be kind of botched because I've already thrown away the jar that the curry sauce was in. It was a medium sized jar. I am posting late because I had to give Bella a bath. That was some kindsa messy lol! Do you know how hard it is to give a 6 month old puppy that weighs about 65 to 70 pounds, with a really thick coat a bath? Yea, it's a bit difficult lol. And I brushed her teeth. She really likes Colgate. LoL, just kidding! We have doggy toothpaste (chicken flavored!) Anyway, on to the food!

I used 2 fairly large boneless, skinless chicken breasts.

1 medium sized can of Patak's Curry Sauce (it would be the size that calls for 1 pound of chicken)

Cut the chicken into cubes, cook it until it's cooked thoroughly (doesn't take long, since it's small cubes). Then add the entire jar of Curry Sauce. It says simmer for 15 minutes, but I just put it on medium low for 15 mins, then on LOW for about another 20 or 30 minutes (until my mom got home). 

Serve it over rice. I cooked the rice that you put in the water, bring it to a boil, cover it and let it stand about 15 minutes until all the water is absorbed. So I started it about 20 minutes before I was ready to eat. (I like to let it set longer to be sure that all the water is absorbed!)

I also cooked broccoli as the veggie. It's weird. I don't usually like broccoli. Sometimes i despise it, and other times, like tonight, I crave it. Weird! 

But yes, that was dinner. It is a meal that can be done in 30 to 35 minutes (that includes cutting the chicken), but I prolonged it to wait for my mom to get home from work. But yes, it was cery delicious! :-D Alrighty folks, goodnight and good eating! :)

Late Night Chocolate Chip Cookies (1:30 am 07/29/2009)

Hey ya'll! So I can't sleep and I got a sudden urge to bake. So I decided to bake some chocolate chip cookies. I'm not gonna eat any tonight, but I just felt like baking them. What kind of southern girl would I be if I didn't have cookies in the cookie jar? Right? 

So here is what I did:

 1 1/2 cup flour

1 1/2 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp salt

6 TBSP butter, softened

1 cup Ghirardelli chocolate chips (the slightly bigger kind)

1 cup white sugar

1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract (but I used 3/4 tsp of vanilla that my mom got from Mexico. You don't need as much)

2 eggs

1/2 cup confectioners (powdered) sugar

Combine flour, baking powder and salt. Set aside

Cream butter and sugar in mixer. 

Add eggs, flour mixture and chocolate chips.

Mix with a large spoon until well blended. 

Cover with saran-wrap and put in freezer until firm (I would say for about 20 to 25 minutes)

Make small balls (about 1 inch). Roll in confectioners sugar. Place on greased cookie sheet and bake at 350 for about 10 to 15 minutes. After 10 minutes I left them in for about 5, 1 minute intervals until they were done. 

Alrighty folks, that is my late night baking blog lol. Good night and good eating (tomorrow :) )