My kitchen has been busy lately!
I've always wanted to try my hand at making sopapillas and these came out alright. I'm used to very airy sopapillas and these were more dense like bread. That sure didn't stop me from eating them!
These oven-baked chimichangas were yummy! I've never baked burritos/chimis and it made the tortillas have such a wonderful texture. Usually when they go into the oven they're covered in sauce and everything gets so soggy. Not so with this recipe!
This recipe for Chicken, Spinach, Goat Cheese Quesadillas with Avocado Sour Cream left a lot to be desired. I think the chicken I used was too bland maybe. I don't know, but I wouldn't make this again.
And same thing for this baked quinoa and broccoli casserole. I used a vegetable mix in place of the broccoli and used asiago in place of some other cheese. I think the combination of those two just didn't sit well with our tastebuds. Such a waste of perfectly good quinoa. :(
This Weekend Brunch Casserole was good if you like super rich and heavy breakfasts. There's crescent rolls on the bottom so you can imagine how soft and chewy they stayed (not in a good way). Also, I feel it called for entirely too much mozzarella cheese.
This was definitely an interesting recipe. Mine did not come out looking like the picture. I must've used too much butternut squash because you couldn't find the macaroni in my mixture contrary to what this picture shows. This is roasted butternut squash and goat cheese macaroni by the way. Tasted on the sweet side due to the butternut squash.
Yes, I decided to try to make a bloody mary. No good. The Hubs said it might be because I used tomato juice instead of Clamato or the like. All I know is that I'll have a professional make me one the next time I decide to try one.
Don't you hate it when photos lie? This one does! Look at how yellow that soup is. This recipe doesn't come out looking like the picture at all. I guess ultimately that doesn't matter; I was just sorely disappointed. The soup is good though. Except the chicken tortilla soups I'm used to have crispy tortillas as a topping. For this one you just slice corn tortillas and plop 'em in there.
These spicy pork lettuce cups with noodles were really good. I'm beginning to realize I like lettuce wraps very VERY much. But I couldn't find the noodles so we just used rice. Just as yummy!
I made these for tailgating. Beer, pretzels, peanut butter (and sugar), and chocolate...you really can't ask for more. YUM!!
Corona and lime chicken bean dip. Eh. That is all.
Ranch-pepper crackers. Instead of using a ranch packet I made my own mixture. You can find the recipe
here. She has other mixes too. Pretty neato if you ask me. These crackers have a nice taste. I especially love the heat. It blows out my palate and stops me from snacking on other things. Haha!
Let's all give The Hubs a big round of applause for making the recipe below for the soup/chili and sandwich day his office held the other day. He said it wasn't a hit because of the spice, but I loved it. Vegetarian sweet potato chili for everyone!!
Ham and cheese quiche. Eh.
Baked french toast. Only make this if you're not going to have leftovers. I didn't think it was very good reheated. But then again, I'm the girl that doesn't like soaked bread type texture. I'm not sure if I've ever had bread pudding. but I probably wouldn't like it.
Rustic autumn fruit tart (two apples, one pear) - don't skip the apricot preserves...it really makes it. I know, I was surprised too.
These were awful. Tossed them all out...such a waste of freakin' expensive eggs. And no, my chickens haven't started laying yet. :( First, I think I used too fresh of eggs so I couldn't peel them. The egg kept sticking to the shell. Then the yolk looked funny. Not the powdery yellow I'm used to. I'm not sure if it was because they weren't cooked long enough or if it was because they were too fresh. Do eggs stick to the shell when they haven't been cooked long enough? But all of that aside, the recipe called for minced shallot; which I've determined, I DO NOT like in deviled eggs. Aagh! I so wanted this to go well... maybe I'll get my grandmother's recipe the next time I see her.
That's it for now! Happy cooking!
