Thursday, May 28, 2009
Grilling
So our grill decided it has put those lovely grill marks on it's last piece of meat. Needless to say we need a new one. To make do till we have the money to get a new one I broke out the cast iron grill pan/griddle we got about 3 years ago from Cabelas. I love it!! So if you have an apartment or just can't get outside to grill you should totally think about getting a cast iron grill pan for that wonderful, smokey grilled taste.
Monday, May 4, 2009
Christening Cake
Yesterday was one of my bff's sons's christening. I went to the house to be there for the caterer to set up and they did a fabulous job! She used Studio M caterering from North Wales, PA. The food spread was phenomenal and I would LOVE to have their pineapple salsa recipe...it was to die for. Check out their spread
I was honored to make the cake for his party.
I was honored to make the cake for his party.
The cake was from a recipe off of recipezaar.com. It was sour cream yellow cake. http://www.recipezaar.com/Sour-Cream-Yellow-Cake-99866. I filled with with yet another recipe from recipezaar.com. It was a strawberry creme filling. http://www.recipezaar.com/Strawberry-Cream-Cake-Filling-93743 Everyone said it was really good, I had a small piece and I really like it too.
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
pizza
I love pizza and so does my family. We were craving bbq chicken pizza the other night so I decided to give it a go. Something simple enough right?? Well here is what I did.
1 can of pillsbury pizza dough (I have tried the thin crust and regular and like both)
1 bottle of sweet baby rays bbq sauce
1 package of perdue chicken strips (the cooked ones that you can use for salads and stuff)
1 pouch mozzerella cheese
1 pouch chedder cheese mix
Place the dough on a pan, you can use a cookie sheet as the can instructs or you can use a pizza pan or stone and just form the dough into the circle shape. I used the cooking instructions right on the can and pre-baked the pizza dough before I topped it. I let the dough go until it was almost completely done baking and pulled it out of the oven. Take the bbq sauce and put some on the pizza crust, to you liking...some like more sauce than others. then take the chicken and either dice it or tear it into smaller pieces and spread it all over the pizza. Cover with the Mozz cheese and them sprinkle on the chedder cheese. For a decorative effect I put some bbq sauce ina criscross pattern on top of the cheese. Put back in the oven long enough to melt the cheese and to be sure the crust if fully baked.
My hubby loved this pizza and so did our neighbors, it is now a highly requested item for parties and game nights. Hope you try it out and let me know what you think and how you made it your own.
1 can of pillsbury pizza dough (I have tried the thin crust and regular and like both)
1 bottle of sweet baby rays bbq sauce
1 package of perdue chicken strips (the cooked ones that you can use for salads and stuff)
1 pouch mozzerella cheese
1 pouch chedder cheese mix
Place the dough on a pan, you can use a cookie sheet as the can instructs or you can use a pizza pan or stone and just form the dough into the circle shape. I used the cooking instructions right on the can and pre-baked the pizza dough before I topped it. I let the dough go until it was almost completely done baking and pulled it out of the oven. Take the bbq sauce and put some on the pizza crust, to you liking...some like more sauce than others. then take the chicken and either dice it or tear it into smaller pieces and spread it all over the pizza. Cover with the Mozz cheese and them sprinkle on the chedder cheese. For a decorative effect I put some bbq sauce ina criscross pattern on top of the cheese. Put back in the oven long enough to melt the cheese and to be sure the crust if fully baked.
My hubby loved this pizza and so did our neighbors, it is now a highly requested item for parties and game nights. Hope you try it out and let me know what you think and how you made it your own.
Monday, February 2, 2009
a little about me, the cook
I figured maybe I should introduce myself. I am a stay at home to a VERY active 2 year old. I love to cook and hope to someday go to culinary school. I am not a chef, but a cook. I like to take recipes and make them my own and I love to make up my own stuff. When I make up a recipe I hardly ever measure so my recipes turn into a little of this and a little of that. But I will do my best to guess if I place the recipe on here. Hope to get to know some people with the same passion for food that I have. Should be an adventure!
Super Bowl Munchies
I know the game is over but it is never to late to talk about food, right? So we had quite the spread to cheer the Steelers on to victory! From pork bbq in the slow cooker, BBQ chicken pizza, pizza bake and tons of munchies. It was a great success but we of course in our normal fashion had way to much food.
We had a fruit tray and at the last minute decided to make a fruit dip. Well I searched on www.recipezaar.com to see if I could find a good fruit dip. All I had was an 8oz block of cream cheese and some pantry ingredients (sour cream, powdered sugar, vanilla). All the recipes I found called for marshmallow creme which I didn't have so I decided what a better time to experiment but with a crowd to tell you just want they think of it. So here is what I came up with.
Fruit Dip
8oz block cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup of sour cream
1 tsp of vanilla
about 1/2 cup of powdered sugar (start with 1/4 cup and work your way up till it's sweet enough for you)
I put all of these in ingredients in my favorite appliance in my kitchen...my red kitchenaid stand mixer. Using the paddle attachement I set the mixer on 2 and let it blend for a little while. After a min or two I scraped the bowl with a rubber spatula and then mixed it again on 2 until it was well blended. Stuck it in the fridge until it was time to eat.
Everyone loved it, including the kids! So it was a hit for me...if you use it please comment I would love to know if you changed it up to make it your own or if there was something about it you didn't like...that's how I learn.
We had a fruit tray and at the last minute decided to make a fruit dip. Well I searched on www.recipezaar.com to see if I could find a good fruit dip. All I had was an 8oz block of cream cheese and some pantry ingredients (sour cream, powdered sugar, vanilla). All the recipes I found called for marshmallow creme which I didn't have so I decided what a better time to experiment but with a crowd to tell you just want they think of it. So here is what I came up with.
Fruit Dip
8oz block cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup of sour cream
1 tsp of vanilla
about 1/2 cup of powdered sugar (start with 1/4 cup and work your way up till it's sweet enough for you)
I put all of these in ingredients in my favorite appliance in my kitchen...my red kitchenaid stand mixer. Using the paddle attachement I set the mixer on 2 and let it blend for a little while. After a min or two I scraped the bowl with a rubber spatula and then mixed it again on 2 until it was well blended. Stuck it in the fridge until it was time to eat.
Everyone loved it, including the kids! So it was a hit for me...if you use it please comment I would love to know if you changed it up to make it your own or if there was something about it you didn't like...that's how I learn.
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