Archive for the 'Cooking and Food' Category

Shortbread Cookies

Friday, August 8th, 2008

Shortbread cookies are extremely delicious and can be made into different shapes. They are also one of the most simple cookies to make and customizable as well because you can add jams and things. All you need is:
2 cups of flour
1/4 cup of sugar
1 and a half sticks of butter
Just mix all of the ingredients […]

Greek Lamb and Orzo

Friday, August 8th, 2008

Greek lamb and orzo is a very delicious meal that I discovered a few years ago. Everyone loves it and it’s not too hard to make. Things that you will need in order to create this meal are:
1 lb of lamb
1 package orzo
2 cans of stewed tomatoes
pita bread (optional)
sour cream or plain yogurt (optional)
In all […]

Chicken Fettuccine Alfredo

Sunday, July 27th, 2008

Last night I was feeling a bit on the tired side and decided to do a short cut version of chicken fettuccine alfredo. I usually cut up the chicken and then cook it and add the alfredo sauce and heat it up. Well I didn’t feel like cutting up all the chicken so I just […]

Baking Lemon Cupcakes

Tuesday, July 15th, 2008

On a more lighter note than my previous post, my daughter and I had a fun little baking day. She is really such a big help, she helped mix ingredients, lay out the cupcake cups for me, frost them and eat them. We had some very delicious lemony cupcakes. Not only are they delicious but […]

Jello making time!

Wednesday, May 7th, 2008

I made some different colors of Jello with my daughter and it was really fun. She helped measure the water that we needed and helped stir the Jello packets into the water.
After we let it sit in the refrigerator for a few hours we also made some different shapes and had Jello jigglers for dessert, […]

Sandies

Monday, March 3rd, 2008

Sandies are a very tasty round, powdered sugar covered cookie that I’ve often had around Christmas time. I decided to make some since I just bought a sifter and you need to sift the flour and it turned out to be pretty fun. They came out delicious!

Fried Potatoe Crusted Salmon

Tuesday, February 12th, 2008

I made potato crusted salmon the other night and it came out excellent. I’ve never liked salmon as much as I did when I tried this out. All you need to do is use a pouch of mashed potato mix and add some lemon pepper and paprika to it, dip the salmon in egg then […]

Carrot Cake

Saturday, February 9th, 2008

I have a huge bag of carrots sitting in my refrigerator and I didn’t want them all to go bad plus I wanted to make something good so I decided to make some carrot cake! It came out so awesome, it is delicious! It wasn’t as hard to make as I thought either. It called […]

Manicotti

Thursday, January 31st, 2008

Manicotti are such a deliciously simple meal! Everyone walks away from the table happy when these are served, they go well with a green vegetable such as green beans or peas. Although there are several steps and the manicotti require stuffing, it really isn’t that difficult.
Firstly, you preheat the oven to about 350. Boil the […]

Chicken with curry and sour cream sauce

Friday, January 18th, 2008

So as I was browsing through one of my cook books a few days ago, I wrote down a few pages where I seen interesting meal ideas. Ones that were pretty simple but also looked very tasty. One of the ones I wrote down and ended up making was chicken with curry and sour cream […]


users online Image hosted by TomImg.com Image hosted by TomImg.com Image hosted by TomImg.com Image hosted by TomImg.com