This is boring

Blogging is boring to me. But I do like to cook now, so that's a plus! Tonight I made tacos, the recipe calls it Enchilada stacks but my recipe was much better because theirs was not likely to work.

My own recipe
Ingredients
 1 lb ground meat
1/4 cup onions
1/2 package of taco seasoning
1 8oz can tomato sauce
1/4 cup water
1 teaspoon chili powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
wheat tortillas
2 cups shredded Cheddar cheese

Directions:
Cook meat, onions and taco seasoning until meat is done. Add all the rest of the ingredients, stir together and when heated put on tortillas and top with cheese.

I am a cooking genius!

So after I slept for 16 hours last night I was up and ready to go this morning at 11:30 am. Ha pathetic I know, but today is the last day of freedom before school starts again. This recipe was amazing! I had all of the ingredients ready to go on the counter and was dumping things into the pan when I looked down at my condensed chicken soup. It expired in January of this past year, thankfully I hadn't dumped it in the pan yet so I subsituted the chicken soup for mushroom soup, shhh don't tell Travis he hates mushrooms, any type or kind. All together it was amazing! The flavor was great and it was more or less nutritious, okay maybe less. :) The rice was a little hard but that's only because I took it out a few minutes early. Other than that it was the best recipe so far. I really actually like cooking now, it's not as hard as I originally thought and it's giving me something to look forward to everyday. Travis ate a bowl of cereal like thirty minutes ago so he hasn't tried it yet but I'm waiting to see if he likes it just as much as I did! Okay so the verdict is.."It's good." Okay not the response I was looking for but atleast he likes it. Okay now for dessert.

Southwestern chicken and rice
Ingredients

1 (10.75 ounce) can Campbell's® Condensed Cream of Chicken Soup (Regular or 98% Fat Free)
1 cup water
1 cup Pace® Thick & Chunky Salsa
3/4 cup uncooked regular long-grain white rice
1/2 teaspoon onion powder
1 cup frozen whole kernel corn, thawed
4 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves
1/2 cup shredded Mexican cheese blend

Directions
1.Stir soup, water, salsa, rice, onion powder and corn in 12x8-inch shallow baking dish.
2.Top with chicken. Season chicken as desired. Cover.
3.Bake at 375 degrees F for 45 minutes or until chicken and rice are done. Top with cheese.

Pizza!

Okay so this was the second best recipe so far. I know I've only made three but this was delicious! I am a little sick right now from eating so many pieces. It was super easy to make and my sweet honey helped me which made it even better. We added lots of veggies to the pizza and it was just like a huge pile of deliciousness on the pizza crust! I'm not very amusing tonight, maybe I ate too much and now I'm going into a coma. ugh. okay so recipe.

Ingredients

1 tablespoon butter
1 skinless, boneless chicken breast, cut into bite-sized chunks
1 (8 ounce) container ricotta cheese
1 tablespoon butter
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon dried oregano
salt and ground black pepper to taste
1 (12 inch) pre-baked pizza crust
2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
1/2 cup chopped fresh broccoli
1 (3 ounce) can sliced mushrooms, drained

Directions

1.Preheat an oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).

2.Melt 1 tablespoon butter in a skillet over medium heat. Cook the chicken in the butter until no longer pink and the juices run clear, 7 to 10 minutes; remove from heat and set aside.

3.Combine the ricotta cheese, 1 tablespoon butter, garlic powder, oregano, salt, and pepper in a microwave-safe bowl. Heat in microwave for 1 minute; stir to combine. Spread the mixture over the pizza crust. Scatter the mozzarella cheese evenly over the pizza. Arrange the cooked chicken, broccoli, and mushrooms evenly on top of the pizza.

4.Bake in the preheated oven until the cheese is melted, about 20 minutes.

Easy Tilapia

So tonight I made Easy Tilapia, it may have been easy but it wasn't that tasty. Travis liked it so I guess that's all that matters but with my Cajun taste buds it was bland, bland, bland! He insists that it has flavor and that I'm used to spicy and it's not spicy but it does have flavor, so I guess to each his own. There was also a huge pile of tomatoes on each of our plates because neither of us are big tomato fans. I guess I could subsitute something else, but I'm not that advanced yet so I don't know. I also didn't use the capers, so maybe if I had used those it would have tasted a lot better. Now I have this huge pile of dishes to do and I'm so not looking forward to it. I actually want a little Debbie cake, there is one in the cabinet but the calories, oh the calories! School starts in like a week and then my cooking will be decreased to like never and poor Travis will wither away to flesh and bones. It's okay though I still have some recipes to try so maybe between all the reading I have to do for this semester (I have ten books for one class, TEN!!) I will be able to make him some tasty dinners. Okay here I come little Debbie Cake, it'll go straight to my hips, but whatever.




Ingredients
2 (3 ounce) fillets tilapia fillets
2 tablespoons olive oil
salt and pepper to taste
1 lemon, halved
1/2 cup white wine
2 tomatoes, seeded and chopped
3 tablespoons capers
1 cup asparagus spears, trimmed and cut in half
3 tablespoons butter

Directions

1.Heat a large non-stick skillet over medium heat. Drizzle fillets with olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Place fillets in skillet and sprinkle with half of the lemon over. Cook for 3 minutes per side, or until fish flakes easily with a fork. Transfer fillets to a plate, and keep warm.

2.Add wine, remaining 1/2 lemon, tomatoes, capers, and salt and pepper to the skillet. Increase heat to medium high and boil for 2 minutes to burn off alcohol. Reduce heat to low and return fillets to the pan along with the asparagus. Cover and simmer 2 minutes more, then transfer fish and asparagus to a serving dish and keep warm.

3.Again, increase heat to medium high and whisk in butter, and boil to desired consistency. Spoon sauce over fish, and serve.

Oops!

I have been at it for like what four days and I've already slacked off! I had to go out of town for a few days and guess what...I got my new license! So I have officially changed my name and I'm super happy!! So obviously I haven't cooked in a few days because we've been at the in-laws and the most exciting thing I concocted was Cinnamon Toast Crunch and Lucky Charms mixed together, it was delicious, but I really don't think that that counts as a new recipe, it was freaking delicious though (I already said that, whatever.) So tonight when the husband and I got home we wanted to make an omelet (sp??) anyways, he did the chopping and cooking and I was only there to observe and to make sure that he didn't burn down the apartment. The recipe didn't quite work out though and it turned more into scrambled eggs instead of an omelet but it was still pretty good, not quite enough food though so I had some more cereal afterwards, nutritious I know. Anyone have any tips on making an omelet? We added all the ingredients together and put it in the pot, but then we could flip it, why couldn't we flip it? Anyways I still need some recipes people so if anyone reads this you can help me out! I have to make a grocery list for this coming week because we have nada in the fridge.
Suggestions anyone?
Grace

Crawfish Etoufee

okay so my first recipe was pretty good! I probably should have prepared before hand and cut up everything at once so it didn't take me an hour to add all the ingredients, but that's okay it comes with practice. The etoufee was delicious though, not quite spicy enough for me but Travis really liked it so it's okay! I also decided to make a cake. Yellow butter cake with chocolate icing. I haven't tried it yet because it's cooling but it looks AMAZING!



Ingredients
1 stick butter
2 cups chopped onions
1 cup chopped celery
1/2 cup chopped green bell peppers
1 pound peeled crawfish tails
2 teaspoons minced garlic
2 bay leaves
1 tablespoon flour
1 cup water
1 teaspoon salt
Pinch of cayenne
2 tablespoons finely chopped parsley
3 tablespoons chopped green onions
Directions
In a large saute pan over medium high heat, melt the butter. Add the onions, celery, and bell peppers and saute until the vegetables are wilted, about 10 to 12 minutes. Add the crawfish, garlic, and bay leaves and reduce the heat to medium. Cook the crawfish for 10 to 12 minutes, stirring occasionally. Dissolve the flour in the water. Add the crawfish mixture. Season with salt and cayenne. Stir until the mixture thickens, about 4 minutes. Stir in the parsley and green onions and continue cooking for 2 minutes. Serve over steamed rice.

Day One

The last ten years of my life have solely been devoted to planning the most magical day of my life. Every second of every day I have been in the wedding mode and even when I knew not who the groom would be I was scheming and dreaming of what that special day would be like. I have an account on every available wedding website you can think of, and on almost every aspect of a wedding I have a thought or an opinion. My wedding colors have been pastel, red, black, blue, and probably many more and I have thought about every dress option that could possibly be imagined. You could call me a wedding enthusiast, unfortunately I now no longer have a wedding to plan because guess what? I got hitched. The wedding was nothing like I had ever planned or expected, yet it was beautiful and the most important part of it is that I'm married to the most amazing man now. Okay so since I no longer have a wedding to think about or plan I am SO bored. I have exhausted my options in figuring out something to keep myself busy so now I am going to combine two things that I love to do most, cook and write. Okay so before you tell me I'm a terrible writer I have a disclaimer, I cannot spell or punctuate to save my life so forgive me ahead of time. So now I plan to learn how to cook. I can cook chocolate chip cookies that taste amazing and I can make a killer cinnamon monkey bread, besides those two delicious desserts I am a failure at most other things. So from here on out I plan to try to make a new recipe every day. No, I am not trying to be like the girl from "Julie and Julia" I am just bored and need a new hobby. So if anyone has any recipes that think think I ought to try then bring em on! Until I get some feedback I think I'll just randomly click on the I'm feeling lucky button on the Google search bar and whatever disaster awaits me I will make and photograph for all of you to see.
Pray for me and for Travis's tastebuds!
Grace