Food
Today was just, in general a good cooking day. And I gotta tell someone about it, and well, you're a bunch of someones.
First, for lunch.
I made a chicken salad (chicken breast, mayo, shredded sharp cheddar cheese and chopped black olives.) and had it open face style on a everything mini bagel square. Also some pretzels and homemade french onion dip. obviously, because i am 6, i washed it down with kool aid. (blue raspberry lemonade. its the best drink ever.)
then for dinner (for the rents and I) I planned on making a sheperds pie. While looking at the bajillion recipes online, i came across a "drunken shepards pie". (http://www.cooks.com/rec/view/0,178,128181-247194,00.html) I modified the recipe a bit, i used guiness extra stout (cos they didnt have new castle at the gas station. classy.) i dont use any crust, and kinda just dumped the stuff in order, then made peaks in the taters with a fork and sprinkled it with paprika. also, no cheese to cook with, cos my daddy doesn't so much like anything dairy.
With the beer came a problem. This is quite a dry family, just by preferences, so I had this pint and a half bottle (bout a pint left in it) and like my mom always says... we dont waste food around here. so of course, i had to make a beer bread! (http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/cda/recipe_print/0,1946,FOOD_9936_15495_PRINT-RECIPE-FULL-PAGE,00.html) its super simple, and since i ended up having to get a pound of self-rising flour, and each batch takes a bottle.. so for christmas gifts this year (like when i visit meghan's town, cos theres lots of people that were great to me there) i think i'm going to make and package loaves of it for them.
Eeeee! for cooking dinner....
and oh yeah.. my mom still makes me drink milk with dinner, but you can bet i'm having leftovers with kool aid.
First, for lunch.
I made a chicken salad (chicken breast, mayo, shredded sharp cheddar cheese and chopped black olives.) and had it open face style on a everything mini bagel square. Also some pretzels and homemade french onion dip. obviously, because i am 6, i washed it down with kool aid. (blue raspberry lemonade. its the best drink ever.)
then for dinner (for the rents and I) I planned on making a sheperds pie. While looking at the bajillion recipes online, i came across a "drunken shepards pie". (http://www.cooks.com/rec/view/0,178,128181-247194,00.html) I modified the recipe a bit, i used guiness extra stout (cos they didnt have new castle at the gas station. classy.) i dont use any crust, and kinda just dumped the stuff in order, then made peaks in the taters with a fork and sprinkled it with paprika. also, no cheese to cook with, cos my daddy doesn't so much like anything dairy.
With the beer came a problem. This is quite a dry family, just by preferences, so I had this pint and a half bottle (bout a pint left in it) and like my mom always says... we dont waste food around here. so of course, i had to make a beer bread! (http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/cda/recipe_print/0,1946,FOOD_9936_15495_PRINT-RECIPE-FULL-PAGE,00.html) its super simple, and since i ended up having to get a pound of self-rising flour, and each batch takes a bottle.. so for christmas gifts this year (like when i visit meghan's town, cos theres lots of people that were great to me there) i think i'm going to make and package loaves of it for them.
Eeeee! for cooking dinner....
and oh yeah.. my mom still makes me drink milk with dinner, but you can bet i'm having leftovers with kool aid.