Yesterday I had a picnic with a good friend I haven't seen in a couple of years. I made chicken salad sandwiches and chocolate chip cookies. There are two recipes for chicken salad in the cookbook. The one I made was just like a standart tuna salad recipe, except with chicken. It tasted really good, but like the deviled eggs, it was pretty watery because I used relish instead of actually dicing up a pickle.
I made a double batch of chocolate chip cookies because I had inteded to give some to my friend at the picnic. I'm not sure what happened, but somehow my cookie dough turned out very dry and crumbly. My only guess is that my brown sugar was getting old, so it was hard and stale. That's the only thing I can think of that may have caused the crumbly-ness. The cookies still taste pretty good, but they're crunchier than I would have liked. Adam says it's ok though because they're prefect for dipping in milk.
Tonight I made one of about 5 recipes for enchilladas that are in the cookbook. Sonoran style favorite enchilladas are beef enchilladas with a red sauce. I have been trying to get started on dinner as soon as I get home from work so we don't end up eating dinner at 9:00 like we have been. I had to pick up some things from the grocery store after work, so I didn't get home until after 6:00 and I forgot to pull out the ground beef to thaw, so dinner didn't get started until about 7:00. I didn't realize until I got started making the sauce that the recipe calls for tomato juice and not tomato sauce. Since I didn't have any tomato juice, I improvised with tomato sauce and water. I finally got the enchilladas in the oven around 8:15, they were done at 8:45, and we ate at, you guessed it, 9:00. Luckily, the enchilladas were very good and my lateness was forgiven.
Monday, June 14, 2010
Saturday, June 12, 2010
Cherry Cream Pie, Deviled Eggs, Baked Fish in Sour Cream, and Fettuccini Alfredo
I know I haven't updated this Blog in a long time, but I've re-resolved myself to cooking and finishing this project by November. It will be a lot of work, considering I still have about 319 recipes to go, but I think I can do it.
A few months ago, I made a Cherry Cream Pie. It is a pretty easy pie to make, and it went well, except that I didn't notice the note at the end of the recipe that said the filling should be used for two pies. So my Cherry Cream Pie was very thick and the cherries didn't quite cover the cream filling, but it still tasted great!
On Tuesday, I made deviled eggs at my mom's house. She had a lot of eggs already boiled and peeled because she had planned to make deviled eggs for a party, but didn't have time to make them. My deviled eggs were a little runny because I used a bottle of sweet relish that was near its end. According to the recipe, I was also supposed to use dill relish, so I was a little concerned about how they would taste, but I actually really enjoyed the flavor of the sweet relish.
Wednesday, I made Baked Fish in Sour Cream. Super Wal-Mart in Benson had Tilapia fillets on sale, so I bought about 4lbs. The recipe calls for 2lbs of white fish, but 2lbs is a lot for just two people, so I cut the recipe in half. I wasn't very excited about this recipe at first, but Adam and I were both pleasantly surprised with how good it was. We ate it with leftover potato salad and deviled eggs.
Thursday night, I made Fettuccini Alfredo. I didn't have any Fettuccini noodles at home, so I used Rotini instead. There were several steps in the recipe, but I was surprised at how quickly it all came together. Normally I'm not a big fan of mushrooms, but surprisingly, the mushrooms mixed with everything else were pretty good. It made a lot of food, so I still have leftovers in my fridge.
Stay tuned...there's gonna be a lot more cooking going on at my house...
A few months ago, I made a Cherry Cream Pie. It is a pretty easy pie to make, and it went well, except that I didn't notice the note at the end of the recipe that said the filling should be used for two pies. So my Cherry Cream Pie was very thick and the cherries didn't quite cover the cream filling, but it still tasted great!
On Tuesday, I made deviled eggs at my mom's house. She had a lot of eggs already boiled and peeled because she had planned to make deviled eggs for a party, but didn't have time to make them. My deviled eggs were a little runny because I used a bottle of sweet relish that was near its end. According to the recipe, I was also supposed to use dill relish, so I was a little concerned about how they would taste, but I actually really enjoyed the flavor of the sweet relish.
Wednesday, I made Baked Fish in Sour Cream. Super Wal-Mart in Benson had Tilapia fillets on sale, so I bought about 4lbs. The recipe calls for 2lbs of white fish, but 2lbs is a lot for just two people, so I cut the recipe in half. I wasn't very excited about this recipe at first, but Adam and I were both pleasantly surprised with how good it was. We ate it with leftover potato salad and deviled eggs.
Thursday night, I made Fettuccini Alfredo. I didn't have any Fettuccini noodles at home, so I used Rotini instead. There were several steps in the recipe, but I was surprised at how quickly it all came together. Normally I'm not a big fan of mushrooms, but surprisingly, the mushrooms mixed with everything else were pretty good. It made a lot of food, so I still have leftovers in my fridge.
Stay tuned...there's gonna be a lot more cooking going on at my house...
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