Monday, November 23, 2009

Rich Delicious Fudge

HOLY FUDGE CAKES! Yes I ventured into the delicious world of chocolate this week, and it was delicious. Originally I was afraid cause I had heard it was a pain to make, man was I wrong. This recipe is great for adding to ice cream, plates for a dessert tray or just straight with a big tall glass of milk.

This recipe is rated V, though any sweet-toothed critter can enjoy it (you dogs out there.)

Delicious fudge:

•1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
•2/3 cup (5-oz can) evaporated milk
•2 T butter
•1/4 tsp salt
•2 cups mini marshmallows
•1 1/2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
•1 tsp vanilla extract

Optional: Chopped walnuts of pecans

1. Add sugar, evaporated milk, butter, and salt in sauce pan and bring to a medium boil, stir occasionally for 5 minutes
2.Stir in marshmallows, chocolate chips, and vanilla extract, mix until everything is melted.
3. Pour into 8x8 baking pan or cake pan lined with tin foil and set in refrigerator or leave on counter if you feel like tempting your self.
4. once firm remove from pan and cut into delicious pieces.


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Monday, November 16, 2009

Egg in a Basket

Sadly Today's post comes without pictures, due to a horrid mini USB
accident.

Moving right along. Breakfast is always a weird meal for me; If
I'm up at a reasonable time to eat it I never do because I
overslept. However, if I'm awake, normally it's time for lunch.
This easy treat is now the reason I get up at the right time.
Originally my curiosity was sparked while watching V for Vendetta;
at one point in the movie he makes "egg in a basket," and it
looked delicious.
Egg in a basket

V+ This recipe contains meat at the the cooks digression, but does contain animal byproducts

•1 Piece of bread big enough to cut a 1 inch hole in.
•1 egg
•Extra virgin olive oil
•butter

Optional: Bacon bits, diced onions, salt pepper, chives, cheese.

1. Cut a 1 inch hole in the middle of your bread. You can also use
cookie cutters if you wanna brighten up your morning.
2. Add olive oil and butter to a sauce pan and set to a low heat.
3. Place your pieces of bread in the pan, then pour or crack them
in the middle of your bread to your preference.
4.Let cook till the underside of your egg is hardened then flip,
leave cooking to favored consistency.

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Monday, November 9, 2009

Chicken Yakitori

A sweet and simple Japanese dish - no, not ramen but Yakitori. It's a very simple and quick way to add a lot of flavor with very few ingredients. Yakitori uses a sauce called tare, which is very easy to make. I prefer my Yakitori as a kabob, but it also works great in white meat burgers and meat balls.

A note about the ingredients: Mirin is also know as aji-mirin, I learned this after a long and painful 10 minutes at the store looking and asking around.

Herbivores take warn - contents are meaty, however vegetables and starches can be added at the user's discretion, so as to compliment or dominate the meat.

Yakitori tare sauce

Ingredients:

3 Tablespoons soy

3 Tablespoons mirin

3 Tablespoons sake

5 teaspoons sugar

1 pound chicken breast (cut into bite sized pieces)

Optional: Onion

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• Mix together soy, mirin, sake, and sugar in a large freezer bag to the ratio of one mixture of tare sauce per pound of chicken. Also, take a your skewer sticks and soak them in water for at least 10 minutes if you're using wood ones.

• Dice green onion and chicken breasts into bite sized pieces, about an inch.

• Mix chicken and marinade mix into a large freezer bag and let marinate for at least 30 minutes.

• Take chicken and onion and skewer on kabob sticks in alternating order or personal preference.

• Grill Yakitori skewers all the while basting with leftover marinade.

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Serve with rice or Grilled asparagus

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Sunday, November 1, 2009

Fiery Chili

Personally I love making chili - it lasts quite a while, tastes great, and is a reliable source of protein after a workout. Fairly simple but extremely delicious. This recipe was adapted off of a gift I was given for "Ass-kicking Chili," a name which was dead-on in more than one way.

WARNING: This recipe is rated O+ - contents contain meat, of a sufficent amount to please carnivores, but include other ingredients of a vegetable-variety. It should not be attempted or consumed in the presence of sensitive herbivores.

Ingredients (makes about 1 gallon of chili):

2 lbs ground meat (preferably beef, but turkey and chicken also work)
extra virgin olive oil
1 large onion finely chopped
4 cloves garlic chopped
1 29oz can tomato sauce
1 29oz can crushed tomatos
1 14oz can crushed tomatos
2 12oz cans of chili beans (rinsed)
2 12 oz cans kidney beans (rinsed)
1 Cup water or beef stock
1Tbs cumin
1Tbs cayenne pepper powder
1Tbs corinander seed
1Tbs chipotle chili pepper
1Tbs garlic powder
4Tbs chili powder

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Optional:

1 +Tbs habanero powder (depends on how spicy you want it)
Shredded sharp cheddar, or cheese of your choice.
1+ Tbs flour

Step 1:

To start, take your large onion and cloves of garlic and chop them finely. Saute in large sauce pan with olive oil, using as much as you need so that nothing sticks. The garlic should be a light brown color and the onions transparent.

Step 2:

Add your ground meat and mix around till you no longer see any pink.

Step 3:

Here is where it all comes together. Literally - just throw everything into a large stew pot. Let simmer for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally. For thicker chili you can add a small mixture of flour and water until it reaches desired thickness. Whether you want to thicken it or not, let it continue cooking for another 20 minutes.

Step 4:

Enjoy! After it has cooled enough so that the only burning you get comes from the peppers and spices, of course. Sprinkle or smother with cheese as desired.

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