Mellybelles.
Monday, April 9, 2012
Holidays.
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
efbe.
This is not me and I do not like it. I mean why am I comparing myself to people I barely know..or why am I judging?.... PLEASE, do not even act for a moment, no matter how old you are, that you haven't silently stalked that former ex who gained 25 elbe's/ that former ex's girlfriend who gained the 25 elbe's...... or that girl who got knocked up in 10th grade and baby got whacked with the ugly stick ( i apologize that was below the belt-babys are never ugly) .
Then my mind starts going why haven't we bought a house? Why are we waiting so long to have a baby...and it goes on and on. Then I take a deep breath and remind myself.. I'm ( almost) 26 & while I would love to own a home.... I don't want to right now. Who knows where I will decide on to go to grad school...and while I am obsessively in love with my nieces and nephews.... I am in no way shape or form ready to play mommy. I am so excited about furthering my education, spending a few years traveling with C before we start a family. Most importantly why am I judging these people? Who cares? It does not affect my life and i need to focus on bettering myself, period, end of story. So for now ill use this as my outlet and keep facebook deactivated.
Crispy Potato Roast
Crispy Potato Roast
Serves 8
Ingredients:
3 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
4 pounds russet potatoes, peeled
4 shallots, thickly sliced lengthwise
Coarse salt
1/2 to 1 teaspoon red-pepper flakes (optional)
8 sprigs thyme
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. In a small bowl, combine butter and oil. Brush bottom of a round 9-inch baking dish with some butter mixture. With a sharp knife or mandoline, slice potatoes very thinly crosswise.
2. Arrange potato slices vertically in dish. Wedge shallots throughout. Sprinkle with salt and red-pepper flakes (if using); brush with remaining butter mixture. Bake 1 1/4 hours. Add thyme and bake until potatoes are cooked through with a crisp top, about 35 minutes more.
*Please note that the recipe is the photo is doubled.
Thanks FishFoodBlog for introducing me to this recipe!
Hamburger Cupcakes
- Duncan Hines Moist Deluxe Classic Cake Mix
- Duncan Hines Moist Deluxe Devil's Food Cake Mix
- Sesame seeds
- Cocktail toothpicks
- 6 Large eggs
- Water
- Vegetable oil
- Green, Red, Yellow frosting bottles
- Bake vanilla cupcakes according to directions on box. DO NOT use cupcake liners, but grease and flour the pan so they easily pop out.
- Bake chocolate cupcakes according to directions on box (either use 2 cupcake trays or thoroughly clean between vanilla & chocolate batches). Again, DO NOT use cupcake liners.
- When vanilla cupcakes are cool, cut them in half horizontal-wise with a serrated knife to create the "bun."
- When chocolate cupcakes are cool, cut them in half horizontal-wise and save the cupcake top as the "meat." You can discard the bottoms
- Use red icing ("ketchup") and yellow icing ("mustard")
- Lightly dampen burger "lids" with water and sprinkle with sesame seeds so they stick a little.
- To create the burger layers...put red icing on the bottom bun, then add the "meat," then add the yellow icing, then sprinkle the lettuce on top, then add the lid.
- Finish by using a cocktail toothpick to keep it all together!
Chef in Training: Nutella Puppy Chow
I am getting back in shape and beginning to train for the broad street run in Philadelphia ..a very easy 10miler this will be my third year doing it. I took off last year to run the American Oddyssey Run a 200 mile relay from gettysburg to Washington DC. I would like to do the Philadelphia half and then follow up with the DC marathon next spring. My whole point is that cooking/baking all these delishh treats isnt working for my summer bod so I have been donating my treats to my Unit, and they have been loving it ...win/win. I get to cook & bake and I dont let it sit around my house awaiting me and C gorging in the late night hours. This was probably the most popular recently. A little messy with the confectioners sugar, but overall very quick, very easy and you probably already have most of the ingredients. My central PA peeps introduced me to puppy chow and if you have not heard of it yet----- keep reading because it is not actual kibbles n bits.
NUTELLA PUPPY CHOW
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1 cup Nutella
- 3/4 cup chocolate chips (use semi-sweet or dark, milk would be far too sweet and you’d lose the chocolate flavor)
- 3/4 cup white chocolate chips
- 2/3 cup hazelnuts
- 13 cups (more or less) or one 12oz box of hearty wheat/corn/rice cereal like Crispix or Chex – try to find a hearty version so it doesn’t break down when stirring
- 3 cups powdered sugar
Thank you to Chef in Training blog for introducing this recipe to me!
Oh hello there!!
I am going to start out with blogging some of the recipes I have made over the last month! Then I will post as I make them.