Saturday, June 11, 2011

Cheesecake

Delish cheesecake! Barefoot Contessa does it again! Want the recipe? Check out food network! The only difference was that i topped my cheesecake with a thin layer of sour cream, strawberry jelly (melted like she recommends) and then with the raspberry coulis from her Eton Mess recipe. (Which you can view from one of my earlier posts, here.)







Homemade Mac and Cheese

I love Mac and Cheese, but sometimes i feel like it takes forever to make. This one i was able to pop into the oven within 30 min. Delish!

Start out by melting butter. I used 1/4 cup.
Add your flour. I add it by the tbsp till i get the desired consistency. (All over med low heat.) Mix mix mix mix mix! Cook and stir till it turns into a lovely light golden color, cause you want to cook off the flour taste.
Add your milk, i added it in about 2 cups, then by eye till the sauce was as thick as i like it. Add in your pepper, and some salt.
Here is where i added in the cheese. Normally i chop up half a block of velveeta into small cubes, then i grate half of a 900g block, throw it all in. I also had half a block of cream cheese i threw in this time, cut up in cubes. (Feel free to use whatever cheese you have on hand!)
Stir and stir and stir until all the cheese melts. Then i boiled up some macaroni noodles, (a whole box.) Drain them, and then add them to the cheese sauce. I switched to a wooden spoon at this point to gently fold in the noodles.
Pour it into a baking dish, and cook at 350 degrees until the top is golden and bubbly.
As you can see the finished result was gone before i could get a picture of it. Just imagine the top pic all golden and bubbly. Sometimes i throw more cheese on top, sometimes i throw breadcrumbs. Sometimes i throw in a can of diced tomatoes and cooked ground beef to make a more hearty meal.

Enjoy!

Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Blueberry Coffee Cake Muffins

With a small child in the house, the breakfast for adults usually gets put on the back burner. Last night i decided we needed something, quick, easy, and delicious in the mornings to go with our coffee. I flipped through one of my favorite cookbook authors, (Ina Garten,) for a muffin recipe.

(Image courtey Foodnetwork.com)

I was very pleased with the results, fluffy, light cake like in texture, and the blueberries just added the right amount of fruit. Delicious! The recipe was very easy to follow, and quick!

For the full recipe, head on over to the Foodnetwork or just click on the link below to buy the whole book, including the recipe.