spicy cheese bread

make no mistake, this isn't real bread. I dont know how to do that yeast stuff, and by the time I realize I want to have a snack, I don't want to wait for it to rise. So here's a variant on the traditional quick bread.

one 9x5 pan of spicy cheese bread


3 cups flour
1tblsp baking powder
3/4 cup sour cream
1 1/4 cup milk
half a block of cheese, diced super small 
(smaller cheese chunks means more cheese distributed through bread)
at least a cup of parmesan, shredded
3 thai peppers, diced
1tsp salt
1tblsp pepper
1/4tsp cayenne
however much rosemary you want
3tblsp butter, melted
1 egg, beaten

• preheat your over to 350, grease baking pan
• while that's going, mix flour, baking powder, cheese (save some parmesan), and spices
• in another bowl, mix milk, sour cream, butter, and egg
• add wet ingredients into dry, knead with your hand.
• fold in peppers
• put the dough in baking pan, cover top with parmesan cheese
• bake for 45-50 minutes
• let it rest for 15. don't pick at it.

you can eat this hot, room temperature, whatever. I sliced mine after it cooled and put it in tupperware to help it retain moisture. this recipe is really spicy, tone it down if you'd like. probably for the best, actually.

too cold for homework

this weather doe

what happens when trying new things

when I'm trying to seduce my boyfriend

when I bake

lemon garlic pasta

too cold to go to the store, have no meat, hungry

1 big bowl of lemon-garlic pasta

1 egg yolk
splash of ginger ale
salt
pepper
rosemary
cayenne
parmesan cheese
2-3 tblsp lemon juice
5 cloves garlic
1/2 shallot

cook pasta, save 1/3 cup water
beat egg yolk into reserved water
saute garlic and shallot on med-high heat
add pasta, spices, lemon juice, ginger ale, and 1/3-1/2 of the egg yolk mix

the goal is for it to be saucy, but not runny or liquidy. eyeball how much liquid you add.

pink alfredo

no intro necessary

it's heavy though

2 bowls of pink alfredo pasta with chicken

1/2 chicken breast 

1tblsp tomato paste

lots of parmesan cheese

1/3 cup heavy cream

4 cloves garlic

1/2 shallot

salt

pepper

rosemary

cayenne

cook your chicken however you want, then set aside

saute shallots and garlic, add chicken and spices

add cooked pasta

in seperate bowl, mix tomato paste and heavy cream

add tomato-cream mix to pasta

add cheese

mmm potato

because of our upcoming camping trip, I'm trying to figure out food I can either make beforehand and freeze to eat at camp, or foods that are super basic and easy that I can make at the site. first on the list, potato soup. I'm not a big soup person, but it's quick, simple, and filling, so I'm trying to make do.

add and substitute to your hearts content. 

2-3 bowls potato soup
half a pack of bacon (diced)
1 large potato (peeled, diced)
1 large shallot (diced)
3 cloves garlic (diced)
2.5 cups chicken broth
1/3 cup milk
1tblsp white flour
1/6 cup heavy cream
salt
pepper
cayenne
ground mustard
rosemary

• cook your bacon. set it aside, keep a good amount of the grease in the pan.
• crank it up to medium-high, throw in your potato, garlic, shallots and seasoning. 5 minutes baby.
• pour in the broth and drop the heat to medium. let it simmer/gently boil for 10. 
• whisk together flour and milk until there are no clumps. pour it in with everything else. boil for another 5. 
• add heavy cream, bacon, and cheese (I add it now and mix it in, if you want to garnish with it, do it)

now, you can either be done here, or make it super delicious and creamy and take 2/3 of the soup to the blender. when you pour it back in, it'll be majority creamy with some chunks at the bottom. yum.