Okay, so last week in one of my 7 Things About Me, I mentioned that I had to wear a Jesus First pin in my class picture because my grandma was a tad over religious! After a quick search through my pictures, I thought I had it, but couldn’t find it. But my Mom came to the rescue!
She sent both me and my sister – and I totally remember that Jennifer and I agreed to wear our glasses, but then I took mine off at the last second – but these pictures prove that my sister DID wear the pin just like me – only I never took it off and she put it on right before the picture and quickly removed it as soon as the picture was taken.
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Try not to laugh too hard, okay??!! 😀
BSI – CHEDDAR CHEESE! Thanks to everyone who took the time to submit a recipe – nothing better than cheese in my book! In no particular order:
Emily at Homecookedem’s made Cheezy Southwest Breakfast Calzones.
Sophie sent two recipes – probably since she won all that Cabot cheese from me! 😀
Green Eggs on Mini Potato-Gratin:
And Scrambled CHEESE with Eggs:
Valerie of Chicago Marathon Val sent me Vegan Cheesey Comfort Quinoa!
Morgan from Live/Love/Eat and Play sent me a kicked up panini: Apple smoked garlic cheddar cheese panini with tomato preserves (on a side note – I need to find that cheese!
Faith of An Edible Mosaic made White Cheddar Chowder:
Mara from I Made Dinner made Butternut Squash Mac N Cheese:
And the winner is. . . . Faith with White Cheddar Chowder! While I do love my mac n cheese, I loved everything about Faith’s chowder and it is no on my list of things to make. Awesome photography too! Email me at bdl319@gmail.com and I’ll send you the Jillian DVD! I am passing the torch to Val of Chicago Marathon Val! Thanks for hosting this week – check out her blog later on today to see what the next ingredient will be.
I searched for recipes for homemade corned beef hash since I had a lot leftover. I found one, and after dicing the potatoes and corned beef, I put it in the pan, looked back at the recipe and found out that the potatoes had to be cooked! So I added water to the pan to cook the potatoes, but in the process overcooked the corned beef – this was brunch for me since I slept in so late yesterday!
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Joe came over to watch football with Tony – Italian beef sandwiches were on the menu! After I made this sandwich, Tony informed me that he usually puts about 1/2 a pound of Italian Beef on each sandwich, so mine was a little lean – but cheezy!
So I decided to make ravioli with my pasta machine, so I started looking around to see what I could make for a filling. While I don’t like artichokes by themselves, I love them in dips, so I put this together:
1 jar of artichoke hearts, 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning, 1/2 cup parmesan cheese, 1/2 cup ricotta cheese, 2 eggs and salt and pepper.
I put that in the fridge until I was ready to use it. Then I made Tony’s meatballs – his meat is a combination of ground sirloin and Italian sausage.
For me and Hannah I made quinoa meatballs:
I browned them in a little bit of canola oil and Pam, then put them in the sauce to finish cooking:
Now it was time to make the pasta! I got my Marcella Hazan book out, and followed her instructions – basically 2 eggs to every 1 cup of flour. Look how pretty hers looks!
Look how messy mine looks!
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But after a few minutes, I had this:
I hooked up the pasta machine to my counter so it would stay in place – note – if you have a machine like this, or if you haven’t used it in a while, run a damp paper towel through to clean it out so your dough stays clean. Hannah was my photog in this pic!
I ended up using my biscuit cutter:
The verdict? They sucked. Either my dough wasn’t thin enough, or I didn’t cook them long enough, but they were just plain NOT good. The filling was very tasty, but the dough overpowered the whole dish. I will try again though – I think next time I may have better luck with homemade spaghetti!
I had an awesome grocery shop yesterday!
On the menu (remember breakfast and lunch is just for me):
Breakfast:
- spicy oats with canadian bacon
- breakfast pizza
- quinoa with almonds, agave nectar and diced apples
- spiced french toast
- red pepper and spinach cheddar omelet
Lunch:
- Mexican chicken soup – thanks Cory for the recipe!
- Tofu stir fry with vegetables and thin rice noodles
- broccoli and cheese stuffed potato
- quinoa meatball sub
- flank steak and red pepper fajitas
Dinner:
- Artichoke Ravioli with Meatballs
- Fried Chicken and mashed potatoes
- Classic Beef Stew and Crusty Bread
- Baked chicken cordon bleu with ham and fontina cheese
- Steak, baked potatoes and broccoli
- Party Pizza Friday – with rosemary crust!
Goals for Today:
- mop kitchen floor
- 45 minutes exercise
- 80 ounces of water
- no wine
Off to jump in the shower and get ready for work – have a great Monday! 😀
Wow, I’m impressed by your ability to make pasta, even if it didn’t turn out incredible. It’s something I’d *like* to do but will probably never get around to… 😛
This really is an incredible round-up! Thank you so much for choosing my chowder as the winner!
Sorry about the ravioli, but I have to say that it is really impressive that you made it from scratch…homemade pasta totally intimidates me! 🙂
sorry to hear that the ravioli didnt turn out the way you wanted but i am super impressed anyway! it looked really delicious! i am all about the pasta dough so i bet i would have liked it actually 🙂
and all those cheese dishes…i just finished lunch and now i am hungry again LOL.
This entire post had my drooling. I am a cheese lover of course, and those biscuits look SO GOOD!!
OMG love the pics!! It’s kind of funny the Jesus First pins caused you guys so much grief, but you can’t even read them in the pic! I guess Gramma knew they were there, so that’s all that matters!
Those are some seriously awesome BSI submissions. I’m way intrigued by the quinoa one and the squash mac n cheese!
I was gonna say, the dough looks a little thick! Does your pasta machine have 7 settings? We run ours all the way down to setting 1, if so. Also, if you have to run it through a lot b/c of holes or tears it can get kind of doughy and tough. You’ll get it though!
I didn’t even realize that setting until I was done! Next time it will work out better! 😀
it was a good beef, beef
Thanks Joe! What is your blog name again??
oh those photos are classic, i love them! i have a few old school pictures that could make you laugh, ah the good old days!
i loved all the cheesy dishes, great BSI!
the meatballs looks a bit unappetizing and a bit raw and burnt 🙁 pasta looks fabulous though …
OK, I have to say, I think that is also you in the left hand picture….What grade is it again?? I have to look in my album now! Ha! That’s so funny!
Great BSI recipes!!
The dough needs to be really thin. Ours was too thick but it tasted good anyway. More like a dumpling I guess. I never thought to use a biscuit cutter so I think I need to get one for next time we try it.
cheese always make recipes better
White Cheddar Chowder: so tasty thanks Faith
oh no, bummer about the ravioli. i just got the pasta maker attachment for my mixer for xmas, and i can’t wait to try it out! i think i had glasses like your sisters 🙂
sorry i’ve been mia in the comments, not enough time in the day!
run away eggs! those old pictures are so funny! Thanks for sharing.
Oh, I remember the days of big glasses…I usually took mine off in school pictures, too! Love that Jenn DID wear the pin for the picture…you two made your Grandma very happy, I’m sure!
Awwww – what a cute picture!! Blast from the past pictures are the best 🙂
Everything is better with a little cheese. Snort, snort…no eally I’m not laughing at you pics! We all have ones that looks like those!
That does look like yummy chowder, really all the pictures were yummy. Loved seeing you and your sis pics made me smile.
Congrats to Faith!! Her’s chowder is gorgeous!! 🙂
Aw you 2 were so cute!
frightening photos… Brave of you.
And I love the roundup… great stuff
sorry about the pasta