Last week my boyfriend decided to bake a funfetti cake. Easy enough...just follow the instructions on the box, and in about 30 minutes you have yourself a cake. However, he decided that plain funfetti cake would not do, especially since he forgot to buy frosting. So instead of going back to the store or just eating the cake plain, he made a syrupy strawberry sauce using frozen strawberries. It only took him a few minutes to make, and it really dressed up the entire funfetti cake!
Here's how it's done: • Put strawberries in a pan on medium heat. • Pour sugar into pan over strawberries while stirring. • Continue stirring (and adding sugar, if you want) until the strawberries are soft. **Note: the whole process only takes about 5 minutes.
This entry was pretty short, but it's just a quick way to dress up a plain dessert! If you like it, try it out with other desserts like ice cream, or try cutting a hole in a cupcake and filling the inside with the strawberries! Now just drizzle some of the sauce over your cake, and pour the rest with the strawberries on the side and enjoy :)
When I was little, fettuccini alfredo was my favorite thing to order at Italian restaurants. My boyfriend didn't have the same feeling about on my favorite dish, so when I brought him the recipe that I got from my boss he wasn't too willing to make it. One day last semester I was feeling sad, so he decided to surprise me and make the fettuccini for me...and now he loves it too! So maybe fettuccini was never your favorite dish as a child, but it's so simple to make that I definitely recommend trying out this recipe one night.
** This recipe makes enough for two people, but you can always double or triple the ingredients if you have more people to impress with your culinary skills!
Ingredients: 1 cup heavy cream 6 tbsp butter Fettucini pasta Salt
Here's how it's done: • In a medium sauce pan, melt the butter down. • Add the heavy cream and mix the two. • Let simmer for about 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. • Note: you want the sauce to thicken a bit before adding the pasta. • Another note: if the sauce appears too buttery, you can add some more heavy cream.
Meanwhile: • Bring water to boil in a pot large enough to hold desired amount of pasta. • Once water is boiled, pour penne in. • Cook for about 5-8 minutes, or until the pasta is as soft as you'd like it. • Strain immediately (pasta will continue to cook in the hot water).
And then:
• Once both fettuccini and alfredo sauce are are ready, combine them in the saucepan.
• Stir the fettuccini around the pan to make sure it all gets coated with sauce.
Like I said before, fettuccini alfredo is a really quick and easy dish, and it's perfect for a romantic night in or feeding all of your friends and family! You can even add grilled chicken or shrimp to the pasta if you like, both go well with the alfredo sauce. And as always, once you're done cooking serve up for food and enjoy :)
Last week my friends & I decided to have some fun with burgers with a little help from Food Network star, Guy Fieri. My boyfriend & I had previously seen an episode of his cooking show where he made inside out burgers so we wanted to try it out for ourselves. It's easier to have Guy explain it to you as he does it, so here's the clip from his show!
I stuffed mine with bacon & mozzarella cheese. My friend had bacon, mozzarella & onion in hers. My boyfriend & our other friend stuffed theirs with bacon, mozzarella, onion & peppers. If should be noted that when making the two halves of the burgers you shouldn't make two full sized patties, or you'll end up with a wambo burger like my friend.
Stuffing the burgers with bacon.
My friend's completed burger with bacon, mozzarella, onion & pepper inside, and tomato & lettuce on top.
To accompany our delicious inside out burgers, we used my boyfriends deep frier to make double-fried french fries (yet another idea taken from Guy Fieri). The trick is to fry the potatoes once, take them out & let them cool, and then fry them again to make them extra crispy. If you don't have a deep frier you can always pour a bit of oil into a regular pan (enough to coat the bottom & then some) and heat that up enough to fry your potatoes in there! It's almost the exact same as using a deep frier, just a bit more difficult to do.
Get creative with the "toppings" for your inside out burger! Be daring with your cheeses & test out different combinations of flavors. Stuff your burgers to your heart's content, cook your fries to a crispy gold brown & enjoy :)
Chili is a great dish because you can feed a lot of people easily or you can save it for another time if you're just cooking for you. The other night I (not my boyfriend this time - shocking I know!) cooked dinner for my friends. I decided to make chili because it's so easy - there are only a few ingredients and it all takes about 20 minutes to make!
**The recipe below is for two pounds of chili, but in parentheses I added what you would need to make only one pound.
Ingredients: 2 pounds of chopped meat (or 1lb) Adobo Two packets of sazón (or 1 packet) 3 8oz containers of Ortega Taco Sauce (or 2 containers) 1 can of red kidney beans Rice (or anything else you'd like to pair your chili with) Mexican cheese (if you like cheese)
Here's How it's Done: • In a medium pan cook the chopped meat thoroughly. Turn gas off once meat is fully cooked. • Strain the grease out and put the meat back into the pan. • Add the sazón and add some adobo to taste. Mix the seasonings around so they cover the meat as evenly as possible. • Open the can of beans, strain and rinse them, and add them to the meat. • Add in both containers of taco sauce and mix everything around. • Heat the chili over a low-medium flame for about 5-10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Meanwhile: • In a small pot, boil water for rice. Once water is boiling, put bag of rice in the pot. Remove the rice when the water boils again (about 10 minutes).
While the rice and the chili are still hot, put some in your bowl and add the taco cheese. Mix the cheese around with the rice and chili so it melts and enjoy :)
