Getting rid of the back-log

Okay, before I post about the recipes I did (because I did them!) I have to catch up with a few of the things I've done beforehand. 

Pita pizza: it's like pizza ... but on a pita!!!!

Pita Pizza

I had some hamburger meat that I needed to use because it was getting past due-date. So I searched the we for something easy that could be tasty, with the ingredients I had. And here it is! Hamburger soup. I modified it quite a bit, adding lots of veggies and some chili powder for taste. Pretty delicious!

Hamburger Soup

And last but not least, I was craving some stuffed crepes and decided to make shrimp ones. I tried to do some crab ones a few days later, but they weren't as good.
Here's the shrimp ones, straight out of the oven. I also realized that I needed a square cooking dish.
It was truly delicious and decadent though!!! It's hard to see them, because they are smothered with sauce and cheese!!! :D

Shrimp Stuffed Crepes

A new outlook

Okay, so this blog has been stagnating and I've been in a cooking "blah" for a while.
So, I decided to kick my behind in gear and set myself some goals, since it seems that's the only thing that works.

Inspired by, but way less ambitious/impressive then the Julie/Julia project, I will be going through the heftiest cookbook I have, from cover to cover.
I will not be holding to as rigorous a regiment as doing the entire thing in a set time, but have decided that for now, I would be doing a minimum of three recipes a week, until done.

The book is actually two, an contains a variety of admittedly easy level recipies for the most part. But they give the basic of cooking techniques, and are delicious foods. :)

So the book is Betty Crocker Basics: How to Cook and Entertain With Confidence.

I won't hold to the recipes as law, being that I consider recipes guidelines more then rigorous instructions. I'll try to be as faithful as possible, but still substituting ingredients when appropriate or when unavailable.


Right now, I'm waiting for the first result to come out of the oven!

Peach crumble

A thing of beauty!
A twist on the classic apple crumble, but with peaches!!

Chicken breasts in sauce.

Chicken breasts were on special, so I got a whole bunch and looked for something to do with them.

Simply cooked in white sauce in the oven, topped with broiled bread crumbs. Delicious!

Pepperoni pizza

I got a new pizza pan because my old one was just not cutting it anymore. Really old and ... yuck! ... rusty.

So I test-drove my spanking new one with a pizza made form scratch!

The only thing from a package was the crust mix.

Lobsters!

My friend Darryl and I got together for a night of pigging out on lobsters.

Spaghetti and meatballs.

I had some extra ground meat, so I though I'd try and make some meatballs!!

I used some bottled spaghetti sauce, added some vegetables and made the meatballs.
And it was delicious!

Meatballs cooking


Into the sauce

Final result, with a bit of parmesan cheese sprinkled on. Yum!