There is nothing I love more than tortilla chips and its lovely little friends who come along as condiments, queso, salsa and of course gaucamole!!! Here's my recipe for the most delicious guacamole ever!!!
3 ripe haas avocados (press your fingers into avocado if its a little mushy they are perfect!
2 chopped garlic cloves
salt and pepper to taste
2 tsp of lime juice
1 tbsp of cilantro
Mash all the ingredients together and dip the tortillas in it and enjoy!
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Monday, April 30, 2012
Call me CHEESY!
I come from a long line of chef's starting with my maternal grandfather, Bill who was a chef in WWII and then later an owner of many diner's through the 50's and 60's with my grandmother, Ruth. On the other side of my family my father had a short stint owning a bar/grill and then later a line of cappuccino carts long before anyone knew on the east coast what is was.. most people responded, "Cappa a Whatta?" My mother taught me all of our family recipes and is also a wonderful cook.
Growing up if you wanted doughnuts.. she made them! Nothing store bought for us....
There is nothing I love more than mac n' cheese. I even love saying like it ..it sounds like a nickname for a big hug. Its very hard to find a good mac n' cheese in restaurants. Often times its mushy, or too oily or too creamy. So I set out to make the best mac n' cheese out there! Here's my recipe. Loosen your belt and ENJOY. Beware, once you make this you will be hounded by friends and family to bring it to every function!
Call me a Cheesey- MacHEAD
4 tbsp. salted butter
2 cloves of garlic
3 Tbsp. flour
3 or 4 cups whole milk
1 tsp mustard
1 tsp hot sauce
1 tsp pepper
1 tsp salt
1 box elbow macaroni
1 cup Very Sharp Cheddar Cheese
1 cup Monteray Jack
Panko breadcrumbs
Butter
Parmesean Cheese
Topping:
Stir butter and garlic in a pan a deep skillet. Stir in flour to make a rue. Slowly add in milk while whisking with a fork. Then add mustard and hot sauce. Add All but 1/2 cup of cheese. Sauce should be a creamy cheese sauce.Add salt and pepper. Salt to taste.
Boil water and add 1 tbsp of salt to water. Add macaroni and boil until al dente. Strain pasta and fold into sauce. then transfer to a baking dish. Sauce should pool up on the side of macaroni. If you notice it's looking a little dry just add milk to make more rue.
Melt butter in microwave and stir in panko, parmesean cheese breadcrumbs. Sprinkle bread crumbs over mixture then put 1/2c. remaining cheese over top and bake at 350 for 30 minutes.
Growing up if you wanted doughnuts.. she made them! Nothing store bought for us....
There is nothing I love more than mac n' cheese. I even love saying like it ..it sounds like a nickname for a big hug. Its very hard to find a good mac n' cheese in restaurants. Often times its mushy, or too oily or too creamy. So I set out to make the best mac n' cheese out there! Here's my recipe. Loosen your belt and ENJOY. Beware, once you make this you will be hounded by friends and family to bring it to every function!
Call me a Cheesey- MacHEAD
4 tbsp. salted butter
2 cloves of garlic
3 Tbsp. flour
3 or 4 cups whole milk
1 tsp mustard
1 tsp hot sauce
1 tsp pepper
1 tsp salt
1 box elbow macaroni
1 cup Very Sharp Cheddar Cheese
1 cup Monteray Jack
Panko breadcrumbs
Butter
Parmesean Cheese
Topping:
Stir butter and garlic in a pan a deep skillet. Stir in flour to make a rue. Slowly add in milk while whisking with a fork. Then add mustard and hot sauce. Add All but 1/2 cup of cheese. Sauce should be a creamy cheese sauce.Add salt and pepper. Salt to taste.
Boil water and add 1 tbsp of salt to water. Add macaroni and boil until al dente. Strain pasta and fold into sauce. then transfer to a baking dish. Sauce should pool up on the side of macaroni. If you notice it's looking a little dry just add milk to make more rue.
Melt butter in microwave and stir in panko, parmesean cheese breadcrumbs. Sprinkle bread crumbs over mixture then put 1/2c. remaining cheese over top and bake at 350 for 30 minutes.
Thursday, July 28, 2011
Monday, June 27, 2011
Friday, June 10, 2011
Baby, baby please don't call him baby.
Gossipmama here! I am so sorry I've been away for so long.. Very busy and lots to chat about. For starters I am here to say that I officially can't stand when people call their spouses baby. Really? I'd rather call my husband monkeypants or sweet cheeks anything that doesn't compare to a baby. If he fills his pants are you going to change that too? I can't really even stand it when people shorten it to "babe." Yuck. I have a friend who talks about her husband and she says, "I went shopping with my baby." At first I didn't follow what she was talking about... I mean how is your baby talking and walking with you? Then I realized her baby was a 45 year old hairy man. Gross. Ladies stop it now. I have another friend who never refers to her spouse by his name only by "my husband." Now we are all friends.. so I keep saying to her.. you mean Bob, yeah I know him." I just don't get it!!!!
Sunday, April 3, 2011
Lady Gaga throws Adam Lambert out of her BIRTHDAY PARTY!
You know you are really over the top when you are too much for Lady Gaga. According to Perez Hilton Adam Lambert arrived drunk to Gaga's birthday party and was wild and out of control. He even fist pumped so hard he put a hole in the ceiling! I think Lady Gaga should've thrown him in that egg that she likes to frequent and locked it down! The crazy thing is that he started tweeting the next day saying what a wild night it was and that his hand was bruised. He's actually owning up to his bad behavior! I would've had a doctors note made up saying I had a seizure or blamed it on the alcohol or my evil twin who is at it again....
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