Grilling

Since the weather was so beautiful today, we thought it would be nice to grill up some burgers. There's a gas grill on the patio of our apartment that we wanted to try out. Neither of us had ever used one before but we didn't fail miserably, thanks to the nice guy who was also outside. Though in retrospect, I think the flames were too much because the burgers looked well done but were a little to pink for my liking. But they turned out pretty good nonetheless.

Sarah made a sweet potato for her side.

And I made some pasta salad.
Barbecues are one of the best ways to start spring!

-Amanda

Beignets

So, after we made the tortilla chips earlier tonight I decided I wanted to try and make Beignets. So I made the dough a little after dinner and put it in the fridge, procrastinated, did a little homework, continued to procrastinate and then right before SNL I rolled out the dough, which didn't turn out so well , but I continued frying them up regardless. They don't actually look completely like they are supposed to, but They taste pretty good. All in all it was a pretty good experience.

Espérez votre affamé

-Sarah

Mexican on St. Patrick's Day!

For our weekly food extravaganza we strayed away from Italian and instead went with a Mexican inspired feast. We wanted to use the rest of the peppers we had from Ravioli last week, so we cooked them in a little oil and just let them sit on low heat while we did everything else.

It was cheaper for us to make our own tortilla chips than to buy them, so we heated up some vegetable oil and cut the corn tortillas in quarters and fried them up! It was surprisingly fun and easy, and now we have a ton of extra chips!



Amanda cooked her chicken with a little cayenne pepper and taco seasoning to give it a more spicy, Mexican flavor.

I cooked mine with some pepper and minced garlic.

For a side I made some regular white rice and Amanda made Spanish rice.

Amanda's Dinner-chicken fajitas

My Dinner - I'm not a big fan of Mexican food, so I consider this a huge step in my culinary experience.

We also made some virgin margaritas with ginger ale. Not the most delicious drinks ever but very frothy and festive! Plus its just fun drinking out of margarita glasses.
Happy Green River Day from Chicago!
-Sarah

An Oscar Worthy Dinner

When I was flipping through the cookbook we got last night's ravioli inspiration from I came upon a recipe for Pepper Chicken with Honey Butter. It sounded absolutely amazing so I decided I would make that for dinner. It was very easy. The recipe itself calls for a whole chicken breast, but I've been working my way through a large bag of frozen chicken breast strips, so i used those. So you take the chicken and cover it in coarsely crushed peppercorn, both black and white variates (but I only had black) and cook on the stove with a little oil. The sauce is a 1/4 cup butter and two teaspoons honey. I drizzled some on when the chicken was almost done cooking and then more when I put it on the plate. The sweetness of the honey contrasted nicely with the pepper. For a side dish I made box mashed potatoes which were a cinch to make. It turned out to be a lovely, quick meal.





bon appetit!

-Sarah

Ravioli with Pizazz

So, its Saturday & we decided it was time to try to make something delicious again. We flipped through my amazing Betty Crocker Quick & Easy Cookbook and found a recipe for chicken and garlic ravioli with peppers and sun-dried tomatoes. We kind of improvised & didn't really follow the recipe at all, but it offered as inspiration.

We chopped up fresh green, red, and yellow peppers and added sun-dried tomatoes. Then we seasoned them all with a bit of green pesto.

We used garlic powder and Italian seasoning to season the chicken.

Here's the ravioli that's boiling & Sarah made some carrots with butter and brown sugar.

We mixed it all together and put in a little olive oil and mozzarella cheese.

And the finished product! I don't like cooked carrots so I opted for salad on the side.

A very delicious and colorful meal!

-Amanda

Quick Tasty Treats.

It feels like it has been a while since I've made anything worth writing about. I took pictures of dinner on Monday (pasta with chicken) but it was so mediocre i couldn't bring myself to write about it.

Today I did make Rice Crispy Treats because they are simple and healthier than cookies or brownies. I didn't do anything special to them and it took all of ten minutes. Waiting for them to cool was actually the most time consuming part and since that doesn't require me doing anything I'm not sure it counts...but here are some pictures.




Yum.

-Sarah