Omelettes and Biscuits

Today, we decided to both revisit a past post and try a new recipe. We made omelettes and biscuits, in another exciting 'breakfast for dinner' meal.

The biscuits were pretty simple. We used this recipe, since we didn't have shortening on hand, and halved it and came out with five small biscuits. They were pretty crumbly- next time, I'd use slightly more milk. Here's a picture of them once they came out of the oven:

For the omelettes, we used 3 eggs, tomatoes, yellow peppers, and our favorite "Mexican-Style Cheese"! Doesn't get more authentic than that.

 The end result was a lot prettier than the first time, because we used a non-stick pan. The omelette was small but thick, and with the biscuits, it was enough for two people.

Here it is, all plated up with the biscuits!

We finished off the meal with some chocolate chip cookies made by the generous Mama Canz. Thanks Mom!!

Stay hungry!!

Eden and Kim
Kim and Eden

Challah! French Toast

Today, we decided to return to one of our favorite kinds of meals: breakfast for dinner! Kim's mother was nice enough to give us a french toast recipe and several crucial ingredients.

We used challah bread, and made the liquid coating with two eggs, 1/2 cup of milk, vanilla, sugar,  and pumpkin spices. You could also just use cinnamon.

There's Kim, dipping the french toast in the coating!!

Each piece ended up being a beautiful golden brown after a few minutes on the grill. The whole process was pretty easy and fast. 

Overall, the meal was delicious! We were very happy with how everything turned out.

Until next time ~~
Kim and Eden,
Eden and Kim

Day 10: Pizza Part 2 "There's a little lotta sauce"

Today, we decided to go back to the beginning of our blog, and once again tackle pizza. However, we decided we were now advanced enough to move beyond canned pizza dough. We made pizza dough..... from scratch!

This was our first time cooking with yeast, which was a little intimidating. However, the recipe was simple enough to follow. We used this, and halved it.

After we let the dough sit for about an hour, we spread it on an oiled pan. We then used canned tomato sauce and freshly shredded mozzarella, and put the pizza in the oven for about 15 minutes. The pizza was pretty small, about ten inches in diameter, and fed 2 people. Unlike when we spread out the first pizza, our crust was only about a third of an inch thick.

Here was our final product!

The dough was a little bland- we might not have let it sit long enough, or we might not have used enough yeast. However, it was an improvement over our previous Pillsbury made crust. 

 Enjoy that slice, Eden!

Until next time, 

Kim and Eden

Eden and Kim

Day 8 & 9: Lasagna and Quesadillas

This week, we decided to try to make recipes without cheese. Then we gave up. The results were pretty delicious though! First, we made lasagna. Eden bought some oven-ready lasagna that was accompanied by simple instructions on how to bake it, though we left out the meatballs.

As you can see, we had to break the lasagna a little to fit it in the pan, but it still turned out fine! 

The cheese mixtures was pretty easy to make. We ended up not using ricotta as instructed, replacing it with more fresh mozzarella. The mixture also included parmesan cheese and eggs. We halved everything in the recipe, which served 8, while we only needed enough for 3.

We started by covering the bottom of the pan with the same Victoria marinara sauce that we used for the pizza. We then put the strips of lasagna over it, like so:

Then we topped it with the cheese mixture, followed  by three more strips of lasagna, more sauce and plenty of shredded mozzarella.

And so the lasagna was ready for the oven! It took some time to bake, about 35 minutes, and it was still kind of crispy around the edges, possibly because we didn't cover them with sauce. Overall though, we were really happy with the way it came out. Next time, we'll put some vegetables in the lasagna, or maybe even vegetarian "meat" balls.

Here's the final product! Here we were joined by Josh, who was too lazy to actually get his face in this picture. Hi Josh!

Then, we tried our hand at quesadillas. Eden was kind enough to make homemade wheat tortillas. 

We topped them with 'Mexican Cheese' a la Target, and sautéed some tomatoes and green peppers to mix in.

The process was pretty easy. We got everything prepped, cook, and in our stomach within twenty minutes. We put the quesadillas on the stove for about 5 minutes, just enough to get the cheese to melt. Look at Kim flipping!

Comment below if you'd like to see us make anything! We'll be trying out crepes and french toast some time this week!!

Thanks for reading,

Kim and Eden,

Eden and Kim

Day 7: An Omelette Experiment

This week we tried to tackle a culinary classic: the omelette. The ingredients were pretty simple and standard: three eggs, green peppers, tomatoes, and cheddar cheese. We cracked the eggs and poured the contents into the bottom of a fairly large frying pan. After waiting a bit, we added diced tomato, diced pepper, and shredded cheese.

After waiting a few minutes, we tried to fold in the sides of the omelette. This didn't go so well. The sides were still liquidy and tore when we tried to fold them. As a result, the omelette ended up looking like this!

We left it on the stove a little longer and flipped it, removing it when it was a little brown on each side. Despite not being the prettiest omelette the world has ever seen, it tasted just fine! The peppers and tomatoes added tantalizing texture.

Maybe, some day, we'll take another crack at it.

Until then ~

Kim and Eden,

Eden and Kim

Day 6: Very Vegetably Burgers

Today, we made veggie burgers!!

They were really easy to make; we just had to put them on a frying pan for 7 minutes on one side and 4 minutes on the other. In the meantime, Eden toasted the buns on a smaller frying pan after spreading the pan with butter. We put cheese on the warm buns to melt it, added the burgers, and the meal was complete!

Finished product:

We probably should've cooked them for a little longer, because they were a little soft, and probably just should've checked on them to see how firm they were. Overall, they tasted fine and were really easy to make! Maybe another time we'll cook up some fries to go with them, or even make our own burgers.

And last but not least, don't forget to clean your dishes! DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE USE THESE KITCHENS? A LOT OF PEOPLE.

Thanks for reading ~~

Kim and Eden,

Eden and Kim

Days 4 & 5: Chocolate Chip Pancakes and Mac & Cheese

In the past few days, we've gotten to try two very different but delicious recipes. The first was pancakes from scratch, for which we used this recipe from www.food.com. We had chocolate chips and blueberries to spice things up. We halved the ingredients, and found that it was enough for three very large, very thick, and very delicious pancakes. We topped them with 100% maple syrup from Target and were good to go.

The cooking process was pretty easy--after we mixed all the ingredients, Eden took over the frying pan. She checked in on the pancakes and flipped them when they were golden-brown. The finished product--

Next, we made macaroni and cheese, with special guest ROCKY!

Rocky was responsible for the roux, which was the base for the cheese sauce we used. We started with equal parts flour and butter and added milk. We then thickened the sauce with a generous amount of cheese. Kim was responsible for tearing up cheddar cheese and tossing it dexterously into the pan. We got a little worried because the cheese sauce started to thicken up ("and become flubber," suggests Rocky). Then we had to add it to the pasta, which still had some water left over from being cooked that helped to thin out the sauce. We then topped the pasta with parmesan and a little bit of cheddar and mozzarella, and put it in the oven for about 15 minutes.

The pasta came out good, it was cooked perfectly and had the satisfying hardiness of mac and cheese. Here it is, all plated up:

For dessert, we had some of Mama Canz's homemade cinnamon apple oatmeal (cupcake) muffins. They were even more delicious than they sound, and hopefully we can get a recipe for them up here soon.

Next week we'll try some foods that don't involve cheese. Maybe.

Thanks for reading --
Kim and Eden,
Eden and Kim
(and ROCKY!)