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!)

Day 3: Grilled Cheese Please!

We decided to use our tomatoes and extensive selection of cheeses to make grilled cheese. We were also thrilled to be joined by our special guest, Talia!

Talia likes leaves and is majoring in biology, and kind of math, but she's a freshman, so she doesn't really know what's going on. She's concerned about the wetness of her hair in this photo, but Kim and Eden think she looks just fine.

For ingredients, we had tomatoes, American cheese, cheddar cheese, and shredded mozzarella. Eden picked up some ciabatta bread to add some European flair.

Talia also contributed some onions, which she fried beautifully. Talia's pretty concerned about this picture too, but we continue to think she really looks fine.

On Eden's suggestion, we toasted the insides of the bread, AND the outsides. Wow. Nice one Eden.

While this dish had a lot of cheese and butter, we like to think the onions and tomato make it healthy...right? Next time, using regular old bread might make it a little easier to melt the cheese. But it tasted great anyway! For dessert, we had some chocolate chip cookies, courtesy of Kim's loving mother.

Next on Sharpless Summer: Breakfast Bar!

Day 2: Three Cheese Pizza

We decided to be slightly ambitious, and try making pizza.

The pizza was actually pretty easy to make--we used Stouffer's pre-made pizza dough and Victoria marinara sauce. For cheese, we used freshly shredded mozzarella, ricotta, and grated parmesan.

We pre-heated the oven to 425 degrees. Here's the pizza before it went in!

We put the pizza in for about ten minutes, then checked the bottom and found it to be a nice golden brown, so we took it out. Finished product:

Overall, we were pretty happy with how it came out! The dough was chewy in the middle, but crispy on the bottom. Here it is all plated up--there was enough for each of us to have three small, but fairly thick pieces.

Next time, we would probably use more sauce and a little less cheese, but it was great for a first try!

Now, remember folks: clean your dishes, once you've finished eating. That goes to all of you Mertz second snitches.