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!)
