Chicken Parm and Alcoholic Chocolate Bars

While I cooked last night bf tried out a couple of these guys. They are made by Cadbury ( sold at lcbo though) and are so rich and delicious. Too rich for me but he liked them.

I cooked some chicken breast pieces dipped in egg and Italian breadcrumbs in a skillet while the sauce simmered.

I tossed some fettucine noodles with an obscene amount of melted butter , garlic and mozzerella cheese.

I assembled the sauce and chicken breast pieces, topped it with some cheese and baked for 25 minutes.

Oh so good and probably oh so horrible for you too.

I also made Buttermilk Cheese Biscuits from Our Best Bites.

I altered the recipe a bit as I didn't have buttermilk and wasn't comfortable using real butter. I also used really old white cheddar cheese instead of orange. These are really good and hold up well. Not crumbly like Red Lobster Biscuits but similar in flavor .

Well , that's all I've got right now. I hope everyone had a good weekend :)

-A

Snow Day Pasta Bake

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Pasta Bake !!

I cooked some spiral pasta and tossed it with :

-some of the leftover chicken from the whole chicken I roasted yesterday
-a couple handfuls of chopped baby spinach
-1/2 jar of organic mushroom tomato sauce
-clove of garlic
-1/4 cup of diced onion
-mozzerella cheese
- 1/4 cup light cream

Then after I mixed it all together , and spread it out in a casserole dish . Topped with italian bread crumbs and mozzerella cheese.

Ooey and gooey fresh out of the oven . So yummy and comforting on this incredibly snowy day.

Back tomorrow with more vegan goodies ( i hope ) . Mama had a day of "rest" on sunday and she reports that she partaked in Baked Lays ( my fav) and I think some lean pockets :)

Oh and those cookies from yesterday . They didn't even make it through the night for me to take a picture of the finished product. I guess that means I ll have to make them again !

-A

Suspense Filled Cookies and Vegan Yumminess

Hey :)

My lunch was sooo good today. Or brunch considering it served the purpose of both breakfast and lunch.

Oh so fresh sliced italian bread. So fresh it was warm when we bought it , at the ungodly hour of 9;30 am , with mozzerella cheese , baby spinach and a bit of fat free cream cheeese.

My apologies for the sunshine-y-ness while taking this photo. This was without flash.

Yummy it was.

Vegan it was not.

This yummy and long favorite , guacamole of Mama's girl , Jordan is vegan though !

I was going to request a recipe but then I read the caption which basiclly stated that you throw various amounts of the following until it tastes right . In the mix :

-avocado

-onions

-tomatoes

-lemon juice

-cilantro

-and of course Nature's Seasoning

Mama had other words to share about the pictured Kashi crackers but they are not conducive to working up an appetite :P

That new Bob's Muesli , I got the other day ? Well I figured I better give it a whirl and because I'm all about taking risks , I used the recipe on the back of the package for cookies.

I'll make you wait til tomorrow to see the finished product. Not because I like being annoying but because I am too lazy to upload the rest of the photos and or fearful of prying the container of cookies away from bf's claws.

-A

Peanut Butter Kissed French Onion Soup

Happy Valentine's Day everyone.

Today's been a pretty low key day. I slept in and had an A-MAZING breakfast of berry pancakes and bacon, gave the bf a haircut , did a tonne of laundry and went grocery shopping.

I also made these guys.

3/4 cup PC Organic Unbleached White Flour

1/2 cup brown sugar

1/4 cup maple syrup ( Kauline , I got this from Erma ;) )

1/2 cup natural organic peanut butter

1 organic brown extra large egg

1 tsp vanilla

1 tsp baking soda

pinch of salt

hersheys Kisses ( Sidenote : but has anyone else noticed or tried the "new" hershey kisses? They are supposedly smoother and creamier and while they're fine and such I prefer the old ones that were rough and matte and just smelled awesome)

Combine sugar, maple syrup and peanut butter. Add egg and vanilla. Add remaining ingredients. Roll into balls and flatten with fork . Cook at 350 for 8 minutes. Remove from cookie tray immediatly and press an unwrapped hershey kiss into each cookie.

Hmm. What can I make with these ingredients?

FRENCH ONION SOUP!

I am not a fan personally. BUt I love making it. It's actually one of the first things I learned how to cook. Well, aside from crumpets or noodles.
In my grade ten food class, this was our groups project . My bf loves it so I make it often.


Since you've got your bread already,your cheese already shredded and your broth going . Slice some onions. I like to just chop off a hunk of an onion and then slice them in the longest thinnest way possible for that chunk.

Then with a hot pan with melted butter product of some sort, throw your onions in . Spice as you like.

In your cute but far too small onion soup bowl, put some cheese in the bottom , then bread, then distribute the onions.

Then take your broth that is simmering away and pour it over top. Don't fill to the top because it will bubble over like crazy.
Put in a 400 oven for 12 minutes. Serve with some crusty bread. Beware this is very very hot when it comes out and shouldn't be eaten for at least 20 minutes. You should also be sure to put this on a plate because you ll burn the hell out of your table if you don't :)

Hope your remaining weekend is awesome :)

-A