Banana Pudding

I've been wanting to make Banana Pudding for a while now.  Every time I saw bananas in the house, I would say, "Hey, I'm gonna make Banana Pudding."  But then when I actually got around to making it, the bananas were gone.  So today I saw that we had bananas, and I made the pudding right away.  Made a basic cooked vanilla pudding, let it cool, then layered it with graham cracker crumbs, sliced banana, and cool whip.  Yes, the traditional way to make this pudding is to use vanilla wafers, but I didn't have them, and I wanted to see how it would turn out with graham cracker crumbs.  It was marvelous.  I might go eat some more right now.

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Baked Fish and Chips

Corned Beef and Cabbage is the traditional St. Patrick's Day fare.  Unfortunately, we did not have any brisket, so I couldn't make it.  Maybe I could have used another roast, but it was getting kinda late when I thought about that so I didn't have time to make it.  So instead I made Fish and Chips for dinner tonight.  Hand cut some fries.  Tossed them in oil and some seasonings, and baked them.  Baked the Tilapia with a seasoned flour breading.  Mom made cole slaw.  I made cocktail sauce for the fish.  It was good.  It tasted better than it looks.  Would have looked better if it would have been fried.  I don't have a deep fat fryer in the house, so I baked it.

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Bourbon Bacon Brownies

The other day I decided to do something different at work... make a bacon dessert.  We never had a bacon dessert before.  So I looked online for some recipes.  Seems like the most popular bacon dessert recipe is bacon brownies.  After a few more minutes of searching I found an interesting recipe for Bourbon Bacon Brownies.  It looked too good to pass up.  I copied down the recipe.  Was going to make it Friday evening at work, but we were rather busy, so I didn't get to it.  I made it Saturday afternoon then.  They are pretty much like regular brownies, except for the added bacon.  So it's like a salty and sweet.  Right after I baked them I got an order for them because one of the bartenders wanted one, and then some customers overheard and ordered one.  They said it was quite good.  Cool, because that was the first time I ever made something like that.  Now I wonder if there are other kinds of meat desserts?

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2 comments:

Joyce St John said...

Now that looks interesting! Looks good, but can't quite imagine how it would taste!

March 14, 2011 12:41 AM

Naomi said...

That reminds me of a project my chef uncle has been working on: making three kinds of food with one common ingredient. Sometimes that means dessert made with meat! Can't imagine. Ugh.

March 14, 2011 2:10 PM

Pizza 3-12-11

I made pizza for dinner tonight.  Made it from scratch all by my lonesome.  Dough and everything.  Maybe I am starting to be better at baking because it turned out quite good.  I made the dough from scratch and then made a Hawaiian with ham, sausage, and pineapple.  I was going to make a Supreme or something for the second pizza but we didn't have any onion or bell pepper.  So I used sausage, pepperoni, and broccoli.  I used two cheeses for both of them, mozzarella and cheddar.  It was a success.

Ready for the oven.

Ready for my mouth.

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Restaurant review: El Rey Tolteca - Manassas, VA

My cousin has been wanting to take Austin and I out to eat for a while now.  He owed us one, or so he said.  So we went to El Rey Tolteca.  I haven't been there in a long time.  The rage lately is upscale Mexican cuisine.  This place isn't really upscale, but the food is great.  Much good.  They serve you chips and fresh salsa when you first sit down.  I ordered the Chile Verde, sliced beef with chile verde sauce, refried beans, and rice with two flour tortillas.  Yum!  I was full to order dessert or I would have gotten flan.  I make flan, and one day I will get authentic Mexican flan.  I want to see how it compares to mine.
As is my policy, I did not take any pictures.  I will instead direct you to their website, http://www.elreytolteca.com.

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Janina said...

I wanna try Mexican flan sometime too. Btw just ate at Noodles and Company tonight. Great place. You should go sometime.

March 11, 2011 10:34 PM

karen czekalski said...

one of our favorite places here in OH is "the crazy burrito" they are very yummy :D if you are ever out here you should try it.

March 14, 2011 12:22 PM

Lasagna with a Twist

I love lasagna.  Lasagna and cooked puddings, two things I love the most.  Speaking of pudding, I should make banana pudding.  We have fresh bananas now.  Anyway, about lasagna.  Yesterday I was browsing MasterCook for lasagna recipes.  I came upon Lasagna with a Twist.  It is pretty much the same as regular lasagna, but instead of lasagna noodles you use twist pasta.  I used cheddar and mozzarella cheese.  I also made an Italian salad and baked some garlic bread that we had.  The lasagna turned out pretty good.  It is almost like pizza casserole though.  Pizza casserol just has pepperoni and maybe some mushrooms added.  Next time I will just make pizza casserole.  It's almost the same thing and just as good, if not better.  The salad was good.  Janina makes it sometimes too, so that is where I got the idea.  Chopped lettuce, grated carrot, pepperoni, sprinkled with Parmesan and Mozzarella.  It's good.

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Pimiento Mac and Cheese

The other day I got my Bon Appetit magazine in the mail.  The cover recipe is Pimiento Macaroni & Cheese.  It looked so good I had to make it.  It is your basic baked mac and cheese with a breadcrumb topping, but the cheese sauce is inspired by pimento cheese.  I used cheddar, Parmesan, mozzarella, and banana peppers for the sauce.  It turned out quite lovely.  This recipe is a keeper.  I also make some coleslaw and steamed broccoli.

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