The Best Mac N Cheese I've Ever Had!

(And Jay Agrees!)

   I've been wanting to make some homemade macaroni and cheese, and tonight was the night!  I looked up some easy mac n cheese recipes that called for cottage cheese and cheddar cheese, and found a great one, Chucks Favorite Mac-and-Cheese.  We had a can of chili and I decided that it sounded good mixed in with the mac n cheese so I reduced the amount of cottage cheese and sour cream in the recipe to allow for the amount of chili I was adding in.  I followed the rest of the recipe as directed and baked it for 35 minutes at 350 degrees.  It was AMAZING!  I love macaroni and cheese, and this was literally the best I've ever had! 

Turkey Bacon Egg Cups

   I saw something like this on Pinterest and had to try it!  This was kind of an experiment, I know now that I need a larger cupcake pan. :)  We put the biscuits on the bottom of the cupcake indents and put a little turkey bacon, swiss cheese and an egg on top.  With the cupcake pan I used, one egg filled up two holes, so some of the egg cups were whites only.  I baked them as directed on the biscuit can and then had to broil them for a  little to finish cooking the eggs.    They tasted really good, but didn't look so good, that's why I don't have an after picture. Hee Hee

Mushroom Stroganoff

  

 This is a really easy recipe.  I get some stew meat and cook it in a pan seasoned with some salt, pepper and Greek seasoning.  When the meat is fully cooked I put in the Cream of Mushroom soup and 3/4 a can of milk to make the "gravy".  Add a little more pepper and Greek seasoning to the gravy mixture.  Cook the noodles as directed on the box, I use about half the box for the two of us. 

Lunch Edition ;)

   I wanted to use the rest of the smoked salmon that we used for omelets this weekend, so I decided to pair it with some cream cheese and crescent rolls.  I rolled out the crescent rolls and spread a small amount of cream cheese on the larger end.  Then I put some salmon on top of the cream cheese and carefully rolled them up.  I tucked in some of the edges that were open so they wouldn't brown more than the rest of the roll.  Baked them for 10 minutes at 350 deg.  They turned out delicious!

Here's a closeup of a finished roll.  :)



Baked "fried" chicken was on the menu this evening. :)  I used italian seasoned breadcrumbs with a little extra garlic powder to coat the chicken.  Cover with foil and bake for 25 minutes at 410 deg, then take off foil and cook for another 10-15 minutes to brown.  Dinner was good, and pretty speedy as well!

Tonight was Lasagna Night!  I found a really good recipe on kraftrecipes.com for two people.  I add some extra cheese of course, and ground turkey.  I have found a great spaghetti sauce from Safeway that has big chunks of garlic in it that really gives the lasagna a lot of flavor. :) It was a big hit as always with a side salad.

Table For Two Lasagna

Hello out there, 
     This is my new food blog.  I have a love of cooking that began a couple of years ago.  Living with Jay has inspired me to become a better cook for him and myself.  I have become more and more interested and invested in making really good food.  I find myself wanting to please others with my cooking.  Hopefully sharing my recipes and successes with you will inspire you to try the recipes as well. :)