Next Iron Chef

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I'm usually the sous chef...but tonight....totally the Iron Chef.

I made myself supper. For the 2nd time in 1 month.  And it was edible. Yeah, that's blogworthy.

I hate cooking.  It takes time. And patience.  And I'm messy.  But I did it.



Mmmm, chicken gravy and biscuits. Mmmm, comfort food. 
Keeps me all warm when it's 7 degrees out.

I love this recipe.  It's quick, easy, and you get to use a whisk.  I love whisks.

I don't remember where I found this...but trust me...it's good.


And obviously good for you....

Nate edited the recipe and I follow his directions. 
Cook the chicken.  Make the gravy while the biscuits are cooking.  Dump chicken into gravy and dump mixture over biscuits.  Eat.
We found that baking it all together made the biscuits mushier than we liked.

What's your favorite comfort food recipe?

Wanted: A Chef

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It's tax season.  That means Nate is slaving away at the office and I am without a chef. Sad.

I hate cooking.  I get bored. 

I try to improvise when I can't. (Ex: You can't substitute water for milk in Kraft mac&cheese.)

I undercook/overcook things. (Ex: A panful of brownies that can be picked up by a fork stuck in the middle.)

So what do I eat during tax season?  Usually grilled cheese or waffles or Dora spaghettios.

This week it was apples and Banana Chocolate Chip loaf.  I'm sure all of the food groups are in there somewhere....


This bread is fantastic.  It's all I wanted to eat.  It's about all I did eat.
Do notice how it is sunk in the middle though because I failed to cook it long enough.
I told you.


I stole borrowed the recipe from here.  I originally found it at foodgawker.com.

Who has some quick and easy recipes that might be a little better for me? And when I say quick and easy...I mean under 20 minutes...that's my attention span...shorter than a gerbil's....

Noodle Tradition

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Growing up, my grandparents taught my brother and I how to make homemade noodles. They have both passed away but my brother and I now make them on Christmas Eve to share with my mom's side of the family.  Everyone acts like it's a complex, secret family recipe when in reality it involves ~5 ingredients:

egg yolks
flour
salt
pepper
chicken

First you start with your egg yolks (you can use the whites too but our tradition says "load on the cholesterol" please!). (I use a dozen yolks and my brother uses a dozen) Mix the yolks in with the flour.  It will look like this mess.....


Then you whine because you aren't strong enough and you try to sucker your brother into helping you.  He does jerky brother things and you give up and decide to just knead in the flour by hand.  Once your dough is pretty stiff you roll it out pretty thin.  Then you roll the dough into a roll like this.  Only an Iowan would own a pig cutting board...



From here you slice off noodles to your desired thickness...while being VERY careful with a large knife.  Please excuse the lack of shower and/or make-up....
 

You then throw the noodles into some boiling chicken broth.  My mom always makes ours by boiling a whole chicken and maybe throwing in some bouillon cubes.  Boil until cooked.  (A good blogger would have taken a final picture....maybe someday I'll get there. :P)

Homemade noodles sound scarier than they are!  Grandpa and Grandma would be proud........minus the sibling bickering. :P