I love bananas. My dad loves bananas too. He used to sing this song to me about loving bananas when I was a kid that’s called “I love bananas because they have no bones”. Whenever I’ve sang the song to others, they’ve responded that they’ve never heard the song. It turns out, its an older…
Month: March 2012
Green Eggs and Ham
Everyone loves Dr. Seuss. Everyone loves green eggs and ham. If you’ve tried them at least. This recipe necessitates pesto. That’s how my eggs are green. It’s a fun surprise for kids, and a good laugh for anyone else. Finally, its delicious. I made this recipe like a breakfast sandwich, but you can make just…
Crème Brûlée the Quick Way
In many crème brûlée recipes, they A. don’t put in fun accents and B. follow a long and unnecessary series of steps in which they simmer the cream and egg yolks, strain them through a sieve, accidenty cook the eggs while trying to make a custard, it gets messy. So I decided that I’d skip…
Guinness St. Pat’s Pancakes
We had some leftover Guinness from making Guinness Brownies last night, so I decided it’d be fun to throw in my pancake batter! Leaves the pancakes with a slightly malty taste and pairs wonderfully with maple syrup. You’ll Need: 2 cups of flour 1/2 cup Guinness 1/3 cup milk 1 egg 3T sugar 1t baking…
White Bean & Sun-dried Tomato “Mac and Cheese”
I was on a role making sun dried tomato pesto and putting sun dried tomato in just about everything when I realized, it could taste phenomenal with mashed beans. Beans are great, they can adapt tastes pretty nicely, they’re cheap (yay!) and they have lots of protein and are quite filling when buying meat isn’t…
Crunch Wrap Supreme à la Lizzy
It’s that time of the year again where things are getting busy with school, I’m starting cooking projects when I don’t have the time, but I can’t wait to eat the cooking projects either. Story of my life. My roommate had mentioned she was craving taco bell, and since I am incredibly indecisive I decided…
Baked Cajun Sweet Potato Fries
You’ll need: 1 large sweet potato large bowl ice cubes cold water olive oil salt pepper cajun seasoning For THE SAUCE: Jamie’s Avacado-Lime Aoili sauce Directions: Preheat your oven to 375*F Cut the tip of your sweet potatoes so that it will stand up straight; I do this to make slicing sweet potatoes easier. This…
Jamie’s Avacado-Lime Aoili Sauce
This is the making of a joint effort between Jamie and I. We’re roommates. We love making food together. I got the sweet potato fries, she got the sauce. She knows what’s up. For THE SAUCE You’ll need: 1/2 cup Mayonnaise (reduced fat) 1 clove Garlic, minced 1 lime, squeezed 1 ripe avocado, mushed salt…
Coconut, Lime, Cilantro and White Bean Soup
This soup is quick, refreshing, and versitile! It’s a summer soup served cold, or you can prepare it another way and make it a comfy winter soup. Store it in a mason jar and throw it your bag for lunch.
They Call Me Saucy 