Every time I feature pancakes I feel the need to preface it with saying I really don’t like pancakes, but for this particular recipe I would be willing to make an exception. Every. Single. Time. So in the spirit of predictability, let’s go ahead and throw these into that category too. What I would really like is for someone to host a nice fall brunch and serve these as the main dish. See what I did there? Now I get to eat them and I don’t even have to make them myself. I would bring some nice wassail though. Promise.
So who’s house am I coming over to?
Yay for Fridays! Bread, bread and more bread! Has anyone ever added sour cream to their bread recipes (even something like banana bread)? It’s quite amazeballs what a little sour cream can do for it. It makes it just the perfect amount of moist!
And in breaking news, I hate that word but couldn’t think of anything else to describe the quality sour cream gives it. So live with it. Moist.
Carbohydrate Friday: Caramel Apple Dip!
09.23.2011
This dish could easily serve as an appetizer or a dessert. Or, if you’re like me, a meal in itself. With wine, of course. Whatever you choose to serve it, you’ll be saying “Shut you whore mouth, this is GOOD!”
I once at a whole loaf of bread by myself. In one day. True story, I wouldn’t make that up. But I feel sort of justified because it was an Asiago cheese loaf from Panera and I swear they make their bread with magic because it is that fucking good! Trust me, you would have eaten the whole loaf too.
Anyway, I may or may not have also put away an entire bag of Goldfish and/or Cheez-Its in a day as well. Maybe one, maybe both. Maybe even on the same day. I also might have had terminal heartburn from it but that’s beside the point. The actual point is that when I make these homemade cheese crackers, I might just pull a Panera and eat them all myself, right when they come out of the oven.
Carbohydrate Monday?
09.12.2011
Clearly I’m a few days late with this. We had a county-wide power outage last Thursday which put me at least a day behind on just about everything. You’d think I’d be plenty planned ahead with my blog but alas, no, I’m not. Whatever. Suck it. You’ll thank me for this one, even if it’s tardy.
In case you haven’t figured out my new system, click the image to go to the full recipe.
Carbohydrate Friday: Homemade Croutons!
08.12.2011
It wouldn’t be Friday without some delicious and hearty bread products to prep you for the weekend! I brought a salad to a party last weekend in which I used these croutons and I felt like I should have been wearing sparkle shoes and a cape for all the accolades I was receiving. And I didn’t even know these people so it’s not like I paid them to give me compliments. And though these may be croutons, their main purpose a topping for salad, these are so good and so big (that’s what she said!) that if you don’t eat them before the salad hits the table, you have no business calling yourself a carb addict. But more power to you, because I’d like to express my deep admiration and gratitude to these croutons for helping me grow this ass.
SOURDOUGH CROUTONS
image and recipe adapted from SP Cookie Queen
- Cut or tear the baguette into 1/2 inch cubes. I leave the crust on. Cut it off if you are one of those people.
- In a large bowl mix garlic, olive oil, spices, salt, pepper and stir to combine.
- Add croutons to bowl and toss until all the cubes are coated with the oil mixture. I use my hands and rub any uncoated pieces against to bowl to get ‘em nice and yellow.
- Place cubes onto a baking sheet and spread out so they are in a single layer.
- Bake in 400 degree oven for 5-8 minutes, flip and cook another 5 minutes or until bread is dry and golden. Watch them after the flip so they don’t burn.
- Eat, enjoy and try to leave some for the salad!
Kinda like pizza, you can pretty much put anything on/in a grilled cheese and it’s gonna be good. Damn good. And everyone knows I love bread and cheese like a fat kid loves cake. Wait… I love cake, am I the fat kid? Fuck me.
Oh well. This grilled cheese has extra goodness with extra cheese, of the cream kind. And as if saying cream wasn’t bad enough, it’s gonna be moist too.
All together now…ewwwwwwww.
Carbohydrate Friday: Banana Cigars!
07.29.2011
Because I just so happen to have some egg roll wrappers left over from making this recipe, I’ll be trying my hand at these this weekend. They would be delish for a date night dessert, but knowing me, I’ll be making them bright and early and testing them out with my morning coffee. C’mon now, I didn’t grow this ass eating Wheaties for breakfast!
image via Kate Sears
Carbohydrate Friday: Fruit-Infused Vodka!
07.22.2011
It’s Friday, people. Finally. And at the risk of looking/sounding like a drunk, here’s some more cocktails for you to make. What? Don’t judge me. It’s the weekend and it’s summer. I have a shitty job and an extra 10 lbs I’m carrying around, so I’m allowed to get happy occasionally.
Carbohydrate Friday!
03.04.2011
Frickety frack, MORE mac n’ cheese! You might wanna sit down for this one cuz it ain’t yer mama’s mac n’ cheese. It’s smokey, salty, crunchy, savory and will make you downright fat as hell! So grab a spoon, bring a friend, and dig on in!
SMOKEY HAVARTI, LOBSTER & BACON MAC N’ CHEESE
via 30 days 30 ways with macaroni and cheese
