Cooking Whoopies from my kitchen 6/24/2012

Yes here in Maine it was time for the Whoopie Pie festivities:) I was inspired to create not the normal whoopie pie.

For the whoopie:) I made a dark chocolate batter and made the supporting base for the filling, the other ingredient that I feel makes this not your ever day whoopie pie.

Whoopie Pie: 2 cups flour,1tsp baking soda, 1tsp baking powder, 1/4 tsp of sea salt, 2 eggs, 1/2 cup melted Dark chocolate chips, 1/2 cup sugar, 1/2 cup butter

Mix all dry ingredients together; cream together butter and sugar and fold into dry mixture, beat the 2 eggs slightly and fold into mixture, melt down DC chocolate chips(do not heat to high just so that chips melt, stir constantly) fold into mixture. Preheat oven to 350. Using an ice cream scoop, scoop out mixture onto baking sheet and cook about 15 to 20 minutes, until you can touch top and it bounces back of using tooth pick or wooden skewer and test if it removes without  batter on it they are done.

Filling get ready for Yumminess:)1/2 cup favorite Marshmallow fluff, 1/2 creamy Peanut Butter, 1/2 white fluffy frosting

Fold the marshmallow fluff with frosting, then fold creamy PB into the combination.

Once Whoopie has cooled take ice cream scoop and scoop mixture onto one whoopie and then take second whoopie and gently push together:)

There you go a Fluff a Nutter Whoopie Pie

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Cooking from My Kitchen Fathers Day

 YES its Breakfast with Dad in mind. Displayed in these photo's are tri-colored peppers, white onion, Chipotle Chicken Sausage and Sharp Cheddar Cheese.

Dice the peppers, onion and sausage and stir fry. I love using this single bagel size frying pan that I purchased at Ocean Job Lots. It was fairly inexpensive, just $3 and I use it almost everyday.

Once veggies are soft but yet still crunchy add one egg. Now some choose to break yoke others like to leave it intact. I personally have made this for others and most Dad's do enjoy that runny yoke. Also I do not feel you need to add salt and pepper, for the sausage with its spices adds just the right amount of flavor to this dish. I then take a favorite bagel for the Dad and add the final cooked combination. I top with a great piece of Sharp Cheddar and this completes the breakfast sandwich.

I suggest a nice pairing of either a fruit smoothie or a great cup of coffee. You may want to do both for a well balanced breakfast:)

I know this posting may seem simple; I felt it should be on this special day, so that you are able to enjoy and celebrate the Dad in your life and not be tied down cooking in the kitchen.
Happy Fathers Day to all I do hope it special and eventful.

Thank you for reading this post and feel free to comment, make suggestions and most of all ask any question here or at my facebook page.

Sunny Sunday Morning Cooking From My Kitchen 6/10/2012

I was inspired by a conversation with a friend :) that brought back a memory of two dishes I have not made in some time. I did add to the dishes a twist on my old recipes so I do hope that you enjoy them, they are perfect for a Sunday dinner.

Bacon wrapped stuffed chicken breast.
Thinly sliced boneless chicken breast
Two table spoons of cottage cheese
Spinach(frozen or fresh)
Three slices of thin bacon of your choice
Place in a baking dish with at least an inch or more rim to ensure the bacon grease does not run into your stove:) Bake at 375 degrees for about 30 or so minutes or until bacon is crisp.

I also have prepared a nice accompaniment to this chicken, a white cheddar mac and cheese PLEASE :) LOL

Very simple:

Two cups of this egg noodles cooked

Two cups milk

Two cups of white sharp cheddar

Saute a clove of garlic in two tsp of butter

Mix all these ingredient together and add to a baking dish, bake in oven at 350 for about 20 to 30 minutes or until it bubbles and top starts to brown.

A high school friend had posted a recipe for a desert that made me crave lemon:) so here is the twist on my lemon custard parfait:)

One box yellow cake mix, make per box instruction but substitute 1/4 of liquid for lemon juice

Take one package lemon jello pudding mix and make per instructions

In a wine glass or any glass bowl or decorative vessel:) layer cake then pudding cake then pudding until you have reached the top of vessel then dollop a large spoon of pudding and top with favorite garnish( I used a spoon of strawberry preserves)

I do hope you try these dishes or even one of them and the add a great smile to yours or your families faces on this lovely Sunday

Goulash and Oatmeal CC cookies Cooking on Sunday Morning 9/3/2012

Another rainy day:( but I was having warm thoughts. I have decided that my entries for today should be warming to the heart and soul as well as your tummy :) My first entry for today is home made Goulash.

Goulash:
I used two Inspiration hamburger patties (Bacon, Jalapeno, Cheddar)
1 box of macaroni of your choice ( I recommend a large macaroni for it act as a natural vessel to hold all the goodnes of the sauce and its contents)
1/2 of onions, red, yellow and orange peppers, mushrooms
1 can tomato paste
3 medium diced tomatoes( I prefer vine ripened)
Salt and Pepper to preference

I do not nor did I add any spices, I feel that the natural flavors of the the vegies and the hamburger patties were just right to add flavor to the the dish.

Then to over in indulge I made Oatmeal Chocolate Chip cookies. I like mine cooked crispy, it gives them that toasted nutty taste that continues to add to the savory factor of the sweetness I always use dark chocolate chips:)