How to Make Cereal: A guest post

I present my first guest blogger: Patrick.

I've known Patrick for 10+ years.  He's a pretty cool kid (awesome baseball/basketball player!)  and supports (/endures?) all my cooking adventures (including this blog!)

While this is Patrick's speciality, you can guarantee that all cookies, on this blog, have been taste tested (and approved) by Patrick!

THE BEST RECIPE EVER.  CEREAL.  

(by ME.){Patrick.}

Step 0: Make sure you have your favorite cereal.

Step 1: Get a bowl, spoon, cereal and milk.

Step 2: Pour cereal in bowl.

Step 3: Add milk

Step 4: Enjoy! (OR DIE.).

REMEMBER, THIS IS THE BEST THING YOU WILL EVER DO IN YOUR ENTIRE LIFE.  TAKE THE CHALLENGE OF EATING CEREAL.

TAKE YOUR TALENTS TO FLAVORTOWN.

  

---Thanks, Patrick!

Roasted Red Pepper "Sauce"

This sat on my "Must Make" board since I first joined Pinterest.

For over a year, that poor recipe just hung on, collecting virtual dust.

I finally bit the bullet, a few weeks back, and quickly made it.  Seriously, quick. Less than 20minutes from start to in my belly.

I like quick recipes.

It was just as good as I was hoping and my only suggestion would be to use warm peppers.  The sauce was cool and the gnocchi hot and I think hot sauce, hot gnocchi would've been a million times better.

(disclaimer, I do not have a microwave... that would've been too obvious a solution!)

Roasted Red Pepper Sauce

(from How Sweet)

1 jar roasted red peppers
3 cloves of garlic
1/3 cup parmesan cheese
4-5 basil leaves, torn
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
1/8 teaspoon salt
4-5 tablespoons olive oil

Directions

In a food processor , combine garlic, cheese, basil, salt, pepper and peppers.  Puree then add olive oil until smooth.

Serve over your favorite pasta or meat. 

ENJOY!!!!

Black and White Cookies

These cookies were my Dad's October edition of his Cookie of the Month Club.

I think I've mentioned before that my Dad's Christmas gift (for 2011) was a batch of homemade cookies delivered once a month.  It's been fun for me because I get to try/create new recipes and he gets to try/enjoy my creations!

The month tends to have a theme and this them was Halloween.  Black and White translating to x-rays/skeletons.

I made a Halloween theme note (complete with word plays "boo-tiful, "spook-tacular" and, my favorite, de-"fright"ful) and tried my hardest to impress the man.

(I'll admit... this was a stretch and not my most creative.. oh well!)

Black and White Cookies

(makes 3 dozen)

1 cup (2 sticks) butter (softened)

1 cup sugar

2 tsp vanilla

1/2 tsp salt

2 eggs

2 cup flour

1/2 cup cocoa powder

1 tsp baking soda

3/4 cup white chocolate chips

Directions

Preheat oven to 375*

In your mixer, combine butter and sugar and vanilla until creamy. Add eggs until incorporated.  

In a separate bowl, mix flour, cocoa and baking soda.  In small batches (3 or 4) add the dry ingredients to the wet and mix until combined.

Stir in white chocolate chips.

Drop onto lined baking sheet and bake for 8-10 minutes or until cooked through. Let cool on baking sheet for 2 minutes then transfer to cooling rack and let cool for, at least, 20 minutes.

ENJOY!!!!