I put these here so I can find them later. Really bad memory and too much papers in my desk problems. :P And who knows, maybe you all can take advantage and try these which are idiot proof and fast solutions when you have an oven... I cook everything in microwave, this week only for the sake of trying to do some fishy cooking I will use the big tin monster... Yup, the STOVE! Tadaaaaa! Anyway, I came across these and before I loose them I put them here. I'm a sucker for food in the shape of all-in-one-pockets.
PIZZA CUPS:
Roll the biscuits out so they fit better in the pan, bake them for a few minutes, take them out of the oven, fill them with pizza ingredients and bake some more.
BACON, EGG & CHEESE CUPS:
Get GRANDS biscuits, and put them in a greased muffin pan, form a cup in the middle and put the egg in the center and bake 15-20 minutes. If you want, put the bacon in there as well, but it would be that hard to cook it and then add it later. Sprinkle cheese on top of the egg when it comes out of the oven.
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Cooking good? PAELLA VALENCIANA
I have eaten plenty of paella before at my aunt's house, but I have NEVER actually done it. So, I placed the paella in the shopping list for Holy Week, and hubby got it. This is my next culinary experiment.
PAELLA:
Get items out of the box. Follow the 3 easy-step instructions. Hope for the best!
So far so good, at least the apartment smells like paella! LOL I also put some fish sticks in the oven, and some broccoli and corn cobs in the microwave. I just have to finish the mayoketchup, and serve. Wow, this is not a boring menu! How come I didn't think of this while pregnant? (Yup, with Kali it was tilapia with broccoli 7 times a week... no wonder right now I hate tilapia!).
PAELLA:
Get items out of the box. Follow the 3 easy-step instructions. Hope for the best!
So far so good, at least the apartment smells like paella! LOL I also put some fish sticks in the oven, and some broccoli and corn cobs in the microwave. I just have to finish the mayoketchup, and serve. Wow, this is not a boring menu! How come I didn't think of this while pregnant? (Yup, with Kali it was tilapia with broccoli 7 times a week... no wonder right now I hate tilapia!).
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Cooking good? PAN DE AGUA
And today I made my first attenpt in my life to make... tadadaaaaaaaa! Pan de agua boricua.
9:40PM I just put it in the oven... let's see what happens.
Off the bat, maybe once a month, but it is just too much work for a piece of bread... Wow, puts in perspective all the work that bakers do. Kudos to those diligent people that everyday wake up at 3:00am just to make bread... Without them, coffee would be so incomplete!
This was the recipe:
PAN DE AGUA
Time: 3 hrs. Serves: 4
Ingredients:
3 cups of all-purpose flour
2 1/2 (.25 ounce) packages active dry yeast
1 teaspoon of salt
1 cup of warm water
Preparation:
Dissolve the yeast in the warm water. Mix in flour, salt. Add the yeast and mix in with a spatula until it is well blended. Flour a clean surface and knead the dough until it is smooth and elastic (same texture as children modeling clay).
Wrap in a plastic film and let rise in a warm place until it doubles.
Put the dough on a floured surface and punch down to get rid of the excess bubbles. Divide the dough in 8 portions.
Work them into rolls, then slash them lengthwise with a knife.
Allow to double again before baking.
Pre-heat the oven to 218 °C (425 °F).
Oil a baking sheet.
Bake bread for 15 to 20 minutes, or until golden brown.
MY EXPERIENCE
This seemed simple and somehow became tricky... I don't cook, I just do cakes, so bear with me. Mixing the dough gave me trouble as I was not certain if I had to use all 3 packets of .25oz each or if it had to be just .25oz overall. Bad start... Mixed all and saw no difference when I left the mass alone... Separated the pieces and still saw no difference in growth... Maybe it's me or I am definitively doing something really wrong. Placed the dough in the oven, forgot oiling the baking sheet... We'll see what happens. I'm tempted to throw some pieces of butter over it... LOL
10:15PM:
Not bad for a first time. :)
9:40PM I just put it in the oven... let's see what happens.
Off the bat, maybe once a month, but it is just too much work for a piece of bread... Wow, puts in perspective all the work that bakers do. Kudos to those diligent people that everyday wake up at 3:00am just to make bread... Without them, coffee would be so incomplete!
This was the recipe:
PAN DE AGUA
Time: 3 hrs. Serves: 4
Ingredients:
3 cups of all-purpose flour
2 1/2 (.25 ounce) packages active dry yeast
1 teaspoon of salt
1 cup of warm water
Preparation:
Dissolve the yeast in the warm water. Mix in flour, salt. Add the yeast and mix in with a spatula until it is well blended. Flour a clean surface and knead the dough until it is smooth and elastic (same texture as children modeling clay).
Wrap in a plastic film and let rise in a warm place until it doubles.
Put the dough on a floured surface and punch down to get rid of the excess bubbles. Divide the dough in 8 portions.
Work them into rolls, then slash them lengthwise with a knife.
Allow to double again before baking.
Pre-heat the oven to 218 °C (425 °F).
Oil a baking sheet.
Bake bread for 15 to 20 minutes, or until golden brown.
MY EXPERIENCE
This seemed simple and somehow became tricky... I don't cook, I just do cakes, so bear with me. Mixing the dough gave me trouble as I was not certain if I had to use all 3 packets of .25oz each or if it had to be just .25oz overall. Bad start... Mixed all and saw no difference when I left the mass alone... Separated the pieces and still saw no difference in growth... Maybe it's me or I am definitively doing something really wrong. Placed the dough in the oven, forgot oiling the baking sheet... We'll see what happens. I'm tempted to throw some pieces of butter over it... LOL
10:15PM:
Not bad for a first time. :)