Potato Salad

Hey guys! 

Okay so I bought some potatoes in the good faith of making some good old fashion mashed potatoes, but then I thought whats better for a bar-b-q! So I pulled out the old recipes from my parents and found my favorite recipe for potato salad. 

What you'll need: 

Potatoes (a full bag) 

1/2 a cup of mayonaise

1/2 cup sourcream 

1 tbsp dijon mustard 

1 tbsp red wine vinager 

sprinkle garlic powder 

2-3 chives 

1/2 a green pepper 

So start with boiling the potatoes and while that is happening go ahead and mix together the mayonnaise sour cream Dijon mustard and white wine vinegar in a bowl. 

After your potatoes are done and everything mixed drain your potatoes and let them cool. 

While the potatoes are cooling you can cut up the scallions and dice the peppers. 

After adding those in and mixing everything up your potatoes should be cooled so go ahead and mix everything together and voila! 

Also, for everyone who is not vegitarian, try adding some bacon crumbles to it ... gives it that extra something. 

Enjoy!!

Breakfast for dinner

Hey there, 

So my roomate and I were trying to decide what to eat for dinner and we got up pretty late today and missed breakfast. Our solution ... BFD breakfast for dinner, whats better!?! While I love brunch the pancakes, eggs, bacon, fresh fruits, toast, and everything else to go with ... lets be real, we are broke. So our breakfast for dinner is eggs and pancakes. But we added a bit of a twist to both. 

For our pancakes, we added some nutella spread. Nutella is something we have on hand normally (in case you didn't know nutella and peanut butter sandwiches are divine, and cheap) 

For our eggs we had some fresh ingredients on hand that were about to go bad, peppers, onions, we also rummaged through our fridge to find a package of bacon and some cheese.

So what you will need: 

Pancake mix 

5 eggs 

1/2 a pepper

3/4 onion 

1 tomato

1/4 cup shreaded cheddar 

2 or three pieces of bacon cooked and crumbled 

Alright so I started with chopping up the veggies into small cubes.

And then I put them in the pan to saute a bit.

While that's cooking mix together the pancake mix, try adding a bit of cinnamon to it for more flavor.

After everything has been sauteing for a bit its time to add the eggs. Crack 'em into a bowl and mix it up, add some milk and if you have it a bit of dried dill.

(Here you can add more or less eggs depending on the amount of people your cooking for)









Add that to the pan and let it cook for a bit.

While the eggs are cooking get another pan and start cooking those pancakes.

Follow the directions on the box of pancakes, when they bubble, time to flip!













While your cooking your pancakes your eggs will continue to cook when they are almost done you can add your tomatoes and cheese.

 After all of that your eggs and pancakes should be done! What we did was took the nutella and sandwiched our pancakes like a sandwich in it.

Add some syrup and enjoy your BFD!

Pasta Salad

Hey guys! So I was shopping today and I found this really cheap pasta creation thing from Betty Crocker called suddenly salad! I thought it sounded good so I decided to try it. 

All you need: 

Suddenly Pasta Salad Ranch and Bacon

Mayonaise 

Tomatoes 

Scallions

Start with boiling the noodles, while those are on the stove dice up your tomato and scallions

After the noodles are boiled mix together the powered mix and the required amount of mayonnaise along with the diced tomoatoes and scallions. 

When the noodles are done boiling mix everything together and chill in the fridge for about an hour.

Once it has chilled serve and eat! I found that this makes a good amount and is easily refrigerated. You can put it alongside some chicken or salad or just enjoy it by itself! 

It was delicious!! I will definitely get this again.

Ice Cream Brownies

Hey all!

So for this week I was once again craving some good old fashioned dessert. My roommate gave me the idea of brownies and ice cream and it sounded so good! So here is what we started with: 

Brownie mix (pick your poison, hundreds of brownie mixes out there and they are all good!)

Vanilla Ice Cream

So follow the recipes on the back of the box. If you buy the original supreme I would recomend only mixing in half of the syrup. 

Pour in half the batter to the pan then pour in the rest of your syrup and the brownie mix on top of that. 

 

Finally bake and when it comes out all nice and warm ....

 Cut and serve with ice cream .... enjoyyy!!!

 

Fried Rice

Hey there! So today I was feeling in the mood for Chinese and I decided to make my own fried rice. All you need: 

Rice 

Frozen mixed veggies 

1 egg 

soy sauce 

So for the rice I used the minute brown rice that you stick in a bowl in the microwave for about 10 minutes so that the first thing to do!  

While that's cooking go ahead and throw some veggies into a big fry pan. The directions on the bag have you put it in some water but the water from the frozen veggies should be enough to cook them. 

After the veggies are cooked clear a little spot in the pan and throw your egg in. 

Once its cooked mix it through your veggies and throw the rice in!

Mix everything together and let it sit for about 5 minutes to fry it a bit. Also throw some soy sauce in on top of the rice. After a couple more minutes take out of the pan and serve. 

 Homemade fried rice!! 

Also if you are living anywhere around Jacksonville and are looking for a good sub I was introduced to a delicious place called Angie's today. Toasted subs and a secret Peruvian sauce on all their subs that is to die for! So if your living in Jacksonville or just passing through check it out!! Locations below!

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Nutella Cookies

Hey there! On tonight's menu ... Dessert! 

My roommate and I found this recipe by chance and love it. Nutella cookies and all you need it ...

Sugar Cookies (any kind you like, the precut ones in the little pack usually work the best.)

 Nutella 

Flour

So nutellea cookies, basically a sugar cookie with a twist, delicious nutella stuffed inside. 

 

So we start with the cookies. Precut works best and makes everything much easier. Grab a cookie and flatten it in your hand best you can, coat the cookie with flour

Once the cookie is coated in flour its time to add the fun stuff! Take a spoon and scoop some nutella into the middle of the flat cookie

Carefully wrap the cookie closed and place it on the baking sheet. 

Follow the directions for cooking the cookies and bake! 

Now time to enjoy those delish nutella cookies!

Nutella Cookies by Carrie Gordon is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.

Dijon Chicken

Hello Everyone!

So tonight I looked through my fridge to see what I had and decided to put together this meal. 

What you'll need? 

Chicken

Dijon Mustard, (regular mustard is just fine too, dijon just gives it a slightly different taste)

Chicken Broth (Containers of these are about $4 But they last for a while and you can use them on lots of this to add flavor)

Corn (or any other vegetable you want, mushrooms tend to work well with this meal)

Bread crumbs (for this I went with some crushed up crackers ... works great!)

Rice (any kind you want, I went with a rice side, they were $1 at publix this week)

So now that you have all your ingredients, lets cook!

Your going to want to flatten out the chicken, makes it quick cooker in the pan. I happen to have recently purchased a meat pounder ... but if you don't have one, I found a cup works just as well!

 

After its about a half an inch thick your gonna crush up the crackers and bread the chicken. If you have some milk, it may be helpful to soak the chicken in the milk before coating it with the crumbs. I had no milk so I just went for it!

While your doing this I would start your rice. In another pan your gonna put some oil to heat up and cook the chicken. 

After the chicken is all cooked, put it on a plate and cover it with tin foil to keep it warm. 

Take the same pan you cooked the chicken in and add your chicken broth ... about a half a cup. 

After adding the broth add about a tablespoon of dijon mustard and let that simmer and thicken. Sometimes if you have some flour on hand, can't hurt to throw a pinch or two in to thicken the mixture even more. 

 Let that simmer and go ahead and cook your corn. 

While thats finished thickening I added everything to my plate, all thats left is to pour the mustard mixture over the chicken and enjoy!

Looks a bit weird in the picture but, trust me, its delicious!

Broccoli Alfredo

Hey there! 

So tonight I am once again without money ... broke college problems. But I always make sure to have the old stand-by's in my cabinet. I found a couple of years ago that Publix usually always has some kind of pasta on bogo. So Whenever I have money I make sure to always grab some which leaves me with an insane amount of pasta in my cabinet, but it comes in handy when I'm broke.

I found that you can do a ton with pasta. Depending on the sauces you have in your fridge. Sometimes I have none and resort to buttered noodles with some Parmesan cheese (Don't knock it, till you try it, its pretty delicious. Way Better than raman.)

But back on track. I had alfredo in my fridge tonight and I rummaged through my vegetable drawer to find some good stuff in there, I came out with ... Broccoli Alfredo!

So noodles, I love the little bow ties, broccoli, an onion, and alfredo sauce. 

 

Cut up the broccoli and onions and put water on the stove to boil. 

 

While the noodles are starting to cook I threw the broccoli and onions into a skillet. Oil, and some minced garlic then add the veggies. 

So I put the broccoli in the skillet to soak up the flavors of the garlic and onions but they still need to be cooked if you don't care for crunch broccoli. Once the noodles are almost cooked I threw the broccoli in. 

After a few minutes the broccoli and noodles can be drained and mixed in with the alfredo sauce. 

Mix it all together and voila!!

Enjoy!!