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09 Dec French Toast Sunday

It’s the morning after. Your charm has gotten you this far.  And you’re inclined to impress her with your culinary wizardy, among other things. You look around your kitchen and see the usual suspects; eggs, milk, cereal, some day old bread and bananas.   Doesn’t seem like a magical combination, but with a little imagination, you could really be on to something. This recipe really never fails me, always gets them asking for more! You have a lot of wiggle room with the recipe as well, you don’t really need any specific type of cereal, milk, fruit. Whatever you have lying around, you can probably incorporate in some way. Frosted Flakes, Cheerios, Corn Flakes, or even Fruit Loops, it all works here. Your milk can be any kind of milk you have, good old fashioned cows milk, soy, almond or rice milk. You do need eggs for this recipe because we are essentially making a custard for the bread to soak in. That’s what keeps your bread moist and creamy. I like to add a little liquor to my custard base just because it adds another element of flavor, plus its fun. You could use any type of liquor here, I usually go with a brown liquor like a whiskey, bourbon, or dark rum, because it does give a nutty flavor more so than a clear liquor. I would not use a vodka, but I would use a coconut rum if I had nothing else, and I would add some shredded coconut to the final product.  You also need a sweet element to this custard, so I add a couple spoonfuls of sugar to the custard.
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06 Nov A Pie, a Chicken and Me: Good Times

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If indulgence is wrong then I don’t want to be right. Some times I want it all. And at the same time. Preferably on a spoon. Theres just something about getting a warm thick creamy spoonful of deliciousness that using a fork cant live up to. I could take all my favorite things and chop them up and put a butter soaked pastry on top I would be very happy.  One dish that allows me to do this without looking like a three years olds plate is the Chicken Pot Pie. A pie filled with chicken in a pot…a pot pie with chicken, anyway you arrange it, it just works. Its perfect harmony.  They should also stir up warm fuzzy comforting feelings from back in the day.  I unfortunately have never had a good CPP anywhere. Ever. The only CPP I like is the one I make. Maybe its because I don’t like the peas and carrots that are usually thrown into the traditional CPP. I like to jazz up my CPP with unconventional vegetables like fennel, broccoli, lima beans and kale. Funny enough, all super green vegetables that happen to be my favorite as well. But don’t worry if you don’t have all these vegetables on hand. The beauty of this dish is that you can put whatever you like in it. You really cannot go wrong.  The only things I stress is that you have the best quality of everything that you are choosing to put into your filling.  Thanksgiving leftovers work excellently for this, or any leftovers for that matter! I like to put dill into my CPP to brighten things up a little. This also creates such a beautiful fragrance when you pierce the buttery Puff Pastry and are hit with the sweet dill in your face.
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06 Nov Lookin for da butta

This is not my love letter to Butter. This is, fact. Butter makes everything better. Everyone knows this. What’s better than butter you might ask? How about butter with garlic? This stuff is so good you’ll have to keep yourself from biting into it like an ice cream...

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14 Oct Butta

This is not my love letter to Butter. This is, fact. Butter makes everything better. Everyone knows this. What’s better than butter you might ask? How about butter with garlic? This stuff is so good you’ll have to keep yourself from biting into it like an ice cream...

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