Saturday, August 9, 2014
Sunday, June 8, 2014
What's Cookin'?
So I decided to try cooking since at the time I was deeply in love with someone. Since I am living with my sister she is letting me cook once a month; unless otherwise. If you watch The Pioneer Woman you'll love these.
Quesadillas
Ingrediants:
2 tablespoons olive oil
2 pounds skinless chicken breasts
salt & pepper
2 tablespoons of taco or Cajun seasoning mix
1 large onion, halfed and sliced
1 green bell pepper, seeded and cut into slices
1 red bell pepper, seeded and cut into slices
1 yellow bell pepper, seeded and cut into slices
12 tablespoons butter, for frying
12 large flour tortillas
2 1/2 cups grated cheese (Monterey Jack is best)
Pico de Gallo, for serving
Pico de Gallo:
12 Roma tomatoes (slightly under ripe is fine)
3 red or yellow onions
2 cups fresh cilantro, chopped
2 to 3 jalapenos
1 lime
salt
Heat 1 tablespoon of the olive oil in a skillet over high heat. Sprinkle the chicken with salt,
pepper and taco seasoning. Add the chicken to the skillet and saute over medium-high heat
until done, about 4 minute per side. Remove from the skillet and dice into cubes. Set aside.
Add the remaining 1 tablespoon olive oil to the skillet over high heat. Throw in the onions and
peppers and cook until the peppers have a few dark brown/black areas, 3 to 4 minutes.
Remove and set aside.
Sizzle 1/2 tablespoon of butter in separate skillet or griddle over medium heat and lay flour tortilla in skillet. Then build the quesadillas by laying grated cheese on bottom of tortilla, then arranging the chicken and cooked peppers and onions on top. Top with a little more grated cheese and then second tortilla on top.
When bottom tortilla is golden on the backside, carefully flip quesadilla to other side (I placed a plate over the top and carefully flipped it), adding another 1/2 tablespoon butter on skillet at the same time. Continue until second side of tortilla is golden. Repeat with remaining tortillas and fillings.
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Pico de Gallo
Dice up equal amounts of tomatoes and onions. Roughly chop up the cilantro.
Slice 1 or 2 jalapenos in half. With spoon scrape out the seeds (if you like it a little spicy leave some of the white membranes). Dice up the jalapenos very finely; you want a hint of heat and jalapeno flavor but don't want to burn your mouth. Now dump the four ingredients into a bowl.
Slice lime in half and squeeze juice from it onto the ingredients. Sprinkle with salt until combined.
Quesadillas
Ingrediants:
2 tablespoons olive oil
2 pounds skinless chicken breasts
salt & pepper
2 tablespoons of taco or Cajun seasoning mix
1 large onion, halfed and sliced
1 green bell pepper, seeded and cut into slices
1 red bell pepper, seeded and cut into slices
1 yellow bell pepper, seeded and cut into slices
12 tablespoons butter, for frying
12 large flour tortillas
2 1/2 cups grated cheese (Monterey Jack is best)
Pico de Gallo, for serving
Pico de Gallo:
12 Roma tomatoes (slightly under ripe is fine)
3 red or yellow onions
2 cups fresh cilantro, chopped
2 to 3 jalapenos
1 lime
salt
Heat 1 tablespoon of the olive oil in a skillet over high heat. Sprinkle the chicken with salt,
pepper and taco seasoning. Add the chicken to the skillet and saute over medium-high heat
until done, about 4 minute per side. Remove from the skillet and dice into cubes. Set aside.
Add the remaining 1 tablespoon olive oil to the skillet over high heat. Throw in the onions and
peppers and cook until the peppers have a few dark brown/black areas, 3 to 4 minutes.
Remove and set aside.
Sizzle 1/2 tablespoon of butter in separate skillet or griddle over medium heat and lay flour tortilla in skillet. Then build the quesadillas by laying grated cheese on bottom of tortilla, then arranging the chicken and cooked peppers and onions on top. Top with a little more grated cheese and then second tortilla on top.
When bottom tortilla is golden on the backside, carefully flip quesadilla to other side (I placed a plate over the top and carefully flipped it), adding another 1/2 tablespoon butter on skillet at the same time. Continue until second side of tortilla is golden. Repeat with remaining tortillas and fillings.
)
Pico de Gallo
Dice up equal amounts of tomatoes and onions. Roughly chop up the cilantro.
Slice 1 or 2 jalapenos in half. With spoon scrape out the seeds (if you like it a little spicy leave some of the white membranes). Dice up the jalapenos very finely; you want a hint of heat and jalapeno flavor but don't want to burn your mouth. Now dump the four ingredients into a bowl.
Slice lime in half and squeeze juice from it onto the ingredients. Sprinkle with salt until combined.
Saturday, March 29, 2014
What Am I Waiting For?
Things haven't been too well for me... I was kicked out of school because we couldn't pay for tuition and I have NO luck whatsoever with finding work, I don't even have decent pants to look for work. My brother has gotten much more WORSE with his addiction; without his fix he's agitated, violent and volatile. There is no brain inside anymore-its like its a 15 year old in a 30 year old body. All he does is sit on his bum and smoke, eat and complain. Maman and I cannot cope with him anymore but we can't help him when he is 30 now. Father is just like his father with his brother; too stubborn and blind to what happens at home when he is not here. No one really knows how unhappy I am here and I can't really discuss it with my 'family'. The only person who makes me smile now is my beloved Holly.
I am so sick of it here that I looked up colleges where I can breathe and be myself at. Since I want to be a photojournalist the closest one I know is at Duluth and it is LGBTQ friendly!! However I a nervous about wanting to go there. The people I live with may not be family material but if I am 8 hours away I need a support system close by. I don't know anyone in Duluth...
I am so sick of it here that I looked up colleges where I can breathe and be myself at. Since I want to be a photojournalist the closest one I know is at Duluth and it is LGBTQ friendly!! However I a nervous about wanting to go there. The people I live with may not be family material but if I am 8 hours away I need a support system close by. I don't know anyone in Duluth...
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