Gonna start recording me cooking!

So I cooked pancakes for breakfast and fajitas for dinner. And both need improvement, but both delicious.

The pancakes could probably use a little more flour or buttermilk or less water. They were a little runny, but the result still tasted good.

Recipe:

1 1/4 cups all purpose flour - sifted.....why because I can!!! Lol
1 egg
1 1/4 cup Buttermilk (liquid) or 5 Tbsp for Buttermilk powder*
1/4 sugar
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1/4 cup vegetable oil

Mix all dry ingredients together first, then add egg and vegetable oil. Put butter down into spot where you plan to ladle the pancake badder. Cook until you see air pockets appear, then flip, allow to cook for another minute. Enjoy!

*When using buttermilk powder you must water. 5 tbsp = 1 1/4 cup water.

When I do this recipe again I might use less water. And hopefully it'll be less runny :)


Fajita Bake (trio)

8 oz chicken breast
8 oz thin cut steak
4 oz or 12 pieces raw large shrimp
1 green bell pepper
1/2 large white onion
fajita spices or what you like - I used black pepper, Cheyenne pepper, salt, curry, powder oregano, garlic powder, onion powder, and paprika.
2 Tbsp vegetable oil
1 tsp corn starch

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Cut up meat into strips. Make sure shrimp is devined and peeled. Cut pepper and onion into strips as well. Place all ingredients into 9x13 dish. Mix all spices and corn starch together, pour veg oil onto ingredients, sprinkle spices and hand mix every. Making sure to evenly coat to ensure maximum flavor. Wash hands!! LOL Cover pan with aluminum foil and cook for 30 minutes. Stir half way threw.

Tortillas
sour cream
shredded cheese
shredded lettuce
pico de gallo

Enjoy!!!

I think I over cooked mine (it was in the oven for about 40 mins, and my chicken was frozen so I dethawed it in the microwave) So 30 mins should be golden.

Thanks for the read. Once I get a recipe down pat and super delicious I will record and put up on Youtube......just like everyone else.*snickers at self* Have a pilot in the works. Keep look out!

Experimenting in the kitchen

Soooooooooooooo I LOVE salmon. I always bake it in the oven, need to start trying other cooking methods, but I digress. I started to experiment on a glaze for my salmon. Todays choice is a honey glaze sauce; soy sauce, honey, Worcestershire, pepper and lemon juice. Its good, but it might need more honey. But delicious!!!!

1/4  cup soy sauce
2 tbsp honey
1 tsp worcestershire
1 tbsp lemon juice
pepper

covers about 2 5oz salmon fillets

Set oven to 450 degrees. Line a baking pan with aluminum foil, easy clean up!! Place salmon onto pan, skin side down, if there is skin attached to fillets. Mix ingredients together into bowl or Pyrex measuring cup with pour lip. Place salmon into oven for 10 mins. Take salmon out and pour and spread sauce onto fillets, leaving excess in pan. Cover top with more aluminium foil, place back into oven for 5 mins. Any excess sauce in pan can be spooned on salmon if desired.

closer to completing the one gift of my life

I made a bottle for my dads wife back for Christmas. I took a decal and spray glued it to a bottle I spray painted white, then added acrylic paint to show the college team colors, her favorite team. And when I brought up what I did to a friend she asked if I would be able to make one for her boyfriend. And I said yes. Now I am closer then ever to completing it and am super excited. I keep experimenting with techniques, especially with this bottle. A new tech I have thought to use is to spray the inside of the bottle and I have to say with this bottle, its shape and design it totally works!! Pics to come when said boyfriend gets gift! : D

Progress of bottle!

I am trying to perfect my design and painting skills and techniques. I started working on a green bottle, making into a "Green Bay" bottle. Using spray paint to lightly coat paint onto the bottle, then once that is dry, I have taken a paint solvent remover to clean and shape the symbol onto the bottle. After all is dry I take acrylic paint and put 2 layers onto the pattern to extenuate it, making it more vibrant. I also decided to add some paint to the neck of the bottle, as it looked a little naked to me. Once again spray painted the top of the bottle, covering the bottom half as to not mess up what I've already done. After adding the acrylic, I decided to remove the middle of the paint on the neck (note to self, remove spray paint first before adding another layer of paint, makes it a lot easier). Now to add a sealer clear coat to finish it. Super excited about where I can go with this!!!

   

Here I go............

Suffering from depression doesn't have any appeal, so I started cooking from scratch, and painting bottles to express my creativity and bring a smile to my face and heart. Within this blog I hope to inspire and express happiness in the food I love and the painted bottles I adore. Hoping to also start selling bottles and maybe sauces, jams and any other food, and move on from my mundane 40hr work week into a free expressive life!! ENJOY! 

And feedback is always welcome :) Thanks