2009 Archives - Page 2 of 6

Mexican Frankenstein Casserole – Why settle for boring?

2009, cheese, chips, cream cheese, edible art, food art, fun, kids, parties, peppers, pickles, tortilla, vegetables, veggies | October 2, 2012 | By Jessi

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Frankenstein casserole with veggies for face; Homemade tortilla chips for dipping into black bean dipping and monster face for Halloween

That?

That is a casserole.

A plain ol’, boring casserole, that I’m sure tasted perfectly lovely. It was completely edible and might have gotten an “oo” or an “ah” or maybe even an “mmm” a few times through the meal.

But it’s nothing special.

Frankestein casserole with cheese face, pepper bolts, pepper hair, olive scar and hair, pickles for eyes, pepper stem nose

Add some of these, though? Some completely innocent veggies that don’t really mean anything on their own?

And you get something way more fabulous:

Frankestein monster mexican casserole with cheese face, pepper bolts, pepper hair, black olive scar and hair, pickles for eyes, pepper stem nose

THAT is what will be remembered. It doesn’t matter if maybe it could’ve used a bit more cheese or maybe the corn had been in the freeze just a little too long and lacked flavor. It was an edible monster! And with Halloween right around the corner, you really have no excuse not to have some fun with your own.

Frankestein casserole with cheese face, pepper bolts, pepper hair, sliced black olives scar and hair, pickles for eyes, pepper stem nose

It actually had different teeth to begin with. I tried making separate teeth and it looked ridiculous. Then again, I’m not sure it looked much better after the modification, but I thought it helped.

And even Mom got in on the action with some monster nose-picking.

Yes, I come from a very, very mature family. I’m obviously breaking my mother’s heart here by playing with my food so much. :P

Homemade pancake mix recipe (Bulk OAMC)

2009, breakfast, oamc, recipes, tips | August 2, 2012 | By Jessi

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I don’t buy fruit punch in the first place, but somehow we ended up with these huge jugs (from a party?) that were too good to throw out. One of them was converted into a jug of homemade pancake mix.

I’m not a fan of spending the money on the mixes in the first place, but I can’t argue with the convenience of having a box already premixed and just needing an egg or some water. We could spend the same money on all the ingredients for several boxes worth instead, though, so why not?

(The sister’s handwriting circa 2009)

The mix:

8 C. flour
6 T. + 2 t. baking powder
4 t. salt
2/3 C. sugar
1 1/3 C. dry non-instant milk powder or 2 2/3 C. instant milk powder
(If you have powdered eggs, you can add 1/2 of the dry product here and you won’t have to add an egg later)

How to use:

1 1/2 cup mix
1 cup water
1 egg
2 T oil

Cook your pancakes as you normally would. :) Add a bit more water or a bit more powder if it’s too thick or thin, respectively.

Tip: Make sure you write the recipe for use on the back so you don’t have to look up how much to use every time.

Tip: Add this to your “once a month cooking” list and you’ll always have a steady supply of the mix, too.

Another one bites the dust OR Don’t cry over spilled spaghetti

2009, accidents, mistakes, spaghetti | July 19, 2012 | By Jessi

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It’s a great thing I have this habit of taking pictures of everything. Otherwise, you’d miss out on the glory of my mistakes. In this case, it was a full box of spaghetti that someone opened on the bottom and then put back in the cabinet right-side up. Oops.

Actually, now that I think about it, I’d forgotten just how many times I’ve shared our spills and accidents already:

Broken oil on concrete