FOOD!!!

So I decided that I just want to be a plain chef when I grow up, not a cookie chef in specific. Lately, I've been helping out with dinner to help with my boredness, but it's super fun!

Kaya came over the other day and we decided to make a full meal instead of cookies. Obviously, I am still learning, because we almost had unleavened breadsticks (I doubled the water on accident, but didn't double the yeast) but luckily they turned out alright. Actually they turned out delicious. So we had breadsticks, salad with garden lettuce, and spaghetti, and my dad made us strawberry shortcake for dessert that night. We were stuffed.

Here are some other things I've been making lately.

Spaetzle (its German).

They are just flour noodles, but really yummy with cheese, and really fun to make! You use a cheese grater type thing and grate the dough into boiling water.

Enchiladas- these were a HUGE hit! They were super easy and everyone loved them.

POPCORN!!! This kind of popcorn is ADDICTING, I'm not kidding. You put in enough kernels to fill the bottom of the pan and about 3 tablespoons of peanut oil. Then you put about 1-2 tablespoons of salt in a blender, blend it, and add that in the pot. I guess that salt is too big, so when you blend it up, it becomes more fine and goes in all the little cracks of the popcorn. Sometimes we blend parmesan cheese, too. THEN- turn on the stove and shake the bowl until all the popcorn is popped!!!

I have been saving the best for last- MINI CHEESECAKES!!!! These are soooo good!!!! You mix together 2 packages of cream cheese, 2 eggs, 1/2 cup of sugar, and 1 tsp vanilla, then squirt it onto Nilla Wafers and bake at 350 for 20-25 minutes. They are a piece of heaven, I promise!!! The only bad thing about these is that I froze them overnight because I wanted to give them to my dad, and they weren't crunchy anymore after they thawed. But they still tasted delicious! And it makes A TON!!!