- Pancakes at my mother's house. First time I'd made these for her, and she rather enjoyed them, even though she only ate like two of them. She cooked up a bunch of breakfast sausage, and I made eggs as well. I'm supremely jealous of her two-burner nonstick griddle, as it was pretty easy and fun to cook on, especially our eggs (over easy, of course).
- A giant pot of chili. My chili is a Cincinnati-style, with chopped sirloin (as opposed to the more traditional ground), onions, garlic, a boatload of spices (chili powder, cumin, paprika, oregano, cayenne, along with some weirder ones like cinnamon and cocoa powder), crushed tomatoes and kidney beans. Topped with a ton of shredded cheddar (and a giant dollop of sour cream for Steph), I'm rather proud of my chili recipe.
- A bottle's worth of mulled wine. An easy recipe - a bottle of light red (I spend $7, my Uncle David said I spent too much), 1/4 cup sugar, the zest of 1 orange (in long strips), 6 cinnamon sticks, 12 cloves, 3 allspice berries, 1/2 a cracked nutmeg and a sprinkle of ground ginger. Dump it into a saucepan, heat it over low until warm. Don't let it boil, then run it through a fine strainer into glasses. Delicious on a cold day.
- Chocolate chip meringues. Having a KitchenAid makes making meringues the easiest thing in the world. These were easy to make and tasted great. Steph couldn't tell you as well as I could, because I think I ate all but like 3 of these. Not quite your quintessential 'cold weather cookie' but they really hit the spot.
- Steph woke up this morning and says "Man, I wish I had asked you to pick up cinnamon buns". Steph, you see, is a fiend when it comes to Pillsbury cinnamon buns - she loves them more than most things I make. However, I didn't pick them up, so I figured I'd look up how to make them. Fortunately, I found this recipe for easy, non-yeast cinnamon buns. They came out more like biscuits than real cinnamon buns, but they were close enough, especially with the icing on top. When I make them again (which will most likely be tomorrow morning...thank you, snow day!), I'll work on making them stick together. I admit - these tasted delicious, but look ugly as hell.
Tomorrow, the plan is to make more cinnamon buns, some ginger cookies, and a deep-dish pizza.
Here's the question: what are YOU cooking on a snowy day when you're stuck in the house?
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I made Shredded Cowboy Chicken, Rice, Black Beans, Plantains and guacamole. With sotre bought tortillas.
Yum!
Let me preface by saying I made none of this. Thank god for Aaron. I would have starved.
BREAKFAST:
Tons of bacon, rye toast, coffee, OJ, and two soft boiled eggs (eggs were for him).
LUNCH:
Nachos with chipotle ground chicken, peppers, onions, cheese
DINNER:
Three kinds of pizza with fresh dough. One pizza was broccoli and garlic, One was peppers and spicy olives (which were...weirdly tasty), One was chipotle ground chicken with a ton of hot sauce on it - all with red sauce and cheese. YUM TIME.
And at all times during the day, chocolate chip cookies, beer, and wine.
Meg - what is chipotle ground chicken, and what's the recipe.
Well, ask Aaron to send me the recipe.
Chili - Similar to your recipe actually. Only I deglaze with a beer and grind my meat (next time, I'm going to chop it though).
Breakfast - Bacon, Eggs, and toast on the cast iron skillet.
Lunch, a bag of tortilla chips while standing over the pot of chili!
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