German Potato Pancakes

                        This is a German favorite of ours potato pancakes or "kartoffel pfann kuchen". They are ridiculously delicious, especially with ketchup weirdly enough. You just grate some potatoes add some flour, eggs, and seasonings to make them. Pro tip is to save bacon grease and use that instead of pam or what-not it gives it lots of flavor.
                        It's a perfect meal on a cold Winter's night-its hot, hearty, and expands in your stomach. It also makes me feel like I'm getting to know my German heritage! Well happy rest of the holidays, and a very happy New Years "oder Glückliche neue Jahre"!

The Big Mac and Cheese

               So a little while back some friends came from Omaha, and since we're Rhett and Link fans (plus it sounded delicious) we made this. We revised it a bit, like using home-made mac and cheese. It was certainly a taste sensation. I literally gained two pounds, but it was well worth it for the satisfaction! It might also be one of the hardest things to eat ever, simply cause it's so squishy and squashy. If you don't mind gaining weight and getting messy this is for you. Frohe Weihnachten

Fall Activities

 

                     These lovelies are Pumpkin waffles! We had these to boost our stamina for the day ahead, which you are going to go through now without such a delicious kickoff. "Oh well"



                       After the waffles our whole gang (Brothers, sisters, a cousin, our grandpa, and a token honorary brother.) piled into multiple cars and zoomed off. We walked around looking at things and roasting hot dogs and marshmallows at a bonfire. Here we're picking out our pumpkins.

                        Here we're taking a picture with Sammy. She's the managers daughter and super sweet. She never forgets to say hi to us.

                       We came home and the next day carved them mine said "Pow" with a bubble around it. Sadly this computer doesn't have a picture on it. 

                        Later on I made these baked apples. Just butter, cinnamon  sugar, and apples. They seemed very Fall-esque and tasted marvelous! Glücklicher Fall und freuen Sie sich Thanksgiving!

Oktober Fest, and other things

                  My goodness so much has happened since I last blogged! I'll try and show you as much as my patience dictates. First Cheese and Bacon Quiche.



                     I made this beauty out of my new cookbook Comfort Food. I didn't exactly follow the recipe (more cheese less onions) But I think it turned out quite delicious. Not sure if you can tell cause it's such bad quality but trying to be fancy I, put little leaves on the crust.

                      These were my very sad slightly failed blueberry pancakes. They tasted alright but looked green. I call them pancakes from outer space (don't use frozen berries). Everyone was very nice and they really did taste good but you should have seen what they were surposed to look like!

                       Ryan and Fanny made these in their cooking class. Cheese, blueberry, raspberry, and lemon danishes. They tasted like heaven will! We heated them up just a bit and then they just melted in your mouth like buttery/buttermilk goodness. Everything you see in them was made from scratch too.

                    And now for the best part. On Saturday Carolyn and I went on a Oktoberfest picnic! We took spekulatius, (little ginger bread cookies) strudel, schnitzel, and pumpkin cider. We sat on a small stage in a park and watched the sun go down while attempting to read out loud in German. It was wonderful and turns out we were doing the picnic on the original Oktoberfest day! Did you do something for it? Also if you want to see our Chez Elle day check it out here.

Lately...

                            So lately I have been cooking, nothing special but very tasty nonetheless. Basically what this is, is homemade polenta with cheese, sausage, and bacon on the top. It's a very hearty and meat to the bones type meal great for Winter, and real quick.

                            Today we went to Half Price Books and I got a new cook book called comfort food. It's jam packed with recipes that make you want to curl up surrender to your (becoming more prominent) muffin-top. Mine of course, I'm sure that none of you have any! Also be on the look out for these, hopefully coming soon... Cronuts, and Homemade blueberry pancakes! 

 

                           And coming soon my broseph's wedding to a absolutely amazing girl. Quite the fun day, and I can't wait to show you all. Well that's all for now folks, and I want to end by saying don't you just hate it when your chewing mint gum and super thirsty, but then you realize that it'll burn real bad if you drink water? Haha auf wiedersehen und willkommen herbst

Bubble Tea

                             So on Sunday instead of buying bubble tea we decided to whip out our old Almond Bubble Tea recipe. As always it wasn't a disappointment. If you haven't ever had bubble tea beware, I'm not sure if anyone I know has ever had it and liked before the second time. You see it's delicious but really weird. Because when you take a drink these chewy squishy things come up too, there tasty but hard to get used to. Like I always say it's yummy and easy, here it is.

 Almond Bubble tea

1 T. Lipton instant iced tea

2 T. Poma Almond powder

3 T. powdered French vanilla creamer

1 1/2 cups Wu Fu Yuan tapioca Pearl

                             So for the almond powder and pearls you can get them at a Asian grocery store. First, start a small saucepan half way up with water to boil. Now mix those measurements individually in each cup then set aside. (So one Tablespoon of Lipton in each cup) When the water has come to a rolling boil put the bubbles into the water, when it has come back to a rolling boil set a timer for five minutes stirring occasionally. While waiting get a half cup of water and a quarter cup of both brown and white sugar mix and microwave until it becomes like a syrup. Drain bubbles but save the hot water. Put the bubbles into the syrup. Put a half cup of the water into the cup and stir until everything dissolves. Fill them the rest of the way up with ice, divide the bubbles into the cups and enjoy! You'll probably need pearl straws too.

-Serves six

Happy Birthday Julia Child!

                       So on August 15th Julia's birthday, I made a spice cake with apples, white chocolate chips and cream cheese frosting on top! We dressed up like Simone Beck (Carolyn) and Julia Child (me). Then went to multiple libraries looking for Julie and Julia dressed in heels and skirts/a dress. We did eventually find it and proceeded to watch it. But only after listening to Ella Fitzgerald and Nat King Cole to get into the right spirit. Overall a wonderful night and I suggest if you didn't this year you should celebrate it next year. And now I think I might just finish My Life In France. Anyways that's all for now, Bon Appetit!