Category Archives: Recipes

Baked Mac & Cheese

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I got a recipe from mom the other day and decided to try it tonight. Of course I made modifications, so need to make note of it:

Ingredients:
1 (16 oz) bag of rigatoni
4 TBL butter
1/2 cup bread crumbs (very fine)
1 TBL all purpose flour
1 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
1/2 tsp onion powder
1/2 tsp granulated garlic
1 1/2 cup milk
1 lb cheddar cheese, shredded

Directions:
1. preheat oven to 350
2. start cooking pasta (20+ mins for rigatoni), leave it a bit under done, because it’s going to continue cooking in the oven later.
3. melt 2 TBL (half) butter in small bowl or mug in microwave, add bread crumbs and use fork to mix completely. Set aside.
4. melt 2 TBL (other half) butter in medium sauce pan over medium-high heat, add flour and spices, stir, add milk, stir. (It’s supposed to thicken, so I’m sure I did something wrong here, but it was still yummy. *shrug*) Add cheese, and stir constantly until melted. Lower heat, but keep the sauce warm and stir regularly to keep it from forming skin over top, until you ready for the next step.
5. In regular baking dish (16″x8″x3″ – a guess) pour in the cooked pasta, over this pour your cheese sauce, and then sprinkle the bread crumb mix evenly over the top of this.
6. bake at 350 for 25 minutes, until just getting darker on top, and the put it on broil for about a minute and a half to complete the GBD on top. Be very careful not to let this burn, it darkens suddenly on broil. Don’t take your eyes off of it.
7. Oh, and then let it cool for at least 5 minutes before trying to eat it.

Yummy!

Drinks to Try

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We were at DeLuxe earlier and there were some new drinks on the sign that sounded interesting. Mostly could make these at home so wrote down a few:

Blueberry Nehi: blueberry Stoli, grand marnier, Chambord, lime juice, sweet & sour – served up.

Cosmiri: light rum, Cointreau, lime juice, strawberry syrup, cranberry juice, sugar rimmed glass.

French 75: gin, simple syrup, fresh lemon juice, champagne.

Orange Martini: gin, muddled orange, simple syrup.

Egg Salad for Mom

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Mom wants egg salad for lunch today. Here’s the recipe we have. Michael is going to help make the “Plus” variety. No capers, chiles, or olives for mom. So he plans to set aside half without those and then mix those into the rest.

Basic Egg Salad and Egg Salad Plus Recipe originally found here

Ingredients

Basic Egg Salad:
8 hardboiled eggs
1/2 cup mayonnaise
1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1/4 cup finely chopped celery (optional)

-OR- “Egg Salad Plus”
1 teaspoon chopped chipotle chilies in adobo
2 tablespoons chopped fresh chives or green onions
1 small carrot, grated (not for induction dieters)
2 tablespoons chopped green or black olives
1 tablespoon chopped sun-dried tomatoes
1/2 tablespoon chopped fresh dill (or 1 teaspoon dried dill)
1 tablespoon nonpareil capers, drained

Directions

1. Chop eggs roughly, or push them through the large-holed side of a four sided box grater.
2. In a large mixing bowl, mix eggs with mayonnaise, mustard, salt, and pepper into with a wooden spoon.
3. Stir in chopped celery, if using.