Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Best ever Mashed Taters

In my humble opinion that is.

You'll need roughly 2-3 pounds o' taters (I make large quantities) Yukon Golds or something like that works best I suppose.
An 8 oz block of cream cheese, softened
some sour cream
salt
pepper
and butter
oh and a pound of hickory smoked bacon, or whatever bacon your little clogged arteries desire ;)

So, I'm gonna be straight with you all. This is not a 'healthy' recipe i'm pretty sure i felt my heart slow down after eating these delicious spuds, and i even used Light cream cheese and fat free sour cream! ;)

But that's ok, because once in a while, you just oughta let yourself be naughty with a potatoe.

So we're gonna start like you do with EVERY mashed tater recipe i've ever heard and we're going to wash the spuds. Well you are anyways.

After that you have a choice, you can be EVIL and skin the spuds or you can be a beautiful person who let's them stay clothed ;) Me i eat my with their skins.

Cut your potatoes into consistent pieces, usually i just cut mine into eights or fourths depending on the general size of my potatoes. Then i pile all those pieces into a pan, fill it with water until the little guys are JUST covered, sprinkle in some kosher salt and let them boil. While you wait you can... make your entre I guess... or sit and watch the pot even if they do say it won't boil.

When your potatoes are fork tender, I always thought that was a funny way to say "when you can easily stab the potatoe," Drain them of their water and return to the pot (if you use a strainer like I do. I'm still not quite capable enough to strain them straight in the pot. Some people are... those people can come over and strain my potatoes for me next time :) please?

Once you have your delectable little dudes back in the pot mash them up a bit with your mashing tool and add in the entire block of cream cheese, then mash that all together and add in a few dollops of sour cream, salt pepper and butter to taste, and if you desire a bit of milk to help thin it out into a smoother mash.

Now I just remembered what you could be doing while the pot boils! Frying your bacon ^_^ i just took my pound of bacon (pre sliced) and cut them into small little bits. tossed them in a pan and cooked them until they were crispy.

In the end toss the Bacon in, mix it well and enjoy these freaking awesome spuds!

Wednesday, February 4, 2009

I have no ideas as to what to call this one.

So I'm open to suggestions, anyone who's out there... :)

"Untitled" Chicken

I pretty much threw this together and it turned out great :)

you'll need:

Boneless Skinless chicken breasts (however many people are eating make that many ;) )
Vegetable oil (I ran outta olive oil >_> but it tasted good >_<;;)
Italian seasonings, ground pepper, kosher salt
Balsamic Vinaigrette
Crumbs (or smashed ships) of the new Spicy Sweet Doritos

Simply take your chicken breast, brush on some of the oil and vinaigrette, sprinkle with salt pepper and seasonings, and then covered with the crushed Doritos.

Place in a preheated 375 oven and cook for 45 minutes.