Our Married Life

This is my first attempt at making gnocchi or vodka sauce. It’s actually my first time eating it. To my surprise it was quite good. I was afraid the gnocchi would be too heavy. I didn’t really find my recipe anywhere. I originally was planning on making a Rachel Ray Recipe of gnocchi with chicken meatball soup. But I didn’t have all the ingredients on hand. Plus I had leftover pasta sauce that I needed to use up. Brian actually liked the gnocchi, and the leftovers I had for lunch was still just as good, even better than last night. [...]

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Pad Kee Mow (with chicken) - I prefer this dish over Pad Thai since the latter is too sweet I think. I also made this dish since it’s the only thing Brian would ever order at a Thai restaurant. I think he’s just sticking to what is safe.
Pad Kee Mow stands for drunken noodles and is a standard Thai Street dish.
This recipe makes a ton so we had plenty of leftovers. I also have to say that this is my own recipe adapted from my mom’s kitchen. Brian thought it was a bit bland, but I think it’s just right. If it’s too bland, just double the sauces. [...]

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I’ve always been intrigued by these. They remind me of either the oatmeal cream pie made by Little Debbie or the Moon Pies that Brian claims to taste a bit artificial. The recipe originates from the Pennsylvania Dutch area. But enough with the history. I made them tonight and yet again another easy recipe. Not to mention Brian loved them. I remember coming downstairs and seeing a bite missing off one of the pies sitting on the cooling rack. I know it wasn’t Reesey’s teeth mark. Anyway, I made these as a test for our company bake sale in two weeks. I think these will be a hit. Anyway, click on Epicurious for a better picture. [...]

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Today for the Super Bowl, I decided to make something “manly” other than the usual pizza and wings or queso dip. So I decided to try Pioneer Woman’s Marlboro Man’s Favorite Sandwich. The recipe was easy peasy and it turned out super delicious. I did however improvise and used I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter spread instead of actual butter. I also cut down the butter portion to something more reasonable. I just couldn’t get myself to use 2 sticks of real butter for sandwiches. I don’t think I would ever miss it. I served it up with some roasted fingerling potatoes. [...]

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This is my first post on the food blog. Since I like to experiment with cooking, there may be some recipes that I would want to share to world, and I wouldn’t really want to post on my main blog. Expect to find many recipes and pictures. But as you saw, I did export some of the food blogs from my other blog. Anyway, hope you enjoy.

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I took pictures but it’s at home, so I’m going to post one I found online. I can’t remember the site, but feel free to ping me if it’s your photo. I’ll replace with my own sometime soon.

I brought these into work and everyone raved about it. I think I’ll recreate them at Christmas time.

Oreo Truffle Balls or Dirt Balls

8 ounces cream cheese, softened
16 ounces oreos, broken into quarters
Enough best quality white chocolate chopped to measure about 2 cups

In a large mixing bowl, beat cream cheese for a couple minutes to smooth out. Add in just over 1/2 of the broken oreos and mix until thoroughly combined. Add in the rest of the oreos and mix just until combined - some bigger pieces are ok.

Cover bowl and chill for at least 2-3 hours. Scoop out dough with a heaping teaspoon and roll into 50-60 balls. Cover and place back in the refrigerator to firm up.

Slowly melt the white chocolate in a double boiler, stirring occasionally, until most of the chunks are smooth. Remove and stir to melt the rest of the chocolate. Dip each truffle ball and set aside on a silpat or parchment paper. If the chocolate mixture starts to firm up, place back over the double boiler to slowly remelt, or gently rewarm in the microwave. Store in the refrigerator after all are dipped.

Well we’re almost at our 1 year mark. We’re going to be driving to Hot Springs to celebrate our first year anniversary. I’m excited about just having a few days off. I don’t have an itinerary, since there wasn’t much I could find that we can do there. Maybe we’ll just wing it.

In other news, my dreaded trip to St. Louis this past week went really successfully, which is a great thing especially with all the senior level people with me. Now they at least know that my clients love me. However, I do have alot work ahead of me. Yuck. This means I have no urge to go to work tomorrow. I’m sitting here putting off work as we speak. I’m also making pizza dough in my bread machine for dinner tonight. But I have get my butt to the store since we don’t have anything to make pizza with, arg.

Anyway…changing topics, I have some decisions I have to make that is rather life changing. Well, it’s not that drastic, but it is important.

Another different topic, I’m watching Top Chef, and there’s this commercial on TV, it’s basically an ad for some group formed for a book written by L. Ron Hubbard. Didn’t he write War of the Worlds?? Oh wait, duh. He’s the creepy scientology guy. No wonder this commercial was weird. Check out the website the ad was listing - http://www.thewaytohappiness.org

Alright, happy Sunday.

I have a couple coworker friends that are seriously considering getting a housekeeper to help clean their house. I can see why. We all work out together after work and don’t get home until about 7. By then we’ll need to cook and cleaning just isn’t in the picture. While Brian and I have done a fairly decent job of keeping the house together and avoid having it look like a train wreck, I think some day we’ll need to consider getting one. At this point, I’m thinking no. I just can’t justify the cost, and how big of a mess can two people make? I normally spend my weekends mopping and dusty and cleaning out the bathrooms. I’m thinking we’ll need a good vacuum soon. While the one we have now is decent, I have a feeling it’s not picking up enough dirt. Speaking of vacuuming, we haven’t really done it yet, eek. Brian and I have swept the carpet with the cordless vac, but that doesnt really count.

Anyway, in other news, Brian’s 27th bday was yesterday. I cooked him a steak and shrimp dinner last night since I felt bad for not getting him a “real” gift. It’s so difficult buying for him and I was going to get him the expensive stuff, but he keeps changing his mind. I guess I’ll have to make it up for him at Christmas time. Besides, it’s not like he hasn’t missed my birthdays either.

Ok back to the Monday work grind.