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Monday, September 28, 2009
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Wild Wing Dip Vlog
Ingredients
1 roastery chicken
2 packages cream cheese (softened)
1 stick butter
1 medium size bottle Ranch dressing
FRANKS Original Hot Sauce (
2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
Directions
Pre-heat oven to 350 and lightly spray 9x13 dish with cooking spray. Spread softened cream cheese on the bottom of the dish. Pour 1/3 cup of hot sauce on top of cream cheese and spread evenly.
Melt butter in a large saucepan; stir in another 1/3 cup hot sauce. Combine chicken with butter and hot sauce in saucepan; mix well and pour over the cream cheese/hot sauce layer already in 9x13 dish. Pour entire bottle of Ranch dressing over the chicken mixture. Cover with cheese. Bake at 350 (uncovered) for approximately 30 minutes or until hot and bubbly. Serve with corn chips and celery.
Norm--
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Norm's Wild Wing Dip.
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
The 1st VBlog...
Gordon
Monday, March 23, 2009
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Meals...
So I thought I would share with the world the meals I have made for the little lady.
1st pork chop covered with blue cheese crumbles, backed apples, asparagus, and mash.
2nd is Sticky Buns with a toad in the hole sandwich.
Next up salmon with snap peas with broccoli pasta.
Last banana french toast with roasted pecans and sausage.
I will have another picture version of the blog update Monday planning a V-day dinner for the ol' lady!!! Ohh if you want of need a recipe for anything seen above just ask and i will pass it along for you! Until next time Cheers!
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Ummmm Chocolate
So last night I found a smashing good recipe for a quick and super easy chocolate "cup"
cake. I call it the 4 C's cake Couple Chocolate "Cup" Cake and here it is--
4 tablespoons sugar
2 tablespoons cocoa
1 egg
3 tablespoons milk
3 tablespoons oil
Pinch of salt
3 tablespoons chocolate chips (optional)
Splash of vanilla extract
1 large coffee mug
Note: Instructions from the original recipe is to cook cake 3 minutes at 1000 watts. Since I have no idea what wattage my microwave is I played around and found that 2 to 2 1/2 minutes worked fine. Since wattages vary per microwave you will need to do the same unless you know the exact wattage of your microwave.
The cake has a spongy texture to it but is delicious just the same. In my opinion the chocolate chips are essential to maintain the cakes moisture.
3 tbsp. sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
½ tablespoon of cocoa powder
Whip cream with mixer. Be careful not to over beat or else will get too thick like butter. When it begins to thicken, add sugar and vanilla; stir.
I really need to try and take photos of these so I can show off how they look!! Anyway until next time got out and try some tripe!!!!
Monday, January 26, 2009
Top of the Mornin' to Ya'
Ahhh the weekend…..
This past weekend went by so fast it was complete bollocks!!!! Saturday morning started off very nice however, I made the little lady some breakfast which started with—
5 eggs
5 tablespoons milk
1 pat of butter
Kosher salt
Ground pepper
½ lbs of Bangers (aka sausage)
Sauté patties over medium-low heat in a non-stick pan. Sauté until brown and cooked through, approximately 10 to 15 minutes then start your eggs.
In a small mixing bowl, combine eggs and milk with a fork. In a non-stick skillet, melt the butter over medium-low heat until it bubbles. Stir a pinch of kosher salt into egg mixture then pour into pan, stirring slowly with a heat resistant rubber spatula. As soon as curds begin to form, increase heat to high and instead of stirring, use the spatula to fold the eggs over themselves while gently shaking the pan with your other hand. As soon as no more liquid is running around the bottom of the pan, remove from the heat and serve. Season with fresh black pepper and garnish with fresh chives or parsley. Remember: if they look done in the pan, they'll be over-done on the plate.
Also to this I made some homemade biscuits which this recipe
2 cups flour
4 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
3/4 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons shortening
1 cup buttermilk, chilled
Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
In a large mixing bowl, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Using your fingertips, rub butter and shortening into dry ingredients until mixture looks like crumbs. (The faster the better, you don't want the fats to melt.) Make a well in the center and pour in the chilled buttermilk. Stir just until the dough comes together. The dough will be very sticky.
Turn dough onto floured surface, dust top with flour and gently fold dough over on itself 5 or 6 times. Press into a 1-inch thick round. Cut out biscuits with a 2-inch cutter, being sure to push straight down through the dough. Place biscuits on baking sheet so that they just touch. Reform scraps dough, working it as little as possible and continue cutting. (Biscuits from the second pass will not be quite as light as those from the first, but hey, that's life.)
Bake until biscuits are tall and light gold on top, 15 to 20 minutes.
Biscuits, Eggs, and Bangers DONE!
Once this was over did I have a mess to clean up! The ol’ lady tried to clean this up but I wouldn’t let her she said this was complete bollocks but oh well. I just made her a hot cup of vanilla flavored tea then proceeded to clean up my mess and then I just clapped out.
Crikey this has gotten long I better stop while I am ahead til then cheerio and go eat some chips!
Thursday, January 15, 2009
The British are coming!!!
So you might be wondering why the title of my blog is norm’s survival guide and all things British, well it is because I love them, I love everything about the Brits. The way they talk how they don’t have fluoride in the water so they have yellow teeth, the accents everything about them. I am also in love with Gordon Ramsay he has a few shows on TV right now I would suggest watching Kitchen Nightmares us version, and if you have BBC America then the original Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares and the F word. On kitchen nightmares Gordon goes to failing restaurants to try and help they make money or to fix the problems they are having from cooking to front of the house, and the menu. An usually what happens the place is totally trashed and nasty just plain dirty and the food is horrible!! Great show I mean I can’t get enough of it I will watch them over and over and over. The F word I just discovered in the last couple of weeks so I am still trying to get a handle on it. Moving on, so what to talk about today, the wife and I have been really working hard on my grandpappies house as of let so we can try and have a dinner party soon for some of our closest friends (so I can burn a green candle!) The two of use are really working hard to make this the best dinner party ever, but with our budget being so tight this month (being after Christmas an all) I dunno how we could do it. Well that is all for now I will right more about the crazy thing I call “Married Life” tomorrow or over the weekend until then Cheers!!