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Thursday, February 24, 2011

Snow Day!

In honor of today's snow day, Ty made chicken enchiladas and I made mocha-cinnamon pudding.  The enchiladas came from Ty's noggin but the pudding came from a recipes in Runner's World magazine.  

Mocha-Cinnamon Pudding
1/4 cup sugar
3 tablespoons cornstarch
2 teaspoons instant coffee mix or espresso powder
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
pinch salt
2 cups low fat chocolate milk
2 ounces bittersweet chocolate, very finely chopped
1 teaspoon vanilla

Whisk the sugar, cornstarch, coffee, cinnamon and salt in a large saucepan.  Whisk in milk over medium heat then cook for about five minutes, stirring occasionally at first, then frequently and constantly at the end, until mixture thickens to pudding consistency.  Remove from heat; add chocolate and vanilla, whisking until chocolate is smooth.  Serve warm or pour into containers, placing plastic wrap directly on the pudding surface to keep a skin from forming.  Refrigerate up to five days.

The recipes says that this serves five but I disagree.  I filled four ramekins about half way each.  Next time I make this, I'll be doubling it so that it fills all four completely.  It would also look great in martini glasses and the picture in from the magazines shows it garnished with fresh raspberries which looks completely delish!   



This actually doesn't look that great but, trust me, it is AMAZING!


Sunday, February 13, 2011

Roller Derby!

Last Saturday, we were invited to go to Portland's Roller Derby.  It was a really great time made even more so by the fact that one of the friends who we went with REALLY wants to join a team.  The action was fast but it didn't take too long to figure out what was happening.  It may have helped that we'd watched Whip It not too long ago.  The plan was to have a drink at our house before heading to Oaks Park so we whipped up some simple chicken quesidillas, chips, salsa and a small cheese tray:

 

Chicken Wings




Ty makes some amazing chicken wings.  He makes them for many occasions including Sunny in Philadelphia marathons, Wii parties and Sundays.  The Jayhawks play tomorrow and I somehow totally forgot about Valentine's Day when I invited my friend Kona over to watch the game, drink some beers and eat some of Ty's wings!!  So, he's also now making them for Valentine's Day:).  I wish I knew the recipes...  but, alas, I'm not sure he even does...  I think it's always just a bit different but always delish!  In lieu of a recipe, I've included pics.