Rice Puddin

Let me just start by saying, I have never, NEVER before in my life tried home made rice pudding. I have always loved it, but never ate it. I usually get it at the store.

Not too long ago, I had a hankering for rice pudding. while I debated on whether or not to stop at the store and get some, I decided to Google some recipes and try my culinary luck at it.

Start with plain rice and milk, add some sugar and let it sit while you stir, stir, stir. Long process yes, but well worth it. Only, at the end, I had to add some more rice, the consistency was just too watery, I like my pudding nice and creamy. Note to self: DON'T! this doesn't give the rice that was added last enough time to soften.

Add some cinnamon on top and enjoy!

Shrimp Salad for my sweetie

After a long day working on the boat, I was thoughtful enough to make him dinner. Something simple, quick and delicious.

I called Toomey for the recipe, the one he had given me months ago but I was lazy to go look for it.

So I hit the kitchen and start thawing the shrimp, all whilst watching something stupid on TV...the joys of multi-tasking.

I get the dressing together, fresh grown dill and chives some mayo and lemon juice....

Cooked the shrimp to perfection and proceeded to mix all ingredients together.

Once done, I head over to the marina...wait, I needed crackers. Stop at Publix and make it to the marina with a delicious home made shrimp salad with saltines to wind down the day.

The only thing missing, a bottle of wine.

Beet Salad

This blog comes about as my good friend Jason's brilliant idea. I had shared with him my love for food and how I would love to be a food critic. As a result of that, both this blog and a game between us friends came about. The game consists of making one recipe per week (we both work and I go to school so anything more than that was almost impossible) and we would share it with each other.

This week's recipe: Beet and pear salad with a Red wine dressing.

I found it while flipping through one the magazines in the waiting room of my Dr.'s office. You know how you find those; you pick up a random magazine to kill time and BAM, you see it. You scan the recipe to see how difficult it looks and more importantly, if it has ingredients that you will actually eat. Then, without making a scene, you rip the page off the magazine and covertly stash it in your purse.

So after having proposed the game to Jason, I offered to start since I already had a recipe in mind.

If the smell is evidence enough to know how something tastes, then this salad is absolutely delicious. While I was cooking it, I could smell the sweetness of the beets as they slowly roasted in the oven and I kept thinking to myself, I can't wait until this is done just so I can taste it.

The true test lies on whether or not other people like it. I made some for my mom, I had to ask her what was the best way to cook the beets since I am an amateur chef at best, and also made some for my friend Jason, after all, he is the person with whom I am playing this game. Here's hoping this is a good dish...