Archives for "Nom Nom Nom AKA Food"

Posted by Telma on 12th June 2010

Lock Up Your Bacon, The Pancakes Are Coming….

Man oh man. When I first saw a tweet by @justforfunhmn with the words bacon and pancakes in it I just about lost it. I knew right away that sometime soon, those bacon pancakes would soon be in my belly. This is the post that was tweeted that inspired all this.

I ended up making these at midnight cause the hubs and his buddy were famished from all the music and jamming they were doing. What better a snack than this?!?!

I didnt exactly want to fry up fresh bacon and then fry the pancakes in the bacon fat… I mean, I LOVE bacon, but I sure as hell want to minimize the amount of artery clogging I was about to do ;) So, I got a box of the pre-cooked bacon. It worked wonderfully!

Also, I probably should have added more milk to the batter instead of just what it called for. My batter was pretty thick so I had to contend with over crisping the bacon or under cooking the pancakes :) But all in all, they were DEELISH!!!!! I’ll let the pics speak for themselves ;)

Pin it

Posted by Telma on 20th April 2010

My Fave Salad Ever

My friend Sue brought a salad to a potluck that I completely fell in love with. I wanted to make the same salad but I didn’t have the exact same ingredients as her so I did some experimenting. The result… is now my favorite salad of all time.

It’s really easy to make. Basically, it’s a baby spinach salad with sliced almonds, walnuts – any kind of nuts you like will do. Pine nuts are really yummy in this too. Then, dried cranberries, thinly sliced pears (I add mango sometimes too) and I use any kind of shredded cheese I have in the fridge. I’ve used gouda, mozzarella, cheddar and goat cheese… it’s all good :)

The kicker is the dressing. I mince 2-3 pieces of fresh garlic, now I LOVE garlic, so please use to taste… then I put it in a bowl with olive oil and balsamic vinegar. I eyeball how much I use of those, so again, to your taste. My secret (I’m sure it’s not so secret) is brown sugar. I slowly start adding brown sugar and stirring it so it dissolves. I keep adding brown sugar until the dressing starts to thicken up.

Next, you drizzle some of the dressing on the salad, toss, and voila!!! My fave salad ever.

I usually hate salad but this salad, well, I’ve eaten a very large (enough for 5 people) worth of it once. It’s so refreshing. Nom.

Enjoy!

Pin it

Posted by Telma on 17th March 2010

Cadbury Mini Eggs Short Bread Cookies

Yes, you read that right…. I couldn’t believe my eyes when my friend Lucky tweeted about these little delicious morsels. I knew right away I had to make them. I even told her that I would ship her some! :) I mean how could I not? She is after all my “supplier”!

The recipe can be found on super fantastic The Happy Baker Chick Blog

I headed on over to my local grocery store to stock up on some flour, butter, icing sugar, etc…. OH and Cadbury Mini Eggs!!!!

Coming up are the pics of of the awesomeness that I made tonight.

My Mini Eggs and my smashing tool