Blueberry Muffins...

that are so good I don't have to go to the bakery to buy them again. I also do not have to use any box mixes again. Lower sodium and I know what is going into my muffins! They were fantastic! I do not have a picture, but that is probably a good thing. Licking the screen tends to ruin your computer...

Salmon

So Josh and I decided to eat healthy. Oh boy...I just can't tell you how excited I am about this (it is a shame you can't hear sarcasm through the computer). The first meal I made was actually pretty tasty. It was salmon fillets with a sauce that is made with the juice of one orange, ginger, garlic, chopped green onions, and some tamari. I served it over fresh spinach leaves, with a side of steamed squash. It was actually really yummy, and Josh LOVED it. So without further ado here is a pic:

I made Sushi

So my first attempt at sushi came out ok. It looks like a sushi roll at least and it tasted good, not exactly like I wanted, but edible. This is also the first food I am posting that was made in the new kitchen. So here it is:

Strawberry Rhubarb Pie

So I have been very lapse in my baking and my posting. Last weekend I made a Strawberry Rhubarb pie for the first time, and it was good. WHy have I not been eating this wonderful pie until now. The sweet and the bitter blend together to make deliciousness in your mouth. Next time I will be sure to make some homemade whip cream to go along with it. Here are some pics:



I can't wait to move to our new apartment. It will just be a galley kitchen, but it will have tons more counter space, and none of it will have to be taken up by the dish rack because there will be a dishwasher!! Yeah I have missed having a dishwasher SOOOO much. It will make cooking so much easier, especially the cleaning.

Banana Bread

So what do you do when you have left over bananas that are to ripe to eat? Why you make banana bread of course! Well at least I do. I have not had much time to be in the kitchen since I started grad school, but I found time this morning. I hate to throw anything out if I can use it to bake so I whipped up an easy banana bread (sans nuts, I don't like nuts in my banana bread). Then later in the day I made up some chili. I have a picture of the banana bread that I will post later.

Sunday dinner 1/20/2008

Okay so i should work on the titles of my blogs. For dinner this Sunday we had ham, chard, butternut squash and corn. I was aiming for a colorful, well rounded plate. I think I accomplished it. The only thing is, and I don't say this to sound cocky, but the ham I made was better then this one. This time around the ham was fully cooked and spiral sliced out of the package, so all I had to do was warm it up. If at all possible, whenever making ham in the future I will try to get an uncooked ham. So here are pics:

Here is the red chard all ready to go into the pan. I had never had chard before, so this was a new experience. I chose to sautee it in olive oil and crushed garlic. It came out well, but it is a bitter tasting green.



Here it is all done:



I also made butternut squash for the first time (yeah I was feeling adventurous with my cooking today). It came out really well. I boiled it and the melted in some butter and brown sugar:



Finally the finished plate:



Desert will be cake since tomorrow is Josh's birthday. I have become enchanted with the idea of Sunday dinners. They were not something that my family really did. We had a day during the week where we would go over to my grandparents house and have dinner though, usually fajitas and Dove bars. I loved those dinners. So Sunday dinners are starting to become a every week thing this winter. Josh says he looks forward to them because they are always so good. I look forward to it because I get to cook all day. I know some people would think that it is insane that I think that much time in the kitchen is fun, but at the moment it releases stress and makes me happy.

Ham

I attempted a ham on New Year's day. It was the first ham I have ever cooked. I even used Coke as part of the marinade, with some brown sugar, and pineapple juice.

Here is the ham pre oven. It looks naked but it has cloves on it, so there is no need to blush:





And here it is all done:



It was cooked perfectly and tasted good. Josh wants me to make another one this week so I have succeeded with ham!! Hopefully it was not just a one time thing.