Again not food.. but good pictures in movie format!!

Here is a video i made with some pictures taken on our family trip in 2009 at some of the National Parks out west!

Enjoy!!

Here is my powerpoint for my Education Technology class.. it has nothing to do with food or making food.. i guess it could be where food comes from.. but most people don't eat lion or tiger. so enjoy!!

Michelle myerspowerpoint animal_kingdom

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another tasty desert!

I think creme brulee is a really tasty and easy desert. It's a custard with a crunchy torched sugar crust on top. I found my recipe in an old edition of the magazine Fine Cooking, you can also get the recipe if you register at their website. The great thing about the recipe they had was that you could subsitute the flavor really easily. If you don't want the traditional vanilla use orange zest and juice or caramel flavoring. The key to the brulee though is the torching process. Fine Cooking has provided the video to teach how it is done so that in the end there is a delicious desert waiting for you.

It is on my dinner table tonight!

A little desert temptation for the table.. yummy!!

Here is one of my favorite deserts that i've come across in the many recipes i've gone through. I found this one on the back of a bag of Ghirardelli chocolate. Here they leave the recipes online for everyone to use, so helpful!! I've made this desert several times, always a hit and so yummy! After the first few times I started mixing up the chocolate a little and using some of the Ghirardelli chocolate with some zest or vanilla flavors already in the bars. Gives it a little hint of some other flavors other than the rice chocolate. Just try things out, if you think it might be good well it probably will be.

Recently at my kitchen table i dabbled with a recipe i found through the Food Network channel/website. Specifically it was from a new food network chef's show called Aarti's Party. The dish I worked with was called 'I ain't chicken chicken: crispy roasted chicken breasts with orange and cardamom.' I find one of the best reasons to make use of these recipes found online is that you can look through reviews to see what has worked or not worked for people. In this case i was glad i did because the recipe says to cook the chicken at 500F for around 30 minutes, and putting butter under the chicken skin and in the oven at that hot causes a ton of smoke. What I did was lowered the cooking temp to arond 415F and just cooked the chicken a little longer, for about 45 minutes. It was sure delicious. I will definately save this recipe for another day!! Good job Aarti!!

An easy fav of mine

When I am pretty lazy I have staple side dishes I usually can throw together without thinking about them. Here are my two favorites. Whenever I have a lot of fresh veggies and not a lot of energy I usually do a simple stir-fry with them. Get them all cut up however you like. Put them in the skillet on medium to medium-high with a little oil. If you want to season the oil first with a little garlic and onion in the oil before you add the veggies even more flavor will come out of the dish. I have a basic season salt made from scratch with all kinds of herbs, rosemary, sage, basil, salt, pepper, garlic salt, there are so many things in it i can't remember them all. I use that to season the veggies as they are cooking. The key for me with i cook veggies is to not overcook them because the most nutrients are in veggies when they are raw, so i cook mine so they are still a little crisp.

The second staple in my lazy side dish section are baked rosemary potatoes. The key to this dish is to have a heavy duty iron skillet and some small red potatoes. Really you can use any potato but i prefer the small red ones. Just pour some oil in the iron skillet to cover the bottom. Then you pick out some seasoning for the potatoes and spread it all over the oil. The real recipe uses fresh rosemary and sea salt for crunch, but as i've experimented with the recipe i've found you can use just about any seasoning from cajun to garlic to steak seasonings.. just mix it up! I always use garlic and salt, and usually like to throw in some cajun or italian seasonings. You cut the potatoes in halves and lay them cut side down in the oil. Put them in the oven at around 400F and forget about them for 20-30 minutes. When you pull them out they will be nicely flavored and crunchy. A nice little change from french fries, i'd say.

In this picture above I paired my easy side dishes with some steak little grilled with sauteed mushrooms on top!! What an easy delish meal!!

Here i am. I enjoy eating as well as cooking. Every week I try to experiment with new and different recipes. I want to share my cooking extravaganza's and hopefully will find some really delish food.