Thursday, November 18, 2010

carbonara


so ive been wanting to cook for Russ more lately..... and I saw a recipe for a traditional carbonara pasta in rachel ray's magazine. The one in the mag was done with bacon, and I did mine with chicken. It turned out pretty delish =) tough part was addin the egg yolks to the hot pasta at the end without them cooking/clumping. Bon appetit!!!

Sunday, November 14, 2010

tattoos.... body works in PROGRESS










Tahoe weekend.momma pilot

I spent the weekend up here in Tahoe this weekend with my parents. My mom flew us up here in Little Miss Rocket with dad as co-pilot! Very exciting!!! The flight up was fabulous.... very smoothe.....! However, the weather in Tahoe is known to change very quickly..... so we werent able to fly out today! Thus begins my trip down to Reno and into SFO.....

Little Miss rocket:




comin in for landing in Truckee....



we made it!! Perfect landing by Mama....



bathroom photo at airport.... gotta show off the new do =)



Was beautiful when we arrived at our cabin....



BUT..... you can see how fast and drastically the mountain weather changes!!!!


Baked egg and ham souffle in Tahoe!

Whenever the holidays come around I get a wild hair to start cooking! My mom had an issue of Bon Appetit laying around... and it inspired me to make a delicious egg/bacon souffle that they had featured. I was missing a few of the ingredients... but I was able to improvise and it turned out to be absolutely delectable!! My dad was asking me to make more, and I think all three of us (mom, dad, me) finished within 5 minutes. I was lucky enough to use the pretty new ramikens my mother had purchased.

Here is the recipe that I used (I tweaked quite a few things to work with what I had in the kitchen....):
*Ingredients:
3 egg muffin halves
5 ounces of spinach
5 slices of ham (or bacon)
goat cheese
6 eggs

*Directions:
-Preheat oven to 400
-Put ham in large sauce pan and cook on medium until crispy. Place ham aside
-throw spinach in pan and cook for about 2 minutes, until warmed.
-Place egg muffin half in bottom of each ramekin
-sprinkle spinach evenly over each muffin
-sprinkle ham and goat cheese on top of spinach
-form a well with a fork in the middle of each cup to put the eggs in.
-Crack 2 eggs into each well of each cup, and place in the oven, directly on rack.
-Cook for 15-18 minutes, until the whites are cooked, but the yolks are still a bit runny.
DONE!!!