Cooking Creations.

The kitchen and I have never been terribly close.
Whenever I attempted to make anything, things never went quite according to plan.
Making mac and cheese set a dish towel on fire. Heating a pop tart set a fire in the toaster oven. Those types of things...

But restrictions can change people.
Not allowed to cook for two years, I now want to cook EVERYTHING.

I have been following a blog called Closet Cooking.
I want to make every recipe on it.

 Carmelized Mushroom and Onion Pizza

I couldn't find an puff pastry so I just threw it on pita bread with alfredo sauce.

Ingredients: pita bread. onion. mushroom. parsley. gorgonzola.

My Additions: alfredo sauce. mozzarella.

This is such a great way to make delicious caramelized onion and mushroom that can be used for anything. I want to try it with mashed potatoes next.

-1- Heat 1tbsp oil. 

-2- Add 1 onion chopped and cook till caramelize (~20min) 

-3- Add 1tbsp butter and melt. 

-4- Add 1 pound chopped mushroom and saute till caramelize (~20min) 

-5- Add 1 chopped clove of garlic and 1/2 tsp thyme chopped. 

-6- Season with salt and pepper. 

-7- Add 1/4 cup white wine. Deglaze and cook until evaporate.

Then... just throw everything on pita and bake in toaster oven or microwave.

Spinach Pesto Grilled Cheese Sandwich

Food processors are awesome! Pesto making is such a breeze.

Herbal Chicken Soup

Everyone around me was sick with something. So just for preventative measures I asked my mother for her herbal chicken soup. Too bad I couldn't find any of her suggested ingredients.

Mom's Ingredients: organic chicken. 15 slices of ginseng.

My Ingredients: black chicken. ginger. wolfberries.

 Cut up chicken. Throw all ingredients into pot and cook in 4 cups of water. 

Let simmer for a very long time. I left it in slow cooker over night. Drink the broth. Not bad.