A blog post is LONG overdue! I've been waiting to do a food-related post for quite some time now, but now I've waited TOO long and have too many dishes I want to blog about! I'd feel silly sharing 6 or 7 different recipes! So, where do I begin?
Let's start with a picture parade of various meals I've created over the past few months. It's amazing what a hungry college kid with an awesome kitchen and desire to eat can do!
{chicken apple salad sandwich on toasted cinnamon raisin bread}
{chicken and dumpling crockpot delishesness}
...this came in handy the night our power was knocked out by the snow in January! It ended up feeding all of my housemates when no one else could cook!
{homemade croutons on a caesar salad}
{homemade teriyaki bowl with steamed veggies and brown rice :: almost good enough to compete with Tokyo Joes from home!}
{chicken fried rice and pork potstickers with dipping sauce}
{stuffed chicken breast [from safeway] prepared with roasted asparagus and baked cinnamon apple}
{PEANUT BUTTER SHEET CAKE! Lord have mercy!}
Because I know the last picture has everyone drooling, and probably asking, "How can I make something that delicious {and artery-clogging} for myself," I'll include the recipe. *WARNING* Read at your own risk. Once you look, you can never go back...the ingredients are simply gluttonous and sinful.
Peanut Butter Sheet Cake
Recipe from the kitchen and heart of the lovely Donna Humble...aka my wonderful friend Karrah's "Sheetcake Grandma" How I miss both of those ladies!
Cake Ingredients:
2 cups flour
2 cups sugar
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 cup shortening
3/4 cup butter (1 1/2 sticks)
1/2 cup peanut butter (creamy or crunchy. I'm a texture nut, so I ADORE crunchy)
1 cup water
2 eggs
1/2 cup buttermilk (trick...if you don't have buttermilk, just as a 1/2 Tablespoon of vinegar to the 1/2 cup of milk and let it sit for 5 min.)
1 tsp. vanilla
Directions:
Preheat over to 350. Sift dry ingredients. Bring to a boil shortening, butter, peanut butter, and water (boil, but do not leave unattended. You don't want this to burn!) Pour boiled mixture over dry ingredients. Mix well. Add buttermilk, eggs, and vanilla. Mix well! Bake for 15-20 min. in a greased sheet cake pan.
***My tip for greasing your pan: Combine equal amounts of oil, shortening, and flour. Mix well to create paste. Slather in pan with a brush and you'll never have a cake that sticks ever again!!!***
Icing Ingredients:
1/2 cup crunchy peanut butter
1 tsp. vanilla
1 stick butter
1 lb. powdered sugar
1/3 cup milk
Directions:
Ingredients to a boil and add powdered sugar. Pour over cake and spread, frosting cake while hot.
Go forth and clog those arteries! I promise...once you take a bite of this stuff, you WON'T be able to stop yourself! Donna has created one deadly recipe! Those Oklahoma women...they know just how to fatten you up with homestyle cookin! =)
