me make food

So we went to best buy and decided we should pick up something for dinner while we were out. Got to the supermarket and still had no clue what to make. Theresa suggested potato soup and it sounded like a cool thing to make. We have made potato and bacon soup a couple times. Our attempts have been hit and miss. Could not find a smoked ham hock so I decided to pick up some smoked turkey legs. Figured I would try and tweak this one so I put some celery, garlic, onion, peppercorns, bay leaf, and a piece of bacon in the pressure cooker. The broth was intensely flavored.

Made chicken noodle stew a few times recently from roasted chicken leavings. Home made egg noodles in there.

Some pork and skillet fries. Pork had some Penzey Trinidad Style Lemon-Garlic Marinade, which was decent. The potatoes has Penzey Greek Seasoning, which is really good.
I will make a vid of my skillet fries here soon.

This roast fed us all weekend.

This weekend was the first time I have ever made pancakes from scratch. I don’t think I have even made pancakes in the 10 years I have been in my house. Used this recipe

Ingredients

* 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
* 3 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
* 1 teaspoon salt
* 1 tablespoon white sugar
* 1 1/4 cups milk
* 1 egg
* 3 tablespoons butter, melted

I had no clue that there is butter in the mix. Saw that on many recipes. Going to try the Alton Brown ones next. These were pretty darn decent though.

Just wanted to try and make my own egg noodles. Sure, they are cheap, but I googled and made some.

Ingredients

* 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
* 1 pinch salt
* 2 eggs, beaten
* 1/2 cup milk
* 1 tablespoon butter

Directions

1. In a large bowl, stir together the flour and salt. Add the beaten egg, milk, and butter. Knead dough until smooth, about 5 minutes. Let rest in a covered bowl for 10 minutes.
2. On a floured surface, roll out to 1/8 or 1/4 inch thickness. Cut into desired lengths and shapes.
3. Allow to air dry before cooking.
4. To cook fresh pasta, in a large pot with boiling salted water cook until al dente.