Farmer's Market

So every payday they hold a farmer's market here at school. I must say, it is the best things in the entire world!

Especially when you live in Hawaii and everything is expensive...

After putting away my bundles of grocery's, I realized that I more than likely am taking up about half of the space in our fridge in our dorm kitchen. Oops?

What can I say, I love to cook.

In fact, that's the whole reason as to why I'm behind on my homework and I have no money. All my time and money seems to be dedicated to food. I wish there was a way for me to do this all the time. Culinary school is just too expensive though.

Cooking is my passion though, and I will do it always.

I cook when I'm happy.
I cook when I'm sad.
I cook when I'm angry.
I cook when I'm depressed.
I cook when I'm feeling on top of the world.

So that results in me cooking all the time. Which I don't mind at all.

I wish I had more money to buy food to make whatever I want. That's not happening anytime soon though. I will be back on the mainland next month though, and I will be making all my own meals, and I'll have more money to spend, and I won't have to worry about school :)

I should probably sleep now. I have to get up early to make doughnuts for someone.

Yours till the cookie crumbles

Banana Fanna Fo Fanna

I know this post took forever. But school has been ridiculous. Like completely craziness. Here is the wonderful recipe for banana bread that Lucy helped me cook :) It's absolutely delicious :)

So. I love making bread. The only problem is half the time you spend letting it rise. But with this though you don't have to wait. You just mix and cook.

3 or 4 overripe bananas

1 ¼ cups sugar

¼ pound (1 stick) unsalted butter, melted and slightly cooled

2 eggs, at room temperature

1 teaspoon vanilla

1 ½ cups all purpose flour

½ teaspoon kosher salt

1 ½ teaspoons baking soda

½ cup chopped toasted walnuts (optional)

1.Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease a 9x5x3 inch loaf pan. 

2. Place the bananas and sugar in mixer bowl and whip the heck out of them, about 2 or 3 minutes (I just used a fork cause I don't have a mixer and I couldn't find my whisk. It's alright if it's a little chunky)

3. Add the butter, eggs, and vanilla, whipping well and scraping down the sides of the bowl before each addition. 

4. Scrape down the sides of the bowl, add the flour, salt, baking soda, and nuts, if using, and mix to combine. 

5. Pour into the prepared pan and transfer to the oven. Bake until golden brown and firm in the center, about 1 hour.

If you carry this down your dorm hall, you will have followers, I found this out when I was taking upstairs to my friends room :)

Hot Jambalaya!

So I got bored this afternoon. So I went to Foodland. I splurged and decided to make Jambalaya. This is one of the easiest dinner meals to make. I absolutely love it J

I’m going to be lazy and just copy and paste the recipe…Oh and if  you don’t like shrimp, you can just substitute more smoked sausage, that’s what I do when the friends I’m cooking for don’t like shrimp.

Pictures up soon! I just wanted to get this one up :)

2 cups uncooked parboiled rice (Uncle Ben’s)

2 lbs raw shrimp, peeled and cleaned

1 lb smoked sausage, sliced

1 can French Onion soup

1 can Beef Consumme

1 8 oz can sliced mushrooms, drained

1 stick butter

½ cup chopped green onion

1 8 oz can tomato sauce

Pepper, Thyme, Bay leaf to taste

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

2. Combine all ingredients in a kettle or oven proof pot and mix well.

3. Bake, uncovered, at 350 degrees at least 1 ½ hours, checking rice for doneness and stirring pot after 1 hour.

Cup Noodles

Everyone can't wait to get away from home to live it up in college. But guess what, there are some things that aren't all they cracked up too be. The food for instance.

 My college food is even worse than it was in high school, which leads me to find alternative sources for food. From your typical fast food (good old Mickey D's, Pizza Hut, and Taco Bell) to the more common food for college students. Cup Noodles.

Cup Noodles are easy to make and inexpensive. And there is the wide variety of flavors! Well kind of...the most common ones are shrimp, chicken, and beef. I myself prefer the shrimp, except when the shrimp somehow manages to get burned in the microwave. Yes it is possible.

I myself love to cook, and luckily we do have a kitchen within our dorm, though it's not open all hours. I plan on posting recipes to hopefully make your college eating experience better than the cafeteria food or just cup noodles.

My friends have offered to help in this experiment to see what all I make by testing it out and they will also let you know how it goes :)

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