GeorgiaThis week I chose comfort food. Cooler weather always makes me think of those foods that give me the warm fuzzies. This is probably my favorite comfort food meal.. healthy-ish Parmesan chicken and mashed potatoes The chicken is pretty easy. breadcrumbs, eggs, flour, Parmesan and whatever herbs and spices. dredge in flour, then egg then breadcrumbs. Fry up in a med hot pan of olive oil. brown on both sides. Bake in 350 oven for about 30 minutes. Mashed potatoes any way you like. A bowl of salad and we had a complete warm fuzzy meal JenJen's hoping to have her comfort food later. If not.. We will look forward to her contribution next week AmyGrowing up one of my favorite comfort foods was milk gravy and toast. Mom always made the gravy in a cast iron skillet using flour, milk and bacon drippings. Slap that good shit on buttered toast and viola! It wasn't until I was older that I discovered the rest of the world uses sausage in their gravy and it smothers biscuits. Okay so....Mom couldn't bake biscuits to save her life. Bless her. I don't know why she went with bacon drippings over using sausage. Maybe bacon was cheaper or maybe because of rationing during WW2 it was a way of stretching out what little food families could get. Most in the south save bacon drippings in a coffee can for later use. So this is a fairly logical theory. Either way, milk gravy and toast was my favorite thing that Mom cooked. I will sometimes make it as Mom did when I want some comfort. But seriously, biscuits and gravy is where it's at. Last week I received a belated birthday gift from Georgia. From Crook to Cook: Platinum Recipes from Tha Boss Dogg's Kichen by Snoop Dogg. Naturally everyone thinks two things: recipes containing weed or inspired when Snoop was baked and had the munchies. The other thing recipes from the hood. Someone asked if there's a recipe from jailhouse burritos. Jailhouse burritos are a thing, an ex-con introduced me to these completely unhealthy yet delectable treats. All of this aside, Snoop takes his food rather seriously. Yes, there is a brownie recipe and Uncle Snoop does mention that you can add his special blend of herbs and spices if you so desire. And there are a handful of OG recipes such as Spaghetti de la Hood (Which I made and give a 3 forks and knives rating) but there are other recipes such as cinnamon rolls with a bourbon glaze and seared filet mignon. The man loves food. And there is a recipe for biscuits and gravy. This version stood out because there are a couple of ingredients I had not heard of using until now. Nothing exotic but game changers all the same. Without further ado, I give you: Biscuits with Tha Thickness Gravy By Snoop Dogg (Note: some call this Southern food others refer to it as Soul food. Both are correct! And it all just means delicious to me.-A) Snoop's notes are a delight. On this recipe Snoop warns," This ain't for THE MEEK. It'll put your ass right back to sleep." NikitaNow tell me this cute dish made of heart-shaped Egg-In-A-Hole Toast and Strawberry Jam Toast does not warm your heart?! I bought some new cookie cutters (101 Cookie Cutters) to be exact - Only $15! This idea popped into my head when making Christopher breakfast before the big game. He said it was the best toast he has ever eaten. Secret Ingredient: Butter! I melted a TON of butter in the pan and placed the toast (with heart-shaped hole) into the pan to soak it up and brown a little. Then the egg was dropped in. I have to admit that it WAS very yummy and adorable. It warmed me up this morning, so I was ready to cheer on my soccer star. BTW....we won 3-2. Great game! We all have that one food that gives us the warm fuzzies
From Amy's great memories of milk gravy and toast (we all had a way of tearing the toast just right before covering in the gravy) to mashed potatoes (even now it's the one thing I want when I'm not feeling well) to Nikita's Egg in a Hole All so yummy and made with love Until next week, Georgia, Jen, Amy and Nikita
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