Apple butter

 I made this apple butter in my crockpot. While it cooked, my apartment smelled amazing!

From: October 7, 2012

Chicken, Spinach, Pesto Lasagna

I got this recipe off a bag of mozzarella cheese I bought. Overall not bad, although not as spectacular as I'd hoped. Part of it might be my pesto. This was made from some fairly sub-par basil leaves. I might have added too much pesto too. Anyway, overall not bad, but not my favorite thing ever. But glad I tried it!

From October 2, 2012

Chili

First pot of chili of the fall! Perfect for this drizzly night. I love soup season!

From October 1, 2012

Caprese Chicken

I got this recipe off a food blog I follow. I made the pesto fresh. It was pretty good, although this time around I put way too much garlic in my pesto. Anyway, I wanted my garlic bread to also be a little toastier, but turns out my oven thermometer blew out when I attempted to change it over to broil. It has since been fixed.

From September 21, 2012

Creamy Pesto Pasta with Vegetables

Kind of made this up. I made a creamy white sauce with a roux (sauteed onions in olive oil and then added a little flour and milk) and added more of my leftover pesto to make the creamy sauce a pesto sauce. Wasn't sure this was going to work, but turned out very good. Also added some green-can parmesan and tossed in some hot pasta. And then threw on some steamed vegetables and sprinkled with fresh parmesan because that's just what I do.

From September 3, 2012

Pesto stuffed chicken breast

This is the best thing I've made in awhile. I made this recipe up. First I made some pesto in my relatively-new mini food processor. (I make a pretty simple, semi-lightened up version of pesto. I didn't have nuts, so I left them out and I use very little oil. I think most pesto recipes are way too oily.) I then mixed some of the pesto with a wedge of regular laughing cow cheese, and mixed in a little Parmesan cheese just because. I cut the chicken breast open on the side, creating like a pocket, and stuffed the pesto/cheese mixture in there. Closed it with a toothpick, and rolled it in some crunched up croutons I'm trying to get rid of. I was in heaven while I ate it.

From September 2, 2012

Laughing Cow Chicken

You can't tell, but this chicken is stuffed with garlic and herb laughing cow cheese. It had a good flavor. However, I think my breadcrumbs are a little bit stale. The dish probably would have tasted better if those had been a bit fresher.

From August 31, 2012