Yummy Rocky Road Cake!!

So, tonight I helped my mom to make one of her infamous Rocky Road Cakes to take with her to work.

The recipe? Simple, odd, but SO delicious!!!

Ingredients:
1 box Devil's Food Cake Mix
4 Eggs
1 cup Mayo
1 cup Water
1 cup Chocolate Chips
1 cup Chopped Walnuts
1 cup Mini Marshmallows


1. Preheat oven to 350
2. Grease and flour bunt cake pan
3. Mix cake mix, eggs, and mayo very well, adding in the water as you go.
4. Stir in the walnuts, chocolate chips, and marshmallows by hand.
5. Pour batter evenly into bunt pan.
6. Bake at 350 for 50 minutes (or until done - ie toothpick comes out clean.)
7. Cool cake, then remove from the pan and dust with powdered sugar.
8. SERVE AND ENJOY!!!!!

Hope you like it!!
~Katie

Garlic Shrimp

Well, tonight was another cooking night. But hey, this I have made before!!!
This was done for 2 people. ^__^.

Ingredients:
1/2lb small shrimp, raw, deveined and peeled
some butter or spread or something
some olive oil
garlic in some form, either cloves (minced) or garlic powder and garlic salt.

Alrighty. Put the water on to boil first, this doesn't take long at all.
*If you are using raw garlic, heat up the shrimp pan and cook the minced garlic (I'd say a clove, maybe 2 if they're small) with a little bit of olive oil.
*If you are using garlic salt/garlic powder combination, we'll go from there.

Heat that pan up (if it isn't already with the minced garlic) and add a few nice pats of butter. Once that has melted, add the shrimp, trying to distribute them evenly on the pan. Sprinkle liberally with garlic salt and garlic powder.
Once one side is cooked, stir them up and sprinkle again with garlic salt and garlic powder. Yes, it's alot of butter and alot of garlic... but keep in mind, you're using this to flavor the pasta as well.

If you've timed this right, you should be putting the pasta into the water just before you add shrimp to the pan. I used linguine. I used a little bit of olive oil after I drained the pasta, then spooned out servings of shrimp and poured the butter/garlic sauce over the pasta.

For a side, I microwaved 1/2 bag of frozen broccoli florets with a little bit of water and garlic salt for about 5 minutes and let it sit. Then I just split it between the plates.

It's a really quick, tasty meal, to be honest. And you CAN use pre-cooked shrimp, as long as they are defrosted - they just cook VERY VERY QUICKLY or else they go all rubbery! So, please...raw if ya can!!!

Oh, and a little parmesan cheese never hurt anybody as a topper!

And, of course, if you are a total garlic nut, feel free to add more to taste. :)

Enjoy!
~Katie

Teriyaki Chicken and Fried Rice

Well, it's raid night tonight so I went with something quick, simple, and tasty.

Teriyaki Chicken (for 2, but easily enlarged!)

Ingredients:
2 chicken breasts...but thighs work, too!
Soy Sauce
Honey
Ground Ginger
Pepper
Garlic Salt
Olive Ol


Cut the chicken into cubes. Don' have to be fancy or precise... think bite-sized pieces. But! Keep in mind... the smaller the pieces, the shorter the cooking time.

Turn the fire on medium, add the olive oil, and let the pan heat up. When it's warm, add the chicken. Now, add the soy sauce - pour over the chicken until you can smell it. (At least, that's what I did...) Drizzle honey over the chicken.. it looked maybe a tablespoon? Two? Not sure, I just poured. Now, for the ground ginger, just tap the shaker 4 times. Should do it. Lightly sprinkle the garlic salt, then add a few grinds of pepper. No, I wasn't counting or measuring. I never do, I'm sorry!!! You shouldn't be able to smell the garlic, and only smell a hint of the ginger.

Let the chicken cook over medium heat, moving them around, til they're cooked thoroughly. Should be a little sauce left in the pan to pour over the chicken. Tahdah. Easy! :)


Fried Rice (fed 2 hungry ladies!!)

Ingredients:
1 bag of Uncle Ben's 10 minute rice, boiled as per package directions. (I went 12 minutes. Meh.)
handful of frozen peas
4 baby carrots, chopped
about a handful of onion, chopped
1 egg


Alrighty. Once the rice is cooked, dump out the water. and empty the rice into the pot.

Now, I started the veggies when I started the chicken. Just heated up a pan, added some olive oil to coat the bottom, then dumped in the veggies, tossed in a LITTLE soy sauce (not much), and stirred them.

Then I covered them and stirred occasionally over medium-low heat. :) The goal is to caramelize the onions.

Once the veggies are cooked, dump them on top of the rice. Now, while the pan is still hot, add a tiny bit of oil if necessary, and add the egg. Scramble that sucker!

After the egg is scrambled, add it to the rice and veggies. Add more soy sauce ( for flavor and to color the rice), a shake or 2 of garlic salt, and sesame seeds IF you have them. (of not, don't fret), then mix it up.

Dish and serve, with the chicken on the side! Yummy!!