PorkChops! :)

So last night I made some homemade pork chops. One of my favorite dishes..
I seasoned the pork chops with salt and pepper. I put some cajun seasoning in my egg mixture and had Italian bread crumb's with flour.  I really don't like frying a lot with grease but if its everyone once in a while I  don't mind.

Pork chops frying up. They are so simple to make and so fast to cook when you have hot grease ready to go.  Next I'm going to try to marinade them over night and see how well that turns out.




I also made some mashed potatoes with this dish. I couldn't get the texture right for a long time. After talking with my mom she informed me to mix just the potatoes and then add everything else. So this time I did just that and it came out great! :)

I didn't do any greens this time.. :/  we've been doing good about it so i thought one night wouldn't hurt us. lol

I just did some canned gravy. :/ i know all this homemade stuff and then a canned graby.. yuck! lol but that is all I had on hand. next time ill be sure to get some stuff to make it all homemade.. :)

The perfect dinner!! :) I can't wait to get into school and start learning some new and hard recipes to bring back to cook for my family!

Grilling Take 2!

So yesterday I had blogged about me trying to grill for the very first time.. and well it didn't go quite as I planned unfortunately. I over cooked the steaks yesterday. I was very disappointed in myself. But I guess i was a new-be on the grill so i can cut me a lil slack. ( a cook is there worst critic)
So tonight i was set out to redeem myself and grill one more steak and some chicken. So I marinaded the chicken in: soy sauce, white wine, mustard, parsley, olive oil, and worcestershire sauce. I only let it marinade for about 7 hours. 
I also did the same potatoes but this time after about 8 mins  I shook them up and turned them around so they could cook on both sides without burning.

For the longest time I could not cook rice perfectly to save my life. I really couldn't understand why I couldn't make it come out right. So after trying 3 times of trying and failing I finally got it right!! :) i was so happy with myself! 

This is my boyfriends

I tried everything and well I have to say it was the BEST steak and chicken I have EVER tasted.. and yes I am my worst critic so when I say that it was the best steak ever! :)  My boyfriend agreed.. I told him I am going to start interviewing him for this blog. since he is the only one I am cooking for on a regular basis right now.

This was my plate..

Grilling..

I decided to grill some steaks, potatoes, and green beans for me and my boyfriend last night for dinner.. It was my very first time grilling! who says it's a mans job.. But it was actually harder than I thought it would be. Turning on the grill was tricky in itself. I was using my boyfriends moms grill and you have to actually light it yourself.. it was kinda scary. lol But it only took about a couple seconds and it was good to go!

I marinaded the steaks in: soy sauce, worcestershire sauce, red wine vinegar, onions, and mustard. I let it sit in the fridge for about 10 hours.  I first cut up my red potatoes into cubes and seasoned them with salt, pepper, and butter. I wrapped them in tinfoil and put them on the grill first. After a few minutes later I put on 3 steaks.


I let them grill on one side for about 8 mins and then flipped them.. they looked so good!! I then finished up my green beans on the stove. I cooked up some bacon and then put the fresh green beans in the bacon grease and added water to let them steam.. I like mine kinda burnt. Thats when they taste the best.
I cooked the steaks just a lil too long! :/ they came out a lil tuff and a lil burnt.. They were still good but i was still disappointed. I wanted them to turn out perfect! but i was reassured by my boyfriend that everything was still very good! :)

This is what the end result was! It was really good, despite the doneness of the steaks. I told my boyfriend I still have one more marinating so i will try again tonight with one more steak and see if i can get it perfect! I will sure be blogging about it as soon as I'm done..

My love for food.

I've decided to start a food blog because I am heading to culinary school this summer, and I thought this could help prepare me. I've been cooking with my mom as long as I could remember. Every time she was in the kitchen I was right by her side watching and learning. I've had the privilege of moving all over the world due to being a military brat. I've gotten to try some awesome food. I love cooking for people and knowing that they love it. I started out loving to cook breakfast food.  I would love to cook: eggs, pancakes, french toast, and waffles. Then I started to branch out to lunch and dinner foods. I love cooking Italian foods. I have yet to try making my own noodles. But I will soon try. Cooking is so relaxing to me. I try to cook something different every night. I lived in Germany for about 3 years, and fell in love with their cooking!
I will continue to blog all through school, with what I'm learning and cooking.
My sister also gave me the brilliant idea that I could also critic some restaurants when I go out to eat.  I'm ready to go out to eat now and start critiquing places and show you some good places to eat..