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The Ugly Sugar Cookie

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With Christmas quickly approaching, we of course want to give you the traditional sugar cookie recipe! However, I want to warn you: I recently discovered that I’m not cut out for cutting out cookies. Therefore, I’ve dubbed these cookies the ugly sugar cookies. They’re delicious, I just can’t make them look quite like they should. You may have better luck than me, but either way they’re really fun to make!

  • 2/3 cup softened butter
  • 3/4 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tbsp milk
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 2 cups flour

Whip butter for 30 seconds, then add sugar, baking powder, and salt. Once combined, add in egg, milk and vanilla. Slowly add in flour. Chill dough for 30 minutes (it can be hard to handle if it’s too warm and soft.) 

On a floured surface, roll the dough to 1/8 inch thick (ie. thin), and start having some fun with the cookie cutters! (I got my cutters from Williams Sonoma – it comes with three cookie cutters and letters which makes for some interesting DIY messages.) Bake at 375 degrees for about 9-10 minutes or until edges are golden brown. Move to a wire rack and let cool.

Ugly Sugar Cookie

Happy Eating, XO.

The Lazy Man’s Tuna Noodle Casserole

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This casserole is one of my favorite go-to recipes on a work night. It takes just a few minutes of prep time, and by the time I change in to sweats, pop open a bottle of red wine and turn on the TV it’s just about done.

Main ingredients

  • 1 can of tuna
  • 1 small can of cream of mushroom soup
  • 2 cups cheddar cheese
  • 1/4 cup melted butter
  • 2 tbsp of chopped dried onion
  • 1 cup milk
  • 1 bag of extra wide noodles

Topping

  • 1 cup Italian bread crumbs (depending on the size of the dish you’re putting it it, you can always use more. I usually eyeball it)
  • 1/4 cup melted butter

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and cook noodles per the package. Mix tuna, mushroom soup, cheese, butter, onion and noodles together. Pour the mixture into a casserole dish and slowly add milk.

For the toppings, brown your bread crumbs with the butter in a small pan on medium heat. (Be careful not to burn them! They don’t take long to brown.). Sprinkle the breadcrumbs over the tuna mix and bake for 45 minutes.

tuna noodle casserole

Happy Eating, XO

Chip Chop

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Anyone wonder why when something is needed quickly, people say “chip chop”? Regardless, this pork chop recipe cooks in a jiffy! (Again don’t know where the word jiffy even came from?) Its a simple week night dinner that doesn’t require any prep work. I grabbed some pork chops on the way home from work and had dinner on the table in no time. No, you can’t sub for chicken or fish on this one. I hear the word on the street is that apple sauce only marries pork, so my apologies if you don’t eat the whitest red meat.

 

Also, let’s get interactive here, what are some good sides that go with pork chops? Give me suggestions on accompaniments for this dish! Email us: damndelish@gmail.com on what you would serve with this dinner. Pasta? Rice? Potatoes? No starch and just veggies? Would LOVE to hear from the readers. Jess and Sonia are lonely emailing just one another. Ok back to food, go make this one, its precious. (total prep & cook time is only 20 minutes!)
  • 2 1/2 cups of applesauce (The original calls for 4 cups and that is WAY excessive. Trust me even with 2 1/2 you will have plenty leftover, plus if you don’t want to take my word for it, know that 2 1/2 cups is pretty much an entire small jar anyway).
  • 2 onions (Original recipe calls for 1 onion so that should be fine, but I increased it since they cook down a lot).
  • 1 1/2 cups of white wine (I had some left over from the fancy pants chicken piccata recipe)
  • 4 (1-inch thick) pork chops
  • 3 tbsp. butter
Season pork chops with salt and pepper generously & place in a large skillet over medium-high heat. In the spaces between the chops, add the butter and onions. (you are going to need a pretty big pan by the way, I switched half way through because mine wasn’t big enough) Cook and stir the onions while the first side of the chops cook until browned, 5 to 7 minutes. Turn the chops and continue cooking until the no longer pink in the center, 5 to 7 minutes more. Pour white wine into the skillet; bring to a boil while scraping the browned bits of food off of the bottom of the pan (this is what Food Network calls de-glazing the pan. Go ahead, show off, use it in conversation some time to act like you are a culinary king). Stir applesauce through the onion and wine mixture. Simmer until the liquid thickens somewhat, about 5 minutes. Plate the pork chops and top with the apple and onion mixture to serve. Oh and sorry there is no picture, there may or may not have been excessive wine consumption stopping us from remembering to take a photo prior to inhaling our meal.
Editor’s note: I did enjoy how quick and easy this was, but I also felt as if something was missing. Try variations on this by adding a pinch of cayenne, cinnamon, & garlic powder to the apple sauce mixture. Remember not to season the chop itself much more since it will burn the outside when searing and leave the inside undercooked. Having said all that, not one person didn’t finish their plate. So maybe don’t mess with it-keep it a simple & clean dish. Just some food for thought. ha get it!?
Happy Eating, XO.

Peach cobbler

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So Jess is the baker out of the two of us. She dazzles at Superbowl with blue moon cupcakes or amps up new years eve with a dazzling champagne cupcakes, and I just eat. It’s not that I don’t enjoy making desserts, I just don’t have a stand mixer or other proper baking appliances, utensils, tools. So this recipe, like the pumpkin muffins or blueberry Danish, is very friendly to the non-baker, baker.

  • 2 cans of peaches (30 oz)
  • Box of yellow cake mix (I know every reader from south of the Mason Dixon line just shuddered, but lets’ just say this is way easier than their method of doing cobbler & still pretty damn delish).
  • 1-2 tbsp brown sugar
  • 1-2 tsp cinnamon
  • 1/4 to 1/2 cup of sliced almonds (or walnuts or pecans…doesn’t matter it was an addition I made to the recipe that added a nice crunch to the topping of the cobbler)
  • 1 stick of melted butter (see that was pretty southern of me)

Dump the peaches (don’t drain, add with juices) in a pan and cover with cake mix (make sure to evenly distribute/coat the peaches because this will ensure even cooking and even soaking up of canned juice). Then drizzle the melted butter & sprinkle the cinnamon/brown sugar/nut mixture last on top.
Bake at 350 degrees for 25-30 min or until golden brown. (I ended up doing mine for 35 min because I wanted the top to crisp up some more so just keep and eye on it & you be the judge on how soft you want it)

Serve a la mode with a scoop of your favorite vanilla ice cream or just dollop with some whipped cream to keep as a warm dessert.
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Check out our Instagram to see the final product! So tasty!

Happy Eating, XO.

Mashed potatoes done right.

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Thanksgiving is exactly 2 weeks away. Don’t act like you forgot. We have FALL everywhere. Notice the red Starbucks’ holiday cups? I know you did. What you may not have noticed is that you need to figure out this food gig for the holiday completely centered around eating. Talk about foodies rejoicing. Anyway, its an overwhelming meal and if you don’t have a game plan, this is an easy way to start. Check out the cranberry sauce recipe too, we are all about hooking you up for the big Turkey day.

  • 1.5 lb. of red skin potatoes
  • 1/2 cup of half & half
  • 2 tbsp. of minced garlic (again I do 3 but I’m a gahhhlliccc addict, nice faux Bahston accent, right?)
  • 2 tbsp. of chopped chives
  • 3 tbsp. of butter
  • Salt & black pepper to taste

Boil potatoes (skin on because I’m lazy, if you hadn’t noticed through most of these quick/easy recipes). While those are cooking, in a separate sauce pan bring the half & half to a boil with the chives, garlic, salt & pepper. Cut the heat immediately once the milk bubbles, we are just trying to heat through not boil or cook.

Drain the potatoes & mash with the butter. (You will notice that the skins just slide off and its edible and it won’t take away from the dish. BUT if you are a hard working home cook then feel free to take the time to peel them prior to boiling). Once thoroughly mashed, add the half & half mixture and whip/stir. This will make the mashed potatoes fluffy and melt in your mouth yum! Plus the chives & garlic will be infused evenly.

Happy Eating, XO.