Erin cooks!

chicken tortilla soup:

We made these cupcakes for the Derby Day / May the Forth Be with you party this weekend.  easy and cute. we attached the oreos with toothpicks broken in half. Sadly, the oreos got REALLY soft overnight. Using hearts for the lips really made these come together.

(via Quick and Easy Green Chile Chicken Enchilada Casserole Recipe - Allrecipes.com)

We followed the basic recipe but then made some changes based on the comments. We used Pepper jack and colby jack cheese. We added sauted yellow onions, red onions and bell peppers to the chicken and stired in the sour cream and some chicken taco seasoning. We started with a roasted chicken instead of roasting our own. This turned out fantastic!

(via Egg Muffins and Lifestyle changes (A 4 hour body recipe))

These were easy and tasty.  I’d definitely make them again!

roast poblano peppers (via lemon poblano mac and cheese)

I liked this one. We made a non-vegan version with regular cheese, regular butter and pasta that was full of gluten. I thought the lemon was nice but Will found it a bit overpowering. Also it curdled the sauce a bit when we put it in, so maybe next time we’ll just use zest.

(via Nutella & Banana Dessert Whip)

This was easy and tasty. I’d like to tweak this recipe and see if you could make a healthy mouse with a banana base…

(via www.isi-recipes.us - batters)

I thought these tasted AWFUL! I liked the idea, but not the result. Next time I’ll try with my own pancake recipe intead

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With will’s new ISI Cream Whipper we made some of these. We forgot to heat up the espuma and it turned out fine. We’ll try it again properly next time. I found i liked the whipped topping over ginger beer instead of over a strong cocktail.

Salted Caramel Chocolate Chip Cookies

These were a huge hit! I think you could use your favorite chocolate chip cookie recipe and then modify it by a) using less chocolate chips than normal — about half as much b) adding caramel. Per the recipe you open up kraft carmel squares and cut them into 5-6 pieces and then put 5-6 pieces on top of each cookie once you’ve scooped them on to the cookie sheet. I found cooking on silpat was great since the caramel leaked a bit. SO GOOD!

(via Sweet & Spicy Mango Fajitas Homemade Fajita Seasoning Mix Recipe)

This was DELICIOUS. Only change i would make is to omit the jalapeño  But that’s just because i got some on my fingers and then on my class, so my lips kept burning and then every time i drank water i’d get MORE of the oil on my lips. Then despite 5+ hand washings, I stil had some on my fingers when I took out my contacts and that was a disaster. But delicious dinner!!

(via Vegan Cake Batter Ice Cream - Munchin with Munchkin

I have had some 1 ingredient banana ‘Ice cream’ i liked, but this i was only so so on. I think i put too much almond extract in. And I think maybe i should use less ripe bananas for it. That said i had no trouble finishing my bowl :)

Bitmann’s chinese chicken with Bok Choy. I used the recipe from 4 Hour Chef. Even though i steamed it for 15 minutes per the instruction I think that was too long. Next time I’ll check it sooner. The sauce was fantastic, but a little oily for my preferences…

(via Shaved Brussels Sprout Salad | Love and Olive Oil)

This was delicious! I will definitely be making this again. 

(via Lemon Blueberry Clafoutis - Food Doodles)

This turned out beautiful but didn’t blow me away taste wise. I think I’d try another recipe next time.