Butterscotch and Chocolate Chip Cookies with Almond Slices

Ingredients

• 2 1/4 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup shortening
• 3/4 cup white sugar
• 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 tablespoons milk
• 1 to 1 1/2 cups semisweet chocolate chips (add as much as you want. I like a to add a lot)
• 1 cup of butterscotch chips
• 1 cup of sliced almonds (optional or add any nut you prefer)

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
2. Sift together the flour, baking soda and salt, set aside. 
3. In a medium bowl, cream the shortening with the brown sugar and white sugar. Stir in the eggs,vanilla extract and milk. 
4. Then mix in the sifted dry ingredients. 
5. Finally, stir in the chocolate chips, butterscotch chips, and almond chips,
6. Drop cookie dough from a spoon in golf ball sized portions onto a cookie sheet sprayed with non-stick cooking spray. I recommend to bake the cookies for 9 mins the preheated oven because I prefer soft, gooey cookies. Otherwise, you can cook a few minutes longer for crunchier a cookie. Allow cookies to cool for a couple of minutes on the baking sheets before removing to cool completely on wire racks or on a plate. Either works. 

                                                                                 

This recipe will make about two dozen cookies. I usually cut the recipe in half. The cookies are best to eat once room temperature. Enjoy! :) 

Salmon with rice & Corn cucumber salad & Salmon Tartare

I created this one Sunday afternoon with food items in my home. It turned out great.

Salmon with Rice

Rice
1) Cook one cup of rice with two cups of water until cooked
2) Add peas, cilantro, and salt while it cooks to season the rice

Salmon
1) Season fresh, uncooked Salmon with cilantro, salt, and pepper as much as you want
2) Slice onions and peppers. Place in the same cooking dish with the salmon.
3) Season veggies with salt too
4) Pour Olive oil along the top of the veggies and salmon while it cooks
5) Cook the salmon approximately 20 to 30 minutes in the oven

Corn and Cucumber Salad
1) Cook one cob of corn in boiling water. Then, allow the corn to cool and cut off the ear
2) Slice a cucumber into small chucks. Remove the seeds from the cucumber when slicing it
3) Then, make a dressing with the following with half a cup of apple cider vinegar, 2 tsps of salt, 1 tsp of cayenne pepper, a tsp of olive oils.
4) Stir together dressing and veggies. Let the salad marinade in the refrigerator for about a hour.

This salad will serve about three people.  :0)

Tuna Tartare

1) Slice up fresh, uncooked salmon into slivers. This requires a really sharp knife. Make sure to slices the pieces small and thin. I slice up a 1/4 for this recipe.
2) Toss the salmon with a 1 tablespoon of jarred capers, 1 tsp of salt, 1 tsp of rice wine vinegar, and 1 tsp of olive oil. Allow this mixture to marinade for a hour.
3) Serve the mixture on top of a toasted baguette bread. The is a small recipe. Double or triple the recipe to make as much as you want for your meal.

Great recipe to serve for lunch or dinner. Hope you enjoy!

My cooking blog

Well, I have wanted to create a blog for a LONG time. I hope to make a cook book at some point. I have inspired to do this since I was 20. About a month ago, I began writing up some recipes and want to try to continue. I hope my blog will generate interest and people will follow me. My awesome soon-to-be husband posts pictures of my creations on his facebook all the time. I am going to try to post those recipes on my blog and continue to write out my cooking experiences on here.

My long term goal is to open a restaurant. Due to financial issues, this is not going to happen for a while. Maybe if my blog generates interest in my cooking, I could start a food truck and work from there.

Thanks for reading!

Bread, bread and, more bread

Recently, I have tried to make bread. In the past, I have had great success and people have loved my recipe. It is simple.(I will post it once I have a nice loaf to take a picture of). The recipe makes two small loaves and, I cook it as two. I bought this awesome long pan that would make a longer loaf and thought it would work. I was terribly wrong. For people trying to make bread, do not use metal pans specifically with reds outsides. The pan will take in more heat and not help the cooking process of the bread. If you are trying to make bread, I recommend glass dishes. They work the best from my experience.