Holiday cookies you won't want to exchange

It's cookie time!  Here are some easy, NO BAKE, delicious cookies that you can whip together in minutes.  Butterscotch haystacks! 

Ingredients:
10 oz. Chow Mein noodles (these are dry and crunchy, and in the Asian section of your grocery store)
1 bag of butterscotch chips
1 bag of mini marshmallows
3/4 cup creamy peanut butter

Melt the butterscotch in a microwave (2 minutes, then stir, then more heat if necessary).  Stir in the peanut butter til everything is creamy and warm.  Then, gently fold in the noodles and the marshmallows.  Spoon on to a cookie sheet lined with wax paper and throw them into the fridge til everything hardens.  Enjoy!

Stepping up cornbread, the easy eats way

It's chili and soup season, people!  No bowl of warm heaven is complete without some cornbread on the side.  As a Texan and a lazy overachiever, however, I do not stop with a simple cornbread.  I make cheesy jalepeno cornbread.  Delicious with a bit of sass, and it looks impressive even though it takes about 5 minutes to prepare for the oven.

If you have a big group or want leftovers, double the recipe (the recipe makes about 2 dozen muffins).  Ingredients:

2 c. canned cream-style corn
2/3 c. vegetable oil
2 c. dairy sour cream
1 1/2 to 2 c. grated Cheddar cheese
1 (4 oz.) can jalapenos or green chilies, seeded and chopped (most stores have diced canned)
2 pkgs. Jiffy corn bread mix
4 eggs, beaten
1 c. chopped onion

 

Preheat the oven to 350.  Combine everything in a big bowl and mix til uniform.  Grease a muffin tin or cake pan (depending on what you want), and pour.  Bake for 30-45 minutes til a toothpick comes out clean.

 

 

You fancy now

We spent our Thanksgiving in Cape Cod eating lobster, and you are now jealous.

I used to think we were poor because we would only eat lobster once-a-week when we were on the Cape. Oops.

Soooo, I got home and clearly craved more seafood to keep my mini vacation going in my head for as long as possible.  I immediately went to the grocery store, where they overcharged me for a fresh wild-caught swordfish steak.

Lesson - swordfish is the greatest fish on earth.  Believe it.  It is also one of the easiest fish to prepare, mainly because the natural flavor is so good (not at all fishy), and therefore you really don't need to have any skill whatsoever.

These are the easiest directions I will give you in this blog.  Buy sword.  Turn on the grill (you can pan cook as well, but I feel like grilling gives the best flavor).  After the grill heats up, throw on the sword and put a glob of butter and some lemon juice on top.  Close grill, cook for 6 minutes, flip, reapply butter and lemon, and cook for another 5 minutes, and it is DONE.  Serve with sides of your choice.  I went with quinoa with sesame oil and soy and raw carrots.

Defishious.