Yesterday, Mom begged for another batch of the glazed doughnut muffins that I had made for Amanda earlier in the week. I was going to Cathleen's birthday party, so I figured I would make a double batch. Of course, once I buttered two muffin tins, I promptly forgot to double it and ended up with one batch, and an extra buttered pan. More on that later. The muffins were great as always! My mom had apparently forgotten how much she loves them. I'm sure I will be making these more now that we have rediscovered them!
At Cathleen's birthday, there was a lobster extravaganza. Let's just say her mom threw her the tastiest birthday ever, but had way too many lobsters. She gave us two to take home to my mother, who had apparently already eaten. So tonight, we had two cooked lobsters to do with whatever we pleased! It was just me and Mom home, and we were contemplating a good old lobster roll, but I figured that it is not every day I get lobster meat as an ingredient to use in a meal, and I wanted to do something more. I found a recipe from the New York Times, and then Mom and I made a few changes. We didn't use spaghetti, simply because we didn't have it; we used penne. We didn't peel the tomatoes, because we aren't picky about that, and we didn't dice the lobster. We roughly chopped it - we both agreed that we wanted to actually know when we got a piece of lobster in our mouths! I also did not add the extra oil after sauteing the tomatoes; it was fine without it. Neither of us used the red pepper flakes. This made a huge amount and there is a lot leftover, which is great because Mom and I were both in love with this meal. Sauteing the lobster with some fresh basil almost made the lobster sweeter (if that is even possible) and we both thought that even without the lobster, the tomato sauce was delicious and would be a great meal in and of itself. Pretty excited for leftovers!Also at the birthday party, Cathleen's mom made strawberry cheesecake ice cream. I was thrilled when I asked for the recipe, and she showed me an ad for Philadelphia cream cheese. It only had 3 steps, so I was really excited to try this out. I made it this afternoon and it will be all ready tomorrow. It is really easy, and I can say after having it at the party that it is absolutely delicious. I foresee this ice cream being a regularly-made item in my house this summer!
Lastly - back to that extra buttered muffin tin! I decided to make individual raspberry cobblers. I had recently pinned this recipe, and thought it was perfect since it does not call for paper muffin cups! Of course, it makes 24 cobblers, so I had to rebutter the other pan as well, but that is beside the point. These were ridiculously easy to make (they were ready to go in the oven before it was even preheated, and that never happens!), but I have mixed feelings about the end result . First, the recipe calls for 2 sticks of butter, which is kind of gross no matter what, but the butter seems to have made a chewy outside. I guess I was expecting a different consisency. Mom and Rachael both liked them, but I thought it was a bit strange. Also, you were supposed to drop a handfull of raspberries into each cup, but my berries were huge, so I only put one in each. The berries are supposed to sink to the bottom, but they didn't move at all. That doesn't really matter though, but I figured I'd mention it. I may like these, or I may hate them. I have not decided yet. I'll keep you posted.
For now, it is past 10:30, my report cards are not finished, I have a golf tournament to put on, and there are 4 days of school left. I'd say it's time for bed to give me the energy to get through all this, not to mention make some rather amazing meals that I grocery shopped for today :)
Recipes:
lobster spaghetti with fresh tomatoes
strawberry cheesecake ice cream
No comments:
Post a Comment