Recipe: Buttermilk Waffles, Salmon & Corn Chowder, Guacamole & Tortilla Chips, Brownies
I've whipped through a number of recipes since my last blog. Although I will say, they weren't all at once. This week's blog is a culmination of 2 separate weekends worth of cooking. I made Buttermilk Waffles and Salmon & Corn Chowder over the Labor Day weekend. Which, was an awesome weekend. My OGP's (Original Guinea Pigs) Terraun and Sarah came down for the weekend. After their wedding they relocated from the bustling metropolis of Houston, TX/New Orleans to the even more bustling metropolis of....Towanda, PA!!!! Which is neither bustling nor a metropolis. But it is only 4 hours away from me, so I'm happy. They can use visits to me as an excuse to see some real civilization and I can finally be the person that people come visit to escape the boredom, not the one doing the escaping. And I get to cook for them, so it's a win-win for everyone. My Happy Place has now become a refuge and a pseudo-happy place for others. And what's even better, I have officially added more Guinea Pigs to my project now that I'm here and I'm close to more of my really good friends. So not only did Terraun and Sarah get to be guinea pigs last weekend, but I also got to welcome my friends Liz and Zo to the OGP family (and to the shout-outs in my blog). :) I took the Salmon & Corn Chowder to their house and the 5 of us had a great time hanging out, watching movies, and just overall having a great time. Have I mentioned I love being here????
I was excited about my Salmon & Corn Chowder recipe because I FINALLY got to cut corn kernels off of a corn cob since I missed out with my Chicken Pot Pie recipe. I must say, it was anti-climatic. But at least I didn't drive to 4 different stores in an attempt to find the corn this time. And using fresh kernels from the cob does taste much better than using frozen or canned corn. The Buttermilk Waffles were also very good. Although I had to defer to Sarah's opinion of them to really determine how they tasted. See, I have another Waffle recipe I usually make and whenever Terraun came to visit during his Parkersburg trips, I would make them. The recipe wasn't a fancy Williams-Sonoma recipe, but they were honestly the best waffles I've ever had. No syrup was necessary with my old recipe. Just put some sliced strawberries on the waffles, and I swear you were eating a little piece of heaven with every bite. So you can imagine both Terraun and my disappointment when we took a bite of the Williams-Sonoma waffles...and they were just tasty. Not little slice of heaven tasty, but just really good and tasty. Which in normal circumstances is totally acceptable, just not when you've tasted heaven. So I had to make Sarah the subject matter expert on these waffles. Which she gave 2 thumbs up to, so we're all good.
This weekend I went back over Liz and Zo's. And since I was going, I decided to come bearing food gifts of guacamole, tortilla chips, and brownies which is a really odd combination. But hey, when the random recipe gods come knocking, you open the door and just go with it. I also made buttermilk waffles again this weekend since I still had buttermilk leftover, so I took waffles over their house also. I made my own tortilla chips for the guac and chips recipe. Which did not go very well at first. I put the first batch of tortillas in the oil too soon and once they were fried, they had soaked in oil too long so they were really chewy and not crisp at all. But once I got the hang of it, I started whipping out some really crispy tortilla chips. Unfortunately, the chewy ones were mixed in with the crisp ones so you never really knew which type of chip you'd be eating when you picked one up. Sorry about that Liz and Zo. Sometimes, being my OGP does have its drawbacks. :) I have a feeling I'll get lots of practice making guac and chips though. Both were really easy to make and I love eating both so much, I can easily see myself whipping up a batch every weekend or so and crashing on my couch eating guac and chips and watching football all day. Which brings me to a sidenote: There is some man out there in the universe that is going to be really lucky when he finally meets me....I'm just saying. ;) And I can't forget about my brownies. Nothing special or fancy about them. They had peanut butter chips in them. I think the most exotic thing about this recipe was chopping up the chocolate for the brownies. Yeah, pretty boring. Boring, but good. And easy. So maybe I'll whip up guac, chips, and brownies every weekend. Sure sounds like the staple of a great football weekend to me!
Oh, and in case you were wondering...I did survive my night shift work. But let's just say, I don't think I'll be begging to do that again anytime soon. The night time is not the right time, to stay up all night and try to work at a chemical plant. :)
Buttermilk Waffles, Fried Eggs, and Sausage
Salmon & Corn Chowder
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