Sophisticated Mac-n-Cheese

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I think Mac n Cheese is a very American dish; in fact, I didn't know its existence until I got to live in America. The first time I had the box Mac n Cheese, I thought that it was OK and didn't really care for it. Several years later, a group of us went to a restaurant and they told me how good their Mac n Cheese is, so I gave it another go, started to open up to this dish, and now it's in our occasional week meal (not because i don't like it, but face it, I don't want to get fat).


So after a full week craving mac n cheese, I finally made them yesterday. I got a basic recipe from The Better Homes Cook Book, but as always, I tweaked the recipe to my liking. I used smoked and mozzarella cheese and it turn out delicious. Of course I added a splash of white wine and italian herb to sophisticate my meal (after all I'm not in college anymore). I paired the mac n cheese with a simple salad and yes, it was a delicious dinner! I forgot to take a picture of it but it looked good (note to self: take more pictures of our food!)

Here's my tweaked version of Better Homes mac n cheese (as I call it sophisticated mac-n-cheese)
2 cups macaroni
1 brown onion
1 tbs butter
2 tbs flour
2 1/2 cup milk
1 cup shredded smoked cheese
1/2 cup shredded tasty cheese (cheddar)
1 cup mozarella cheese
1/2 cup parmesan cheese
Black pepper and Italian herb to taste
1/4 cup white wine (I used Sauv. Blanc but i think any white wine will work)

Cook pasta according package direction, drain, set aside. In the same pot, melt butter, add anion and cook until soft, add flour, stir. Add milk and cook until bubbly and thicken. Add all the cheese, stir until melted. Add macaroni to sauce, sprinkle with italian herb, stir. Add white wine, black pepper, stir and serve! Enjoy!

PS: The cheese sauce will also work as a cheese fondue dip for bread.

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It's all about presentation!

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As msr. no. quatre is the one who is responsible to provide weekend meals, we mostly end up in restaurants. So this Monday, I decided to make a light simple dinner. I came up with fresh tomato basil soup with a side of samosas and turkish bread. And since the husband was finishing up work and gave me the "I'll be done in a sec" response, I decided to make my meal a li'l bit pretty.


So what did I do? I placed our white bowl on top of our blue plate (to create contrast), pour the tomato soup, then top it with some shaved parmesan cheese and left over basil, sprinkle it with a little fresh cracked black pepper, place the samosas and turkish bread on the plate, and say "Voila!"

I am looking at the picture and thinking that I've changed..no..transformed...my "mundane" tomato soup into a chic-first-class tomato soup. And that now I'm obsess with prettying up all of our meal

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Berry passionate smoothie

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As my husband is so into smoothies right now, we've been storing a lot (and I mean A LOT) of fruit. The beauty of smoothie is that you could just throw any fruit imaginable (sans banana) add a little ice, blend them together, and it'll always turn out refreshing and OH-SO-VERRY-YUMMY. So this morning, in an effort to use all of our "should we toss it or eat it" fruits, he made what I call "BERRY PASSIONATE SMOOTHIE"

Here is what how I imagined our über juice bar menu would say

BERRY PASSIONATE SMOOTHIE
We take a handful of fresh strawberries, blueberries, and passion fruits and passionately mix all of those nature goodness with a cup of milk and a hint of orange sorbet.

Here's how a sensible wifery would write on her recipe card
12 fresh strawberries
1 cup of blueberries
4 passion fruits
1 cup of milk
1 scoop of orange sorbet
ice

Direction: Mix everything in the blender and blend. TADA!

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