Chicken Parmesan

Instead of making another dessert, I decided to try a meal, so I made chicken Parmesan for my family for dinners at night. There are many ways to make it, some are very complex but being new to making something I took the simpler recipe which still turned out great. 

I breaded then cooked two chicken breasts at 350 for about 25 minutes. 5 minutes before they were done I out cheese on top of the chicken and sprinkles it with Parmesan cheese after they were done cooking. You can also add spaghetti sauce to the chicken with the cheese but I added that after everything was cooked. 

This is just a simplified version of chicken Parmesan but there are many other ways to make it that create more flavor. That's my goal for next time I cook this!

Valentine's day desserts

Whether you're giving or receiving, everyone loves candy or desserts on valentine's day, so I decided to made red velvet cupcakes and chocolate covered strawberries. 

Red velvet cupcakes are a go to recipe for valentines day because they're red, of course. Most recipes suggest cream cheese frosting, but I went with vanilla frosting instead. I decorated the cupcakes accordingly to make them more fun and to fit with the valentines day theme. 

Chocolate covered srawberries are super easy to make, but who doesn't love them? 

I brought the cupcakes I made to school and they were gone very quickly! I recommend this dessert to anyone because it's easy, and it tastes delicious! 

Fruit Pizza

Over the long weekend I made Graham Cracker Fruit Pizza. It was delicious! It's a very simple recipe and can be altered depending on what you feel like eating. The crust is often made with a sugar cookie instead, but the graham cracker crust tastes just as good and is a healthier choice. Fruit could be replaced with pieces of chocolate to make a S'more pizza, or cool whip could be yogurt instead which is also very good because it tastes like a parfait! This is the recipe I used. Also, here are some pictures of different varieties of Dessert Pizza.

Recipe

Graham cracker crust:

1/3 cups melted unsalted butter

1 1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs or 10 to 12 whole graham crackers

1/4 cup granulated sugar

After the crust is made, fill it with the toppings of your choice! I put cool whip and pieces of fruit on mine. 

Graham cracker fruit pizza

S'mores dessert pizza

Chocolate chip cookies....?

This weekend Sam and I made chocolate chip cookies. It's the most basic recipe in the book yet I still managed to mess it up.
I got out all of the ingredients and put them in one big bowl in the order they were listed, which apparently is the wrong way to do it. And to top it all off I forgot to put in the salt.
Even though I'm having somewhat of a difficult time with this whole cooking thing, I'm still going to attempt more recipes and post my results. Hopefully I'll make a successful batch of chocolate chip cookies by the end of the trimester.