The Constant Craver

As I had promised Eva (thanks for reminding me!!!) Here is a recipe for Chicken and Broccoli , guaranteed to taste like the take out spot, or your money back, lol ! Hope you enjoy!! What you will need to do first: Chicken breast, thinly sliced and cut into 1 inch pieces 1 egg white 1 tablespoon of corn starch Once you have let it sit for half an hour you will need to assemble the following items: A Wok, or large frying pan 2 cups of oil, hot, or if you have a deep fryer its the perfect thing to use The next items you will need are : 1 tablespoon of oil 2 garlic cloves, minced Broccoli , washed and cut up 1/2 teaspoon sugar pinch of salt 1/4 cup of water AND Finally 1 tablespoon oil 2 tablespoons of Oyster Sauce 2 tablespoons of Soy Sauce

OK, so I am in complete awww of Iron Chef's, Chopped contestants and Top Chef competitors...this was alot harder than it seemed....maybe I thought about it too much, maybe I was extra nervous because I have never ever submitted my recipes to be "judged", or maybe I just had too much time to work it out? Whatever it was...it was overall fun...fun because I had all of these ideas flowing, and I actually turned it into what I had imagined. Granted I am no kitchen novice, but, I am by far the furthest thing from a pastry chef...or a chef per se at this point in time. For those of you who know me, know it is by choice, I had given up cooking for a while because I had lost all passion. Can you imagine being an artist and not being able to stand looking at your favorite art supplies? That's what it was like for me, I needed time, I needed space and I needed to really feel that passion again. Am I head over heels in love with food again? No, but I am getting to know it a...

The first time I saw the Paper Chef blog, around the time I started this one, I knew that I would enter the next contest. I waited and waited, and kept checking back, and FINALLY the day came when the new ingredients were posted. This month's ingredients are Ricotta, Ginger, Dark Chocolate with Fall...any fall ingredient of you choice. My first dilema, of course is what exactly is considered Dark Chocolate. The judge did not specify cocoa content, so I googled to make sure I would be within the rules. In the US semi-sweet chocolate is considered Dark Chocoloate, while in Europe Bittersweet Chocolate is what is used when you say "Dark Chocolate". The next dilema is of course what kind of item do I make. The first thing that came to mind was a cookie. The holidays are soon approaching, and EVERYone loves cookies around the holidays. Why not come up with something a little unconventional for this holiday season. I decided to make a ricotta pumpin cookie, either with chocolat...

The Contest How can I make up a contest and not enter? Is it fair that I expect people to use their valuable time to be as creative as possible, and I, the creator of this thing totally disregard it and say I didn't have enough time?! I had plenty of ideas...Chicken Pot Pie...Chicken and Dumplings, Chicken Wellington...but I had already waited until the final day to make something, so I had to KISS (keep it simple silly). The freckled one and I had an idea from the beginning though, we would play on something most people just order @ a fast food restaurant rather than make it @ home. We would make Chicken Strips and French Fries. Simone beat us to the punch though...so time for idea # 2... Chicarron de Pollo , or extra crunchy chicken pieces. Since I was going to butcher a whole chicken I figured we could make it 2 ways, con hueso /sin hueso , or with and without bones. Since we were playing with the chicken, why not make Fries 2 ways...Sweet Potato and Cla ssic. Oh yea...did I m...