We make a good team

Mike and I are one damn good culinary team.  We totally jive in the kitchen.  What is funny is that in areas such as, ohhh, I don’t know, a team project we once had to work together on in college, we about had each others heads! (Editor comment (Mike): Jenna was completely unreasonable during that project. Whoo)

Culinary project #1 of the day:

Dessert, made in the afternoon.

After seeing Kristin make Double-Delight Peanut Butter Cookies the other night, I knew immediately that I would be baking them myself (Editor Comment (Mike): I totally helped, she didn’t make them by herself) this weekend.

Recipe here.

I made a few alterations.  I didn’t use Pillsbury refrigerated peanut butter cookie dough.  Instead, I made my own variation using this Jif recipe.  I made another alteration on the Jif recipe by using TJ’s peanut butter.  Lol.

Also, I didn’t have just peanuts to chop up for the ‘filling’.  So instead, I used mixed nuts.  Turned out great as well.

Lastly, I obviously didn’t smoosh these cookies down flat.

But oh my goodness, wow. These are definitely worthy of $1 million. I may have had two one fresh out of the oven. I definitely will be having another for dessert.

It got me thinking about the Pillsbury Bake-Off though. The above recipe is relatively simple and won $1M. Something any one of us could have come up with if we tried hard enough. Bottom line, I think we should all enter the Bake-Off.

Culinary project #2 and #3 of the day:

Dinner.

After last night’s heavier meal, we wanted something relatively easy but also hearty.  Soup sounded great to both of us and decided on Broccoli Cheese Soup.  We followed this Cooking Light Recipe, substituting skim milk for the 2% milk, regular Velveeta for Light Velveeta and adding about 1/3 cup shredded cheddar cheese.

As Mike put it while eating dinner: “This soup has so many flavors going on.”  You could really taste the broccoli, the cheese, the creaminess and oh yea, the jalapenos Mike snuck in.

We needed a bread to compliment the soup and I have been eyeing up the Pumpkin Cornbread that Meghann had last week.

I have been semi-obsessed with anything and everything pumpkin lately.  This was definitely a great alternative to the standard plain cornbread.  ’Tis the season for pumpkin and all.

All together now.

I am now filled with foodie love.  I’m off to watch the pilot of the series Fringe on DVD with Mike. Has anybody watched this series?

About 2 more hours until the Blogger Secret Ingredient week for ricotta closes.  Make sure you send me your recipes.  The winner will be announced tomorrow morning.

Lastly, is anybody having troubles with my posts not showing  up on their feed/Reader?  I know Jenny said she was, so I wanted to see if this was a wide spread issue.  And if so, does anybody know how to fix it?

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Our fellow blogger, Holly, has an amazing holiday wish.  She is hoping to raise $1000 by Christmas in order to provide clean drinking water to rural Cambodians living without such basic necessities.

People like her are few and far between.  Let’s help her by spreading the news on our blogs to help her surpass her goal of $1000.  And if you have the means, please donate to her cause as well.

Have a wonderful Sunday evening my friends.