Drowned in Wine

A bit of a deviation from normal postings. But as lovers of the sea and wine, we had to share this article from the New York Times: This Wine Goes Well With Fish.

"At sea, a fellow comes out. Salt water is like wine, in that respect."
-Herman Melville (from a letter written in 1860)

Italian Bruschetta

And we're back!

Although it isn't fall yet, summer is drawing to an end once again; the days are already getting shorter and noon isn't so humid anymore.

With our days numbered before classes start, we decided to make a light, picnic-y dinner with food we had in our fridge. And we decided on

Italian Bruschetta.

We'll keep the normal healthy disquisition from you this time.

Enjoy these last fleeting days of freedom and flip-flops!

Oh, we have a confession we'll reveal at the end of this post.

Ingredients:
1 baguette 
6 red tomatoes diced
1/4 onion diced
2 tbsp. olive oil
garlic
salt & pepper
parmesan cheese (optional)


Turn the oven to broil. Slice the baguette into pieces of desired thickness (thinner is easier to eat and doesn't cut the mouth like it's thicker twin). Rub garlic and olive oil on both sides of the slices and place the slices in the oven until toasted.

While bread is toasting, de-seed tomatoes and dice. Mix the diced tomatoes with diced onion and add 2 tbsp. olive oil. Also add salt and pepper to taste.


Remove baguette slices from the oven and scoop bruschetta mix on top. If desired, sprinkle with parmesan cheese flakes. Eat while still warm.

Confession: A is actually two people with names that both start with A. So that actually makes three of us.

Happy Eating!

Breakfast Interrupted

The title speaks for itself. The short clip captures everything breakfast should be - fresh, lively, energizing, and yet, simple and serene.

"Sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast!"
                                  - Alice in Wonderland

Shout Out 264

Although we are supposed to be on a summer hiatus,

we would like to take a moment to respond to SO 264.

For those of you unlucky peers who have no idea what Shout Outs are,

Shout Outs (SO) are a section from The Badger Herald and

they are exactly what you think they are:

"a shout out is to someone, something, or somewhere awesome" (citydictionary.com).

Why should we care about the Shout Outs?
1. Because getting a shout out means you have enough swagger to stand out from the other 40,000 badgers.
2. COLLEGE KITCHEN GOT A SHOUT OUT!

So in response to SO 264, 

if you like cooking, baking, or eating - we want to meet you, too.

Photo Creds: The Badger Herald

11 Summer Recipes & Necessities

As the school year has come to a close, so has the college kitchen.

Although we still cook during summer, our meals mainly consist 

of fruits and fresh veggies we get at the farmers market on Saturday morning.

Here is this semester's final post:

11 Summer Recipes & Necessities

to keep you busy while you enjoy your freedom, summer, & childish wild-side.

Come back in the fall when we will begin posting more lovely recipes we cook in our college kitchen!

1. As an English major, I can't help but say that everyone should have a summer reading list. 

Add this to yours.

2. Bacon, Lettuce, & Tomato Spring Rolls. This is summer in edible form.

Recipe is here.

3. Whimsical, pastel ice cream cups with baby spoons. 

Make your own or get them at Sur La Table.

4. Soil Mates by Sara Alway writes about how to become a garden goddess through

plotting your own veggie patch.

Get it at Anthropologie.

5. Try this Strawberry Summer Cake recipe from smittenkitchen.

Or try anything she makes because it is all delicious.

6. No summer is complete without homemade hummus. 

Thanks to Martha Stewart, you can save $$ at the grocery store 

and still dip your green beans, crackers, or whatever.

7. Something blue ice cream tool. 

Of course, it's from Sur La Table.

8. Summer is full of parties - grad parties, birthday parties, pool parties, just because parties.

And to quench all those thirsty guests you need a lot of liquids

and this one is, well, cute (and a necessity?).

Buy it here.

9. Nope, not a salad recipe. A Lemon Poppy Seed Dressing recipe.

10. A summer recipes & necessities wouldn't be complete without a new 

Summer Peach Wine Cooler beverage to add to your book. 

Coming from the #1 college party campus in America (University of Wisconsin-Madison),

it obviously contains some alcohol.

11. Summer music. Anna Sun by Walk the Moon.

Play hard, fellow badgers, and enjoy your summer.

See you in the fall!

Chocolate Chip Cookies

First, we would like to take a moment 

to say how much we appreciate all the moms out there.

This is for the moms that are not able to be with us today.

And for the children who have rocky relationships with their moms,

and for the moms who have done it with out dads,

and for the moms who have done it with dads,

and for the moms who put their children above everything else,

for adoptive moms,

for birth moms,

for all the moms out there who love their children,

we love you, too. 

Secondly, here is a simple, classic, exam week-friendly recipe

for you to make your moms (or yourself).

We are sure you already know the pros (and, if there are any, cons) of

Chocolate Chip Cookies.

So we'll refrain from giving any background and just say, make them.

Ingredients:
2 cups flour
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
12 tbsp. unsalted butter (room temperature)
2 tsp. vanilla extract
1 egg
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1-2 cups chocolate chips


Preheat oven to 325 degrees. In a bowl, mix vanilla extract, butter, and sugar. Once mixed, incorporate egg. Next mix in all other dry ingredients.

Ball up dough so it fills hand and then smush to flatten into a cookie shape. Place on a sprayed cookie sheet approximately two inches apart. Bake for 12-14 minutes until browned.

Happy Eating!

Iced White Chocolate Mocha

Finals week (n.): 1.) worst week of a college student's life 
                                                                2.) week of pulling all nighters, living in the library, eating delivery
                                                                 food, caffeine overdosing, sweatpants, and lack of showering

We all know that during finals week

a trip to sbux or the local coffee shop is inevitable.

But when you don't have the money or time to leave your cosy abode,

we have just the recipe to keep you awake.

Sweet, iced, caffeinated, and the perfect finals week beverage:

Iced White Chocolate Mocha.

Probably not the healthiest drink, but who really cares.

It's exam week and this will wake you up.

Ingredients (makes two):

2/3 cup dairy milk

6 tbsp. white chocolate chips

Coffee

Ice (optional)

Whipped cream for topping (optional)

First, make coffee. While coffee is brewing, heat and mix white chocolate chips and milk in a sauce pan until they are fully incorporated and melted.

Pour the white chocolate milk mixture half way up a coffee mug. Fill the rest of the mug with coffee. Add ice and top with whipped cream.

Easy peasy.

Happy studying and coffee drinking!

Food Creds: Food.com and picture from sbux.