Friday, April 09, 2010

Should I continue this Blog or not

Hi, I have not been here in a very long time, therefore not sure if I should continue blogging, would appreciate some comments on this. Have my recipes been good and helpful?

Cheers :)
M

Thursday, September 13, 2007

Beef Stroganoff ( 8 serving)

Well I do hope you Enjoy this wonderful recipe that you would normally find when you order
from a restaurant, if you have any question don't hesitate, because these recipe are translated from french to English, Enjoy.

Ingredients


Clear butter ........3 ounces
Beef ................48 ounces
Salt ................1 teaspoon
Black pepper ........1/4 teaspoon
Chopped mushroom ....8 ounces
Chopped onion .......1 ounce
Dry white wine ......2 ounces
Brown sauce .........8 ounces
Double cream ........12 ounces
Sour cream ..........5 ounces


Method:

1. Cut beef in strips
2. Cook Beef strips in butter
3. Season beef
4. Heat onion and mushroom then add to beef
5. Shower with wine and let heat till liquid is at half
6. Add sauce, cream and sour cream, and stir occasionally
7. Serve

Note: Beef stroganoff is often served with beef noodle

Sunday, September 02, 2007

WHO LIKES SMORES

Well I do, and not only I like them but I help myself every months, summer or winter, I call them the four season smores, reason is I make them in the microwave and have them while watching a movie or reading a book in the comfort of my home.
All you need to do is to get graham cracker, marshmallow, and chocolate, the you take half of the graham cracker add a marshmallow on top and microwave for 20 to 25 minute, take it out place chocolate and the other half of the graham cracker on top and smooch together and "voila"! you have the four season smore, If you feel like it you can add other ingredient to it, like whip cream, Ice cream and fruits, use your imagination and make you smores the way you like it.
That will be it for now but will soon come on every other day and post a recipe from the culinary arts cookbook, so you will be able to eat restaurant food at home. don't miss out.
All you will need is a scale for food, measuring cups, bolls, spatula, measuring spoon and pots and pans, also the desire to cook, as all the recipe I'll be posting, well usually you would learn at the college or a restaurant is you ever worked as a cook professionally

Wednesday, August 08, 2007

Food & Thoughts

Who needs hamburger helper these day, all you need to do is go to the store, get a few boxes of store brand macoronie and cheese, any kind of meat, doesn't allways have to be groundbeef, cook the meat with any kind of steak spices and mix to the Mac & Cheese, yummy better then Hamburger Helper you can buy, and cheap, don't forget that you can mix anything you like into the Mac & Cheese and you will be surprise what delicious meals you can make and easy and fast. Also make good left over.

Try something new once in a while and share your thoughts and recipe to get someone else that doesn't live in you home, you will get a very honest answer to what it tast like and if its good, I try this once in a while.

Tuesday, July 31, 2007

Good Food

Don't we all look for good food, a lot of my friends question me alot on food, and I'm always happy o answer there question, today, for exemple, someone at work was eating canned turkey and ham, he said he didn't have much time to cook since he's been on is own, so another coworker asked me to help, but I didn't really want to budge in and make him feel bad, so all I did was to insert a few pointer in a conversation with the people at the table with quick meals Ideas.

I told them for instant one quick meal for breakfast, just beat eggs, ham or other meat, vegies of liking and spices, all together in a bowl, then in a pan for stove top and cook on low medium heat until your liking, or if you prefer the microwave, empty mix in a safe microwavable dish twice the size you need for the mix and cook on medium power heat until mix is cooked, and voila this can take about 15 to 20 minute and you have a meal.

The other meal you can make is what I like to call (macaroni surprise caserol), all you need is macaronie, can meat and mayonnaise, cook noodles until al dente then mix meat and mayonnaise with the macaronie and Voila a delicious meal.

Hope this can help you with many way possible to make your life easier. Until next time with more recipes and tips.

M. the french chef

Saturday, July 28, 2007

French Bread

For those who like freanch bread and can't get enough at the restaurant, well how about making your own and at the same cost as making home made bread, go ahead and enjoy;

Pain Francais:

Step 1:

2 tablespoon of Yeast
1 teaspoon of Sugar
4 cups of Water @ 110 degree

Step 2:

8 cups of Flour (of choice)
4 teaspoon of Salt




Preparation:

- In a big mixing bowl, pour the sugar & yeast in the hot water and let stand till the yeast start to
evaporates.
- while waiting for the yeast, sugar & water, mix together the flour and salt until well mixed,
and when the yeast is ready, pour gradually the flour mix to the water and yeast.
- work the dough with your hands about 10 minutes or until the flour as disappear.
- pour flour on a table or counter so you can work the dough for another 10 minutes, then put it back
in the bowl to rise for 20 minutes.
- Once the dough is done rising separate in ball about the size of a baseball.
- roll in the shape you want, short or long, brush top of dough with egg white and let stand for 5
minutes before putting pan in the oven.
- cook 15 to 20 minutes or until bread is a golden color at 375 degrees .
- et voila, pain francais,
- bon appeti, enjoy,


till next time with more recipe or great tips on foods
bye

M

Friday, July 27, 2007

New face lift on the Smileydad blog

Hope everyone will like the new look, sorry been gone so long, you know summer, lots to do and so little time, I've become a member of the Health and Wellness at work committee and its very demanding.

I did go with Smileymama suggestion and went with " The French Chef " since I am French after all, what I'll be doing on this blog from now on will be about good living and food, who wouldn't agree with these two topic, cause I do, the wife nagging thing was very tempting but I love my wife to mush to think of her like that, beside she gave me a good Idea about this blog after all.

Well this is it for me tonight as I put a lot of work in the face lift for this page hope you like it, and feel free to talk about good health, food, living, food and other food, ha ha ha!!!, talk to you all later.

M