Don't play with it

Chopped up my onions and garlic.

Halved my olives.

Cut up my chives.

Open and drained my caanned salmon.

Heated a spoonful of butter.

Added in my salmon.

Tossed in my olives!

and Viola! Sandwiches!

I've been putting my culinary skills to great use. I've always loved deviled eggs so I decided to try it myself!

I grabbed 3 eggs to experiment with.

Filled the saucepan with water.

Ensured the water level was ABOVE the eggs. Then removed them... and put the water on to boil...

I added in my eggs and then...

I set my timer for 12 minutes!

I put a fork full of mayo, a bit of mustard, a pinch of salt and black pepper into a bwl.

Diced up my onions!

Alarm went off...!

Emptied the water and re-filled with tap water.

Peeled my eggs. I then halved them LENGTH WISE.

Placed the cooked yolks in the bowl and...

...Proceeded to mix everything together (onions included)

Re-stuffed my halves

Dinner is served!

It was soooo yummy! My recipe is pretty simple and gets the job done. These also make great hor d'ovres. You can also add anything else you want to add to the mixture.

Ok, so this post is more for personal amusement than anything else. I grew up on having almost everything homemade... so the recipes I learned (and don't really remember) are all home recipes. Recently, my mom came back from the States and did something unprecedented - Normally she isn't an advocate for such but... she brought back a few packets of mac & cheese for me. For purposes of easy traveling, she removed the contents from their original boxes and ziplocked them.

It was the first time I had mac & cheese - from a box.

Now this put yours truly in a quandary. How do I make this? There's no box with a recipe on it... I've never had it before... I don't know how it's supposed to look at the end.

I do, however, know how the oh-so-good macaroni & cheese pie looks and tastes... *rubs tummy nostalgically*

So, here is a photo documentation of my trials and tribulations with making mac & cheese - from a box(or ziplock bag).


The macaroni and cheese packet.

First step: Observe the specimen

This step is pretty simple. It's typical pasta that just cooks faster. I mean, theoretically speaking, since it is supposed to be a "quick easy to make" meal.


Step 2: Boil water



Step 3: (not necessary) Pour out cheese packet into a bowl 

Let me explain why this happened. I noticed some ants near my goods. I was suspect. I opened it to see if they were trying to attack my cheese and whether they succeeded. *perturbed expression* Luckily, they didn't.


Step 4: Add pasta to hot water & stir occasionally.


Step 5: Drain water

Step 6: Add cheese



Step 7: Stir