Breakfast: Steak, Eggs and Biscuits.

Here's what I had for breakfast:
Steak, Scrambled Eggs, and Biscuits.

Grilled Ribeye Steak and Shrimp (Surf and Turf) Dinner; Dessert: Strawberry Shortcake.

I grilled ribeye steaks, along with the shrimp:I also prepared corn and salad. Here's the plated Grilled Ribeye Steak, Shrimp, Corn on the Cob, Salad, and Dinner Roll.
And for dessert, I had strawberry shortcake:

Mini Pineapple Upside Down Cakes

Here are the ingredients:

I prepared the pineapple cake batter according to the package directions on the cake mix box. I poured melted butter into each mini bundt of the pan, added some brown sugar and a pineapple slice and cherry half in the middle of the pineapple slice. Poured the cake batter on top. Baked according to package directions.
Here's a picture of the finished pineapple upside down cakes on the top tier:

Candy Apples.

Here's what I used:

-1 1/2 cups of granulated sugar
-1 cup corn syrup
-1 cup water
-1/2 tsp cinnamon
-1/4 tsp red food coloring
-apples
-popsicle sticks or wooden skewers

Directions:

1. Mix the sugar, corn syrup, water, cinnamon, and food coloring. Heat until candy mixture reaches 290 degrees.

2. Stick the sticks into the candy apples. And swirl the apples into the candy mixture. And place on parchment paper until set.

Here's a picture of the red candy apples wrapped.

Cinnamon Glazed Roasted Almonds

Ingredients:
1 egg white
1 teaspoon cold water
4 cups whole almonds
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1tsp vanilla

Directions:

Preheat oven to 250 degrees F (120 degrees C). Lightly grease a 10x15 inch jellyroll pan.

Lightly beat the egg white; add water, and beat until frothy but not stiff. Add the nuts, and stir until well coated. Mix the sugar, salt, and cinnamon, and sprinkle over the nuts. Toss to coat, and spread evenly on the prepared pan.

Bake for 1 hour in the preheated oven, stirring occasionally, until golden. Allow to cool, then store nuts in airtight containers.

Here are the glazed nuts in a glass:

Beef Vegetable Stew with Rice and Cornbread

Here's a picture of tonight's dinner, Beef Vegetable Stew with Rice and Cornbread. I used my recipe for beef stew, here:

Baked Potato with sour cream and cheese

For lunch, I made a baked potato with sour cream topped with shredded cheddar cheese:

Elephant Ears

Elephant ears are essentially fried dough sprinkled with cinnamon sugar. Here are the ingredients:
1 egg
1 1/2 cups warm (80 degrees F) water
1 tsp lemon juice
1/3 cup oil
1/2 cup sugar
1 1/2 tsp salt
4 1/2 cups all purpose flour
2 tsp active dry yeast

Directions:

1. I placed all the ingredients into a stand mixer with the dough hook attachment. Mixed until dough formed into a ball.

2. I placed the dough in a greased bowl and covered until doubled in size.

3. I rolled out small balls of dough into a flat disc.

4. I fried the dough in 350 degree oil, until golden brown on both sides.
5. Remove from oil and place on paper towels and sprinkle with cinnamon sugar.

Dinner: Baked Chicken, Field Peas and Rice, Macaroni and Cheese, and Cornbread.

For dinner I baked chicken, made field peas and rice, macaroni and cheese, and cornbread. Here are some pictures:
I baked the chicken in 350 degree oven for 50 minutes or until golden brown.

For the field peas and rice: I fried two diced strips of bacon until brown, added one 15oz can of field peas, undrained, and a 1/4 cup of water. Add a teaspoon of sugar and salt and pepper to taste. Bring to a boil, turn off stove, add cooked rice and cover for five minutes. Fluff and serve.

And I made the macaroni and cheese using my recipe posted here.

For my southern style cornbread, I used one box of Jiffy cornbread mix, added 1/4 c. of self rising flour, 2 tablespoons of sugar, 1 Tbsp of vegetable oil, 1 egg, and 1/2 c. milk. Stir and let stand for 5 minutes before baking. Bake at 400 degrees for 20 to 25 minutes or until golden brown. And here's the food plated:

Festive Birthday Cake

Here are some pictures from my mother's birthday party.
We popped popcorn, make cotton candy, chocolate soft serve ice cream and baked a lemon bundt cake. Below are pictures of the cake, if you want the recipe check out my other blog post here. I made the cake using my mini sour cream bundt cake recipe and I doubled the recipe to make a full size bundt cake.

I made two different batches of glaze from the recipe; one orange (equal drops of red and yellow food coloring) and one yellow and drizzled it over the cake.

Funnel Cakes

Ingredients:
1 egg
2 tablespoons of sugar
2/3 cups of milk
1/4 teaspoon of salt
1 1/4 cup of flour
1 teaspoon of baking powder

Directions:

Beat the egg and milk together. Now mix all the other ingredients together. Next you can add the egg mixture, slowly beating it until the mixture turns smooth.

You now need to use the funnel to pour the batter into the hot oil. Pour from the center towards the outer side. When the mixture turns golden brown and crispy enough you can remove it from the oil. You can also sprinkle some powdered sugar over it and it is then ready to serve.

Here's the finished funnel cakes on the bottom tier.

Sausage, Green Peppers, Onions, and Cheese Omelette with Baked TaterTots.

For breakfast, I made an omelette with sausage, green peppers, onion, and cheddar cheese; along with some baked tater tots:

I preheated the oven according to the tater tots packaged directions and bake until golden brown. In the meantime, for this omelette, I sautéed some jimmy dean breakfast sausage with diced onion and green pepper over medium heat, until sausage was brown, onions were translucent, and green peppers were softened. Next, I removed the sausage, onion, and green pepper from the pan and set aside, reserving a few tablespoons of meat mixture for garnish. Next, I whisked four medium eggs and added salt and pepper to taste. I added the eggs to a lightly buttered non stick pan. I pushed the cooked egg from around the edges of the pan to the center, and tilted the pan so that the uncooked egg was moved to the edges. After three minutes I added the sausage, onion, and green pepper to one half of the omelette, topped with cheddar cheese, and folded the other half on top. Transfer omelette to plate garnish with shredded cheese and reserved meat mixture, serve with tater tots.

Carnival Day at Home.

Today, I had a carnival at home. We had carnival foods along with some of our favorite foods. This post is very pic heavy. Here are the pictures:

Here I am enjoying some of the goodies.

Here I am enjoying a few more of the goodies.

Hotdogs rolling on the hotdog roller.

Turkey sandwiches.

Corndogs; pita chips and tortilla chips with cheese sauce.

Chicken tenders with Barbecue dipping sauce.

Cotton candy spinning around in our cotton candy machine.

Popcorn popper filled with popcorn

Punch bowl filled with fruit punch.

Cinnamon glazed almonds, caramel apples, and candy apples.

Soft-serve ice cream maker.

Mini pineapple upside cakes, elephant ears, and funnel cakes.

Graham crackers, oreos, chocolate chip cookies, and sugar wafers.

Soft Pretzels.

And here's a video:

Recipes for the cinnamon-glazed nuts, candy apples, funnel cakes, pineapple-upside down cakes, and elephant ears are soon to follow.

Apples and Nectarines dipped in Chocolate

I melted Ghirardelli chocolate and sliced nectarines and apples.
And here are a couple of pictures: