fontina cheese

I have heard of this cheese many times,but I haven't ever used it while cooking at home. I was watching the show "My favorite thing to eat" I believe that is the name of it. I had never seen it before either. Well, the night that I watched, there were multiple recipes that included this cheese. I'm planning to buy some & use it more at home. I don't have the recipes that were on the show- but they were using it with other cheeses for a pizza & nachos. I plan to try a gnocci recipe soon that uses it.
Maybe I can create some of my own recipes with it, that are really good & post them.

beef nachos

Here is an easy one that I make.

Cook a lb of ground beef, strain when done.
Mix with a can of refried beans or homemade refried beans. Warm.Season with mexican seasoning.
Warm tortilla chips in oven.
Melt the type of cheese that you like. I usually just melt cheese whiz, but sometimes use the mexican blends.

I layer on a plate, the chips & meat mixture.
On top of it all- I add chopped onions, jalapenos, sour cream, salsa, cheese.

sandwiches

Here are a few sandwiches that I love, that many people think sound bad. Most of the time when they try them, they do like them.

Banana sandwich:
A small amount of peanut butter spread on the bread. I prefer smooth.
Mayo & sliced banana on bread.

Pineapple sandwich:
Strain the pineapple & put it on the bread with mayo.

Ham & turkey sandwich:
Put meat on the bread with mayo, pepper, & bbq chips.

egg sandwich:
I do love the egg sandwiches with bacon & cheese. I can't get my sons to eat this one but it is better than it sounds.

mayo, ketchup, salt, pepper & scrambled eggs on the bread. This one is usually better with toasted bread.

hot ham & cheese

This morning I made eggs & hot ham & cheese sandwiches. The sandwiches were pretty good & very easy, so I thought that I would add it on here.

I had hamburger buns, butter, thin sliced ham precut to size of buns, provolone cheese, swiss cheese.

I melted 2 tbl butter in microwave & drizzled it lightly on buns that I toasted in the oven. I took about 10 slices of ham for each person & put a quarter of provolone between every 3 slices of ham. In the middle of my stack of ham, I crisscrossed on slice of swiss cheese. Took all of my stacks of ham & cheese, put them in the microwave & cooked until the cheese melted. I put salt on the toasted bread & put each stack of ham & cheese on a bun. This was really fast & easy. Fattening I am sure, but not worse than making bacon & putting cheese in the eggs probably. It tasted a little like Hardees hot ham & cheese but a little better.

food in tubes

I do try to keep a garlic paste in a tube at home, even though I keep plenty of fresh garlic at all times as well. I was in the store the other day & noticed that they have many tubes of food. Even fish in a tube. Out of all of the choices, I decided to try the basil pesto blend. I used a little over half of the tube on pasta. It was tasteless pretty much. I added more with salt & it did get better but I definitely prefer to make my basil pesto homemade like my recipe on here.
On the back of the basil tube, there were many recipes & they may have been good. I tried one of them which was really simple. I added a tablespoon of the basil sauce to 3 oz of cream cheese the mushroom stems chopped from baby portabellos. I mixed the mixture, added it in the mushrooms & baked them for 15 minutes on 350. They weren't great but they were easy, fast & pretty good. We did eat all of them.

I have been swaying from the subject on all of my blogs lately but I will get back to business soon. I'm not giving a recipe today, but writing on here about Ramen. I have never cared for ramen noodles in my life but for some unknown reason- for the last 2 months- I have eaten cases of them. By theirselves, with meals, making them into meals. I am starting to get tired of them & don't know what came over me. I never even liked them before. I was eating the chile ramen probably the most, but the last time that I had them- they were too hot. I don't know why there weren't too hot the 50 times before. I guess it's just one of those things. Tonight I had my hamburger casserole that is one of the first blogs that I wrote on here. It was good. I sometimes overdo certain foods and then won't eat it again for years. I did this with lenders onion bagels & philadelphia cream cheese once. I wouldn't stop eating it and wanted it constantly. I did that until I got sick of it. There was another time where I did that same thing with those crackers & cheese with the little red stick. I still can't eat those. I think that I am done with the ramen for awhile. I think my family is probably happy but it was just one of those strange things.

AllModern.com

Instead of writing about a recipe today, I will write about a site and some product that I own. http://www.allmodern.com/ has many nice products ranging from kitchenware to furniture. I love the designs that they have on pillows, sheets, etc. I own the Berghoff Nova 7 piece kitchen & bar set. I found it on the website by going to kitchen and clicking on the link for peelers, slicers....
I didn't know what to expect from this set because I have some of these items all over the kitchen & garage. I like this one because they will always stay together & easy to find! What amazed me the most about the kitchen set is the quality. I doubt that any of the pieces could ever break from a fall and they will last a very long time. I used the garlic press last night & it worked better than any garlic press that I have ever owned. The set is available for purchase at

http://www.allmodern.com/BergHOFF-International-1107738-BGI1000.html

I also own the CAKE Profile Votive Candle. It costs 25 dollars and is well worth the price. The quality of the votive is superior to other similar products I own by competitors. Just like the Berghoff kitchen and bar set this ware is made to last forever. All Modern says about the votive candle "Known for his innovative approach to exhibit design and project management, Scot Spratford has created unique pieces for CAKE, which truly showcase his tremendous talent. The unique silhouette of the Profile Votive Candle makes for a dramatic focal point. With a uniquely shaped base and opaque glass top, this votive will be quite the conversation starter. Stick a tea light candle into the center of this votive and watch as the warm glow illuminates the room."

The candle is available for purchase at http://www.allmodern.com/CAKE-pv003-CKE1007.html