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I made dinner for my significant other tonight and thought it would be fun to share the recipes..
his favorite foods are chicken wings and homemade mac n cheese, but I make mine a little non-traditionally.
This isn't healthy by ANY means... all the leftovers are going home with him.
Mac n cheese:
I dont use exact measurements, so I'm estimating here...you can adjust to your taste.
1 box mostaccioli (can sub for ziti, penne, corkscrew, etc)
chopped ham (can be left out if you prefer)
tablespoon salt
1 cup of lactaid (can sub regular milk, evaporated milk, half/half)
2 to 2.5 cups of shredded cheese - I shredded gouda, gruyere, and white cheddar
half a cup of mayonnaise
butter
teaspoon minced garlic
.25 to .5 cup chopped onion
1 goya chicken boullion packet or cube
tsp mustard
preheat oven to 350.
Add the tablespoon of salt to a pot of water and bring to a boil.
Add pasta and ham and cook until pasta is al dente. Drain and set aside.
In a sauce pan, melt 2ish tablespoons of butter and add the chopped onion. Keep it on low heat and cook the onions until they are almost transparent.
In a separate bowl, whisk milk and mayonnaise, and gradually fold in the garlic, boullion, mustard.
fold in the butter/onion mixture
add a cup of the shredded cheese
pour the cheese/milk mixture from the bowl to your pasta and mix everything together.
put it in a baking dish and use the last cup of cheese to sprinkle on top
cook covered in the oven for 40 minutes at 350, and then uncovered for 5-10 minutes until the top is brown.
Oven baked Wings:
raw chicken wings
black pepper
adobo powder
goya sazon
tblespoon olive oil
blueberry preserves.
soy sauce
preheat oven to 400
Rinse/clean raw chicken wings thoroughly...(I like to pour boiling water and a little bit of vinegar on raw chicken, and THEN I rub with limes)
put the wings in a bowl and add the olive oil, black pepper, adobo powder, and sazon. mix until everything is coated well.
place the wings in the oven - make sure they're not overlapping each other and bake for 40 minutes at 400. turn them over and bake for another 15-20 minutes until brown.
in a pan, heat up about half a cup of soy sauce and whisk in about a cup of blueberry preserves.
take the wings out of the oven, place them in a bowl and drizzle the hot soy sauce/blueberry preserve mixture over the wings.
serve and garnish with chives or green onion.
I served everything with a simple tomato/cucumber salad tossed in olive oil and vinegar on the side.
his favorite foods are chicken wings and homemade mac n cheese, but I make mine a little non-traditionally.
This isn't healthy by ANY means... all the leftovers are going home with him.
Mac n cheese:
I dont use exact measurements, so I'm estimating here...you can adjust to your taste.
1 box mostaccioli (can sub for ziti, penne, corkscrew, etc)
chopped ham (can be left out if you prefer)
tablespoon salt
1 cup of lactaid (can sub regular milk, evaporated milk, half/half)
2 to 2.5 cups of shredded cheese - I shredded gouda, gruyere, and white cheddar
half a cup of mayonnaise
butter
teaspoon minced garlic
.25 to .5 cup chopped onion
1 goya chicken boullion packet or cube
tsp mustard
preheat oven to 350.
Add the tablespoon of salt to a pot of water and bring to a boil.
Add pasta and ham and cook until pasta is al dente. Drain and set aside.
In a sauce pan, melt 2ish tablespoons of butter and add the chopped onion. Keep it on low heat and cook the onions until they are almost transparent.
In a separate bowl, whisk milk and mayonnaise, and gradually fold in the garlic, boullion, mustard.
fold in the butter/onion mixture
add a cup of the shredded cheese
pour the cheese/milk mixture from the bowl to your pasta and mix everything together.
put it in a baking dish and use the last cup of cheese to sprinkle on top
cook covered in the oven for 40 minutes at 350, and then uncovered for 5-10 minutes until the top is brown.
Oven baked Wings:
raw chicken wings
black pepper
adobo powder
goya sazon
tblespoon olive oil
blueberry preserves.
soy sauce
preheat oven to 400
Rinse/clean raw chicken wings thoroughly...(I like to pour boiling water and a little bit of vinegar on raw chicken, and THEN I rub with limes)
put the wings in a bowl and add the olive oil, black pepper, adobo powder, and sazon. mix until everything is coated well.
place the wings in the oven - make sure they're not overlapping each other and bake for 40 minutes at 400. turn them over and bake for another 15-20 minutes until brown.
in a pan, heat up about half a cup of soy sauce and whisk in about a cup of blueberry preserves.
take the wings out of the oven, place them in a bowl and drizzle the hot soy sauce/blueberry preserve mixture over the wings.
serve and garnish with chives or green onion.
I served everything with a simple tomato/cucumber salad tossed in olive oil and vinegar on the side.