manger et d'être heureux

eat and be happy. =)

You know what kind of food makes me happy? Big dishes of cheesy, baked pasta.
Last night I made rigatoni with spinach, ricotta, parmigiano reggiano, and fontina.
I love fontina, the way it melts down and gets so gooey and fabulous. As cheese should, really.

Be happy indeed.

Tonight I made this!
Broiled steaks (it rained all day today!) with hash browns, steamed brussels sprouts, and a home made béarnaise sauce. This was my first time making hash browns and béarnaise. The sauce turned out great on the first try. Although it wasn't a traditional béarnaise as I'm not a huge fan of tarragon. I used tarragon vinegar in place of the white wine vinegar, and used thyme as my fresh herb. Other than that, standard operating procedures for béarnaise still apply.
The hash browns. Oh the hash browns.
Shredded russet potato mixed with bacon, shallots, fresh thyme, and green onions, cooked in a skillet, flipped, then finished in the oven.
Theoretically speaking.
They stuck to the pan the first time. I mean stuck. to. the. pan.
I had to scrap the whole batch and start over in my Calphalon Unison non-stick skillet.
Then, upon removing the pan from the oven, I set it on the stove top and then grabbed the handle with my bare hand. I'm awesome.
My boss says I should be surrounded by orange cones or wrapped in bubble wrap.
Back to happy.

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I found these at the grocery store today. Filipino Halo Halo is probably one of my favorite foods of all time.
It has red mung beans, coconut, jackfruit... all sorts of awesome things. These made me smile, big time. Oh happy day.
Oh, I went today to get my stitches taken out and they wouldn't do it yet. Lame.