Trout

The other day I decided to make fish for supper which happened to be trout that was caught in our own creek. I baked it in the oven with a few different seasonings.  I got the recipe from one of my favorite websites which is allrecipes.com.  Everyone loved it, even Virginia although she'll never admit it.  I also made rice (from a box) freshly cut asparagus, and cheese biscuits that are better than Red Lobster's (also from allrecipes).

The fish is garnished with parsley from my newly started herb garden which I hope to be using regularly pretty soon, however I do need to learn how to photograph food a little better.  Hopefully someone will try this recipe and enjoy it just as much as I did.

Cream Puffs

The other day I was looking through an old cookbook and I came across a recipe for Cream Puffs.  I enjoy making desserts and pastries so I thought I'd give this one a try. 

They turned out very good but oddly shaped.  I decided to fill it with sliced strawberries and marshmallow cream with some chocolate syrup on the outside.  It only took about 10 minutes to prepare and 30-40 to bake.  All in all a very successful recipe. 

1/2 cup butter or margarine

1 cup boiling water

1 cup all purpose flour

1/2 teaspoon salt

4 eggs

1. Boil water and then melt butter in it.

2. Once the butter is melted put in flour and salt.

3. Stir constantly until the mixture comes off the sides and forms a ball.

4. Remove from heat.

5. Blend in eggs one at a times, beat vigorously after each until mixture is smooth.

6. Put on a cookie sheet and bake at 425 for about 30 minutes or until golden brown.

7. Turn oven off, prick puff with a knife and put back into the over for 20 minutes to dry out the center.

8. Let cool and then fill it with whatever you desire!