Anqi: Cheesecake!

I have finally acquired all the ingredients for a cheesecake! Yay!
I know Cooking Mama never made this, which is why I've opted to not include the other things I've been making, but no one can resist cheesecake! And if you know me very well, you know that I admire Alton Brown from The Food Network, and his recipe for cheesecake is wonderful. =)




This is the... fourth (?) time I've made this cheesecake. I think it might be the best! Check it out! :D
At first I thought that all that filling would not fit in that pan...
... but it did! There it is, baking away.

Yum yum yum yum yum!! Delicioso!

Emily: Blegghhh.....

Junki and I made two dishes this weekend. One was good. The other... well. Blegghh....

Here are some pictures:

Good--

Bad--and how we felt after eating it...

Peace!

Emily

Emily: Cooking is a lot like Chemistry lab, only less toxic.

Hi everyone!!!

I am home and have recently made a few dishes. =) The first is an experiment with dessert and the second is the usual Asian stir fry. Enjoy!

This is called Nutella dumplings--haha. Kristen came over last weekend, and we made them for our movie night. We didn't actually get to watch the movie (Avatar) since we spent all night 9-12:30am making these, but it was super fun! =) The recipe is very simple. First you mix flour and water to make dough. Then, you roll the dough out and cut it into little squares. Finally, you fill each square with a bit of nutella (and peanut butter!!) and boil it all in a pot of water. When it's done, add chocolate shavings and some melted butter. I really enjoyed making the dumpling shapes. I think the little round ones that look like onions taste the best, for some reason:

They turned out pretty good--the second try was better than the first because we made lots of different shapes and added peanut butter. It was a little too buttery for me, but they were pretty tasty. Here's Kristen rolling the dough with a plastic cup. (I couldn't find the rolling pin. Typical. :P)

Yummy!

Tonight, after lab (hence the title of this post), I made dinner because I beat my mom home!!! (For once after labs!!!) I made the classic Asian eggs and tomatoes, chili tofu, and bacon stir fry with peppers.

Have a great July 4th weekend!!!

Emily