Wednesday, March 26, 2014

A Super Easy Dinner


In our family every one loves to eat steak. But we are picky with it when we are cooking for friends. My mother always serves it with salad and baked potatoes. My aunt serves it with rice. However I like to serve it with some mashed potato and rice with peas. 
It is super easy because you can work on several things at a time. 

I started with marinating the steak and then boiled the potatoes. While they were boiling I cooked the rice. And then I mashed the potatoes. 

I recommend you wait for your guests to arrive before you start cooking the steaks because when they become cold and when you heat them again, they become as hard as a rock. I don't think anyone would appreciate that. 

Also for the mashed potatoes I used milk instead of heavy cream so that the dish is lighter and healthier. 


Tuesday, March 11, 2014

Homemade Flaky Biscuits

The first time I tasted a biscuit was in a KFC restaurant when I was a kid. I normally do not eat bread with food like the other Turkish people. But I really liked the taste of this flaky biscuit because it was not like a normal bread. It is soft in the inside and crispy on the outside. 



I always waited to go to a KFC restaurant to eat that delicious biscuit but now I don't have wait to go there. To be honest I am not a huge fan of their chicken. I prefer to cook my own fried chicken at home which is definitely more healthier for sure. I can bake these biscuits at home anytime since I am pretty satisfied with the outcome of the homemade version of biscuits.  

The recipe requires a pastry cutter however I don't have that so I used a whisk and some knives instead. The recipe is also the recipe for a basic biscuit. But I think that you can add various cheeses or any other ingredient to add to it's taste. I know I will add some cheese the next time I bake them.