Apple Grilled Cheese

This is my new favourite sick day food. I used to think apples would make you feel better because of the phrase "an apple a day keeps the doctor away". It's great for any day though!

You'll need:
2 slices of bread
Old cheddar cheese
1 apple (you won't need all of it) should be crisp. I chose a crisp macintosh, but I think granny smith would work too.
Butter or margarine

Step 1:
Butter one side of each slice of bread

2:
cut slices of cheese, enough to cover half of the bread horizontally AND vertically.
also cut 3 slices of the apple (about half a centimeter thick) and then cut them into strips/triangles/whatever shape. I wouldn't recommend leaving the slices as full circles. I prefer the apple peeled.

3:
place one of your bread slices butter side down on a hot pan. put one layer of your cheese vertically, speaced apart. then scatter your apple pieces over that layer of cheese. finally layer your horizontal slices of cheese over that, also spaced out.

4:
put the other piece of bread on top, butter side up. Flip it every once and a while until the cheese is melted. Keep the stove heat at medium.


Enjoy!

chicken-y mushroom-y goodness

So this is another SUPER easy recipe, I usually do it when I have chicken breasts that need to be used.
You'll need:
A can of cream of mushroom soup
Rice (as much as you want)
Chicken breasts
Garlic powder, salt, and pepper.

1. Get some water in a pot and let it boil
2. Make the soup according to the directions on the can, if you're doing it over the stove cook it for a little bit longer so it thickens up.
3. Once your water is boiling put the rice in, set the timer for how long the package says it takes to cook
4. Cut the chicken into cubes and cook it in a frying pan, seasoning it with with garlic powder, salt and pepper.
5. Wait for everything to be done..
6. Plate it! A generous pile of rice, chicken on top of that, and as many spoonfuls of the soup as you want.

This is a comfort food for me now, and it's super duper easy.

Chicken and raspberry wrap

(c/uc friendly if you can have lettuce, if not, skip that, it's just for the crunch!)

You'll need:
A chicken breast

Sweeter teriyaki sauce

Raspberry vinaigrette or jam (c/uc sufferers use seedless jam, or strain the vinaigrette)
Lettuce (washed)
Feta cheese
White tortilla(s)


1. Grill the chicken breast whole brushed with a very thin layer of teriyaki sauce or cut it in strips and cook it in a frying pan brushed with watered down teriyaki sauce.
2. if you grilled the breast whole cut into strips when it's done, if you used the frying pan skip this.
3. lay your tortilla out on a cutting board or plate. if you're using jam spread a thin layer of it in the middle two quarters of the tortilla and cover it with a few pieces of lettuce. if you're using vinaigrette lay your lettuce down first...
- then crumble your feta over the lettuce (and, if you're using vinaigrette, this is when you sprinkle how much you want into the wrap)
4. Lay the strips of chicken on top of everything
5. wrap your tortilla. (fold bottom up and "tuck" one side underneath the lettuce and then wrap the other side around it. i like to put a toothpick in the middle to keep it together.)


enjoy :) i hope you like it.

French toast grilled cheese

SUPER easy!
You need:
2 slices White bread or light rye bread (this is crohn's/uc friendly, you can use whatever bread you want, but i find these work best)
Cheese of your choice, I prefer light mozzarella or a not-too-old cheddar
An egg
Salt and pepper
butter or a small bit of oil

1. Turn on a stove element (5 out of 8 on my stove, so medium) and put in the butter (if you're using butter, if you're not just leave the oil til right before you put the bread in the pan)
2. Cut enough slices of cheese to cover a piece of your bread, cut them about half a centimeter thick
    -this is where you'd add a dollop of oil and spread it around the pan, if you're using oil-
3. Beat the egg in a shallow bowl, add a pinch of salt and pepper each.
4. dip ONE SIDE ONLY of each piece of bread and put it in the pan, let the egg cook for about 45 seconds before you start putting the cheese slices on one of the pieces of bread. once the egg is a little stiffer you can put the piece of bread without the cheese on top of the cheese, egg side up.
5. let the one side cook completely, melting the cheese halfway, flip it and let the other side cook and the cheese melt.
6. take the sandwich off the pan and enjoy :)

I like dipping mine in room temperature table syrup with blueberries and sliced up banana on the side. My friend likes it dipped in ketchup with bacon on the side, it's all up to you :P

english muffin pizzas - sorry it's not that creative!

actually, any type of "round bread", so english muffins, bagels, flat bread, whatever are all good, but I'm going to be using english muffins.

So, first, gather all your ingredients. You can have whatever toppings you like, I'll just put down what I like (and what I made it with (aka what i had in my fridge)) :
2 english muffins, cut in half
a good sized 2 handfulls of whatever cheese you have, i mixed cheddar and mozzarella
pepperoni
1/2" by 1/2 inch peices of cut up prosciutto
thinly sliced mushrooms
thinly sliced tomato (the slices were cut into quarters)
pizza sauce (if you have it. i made pizza a few days before this, so I did, but i find that smooth spaghetti sauce works too)
oregano (just to sprinkle on top, it's not needed)

1. start toasting your english muffins, turn your broiler on medium (if you get a choice), get out a small cookie sheet and shred your cheese
2. Slice all your toppings
3. lightly coat your english muffins (which are now toasted) with sauce. you don't want too much or it will make it soggy, this is also why you toast it
4. put a good layer of cheese down, and lay down your toppings, then cover them with another layer of cheese. If you have prosciutto, mushrooms or tomatoes leave them on top of the cheese so they can crisp
5. sprinkle a little bit of oregano on the cheese, it looks nice and adds to the taste of the pizza or spaghetti sauce.
6. put it in the oven and watch it, mine took 7 minutes but it depends on the broiler temperature. just watch it to see when the cheese is melted and your toppings are crisp, if you have any on top.

take them out and let them sit for a minute to cool down, and enjoy :)

Peanut Butter balls

So, these are suuppeerr easy, and I apologize for not having a picture.
Melt some milk chocolate
1.Crumble some soft (NOT CRUNCHY) peanut butter cookies (make sure they're the soft ones!!)
2.scoop some peanut butter into a bowl with the cookie crumbles and mix until you get a stiff paste-like thing. if you're using peanut butter that separates try not to get any of the oil in it.
3.make little balls out of the mixture, as big or small as you want, and stab them in the middle with a toothpick. the toothpicks are to dip it.
4.line a cookie sheet with parchment paper and put your peanut-balls on it.
5.take your melted chocolate and dip your peanut-balls in it, roll it around to make sure it's completely covered and put it back on the cookie sheet. Once you've finished dipping every ball put the sheet in the fridge.
Once they're hardened you can take them out and eat them or, if you want, you can give them a second layer of chocolate.
this picture is something like what it will be like.

Hope you like it!