The Hungry Blog

Update

2010-10-10T18:49:00.000-07:00

Hey just letting you all know the lack of updates is due to my being busy with family all weekend. It's Canadian thanksgiving now lol. Not to mention midterms right after the weekend :( I'll be getting back to updating and reading all my comments after the weekend. Although if I fun the time I may do that tonight or tomorrow. I'll have to wait and see. Thanks for everybodues support and interest. I hope that will continue with each of the updates! Happy thanksgiving if your Canadian!

Stir Fry

2010-10-07T14:39:00.000-07:00

Stir Fry With Chicken and Vegetables

4 chicken breast halves, boneless & skinless
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
2 tablespoons soy sauce
1 1/2 tablespoons cornstarch
1 large red bell pepper, cut into squares
1 medium red onion, cut in thin wedges
1 large broccoli spear, separated into florets
3/4 cup chicken broth
1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes
2 cloves garlic, crushed
1 small can water chestnuts, drained

Cut chicken into cubes. Place the chicken in a bowl and add 1 teaspoon of the oil, 1 tablespoon soy sauce and 1/2 teaspoon cornstarch. Toss to coat chicken. In a small bowl, combine broth, red pepper flakes and remaining soy sauce and cornstarch.

In a large skillet, heat 1 tablespoon oil over medium-high heat. Add chicken. Stir-fry for 2 to 3 minutes or until chicken is opaque. Transfer chicken to plate. Add remaining oil, pepper, onion, broccoli, garlic and stir fry until onion starts to wilt. Add water chestnuts and chicken. Add broth mixture and bring to a boil. Cook, stirring constantly until the vegetables are tender-crisp, the chicken is done and the sauce has thickened a bit.

Serve over hot cooked rice.

Serves 4

Who doesn't love a good stir fry? You can always add teriyaki sauce too. ;) Very easy to cook as well.

Dragon Age 2

2010-10-04T23:19:00.000-07:00

The first game had an amazing story line and I enjoyed playing it quite a bit. This one should be even better. Bioware has always cranked out titles with amazing single player gameplay like the mass effect series, bioshock, and dragon age. I'm looking forward to it personally. Happy gaming until next time!

Update

2010-10-03T19:56:00.000-07:00

Had a busy weekend and I have a ton of school work to do tonight. Hopefully I'll have a new post tonight. If things don't work out that way there will be one tomorrow. Here's hoping the week passes quickly. Stay tuned!

Strawberry Cheesecake

2010-10-02T14:30:00.000-07:00

New York Style Cheesecake

Ingredients:

Crust

5 tablespoons melted butter or margarine
1 1/4 cups graham cracker crumbs
1/4 cup granulated sugar

Filling

4 pkgs.(8 oz. each) cream cheese, softened
1 can (14 oz.) sweetened condensed milk
4 eggs
1/3 cup all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon vanilla extract

Instructions:

Preheat oven to 300 degrees F.

Combine crust ingredients and press into the bottom of a springform pan.

In a large mixing bowl, beat cream cheese until fluffy.

Gradually beat in the condensed milk beating until smooth.

Add flour, eggs, and vanilla. Beat until well blended.

Pour into prepared crust.

Bake for 1 hour, or until slightly browned.

Cool. Chill and garnish with dollops of whipped cream around the edge and sliced fresh strawberries.

Serves 6-8

Time for a food update! Next time you can probably expect another game update, but for now... Delicious strawberry cheesecake! The best kind of cheesecake in my opinion. Fresh strawberries really complete it. Happy cheesecaking.

Bioshock Infinite

2010-10-01T21:09:00.000-07:00

First game update on The Hungry Blog folks! feedback appreciated. This is the gameplay trailer for Bioshock Infinite. I personally have high expectations for this game based on the trailer. Stunning visuals and good looking gameplay. Interesting environment, not done before, interesting gameplay. Overall it should be good. I never actually played Bioshock 2. I played the first one and after seeing this I'll likely be picking up this one as well.
Happy gaming and eating!

Update

2010-10-01T13:06:00.000-07:00

In class for the day again. Them after class I have to run to the ferry. Will likely update later tonight. Thinking of making another blog related to game reviews as well ad upcoming games and thoughts. Or I could combine it into this blog. Give some feedback on what idea you like better. Another update soon, see you then!

Spicy Italian Penne!

2010-09-30T20:24:00.001-07:00

Penne (as much as desired) 6 spicy Italian sausages 1 can diced tomatoes 1 small package mushrooms, sliced 1 medium onion, cut into strips 1 large clove of garlic, finely chopped 1 red pepper, cut into strips Pinch of Basil Pinch Crushed red chili peppers. Pinch of Oregano 1 Tbls. freshly chopped cilantro (optional) 2 Tbls. red wine
You will need a large deep pan. 1. Cut sausage into pieces, cook for 5-8 minutes (for less grease, boil 5 minutes before frying). 2. Add onion, mushrooms, and red pepper, cook for 5 minutes. 3. Add canned diced tomatoes. Cook on medium high heat for 5 minutes. 4. Add basil, oregano, garlic, cilantro, crushed red chili peppers and red wine. 5. Cook for about ten minutes and serve over penne.

Update

2010-09-30T15:57:00.000-07:00

Had a ton of class and homework lately. Curse labs! I'll be off school around 7 or 8 tonight and have another real post ready by the end of tonight. Thanks for all your comments! I'll be sure to check the profile and blog of everybody who commented and checked mine out. See you all later tonight!

Quesdillas!

2010-09-29T14:11:00.000-07:00

Quesadilla Recipe

INGREDIENTS

Large flour tortillas
Grated cheese - either mild or sharp cheddar, or Monterey Jack
Olive oil or grapeseed oil

Optional:
Sliced mushrooms
Green onions
Black olives, sliced
Fresh tomatoes, diced
Chicken pieces
Avocado

Lettuce
Apple cider vinegar
Salt

METHOD

1 Heat a large cast iron frying pan to medium high heat. Add a small amount of oil (about 1/2 teaspoon) and spread it around the bottom of the pan with a spatula (you could use butter as well). Take one large flour tortilla and place it in the pan. Flip the tortilla over a few times, 10 seconds between flips. Air pockets should begin to form within the tortilla.

2 When pockets of air begin to form, take a handful of grated cheese, sprinkle over the top of the tortilla, making sure that the cheese does not land on the pan itself. Add whatever additional ingredients you choose - green onion, sliced mushrooms, olives, tomatoes, etc. If you would like your quesadilla to be a chicken quesadilla, add some diced cooked chicken. Take care not to layer on the ingredients to thickly - this is a quesadilla, not a quiche.

3 Reduce the heat to low and cover the pan. The cast iron pan should be hot enough by now to have plenty of residual heat to melt the cheese and brown the tortilla. If the quesadilla begins to smoke too much, remove from the heat. After a minute, check to see if the cheese is melted. If not, return the cover and keep checking every minute until the cheese is melted. When the cheese is sufficiently melted, use a spatula to lift up one side of the quesadilla and flip over the other side, as if you were making an omelette. The tortilla should by now be browned slightly. If it is not browned, turn the heat up to high and flip the quesadilla over every 10 seconds or so until it gets browned. Remove from pan and cut into wedges.

To make the lettuce to accompany the quesadilla, thinly slice some iceberg lettuce. Sprinkle some cider vinegar on it and some salt.

Serve with the lettuce, salsa, sour cream, and guacamole.

One of the simplest, and most delicious snacks I've had.

2010-09-27T21:26:00.000-07:00

Very simple to make, this recipe really doesn't take too much time or effort. Great for when friends are over or just to snack for yourself. By far one of the better tasting quickly made snacks out there. I love these little guys and like to make them at least once a month. Next update will be coming soon! Stay tuned.

Starting

2010-09-26T14:44:00.000-07:00

Alright it's time to get this up and running boys. The main focus of this blog will be food. All types of food, including amazing food, funny food, easy food, weird food, ect ect. Expect to see some posts sometime this week, have a lot of university work to do atm. But rest assured it will be started post haste! If you come across this post before it's started vote in comments for what category of food you'd like to see posted first!