Microwave quesadilla

My boyfriend gave me this recipe. Its a great snack, or quick lunch. There is a secret here that makes sure the cheese stays gooey and delicious.

What you need:
Tortillas
Shredded cheese
Other toppings (note: if you wish to add meat to your quesadilla, you have to use precooked meat, you can use raw veggies but they may not be completely cooked)
Optional: salsa and sour cream garnish

What you do:
Get a plate and put one tortilla on the plate
Sprinkle cheese and add toppings
Top it with another tortilla
Get a paper towel, wet it and wring it out or squeeze it so it is only damp (be careful not to rip the paper towel)
Place the paper towel on top of the quesadilla and microwave in 30 second intervals until the cheese is melted
Serve with salsa and sour cream

Tips and tricks:

To make the paper towel part easier, fold the paper towel first, then wet it. Once wet, squeeze excess water out and unfold.
This goes great with my 6 second guac recipe.
Mix it up (I swear this goes with most of my recipes) try differrent cheeses or fillings

You can make more than one quesadilla if you put one on the plate then make another wrapped in the damp paper towel and place it on top of the first one (basically covering both quesadillas)

Worms

This is called worms because of the noodles. We used tricolor noodles but spaghetti or angel hair works best (for the name)

What you need:
1 box of Pasta (it is totally your choice what kind of pasta to use but you can't call this worms if you use rotini or bowtie)
1/2 bottle italian dressing
1 cucumber (peeled and chopped)
1-2 tomatoes chopped
Salad supreme seasoning

What you do:
Cook the pasta according to the directions on the box then drain
Pour in the whole bottle of italian dressing and add some salad supreme seasoning (its really up to you how much)
Stir in the vegetables (well, tomato is a fruit) and mix well
Serve warm or chill over night and serve cold

Tips and tricks:
You can try it with onion (I would say red onion)
Use more or less veggies for more or less crunch
Salad supreme is kinda hard to find in the store (its on the spice aisle)

This is what salad supreme looks like, in case you were wondering

Bacon for beginners

I have always hated making bacon. I dont want to get burned. Recently we started making bacon the smartest way possible. This is pure genius and most people will feel like idiots for not thinking of this.

What you need:
bacon
Cookie sheet
Foil

What you do:
Preheat oven to 350
Cover the cookie sheet with foil.
Lay bacon out on the sheet, they can overlap.
Bake until completely cooked
Remove bacon using tongs and place on a plate covered with paper towels (to absorb grease)

Tips and tricks:
Once you've mastered quick easy bacon, you can make BLTs or breakfast. The possibilities are endless.
There will be a lot of grease on the cookie sheet but the foil will make for an easier clean up.
If you like crispy bacon, cook longer.

Broccoli salad

Happy fourth of July to all my fellow Americans.  This is a great recipe for cookouts this summer!

This has the potential to be a no cook recipe if you buy pre-cooked bacon. For an easier way to make bacon, check my blog post on bacon here. This also has the potential to impress.

What you need:
Fresh broccoli (from a bag, I got mine as florets in a bag)
Red onion
Cheddar cheese, shredded
Bacon, crumbled
Mayo
Sugar
Red wine vinegar

What you do:
Cut broccoli into bite sized pieces (remove stems as much as possible)
Dice red onion and combine in a large bowl with broccoli
Add cheese ( as much as you want) and crumbled bacon
Mix 1/2 cup mayo and 3 tbs of red wine vinegar
Slowly add sugar to mayo mixture, dont let it get gritty.
Pour this mixture over the broccoli salad and stir.

Tips and tricks:
If the dressing (mayo mixture) does not look like enough, add some more of each ingredient. Some people (like me) like more sauce on my broccoli salad so I usually make more.
Make sure to taste the sauce and adjust the mayo to vinegar ratio to your liking.
The mixture should be smooth, not as thick as mayo and not gritty.
Use a wisk to mix the sauce so that the sugar gets dissolved.
This tastes better the next day.

Mix/stir before serving.

This is just a picture of the sauce, it is so good. 

6 second guac

My friend at work was making something similar to this to lose weight instead of eating fatty snacks. I changed it up and made it into a simple guacamole. The name 6 second guac came from my friend making it into a vine video. Hope you guys like this quick guac recipe.

What you need:
1 Avocado
Lemon juice
Tabasco
Garlic salt

What you do:
Cut the avocado and remove the seed.
Scoop out the insides into a bowl.
Add a dash of the other 3 ingredients and smash the avocado with a fork, spoon, or other preferred utensil until smooth.
Eat with chips. Or a spoon; don't be ashamed.

Tips and tricks:
For 8 second guac, add diced onion.
For 10 second guac, add diced onion and diced tomato
If you like spicier guacamole, use more Tabasco sauce.
Like most guacamole, this can't really be saved for later so eat it as soon as possible.
This turns out really well if you use a potato masher tool by hand because it makes it super smooth and mixes everything really well.
Don't use the masher if you make 8 or 10 second guacamole because it will mash too much.
To make more, use more 1 more avocado and double the amount of the other ingredients

Dump cake

Things you need: 

1 can cherry pie filling 

1 can crushed pineapple (20oz)

1 box yellow cake mix (unprepared)

About 1.5 sticks of butter 

Optional: vanilla ice cream

What to do: 

Preheat oven to 350ºF

Get your cake pan (9"x13" works well but for a thicker cake use a smaller pan)

Dump the whole can of cherry pie filling into the pan and spread it evenly.

Carefully dump the pineapple on top of the cherry and make sure it is covering the cherry stuff. 

Dump the whole box of cake mix over the fruit, covering the whole pan. Do not mix anything. The cake should have layers.

Cut the butter in pads and cover the cake mix. You may not need all the butter now but after you bake it for a while you might need more. 

Bake the cake for 35 minutes then check to make sure all the butter is melted. 

If there is still dry cake mix, cut more butter and cover these dry spaces. Bake for 5 more minutes and check again.

Repeat until all the cake is golden brown. 

Cool the cake and serve warm with vanilla ice cream.

Tips and tricks:

Use a soft spatula to help you get all the pie filling out of the can and spread evenly on the bottom of the pan.

Take your time pouring the cake mix so you don't have to even it out.

After baking, if there are still spots where the melted butter has not covered, use a half pad of butter to cover these areas if they are small enough.

Sometimes, there is enough butter melted on the surface of the cake that you can either tilt the pan or use the same spatula (but cleaned off and dried) or a spoon to move the butter around. just be careful not to burn yourself.

This is best served warm with vanilla ice cream but still good cold. It can be re-warmed in the microwave if you'd like. 

Instead of cherry pie filling, I have used blueberry and it was just as good. You can choose any pie filling you'd like,  mix and match flavor combinations to make it your own. This cherry-pineapple is still my favorite.

What this blog is all about

There has always been a joke in my family about how I'm a horrible cook. But there are plenty of things I can make. This blog is intended for young people who can't cook who need a simple explanation for delicious, easy, and impressive recipes. I'm not sure how this will end up but I'm excited to start this blog ASAP.

My name is Katie Fossett, I'm a college student and an awful cook. My family has always joked about how crappy I cook; they say I'll be making microwave dinners for my kids in 10 years. I'm trying to prove them wrong by posting to this blog and getting some lovely followers who will try my recipes.

Some recipesto look forward to: broccoli salad,  dump cake, and garlic parmesean potato wedges.