These last few weeks have been full of cooking for me. I guess that’s what a super long winter break will do to a girl with a crock pot, six times as many pots & pans as people in living in the apartment, and the giantest kitchen she’s ever seen in New York.
(blurry proof of the aforementioned giantest kitchen ever)
So. what have I been making? (Unfortunately I’m missing photos of every. single. thing. I’ve cooked, so this will just be a laundry list, perhaps with recipes posted later?)
On New Year’s eve, a friend threw a party at his apartment on the UWS & I had the honor of doing all the cooking. I had two crock pots going, and was able to make cheesy spinach & artichoke dips, as well as my/my cousin’s famous dip. It has no name, but is easily the most unhealthy thing ever, as you will soon see.
The Dip
- 1 lb. ground beef
- 1 large block Velveeta cheese
- 1 large jar of mild salsa
- 1 can cream of chicken soup
Making it is easy — brown the beef with desired seasonings, drain. Cube the cheese. Add it all to a crock pot and cook on high for an hour or two. It’s ready when the cheese is melted, and that depends on your crock pot, really. Serve with tortilla chips!
As you can see, it’s really, really disgusting. But I never said I was the healthiest person, did I? Then again I didn’t say I was the least healthy person, either; the boys I lived with last year would eat the leftovers in buns, kind of like a cheesy, salsa-y sloppy joe. Disgusting, I say. But kind of justified — the dip is delicious, especially when piping hot.
I think that’s enough food-talk for now. It might be best to talk about my loaded baked potato soup in another entry, as well as the chocolate stout cupcakes with caramel frosting that averaged out to about a tablespoon of butter per cupcake. This entry is fat enough.
