Best of both worlds- chicken noodle wonton soup

(made with my scrap app)

I love chicken noodle soup
the boyfriend loves Won-ton soup
so in an effort to please both of us at the same time
I blended the two
and it was fantastic
won-tons are very easy to make
there's a great folding tutorial here

*this is now going into heavy recipe rotation in our house*

How to get your boyfriend to do whatever you want

Two Words:

1. Lobster 

2. Thermidor 

(via my iphone)

The local supermarket had a heck of a deal on whole lobsters
so I broke out my 
French Classical Education
my pots and pans
and made the boyfriends newest favorite meal
{he hasn't stopped talking about it}

Here's the
 Lobster Thermidor History
and Julia Child's Recipe 

Microwave Caramels

Candy Making is no joke

thermometers and recrystallization fears

thats why I use the microwave

~it's a steady heat ~

and makes things so crazy easy

Microwave Caramels 

(this is not health food)

all I do to make these treats is:

1. Throw everything except vanilla in a bowl (heat safe)

2. Microwave until everything is combined - around 3 minutes

3. Don't be nervous as you watch the butter sink into the sugars

like the Titanic sank into the ocean

4. Give it a good stir  -  (use pot holders- it's hot)

5. Keep microwaving until it bubbles and deepens color (like 8 minutes)

you can also drip some of the resulting caramel

into a cup of cold water to see if it beads up

6. Stir in vanilla

7. Pour lovely rich caramel into a parchment lined 9x9 pan

8. Chill

9. Cut up and enjoy

I dip mine in Dark Chocolate and sprinkle with salt

*its good just as it is though*

You can use all white sugar

it takes a few minutes longer

~but the flavor is a bit deeper I think~

*recipe adapted from here*