Well, skip to 2:45 and stop at 4:13.
"I LOVE SPINACH! Everybody knows THAT."
Know what, D.W.? So do I! And that's why...
Tonight's meal consisted of...
LOTS AND LOTS OF SPINACH!
aka, my mom's famous Spinach Soufflé.
*Recipes and/or sites that we used will be at the end of the meal's post.*
And I do mean famous. Check it out:
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That was at Goucher College.
Dinner was just mom and me tonight, so we made three small soufflés. Because unlike the reformed D.W., my siblings do not like spinach.
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| Beware the Spinach Monster!!! |
We used up all the butter sticks in the house with all the baking we've been doing, so we used tub butter instead. HERE'S A TRICK!
To measure tub butter, use a liquid measuring cup. Let's say we need 1/4 cup of butter. Fill the measuring cup to the 1 3/4-cup mark with VERY COLD water. (Warm water will make the butter melt.) Then spoon the tub butter into the measuring cup until the water hits the 2-cup mark. Hurray for water displacement! Hurray for science!
We made three small soufflés - two small soufflés equals the recipe's one big one. We simply divided the recipe in half and made it three times.
We used small (about 5" x 8") aluminum pans. If you use these, melt the butter in the pans in the oven ('cause the microwave would make them esPLODE!).
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| I love the colors. |
My mom is real funny. We were scooping, measuring, and mixing, and I randomly said, "I wonder why it's called cottage cheese."
Mom goes, "Maybe because it's been cottaged." Pause. "Ha. Ha ha. Ha."
I said, "I don't get it."
She said, "Me neither."
And then I laughed my butt off.
We were done prepping in less than 15 minutes. So easy.
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| Boom boom boom. Done. |
They went in the oven, and we enjoyed some bread and butter while they cooked. Also, I started working on this blog post. :)
And cooked:
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| Have you ever seen anything more enticing? |
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| ...Did I mention this was my favorite food? |
As for the plate picture...
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| This is my second helping. |
I was so excited to eat it that I forgot to take the picture. Sorry. Hehe.
Happy fooding,
Sarah
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Recipes and Sites
Thank you to FoodGawker for helping us find recipes!
(Except not today, because it came from my mama.)
Sarah's Mom's Spinach Soufflé
Ingredients:1 stick margarine
2 ten-ounce boxes frozen chopped spinach (thawed and drained)
16 oz cottage cheese
6 oz shredded cheddar cheese (1 1/2 cups if measuring)
4 eggs
1/4 cup flour
1 teaspoon salt
Instructions:
Preheat oven to 350.
Put stick of margarine in 9 x 13 pan, place in oven to melt, which greases the pan.
In large bowl, thoroughly mix all other ingredients.
Cook 30 minutes - covered.
Cook 15-30 minutes - uncovered.
WARNING - Food will be hot and delicious. Which is a dangerous combination if the deliciousness causes you to ignore the hotness. Be careful of burning your tongue!
