I am dedicating this post to a blogger friend of mine, Ella Unread as she has been longing for good cookies.  This recipe is one of my favorite chocolate chip cookie recipes.  The original recipe comes from the people at America’s Test Kitchen.  That is probably what makes the recipe a little more technical, but it is really yummy.  It is kind of a fun recipe to make as well.

You don’t have to do some of the things like bake on parchment paper, but it does help you clean up.  I did have a friend who, when making this recipe forgot that she was using baking sheets with no sides so when she went to turn the pans, the cookies (on the parchment paper) went flying around the kitchen.  I got a phone call that went something along the lines of “Ummm, Alex, how do I get chocolate chips off of the ceiling?”  Yeah, you should pay attention to that.

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I haven’t actually had the time to bake this weekend yet, but I may tomorrow when we have a day off from the theatre.  I do get to do some fun cooking today though as I host a BBQ at the theatre between the shows.  It has become a tradition that we started during Les Mis when we didn’t have a lot of time between shows.  Now of course we just do it for fun on the two-show-days.  So, I get to be grillmaster for the afternoon and then smell like BBQ for the entirety of the second show.

So, if you enjoy some good chocolate chip cookies, let me know!  Also, don’t forget that if you have a recipe to share you can submit it.  I may try it out and feature it!

One of my favorite things to do on the weekend is to make breakfast.  I am always on the lookout for the perfect recipe for belgian waffles.  I love waffles and I love tweaking recipes to get closer to perfect.  There are a couple that I love that come from cookbooks, but It is interesting to come up with my own variations.  I have to thank my cousin Joyce for the waffle iron that she sent me when I moved out here to Utah.  It has seen lots of use and made some tasty waffles!  Best served with bacon or sausages, lots of yum!

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If you try it out, let me know what you think or what you would change.

Even though my girlfriend is off to France for the week I am still heading up to her family’s home for dimmer tonight.  It is going to be a Corned beef collaboration.  I love an excuse to make this corned beef recipe, and this seemed like a good one!  I hope that you all enjoy this recipe as well.  It pairs well with mashed potatoes and challah rolls.  If you try it out, let me know what you think!

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I Have decided to try something new.  I like to cook.  I probably don’t do it as much as I should, especially when we get into tech weeks for shows (which I am about to start).  However, I try to do some kind of cooking or baking on the weekends so it seems like a good time to post up some of my favorite recipes.

I also like to try new things so I have set up an interactive recipe book.  If you try and like my recipes, or if you just have a recipe to share, you can.  Just follow this link to the recipe submission page.  Once you submit a recipe it will have to be approved, and then it will show up in the recipe file.  You can find the recipe file and submission page under the archives in the main menu bar.

Hopefully you will enjoy my recipes and I will enjoy yours!

Here is my project for this weekend, I happened to have some ripe bananas in the kitchen, so it seemed like it would be appropriate to make:

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