Monday, January 23, 2012

Cooking Games and Variety


It’s hard to find variety with cooking games. If you’re not a blessed cook, you may find that cooking games tend to be the same things over and over again. The first meal you cook that turns out well might be the start of your food choices for the next few years with only a few meals rotated out and through the menu for your cooking games in order to be sure that you’re always serving something everyone likes and something that you’re good at.

But perhaps the most fun of cooking games is branching out and trying something new. To do this, however, you need to find cooking games and recipes that you’re willing to try and have a willing test audience as well. A family with picky eaters may not be the best ones to try some new experiments, but if you have some friends with iron stomachs, invite them over to share in your cooking games. You can create food together and then enjoy it together, too.

Monday, January 9, 2012

Cooking Games and Queso


If you’re in love with the gooey yellow cheese queso you’re in luck! You can make a batch right in your microwave if you’d like – all you need are a few simple ingredients to give it a try.

Assemble your ingredients for the cooking games. In this case you’ll need a block of Velveeta cheese and a can of Rotel tomatoes with chilies. Get the can of Rotel to suit the level of spiciness you’d like in your queso.

Cut up the chunk of Velveeta or similar processed cheese into small cubes. Place the cubes into a small crock pot if you have one or a small microwavable dish if you don’t. Then, open the can of Rotel. Drain off the extra water in the can of tomatoes before you add it to the cheese.

If you’re using the crock pot, simply plug it in and wait. If you’re using a microwavable bowl, place the bowl in the microwave and cook for two minutes. Remove the bowl and stir the concoction before replacing it and stirring again. When the cheese is smoothly melted, enjoy it with your favorite tortilla chips.