Eating my emotions

I really did think this blog would be a good thing for me.  I'm seriously starting to question that.  

There's nothing like cooking a family size meal for one to make you realize that you are alone.  My single serving taken out of my Le Creuset dish gave me a serious case of the sads.  

Add to that fact that this was my best take at mac n cheese to date and all I wanted to do was brag to my daddy that this was waaayyy better than his.  But I can't do that.  I might have still said it out loud.  I've been talking to myself a lot lately.  Don't tell anyone.  

Anyways- enough of this depressing shit and onto the deliciousness...

Truffle Mac n Cheese

This mac n cheese is seriously so good it'll make you want to touch yourself.  I wouldn't advise that while you're cooking though.  That could get messy.  And supremely unsanitary. 

White Cheddar, Asiago and Locatelli.  Get into it people.  

Truffle Oil.  Purchased at my hometown wine and cheese festival.  Yeah Catskill- you fancy!

Butter, flour, milk- Roux it up.  Melt in your shredded cheese and you get this.   Just retarded cheese sauce that I had to contain myself to not keep spooning it straight into my mouth. 

The end result is- If I am going to eat my feelings, I'm probably okay with that as long as it's Truffle Mac n Cheese.  

 

I need a hobby...

I don't know what the fuck I'm doing here. 
I don't cook for myself.  Like, hardly ever.  It's not that I can't cook, it's just that I'm really lazy.  I usually like to lay around and wait for food to show up at my door.  It's super expensive convenient.
But here I am- creating a damn food blog!? Really Ashley?  I'm not sure I've thought this thing through.
 
See, the thing is- I need something to do with my time.  I don't know what I do with it from when I get out of work until I go to bed at night.  It literally just vanishes and I'm still sitting on my bed staring at my wall.  It's not healthy.  But ya know what is healthy?  Making your own food and feeling like you've accomplished something for the day (hopefully this goes better than boxes of failed hobbies underneath my bed). 
So here I go...!

Goat Cheese, Arugula & Sun Dried Tomato Panini

I'm finally going to use the panini press my sister gave me for Christmas last year (Hey Nessie! Sorry it's taken me ~9 months.  Love you!).  There are a couple of things I assume you're going to learn about me very quickly (I'm not quite sure who "you" are- but I'll just go with it) and one of them is how much I love Goat Cheese and Arugula.  And it's double the love when they're together.  Just come on.

Fresh bread, organic baby arugula and peppered goat cheese.  Good.  

Add some sun dried tomatoes and throw that shit on the panini press.  Presto- you've got a delicious dinner.  

Haha! Well- mine doesn't look all that pretty... but trust me.  It was fucking gooood.  

Tonight's meal brought to you by... 

Cheers Daddy!