Chips Over There!

So, I made chocolate chip cookies, from scratch. I have no idea how I did it. So here's my guess.

2 cups flour
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1 /2 cup butter
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup chocolate chips
1 tsp baking powder

1. Cream butter and sugar together, mix in egg and vanilla.

2 Mix in flour, baking powder and chocolate chips.

3. Drop by spoonfuls onto greased or parchment papered cookie sheets.

4. Bake at 350 until golden.



I have a bonus recipe for you today, in honour of Chef Michael Smith, who I believe was unfairly trounced in Battle Avocado on the tv show Iron Chef America. If I'm speaking a strange language to you, you should make it your mission to find out what these things mean, your life will be better for it, I promise.

Anywho, one of my favourite recipes is "The World's Fastest Chocolate Mousse". A recipe by Chef Michael Smith, which you can find here. And, if you're too lazy to click that, I'm putting the recipe here for you:

Ingredients
8 ounces silken tofu
8 ounces bittersweet chocolate (chopped)
1 tbsp vanilla

1. Melt chocolate slowly in a double boiler (bowl on top of a pot of water).
Make VERY certain you don't get water in the chocolate. Then go watch the movie "Like Water for Chocolate"......THEN go watch the movie "Chocolat".......then thank me.

2. Then (back to the recipe) puree the tofu in a food processor or with an immersion blender.

3. Add chocolate to tofu. Pour into individual containers (if you like). Chill until set. (Or give in and eat it warm, it's still good).

If you're really a keener you could top it all with his Mint Honey Strawberries, which are simply a cup of chopped strawberries mixed with 2 tbsps of fresh chopped mint and 2 tbsps of honey. Or top with whipped cream, or whatever else you please.

Now I know you read that and thought "Tofu? Really?!?" and if you did, then you haven't been listening very well. You really think I would mislead you like that? That I would give you a recipe for chocolate mousse that would taste BAD? Just go try it. Trust me. Afterwards you'll be thanking me for the Johnny Depp reference AND the chocolate mousse.

Next post I'll be bringing you stuff I already promised you.......or something.