Bread Pudding w/ Vanilla Butter Sauce

Yum! I made this today for Cesar. His favorite dessert, I think. IT turned out good.

Here is the recipe.

Bread Pudding:

6 slices of day old bread
2 tbsp butter, melted
1/2 cup raisins (optional, I didn't put it this time because I disgust raisins, but next time I'll put it in one side for Ya-Ya and Cesar)
4 eggs, beaten
2 cups milk
3/4 cup white sugar
1 tsp ground cinnnamon
1 tsp vanilla extract

Preheat oven to 350

Break bread into small pieces into an 8 inch square baking pan. Drizzle melted butter over bread. If desired, sprinkle with raisins.

In a medium mixing bowl, combine eggs, milk, sugar, cinnamon and vanilla. Beat until well mixed. Pour over bread and lightly push down with a fork until bread is covered and soaking up egg mixture.

Bake in the preheated oven for 45 minutes, or until the top springs back when lightly tapped.


The picture of the sauce does not look so appetizing but here it is along w/ the recipe.



Vanilla Butter Sauce

1 beaten egg
3 tbsp brown sugar
1/2 cup white sugar
2 tbsp melted butter
1 tbsp flour
1 tsp vanilla
1 1/4 heavy cream
dash of nutmeg

Combine in the top of a double boiler. Cook, stirring until thickened.

Vegetarian Dinner

I made potato tacos, macaroni soup and some homemade salsa!

Didn't realize this was all vegan food...w/ LOTS of grease.

Potato Tacos:

Fresh potatoes, mashed
salt
pepper
cumin
Monterrey Jack cheese (shredded)
Vegetable Oil
white corn tortillas (my MIL told me white corn is better than others)

(Warm up vegetable oil in pot - keep it in low to medium heat only)
Mash potatoes, you can boil them, but I nuke 'em in the mic for about 6 mins (for 5 potatoes). Add salt, pepper, cumin and shredded cheese. Mix all together. Warm the tortillas in the mic for about a minute to soften them up.
Spread about a teaspoon and a half of the potato mix into one side of the tortilla. Make sure it's mashed down a bit to flatten it. Gently fold the other side of the tortilla over. Place in pan. Repeat until you've reached the amount of tacos you want are done.

Macaroni Soup:

macaroni noodles
1 can tomato sauce
chicken bouillong
1/2 white onion, sliced about half an inch wide
cilantro
onion powder
garlic powder
cumin (about a tsp and a half, not too much)
black pepper
salt

Bring water to boil in pot. Add chicken bouillon and sliced onion, (I'm sorry, I really don't measure). Add macaroni noodles. Let boil for about 10 mins. Add tomato sauce and other spices. Add anything else you'd like to your taste. Turn off and let sit on unheated side of the stove. Stir in the cilantro leaves and your set.