cookie cake!

Zach & I threw this together pretty fast (5 mins prep, 20 mins baking). We modified another cookie cake recipe to get this one. I'm partial to the cookie company's cookie cake, but this one was pretty good.

Ingredients:
2 sticks unsalted butter, softened
1 cup packed light brown sugar
1/2 cup granulated sugar
2 large eggs
2 cups plus 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
1 cup bittersweet chocolate chips
1 cup milk chocolate chips

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Cream the butter and sugars in a bowl. Add the eggs, beating well after the addition of each.

In a bowl, combine the flour, baking soda, and salt and mix with a whisk. Add to the butter mixture, mixing to incorporate, and add the vanilla extract. Fold in the chocolate chips. Spread across the bottom of a greases cookie sheet and bake until the edges are golden and the cookie is set but the center is still slightly soft, 20 to 25 minutes. Cool in the pan for 10 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.

garlic noodles with tofu

tonight i made a noodle dish that i've been craving for the past few weeks. i wasn't sure how it was going to turn out since i combined like 4 recipes into one, but it ended up being pretty good. the only problem was that i thought i was using a nonstick pan, but it sucked at not sticking. i lost almost all the onions and garlic i was sauteing because of it. i transferred to a better pan and saved some of it... but in the end, the noodles lacked the strong garlic flavor i was going for.

Ingredients:
one bag egg noodles, cooked
olive oil
few handfuls of bean sprouts
block extra firm tofu, drained & cubed (or sub. chicken)
2-3 tablespoons of finely diced garlic
1 small onion, diced
chili sauce (i used sriracha hot chili sauce)
soy sauce
mirin (optional, but adds a good flavor)
salt & pepper
green onions for garnish

Saute onions and garlic in olive oil at a high heat & season with salt and pepper. Add tofu until brown & crisp on all sides. Add bean sprouts and saute for a minute. Stir in noodles & then add soy sauce, mirin, a tiny bit chili sauce to coat the noodles (add a little bit at a time until you get it right). Season with salt & garnish with green onions.