Pizza Power - Whole Steak and Egg Pizza

Hello!
This is a new segment I'm starting off, Pizza Power!
As I don't fail every Friday and I wanted to have a day dedicated to pizzas too, I decided to have Pizza Power day whenever I don't have fails to show you on Friday. And today is the case :)
So here it is the first pizza on the blog, the Whole steak and egg pizza - This is a hearty meal for anyone!
I had two beautiful fresh steaks in the fridge and I thought "I gotta make some neopian stuff that has steak in it!" and so I chose this pizza. It was weird at first because the steaks where whole but when it was time to eat I decided to cut it in bite size pieces and distribute it on top of the pizza.
In order to make this pizza you will need:
- 1 pizza base (store bought or home made. I made mine - if you want a recipe just let me know)
- 1 big steak or 2 medium (I used 2 medium steaks)
- bit of oil
- 2 eggs
- 1 tablespoon of flour
- 1 tablespoon of butter 
- 300 ml of milk (I used oat milk)
- half a cup of grated cheddar cheese
- pinches of salt, pepper, nutmeg, cloves and turmeric powders 
If you make your own pizza base, start by doing that because it takes time to proof.
After that you will start by boiling the eggs. Put the eggs in a small pan and cover with water. Bring to the boil and count 10 minutes. After 10 minutes drain and set aside to cool.
In the meanwhile you can make the bechamel. In another small pan over medium heat put in the butter and let it melt, add in the flour and stir well until it gets a golden colour. Then add in the milk and, with a whisk, whisk it well to not form any lumps. Season with salt (don't forget the cheese is salty already), white pepper and the spices and bring to the boil. Once it starts to boil reduce the heat to low, add in the cheese and let it cook for about 5 minutes, whisking constantly. Check for seasoning, take off the heat and set aside to cool down a bit.
In a frying pan add a bit of oil, season both sides of the steaks with salt and cook them to taste, one side and the other. I left mine rare because it was still going in the oven, I fried them 2 minutes on each side. When your steaks are cooked to your taste, turn off the heat and let the meat rest so most of the water comes out of it (discard this water).
So, lets assemble the pizza: spread the bechamel sauce on the pizza base and put it in your pre-heated oven at 200º.C. and let it cook until the bechamel turns a golden colour. Take out of the oven, make the divisions with the pizza cutter (just to be like in the Neopets photo) and place the steaks in the middle of the pizza. Put in the oven again until the dough cooks completely. In my case, my pizza took about a total of 30 minutes to cook completely. In the meanwhile peel the eggs and cut them in half lengthwise. When your pizza is completely cooked, display the eggs like as in the picture and serve.
This pizza turned out a bit bland for my taste and it's not exactly what I would call "a hearty meal". In my honest opinion it was a waste of steaks :P But I am no one to talk since I am not the biggest fan of pizzas (crucify me now -_-). But really, I felt that it could use some BBQ sauce or tomato ketchup in it, and that was actually how we ended up eating it, all smudged in BBQ sauce and ketchup :D
Enjoy!

*This image was taken from and belongs to Neopets.

Sausage and Cheese Roll

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Today I bring you what I made for lunch today. Nothing really fancy, just something to use up the lettuce I had in the fridge. This is Sausage and cheese roll - Spicy sausage wrapped in lettuce leaf and topped with hot cheddar.
I only had canned sausages so I had to spice it up a notch. I also didn't have cheddar cheese so I had to use another cheese that melted but this was very good still.
So if you want to try this, here it is what you will be needing:
- 3 sausages
- 3 lettuce leaves
- 2 slices of cheddar cheese (I used Gouda)
- a pinch of powdered chocolate pepper or any other spicy/hot powder of your taste ('cause my sausages were not spicy) 
Warm up the sausages either in the microwave or in a pan on your stove top (and here I seasoned with the chocolate pepper). Wrap each sausage in each lettuce leaf. Put one of the cheese slices on a plate and melt it for a few seconds in the microwave. Then put two sausage rolls on top of the melted cheese slice. Then melt the other cheese slice in a bowl in the microwave and spread a bit on top of those two rolls. Stack the third roll over that cheese and cover with the remaining melted cheese. Serve and enjoy!

*This image was taken from and belongs to Neopets.

Omelette Monday - Cheese Omelette

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It's Monday so my boyfriend knows exactly what he will be taking for lunch for work today :P
He chose the omelette considering the options I gave him (pandemic times means I'm cooking with what I have on hand right now 'cause we haven't been shopping that often right now) and he chose the Cheese Omelette - Plain cheese omelette is a favourite of the Tyrannian people. And I know this isn't exactly my boyfriend's favourite omelette (as he is not exactly Tyrannian XD) but it was this one or the Carrot and Pea Omelette so... - don't get me wrong, carrots and peas are great but he is a lesser fan of peas than he is of cheese (well he will have to eat it anyway eventually XD).
If you ever want to try this omelette here it is the simple recipe I used:
- frying pan
- bit of oil
- 2 eggs + splash of milk
- 2 slices of cheese + 1 tablespoon of crumbled Gorgonzola cheese (or any other cheese of your preference that can melt)
- salt and pepper
Break the eggs into a bowl and add the milk. Season with salt and beat all together. Put the frying pan on low heat and add a bit of oil to cover the bottom so the omelette won't stick. Add the egg mixture to the frying pan and let it cook until in starts to dry on top. Add the tablespoon of Gorgonzola to one side of the omelette and half of a slice of the cheese, also torn into pieces and season with a bit of freshly ground black pepper. Cover the pan with a lid (any lid will do as long as it is heat proof) so it helps the egg curdle. Uncover and with the help of a spatula (don't forget this has to be heat proof too) fold the omelette in half. Place the remaining cheese slice and the other half on top of the omelette and cover to let the cheese melt. When the cheese has melted turn off the heat and it's good to serve!
Enjoy!

*This image was taken from and belongs to Neopets.

Fail Friday - Choco-Strawberry Muffin

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It's that day of the week where I can show you my failed attempts at cooking a Neopian food. Despite being a cook (hurray!!!) I am still learning a lot because cooking as you may imagine is not an exact art just like that. First we have to make several attempts before reaching the desired final product. We are constantly trying new things, new methods, new mixtures, new ingredients, new combinations, new cooking times, new ratios: some work, some could be better, some just don't fit in. So it is quite possible that, despite not considering myself a bad cook (I'm actually pretty good at the thing ^_^), Fail Fridays will still appear from time to time XD
Without further ado I failed at baking a Choco-strawberry muffin - This muffin is packed full of chocolate and strawberries - yummy!
This happened mainly because I decided to search for a different recipe than the ones I usually use. I thought that I could follow a recipe in order to bake less muffins ('cause it's just me and my boyfriend in the house). So I searched for muffin dough ratios and it turned out to look pretty simple: it was a 2:2:1:1 ratio recipe - 2 parts flour to 2 parts liquid to 1 part fat to 1 part eggs. Then 1 tablespoon of sugar per egg and 1 teaspoon baking powder per cup of flour. Right here I should have noticed something wasn't right. The web page talked about weighing the ingredients (which we know it is always a lot more accurate for baking) and was very clear about that point, and then it talks about spoons and cups (which are volume measurement units). I still went ahead and used this method and I failed twice because: 1 - the muffins came out more like brownies and 2 - I ended up baking the same quantity of muffins as I usually do *face palm*.
A very quick highlight on the ingredients and procedure: I used wheat flour, oat milk, ghee, eggs, sugar, baking powder and vanilla essence. Mixed the dry ingredients with the wet without over mixing, distributed the batter into a muffin tray and put it in a pre-heated oven at 180º.C. for about 15 to 20 minutes.
When I took them out of the oven, even the ones which grew a little mound didn't have it big enough compared to the Choco-Strawberry Muffin so I dig a little hole on top of the muffin and placed an arranged strawberry pointy side up. Then I melted some dark chocolate and poured it over the strawberry :D I had to cut and arrange a strawberry to put on top of the muffin 'cause I was only able to get big ass strawberries :P
The final result was a quite delicious brownie packed with a strawberry, covered in chocolate and topped with another strawberry. Not very sweet, not very dense. Perfect... for a brownie! XD
Enjoy!

*This image was taken from and belongs to Neopets.

Tasty Tiki Trees

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This one's a bit lame but... you know... I'm trying to create neopian foods with whatever ingredients I have on hand right now :P
Here you have Tasty Tiki Trees - Whats not to like in this fruit plate, a perfect balance of tangy and sweet, just to have you going through the week.
This is, of course, kiwis, bananas and tangerines. I had to hurry up taking the photos or else the banana would be completely brown from oxidation.
Anyway, don't forget to take your daily dose of Vitamin C. One kiwi, for example, it's all it takes ;)
Enjoy!

*This image was taken from and belongs to Neopets.

Omelette Monday - Marshmallow Omelette

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It's that day of the week where I share an omelette with you :)
For a quick snack I decided to make a Marshmallow Omelette - The wonderous tastes of omelette and marshmallow in one food.
Curiously enough this was surprisingly good, considering that marshmallow and omelette are two things I wouldn't think of combining in the first place :P
If you want to give it a try you will need the following:
- frying pan
- bit of oil 
- 2 eggs + splash of milk
- 1 cup of mini marshmallows (more or less according to taste) or bigger marshmallows cut into smaller pieces
Break the eggs into a bowl and add the milk. Beat them together. Put the frying pan on low heat and add a bit of oil to cover the bottom so the omelette won't stick. Add the egg mixture to the frying pan and let it cook until in starts to dry on top. Add half of the marshmallows and cover the pan with a lid (any lid will do as long as it is heat proof) so the marshmallows will melt a bit. Uncover and with the help of a spatula (don't forget this has to be heat proof too) fold the omelette in half. Add the remaining marshmallows on top of the omelette and cover once again to melt the marshmallows. Turn off the heat, serve and enjoy!

*This image was taken from and belongs to Neopets.

Lupe Burger

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So we are all "quarantined" here and I needed to make some lunch. A food from Neopia but without having to leave the house to buy ingredients. So I made a Lupe Burger - Who could resist a tasty burger with lettuce on a Lupe-shaped bun?
Very simple to make and yet very delicious.
I decided to use store bought buns instead of making my own from scratch but I think it actually came out pretty neat :D
No recipe needed here, right? A bun with a cooked burger of our choice (mine is a mixture of pork and beef) and some leaves of lettuce. For the eyes and nose I slashed some thin cuts on the bun and, with the help of a toothpick, I dabbed very small droplets of soy sauce along the cuts.
Enjoy!

*This image was taken from and belongs to Neopets.